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Investigators with the Broward Sheriff’s Office are looking for a man they say shot and killed a Miami man who was closing up his business for the night and then raced off through the streets of West Park.

K-9 units and a Broward Sheriff's Office helicopter was at the scene as deputies searched for the shooter.

The City of West Park holds a special parade to celebrate the birthday of a beloved community member.

Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are searching for a man who used a stolen identity to rent the white 2021 Chevy Silverado that he was driving when he killed a 77-year-old grandfather last month.

This Memory Garden, at the Bowles-Strachan Historical House, in West Park, is dedicated to the early pioneers of Carver Ranches. I started working on the memory garden early one morning. An unfamiliar man that was working on the new house across the street came over to see what I was doing. The next morning he came with a load of dirt to elevate the bed of the garden, which made it more visible from the street. The spirit of the elders and our team will be there to greet them and share the history of the Genesis of Carver Ranches.– Cynthia Strachan Saunders (305) 343-9403

The driver of a motor scooter was killed Thursday morning in a crash on State Road 7 in West Park, authorities confirmed.

One of the teenage suspects faced a judge Thursday in the case of an exotic dog theft that led to a shootout caught on camera in West Park.

Two puppies were stolen during an armed robbery that turned into a shootout when the homeowner brought out her gun and chased after the suspects.

It happened in the area of Southwest 23rd Street and South State Road 7 in the late afternoon of Oct. 2.

Arrests have been made, following a dramatic shootout over a dognapping in West Park.

A woman selling exotic dogs got into a shootout with three attempted dog robbers, and the entire ordeal was caught on camera.

A 27-year-old man was arrested in West Park over the weekend after a large amount of synthetic drugs and other narcotics were found inside his vehicle during a traffic stop, authorities said.

Authorities are investigating a major crash that occurred Sunday night in West Park.

Mario Alphonso Williams, 51, was convicted of a charge of premeditated murder in the March shooting death that began on a Broward County Transit bus.

A car crashed into the front of a beauty salon in West Park Friday morning, and a 20-year-old woman who was a passenger in that vehicle has since died, her father told Local 10 News.

Surveillance video from a nearby business captured the moment gunfire erupted early Sunday morning near a food truck off Hallandale Beach Boulevard.

Deputies surrounded a food truck in West Park early Sunday morning after a shooting sent three people to the hospital, including a juvenile.

A man was laying in the street early Friday morning in West Park when he was struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident, authorities said.

Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are at the scene of a death investigation Friday morning where the victim’s mother says her son was hit by a driver who then fled.

Family members identified the victim as 42-year-old John Henry Rembert Jr.

Firefighters were called to the Playhouse Gentlemen's Club located on West Hallandale Beach Boulevard.

A man was arrested Friday morning and several others were detained after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies executed a narcotics warrant at a home in West Park.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of 15-year-old Lorvens Julien, who died Wednesday after possibly being exposed to some sort of chemical inside his West Park home.

A large deputy presence was spotted Wednesday morning in a West Park neighborhood for what authorities confirmed was a death investigation, and there were also firefighters at the scene from multiple agencies.

A law enforcement team went to a house in West Park in search of Risson Beaubrun and they found him, 11 firearms, bullets, high capacity magazines, ballistic vests with rifle plates, and oxycodone, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday.

Firefighters were quickly on the scene of the blaze, which was near the intersection of Southwest 36th Street and 54th Avenue.

Tycoon Party Rentals in Broward County’s city of West Park lost a yellow trackless train to a thief in a U-Haul truck. Surveillance video shows the early riser parked outside of the warehouse unit on Southwest 21st Street.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a drive-by shooting that left three people injured outside a strip club in West Park.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a three-vehicle crash that left two people injured Wednesday morning in West Park.

A man was driving on busy Hallandale Beach Boulevard in West Park Monday night when someone began shooting at him, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

According to police, deputies responded to a shooting call and upon arrival they found two people who had been shot.

A 32-year-old man was arrested Sunday after multiple Broward Sheriff’s Office vehicles were burglarized late Saturday night in the parking lot of the West Park/Pembroke Park District Office, authorities confirmed.

Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Alcee Hastings (FL-20).

