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  • High-speed chase of homicide suspect ends in suicide near LAX, police say

    A suspect fleeing a homicide scene in Camarillo led authorities on a high-speed chase Saturday night before dying by suicide near Los Angeles International Airport.

    The suspect, whose identity had not been released Sunday morning, reached speeds exceeding 100 mph, pulled off the 405 Freeway near Imperial Highway, then stopped and sometime later took his own life, Ventura County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Zapata said.

    The incident began shortly before noon Saturday when deputies responded to a report of a shooting in the 400 block of Walker Avenue.

    Deputies attempted life-saving measures on a man with gunshot wounds, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, Zapata said.

    The suspect was located in his vehicle and took flight, heading south on the 101 Freeway. The California Highway Patrol was preparing to take over the pursuit but lost visual contact with the fleeing vehicle, Zapata said.

    The suspect was then sighted on the southbound 405 before pulling off and coming to a stop.

    A spokesperson for the LAPD said the investigation was being handled by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department. Zapata said Sunday morning that no further information on the suspect or victim was available.

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  • Orange County driver killed when pursuit suspect crashes into their vehicle

    A police pursuit that started in Anaheim on Wednesday night ended with the suspect’s vehicle colliding with another car, killing the driver, officials said.

    A driver who fled a traffic stop led Anaheim police into the neighboring city of Placentia, said Anaheim police Sgt. Eric Anderson.

    The suspect crashed into another vehicle near the intersection of Bradford and Madison avenues, killing the other driver, Anderson said.

    A third vehicle was then struck in the crash and that driver suffered minor injuries, he said. The suspect who fled police was taken into custody.

    “I saw a car driving like at least 70 mph, and he ran the red light, so I was able to break in time,” Maria Torres told KABC. “I just saw the cops running behind him. It seemed like it was a pursuit, so I called 911 and it confirmed that it was a pursuit. It must’ve been like less than a foot away from hitting me.”

    The identity of the driver was not immediately available. Police did not provide details on why they had initially contacted the suspect.

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  • Suspect dead, San Jose officer injured by gunfire in violent carjacking spree

    A San Jose police officer was shot in the downtown area Wednesday while responding to an armed carjacking, according to the police department. Officials said the suspect is dead.San Jose police said the officer was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but is expected to survive.Sgt. Jorge Garibay of the San Jose Police Department said the “violent spree” began around 2 p.m. when the suspect stole a vehicle from a dealership. A law enforcement helicopter then tracked the suspect, who drove into San Benito County. In Hollister, more than 40 miles away from San Jose, the police department there said its officers, around 3 p.m., were involved in a pursuit that included gunfire. Hollister police said the suspect, allegedly driving a stolen green Corvette, abandoned the stolen vehicle in the city and “engaged with officers with the firearm” before running away. No Hollister police officers were injured, officials said.The suspect was then found by San Benito deputies, Hollister police said. Another shootout occurred involving the suspect and deputies, with no deputy injured. The suspect did, however, steal another vehicle at gunpoint. The suspect then led officers and deputies in a second pursuit outside the city limits and into Santa Clara County, Hollister police said. He was also firing shots out of the vehicle. Garibay said the chase ended on Julian Street near the intersection with Terraine Street in San Jose. That intersection is steps away from Highway 87.The suspect then got out of the stolen vehicle and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement, Garibay said. The suspect then tried to carjack another vehicle at that intersection when he was hit by an officer’s vehicle.San Jose police said the suspect in the incident was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s not clear if the suspect died from gunfire or from being hit by the vehicle. Garibay said the medical examiner would determine the cause of the suspect’s death.The California Highway Patrol said Highway 87 was shut down in both directions at Julian Street due to the law enforcement activity. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    SAN JOSE, Calif. —

    A San Jose police officer was shot in the downtown area Wednesday while responding to an armed carjacking, according to the police department. Officials said the suspect is dead.

    San Jose police said the officer was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but is expected to survive.

    Sgt. Jorge Garibay of the San Jose Police Department said the “violent spree” began around 2 p.m. when the suspect stole a vehicle from a dealership.

    A law enforcement helicopter then tracked the suspect, who drove into San Benito County.

    In Hollister, more than 40 miles away from San Jose, the police department there said its officers, around 3 p.m., were involved in a pursuit that included gunfire.

    Hollister police said the suspect, allegedly driving a stolen green Corvette, abandoned the stolen vehicle in the city and “engaged with officers with the firearm” before running away.

    No Hollister police officers were injured, officials said.

    The suspect was then found by San Benito deputies, Hollister police said. Another shootout occurred involving the suspect and deputies, with no deputy injured. The suspect did, however, steal another vehicle at gunpoint.

    The suspect then led officers and deputies in a second pursuit outside the city limits and into Santa Clara County, Hollister police said. He was also firing shots out of the vehicle.

    Garibay said the chase ended on Julian Street near the intersection with Terraine Street in San Jose. That intersection is steps away from Highway 87.

    The suspect then got out of the stolen vehicle and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement, Garibay said. The suspect then tried to carjack another vehicle at that intersection when he was hit by an officer’s vehicle.

    San Jose police said the suspect in the incident was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s not clear if the suspect died from gunfire or from being hit by the vehicle. Garibay said the medical examiner would determine the cause of the suspect’s death.

    The California Highway Patrol said Highway 87 was shut down in both directions at Julian Street due to the law enforcement activity.

    This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.

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  • Uber Eats delivery driver robbed, carjacked at gunpoint in South Carolina, police say

    An Uber Eats delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint and carjacked while trying to drop off someone’s food at an apartment complex in South Carolina, according to police.Officers with the Spartanburg Police Department were dispatched to an apartment complex in Spartanburg after receiving a report of an armed carjacking. The victim told officers that he was making an Uber Eats delivery when he was approached by a man who offered to help him find the apartment he was looking for. As the victim exited his vehicle, the suspect pulled out a handgun, placed it against the back of the victim’s head, and ordered him to get against the car. The suspect, identified as Ryan Maquese Bennett, went through the victim’s pockets and stole his wallet and its contents, according to the police report. Bennett is also accused of taking the victim’s cell phone and attempting to access a financial application, but returned the phone when he was unsuccessful. The suspect then entered the victim’s vehicle and fled the scene, according to the report. Police said the victim was not physically injured. The stolen vehicle was described as a burgundy four-door Nissan Altima with damage to the passenger-side door.Bennett has been charged with carjacking, armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Bennett was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center, where he is awaiting a bond hearing. Major Art Littlejohn said, “We encourage delivery drivers to trust their instincts, stay alert, and immediately contact 911 if they sense anything suspicious or unsafe.”

