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A paddleboard and a dry bag belonging to a missing fisherman were found almost a dozen miles offshore, the U.S. Coast Guard said this Wednesday.
Luciano Mercenari, 29, a skilled paddle boarder and fisherman left his home in the Cape Florida neighborhood of Key Biscayne around 5:15 p.m. on Monday. "He was supposed to go to Stiltsville and he usually does these trips in about two hours and comes back before sundown. He has not shown up so we have been looking for him yesterday and today, all over, by sea, by air, and with paddle boards around the island. We are hoping we will find him," said family friend Gretel Capriles on Tuesday.
Multiple agencies including the Coast Guard, Miami-Dade Police, and Florida Fish and Wildlife are taking part in the search.
On Wednesday morning, just after 8 a.m., the U.S. Coast Guard posted on X, formerly Twitter, that "a good Samaritan located a paddleboard and dry bag belonging to the overdue paddleboarder 8-11 miles offshore between Miami and Fort Lauderdale."
Miami police shot and killed a woman overnight after she allegedly threatened her roommate with a knife and attacked officers.
Hamid Hamidi, who said he was the woman’s roommate, said he called 911 because she was threatening him with a knife. He said she thought he was working with a group of people to go after her and confronted him in his room. "She was accusing me of all sorts of stuff and then she wanted to, she had a knife and I felt threatened," he said.
Hamidi said she suffers from a mental health issue and this was not the first time it has happened.
When police arrived at their residence at NE 2nd Avenue and 25th Street, Hamidi said they were trying to get both sides of the story when she "charged" them
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