Investigators pursuing ‘lot of leads’
PALMETTO -- The city’s police force and Manatee sheriff’s detectives are “pursuing a lot of leads” in investigating the mass shooting that left two dead and 22 injured this weekend,Click to Continue »
View ArticleShooting victims plan to sue Club Elite's owners over lack of security
PALMETTO The family of Trayon Goff, who was killed Saturday at Club Elite, and three other victims of the mass shooting have retained attorneys for the purpose of filing…Click to Continue »
View ArticleHelp prevent another senseless shooting spree
Many questions surround the deeply disturbing display of violence at a nightclub on a major arterial in Palmetto early Saturday morning. In this horrifying case of urban warfare, two men…Click to...
View ArticlePalmetto shooting victims to sue Club Elite owners over security
PALMETTO -- The family of Trayon Goff, one of two people shot to death Saturday at Club Elite, and three other victims of the mass shooting say the nightclub was…Click to Continue »
View ArticleReward for tips in Palmetto mass shooting up to $20,000
PALMETTO The reward for information about who carried out the mass shooting at Club Elite has grown to more than $20,000.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFirefighter, medical technician re-live Club Elite shooting
MANATEE -- Two emergency workers describe what they saw -- and what they will never forget -- at Palmetto night club after mass shooting.Click to Continue »
View ArticleHundreds say goodbye to Palmetto shooting victim Goff
MANATEE -- By 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the line of people who wanted to see Trayon Geezy Bernard Goff Sr., 25, for the last time extended outside Abundant Favor Mortuary and…Click to Continue »
View ArticlePalmetto shooting prompts violent crime task force
PALMETTO -- Prompted by the worst mass shooting in Manatee County history, County Commissioner Michael Gallen is organizing a violent crime task force, which he hopes will deal with issues…Click to...
View ArticleShooting victims remembered at vigil, and by the survivors
PALMETTO -- A dozen concerned citizens attended a candlelight vigil Friday night for the 24 victims of a mass shooting attack a week ago at Palmettos Club Elite.Click to Continue »
View ArticleNo more violence, Palmetto rally organizers plea
PALMETTO No more violence. That was the message tonight when dozens gathered in front of the Palmetto Police Department in a rally sparked by a shooting at a Palmetto…Click to Continue »
View ArticleRally for non-violence held in Palmetto
PALMETTO -- No more violence.Click to Continue »
View ArticleTwo families honor victims of Palmetto nightclub shooting
PALMETTO -- Saturday was a day of mourning.Click to Continue »
View ArticleChurches may hold key to Palmetto shootings arrest
MANATEE -- There is an expression among African-American church leaders that goes, Listen to what the street is saying.Click to Continue »
View ArticleManatee pastors: call ‘Pops’ before pulling trigger
BRADENTON -- Pops Club, a group of men and women mentors willing to work with youth to prevent violence is being formed in Manatee County.Click to Continue »
View ArticlePalmetto police zero in on shooting suspects
PALMETTO -- Palmetto police say they have developed several persons of interest in the mass shooting that killed two, wounded 22 more and rocked the community 10 days ago at…Click to Continue »
View ArticleIn wake of Palmetto night club shootings, anti-violence panel being explored
With photo galleries. MANATEE -- A group of officials concerned about violent crime met Thursday in an effort to form a commission or task force that could explore long-range solutions.Click to Continue »
View ArticlePalmetto comes together to pray for end to violence
PALMETTO -- During a prayer service Saturday, speakers called on God, the church, and their neighbors to halt violence as they remembered victims of a mass shooting here two weeks…Click to Continue »
View Article‘We need a healing:’ Palmetto comes together to end the violence
PALMETTO -- During a prayer service Saturday, speakers called on God, the church, and their neighbors to halt violence as they remembered victims of a mass shooting here two weeks…Click to Continue »
View ArticleCLUB ELITE SHOOTING | Reward money gets tips flowing
PALMETTO -- Today marks three weeks since Trayon Goff, 25, of Rubonia, and Gwenette Matthews, 38, of Bradenton, fell dead in a hail of bullets that wounded 22 others at…Click to Continue »
View ArticleRally bridges police-resident gap
PALMETTO -- Days before the four-month anniversary of one of the worst shootings in Manatee County, about 500 people gathered at Lincoln Park on Saturday during this years first anti-violence…Click to...
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