WATCH LIVE: Punta Gorda police address Citizens Academy shooting

Punta Gorda Police Chief Thomas Lewis on Tuesday announced an arrest in the Nov. 2015 killing of a 7-Eleven clerk. (WINK News)

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Click here to watch a live stream of a press briefing in which Punta Gorda police chief Thomas Lewis is expected to give an update on the Citizens Academy shooting that killed Mary Knowlton.

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