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2 officers injured in shooting in Orlando, suspect dead: Police

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Two officers were injured on Friday in Orlando, Florida, after stopping a vehicle allegedly connected to a Miami homicide, police said. Two police officers were injured in a shooting in Orlando, Florida, on Friday night after they stopped a vehicle allegedly connected to a homicide, police said. The suspected gunman was killed in a shootout with SWAT officers at a hotel Saturday morning, Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith said at a press briefing. The incident began at about 11 p.m. local time, when officers stopped a vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Miami, according to Smith. While outside the vehicle during the traffic stop, the suspect shot and struck both officers, then fled in another vehicle, authorities said. Two police officers were injured in a shooting in downtown Orlando, Fla., on Aug. 4, 2023. WFTV After an "extensive search," police located the suspect at a Holiday Inn at about 6 a.m. Saturday, according to Smith. The hotel was safely evacuated, and t...

Father admits to fatally shooting 3 young sons at Ohio home, prosecutors say

A man has allegedly shot and killed his three young sons and wounded their mother at their Ohio home MONROE TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- An Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons admitted to planning the killings and lined them up before executing them with a rifle, prosecutors said Friday. Chad Doerman, 32, who is also accused of wounding the boys' mother at the family’s home, has been charged with aggravated murder, authorities said. Clermont County's chief prosecutor of Municipal Court, David Gast, said during Doerman's arraignment Friday that one of the boys tried to flee into a nearby field but Doerman “hunted” his son down and brought him back to their home before killing him. Doerman's bail has been set at $20 million. Court records did not indicate whether he was represented by a lawyer at his arraignment. He is currently being held in Clermont County Jail. Gast called the killings the worst crime he’d ever seen. Deputies responded to the home in ...

South Carolina gas station owner charged with murder in 14-year-old's shooting death

A South Carolina gas station owner has been charged with murder in the death of a 14-year-old boy whom he allegedly chased from the store and shot in the back COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A South Carolina gas station owner was charged Monday with murder in the death of a 14-year-old boy whom he allegedly chased from the store and shot in the back, the sheriff said. Rick Chow thought the teen had shoplifted four bottles of water Sunday night from his Xpress Mart Shell station in Columbia. But Cyrus Carmack-Belton put the bottles back in the cooler and was off the store's property running away when he killed, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said. A gun was found near the teen's body and Chow's son, who also was involved in the chase, told his father Carmack-Belton was armed after the teen fell as he ran, but the sheriff said there was no evidence the boy ever pointed the weapon at Chow or his son. Chow, who had a concealed weapons permit, was charged after an autopsy showed the teen...

Ralph Yarl raises money for traumatic brain injuries following wrong house shooting

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Ralph Yarl, the teenager who was shot in the head when he mistakenly went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings, is helping raise money for traumatic brain injuries. Ralph Yarl, the teenager who was shot in the head when he mistakenly went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings, is set to attend a walk/run event in Overland Park, Kansas on Memorial Day to help raise money for traumatic brain injuries. Yarl is expected to participate in the “Going the Distance for Brain Injury” event, which takes place on Monday morning and features a 10K, 5k and 1.5 mile walk and an event for kids. Yarl suffered from his own traumatic brain injury following the shooting last month. Yarl's aunt, Faith Spoonmore, told ABC News in an interview on Friday that the shooting, which occurred on April 13, has taken a toll on her nephew both physically and emotionally. “It makes it very real. You know, it's one thing when you see it on the news and you hear about it when it comes into your hous...

Jamaal Bowman says Congress is 'broken' after spat with Thomas Massie over Nashville shooting

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Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., addressed his spat with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., further on Thursday, saying that "the country should be yelling and screaming" like him. Rep. Jamaal Bowman expanded Thursday on his prior outburst against Rep. Thomas Massie over gun violence, arguing more Americans "should be yelling and screaming" following the mass shooting in Nashville. Bowman, who was a middle school principal prior to his election to Congress in 2020, argued the "broken" institution of Congress has failed to provide a remedy for the "sick society" that allows gun violence to occur regularly. "We're a sick society," Bowman told reporters outside the Capitol. "We're the only developed nation where this happens, and we're sick because this institution (Congress) has been broken for so long." "The whole country should be yelling and screaming and marching on these steps to make sure we pass legislation to do ...