Crime and Public Safety

A 17-year-old girl was shot and killed, and another adult woman was injured during a double shooting in Brooksville late Tuesday.

Pam Williams and Ruth Waccholtz have waited 20 years to face their sons' killer in court. They both agree -- Steven Lorenzo should die for his crimes.

Students and staff at Parrish Community High School were evacuated from the building Tuesday morning after officials received two bomb threats. Since February 1, school officials say they've received four bomb threats against the school that have not been credible. 

A confessed killer of two men will either be sentenced to life in prison – or death -- nearly 20 years after the crime. Steven Lorenzo is representing himself, which means he is questioning witnesses and alleged victims to his own crimes.

Notorious murder defendant Steven Lorenzo came face to face in a Tampa courtroom when one of his victims who survived his attack.

Two people were taken to the hospital after they were shot outside a shopping center in Land O' Lakes early Monday evening, the Pasco County Sheriffs Office said. 

A 21-year-old suspect believed to be involved in a Lakeland drive-by shooting that injured 11 people last week was shot and killed by a Lakeland police officer in Winter Haven on Monday, investigators say. 

Tragedy struck at the DeSoto County Fair over the weekend when a teenager was fatally shot. Police are still searching for the suspect.

For nearly 20 years the families and friends of murder victims Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz have begged for justice, and it looks like their wait may soon be over as confessed killer Steven Lorenzo heads back to a Tampa courtroom to learn his fate. 

Multiple people are behind bars after a street-racing crackdown in Hillsborough County. Deputies carried out a 9-hour operation resulting in dozens of citations and the recovery of several guns. 

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is investigating a pair of shootings that claimed the life of one man and critically injured another man. 

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect they say stole a car after injuring the driver and shooting and killing his passenger. 

A Pinellas County deputy has been terminated after he was arrested for DUI Saturday night. 

The St. Petersburg Police Department is investigating an early morning shooting that sent three people to the hospital.

A Florida state trooper is recovering at a Tampa hospital following a fatal shootout in Wesley Chapel early Saturday morning.