UPDATE: Double murder-suicide investigated at Melbourne home
3 dead in shooting on Forest Run Drive
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MELBOURNE, Fla. – Police are investigating a double murder-suicide at a home in Melbourne.
Melbourne police said the shooting was reported around 7:25 a.m. Wednesday in the 2400 block of Forest Run Drive.
According to Melbourne police, several callers reported hearing gunshots at the home and officers found three adults suffering from gunshot wounds.
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Police have since identified Stephen Hewson as the shooter. Authorities said Hewson shot his step-daughter Nicole Miller and his adult grandson, Zerric Miller. Hewson then shot himself, police said.
Officers said two people were pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to Holmes Regional Medical Center and later died. Officers did not clarify who was taken to the hospital.
Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Emerald Coast is one of 27 Florida hospitals that soon will begin issuing COVID-19 vaccinations to people under 65 who are considered extremely vulnerable if infected with the coronavirus.
According to information provided by Mike Burke, spokesman for Ascension Sacred Heart, the Florida Department of Health is doling out 28,500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for the initiative. Along with Ascension Sacred Heart s location in Panama City, its hospitals in Pensacola and Miramar Beach also will receive a shipment of shots earmarked for high-risk patients. Ascension Sacred Heart has received 3,000 doses with plans to administer 1,000 in Milton on Wednesday, 1,000 in Destin and South Walton over two days this week and 1,000 in Panama City on Friday, Burke wrote in an email Monday.
Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Emerald Coast is one of 27 Florida hospitals that will soon begin issuing COVID-19 vaccinations to people under 65 who are considered extremely vulnerable if infected with the coronavirus.
According to information provided by Mike Burke, spokesman for Ascension Sacred Heart, the Florida Department of Health is doling out 28,500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for the initiative. Along with Ascension Sacred Heart s location on Miramar Beach, its hospitals in Pensacola and Panama City also will receive a shipment of shots earmarked for high-risk patients. Ascension Sacred Heart has received 3,000 doses with plans to administer 1,000 in Milton on Wednesday, 1,000 in Destin and South Walton over two days this week and 1,000 in Panama City on Friday, Burke wrote in an email Monday.
Florida hospitals to receive COVID vaccine for extremely vulnerable
Jeffrey Schweers
The state Department of Health is shifting 28,500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to 27 hospitals around the state this week to immunize people under 65 who are considered extremely vulnerable if infected with the coronavirus.
The decision came Friday in response to a pressure campaign of emails, calls & interviews from constituents under 65 who have underlying medical conditions that put them at a higher risk than healthy seniors, State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, tweeted on Saturday. It’s a sign that our advocacy efforts are working.
The DOH was able to allocate more resources to hospitals because of a 16% increase in shipments to the states ordered by President Biden, resulting in 307,000 first doses to Florida instead of the usual 266,000. The state also received 254,000 second doses.