Pinellas Sheriff’s deputies go to a Terraceview Lane home in Clearwater to investigate a burglary and end up investigating a death instead.
The man who accidentally shot and killed his son at a Sarasota gun range says he’s responsible, not the gun. Meantime, the brother of 14 year old Stephen Brumby says he will never get over watching his brother die. “No matter how calm you try and stay, there’s no way to wipe the images away from your mind of your little brother bleeding out in your arms,” David Brumby said. 64 year old Clayton Brumby was firing rounds at High Noon Guns when a hot shell went down the back of his shirt. That caused him to flail his arms and pull the trigger. No charges are expected.
Fun with fireworks ends with a 28 year old Pompano Beach man hospitalized. A firecracker he lit while holding it exploded in his hand. He lost three fingers on his right hand and may lose more on his left. He’s also got severe burns to his face and torso.
Two people are hospitalized after their boat hit a sandbar near the Gandy Bridge boat ramp in St. Petersburg early this morning.
Investigators are looking into the cause of an overnight fire that destroyed a West Waters Avenue building in Tampa.
18 year old Tatyana Allen, arrested for using her 6 month old son as a baseball bat to beat her boyfriend at their Daytona Beach home. Officials say the child is recovering.
They’ve got the guy who’s been stealing loggerhead turtle eggs off Jupiter Island. 49 year old Glenn Shaw faces fines and prison for taking 107 of the eggs as the female was laying them. Loggerhead turtles are a threatened species.
No end in sight to massive algae blooms that are choking off south Florida waterways and beaches. The blooms are blamed on the federal government’s release of polluted water from Lake Okeechobee to relieve stress on the lake’s dike. The blooms are so bad, the governor has declared a state of emergency.
