Shootings

Waffle House Meeting May Be Key to Fatal I-95 Shooting

Police are investigating the role an Oakland Park Waffle House played in the fatal shooting of Nicholas Romondo Walker that occurred on I-95. According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, around 6:40 a.m. Sunday, drivers called 911 to report shots fired on the highway. BSO deputies found a silver Buic ... More >>

James Tracy, FAU Professor, Says Sandy Didn't Happen; Revels In Notoriety

Americans have long tolerated if not wallowed in conspiracy theories. Lee Harvey Oswald wasn't alone when he shot Kennedy. Aliens landed in Area 51. We never got to the moon, etc. etc. But quite possibly the most despicable and callous of all conspiracy theories recently rose from South Florida. Ja ... More >>

FAU's James Tracy: More Media Conspiracies and Lunacy. Fire This Guy Fast. UPDATED

Turns out James Tracy, the Florida Atlantic University professor who theorized the Sandy Hook massacre might be a mass media conspiracy, has a history of paranoid weirdness.Students say the guy went off in class. And his academic work hints at how someone could go so off the tracks. In a book review ... More >>

Kenneth Goldstein, 86, Kills Wife, Himself in Tamarac

Police are still investigating the details, but they said yesterday evening that an "ailing" 82-year-old woman found shot to death in her Tamarac home was killed by her 86-year-old husband, who then killed himself.Someone police described as "the couple's caretaker" heard gunshots shortly before 6 a ... More >>

PBSO Just Shot Its Third Person in Six Days

It's getting pretty intense up there in Palm Beach County -- for the third time since the weekend, sheriff's deputies have shot a suspect.A fight between "a group of females" evolved into a fight between several men at the First and 10 Sports Bar shortly after 5 this morning, and a man was shot and ... More >>

It Was a Ruthless, Professional Hit, and It Was the Cops Doing the Shooting

Armed Man Killed by Police in Pompano Beach

​Not much to report here yet, but what has been released so far is that a man was shot and killed by a Broward County sheriff's deputy around 6:30 last night.Police were called to an apartment building on the 800 block of SE 22nd Avenue last night, where they found the suspect pointing a handgun a ... More >>

Man Killed at Dania Beach Party, Cops Looking for Alleged Shooter and "Person of Interest"

Broward Sheriff's OfficeEric Hunter​A 20-year-old man was shot and killed at a Dania Beach street party early Saturday morning, and the Broward Sheriff's Office is looking for both the alleged shooter and a "person of interest" wanted for questioning.Dijon Brown, a Hollywood resident, was ... More >>

Nelson Heck, Vietnam Veteran, Killed Inside His Fort Lauderdale Home

​Nelson Heck, a 66-year-old Vietnam veteran, was shot and killed inside his Fort Lauderdale home late Tuesday night, according to police.Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Travis Mandell says the cops were called just after 11 p.m. Tuesday about a shooting in the 1100 block of NW 48th Street, and ne ... More >>

Donna Horwitz Charged With Murder; Allegedly Tried to (Poorly) Stage Ex-Husband's Suicide

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeDonna Horwitz​Donna Horwitz, a 65-year-old Jupiter resident, was indicted by a grand jury late last week in the murder of her ex-husband that occurred just over one month ago.It's safe to say that police got a little suspicious after Lanny Horwitz's body was disco ... More >>

Taurus Bryant Gets Life in Prison After Shooting Man He'd Known for 20 Years Over Fake Drugs

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeTaurus Bryant​After shooting a man he'd known for more than 20 years because the man's uncle wouldn't pay for fake drugs -- and the 13 other criminal convictions on his rap sheet -- Taurus Bryant received a mandatory sentence of life in prison.Back in November 200 ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Cops Investigating Shooting Death

​The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is currently investigating a shooting last night that left one man dead.According to Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Travis Mandell, the shooting took place around 9:50 p.m. yesterday in the 1100 block of NE 16th Court.Mandell says that when officers arrived ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Man Says He Accidentally Shot His Little Brother in the Head, Killing Him

Felix Phelps told police he accidentally shot his 17-year-old brother in the head.​A Fort Lauderdale man says he accidentally shot and killed his 17-year-old brother over the weekend as the boy was helping his older brother close down the gas station he worked at, police say.Fort Lauderdale Police ... More >>

Two Boys, Ages 14 and 16, May Be Charged as Adults in Accidental Killing of Their Accomplice

