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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
Shooting at Lakeland convenience store leaves man dead, woman injured
LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — One person was killed, and another was injured in a shooting at a Lakeland convenience store Tuesday evening, authorities said. The Lakeland Police Department said officers received reports of a shooting at the Fast Stop convenience store on East Memorial Boulevard shortly after 6 p.m. 'Dangerous individual' arrested after attempted murder in Tampa, sheriff says According to police, the victims included a 39-year-old man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 19-year-old woman who was listed in 'stable condition.' Authorities did not provide details on what may have led up to the shooting, but said the suspected shooter was detained at the scene and was being questioned by detectives. The incident comes just weeks after another deadly shooting at the same convenience store. Police said Jessie Woullard, 45, was shot and killed at the store during a possible dispute over a stolen gun. No further information was immediately available in Tuesday's incident. News Channel 8 has a crew at the scene. This is a developing story. Stay up to date on the latest from News Channel 8 on-air and on the go with the free . Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Yahoo
Lakeland adopts ‘Vision Zero' plan to eliminate crashes resulting in death, serious injury
LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — In a presentation to Lakeland city commissioners, city officials reported nine people die and 44 people are injured every day on Florida roads. In 2023, there were 30 fatal crashes in the city of Lakeland, according to the Lakeland Police Department. Deadly Tampa crash shuts down N. 50th Street On Monday, city commissioners adopted the 'Vision Zero' plan, which aims to eliminate crashes resulting in death and serious injury in the city. 'To me, everyone deserves to get home safely,' said Tess Schwartz, Lakeland's traffic operations manager. Schwartz has been a traffic engineer for more than two decades, spending much of her day going through traffic data. In Feb. 2023, the city launched Vision Zero. 'Since then we've looked at the crash data over the last five years, looking at severe crashes, where they're happening, how they're happening, the different types of crashes and looking at what potential steps we could take to mitigate those crashes,' said Schwartz. The Vision Zero plan adopted by commissioners proposes red light cameras in eight more locations: Memorial Boulevard at Brunell Parkway Florida Ave at George Jenkins Blvd MLK Jr Ave at George Jenkins Blvd Memorial Blvd at N Florida Ave Bartow Road at New Jersey Rd Bartow Road at E Orange St Kathleen Rd at 14th Street Massachusetts Ave at E Parker Street According to Lakeland Police, 60,000 red light camera violations were captured last year from the existing 19 cameras. 'We approved 42% of those, but out of the 42% we approved, 85% did not commit again,' Sgt. Chad Mumbauer said. Mumbauer said he supports another part of the Vision Zero plan: school zone speed cameras. They have been implemented in other Polk County towns including Haines City, Lake Wales and Lake Alfred. Earlier this month, Manatee County removed its school zone speed cameras. 'That's going to be a hot topic,' Mumbauer said. 'I'm very passionate and support it. If you look at the facts and details behind it that will truly alter driving behavior.' He said as part of Vision Zero, in recent weeks, Lakeland Police expanded its DUI patrol unit from two people to four people, who work 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Mumbauer said he is often on call for traffic fatalities and has to notify family members when their loved ones die in a crash. 'I take that not lightly because that's going to affect someone for the rest of their life,' he said. 'They're going to see my face. It weighs on us a lot.' The expanded camera programs would require city commission approval. The plan also calls for a city-wide speed study which could lower the speed limit in residential areas to 20 miles per hour. 'If you're not running red lights and you're not speeding in school zones, you wouldn't know they were there,' Schwartz said. 'When I moved to the city before I worked for the city, I didn't know there were red light cameras.' Both Mumbauer and Schwartz referred to Alexandria, Virginia, a city of 155,000 people, which had zero traffic fatalities in 2023 and two in 2024. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
