A 14-year-old Palm Coast boy was killed Thursday night when the driver of the motorcycle he was riding on lost control, left the road and struck a utility pole, according to a release from the Florida Highway Patrol.

Two men have been charged in the weekend shooting death of a man at a beachside motel, police said.

Drivers called in to report their vehicles had been shot at by another vehicle on I-4. Later reports came from at least 14 cars damaged by gunshots from a pellet or BB gun on Interstate 4 and Interstate 95 as they traveled through Volusia County and stretching up to St. Johns County

A Deltona man’s hand was blown off by a commercial firecracker that he lit up while inside a vehicle on Saturday, Volusia County deputies said.

An off-duty Orange County Sheriff’s deputy was walking his dogs when he said a pit bull attacked his dogs and threatened him, so he shot the pit bull, according to a report. The pit bull’s owner disputes that account.

A DeLand man accused of beating his girlfriend unconscious now faces a murder charge as the woman died on Monday night, police said.

A gunman who fatally shot a neighbor in the neck Monday morning died in an exchange of gunfire with two officers, police said.

A retired corrections officer, angry her son would not answer the phone, got into a physical fight with him, aimed a gun at him and fired, Volusia sheriff’s deputies said, but the son grabbed the gun, narrowly avoiding getting shot in the head.

Two DeLand residents and a Kissimmee man were the three people killed Sunday when a twin-engine plane crashed near DeLand, according to a report.

One caller says the former owner of a dog stole it and he fired at the man's truck. Second caller says he never meant to give up the dog, and he got shot at. Who actually owns the dog is unclear, but the shooter was arrested.