Kathleen Ditton

6 days ago | wsvn.com | Kathleen Ditton

She didn’t see the gunman or hear the shots but knew what was happening. As a young man carried out a deadly shooting Thursday at Florida State University, Stephanie Horowitz looked out at the sprawling campus and saw a dreadful reminder that brought her back to when she was a teenager at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the Parkland massacre seven years ago. “You could almost see the silence.

6 days ago | wsvn.com | Kathleen Ditton

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Paul Maurice didn’t care about which team the Panthers drew for Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Didn’t care about whether that series would start on home ice or not. Didn’t care about finishing first, second or third in the Atlantic Division, either. The Panthers have much bigger priorities. That’s why, for the better part of the last two months, the defending Stanley Cup champions have been patient and prudent.

6 days ago | wsvn.com | Kathleen Ditton

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two people were killed and six others were injured when a gunman opened fire at Florida State University, sending students fleeing from the student union and putting the Tallahassee, Florida, campus under lockdown. Authorities have identified the shooter as Phoenix Ikner, a 20-year-old Florida State student who is the son of a sheriff’s deputy.

6 days ago | wsvn.com | Kathleen Ditton

LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLA. (WSVN) - Authorities are searching for a 25-year-old woman who was reported missing from Lauderdale Lakes. According to BSO, Bethie Souffrant was last seen near the 3700 block of Northwest 25th Street at around 1:20 p.m., Tuesday. She is described as standing at 5 feet tall, weighing around 125 pounds and having black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a brown skirt, tank top and leopard print glasses.

6 days ago | wsvn.com | Kathleen Ditton

(CNN) — A US-born man initially charged with being an “unauthorized alien” in Florida has been released after spending the night in jail on a 48-hour hold requested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid the Trump administration’s broad deportation crackdown. Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, 20, was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol on Wednesday when the car he was riding in was pulled over for a traffic stop, said his attorney, Mutaqee Akbar.