WEST PARK, Fla. – A Fort Lauderdale man accused of shooting a fellow Broward County Transit bus passenger dead after an argument is now behind bars. Mario Alphonso Williams, 51, faces a charge of premeditated murder in the Sunday shooting death of Joseph Jackson, 42, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Deputies say that when the bus stopped and Jackson went to exit, Williams opened fire, shooting Jackson multiple times in the back. Family members say Jackson was bipolar and schizophrenic, and that he talked to himself frequently. They’re wondering if that set off the altercation on the bus, and wondering why it had to lead to violence.

WEST PARK, Fla. – The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting that took place on a county transit bus. It happened Sunday afternoon in West Park and deputies are still searching for the shooter. According to investigators, there was an argument on board the bus between Jackson and another man. Witnesses told deputies the suspect shot Jackson multiple times as he tried to get off the bus. AdRELATED LINKBroward County Transit bus shooting leaves 1 dead, shooter still on the loose, BSO says

WEST PARK, Fla. – A shooting on a Broward County Transit bus on Sunday afternoon has left 1 person dead and a gunman still on the loose. BSO and fire rescue responded where they located a man suffering multiple gunshot wounds to his stomach. Deputies established a perimeter and canvassed the area for the shooter, but were unable to locate anyone. Back at the scene, Local 10 News saw deputies speaking to witnesses who were aboard to gather information. Anyone with information is urged to call Broward Crimestoppers at (954) 493-8477.

WEST PARK, Fla. – When crooks hauled away speakers and stole electronics from the ECB Educational K-8 Center in Broward County, Eboni Burts and her kids were heartbroken. Burts, the private school’s principal, released surveillance videos showing two burglars in action on Sunday at 2201 SW 42nd Ave., in West Park. Ferro also helped Burts with the installation and he trained school staff on how to use them. Burts said she was grateful because the faith-based Christian school will use the speakers to help the students with their daily devotions. If anyone has information about the burglary or the stolen electronics, they should call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

WEST PARK, Fla. – Surveillance video shows two burglars who are wanted for stealing electronics from a school on Sunday in Broward County. Ring cameras show the burglars broke into the ECB Educational K-8 Center at 2201 SW 42nd Ave., in West Park, and took printers, two flat-screen televisions, and speakers. Eboni Burts, the school principal, said she was still doing inventory on Monday. The burglars damaged a window to get inside. Find it in your heart to bring it back.”Burts is asking anyone with information about the burglary to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

WEST PARK, Fla. – Federal agents swarmed a neighborhood in West Park on Tuesday and took two men into custody following an undercover investigation. On Thursday, Local 10 News learned that those men are being accused of selling narcotics, including fentanyl, online in exchange for Bitcoin as payment. Sky 10 was above the scene Tuesday on Southwest 32nd Avenue in West Park as the investigation was focused on a white house. Undercover detectives made five purchases from Teixeira-Spencer from March 2019 to June 2019, the indictment stated. According to the indictment, the packages were mailed from South Florida, as well as Rhode Island, to buyers across the country.

WEST PARK, Fla. – Residents of a Broward community were confused Tuesday morning when a fleet of unmarked vehicles full of federal agents arrived in their neighborhood. Sky 10 was over the scene as the agents swarmed a block of SW 32nd Avenue in West Park. The scene is about two blocks south of Hallandale Beach Boulevard, and the investigation was focused on a white house. Agents could be seen coming and going from the home as neighbors looked on. Gloved agents could also be seen searching a silver convertible and a black GMC Yukon parked outside the house.

The accumulation of data was collected from international schools as well as schools in the United States. However, they warned that there is evidence that online and at home learning is affecting children socially, emotionally, and academically. “The reason we pushed to open schools is because having kids in person is better for the kids,” Florida Gov. “Our schools aren’t sources of spread for the pandemic,” Superintendent of Broward County Schools Robert Runcie said. And the Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools Alberto Carvalho said: “We know who’s losing ground.

Senator Jones previously filed the Urban Core Gun Violence Task Force bill (2020) while in the Florida House along with Senator Jason Pizzo. Solutions To Combat Gun ViolenceThe bill would create a task force to generate solutions to combat gun violence. This will keep our people and neighborhoods safe.”“The courageous survivors of the Parkland Massacre are the national faces of America’s gun violence epidemic. We lose 26 Black people to gun violence every day in America. We can end this kind of gun violence.

