Suicide

Two People Are Reportedly Shot at Boca Raton Bank UPDATED

There has been a reported shooting at the Comerica Bank on North Military Trail. Multiple Boca Raton Police units have arrived on the scene. One report says police have not been able to confirm the shooting. But another is saying that at least two people have been shot at the bank.

Man Kills Two Sons, Self, As Punishment to Estranged Wife

Horrifying and sad news out of Boynton Beach as police say a man killed his two young sons and then himself as a punishment to their mother. According to police, Victoria Zavala called police to her home on SW 8th Ave. at about 1:50 a.m. Saturday after her husband, Isidro Zavala, had killed their ... More >>

Let's Get Brutal

Left Hanging: There Were Warning Signs Aplenty Before Edward Crisante Jr. Hanged Himself in a Broward Jail

Week-Old "Detox Unit" in Broward Jail Failed to Stop Pill Abuser From Hanging Himself

Earlier this week, we brought you upsetting details on the jailhouse suicide of Edward Crisante Jr. in the Broward Main Jail in 2010.During a few days of what one might consider warning signs that he was not mentally stable, he was making some specific complaints. In particular, he said he felt ... More >>

Edward Crisante Was Declared "Suicidal," But Jailers Left Him Alone in Cell to Commit Suicide

Edward Crisante Jr., a depressive 32-year-old, turned himself in at the Broward Main Jail on June 29, 2010, after failing to appear in court on traffic charges. He left the jail four days later on a stretcher, after hanging himself in his bunk with a bedsheet. He died in the hospital.See also:- Cris ... More >>

Donnie McLendon Shoots Himself While Playing Russian Roulette

Daniel McKee and Thomas Rady told St. Pete Police officers that they were hanging out, drinking and smoking some pot when a home invader broke into their place in the 1100 block of 32nd Avenue North. They told cops that this home invader shot their friend, Donnie McLendon, 26, in the head and that ... More >>

A Murder-Suicide in the Florida Keys Unravels a Doctor's Decades-Long Mystery

Teen Shoots Himself Through the Penis and Testicle

Good morning, Pulpsters! Had breakfast yet? Hope so. Because we got a story about a dude who shot himself in the cock! Happy Wednesday! A Port St. Lucie teen bought himself a gun (always a terrific way to start a story, ain't it?). So there he was, cleaning his gun, as people with guns are wont to ... More >>

Doctor Accused of Beating a Dog To Death Kills Himself

Last week, Isaias Lerner-Biber, a South Florida cardiologist who worked with the South Broward Physicians Group in Coconut Creek, was arrested for beating a dog to death with a hammer. He was released from jail on Wednesday. The very next day, he shot himself in the head. Lerner-Biber had been c ... More >>

Congressional Candidate Shoots Self: Anti-Muslim Activist Is Challenging Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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 >>

George Zimmerman Is Being Hated on Just Like Tyler Clementi Was, Says Worst Guest Column Ever

George Zimmerman's legal team shared an Orlando Sentinel guest column this morning that defends Zimmerman on a level a step above the others: It's not just that he deserves his fair day in court and people are jumping to conclusions. We should be looking up to Zimmerman. Lots of other peop ... More >>

Gay Bullying Goes From Rite of Passage to Public Enemy

"Damsels in Distress" a Toe-Tapping College-Girl Fantasy

More Precociousness Than a Camcorder Can Handle in "The Hedgehog"

Former Fort Lauderdale Employee Carries Out Latter Half of Murder/Suicide in Front of Cops

​Fort Lauderdale police say a former city employee shot and killed a man in the lobby of a condo building yesterday, then shot himself in front of cops as they approached the building.According to Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Travis Mandell, 73-year-old Gene Schlanger shot and killed a 36-year ... More >>

Fatal Attraction: A Cop Gets Tangled Up With a Pair of Addicts, and Things Turn Violent

David Britto Reportedly Said He'd "Kill Himself" if He Had to Go to Jail

David Britto, according to his mother's lawyer, said he'd "kill himself" if he had to go to jail for meth trafficking.​According to a sentencing memorandum submitted by lawyers of Janiber "Jane" Vieira -- the mother of fugitive/former Boynton Beach cop/alleged meth trafficker David Britto -- Britt ... More >>

Shocker Mom

Witness to Beach Place Murder-Suicide Haunted by Disturbing Scene

flickr.com​Though most of the scene had been cleaned up by this weekend, the patrons and employees of Beach Place were still discussing the shocking murder-suicide that took place there, in front of at least a dozen witnesses, in broad daylight last Wednesday.One man was standing right outside Mau ... More >>