    SPARTANBURG, S.C. —

    An Uber Eats delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint and carjacked while trying to drop off someone’s food at an apartment complex in South Carolina, according to police.

    Officers with the Spartanburg Police Department were dispatched to an apartment complex in Spartanburg after receiving a report of an armed carjacking.

    The victim told officers that he was making an Uber Eats delivery when he was approached by a man who offered to help him find the apartment he was looking for. As the victim exited his vehicle, the suspect pulled out a handgun, placed it against the back of the victim’s head, and ordered him to get against the car.

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    Ryan Maquese Bennett

    The suspect, identified as Ryan Maquese Bennett, went through the victim’s pockets and stole his wallet and its contents, according to the police report. Bennett is also accused of taking the victim’s cell phone and attempting to access a financial application, but returned the phone when he was unsuccessful. The suspect then entered the victim’s vehicle and fled the scene, according to the report.

    Police said the victim was not physically injured. The stolen vehicle was described as a burgundy four-door Nissan Altima with damage to the passenger-side door.

    Bennett has been charged with carjacking, armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

    Bennett was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center, where he is awaiting a bond hearing.

    Major Art Littlejohn said, “We encourage delivery drivers to trust their instincts, stay alert, and immediately contact 911 if they sense anything suspicious or unsafe.”

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  • Protests against ICE planned across the US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon

    Protesters against immigration enforcement actions took to the streets in cities and towns across the country on Saturday after a federal officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis and another shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.Video above: Protesters and counterprotesters clash in Minneapolis day after ICE shootingThe demonstrations come as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pushes forward in the Twin Cities with what it calls its biggest-ever immigration enforcement operation. President Donald Trump’s administration has said both shootings were acts of self-defense against drivers who “weaponized” their vehicles to attack officers. Steven Eubanks, 51, said he felt compelled to get out of his comfort zone and attend a Saturday protest in Durham, North Carolina, because of what he called the “horrifying” killing in Minneapolis.”We can’t allow it,” Eubanks said. “We have to stand up.”Video below: Protests intensify after ICE shooting of Renee GoodIndivisible, a social movement organization that formed to resist the Trump administration, said hundreds of protests were scheduled in Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Florida and other states. Many were dubbed “ICE Out for Good” using the acronym for the federal agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Indivisible and its local chapters organized protests in all 50 states last year.In Minneapolis, a coalition of migrant rights groups called for a demonstration at Powderhorn Park, a large green space about half a mile from the residential neighborhood where 37-year-old Renee Good was shot on Wednesday. They said the rally and march would celebrate Good’s life and call for an “end to deadly terror on our streets.”Protests held in the neighborhood have so far been largely peaceful, in contrast to the violence that hit Minneapolis in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Near the airport, some confrontations erupted on Thursday and Friday between smaller groups of protesters and officers guarding the federal building used as a base for the Twin Cities crackdown. On Friday night, a protest outside a Minneapolis hotel that attracted about 1,000 people turned violent as people threw ice, snow and rocks at officers, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said during a news conference Saturday. One officer suffered minor injuries after being struck with a piece of ice, O’Hara said. Twenty-nine people were cited and released, he said.Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stressed that while most protests have been peaceful, those who cause damage to property or put others in danger will be arrested.The Trump administration has been surging thousands of federal officers to Minnesota under a sweeping new crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. More than 2,000 officers were taking part. Some officers moved in after abruptly pulling out of Louisiana, where they were part of another operation that started last month and was expected to last until February. Associated Press writer Allen Breed contributed to this report from Durham, North Carolina.

    MINNEAPOLIS —

    Protesters against immigration enforcement actions took to the streets in cities and towns across the country on Saturday after a federal officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis and another shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.

    Video above: Protesters and counterprotesters clash in Minneapolis day after ICE shooting

    The demonstrations come as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pushes forward in the Twin Cities with what it calls its biggest-ever immigration enforcement operation. President Donald Trump’s administration has said both shootings were acts of self-defense against drivers who “weaponized” their vehicles to attack officers.

    Steven Eubanks, 51, said he felt compelled to get out of his comfort zone and attend a Saturday protest in Durham, North Carolina, because of what he called the “horrifying” killing in Minneapolis.

    “We can’t allow it,” Eubanks said. “We have to stand up.”

    Video below: Protests intensify after ICE shooting of Renee Good

    Indivisible, a social movement organization that formed to resist the Trump administration, said hundreds of protests were scheduled in Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Florida and other states. Many were dubbed “ICE Out for Good” using the acronym for the federal agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Indivisible and its local chapters organized protests in all 50 states last year.

    In Minneapolis, a coalition of migrant rights groups called for a demonstration at Powderhorn Park, a large green space about half a mile from the residential neighborhood where 37-year-old Renee Good was shot on Wednesday. They said the rally and march would celebrate Good’s life and call for an “end to deadly terror on our streets.”

    Protests held in the neighborhood have so far been largely peaceful, in contrast to the violence that hit Minneapolis in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Near the airport, some confrontations erupted on Thursday and Friday between smaller groups of protesters and officers guarding the federal building used as a base for the Twin Cities crackdown.

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    In St. Paul, Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz and First Lady Gwen Walz join a moment of silence with clergy and demonstrators at the Minnesota State Capitol during a vigil urging accountability and compassion after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman this week.

