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Store owner dead after shooting in Arcadia

ARCADIA, Fla. – Residents in an Arcadia neighborhood are looking over their shoulders after a shooting leaves a corner store owner dead. Neighbors said the shooting happened at the Fiesta Food Mart on Magnolia Street around 2:30 p.m. on Friday. A suspect went into the store shooting and killing the store’s owner, Saleh Ahmed, who was working at the time, according to neighbors. The suspect then left the store.  Autumn Sanchez said she was returning home Friday when she noticed the crime scene tape and cop lights surrounding the corner store.  “I saw cops coming out of the little...

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Punta Gorda motorcyclist dies weeks after Arcadia crash

ARCADIA, Fla. – A 64-year-old Punta Gorda man died Friday nearly one month after he was airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries following a crash in Arcadia. Around 11:30 a.m. on April 12, a pickup truck driven by a 22-year-old Arcadia woman was pulling a utility trailer on County Road 760 near SW Nipper Avenue when the trailer detached from the truck, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The 64 -year-old was driving a motorcycle along the road and crashed into the detached trailer after it separated from the truck and went right into the path of the motorcyclist, troopers...

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