Riviera Beach Murder-Suicide Leaves Teen Orphaned in Hospital, Siblings Dead (Updated)

Survivor Ryan Barnett, now 15, pictured on a Facebook page in his honor.​Just before 2 a.m. yesterday, Patrick Alexander Dell entered the Riviera Beach home of his estranged wife and her seven children, shot her and five of the children, and then killed himself as police began to arrive.Natasha Wh ... More >>

Inmate at Broward Jail Found Hanged

A 21-year-old inmate at the Broward Sheriff's Office Main Jail is believed to have committed suicide Monday afternoon. Around 3 p.m. a deputy found the man hanging from a bed sheet. CPR failed to revive him. BSO has not released the name of the inmate. News release here.

Boynton Beach Man Kills Self After Standoff With Police

Screen grab from Google MapsThe Boynton Beach neighborhood where Charles Bostwick committed suicide early Friday morning.​A 25-year-old man killed himself with a shot to the head early this morning after a dispute with an ex-girlfriend and a standoff with police.The man, Charles Bostwick, is said ... More >>

Lauderdale Man Lives to Tell of Suicide by Housefire

Around three this morning, Fort Lauderdale firefighters responded to a blaze at a bungalow along 729 SW 15th Avenue. According to the police department's release:As smoke and flames were bellowing (sic) from the residence, three officers saw a man inside. They broke a window, gained entry and bro ... More >>

Wilton Manors Man Commits Suicide in Police Custody

Gary Don O'Neal, a 43-year-old man arrested Tuesday night on disorderly conduct charges, hanged himself in a Wilton Manors holding cell while he awaited transfer to the Broward Sheriff's Office Main Jail.From the release just issued by the Wilton Manors Police Department, it's not clear when O'Neal ... More >>

Suicide in Broward Jail

Photo courtesy Broward Sheriff's OfficeJohn Hammond​John Hammond, a 37-year-old man who had been in the Broward Main Jail since last week for stealing a car, committed suicide Tuesday night, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office news release:On November 3, a BSO detention deputy was conducting a ... More >>

John DeGroot Digging Into Case of Gabriel Myers, the Foster Child Who Hung Himself

I'm dashing off for Halloween weekend, but as long we're giving props to gritty journalists who've gone blog-happy, here's some fantastic, in-depth reporting, courtesy John DeGroot, about the case of Gabriel Myers, the 7-year-old foster child in Margate who hung himself with a rubber hose in April.T ... 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 >>

Suicides From South Florida High-Rises Tell the Tales of Those Who Leaped to Their Deaths

Stop, Or I Won't Shoot!

Looks like the Fort Lauderdale police have a case of suicide-by-cop on their hands. At around 2 a.m. this morning, officers responded to call about an attempted suicide in the northwest section of Fort Lauderdale. They arrived to find 18-year-old Jordan Christian wielding a ... More >>

Dying to be Famous

When 19-year-old Abraham Biggs Jr. logged onto Bodybuilding.com November 19th, he typed: "ask a guy who is gonna OD(again) tonight anything." He had threatened to take his life before on the web, under the screen name CandyJunkie.  The first online attempt took place several months p ... More >>

Goin’ Off the Rails on a Crazy Train

RIP Mark Schwed

A South Florida New Year's Story

Pain and Progress

KRS-One talks tragedy and new music endeavors

KRS-One's Step-Son Commits Suicide

Teen Beats Police To Punch, Shoots Self

Matchhead

Carlos Arredondo did the unthinkable with gasoline, a Marine van, and a propane torch. Two years later, he still burns.

Grave Doubts

If Tondelaya McKenzie killed herself, how did she arrange her own corpse?

Rhinestone Cowboys

Go down to the Hoedown

Dread the Star Chamber

Did a face-off with sheriff's brass drive the sergeant to suicide?

XO, Elliott

Rest in Peace, Elliott Smith (1969-2003)

Death and Doubts

Ray Golden's hanging was a national curiosity. Maybe his legacy will be social justice.

Steal This Movie

Studios don't get the Upright Citizens, which isn't funny at all

Freedom to Die

The story of a Hollywood couple's love and death is heart-rending. It should also spur change.

Bandwidth

The tribulations of Fort Lauderdale's Beleaguered Nightclubs

No Exit

In South Florida the new killing fields are filled with sick, depressed senior citizens who make self-inflicted death their final ally

You'll Die Laughing

Biting the Hand That Needs

From the beach to city hall, Fort Lauderdale puts women and minorities in their place, says an affirmative action specialist who was fired after speaking up