    On Friday night, a protest outside a Minneapolis hotel that attracted about 1,000 people turned violent as people threw ice, snow and rocks at officers, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said during a news conference Saturday. One officer suffered minor injuries after being struck with a piece of ice, O’Hara said. Twenty-nine people were cited and released, he said.

    Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stressed that while most protests have been peaceful, those who cause damage to property or put others in danger will be arrested.

    The Trump administration has been surging thousands of federal officers to Minnesota under a sweeping new crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. More than 2,000 officers were taking part.

    Some officers moved in after abruptly pulling out of Louisiana, where they were part of another operation that started last month and was expected to last until February.

    Associated Press writer Allen Breed contributed to this report from Durham, North Carolina.

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  • Graphic: New video shows confrontation between ICE officer, Renee Good before fatal shooting

    A Minnesota prosecutor on Friday called on the public to share with investigators any recordings and evidence connected to the fatal shooting of Renee Good as a new video emerged showing the final moments of her encounter with an immigration officer.Warning: The video above may be graphic to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.The Minneapolis killing and a separate shooting in Portland, Oregon, a day later by the Border Patrol have set off protests in multiple cities and denunciations of immigration enforcement tactics by the U.S. government. The Trump administration has defended the officer who shot Good in her car, saying he was protecting himself and fellow agents.The reaction to the shooting has largely been focused on witness cellphone video of the encounter. A new, 47-second video that was published online by a Minnesota-based conservative news site, Alpha News, and later reposted on social media by the Department of Homeland Security shows the shooting from the perspective of ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who fired the shots.Video below: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds press conference FridaySirens blaring in the background, he approaches Good’s vehicle in the middle of the road while apparently filming on his cellphone. At the same time, Good’s wife also was recording the encounter and can be seen walking around the vehicle and approaching the officer. A series of exchanges occurred:”That’s fine, I’m not mad at you,” Good says as the officer passes by her door. She has one hand on the steering wheel and the other outside the open driver side window.”U.S. citizen, former f—ing veteran,” says her wife, standing outside the passenger side of the SUV holding up her phone. “You wanna come at us, you wanna come at us, I say go get yourself some lunch big boy.”Other officers at the scene are approaching the driver’s side of the car at about the same time and one says: “Get out of the car, get out of the f—ing car.” Good reverses briefly, then turns the steering wheel toward the passenger side as she drives ahead and Ross opens fire.The camera becomes unsteady and points toward the sky and then returns to the street view showing Good’s SUV careening away.”F—— b—,” someone at the scene says.A crashing sound is heard as Good’s vehicle smashes into others parked on the street.Federal agencies have encouraged officers to document encounters in which people may attempt to interfere with enforcement actions, but policing experts have cautioned that recording on a handheld device can complicate already volatile situations by occupying an officer’s hands and narrowing focus at moments when rapid decision-making is required.Under an ICE policy directive, officers and agents are expected to activate body-worn cameras at the start of enforcement activities and to record throughout interactions, and footage must be kept for review in serious incidents such as deaths or use-of-force cases. The Department of Homeland Security has not responded to questions about whether the officer who opened fire or any of the others who were on the scene were wearing body cameras.Homeland Security says video shows self-defenseVice President JD Vance and Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in posts on X that the new video backs their contention that the officer fired in self-defense.“Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman,” Vance said. “The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense.”Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has said any self-defense argument is “garbage.”Policing experts said the video didn’t change their thoughts on the use-of-force but did raise additional questions about the officer’s training.“Now that we can see he’s holding a gun in one hand and a cellphone in the other filming, I want to see the officer training that permits that,” said Geoff Alpert, a criminology professor at the University of South Carolina.The video demonstrates that the officers didn’t perceive Good to be a threat, said John P. Gross, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School who has written extensively about officers shooting at moving vehicles.“If you are an officer who views this woman as a threat, you don’t have one hand on a cellphone. You don’t walk around this supposed weapon, casually filming,” Gross said. Attempts to reach Ross at phone numbers and email addresses associated with him were not successful. Prosecutor asks for video and evidenceMeanwhile, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases, she is concerned by the Trump administration’s decision to bar state and local agencies from playing any role in the investigation into Good’s killing.She also said the officer who shot Good in the head does not have complete legal immunity, as Vice President JD Vance declared.Video above: VP Vance addresses, answers questions on ICE shooting in Minneapolis”We do have jurisdiction to make this decision with what happened in this case,” Moriarty said at a news conference. “It does not matter that it was a federal law enforcement agent.”Moriarty said her office would post a link for the public to submit footage of the shooting, even though she acknowledged that she wasn’t sure what legal outcome submissions might produce.Good’s wife, Becca Good, released a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday saying, “kindness radiated out of her.””On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns,” Becca Good said.”I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him,” she wrote.The reaction to Good’s shooting was immediate in the city where police killed George Floyd in 2020, with hundreds of protesters converging on the shooting scene and the school district canceling classes for the rest of the week as a precaution and offering an online option through Feb. 12.On Friday, protesters were outside a federal facility serving as a hub for the immigration crackdown that began Tuesday in Minneapolis and St. Paul. That evening, hundreds protested outside a hotel in downtown Minneapolis, banging on pots and drums and carrying signs that said, “ICE Out” and “Don’t Shoot.”Video below: Minnesota law enforcement blocked from federal investigation into deadly ICE shooting Shooting in PortlandThe Portland shooting happened outside a hospital Thursday. A federal border officer shot and wounded a man and woman in a vehicle, identified by the Department of Homeland Security as Venezuela nationals Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras. Police said they were in stable condition Friday after surgery, with DHS saying Nico Moncada was taken into FBI custodyDHS defended the actions of its officers in Portland, saying the shooting occurred after the driver with alleged gang ties tried to “weaponize” his vehicle to hit them. It said no officers were injured.Portland Police Chief Bob Day confirmed that the two people shot had “some nexus” to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. Day said they came to the attention of police during an investigation of a July shooting believed to have been carried out by gang members, but they were not identified as suspects.The chief said any gang affiliation did not necessarily justify the shooting by U.S. Border Patrol. The Oregon Department of Justice said it would investigate.The biggest crackdown yetThe Minneapolis shooting happened on the second day of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities, which Homeland Security said is the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever. More than 2,000 officers are taking part and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said they have made more than 1,500 arrests.The government is also shifting immigration officers to Minneapolis from sweeps in Louisiana, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. This represents a pivot, as the Louisiana crackdown that began in December had been expected to last into February.Good’s death — at least the fifth tied to immigration sweeps since President Donald Trump took office — has resonated far beyond Minneapolis, with protests planned for this weekend, according to Indivisible, a group formed to resist the Trump administration.A deadly encounter seen from multiple anglesNoem, Trump and others in his administration have repeatedly characterized the Minneapolis shooting as an act of self-defense and cast Good as a villain, suggesting she used her vehicle as a weapon to attack the officer who shot her.Several bystanders captured video of Good’s killing, which happened in a neighborhood south of downtown. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said any self-defense argument is “garbage.”The federal agent who fatally shot Good is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and ICE, according to records obtained by AP.Noem has not publicly named him, but a Homeland Security spokesperson said her description of his injuries last summer refers to an incident in Bloomington, Minnesota, in which court documents identify him as Ross.Ross got his arm stuck in the window of a vehicle whose driver was fleeing arrest on an immigration violation. Ross was dragged and fired his Taser. A jury found the driver guilty of assault. ___Associated Press reporters Steve Karnowski and Mark Vancleave in Minneapolis; Ed White in Detroit; Valerie Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas; Graham Lee Brewer in Norman, Oklahoma; Michael Biesecker in Washington; Jim Mustian and Safiyah Riddle in New York; Ryan Foley in Iowa City, Iowa; and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed.

