CRIME & SAFETY

What we know so far.

DANIA BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - The Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a disturbance call in Dania Beach prompting them to block off entrances and exits to a hotel. On Wednesday morning, authorities were dispatched to the Rodeway Inn and Suites located at 2440 FL-84 where they made contact with an adult male who then proceeded to attack a deputy. In response, the deputy fired his weapon, and the adult male retreated and barricaded himself inside a room.

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Police on Wednesday were investigating a double shooting in Lauderhill that left one man dead and another man hurt.Police were called to the 2200 block of NW 59 Terrace after receiving several calls about gunfire. When officers arrived, they found the man next to a vehicle with several gunshot wounds, police said in a written statement.He was rushed to Broward Health, where he died, police said. The second man sought treatment at Florida Medical Center before being transferred to Broward Health. Information about his condition was pending.Police did not say what led to the gunfire or if a suspect has been identified.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A fatal collision on Interstate 595 has led to the highway’s closure as police investigate the crash site. On Tuesday morning, Florida Highway Patrol officers were on the scene as a body lay on the westbound lanes of I-595 near Fort Lauderdale. As a...

OAKLAND PARK, FLA. (WSVN) - Detectives from the Broward Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit have launched an investigation into an incident involving a Tri-Rail train and a pedestrian that resulted in a fatality. Authorities received multiple reports of a collision between a train and a pedestrian near West Commercial Boulevard...

The Hollywood Police Department says they are looking to identify three people in connection to a shooting on Hollywood's Boardwalk.

Two teens were hospitalized and a third was arrested following a shooting in Fort Lauderdale Monday night. The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Seabreeze Boulevard. Fort Lauderdale Police said officers and fire rescue workers responded and found two gunshot victims. The victims, a 15-year-old and...

Dramatic 911 calls have captured the chaos of the mass shooting on a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, on Memorial Day.In the audio, released on Tuesday, terrified beachgoers are heard begging police to come to the scene of the shooting which left nine victims, including a one-year-old, wounded.“Oh my God, I don’t know what’s going on,” one woman is heard telling the dispatcher.“Margaritaville. Please, on the beach. They are shooting out here,” a panicked male voice says.Four children and five adults were injured in the shooting.Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime Guttenberg was murdered during the Parkland school shooting, revealed...

One man is dead and another remains hospitalized after a shooting in Lauderhill Tuesday night, police say. A little after 10 p.m., Lauderhill police officers responded to multiple 911 calls and an alert about shots fired in the 2200 Block of Northwest 59th Terrace, according to William Gordon, a spokesperson for the police department. When they arrived, they found a man with several gunshot ...

A 16-month-old toddler is the youngest victim in Monday night’s mass shooting at Hollywood Beach which injured nine people. The father of little Amari sent NBC6 pictures from his hospital bed, where the child is recovering after being shot in the foot. His father didn’t want to go on...

TAMARAC, FLA. (WSVN) - There was a lightning scare in Tamarac. A man was transported to the hospital after he was struck by lightning while he was walking to his car, Tuesday evening. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies were at the scene. The 31-year-old was transported to Broward Health North...

Released 911 calls detailed chaos as thousands of beachgoers scattered, ducked for cover and ran into nearby businesses and hotels.

PLANTATION, Fla. – Former Plantation Mayor Lynn Stoner surrendered to authorities at the Broward County Jail Tuesday morning after she was criminally charged with misconduct that occurred during her time as an elected public servant, Broward State Attorney Harold F. Pryor announced in a news release. Prosecutors, however, said...

A disturbing incident unfolded in Pompano Beach on Friday as a car collision escalated into gunfire, leading to the arrest of a man who attempted to flee the scene with two children.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, on the presidential campaign trail in Iowa, hasn’t publicly commented on the Memorial Day shooting in which nine people were wounded on Hollywood beach in his home state. He did speak by phone with the city’s mayor, Josh Levy, about 24 hours after the shooting — shortly before he went on stage in Clive, Iowa, for the “kickoff” of his campaign for the 2024 Republican ...

On June 14th, 2023, police answered to studies of a shooting alongside Fort Lauderdale Beach. When officials arrived on the 700 block of Seabreeze Boulevard, they discovered two people who were shot. Both sufferers have been temporarily transported to Broward Health Medical Center. There has been no replace on their prerequisites presently.

WASHINGTON (TND) — Crowds of young people caused chaos coast to coast over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. In Hollywood, Florida, nine people were shot on Monday. The violence reportedly started with several young men fighting when one of them pulled out a gun and started shooting. It was...

WHITE SPRINGS — It wasn’t your typical produce being trucked into Florida over the weekend. Rather, when officers with the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement inspected the Michigan produce truck around 11:40 p.m. Saturday at Ag Inspection Station 9B on Interstate 75, they found more than 40 pounds of marijuana being smuggled into the state.

A warm and muggy start to Tuesday with partly cloudy skies throughout the afternoon. ‘It’s Our Honor’ airs as hour-long Memorial Day Special. The special broadcast featured multiple stories by anchors Ben and Katie Kaplan and reporter Savannah Kelley who were all aboard Honor Flight Tallahassee on April 29. The newscast documented the experiences of multiple veterans as they were whisked away on a free, whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the nation’s military monuments and memorials.