WEST PARK, Fla. – A 36-year-old man who is accused of shooting at a deputy in West Park on Wednesday turned himself in to authorities later that night, the Broward Sheriff’s Office confirmed. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. Wednesday near the Savage Beauty Supply located at 5716 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd. St. Louis said the deputy approached the car to investigate, at which time the driver, later identified as Johny Dabrezil, got out of the car and fired a single shot at the deputy, missing the deputy and his BSO vehicle. St. Louis said the deputy got back into his car and chased the suspect into the city of Hollywood, where he lost sight of the vehicle near the 5700 block of Dewey Street. A perimeter was set up in the area, and Hollywood police later found the Mercedes two blocks away in the rear parking lot of a towing company.

It’s the third shooting incident in that area since Dec. 5 when three men were wounded about one block away from the West Park shooting scene, and three New York men were fatally shot on Jan. 4 while driving along State Road 7, just south of there.

WEST PARK, Fla. – Authorities are investigating after a gunman fired a single shot in the direction of a Broward County Sheriff’s deputy, narrowly missing the deputy and his car. According to BSO spokeswoman Gerdy St. Louis, the deputy spotted a suspicious vehicle sitting behind a beauty supply store. St. Louis said the driver then got back into his car and fled the scene, heading north along State Road 7 in Hollywood. The deputy followed Dabrezil and other deputies joined in the pursuit, St. Louis said. According to BSO, deputies and officers with the Hollywood Police Department set up a perimeter in the 5900 block of Dewey Street, but Dabrezil and his passenger were not found.

[WEST PARK] – Today, Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones (D-West Park) released the following statement on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol:“This is a shameful moment in our nation’s history as Donald Trump and his enablers have incited and provoked an outright attack on democracy. These are not political protestors, but violent terrorists attempting to overthrow our government and they must be criminally prosecuted. We cannot wash over the dangerous propaganda and behavior that led us here and allow the political leaders who continue to refuse to uphold the U.S. Constitution to skate by without consequence. Donald Trump must be removed from office. The world is watching.”

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WEST PARK, Fla. – Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting after 3 people were found shot early Saturday morning. According to BSO, they received a call at 2:45 a.m. about a shooting at the intersection of Hallandale Beach Boulevard and Southwest 56th Avenue. When an employee went to open the store for business, which was across the street from the shooting scene, they found the front doors completely shattered. The owner of the business arrived to find a bullet hole also in the store’s shutters. He believes it was caused by a stray bullet from the shooting scene that traveled across the street and into the store.

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The late Daniel Boorstin, an eminent historian and onetime Librarian of the U.S. Congress, wrote of “booster cities” in The Americans: The Democratic Experience.

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She retired in July 2010, hours before surrendering at the county jail on five felony counts of receiving unlawful compensation. Prosecutors accused her of voting in favor of grants that her husband wrote for the town of Southwest Ranches — votes that resulted in him receiving $45,000 in bonuses. The prosecution accused her of violating laws that require elected officials to abstain from voting on matters that pose a conflict of interest or might give them or family members a special benefit.

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PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. Leaders is Broward County will hold a news conference Wednesday morning at a new coronavirus testing site in Pembroke Park. The news conference at the Koinonia Worship Center and Village at 4900 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd. is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.Broward County Mayor Dale Holness will speak at the press briefing, along with Rep. Shevrin Jones, Broward County Commissioner Dr. Barbara Sharief, Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony, West Park Vice Mayor Brian Johnson and West Park Commissioner Felicia Brunson. The walk-up testing site will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday only. No appointments are need to be tested and testing is free to all.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – A Miramar man who police said shot two people on the same day in two different counties within minutes of each other is under arrest. Ian Jackson, 26, was taken into custody Wednesday, July 1, for the murders of Roy Gissendanner in West Park and O’Neil William in Miami Gardens. 27th St., West Park, after receiving a 911 call. As BSO continued the investigation into the West Park shooting, Miami Gardens Police were investigating a shooting that happened on Monday, June 22 at 4:19 p.m. in the 18300 block of North Miami Avenue. A funeral service for Gissendanner was held Saturday, July 4, at the New Macedonia Baptist Church in West Park.

