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A gunman shot four people in a Florida home Monday and then began randomly shooting people on a nearby street before being subdued by police officers, Sanford police said.

A woman in the home was killed and an adult and two children, ages 7 and 8, were rushed to a hospital in critical condition, police spokeswoman Bianca Gillett said. She said the initial shootings appeared to be domestic in nature. Two people were shot on the street a short time later.

"The scene was one of the worst scenes our investigators have ever walked into," Gillett said of the home. "It was horrific."

The suspect was identified as Allen Cashe, 31. Before the shootings, Cashe and a woman became involved in an altercation at a gas station involving "property," Gillett said. Police were called, calmed both people down and left the scene. A short time later, police received a 911 call asking for an officer to check on the woman, so the officer went to the woman's home and quelled another argument between Cashe and the woman, Gillett said.

Gillett said Cashe leftbut returned shortly after6 a.m. and shot two adults and two children in the home.The gunman then fled to a nearby intersection where he "seemingly opened fire on two innocent bystanders that were walking down the roadway."

Two people, including a Winter Springs High School student waiting for her bus, were wounded on the street.Gillett said a police officer heard the shooting and followed the suspect. Multiple officers took the shooter into custody, she said.

Seminole County schools Supt. Walt Griffin said the three youths who were shot were students at his schools. He said grief counselors would be available for students Tuesday.

"Our hearts go out to families of these young and innocent children," Griffin said.

Arlene Bush told the Orlando Sentinel she heard about a dozen gunshots early Monday and ran out of her home. She said she saw a neighbor on the ground and called 911.

When I looked at that man, I didn't known if he was going to make it, she told the Sentinel, adding that the children who were shot were best friends with her kids.These little boys didn't ask for this."

Sanford, a central Florida city of more than 55,000 people, made news around the world five years ago when black teenager Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Then-police Chief Bill Lee was fired four months later amid criticism for his handling of the case.

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Recently, it became necessary for me to do some business with the state of Florida. I do not like doing business with the state of Florida. Many let us say very many folks there have not gotten the surgeon generals urgent notice that cigarettes will kill you. And everyone around you. Usually to enter a place of business you have to fight your way through the noxious cloud of smoke created by the twenty people standing one inch from the only door, puffing away before they enter, bringing their miasma in with them. Of course, if I lived in a state whose two salient features were alligators and hurricanes I might take my chances with Marlboros, too.

Also, Walt Disney World notwithstanding, Florida is not the happiest place on earth. Many let us say very many folks in Florida are grouchy and/or impatient. I was once making a left hand turn off a highway on a stretch of road that featured a double yellow line. I had my turn signal on, the strangeness of which is what probably confused my fellow drivers, those few that werent texting and perhaps saw it. I was passed from behind by two cars, one on my left and one on my right, both of them traveling at, oh I dont know, Mach 1.3. Both drivers gave me the official Welcome to Florida single digit salute as they sped past.

In addition, many let us say very many folks in the land of George Zimmerman are carrying a concealed weapon. These weapons will kill you just like cigarettes, only usually quicker, depending upon how good a shot the person assaulting you is. Official Florida state sport: drive-by shooting.

So, as you can see, doing business in the Melanoma State is sort of like getting your hair cut by guillotine. If you dont make any sudden moves you probably wont get hurt but the process makes for some tense moments.

Anyway, a letter came in the mail, indicating I owed Florida some money. This is not surprising. Florida does not have a state income tax. That is why retirees are three-deep in most places. In order to pay Governor Rick Scott (campaign slogan My policies are scarier than my big bulbous head.) enough to keep his big bulbous head shaved, Florida has to have another source of income. One source is to put a tax or a surcharge or a fee or an assessment on everything besides income. If they ever begin to tax synonyms, we are all done for. This is not outside the realm of possibility.

On the back of the envelope the letter came in were the following verbatim notices. I am not making these up.

Expect longer wait times for walk-in service due to the states installation of a new computer system.

The state advises their new system may experience service outages/slow-downs through 2017.

The Tax Collectors office is required to use the states system and wants to help its customers avoid longer wait times by encouraging online and mail-in payments.

For current office locations visit our web site or call.

