Tomlin FFA scores big and 2 dead, 1 injured in Plant City shooting
Tomlin FFA scores big
Tomlin Middle School’s Floriculture team won third place in the state. The team consisted of Layla Coffee, Emma Hansen, Kenley Connell and Alyssa Hudson. Layla Coffee was ninth overall and Emma Hansen was 10th overall. Kenley Connell recieved a perfect score on her floral arrangement.
Nursery and Landscaping won third place in the state. The team consisted of Logan Ausburn, Abagail McCranie, Samuel Shiver and Kayla Benson. Abigail McCranie was second overall in the state and Logan Ausburn was 10th overall in the state.
Tomlin was also the first place winner in Parliamentary Procedures at the district level. The team will go on and compete for the state title at the Florida FFA convention this summer. The first place district winner in Creed was Brenna Sturgis. She will go and compete for the state title at the 90th Florida FFA State Convention in Orlando this summer.
2 dead, 1 injured in Plant City shooting
Two people are now dead following a shooting at a Plant City business Monday afternoon.
Colonel Donna Lusczynski, of HCSO, said Richard Paul Bliss, owner of Bliss Enterprises, reportedly shot two males in his office. Lusczynski said it is believed Bliss had an ongoing dispute with both males about the property. A relative of the two people who were shot heard the shots, came in and shot Bliss, according to Lusczynski.
Lusczynski said Bliss was killed and the two injured were sent to a local hospital. William C. Duncan, 43, died from his injuries on Monday night, according to the sheriff’s office. The other is stable.
Lusczynski said the men shot were living on the property and at least one was working for Bliss.
“It was over being on the property,” Lusczynski said. “They were staying on the property here and they had asked them to leave several times.”
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