![]() Louis Whitehead III, chairman of the Pinellas County Urban League's Black-on-Black Crime Task Force, said the run's theme, "Run Crime Out of the Black Community," carried a second message. PETERSBURG _ More than 300 people who vowed to run crime out of predominantly black neighborhoods took to the pavement around Campbell Park on Saturday in the sixth annual Black-on-Black Crime Run. Police asked that anyone with information about the shooting call investigator Bill Aiken at (904) 867-1017. in the 1700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. ![]() Investigators had no motive and no suspects, police said. OCALA _ An 18-year-old Ocala man was shot and killed early Saturday morning, police said. He leaned into the mike again and said: "I-G-N-O-R-A-N-T." Shaw stood at the microphone and sounded out "circlene." A buzzer rang indicating the goof. Hugh Shaw, an executive vice president for Fortune Savings, and captain of his company team, bowed out after trying to spell "circline," a fluorescent lamp in the shape of a ring. Each business recruited three employees for the contest, but GTE's team was composed of two high school spelling bee champs and a teacher. Each sponsored a team to draw attention to the literacy problem. Eight bay area businesses raised $4,000 for READ Pinellas Inc., a local literacy coalition. Petersburg teen-ager who used it to earn the championship for her team in a Literacy Executive Spelling Bee. When it resurfaced Friday, victory was sweet for the St. It was the same word that eliminated her from the 1987 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. PETERSBURG _ When Julie Bentley drew the word "turriferous" in a spelling bee, she rattled it off and won. He always wanted to make other people laugh. A high school friend, Ken Baker, said Hearn "loved life. Hearn was a member of the Clearwater High School class of 1988. Hearn, who lived at 610 Crest Avenue S, was taken by helicopter to Bayfront Medical Center in St. James Robert Hearn, 19, had a suicide note in his pocket, Clearwater police officer Gregory Stewart said. No charges had been filed late Saturday.Clearwater teen dies inĬLEARWATER _ A Clearwater teen-ager died Saturday morning from injuries he suffered after jumping off an overpass at Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard and U.S. A neighbor who heard the shooting called police. The gun was found in the same field by the sheriff's K-9 dog unit. Bonilla ran from the home with the gun and hid in a nearby field, where she was found by deputies. Bonilla and Miguel Velazquez then struggled for the gun and it discharged, striking Miguel in the arm, Delaney said. Maria Velazquez, Miguel's sister, tried to intervene and was shot in the hand, Delaney said. Saturday and threatened Anna with it, Delaney said. He returned with a revolver about 5:30 p.m. Delaney said Miguel Velazquez had been arguing with his common-law wife, Anna Bonilla, on Friday night and had left the mobile home. Joseph's Hospital and his condition was not available Saturday. ![]() Miguel Velazquez of the same address was taken to St. was in stable condition Saturday at University Community Hospital, said sheriff's Sgt. Maria Velazquez, age unknown, of Acorn Village Mobile Home Park at 1112 E 142nd Ave. Two people were shot in a mobile-home park Saturday when a family argument turned violent, Hillsborough sheriff's officials said.
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