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2 Arrested After 4-Year-Old Girl Killed While Playing With a Gun
Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the death of a 4-year-old Florida girl, who shot and killed herself while playing with a gun, the Sun Sentinel reports. According to the report, little Amirra Jacques died in her home from a gunshot wound around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Her uncle, 25-year-old Nathaniel Lowe, reported a home…
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Police Union Wants Officers to Stop Escorting Miami Dolphins Players Until They Stop Protest
The Broward County, Fla., sheriff’s union said that the sheriff’s office should no longer escort Miami Dolphins to games until all members stand up for the national anthem. “I can only imagine the public outcry if a group of police officers refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance or if we turned our back…
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#DeEscalateDontKill: Black Man Fatally Shot by Fla. Cops in His Own Backyard
In the last year, there has been a hashtag directed toward law enforcement all over the nation: #DeEscalateDontKill. But the police in Broward County, Fla., must have missed the memo. The Broward Palm Beach New Times reports that police responded to a domestic disturbance call Friday night and shot and killed a man who was…
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Man Dead After Date With Woman He Met Online
A Florida man was found dead in his home after reportedly going on a date with a woman he met online. Adam Hilarie, 27, met Hailey Rose Bustos, 18, for an arranged date after they met on an online dating site, according to WSB-TV Atlanta. After their date, he apparently dropped her off. Then she…
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Fla. Man Dies Saving Wife From Rip Current Off Miami Beach
A Florida woman says that her husband drowned while trying to save her from a rip current off Miami Beach over the weekend, WINK News reports. “He did the most amazing thing in the world that he gave his life for me,” Kendra Smith said of her husband, 34-year-old Sherrod Whittington. “I appreciate that, I really do,…
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George Zimmerman Punched in the Face After Bragging About Killing Trayvon Martin: Report
George Zimmerman won’t stop talking about killing Trayvon Martin, except this time, he apparently got punched in the face for it. According to witnesses who spoke with CNN, Zimmerman walked into a Florida restaurant and bragged about killing the unarmed teen in 2012. Joseph Whitmer told the news station that he and some friends were sitting…
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Black Fla. Therapist who was Shot by Police Reunited with Autistic Patient
A North Miami therapist who was shot and wounded in the leg by police last week while trying to de-escalate a situation with his autistic patient said that he had a happy reunion Thursday with the young man, who is still hospitalized because of emotional trauma, CBS News reports. Charles Kinsey, who was released from…
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Persons of Interest in Fort Myers, Fla., Club Shooting Identified
The three individuals who were taken into custody after a shooting at a Fort Myers, Fla., nightclub that was hosting a teen event have been identified by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, WINK reports. Derrick Church, 19; Demetrius O’Neal, 19; and Tajze Battle, 22, were all booked into the Lee County Jail Tuesday morning, having…
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2nd Victim in Fla. Nightclub Shooting Identified as 14-Year-Old Sean Archilles
The second victim of a shooting outside a Fort Myers, Fla., nightclub has been identified as 14-year-old Sean Archilles, the Fort Myers, Fla., News-Press reports. Sean was one of two teens killed in the incident that left dozens injured. According to the report, Jean Robert Archilles, Sean’s father, heard the news from the boy’s mother,…