​The State Attorney's Office is considering whether to charge two boys -- ages 14 and 16 -- as adults after police say one of them accidentally shot and killed their wheelman yesterday as the trio was allegedly about to embark on a crime spree in Boynton Beach.The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Offic ... More >>

Teenager Driving Stolen BMW Killed by Karma Police: Friend Was Playing With Gun, Cops Say

​A 15-year-old kid who allegedly stole a BMW with his friends was shot and killed this morning by one of his accomplices, who was playing with a gun in the back seat of the car, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.The cops say they think the three boys, all juveniles, were cruising ... More >>

Update: One Dead, Two Injured in Shooting at Central Broward Check Cashing Store

Broward Sheriff's OfficeSuspect Stanley Beasley​One person is dead and two others are injured -- including the suspect -- after a shooting broke out during a robbery yesterday morning at a check cashing shop in central Broward County, according to police.The Broward Sheriff's Office says 33-year-o ... More >>

Suspected South Beach Shooters of NYPD Detective Caught After Broward Hospital Visit

Miami-Dade CorrectionsMustafa Lee (left) and Francisco Henriquez​Two men have been arrested in the weekend shooting in South Beach of an off-duty detective from the New York City Police Department after one of the men dropped by Broward General Hospital to be treated for a gunshot wound.Mustafa Co ... More >>

Deputies Tell Victims of Strip-Club Shooting to Drive Themselves to the Hospital

Would she have gotten better medical attention?​Deputies of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office told two women wounded June 30 in a strip-club shooting to drive themselves to the hospital, according to a police report obtained by the Pulp.So 40-year-old Janie Scott of Boynton Beach and  23 ... More >>

Lauderdale Lakes Shooting: Vishna Beepot Named as Alleged Shooter

BSOVishna Beepot​This morning, the Broward Sheriff's Office announced a shooting inside a Lauderdale Lakes bar -- 12 people were hit by bullets, and two died.The cops now say the alleged shooter is 26-year-old Vishna Beepot, who died shortly after the gun battle that occurred inside the bar.Th ... More >>

James Perdue's Deputy-Involved Shooting in Hollywood Quickly Labeled Suicide by BSO

The intersection of A1A and Evans St, near where James Purdue was shot by BSO deputies​Update 12:30 p.m.: Perdue was also facing charges of probation violation relating to a drug-possession case from July 2009. Sunrise police found Perdue with unprescribed Alprazolam (Xanax), used to treat anxiety ... More >>

Experts Say a Deputy's Tale About Getting Shot Doesn't Add Up

Arrest Made in 2004 Murder

A Pompano Beach man has been arrested in connection with the shooting and killing of a tree-trimmer in 2004. The suspect, Michael Ange-Silien, is 22 years old, meaning that he had only recently turned 17 when, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office Ange-Silien murdered  his neighbor, 44-year ... More >>

Burglars Got Worst of Saturday Night Encounter With Broward Sheriffs Deputies

Broward Sheriff's Office Deputy Geoffrey Brown injured his leg Saturday night after he and his partner interrupted a burglary at an unoccupied Southwest Ranches home. But a BSO news release indicates Brown was released later that night. One of the suspect burglars was not so lucky.

Morning Juice: Prison for Bev Gallagher; Oil Nears Panhandle

​Here's a glance at what's in the local headlines:It's not quite the Miracle on the Hudson, but a small plane made a safe emergency landing in a field just short of the Fort Lauderdale airport's runway. It narrowly missed hitting a home. [WPLG-5]Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher ... More >>

Gun in Death of 13-Year-Old Belonged to Homeowner

New details were just released by Hollywood Police in the shooting death Wednesday afternoon of 13-year-old Daniel Torres. The department is reporting that the gun in question belonged to the homeowner, presumably a parent of the 14-year-old friend who police say pulled the trigger.Investigators hav ... More >>

Lake Worth Shooting Is Another Example of Trend in Nightclub Violence

PBSOBrooke Harris was shot in the back as she drove away from Chances Nightclub.​Last month's shooting outside Chances Nightclub in residential Lake Worth was startling, but it seems the incident -- which left two young people in the hospital with life-threatening bullet wounds -- is one more in a ... More >>

Gangs of Boynton: B-Town Boy Turned Preacher Man

"Plug" Woody: Killed two preachers​At around 8:15 on a Saturday night late last month, Detective Alex Marino of the Boynton Beach Police Department responded to a call. Two men were lying dead on SW 2nd Ave., both of gunshot wounds. One of the victims was 23-year-old Stephen Ocean. The other, 25-y ... More >>

