A Tuesday morning incident in which a man locked his mother in their home and threatened to create a situation that would lead to police shooting him was successfully resolved, Gainesville police reported Wednesday evening.
The man was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital for medical clearance, a Gainesville Police Department news release said.
At 11:26 a.m., multiple officers responded to a domestic incident in the 5000 block of Northwest 28th Terrace.
Officers learned the man would not let his mother leave. He told police that he was “going to die today by forcing law enforcement officers to shoot him,” GPD reported.
UF Health begins administering COVID-19 vaccines in Gainesville
UF Health Shands Hospital gave 12 frontline workers vaccines Wednesday December 16, 2020 | 2:10pm EST
Samuel Overly, a UF Health clinical leader, is the first to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital on Dec. 16, 2020. Suzy Wise administered the anticipated shot. Photo by Julia Coin | The Independent Florida Alligator
Dr. Joseph A. Tyndall was one of the first in Gainesville to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday morning.
He said it didn’t hurt.
UF Health Shands Hospital administered its first 12 vaccines from UF Health Jacksonville at a news conference early Wednesday morning. Tyndall, chair of emergency medicine a
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Julia Coin, 19, UF journalism sophomore, is the multimedia editor of The Alligator
. She has experience as a concert photographer, photojournalist and reporter and is the president of UF’s chapter of the National Press Photographers Association. She spends her free time falling into watch holes on
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment to keeping restaurants open and criticizing other areas of the country like New York City where indoor dining has been suspended despite evidence that most coronavirus infections can be traced to small gatherings at homes.
The Republican governor hosted a press conference at the Okeechobee Steakhouse in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he met with restaurant employees and business owners to discuss safeguarding the right to earn a living as the pandemic persists. He noted that there are about 40 states that have higher COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations per capita than Florida.