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Homicides continue unabated: 5 slain by gunfire, 1 run over & another beaten to death

Headline Surfer snapshot locator map / Shots were fieed just before 5:48 a.m. Sunday in a room at the Sunshine Inn, 12 34 S. Ridgewood, where police found a man dead in room 108.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Gunshot blasts woke up guests inside the Sunshine Inn, a rundown motel on South Ridgewood and when cops got there, they found a black man in his early 40s dead in a pool of blood inside one of the rooms. Police received at least one 9-1-1 at 5:48 a.m. about shots being fired, but very little other than the frightened caller saying he heard the gunfire.

Photo for Headline Surfer / At left is a still snapshot from surveillance video of one of two men who fled Kohl's, 1682 Taylor Road in Port Orange, after sticking a handgun in the store manager's face.

PORT ORANGE -- The cops have issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) for two men who robbed the Kohl’s Department Store while armed with a handgun Saturday night.

Editor's Note: Here is the weekly message from Congressman Ron DeSantis, the Republican from St. Augustine, representing the 6th district that includes greater Daytona Beach...

Washington DC -- This week, it was revealed that the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the Department of Justice had seized phone records of the Associated Press, and that the administration is apparently unaware of the actions their own agencies are taking. 

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Mayor Adam Barringer stood front and center before 500 strong Thursday night at the Brannon Center, promising their taxes would go down if they were willing to incorporate.

Headline Surfer photos by Henry Frederick / At left, Volusia County lawmakers are shown in a poster for Volusia Days. Maureen France and Carl Lentz, III, listen to proceedings in House legislative chambers. At right, State Rep. Dave Hood, R-Ormond Beach, discusses economic issues at the podium during Volusia Days at the state capitol.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The lawmakers who helped carry the message of jobs in Tallahassee during the Volusia Days event at the state capitol were recognized this morning by the Daytona Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce.

EDGEWATER -- The City of Edgewater is currently seeking citizens interested in serving on the following municipal boards: Construction Regulation Board (electrical contractor), Recreation and Cultural Services Board, Economic Development Board and Citizen Code Enforcement Board.

Applications and additional information on each Board/Committee can be obtained on the City's website at www.cityofedgewater.org, or by calling by the City Clerk's Office at 386-424-2400 or visiting City Hall, 104 N. Riverside Drive.

Videos produced by Sera Frederick / Attendees highlighted are re-introduced in the first video, 'Lincoln Day Personalities,' with the song 'One' by U2 while the second video, 'Lincoln Day Personalities 2,' retains Neil Young's 'Rockin' in the Free World.'  

DAYTONA BEACH -- When it comes to using third party songs as background on videos uploaded to YouTube, it almost becomes a guessing game as to what record companies will challenge the "Fair Rights Act" that allows for use of copyrighted material without permission if what is used is for editorial criticism or for general public knowledge enhancement.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A video produced by Headline Surfer showing still photos of attendees from Friday night's Lincoln Day Dinner at the Daytona Beach Plaza Resort and set to the background song, "We're an American Band," by classic rock group Grand Funk Railroad has been blocked by YouTube at the request of music giant EMI.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach will host three WonderLand Summer Camps.

# A summer camp for 8 to 14 year olds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The camp will begin on June 10, and run for two weeks, ending on June 21. The cost of the camp is $240. It features "The Hobbit Adventure," a play by Edward Mast, adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, a suspenseful, fast-moving journey through the sometimes dark, sometimes charming, always compelling world of Middle Earth.