Self-Defense Law in Florida

MMA, Florida

The fatal shooting happened around 11 p.m. on March 4 at a home on SW Leslie Glen in Lake City, Florida, police say. Street View image from April 2023. © 2025 Google A popular mixed martial arts fighter was killed while participating in a late-night home invasion in north Florida,

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MMA fighter shot and killed during Florida home invasion in apparent ‘Stand your Ground’ case

MMA fighter Langston Sykes, 31, was shot an killed in Florida on Tuesday night in what police say may qualify under the state's "Stand your Ground Law."

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Langston Sykes, 31, was shot just before 11pm on Tuesday night inside a home in Lake City, Florida, according to the local police department.

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Man killed by resident in Lake City home invasion identified by friends as MMA fighter

Lake City police said Langston Sykes, 31, forced his way into a home Tuesday morning on SW Leslie Glen before being shot to death by a resident "acting in self-defense."

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Florida dentist who hit another doctor on golf course (with a club) acted in self-defense

A dentist in the city of Leesburg accused of striking another doctor with a club in a golf course scuffle was acting in self-defense, a judge has ruled ... spit on by dentist while on Florida ...

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She shot her boyfriend in the neck. Ocala prosecutors dropped the case for two reasons.

An attempted murder charge against a woman accused of shooting her boyfriend in the neck has been dropped by prosecutors in ...

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Ex-prosecutor claims stand your ground in Howard Frankland stabbing

The former federal prosecutor charged with stabbing another driver after a traffic crash on the Howard Frankland Bridge plans ...

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Teen found not guilty of killing mom in Florida 2 years after he’s accused of killing dad

He was never charged in Oklahoma because investigators couldn’t rule out self-defense, but he was charged ... the teen was Baker Acted under a Florida law that allows the state to ...

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Florida man accused of hate crime in deadly shooting of gay man claims self-defense

A Florida man accused of a hate crime for killing a gay man is asking a judge to dismiss the charges, saying he acted in self ... Defense attorneys cited Florida’s stand-your-ground law in ...

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