Three separate violent scenes broke out in a 24-hour period in Lee County. Shots were fired on a crowded beach. A man was shot in the chest hours later, and another man was found shot to death in his car. Investigators hope members of the public have tips that can lead to justice for the […]
Police are investigating a shooting in Fort Myers after finding a man dead of a gunshot wound in his car Tuesday morning.
Detectives with the Fort Myers Police Department are searching between Royal Palm and Central avenues, north of Franklin Street and south of Edison Avenue, after receiving a shot spotter alert near the intersection of Royal Palm and Franklin. They located a man who had died of a gunshot wound inside a car around 12:34 a.m.
The victim has been identified by FMPD as Montrell O’Neal, 21, of Fort Myers. He was the brother of Demetrius O’Neal, a suspect in the 2016 Club Blu shooting, according to a 2020 arrest affidavit. That same document lists both brothers as members of the “1Way” gang.
The tragic death remains a mystery with no new leads or arrests.
Time hasn’t made loss any easier for Debbie Harrison, whose son Josh Kent was murdered just four days before Mother’s Day in 2006. His killer is still unknown.
Now, 15 years later, Harrison says the once precious holiday will never be the same.
“I miss him every day. He was a big part of my life. He was my only child.”
Josh would be 46 today. He was shot and killed while sitting in a car parked in front of a Fort Myers apartment complex on Royal Palm Avenue.
January 10, 2021
The Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, home to more than 4,000 species of plants and trees, is a place not to be missed if you find yourself in Kandy
Green all the way.
In the central province of Sri Lanka, just five to six kilometres west of the city of Kandy, lies the green and serene Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya. Home to more than 4,000 species of trees, spices, flowers and medicinal plants, the Royal Botanic Garden is spread over 147 acres. The garden is around two centuries old.
It was formally established in 1843, though the groundwork was laid back in 1821 and the origins of the garden go back to the times of King Wickramabahu III who set up his court here near the famous Mahaweli River – which is the largest river in Sri Lanka – in year 1371 after ascending the throne.