Lake County Fatality Tracker

A 22-year-old man drowned at Gator Joe’s Beach Bar & Grill after tiring while swimming to a buoy on Lake Weir. Witnesses pulled him from the water and...

Lake County recorded 326 traffic deaths across 290 crashes from 2020-2024, at a rate of 14.7 per 100,000 residents.

• US-27 had the most fatal...

• Master Deputy Bradley Michael Link, 28, was fatally shot while entering a Eustis home during a disturbance response
• One deputy suffered a shoulder...

Ormond Beach police arrested restaurant worker Francisco Alexander Guzman Rivera on Sept. 24 on charges including DUI causing death and vehicular...

Arkeem Mitchell, 36, turned himself in on Sept. 21 at Daytona Beach Police Department and now faces two counts of vehicular homicide.

• Held on...

Was the deadly DeLand shooting self-defense or a crime?

• A 'trespass' call turned fatal, with the shooter claiming self-defense.
• The case raises...

• Confirmed facts: Officer Austin Long shot in the leg at AdventHealth during suspect's MRI; expected full recovery
• Linked incident: 40-year-old...

Brevard County has been under health alerts for rabies and West Nile virus since Sept. 3 after a rabid raccoon was found in Melbourne. Despite...

The State Attorney’s Office determined the April fatal shooting of Timotheus Reed by a Lake County deputy was lawful, as the deputy reasonably feared...

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