    MINNEAPOLIS —

    A Minnesota prosecutor on Friday called on the public to share with investigators any recordings and evidence connected to the fatal shooting of Renee Good as a new video emerged showing the final moments of her encounter with an immigration officer.

    Warning: The video above may be graphic to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

    The Minneapolis killing and a separate shooting in Portland, Oregon, a day later by the Border Patrol have set off protests in multiple cities and denunciations of immigration enforcement tactics by the U.S. government. The Trump administration has defended the officer who shot Good in her car, saying he was protecting himself and fellow agents.

    The reaction to the shooting has largely been focused on witness cellphone video of the encounter. A new, 47-second video that was published online by a Minnesota-based conservative news site, Alpha News, and later reposted on social media by the Department of Homeland Security shows the shooting from the perspective of ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who fired the shots.

    Video below: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds press conference Friday

    Sirens blaring in the background, he approaches Good’s vehicle in the middle of the road while apparently filming on his cellphone. At the same time, Good’s wife also was recording the encounter and can be seen walking around the vehicle and approaching the officer. A series of exchanges occurred:

    “That’s fine, I’m not mad at you,” Good says as the officer passes by her door. She has one hand on the steering wheel and the other outside the open driver side window.

    “U.S. citizen, former f—ing veteran,” says her wife, standing outside the passenger side of the SUV holding up her phone. “You wanna come at us, you wanna come at us, I say go get yourself some lunch big boy.”

    Other officers at the scene are approaching the driver’s side of the car at about the same time and one says: “Get out of the car, get out of the f—ing car.” Good reverses briefly, then turns the steering wheel toward the passenger side as she drives ahead and Ross opens fire.

    The camera becomes unsteady and points toward the sky and then returns to the street view showing Good’s SUV careening away.

    “F—— b—,” someone at the scene says.

    A crashing sound is heard as Good’s vehicle smashes into others parked on the street.

    Federal agencies have encouraged officers to document encounters in which people may attempt to interfere with enforcement actions, but policing experts have cautioned that recording on a handheld device can complicate already volatile situations by occupying an officer’s hands and narrowing focus at moments when rapid decision-making is required.

    Under an ICE policy directive, officers and agents are expected to activate body-worn cameras at the start of enforcement activities and to record throughout interactions, and footage must be kept for review in serious incidents such as deaths or use-of-force cases. The Department of Homeland Security has not responded to questions about whether the officer who opened fire or any of the others who were on the scene were wearing body cameras.

    Homeland Security says video shows self-defense

    Vice President JD Vance and Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in posts on X that the new video backs their contention that the officer fired in self-defense.

    “Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman,” Vance said. “The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense.”

    Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has said any self-defense argument is “garbage.”

    Policing experts said the video didn’t change their thoughts on the use-of-force but did raise additional questions about the officer’s training.

    “Now that we can see he’s holding a gun in one hand and a cellphone in the other filming, I want to see the officer training that permits that,” said Geoff Alpert, a criminology professor at the University of South Carolina.

    The video demonstrates that the officers didn’t perceive Good to be a threat, said John P. Gross, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School who has written extensively about officers shooting at moving vehicles.

    “If you are an officer who views this woman as a threat, you don’t have one hand on a cellphone. You don’t walk around this supposed weapon, casually filming,” Gross said.

    Attempts to reach Ross at phone numbers and email addresses associated with him were not successful.

    Prosecutor asks for video and evidence

    Meanwhile, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases, she is concerned by the Trump administration’s decision to bar state and local agencies from playing any role in the investigation into Good’s killing.

    She also said the officer who shot Good in the head does not have complete legal immunity, as Vice President JD Vance declared.

    Video above: VP Vance addresses, answers questions on ICE shooting in Minneapolis

    “We do have jurisdiction to make this decision with what happened in this case,” Moriarty said at a news conference. “It does not matter that it was a federal law enforcement agent.”

    Moriarty said her office would post a link for the public to submit footage of the shooting, even though she acknowledged that she wasn’t sure what legal outcome submissions might produce.

    Good’s wife, Becca Good, released a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday saying, “kindness radiated out of her.”

    “On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns,” Becca Good said.

    “I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him,” she wrote.

    The reaction to Good’s shooting was immediate in the city where police killed George Floyd in 2020, with hundreds of protesters converging on the shooting scene and the school district canceling classes for the rest of the week as a precaution and offering an online option through Feb. 12.

