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For a second time, the French are coming to Collier County.

A deadly Saturday night shooting in downtown Fort Myers during the annual costume festival ZombiCon is raising questions about the level of security provided at the event.

He had just started junior college in Miami this fall. He played offensive and defensive line on his school’s football team. He wanted to become a police officer. He was only supposed to be in Southwest Florida for the weekend.

Scenes from the 2015 Peace River Pop Warner Cheerleading Competition at Germain Arena on Sunday, October 18, 2015. 91 teams competed in the competition with participants from age 5-15.

For the second time in his life, Matthew Cevallos crossed the finish line in first place.

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The Center for the Arts Bonita Springs will premiere its own film festival in February, bringing a fifth to the number in Southwest Florida.

A half-hour after midnight Sunday morning, the flames started leaping out of the study of the 6,161-square-foot home in the 6400 block of Dunberry Lane in tony Quail West.

Expavious Tyrell Taylor of Okeechobee, Florida has been identified as the man fatally shot at ZombiCon in downtown Fort Myers on Saturday.

The following are social media posts related to ZombiCon and the shooting. Naples Daily News is reproducing these original posts as-is, without correcting spelling or grammar.