Tom Hackney

Authorities in Florida say a police officer has shot a man after an uncover drug operation in Jacksonville.

An off-duty Jacksonville sheriff’s detective was taking his son to school when he was shot and critically wounded by a 19-year-old man who told his girlfriend minutes earlier that it was “going to be his last day on Earth,” police said Wednesday.

An armed suspect fleeing the scene of a shooting was injured after an officer shot him in the leg during a chase early Saturday, police in Florida said.

Authorities say a 22-month-old boy is dead after being shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Jacksonville.

Police say a 6-month-old girl was found alive in a car with a dead man and a woman.

Congregants of a Jacksonville church held a vigil in memory of a missing toddler after authorities said remains found near the church may belong to the boy.

The mother of a missing toddler has been accused of child neglect and giving false information to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigators.

Florida authorities canceled an Amber Alert for a missing 21-month-old boy on Monday and say they are now investigating the disappearance of Lonzie Barton as a homicide.

A reward to find a missing 21-month-old Jacksonville boy now stands at $10,500.

Authorities said the boyfriend of a missing boy’s mother is now a suspect in his disappearance.

Authorities say they are looking for a 16-year-old boy who they believe fired a gun at a school bus, wounding two girls.