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The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center received a call at 5:47 a.m. Monday morning regarding a domestic issue in the Citrus Springs neighborhood.

Details are sketchy at this point, however, when deputies responded to the area, a pursuit followed with the suspect vehicle traveling at speeds in excess of 100 mph at times.

Multiple shots were fired by the suspect at deputies during the pursuit, which crossed county lines at C.R. 484.  During the conflict, the suspect was shot and killed.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will be investigating the shooting itself and is en route to the scene.

*****Update****  Follow the story on the main news pages.

The FHP has announced their DUI and Driver’s License Checkpoints for the month of April.

They are on the following streets in Citrus County:

County Roads: 39, 470, 480, 486, 488, 490, 490A, 491, 494

Local Roads: Highlands Street, West Cardinal Street, Century Boulevard, Elkham Boulevard, West Pine Ridge Boulevard, Dunkenfield Road, Rock Crusher Road, North Croft Avenue, West Seven Rivers Drive, West Venable Street, Pleasant Grove Road, Green Acres Boulevard, Fort Island Trail, West Riverbend Road, Fishbowl Drive, Miss Maggie Drive, Gobbler Drive, North Citrus Avenue, Turkey Oak Drive, Dunklin Avenue, Yulee Drive West, North Citrus Springs Boulevard, Grover Cleveland, Turner Camp Road, Istachatta Road, West Highland Street, and Old Floral City Highway

I understand why they do the inspections and I love the fact that they tell us where they will be.

The Patrol has found these checkpoints to be an effective means of enforcing the equipment and driver license laws of Florida while ensuring the protection of all motorists.

What I don’t get is why they announce them when, you can avoid them.?  So becareful and drive safe.

The Citrus County Network is continuing coverage of the shooting of the suspect in Crystal River this morning.

The Sheriff’s Office still has not released the man’s name as they are still waiting for the next of kin notification. We will bring you more information as it comes in.

A Citrus County spokeswoman released the following statement

Here’s what we’ve got in terms of contact with the suspect prior to the shooting.  We received a call at 9:57 p.m. on Sunday from 1030 SE Hwy 19 in Crystal River regarding a man claiming he missed his bus and who wouldn’t leave the premises.  He was allegedly harassing customers outside of the Race Trac gas station.

We received a second call at around 10:31 p.m. from SE Hwy 19 and SE King’s Bay Dr. in Crystal River regarding a vehicle crash with injuries.  Allegedly, the suspect spoke to deputies at some point at the incident location.

During both incidents, the suspect did not appear to be a danger to himself or others.

U.S. HIGHWAY 19 OPEN TO THROUGH TRAFFIC IN CITRUS COUNTY

The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office has announced that U.S. Highway 19 has been opened to through traffic in the area of today’s early-morning shooting near the Sonic drive-thru in downtown Crystal River.

The agency’s investigation into the shooting incident continues.

K-9 deputy Mito was immediately transferred to the Dunnellon Animal Hospital, where Dr. Paul Mack performed emergency surgery.  K-9 deputy Mito received a deep stab wound, which came within a half inch of his heart.  Dr. Mack was able to stop the bleeding to his wound and in turn, saved the dog’s life.  K-9 deputy Mito received 30 internal stitches during the surgery.  He is expected to make a full recovery.

Deputies had encountered the man earlier in the evening, however he did not appear to pose a threat to himself or others.  The man’s name is being withheld until next of kin can be notified.

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A man who was wandering into traffic was fatally shot by Citrus County Sheriff’s Deputies this morning. After being asked to get out of the road deputies sent their K9 Mito to convince him to. The man then stabbed Mito and charged at the officers. That is when he was fatally shot.

The details are still coming in but you can follow the story on our main Citrus County News pages

Shuttle Discovery Liftoff (NASA)

Space Shuttle Discovery launched into space last night for mission STS-119, with a crew of seven including Japan’s first long-term resident of the International Space Station (ISS).

Living in Citrus County we do get to see the shuttle launch but it is usually not that good. Last night, however, the view was excellent.

Discovery was visible by  the magnificant  light emanating from its three main engines. It appeared as a very bright, pulsating, fast-moving star, shining with a yellowish-orange glow.

Smoke trail from Discovery seen from Homosassa

Nasa must have used a different flight path than normal, as Discovery seemed much closer and bigger than normal. We also witnessed for the very first time the solid rocket boosters seperating from the shuttle.

I have seen it on tv before but never from my Homosassa neighborhood.  It was simply the best launch that I have seen from home ever. Unfortunatly I had not been home all day and did not know that it was launching. We were outside in the yard when all the neighbors came out into the road. So I was only able to get this one picture of it.

If anyone has any other pictures of the launch please post them here in the comments section, or you can send them to  news @ searchcitrus.com   I would love to post them here.