    On Friday, protesters were outside a federal facility serving as a hub for the immigration crackdown that began Tuesday in Minneapolis and St. Paul. That evening, hundreds protested outside a hotel in downtown Minneapolis, banging on pots and drums and carrying signs that said, “ICE Out” and “Don’t Shoot.”

    Video below: Minnesota law enforcement blocked from federal investigation into deadly ICE shooting

    Shooting in Portland

    The Portland shooting happened outside a hospital Thursday. A federal border officer shot and wounded a man and woman in a vehicle, identified by the Department of Homeland Security as Venezuela nationals Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras. Police said they were in stable condition Friday after surgery, with DHS saying Nico Moncada was taken into FBI custody

    DHS defended the actions of its officers in Portland, saying the shooting occurred after the driver with alleged gang ties tried to “weaponize” his vehicle to hit them. It said no officers were injured.

    Portland Police Chief Bob Day confirmed that the two people shot had “some nexus” to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. Day said they came to the attention of police during an investigation of a July shooting believed to have been carried out by gang members, but they were not identified as suspects.

    The chief said any gang affiliation did not necessarily justify the shooting by U.S. Border Patrol. The Oregon Department of Justice said it would investigate.

    The biggest crackdown yet

    The Minneapolis shooting happened on the second day of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities, which Homeland Security said is the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever. More than 2,000 officers are taking part and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said they have made more than 1,500 arrests.

    The government is also shifting immigration officers to Minneapolis from sweeps in Louisiana, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. This represents a pivot, as the Louisiana crackdown that began in December had been expected to last into February.

    Good’s death — at least the fifth tied to immigration sweeps since President Donald Trump took office — has resonated far beyond Minneapolis, with protests planned for this weekend, according to Indivisible, a group formed to resist the Trump administration.

    A deadly encounter seen from multiple angles

    Noem, Trump and others in his administration have repeatedly characterized the Minneapolis shooting as an act of self-defense and cast Good as a villain, suggesting she used her vehicle as a weapon to attack the officer who shot her.

    Several bystanders captured video of Good’s killing, which happened in a neighborhood south of downtown. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said any self-defense argument is “garbage.”

    The federal agent who fatally shot Good is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and ICE, according to records obtained by AP.

    Noem has not publicly named him, but a Homeland Security spokesperson said her description of his injuries last summer refers to an incident in Bloomington, Minnesota, in which court documents identify him as Ross.

    Ross got his arm stuck in the window of a vehicle whose driver was fleeing arrest on an immigration violation. Ross was dragged and fired his Taser. A jury found the driver guilty of assault.

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    Associated Press reporters Steve Karnowski and Mark Vancleave in Minneapolis; Ed White in Detroit; Valerie Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas; Graham Lee Brewer in Norman, Oklahoma; Michael Biesecker in Washington; Jim Mustian and Safiyah Riddle in New York; Ryan Foley in Iowa City, Iowa; and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed.

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  • Minnesota governor says state must play a role in investigation after ICE agent fatally shoots woman

    Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration’s decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.A day after the unidentified ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions remained high, with dozens of protesters venting their outrage outside of a federal facility that’s serving as a hub for the administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major city.Gregory Bovino, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Patrol official who has been the face of the crackdowns in other cities, walked along the long line of officers, looking at the crowd as protesters yelled at him, including a man who shouted, “Border Patrol should be along the border!” Many activists tried to converse with the officers and persuade them that the job they were doing was wrong.“We should be horrified,” protester Shanta Hejmadi said as demonstrators shouted “No More ICE,” “Go Home Nazis,” and other slogans at a line of Border Patrol officers, who responded with tear gas and pepper spray. “We should be saddened that our government is waging war on our citizens. We should get out and say no. What else can we do?”Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, President Donald Trump and others in his administration characterized the shooting as an act of self-defense and cast Good as a villain, suggesting she used her vehicle as a weapon to attack the officer who shot her.Vice President JD Vance weighed in Thursday, saying the shooting was justified and that Good was a “victim of left-wing ideology.”“I can believe that her death is a tragedy while also recognizing that it is a tragedy of her own making,” Vance said, noting that the officer who killed her was injured while making an arrest last June.But state and local officials and protesters rejected that characterization, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey saying video of the shooting shows the self-defense argument to be “garbage.” Video below: VP Vance addresses, answers questions on ICE shooting in Minneapolis An immigration crackdown quickly turns deadlyThe shooting happened on Day 2 of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, which the Department of Homeland Security said is the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever. More than 2,000 officers taking part, and Noem said they have already made more than 1,500 arrests.It provoked an immediate response in the city where police killed George Floyd in 2020, with hundreds of people turning up to the scene to vent their outrage at the ICE officers and the school district later canceling classes for the rest of the week as a precaution.Good’s death — at least the fifth tied to an immigration crackdown under Trump — has resonated far beyond Minneapolis, as anti-immigration enforcement protests took place or were expected Thursday in New York City, Seattle, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Antonio, New Orleans and Chicago. Protests were also scheduled for later this week in Arizona, North Carolina, and New Hampshire.Video above: Witness describes Minneapolis shooting involving ICE officerWho will investigate?On Thursday, the Minnesota agency that investigates officer-involved shootings said it was informed that the FBI and U.S. Justice Department would not work with the department, effectively ending any role for the state to determine if crimes were committed. Noem said the state has no jurisdiction.“Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands,” Drew Evans, the bureau’s superintendent, said.Walz publicly demanded that the state be allowed to take part, repeatedly emphasizing that it would be “very difficult for Minnesotans” to accept that an investigation that excludes the state could be fair.Walz publicly demanded that the state be allowed to take part, repeatedly emphasizing that it would be “very, very difficult for Minnesotans” to accept that an investigation that excludes the state could be fair.Noem, he said, was “judge, jury and basically executioner” during her public comments about the confrontation.“People in positions of power have already passed judgment, from the president to the vice president to Kristi Noem — have stood and told you things that are verifiably false, verifiably inaccurate,” the governor said.Frey, the mayor, told The Associated Press: “We want to make sure that there is a check on this administration to ensure that this investigation is done for justice, not for the sake of a cover-up.”Video above: Kristi Noem questioned on ICE shootingA deadly encounter seen from several anglesSeveral bystanders captured footage of Good’s killing, which happened in a neighborhood south of downtown.The videos show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward, and a different ICE officer standing in front of it pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.Graphic video shows woman shot by ICE agent in MinneapolisIt isn’t clear from the videos if the vehicle makes contact with the officer, and there is no indication of whether the woman had interactions with ICE agents earlier. After the shooting the SUV speeds into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.The mayor said he’s working with community leaders to try to keep any protests peaceful.“The top thing that this Trump administration is looking for is an excuse to come in with militarized force, to further occupy our streets, to cause more chaos, to have this kind of civil war on the streets of America in a Democratically run city,” Frey told the AP. “We cannot give them what they want.” ___Associated Press reporters Steve Karnowski, Giovanna Dell’Orto and Mark Vancleave in Minneapolis, Ed White in Detroit, Valerie Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas, Graham Lee Brewer in Norman, Oklahoma, Michael Biesecker In Washington, Jim Mustian in New York and Ryan Foley in Iowa City, Iowa contributed.