Charges in Boynton Murder; Crack Deal Turned Into Shootout

Looks like Boynton Police had the same hunch as Juice: that Dieuny Pasius, who was dumped at Bethesda Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound on January 11, is the man who shot and killed 23-year-old Benton Lineau that same night.Lineau was shot at a vacant home along the 2000 block of NE Third Stree ... More >>

Suspected Thief Shot, Killed in Lauderdale Lakes

A Broward Sheriff's Office sting aimed at catching a suspected thief turned into a gunfight this afternoon at the 19th Street Food Shop in Lauderdale Lakes. From the BSO release:The suspect, a man in his 20s, was the subject of an investigation by BSO and other agencies into several recent robberies ... More >>

Victims Identified in Boynton Shooting

Benton Lineau is the name of the man who was driving a gold Lincoln Navigator last night, when he was shot in the chest, say Boynton Beach Police. The 23-year-old, who crashed into a home on the 2000 block of Northeast 3rd Street, died later at Delray Trauma Center.Police were investigating that sho ... More >>

El Toro Loco Has Earned Attention of State, County Law Enforcement

Flickr: johnchamiltonThe bull's been a little too crazy at El Toro Loco​Earlier this month, we told you that El Toro Loco on South Military Trail Road on the outskirts of West Palm Beach had become a frequent site of violence. Slightly less violence than we at first thought -- turns out the bar wa ... More >>

Shooting Death in Pompano Beach Traced Back to Teens

No end in sight for a couple terrifying criminal trends: violent teenagers and homeless victims. The Broward Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of two teens, Harry Velez (age 17) and Brady John Fisher (19), in the murder of Eustoquio Lopez, a 40-year-old homeless man, who was shot early Saturd ... More >>

Attorney Files Complaint for Hollywood Cop Shot in Head

Hernandez, on his feet a year after the shooting.​The wheels of justice often turn at an agonizingly slow pace. Two years after 29-year-old BSO officer Maury Hernandez was shot in the head by a felon on parole, his lawyer, Lance Block, sent the first formal complaint and two discovery requests to ... More >>

Dania Beach Man Dead After Being Shot in His Home

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeAntonio Parker​Antonio Brandon Parker, 20, was shot and killed last night near the back door of his home on SW Seventh Avenue in Dania Beach. His grandmother and younger siblings heard the gunshots. Broward Sheriff's Office investigators are looking for two men who a ... More >>

Man Shot by Police in Downtown Fort Lauderdale

Details remain vague, but Fort Lauderdale Police are investigated a shooting that occurred near the Broward County bus terminal downtown involving an off-duty officer. From the release:Preliminary investigation has revealed that a Police Sergeant was working an off-duty detail at the Broward County ... More >>

Blocking Foul: In Boynton Beach Murder Case, No One Wants to Be a Snitch

So 30-year-old Junior Cesar had several friends with whom he played basketball but none of them recognized the person who walked up to Cesar, then shot him dead? Really? Here's the latest from the Boynton Beach Police Department: The victim has been identified as Junior Cesar, 30, of Boynton Beach. ... More >>

Police Release More Details in Cop Shooting

Georges​The man who shot and wounded a Fort Lauderdale police officer this weekend before being killed has been identified as Bastiany Georges, a 29-year-old who had an extensive criminal history. The incident occurred following police attempts to make a traffic stop on Andrews Avenue. The Fort La ... More >>

Latest on the Shooting in Hollywood

Hollywood Police just updated the media about its findings in shooting incident that occurred in the late afternoon Sunday in Boulevard Heights. It's a murder-suicide. The shooter's name is Zacaria Fernandez, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he shot Yvonne Magdalena Rios, the sister ... More >>

Breaking News: Opa Locka Rapper Toro Gunned Down

Rick Ross' Credibility Takes a Bullet

Another Deputy Down

Gang Tackled

Football star Jarvis Hicks couldn't resist the undertow of gang violence

S.I.: Serious Idiots

Dead End

Bullets are flying and young men are dying in Deerfield's street war between Haitians and African-Americans

Sun-Sentinel Leaves Readers In The Dark

Blood on the Driveway

This police shooting has left a stain on Fort Lauderdale

Remembering David Royce Truman

Another FLPD Shooting

The Fast Life and Near Death of Nica

Revered by followers, feared by rivals, and targeted by police, the gang leader known as Nica is alive today because of a brush with death