The city of Miami Beach, Florida, declared a state of emergency on Sunday after two deadly shootings and reports of unruly spring break crowds. The city declared a 11:59 p.m. curfew to take effect on Sunday until 6 a.m. on Monday, according to an order (pdf) published online. Additional curfew restrictions will be likely imposed…
Miami Beach Declares State of Emergency Over ‘Unruly’ Spring Break Crowds
The city of Miami Beach declared a state of emergency on March 19 following two deadly shootings and reports of unruly spring break crowds. The city has implementing an 11:59 p.m. curfew, according to an order (pdf) published online. Shootings on March 17 and early on March 19, and “excessively large and unruly crowds,” were…
Miami Beach Sets Spring Break Curfew After 2 Fatal Shootings
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Miami Beach officials imposed a curfew beginning Sunday night during spring break after two fatal shootings and rowdy, chaotic crowds that police have had difficulty controlling. The city said in a news release the curfew would be from 11:59 p.m. Sunday until 6 a.m. Monday, with an additional curfew likely to be put…
1 Dead, 1 Hurt in Shooting During Miami Beach Spring Break
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Gunfire erupted in an area of Miami Beach crowded with people on spring break, killing one person, wounding another, and sending dozens scrambling for safety, police said. Two males were shot Friday night, and one person was detained at the scene, the Miami Beach Police Department posted on Twitter. It wasn’t clear if…
Miami Beach Declares Curfew After Spate of Gun Violence
The city of Miami Beach declared a curfew from Thursday until Monday in response to gun violence and raucous spring break crowds that have stretched public services beyond their capacity to respond, officials said on Monday. Five people were hospitalized in two separate shootings over the weekend, as larger-than-usual crowds have swarmed the island just…
Woman, 75, Won’t Face Criminal Charges in Outdoor Cafe Crash
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—A 75-year-old driver likely won’t face criminal charges after crashing her Bentley into a busy Miami Beach sidewalk cafe, killing one man and injuring eight others, police said. There were no signs that the woman was impaired on Feb. 24 as she tried to parallel park, Miami Beach police told the Miami Herald….
Florida Passenger Train Kills Man Weeks After Reopening
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A train belonging to Florida’s higher-speed passenger rail service struck and killed a man walking on the tracks just weeks after the company reopened from the pandemic. The Brightline train struck the pedestrian Tuesday morning in North Miami Beach as the man didn’t move as the train sounded its horn, officials said. North…
NASCAR Adds Gateway, Returns Homestead to Playoffs for 2022
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Homestead-Miami Speedway will return to the playoff portion of the season in 2022, while St. Louis was awarded a Cup Series race and NASCAR will race on Easter Sunday for the first time in more than three decades in schedule changes released Wednesday. Homestead hosted the season finale from 2002 through 2019 but was…
Gunman Fatally Shoots Tourist Protecting His Baby in Florida Restaurant
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—A gunman fatally shot a tourist eating dinner with his family at a Miami Beach restaurant as the man protected his 1-year-old son, police and a family member said. Tamarius Blair David Jr., 22, of Norcross, Georgia, told investigators he shot Dustin Wakefield, 21, on Tuesday night because he “was high on mushrooms,…
Murder Charges Filed in Miami Beach Spring Break Overdoses
MIAMI—Two North Carolina men accused of raping a 24-year-old tourist who overdosed during spring break in Miami Beach now face first-degree murder charges. On Wednesday, a grand jury in Miami-Dade County found Evoire Collier, 21, and Dorian Taylor, 25, both from Greensboro, North Carolina, responsible for the fentanyl-induced death in March of Christine Englehardt of…
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