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Photo by: fox13news Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting that happened outside the Citrus Park Town Center Mall near Tampa on Saturday night. Just after 7:00 p.m., HCSO received a 911 call about shots fired outside the mall. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found Peter Hyman with a gunshot wound to his upper body. Officials say he was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he died.  Detectives say they spoke to several witnesses in an effort to identify

A 60-year-old man was killed in a Flagler County crash on Monday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the 60-year-old Palm Coast man was driving an SUV in the center lane on Palm Coast Parkway near Old Kings Road just before 4:15 p.m. Troopers said the man merged into the left lane but side-swiped the right side of another SUV that was sitting in the same lane. The 60-year-old man’s SUV continued forward and then crashed into the rear

A 20-year-old Kings Bay, Georgia man died Saturday morning when his vehicle went off Interstate 10 in Columbia County at the 303 westbound entrance ramp and collided with a utility pole. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report, the man was driving an SUV westbound on the I-10 entrance ramp at mile marker 303 at 11:23 a.m. when the vehicle started to rotate, left the road and entered the north unpaved shoulder before colliding with a utility pole. Emergency

A 62-year-old Live Oak woman was crucially injured when a car attempting to park hit an empty car sending it through the exterior wall of Fusion Buffet. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report a 69-year-old Jasper man was attempting to enter a parking stall in the Fusion Buffet parking lot at 6835 US Highway 129 in Live Oak at 2:23 p.m. when the front right side of the vehicle collided with an unoccupied parked car in front of

Photo by: FDOT A multi-vehicle crash on I-95 South in Boynton Beach is backing up Tuesday morning traffic. Florida 511 reported a crash at 5:34 a.m. near Exit 56, Woolbright Road, on I-95 South. In the latest update at 6:59 a.m., officials stated that the right lane had been blocked. No injuries have been reported at this time. Car accidents can leave you with long-term physical, emotional, and financial challenges. Ovadia Law Group is committed to providing the legal support

A bus driver is under arrest in Brevard County after attacking a student while on their way to school, according to the Melbourne Police Department. On Monday, officers responded to the South Alternative Learning Center after being informed of an incident on a Brevard County School bus. The investigation revealed that while on en route to the learning center the bus driver stopped the bus, pushed a 12-year-old student into a seat and put his hands around his neck. Police

The Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office announced Monday that an Osceola County jury found a woman guilty of stabbing two children. Doris Espinoza-Rodriguez, 40, is guilty of two counts of attempted second-degree murder with a weapon, aggravated child abuse, and felony battery for stabbing two children. On Jan. 16, 2023, Espinoza-Rodriguez stabbed two children inside a home in Osceola County. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrived on the scene and found the children’s father had pinned Espinoza-Rodriguez

A 16-year-old boy has died after a shooting at a home in Wilton Manors Monday afternoon, police said. Officers with Wilton Manors and Fort Lauderdale Police responded after 2:30 p.m. to a multi-family residential unit in the 400 block of Northwest 25th Street, where they found the victim. The teen, identified as Christopher Granados, was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. Granados was a student at Fort Lauderdale High School. Police said the shooting was contained to

Elderly, displaced residents who lived at the Miami apartment that burned down a few months ago are getting their first look at where they will be living now. On Monday, the former residents of Temple Courts Apartments got a tour of their new homes at the Sawyer Walk Residence near Second Avenue and Sixth Street. Residents toured their new living rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms that were ready to welcome them to their new homes. The residents were displaced after a fire

Portions of U.S. 19 were closed for some time after a semi-truck hit a power pole and knocked it over in Largo, causing downed power lines, officials said. The Largo Police Department says the accident happened sometime Monday at Frontage Road near Belleair Road. Officers, along with Largo Fire Rescue, responded to the scene. There were reportedly seven cars damaged from the accident. Five patients were medically evaluated at the scene, but were not taken to the hospital, according to LFR.

Updated 7:32 p.m. A driver was killed in a crash near the intersection of Palm Coast Parkway and Old Kings Road in Palm Coast at 4:10 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16. Just seven minutes later in an unrelated incident, at 4:17 p.m., a young boy or man riding a bicycle was involved in a crash with a dump truck, and the youth was pronounced dead at the scene, at the intersection of Belle Terre Parkway and Pine Grove Drive, according

The Fort Myers Police Department is investigating a death at the Target on Dynasty Drive. According to FMPD, this is an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public. There are no outstanding individuals that officers are searching for at this time. FMPD says at no time was there a threat of danger to employees or guests of the store. The identity of the victim has not been shared at this time. The cause of death is under