To summarize:

Due to a new computer system, service will slow down. (Speaking for everyone who hesitates to install even a new operating system, just let me say Told you so. There is no computer system so bad that is cant be made worse by improving or updating or refurbishing or saints preserve us replacing: the four horsemen of the computer apocalypse.)

Officials those great guys and gals who work in the state capital of Tallahassee which is (A) hard to spell and (B) barely even in the state- bought a system which they know is going to work really slowly. Or perhaps not at all. This particular improvement will last for the next nine months. At that point, it (the system, certainly not the officials) might have mercy on the good upstanding Florida citizens (all four of them) and self-destruct.

What the Tax Collector is saying here is Dont blame me. This stupid new computer system was not my idea. Ol Jeb Bush is looking pretty good now, isnt he?

The web site is, of course, embedded in the new computer system. Dont get your hopes up. You can call but in order to improve service, we might be replacing the phones with tin cans and string.

Its not too often you see a place of business saying Dont come here. Avoid coming here. We are begging you not to come here. But if you do, dont forget your cigarettes.

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Marla Boone resides in Covington and writes for the Troy Daily News and Piqua Daily Call.

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He and The Weinstein Company have just scooped up the rights to two books about Martin, with the intention of creating both a narrative feature film and a TV docuseries.

Martin, a black Florida teenager, was unarmed when he was killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in 2012. His death and Zimmerman's eventual acquittal sparked nationwide outcry and helped give rise to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the two books picked up by Jay Z and the The Weinstein Co. focus on different aspects of Martin's life and death. Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin, written by Martin's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, offers an intimate look at the slain teen and his family's experiences of his death and its aftermath.

Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It mainly focuses on Zimmerman's murder trial. It was written by attorney Lisa Bloom (who recently made headlines for representing actress and revenge porn victim Mischa Barton).

Jay Z and The Weinstein Co. previously teamed up for another true tale of criminal injustice, Time: The Kalief Browder Story. The six-part docuseries, about the black teenager held without trial for three years inside Rikers Island, is currently airing on Spike.

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MADISON, Wis. - Madison police have launched a program called the "Good Neighbor Project" with the aim of redefining what neighborhood watch means to the city's residents.

Officer Emily Samson, the department's new crime prevention coordinator, said the program is about connecting neighbors to neighbors and neighbors to officers, expanding on what the department and the city's neighborhood watch groups already do.

Sampson said some in the community have misconceptions about what neighborhood watch actually means here in Madison. She said neighborhood watches here in Madison don't go out on patrol, for example.

"If you look at what neighborhood watches across the country are doing, a lot of (them) patrol the streets, they wear reflective vests, they get out with flashlights and they snoop around their neighborhoods," Samson said. "A current assistant chief on our department told one our neighborhood watch groups 'If we see you doing that, we're going to come looking for you.'"

Those misconceptions, she said, are often barriers to starting programs in Madison neighborhoods.

For example, Samson said when she talked to neighbors in one community, the death of black teen Trayvon Martin at the hands of Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman made people anxious about starting their own neighborhood watch.

"We did talk about George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin and I have that concern as well," Samson said. "That's not what the city of Madison is about."

"Really what (neighborhood watch) is doing (in Madison) is educating, talking about real prevention, empowering neighbors to keep their eyes open and get to know one another," Samson said.

Samson said she hopes to use the Good Neighbor Project to help neighborhoods plan events, block parties and other activities that strengthen bonds between neighbors and police and get new neighborhood watch groups started, preventing crime along the way.

She said one neighborhood watch already putting these principles into action is the Midvale Heights neighborhood watch on Madison's west side.

"The watch part is more about watching out for each other," Wendy Reichel, a member of the 600-plus strong group, said. "If there's an elderly person across the street that doesn't collect their mail for a day or two and you know that they're living alone, you might want to check on them."

Reichel said the group puts on regular events featuring law enforcement and other community leaders. She said she hopes the project helps other communities in the city share ideas.

"It's going to give people in our neighborhood an opportunity to interact with other neighborhoods, see what's working for them, what's not working for them, brainstorm new ideas for events that we could all have together or just learn from events that people have had that have been really successful," Reichel said.

Samson said the department has already put on one "Good Neighbor Night" event and hopes to have more of them in the coming weeks.

For more information about the Good Neighbor Project, visit MPD's website.

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