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WEST PARK, Fla. – Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating a fatal shooting on Monday afternoon in West Park. According to Carey Codd, a spokesman for BSO, the death investigation began after 4 p.m. at the 5800th block of Southwest 27th Street. This is a developing story.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. No, they wont take your bulk trash or yard waste, but the Broward County Residential Drop-Off Centers are back in business to take your household hazardous waste and old electronics. Locations include:North Residential Drop-off Center, 2780 N Powerline Rd, Pompano Beach, FL. Central Residential Drop-off Center, 5490 Reese Rd, Davie, Fl. South Residential Drop-off Center, 5601 W Hallandale Beach Blvd, West Park, FL. For more information, visit Broward.org/Waste, or call the Broward County Call Center at 311.

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Holding balloons and candles, they shared stories of the man who was well known and loved by many in West Park. Born and raised right here in the city of West Park. Local 10 News has learned Rembert was the principal of West Park Preparatory School, located six blocks from where he lost his life. Local 10 News contacted West Park Preparatory, which issued a statement that read, "Dr. Rembert was an amazing family man, father, minister, principal and friend. “Just a great loss to the community, a great loss to Broward County,” Brunson said.

WEST PARK, Fla. – Some West Park Preparatory School students were in tears Thursday afternoon when they learned a driver had run over their beloved mentor -- killing him in a Broward County street. “He was a great member of the community,” Felicia M. Brunson, a city of West Park commissioner, said about Rembert, who was the head of the West Park Preparatory School. (Courtesy of the West Park Preparatory School)Distraught relatives said Rembert, who was always willing to help others, was rushing to the aid of someone who had been involved in a fender-bender crash nearby. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies closed the area of Hallandale Beach Boulevard to investigate the fatal crash about six blocks away from the private school he founded and ran at 2201 SW 42 Ave.“This is a tremendous loss for West Park Preparatory School and our community,” West Park Preparatory School staff members said in a statement. We are sure his legacy of being a servant leader will live on in the lives of those he touched.

WEST PARK, Fla. – Deputies are investigating two smash-and-grab burglaries to a pair of West Park businesses. The burglaries occurred early Tuesday at a liquor store and cellphone store on State Road 7 near Southwest 27th Street. The owner said the crooks got away with about $5,000 worth of new and used cellphones, iPads and tablets. The glass on the front door of Prime Liquors in West Park is smashed out after a burglary. (WPLG)Another business, Prime Liquors, was also burglarized.

A man and woman are dead after a shooting in West Park. WEST PARK, Fla. - Detectives are investigating after a man and woman were fatally wounded Sunday night at a home in West Park. Broward Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Miranda Grossman said deputies were called to the home on Southwest 36th Court about 9:30 p.m. When deputies arrived, they found a man and woman had been shot. Homicide detectives are investigating the deaths.

Howard Fray, Ruperts brother, said that Eslyn is certain the animal was a bobcat because she had seen one two years earlier, when a different bobcat was captured from the complex after taking refuge in a tree. He said that the color of the cat, which she described as a mixture of dark gray and brown, was similar to the color of the cat captured two years earlier. The size was similar, too.

WEST PARK, Fla. - Broward Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating the death of a 2-month-old boy in West Park. BSO spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright said the baby boy was found unresponsive at a home on Southwest 22nd Street shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday. The boy was taken to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, where he was pronounced dead. Homicide detectives said Ashton was one of several other infants and toddlers being cared for at the time. "Detectives will be looking to see if this was a day care center or an unlicensed day care center," Coleman-Wright said.

WEST PARK, Fla. - Broward Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating the death of a 2-month-old boy in West Park. According to BSO spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright, the baby boy wasn't breathing when deputies arrived at a home on Southwest 22nd Street shortly after 3 p.m.Paramedics and deputies responded to the home after a 911 call, Coleman-Wright said in a statement. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue personnel rescued an injured dog that was curled up on the side of the road Tuesday in West Park. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - A Tuesday night shooting in Broward County's town of Pembroke Park left two people dead and two injured, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. Veda Coleman-Wright, a BSO spokesperson, said a man who worked as a mechanic died at the scene of the shooting and the other person died in the hospital. Detectives believe there was a confrontation at an auto shop at 2401 SW 31st Ave., east of West Park and west of Hallandale Beach. Someone drove the three others shot to the Broward Sheriff's Office substation on Hallandale Beach Boulevard at Southwest 32nd Avenue in Pembroke Park, Coleman-Wright said. Broward Sheriff's Office deputies are investigating the shooting.