    MINNEAPOLIS —

    Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration’s decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

    A day after the unidentified ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions remained high, with dozens of protesters venting their outrage outside of a federal facility that’s serving as a hub for the administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major city.

    Gregory Bovino, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Patrol official who has been the face of the crackdowns in other cities, walked along the long line of officers, looking at the crowd as protesters yelled at him, including a man who shouted, “Border Patrol should be along the border!” Many activists tried to converse with the officers and persuade them that the job they were doing was wrong.

    “We should be horrified,” protester Shanta Hejmadi said as demonstrators shouted “No More ICE,” “Go Home Nazis,” and other slogans at a line of Border Patrol officers, who responded with tear gas and pepper spray. “We should be saddened that our government is waging war on our citizens. We should get out and say no. What else can we do?”

    Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, President Donald Trump and others in his administration characterized the shooting as an act of self-defense and cast Good as a villain, suggesting she used her vehicle as a weapon to attack the officer who shot her.

    Vice President JD Vance weighed in Thursday, saying the shooting was justified and that Good was a “victim of left-wing ideology.”

    “I can believe that her death is a tragedy while also recognizing that it is a tragedy of her own making,” Vance said, noting that the officer who killed her was injured while making an arrest last June.

    But state and local officials and protesters rejected that characterization, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey saying video of the shooting shows the self-defense argument to be “garbage.”

    Video below: VP Vance addresses, answers questions on ICE shooting in Minneapolis

    An immigration crackdown quickly turns deadly

    The shooting happened on Day 2 of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, which the Department of Homeland Security said is the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever. More than 2,000 officers taking part, and Noem said they have already made more than 1,500 arrests.

    It provoked an immediate response in the city where police killed George Floyd in 2020, with hundreds of people turning up to the scene to vent their outrage at the ICE officers and the school district later canceling classes for the rest of the week as a precaution.

    Good’s death — at least the fifth tied to an immigration crackdown under Trump — has resonated far beyond Minneapolis, as anti-immigration enforcement protests took place or were expected Thursday in New York City, Seattle, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Antonio, New Orleans and Chicago. Protests were also scheduled for later this week in Arizona, North Carolina, and New Hampshire.

    Video above: Witness describes Minneapolis shooting involving ICE officer

    Who will investigate?

    On Thursday, the Minnesota agency that investigates officer-involved shootings said it was informed that the FBI and U.S. Justice Department would not work with the department, effectively ending any role for the state to determine if crimes were committed. Noem said the state has no jurisdiction.

    “Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands,” Drew Evans, the bureau’s superintendent, said.

    Walz publicly demanded that the state be allowed to take part, repeatedly emphasizing that it would be “very difficult for Minnesotans” to accept that an investigation that excludes the state could be fair.

    Walz publicly demanded that the state be allowed to take part, repeatedly emphasizing that it would be “very, very difficult for Minnesotans” to accept that an investigation that excludes the state could be fair.

    Noem, he said, was “judge, jury and basically executioner” during her public comments about the confrontation.

    “People in positions of power have already passed judgment, from the president to the vice president to Kristi Noem — have stood and told you things that are verifiably false, verifiably inaccurate,” the governor said.

    Frey, the mayor, told The Associated Press: “We want to make sure that there is a check on this administration to ensure that this investigation is done for justice, not for the sake of a cover-up.”

    Video above: Kristi Noem questioned on ICE shooting


    A deadly encounter seen from several angles

    Several bystanders captured footage of Good’s killing, which happened in a neighborhood south of downtown.

    The videos show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward, and a different ICE officer standing in front of it pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.

    Graphic video shows woman shot by ICE agent in Minneapolis

    It isn’t clear from the videos if the vehicle makes contact with the officer, and there is no indication of whether the woman had interactions with ICE agents earlier. After the shooting the SUV speeds into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.

    The mayor said he’s working with community leaders to try to keep any protests peaceful.

    “The top thing that this Trump administration is looking for is an excuse to come in with militarized force, to further occupy our streets, to cause more chaos, to have this kind of civil war on the streets of America in a Democratically run city,” Frey told the AP. “We cannot give them what they want.”

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    Associated Press reporters Steve Karnowski, Giovanna Dell’Orto and Mark Vancleave in Minneapolis, Ed White in Detroit, Valerie Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas, Graham Lee Brewer in Norman, Oklahoma, Michael Biesecker In Washington, Jim Mustian in New York and Ryan Foley in Iowa City, Iowa contributed.

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  • Garden Grove police officer hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle while responding to call

    A Garden Grove Police officer was in the hospital in critical but stable condition Sunday after being hit by a vehicle while responding to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Police Department.

    Shortly after midnight on Sunday morning, officers were in the area of Brookhurst Street and Stanford Avenue investigating a report of a man threatening people with a knife at a small commercial strip mall, according to Sgt. Nick Jensen, a public information officer.

