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A man is dead after he caught fire in the parking lot of a Port Charlotte shopping center on Tuesday, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. Charlotte County Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene at Port Charlotte Town Center mall, where a man had burns from head to toe. A helicopter was requested to transport the man to the hospital. However, he began to go into cardiac arrest as the helicopter was landing. Due to the lack

 Before a murder-suicide in Boca Raton on Monday night, police say the victim called her family saying her husband wanted to kill her. The Boca Raton Police Department (BRPD) said at around 10 p.m., a 62-year-old man and 60-year-old woman were found dead from gunshot wounds inside their apartment on NE 45th Street. Before the tragic discovery, Ana Josefa Pardo Gonzalez called a family member and said her husband—Gilbert Cruz Fernandez — wanted to kill her. The family member said

Photo by: Cape Coral Police Department A Cape Coral man was arrested Saturday for a DUI hit-and-run crash on Coronado Parkway that caused approximately $3,000 in property damage. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, a witness told officers she was awoken by a loud noise that sounded like a crash. When she went outside, a car with major damage was in a nearby parking lot. She said a man, later identified as Aaron Olmstead, was standing by the driver’s

Months after a 16-year-old and was killed and a 15-year-old was injured in a Lauderdale Lakes robbery turned shooting, three other teens have been arrested in connection with the deadly encounter, authorities said Tuesday. The shooting happened the night of May 20 in the 4000 block of Northwest 30th Terrace. Ring footage showed the shooting unfold in the neighborhood, as one shooter appeared to pull out a gun and open fire near the entrance of a housing complex. When Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and

Photo by: nbcmiami One person was hospitalized after a fire broke out at a unit at a high-rise condo building on Miami Beach Tuesday morning. The fire happened at a unit on the 14th floor of the building at 1800 Sunset Harbor Drive. Footage showed smoke pouring out of the unit’s balcony as the woman who lives there was heard screaming for help. “Help me! Help me!” the woman was screaming as firefighters arrived. Miami Beach Fire Rescue officials said

A 52-year-old Pensacola man was hit and killed while walking his bike in the roadway Saturday night in Escambia County. It happened around 8:20 p.m. on Pine Forest Road near Jasper Street. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 17-year-old Pace girl was driving her car southbound on Pine Forest Rd. approaching Jasper St. Meanwhile, the 52-year-old man was walking his bicycle in the roadway southbound on Pine Forest Rd. approaching Jasper St. FHP says the Pace girl “failed to see

Photo by: WEAR A pickup truck crashed into a fence early Tuesday morning in Escambia County after the driver fell asleep at the wheel, according to Florida Highway Patrol. It happened around 3:45 a.m. on Memphis Ave. and Houston Ave. “The driver of the pickup truck fell asleep behind the wheel and failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway,” FHP says in a release. “As a result, the vehicle ran off the roadway and collided with a fence and

UPDATE: The roadway is now open, according to officials. Officials said there is one fatality from this accident. They are cleaning up the scene and the roadway should be open in a couple of hours. Five people were taken to the hospital following a single-vehicle accident on Highway 98 near Tyndall Bridge. The accident occurred in the eastbound lane of Highway 98 coming from Tyndall Bridge. At this time the the westbound lane of 98 in front of Rodeos restaurant

One man is dead and another is behind bars following a shooting near Hotel Indigo on Monday morning. “We have determined or believe that the suspect and the victim, both from the Columbus, Georgia area, knew each other and that the suspect was actually targeting the victim,” Deputy Chief of Police John Moore said. Panama City Police responded to several calls of shots being fired outside Hotel Indigo near the Panama City Marina. Officers say they found the body of

A worker at Miami International Airport was hospitalized after they were accidentally stuck by a forklift Tuesday morning. Officials at MIA initially said the incident involved a LATAM Cargo employee, but LATAM Cargo said in a statement that the victim is an employee of Aviation Main Services (AMS). Officials with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department also said the incident did not happen near a passenger gate. A NBC6 camera captured the employee being airlifted to a local hospital. The employee’s identity

A former Venezuelan politician arrested in connection to a deadly hit-and-run in Southwest Miami-Dade appeared before a judge on Tuesday. Fifty-year-old Gilber Alexander Caro is charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving a death. “He fled from the crash where somebody was killed,” said Judge Mindy S. Glazer. When a judge asked him how long he has lived in Miami, Caro got emotional and responded in Spanish, saying two and a half years. The incident occurred Monday morning at the

Victims of a double fatal crash on State Road 7 west of Boynton Beach on Friday afternoon have been identified by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. According to deputies, the crash occurred when the driver of a Toyota Corolla traveled westbound on Armone Place to cross State Road 7 to head southbound. After crossing the northbound lanes of State Road 7 and passing through the center median, the driver entered into the southbound lanes, “violating” a Toyota RAV4′s right of way,