WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The man suspected of driving over and killing a 21-year-old woman after shots were fired outside a Winter Haven nightclub has his first appearance in court on Tuesday.

Francisco Lapierre, 41, of Auburndale, is charged with a first-degree felony charge after the incident early in the morning on Sept. 28 outside the Kulture nightclub on 1st St. N.

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The backstory:

The main witness to the crash told investigators that the victim and her were in the grassy median area waiting to cross the southbound lanes of 1st St. when the victim decided to cross. That's when Lapierre drove away from the shooting scene and hit her with his 2005 Porsche Cayenne. The witness says h

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