    Police arrived, and as they attempted to arrest him, he took off running and there was a pursuit on foot. The officer was then struck by a vehicle.

    Anaheim, Orange and Westminster police were part of the response, according to post on Instagram by Garden Grove police.

    The suspect was arrested and has been charged with several felonies, including assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats. Jensen identified him as Lonnie Johnson, 34, with no permanent address.

    Police were not yet releasing the name of the injured officer, as relatives were being notified.

    The driver of the vehicle that hit the officer stayed on the scene and cooperated with police, Jensen said. He was not arrested.

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  • 11-year-old rescued during Flagler County traffic stop says he was kidnapped

    A traffic stop in Flagler County on Dec 31. led to the rescue of a missing 11-year-old boy and the arrest of registered sex offender Darnell Hairston. Once separated from Hairston, the 11-year-old victim immediately told a deputy he had been kidnapped, was in danger, and feared for his life.Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies secured the visibly traumatized child before Hairston attempted to flee on foot and was arrested. The child, who had been missing for three days, was taken to a local hospital.FCSO said the victim told them how Hairston had lured him to a wooded campsite in Flagler Estates, where he was choked unconscious.The child stated that when he woke up, he was threatened with a knife and a firearm, tied up with shoelaces and an extension cord, and had duct tape placed over his mouth.Also found in the truck with Hairston and the 11-year-old was a fifteen-year-old boy, who faces charges for allegedly fleeing from deputies in the truck before ramming into a cruiser and crashing. According to an arrest report, the fifteen-year-old and the eleven-year-old were in a group chat on Snapchat where the 11-year-old was talking about Hairston being a sexual predator because of what he did to an unnamed victim. Sheriff Rick Staly said this may have been related to a sexual assault under investigation in saint Johns County, allegedly involving Hairston. “The fifteen-year-old was aware of this information and told Hairston, and it appears that they concocted a plan to lure the 11-year-old to this rural area in Flagler county and then kidnap him and hold him,” Staly said. “Now what they were going to do after that we don’t know…”According to the arrest report, at one point, Hairston told him, “he could cut his throat right now, or he could be respectful and shoot him in the head, front or back.” “Told us that he thought they were going to kill him,” Staly said of the 11-year-old.According to information from the Sheriff’s Office, the victim was held at the campsite for multiple days and forced to hide on the floorboard of Hairston’s truck, covered by a blanket, during travel.Search warrants executed on Hairston’s vehicle, his Hastings residence, and the campsite—with assistance from the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office—recovered evidence consistent with the child’s statements, including duct tape, video surveillance equipment, and weapons.Detectives determined that Hairston was aware the child was missing and endangered, but could not provide a motive for keeping the child from his parents.Sheriff Rick Staly commented, “Clearly, thanks to ‘see something, say something’ and our deputies recognizing the victim was very afraid, we rescued a missing child who was in fear Hairston had planned to kill him.”The investigation remains active and ongoing. The second juvenile who allegedly stole Hairston’s vehicle and fled the traffic stop was arrested on charges including grand theft of a motor vehicle. He is in the custody of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and is being investigated as a possible co-conspirator in the kidnapping, which may lead to additional charges.Hairston was initially held on a $125,000 bond for resisting arrest and attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer. However, a subsequent investigation by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Major Case Unit resulted in additional charges being served via a warrant on Friday, Jan. 2. These charges include kidnapping of a child under 13, aggravated child abuse, battery by strangulation, and robbery with a deadly weapon. Hairston is currently being held without bond at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.

    FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. —

    A traffic stop in Flagler County on Dec 31. led to the rescue of a missing 11-year-old boy and the arrest of registered sex offender Darnell Hairston.

    Once separated from Hairston, the 11-year-old victim immediately told a deputy he had been kidnapped, was in danger, and feared for his life.

    Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies secured the visibly traumatized child before Hairston attempted to flee on foot and was arrested.

    The child, who had been missing for three days, was taken to a local hospital.

    FCSO said the victim told them how Hairston had lured him to a wooded campsite in Flagler Estates, where he was choked unconscious.

    The child stated that when he woke up, he was threatened with a knife and a firearm, tied up with shoelaces and an extension cord, and had duct tape placed over his mouth.

    Also found in the truck with Hairston and the 11-year-old was a fifteen-year-old boy, who faces charges for allegedly fleeing from deputies in the truck before ramming into a cruiser and crashing.

    According to an arrest report, the fifteen-year-old and the eleven-year-old were in a group chat on Snapchat where the 11-year-old was talking about Hairston being a sexual predator because of what he did to an unnamed victim.

    Sheriff Rick Staly said this may have been related to a sexual assault under investigation in saint Johns County, allegedly involving Hairston.

    “The fifteen-year-old was aware of this information and told Hairston, and it appears that they concocted a plan to lure the 11-year-old to this rural area in Flagler county and then kidnap him and hold him,” Staly said. “Now what they were going to do after that we don’t know…”

    According to the arrest report, at one point, Hairston told him, “he could cut his throat right now, or he could be respectful and shoot him in the head, front or back.”

    “Told us that he thought they were going to kill him,” Staly said of the 11-year-old.

    According to information from the Sheriff’s Office, the victim was held at the campsite for multiple days and forced to hide on the floorboard of Hairston’s truck, covered by a blanket, during travel.

    Search warrants executed on Hairston’s vehicle, his Hastings residence, and the campsite—with assistance from the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office—recovered evidence consistent with the child’s statements, including duct tape, video surveillance equipment, and weapons.

    Detectives determined that Hairston was aware the child was missing and endangered, but could not provide a motive for keeping the child from his parents.

    Sheriff Rick Staly commented, “Clearly, thanks to ‘see something, say something’ and our deputies recognizing the victim was very afraid, we rescued a missing child who was in fear Hairston had planned to kill him.”

