Police: Toddler killed in hit-and-run crash

A two-year-old boy was killed in the Malibu Groves neighborhood of Orlando on Saturday night in a hitand-run crash, according to the police department.

Davari Macon was struck by an “erratic driver” at Barley Street and Judith Lane, OPD said in a statement.

He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died.

The department did not release details of the fatal crash but said detectives have identified a possible suspect and charges are pending. maybe a child put their hands on their parent or guardian and didn’t cause any harm physically. It was just a physical struggle, but it got classified as domestic violence.”

And while she praised the move by the Sheriff’s Office, she said arrest data shows “there’s room for improvement” in how law enforcement interacts with minors, particularly in communities of color.

“When you compare [Central Florida] to other communities across the state or across the nation that have similar populations to ours, our [arrest numbers] are much higher,” Springer said. “So it does require us to revisit and look at how we’re addressing these issues.”

Similarly sized Pinellas County is often praised for its virtually ubiquitous use of civil citations when dealing with youth offenders, partly due to policies giving officers broad discretion when dealing with first- to third-time youth offenders accused of misdemeanors.

Last year, law enforcement agencies there reported using civil citations 99% of the time for firsttime offenders and 93% of the time in domestic battery cases, according to the DJJ. this I was operating on patients with COVID-19.”

Gary was able to say goodbye, but so many members of the community who loved him were not.