GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Ahead of the new year, WCJB TV20 News reflects on all the stores we aired in 2024.
This year, we had some big breaking news stories happen. Below are some of the biggest breaking news stories that we covered this year.
In Lawtey, Johnnie Brown, 46, shot and killed his girlfriend and her two adult daughters at a home.
Qaunique Robinson, 49, Danesha Sims, 27, and Wynshay Roddey, 25, were killed during argument between them and Brown.
His next court appearance is set for February.
STORY: Mother, 2 daughters killed in Bradford County, suspect behind bars
Eight migrant workers die after a drunk driver crashed into their bus in May.
53 workers were on board when Bryan Howard, 41, crashed into the bus traveling on State Road 40 between Ocala and Dunnellon.
Howard is charged with eight counts of DUI manslaughter and is awaiting trial in the Marion County Jail.
STORY: 8 dead, dozens injured in Marion County farm worker bus crash, truck driver arrested
Two men are dead after two separate shootings at Ginnie Springs during Memorial Day weekend.
Koty Stewart, 34, was killed by Fisher Watts, 18, after a confrontation about parking.
The next night, a fight broke out between two groups of people where Marco Mandujano, 26, was shot in the head and later died in the hospital.
“Every moment every minute every second of her day she consistently and only thinks of him. It’s not justified that something this awful would happen to a person such as him” said Marco’s mother Sara Mandujano.
Fisher Watts and his brother Dallas are charged for the death of Stewart and Mandujano’s shooter is still unknown.
STORY: ‘It’s out of control’: Residents concerned about Ginnie Springs reopening after 2 shootings
An early morning fire destroyed multiple businesses on Dock Street in Cedar Key.
Cedar key Fire Rescue was joined by Bronson, Williston, Fanning Springs and Citrus County Fire Rescue.
The fire damaged Duncan’s on the Gulf Restaurant, Steamer’s Restaurant and the Island Trading Post lost more than a million dollars worth of stock.
Steamers is now back open.
STORY: ‘Economic catastrophe’: Fire sweeps through Dock Street in Cedar Key destroying businesses
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