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Deputies had to evacuate a mobile home in DeLand after stray bullets from a nearby intoxicated shooter hit the residence Sunday. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene after a mobile home was hit with shots. Inside the house were three adults and two children. Deputies said they were able to determine the shots were from a nearby resident who was shooting at a tree while intoxicated. He fired about a dozen rounds. The intoxicated man missed a

Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of a crash that killed a woman on the Florida Turnpike in Lake County Saturday night. Troopers said the crash happened in the northbound lanes of the Florida Turnpike near mile marker 283 in Lake County. The driver of a 2021 Buick Enclave traveling north failed to negotiate a curve and entered the inside paved shoulder of the roadway. As a result, the SUV struck the concrete traffic barrier before rotating and hitting

An Orange City man riding an electric-powered bicycle was killed in a head-on collision with a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction, police said. The crash occurred at 8:29 p.m. in the area of East Graves Avenue and Raintree Drive, according to Orange City police. The rider of the bicycle was identified as Joel Acevedo, 35, who died at the scene of the crash. The driver of the car that struck him was identified as Robert David Halpern, 81. He was taken

A 44-year-old Brooksville man died in a motorcycle accident early Sunday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred around 2:36 AM in the 15000 block of Old Dixie Highway. The 44-year-old man was traveling northbound on a Harley Davidson motorcycle when he lost control of the vehicle. The motorcycle veered to the left shoulder and collided with a Suzuki Sidekick and a Chevy S10 Blazer, both parked and unoccupied in the driveway of 15521 Old Dixie Highway.

Bradenton Police and The Manatee Homicide Task Force continue to investigate the fatal shooting of a teenager near the Palma Sola Causeway Saturday morning. Investigators said they were initially called to the eight thousand block of Manatee Avenue West after receiving reports of gunshots. When police arrived, they said they discovered the body of 16-year-old Martavious Carter who’d been fatally shot. Investigators think Carter was picked up in Manatee County earlier Friday evening, then driven to a secluded area near

The driver accused of killing a bicycle rider in a hit-and-run crash had run a red light at the intersection and was going nearly 100 mph around the time of the collision, the probable cause affidavit against him alleged. The driver, who was identified as Jeremiah Marroquin, made no evasive maneuvers prior to the May 3 crash and would have certainly known he hit something, investigators determined. Karlissa King, the 35-year-old woman riding the bicycle, was pronounced dead at the