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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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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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2 Dead, Several Injured After Shooting at Teen Event at Fla. Nightclub
A teen event at a Florida nightclub ended in tragedy after at least two people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured after a shooting outside the club, NBC News reports. According to the report, the shots started just as family members were picking up the children from Club Blu in Fort…
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Fla. Man Arrested in 1993 Killing of Ex-Girlfriend
Fort Myers, Fla., police have nabbed a suspect in a 23-year-old homicide case after putting together pieces of the investigation with the help of prime-time television programming, News-Press.com reports. “We continued to be diligent … and turn over all the stones we could,” said Fort Myers Police Sgt. Brian O’Reilly, who was only in seventh grade when…