Georgia 2-year-old shot, killed by relative during Florida vacation, sheriff says
The Georgia family had just arrived at their Florida rental home and had left the 2 and 4-year-old boys in the car when the shooting happened, officials say.
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The Georgia family had just arrived at their Florida rental home and had left the 2 and 4-year-old boys in the car when the shooting happened, officials say.
Investigators said the boy's mother called 911 after hearing a popping sound and then finding him with a gunshot wound.
Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz expressed pride in the officers who arrested the teen within 24 hours of the shooting.
MDSO says that the 15-year-old boy was walking with a 16-year-old when someone opened fire from a vehicle, striking the 15-year-old.
CBS News Miami's Ted Scouten reports from Fort Lauderdale, where family and detectives reacted to the arrests of three men in the shooting of a three-year-old child.
CBS News Miami's Ted Scouten reports from Fort Lauderdale, where police announced three more arrests in the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old child shot at a park.
The child's great-grandmother says she believes the shooting was a tragic accident and is thankful the boy was not more seriously injured.
A 33-year-old mother is facing criminal charges after her 2-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the leg with a handgun retrieved from her purse, Miami Gardens police said.
It happened shortly before 11 a.m., Saturday in the area of NW 16th Street and 6th Avenue. The Broward Sheriff's Office has not revealed the boy's age or the shooter.
Lauderhill police are investigating after a child was shot around 9:30 p.m., as they were walking down NW 55th Avenue and 25th Court when someone shot them.
Police have not released the condition of the child and there is no word on a suspect.
Rylo Yancy was shot and killed while going down a slide at a birthday party at Riverland Park in Fort Lauderdale on July 21, 2024. Investigators said it was a drive-by shooting between young men in two cars.
The 2-year-old boy was in a bedroom with his mother when he got a hold of a nearby gun and shot himself, according to Port St. Lucie Police. The gun reportedly belongs to the mother's fiancee.
Three men in their 20s are now facing two counts of first-degree murder.
Authorities have arrested a man in connection with the November shooting death of a 9-year-old boy in Florida City, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.
After weeks of investigation, deputies made a break in the case of the deadly shooting of Johvan Taylor.
Johvan Taylor, or as friends called him "Woodah," died after several shots were fired in Florida City last Saturday night.
Johvan Taylor is the nephew of Detroit Lions Wide Receiver Maurice Alexander, CBS News Miami has learned.
Officers found the child in a backyard with gunshot wounds, Florida City Police told CBS News Miami.
The shooting happened near 1329 NW 6th Ave., where officers found the child in a backyard with gunshot wounds, Florida City Police told CBS News Miami.
A Hialeah man has been charged with negligence after his 10-year-old nephew shot himself with a firearm left in the man's car.
The teen is is stable condition. Police are seeking the shooter.
A motorcycle community rallied against gun violence to honor the memory of a 9-year-old boy shot in Florida City.
Miami-Dade Police said the 15-year-old was shot in the shoulder.
The search is on for the person or persons responsible for the shooting death of a 9-year-old Florida City child.
