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Health officials warn against smoke

With smoke infiltrating the air from several wildfires last week, the Alachua County Health Department issued a newsletter Friday recommending that residents avoid breathing in the smoke for too long.


Jude Rizzo, 21, right, sits with his 19-year-old brother, Joel Rizzo, at McAlister’s Deli. Jude told police he shot and killed his roommate, Michael Crace, in self-defense on April 2.
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Man recounts night he shot roommate

Gainesville Police said Jude Rizzo, 21, a nursing student at Santa Fe College, shot Michael Crace, 20, three times near the chest in self-defense on April 2.



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