DEVELOPING STORY: Gainesville police investigate shooting, search for gunman
GPD is looking for the person who shot a man at a business on NW 6th Street in Gainesville this afternoon. They ask that anyone with information, call 352-955-1818.
Crime
Marion County deputies looking for 24-year-old man with several warrants out for his arrest
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says they are looking for 24-year-old Curtavious Brown who witnesses say was ringing doorbells and peeping in windows.
FHP: Driver points gun at off-duty trooper, arrests man for highway violence
FHP says a pickup truck driver became agitated in slow-moving traffic, pulled out a gun and pointed it at another driver who happened to be an off-duty trooper.
Troopers investigate deadly hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian in Dixie County
Someone hit and killed a 42-year-old man from Old Town who was walking on Northeast 316th Avenue near the
area of Northeast 497th Street in Dixie County.
VIDEO: MCSO bodycam footage reveals what led up to deputy shooting a man pulled over for riding a dirt bike on the street
26-year-old Rasheem Edwards died from the shooting. The video reveals how the incident unfolded after the deputy pulled Edwards over because the motorcycle he was driving was not street legal in Florida.
Caught on Camera: Can you identify the vandal who is deflating big rig truck tires?
The Florida Highway Patrol says the criminal uses a device to puncture tires on big rig trucks parked along entrance/exit ramps on Interstates 75 and 10 in Columbia County.
Failed home invasion robbery in Levy County ends in long prison sentences for four
25-year-old Theriyus Leequina Banks, the final defendant in a 2022 case, has accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Banks joins three others serving sentences ranging from 10 to 15 years.
GPD arrests 18-year-old in connection to Zaxby’s shooting
Police arrested Juanquavious Jackson. They say he entered a Zaxby’s, pointed his gun at multiple employees, fired it and stole money from the restaurant.
Levy County Sheriff’s Office arrests two men in two different child porn cases
LCSO says multiple agencies assisted in the investigation including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Internet Crimes Against Children, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Children and Family Services.
VIDEO: Ocala Police credit ‘citizen heroes’ for helping catch ‘career criminal’ on dangerous spree
OPD released dashcam and bodycam footage showing the capture of 39-year-old Michael Prouty and the role one bystander played in ending the chase