In today’s Quickcast:
Florida rapper Julio Foolio was shot and killed in a Tampa hotel parking lot early Sunday morning.
His lawyer, Lewis Fusco, confirmed his death to CBS News affiliate WTSP-TV in Tampa.
Around 4:40 a.m., Tampa police officers were called out to a shooting reported at the Holiday Inn Tampa North, where two cars were shot at, resulting in four people getting hit by gunfire, Tampa Police spokesperson Jonee Lewis said at a news conference.
One of the victims was believed to be Charles Jones, 26, but police said his identity is pending confirmation by the medical examiner. According to WTSP, Jones is Foolio’s legal name.
Three other people were injured in the shooting.
Fusco told WTSP that that Foolio was in Tampa to celebrate his birthday at an Airbnb but was asked to leave because there were too many people at the residence. He then went to the Holiday Inn, where he was reportedly ambushed, Fusco told WTSP.
Foolio, who has over 1 million followers on Instagram, shared and promoted on his page that he was in Tampa for his birthday.
Hotel guests were not evacuated but police were on the scene to assist them if necessary, Lewis said.
Police are urging the public to provide any videos or information they may have to assist with the investigation.
Monday marks three years since the Champlain Towers South condominium collapsed in Surfside, killing 98 people and becoming one of the deadliest structural failures in U.S. history.
As South Florida still winches from the pain the catastrophe left behind, many keep searching for answers as to why it happened — so that it never happens again.
Here is everything that CBS News Miami knows about the Surfside condo collapse on the third anniversary of the tragedy.
On June 24, 2021, at 1:22 a.m., Champlain Towers South, once located at 8777 Collins Avenue in the Town of Surfside, partially collapsed.
The 12-story condominium building had 136 units, and 55 were involved in the collapse. Firefighters used truck-mounted ladders to reach people trapped on balconies and pulled 35 people out of the building.
In the early hours of the rescue mission, officials reported that only one person had died and 10 others were injured as fire rescue and technical rescue teams from Miami-Dade and Broward counties responded, cutting off utilities from the site as life-saving efforts continued.
Stinging jellyfish, rays with their whip-like tails and sharks on the hunt are some ocean hazards that might typically worry beachgoers. But rip currents are the greatest danger and account for the most beach rescues every year.
Six people drowned in rip currents over a recent two-day period in Florida, including a couple vacationing on Hutchinson Island from Pennsylvania with their six children and three young men on a Panhandle holiday from Alabama, officials say.
About 100 people drown from rip currents along U.S. beaches each year, according to the United States Lifesaving Association. And more than 80% of beach rescues annually involve rip currents.
The National Weather Service lists 16 known deaths so far in 2024 from rip currents in U.S. waters, including the Florida fatalities as well as eight deaths in Puerto Rico and two in Texas.
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