LAKELAND (AP) — A Tampa couple and an Irish tourist were shot at a Lakeland gun range after a handgun accidentally fired. ...more

October 4, 2009

An 80-year-old Ohio man is recovering from a week in which he was beaten during a home invasion and then shot while trying to learn about guns. ...more

October 3, 2009

With the help of a department tracking dog, deputies Saturday arrested a man wanted on an armed robbery charge who tried to elude pursuit by hiding underwater in a stand of mangroves. ...more

September 6, 2009

A man in Palmetto accidently shot himself in the hand Saturday night while investigating noises outside his home, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 6, 2009

A Hillsborough County courthouse security officer has received a written reprimand for allowing a woman to pass through courthouse security this month with what appeared to be a gun. ...more

August 28, 2009

A 21-year-old man is the sixth person to die from police gunfire in Jacksonvlle this year. ...more

August 23, 2009

Two brothers were shot by the same bullet that discharged from a weapon the 17-year-old brother was cleaning, according to a Manatee Sheriff's report. ...more

August 14, 2009

Reeling from the worst attack ever aimed at homosexuals in Israel, members of the country's gay community and their supporters rallied Sunday in the heart of Tel Aviv a day after a masked gunman killed two people at a center for gay youth and escaped. ...more

August 3, 2009

A carjacking victim turned the tables on his armed attackers when he gave chase in another car, Tampa police said. ...more

June 18, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives have released the name of a couple involved in a May 31 murder-suicide. ...more

June 5, 2009