    The investigation remains active and ongoing. The second juvenile who allegedly stole Hairston’s vehicle and fled the traffic stop was arrested on charges including grand theft of a motor vehicle. He is in the custody of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and is being investigated as a possible co-conspirator in the kidnapping, which may lead to additional charges.

    Hairston was initially held on a $125,000 bond for resisting arrest and attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer. However, a subsequent investigation by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Major Case Unit resulted in additional charges being served via a warrant on Friday, Jan. 2. These charges include kidnapping of a child under 13, aggravated child abuse, battery by strangulation, and robbery with a deadly weapon. Hairston is currently being held without bond at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.

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  • New California laws aim to improve road safety

    TODAY WE ARE STARTING A NEW YEAR AND WE HAVE SOME NEW LAWS IN CALIFORNIA. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK AT I-5 IN SACRAMENTO TONIGHT WHERE WE HAVE SOME NEW RULES FOR THE ROAD. OBVIOUSLY, WE DO FEEL THIS WILL SAVE LIVES AND KCRA 3’S PEYTON HEADLEE IS LIVE IN SACRAMENTO WITH THE LAWS AND HOW THEY IMPACT DRIVERS. PAYTON. YEAH. HEY. WELL ONE OF THEM IS LOOKING TO CREATE MORE PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHOSE CAR MAY HAVE BEEN BROKEN DOWN OR DISABLED ON THE SIDE OF ROADWAYS. AND THE OTHER ONE CREATES STRICTER PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER WITH DUI. BOTH OF THEM LOOK TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFER. THIS IS THE MONTANO FAMILY. FAMILIES VICTIMIZED BY DRUNK DRIVERS. DRUNK DRIVER HIT THEIR CAR AND KILLED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM EXCEPT THE BABY. JULIAN, ARE ONES WHO RHONDA CAMPBELL HOLDS CLOSE TO HER HEART. THIS IS ANGEL RENTERIA TOOK HER DOG OUT FOR A WALK ONE NIGHT WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A DRUNK DRIVER AND LEFT TO DIE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CAMPBELL IS THE VICTIM SERVICES MANAGER FOR MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING, AND TODAY THIS IS ANGEL’S LIFE. ANGEL’S IN A WHEELCHAIR. SHE’S NONVERBAL. SHE CAN’T WALK. STORIES LIKE THESE ARE WHY SHE IS CONSTANTLY PUSHING FOR HARSHER, IMPAIRED DRIVING LEGISLATION. A NEW STATE LAW THAT EXTENDS THE PROBATION PERIOD FOR VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER WITH DUI FROM TWO YEARS TO 3 TO 5. SHE SAYS, IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE A REMEDY, BUT WHAT IT DOES DO IS EXTEND THE PERIOD OF ACCOUNTABILITY. IN MY OPINION. ANOTHER MOVE TO MAKE THE ROAD SAFER AND EXPANSION OF THE STATE’S SLOW DOWN. MOVE OVER LAW, ONE THAT USED TO BE LIMITED TO FIRST RESPONDERS, TOW TRUCKS AND ROADSIDE MAINTENANCE CREWS. IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT SO YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN OR MOVE OVER. FOR ANYBODY BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THAT INCLUDES YOU OR ME AND OUR PERSONAL CAR. DOUG JOHNSON WITH TRIPLE A SAYS ANYONE WHO DOESN’T CHANGE LANES OR SLOW DOWN COULD FACE FINES OF UP TO $1,000. CALIFORNIA IS ACTUALLY SECOND ONLY TO TEXAS, AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED OUTSIDE OF DISABLED VEHICLES. SO IT IS A REALLY BIG PROBLEM IN OUR STATE, AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS WILL HELP. BOTH LAWS, HOPING TO SAVE LIVES ON CALIFORNIA ROADS. ANYTHING THE LAW CAN DO TO ADD A LITTLE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY TO ME IS POSITIVE. AND SINCE 2013, TRIPLE A SAYS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED WHILE OUTSIDE OF THEIR DISABLED VEHICLES HAS GROWN 60%. THEY’RE HOPING THAT THIS LAW CAN HELP TO LOWER THAT NUMBER. WE’RE LIVE IN SACRAMENTO, PEYTON HEADLEE KCRA THREE NEWS. PEYTON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

    New California laws aim to improve road safety

    California introduces new laws to enhance road safety, including stricter penalties for DUI-related vehicular manslaughter and expanded protections for roadside vehicles.

    Updated: 10:21 PM PST Jan 1, 2026

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    California has introduced new laws to improve road safety, including extending the probation period for DUI-related vehicular manslaughter and expanding protections for vehicles stopped on the roadside.Rhonda Campbell, the victim services manager for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, emphasized the importance of harsher impaired-driving legislation.”This is certainly not going to be a remedy. But what it does do is extend the period of accountability, in my opinion,” Campbell said. The new state law extends the probation period for a person convicted of vehicular manslaughter or gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated from two years to three to five years.Additionally, the state’s Slow Down, Move Over law has been expanded to require drivers to slow down or move over for any vehicle stopped on the side of the road, not just first responders, tow trucks, and roadside maintenance crews. Doug Johnson from AAA explained that failing to comply could result in up to $1,000 in fines.”California is actually second only to Texas in the number of people killed outside of disabled vehicles. So it is a really big problem in our state and we are hoping that this will help,” Johnson said. Since 2013, AAA reports a 60% increase in the number of people killed outside of disabled vehicles in California, and they hope these changes will reduce that number. “Anything the law can do to add a little more accountability to me is positive,” Campbell added, as both laws aim to save lives on California roads.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

    California has introduced new laws to improve road safety, including extending the probation period for DUI-related vehicular manslaughter and expanding protections for vehicles stopped on the roadside.

    Rhonda Campbell, the victim services manager for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, emphasized the importance of harsher impaired-driving legislation.

    “This is certainly not going to be a remedy. But what it does do is extend the period of accountability, in my opinion,” Campbell said.

    The new state law extends the probation period for a person convicted of vehicular manslaughter or gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated from two years to three to five years.

    Additionally, the state’s Slow Down, Move Over law has been expanded to require drivers to slow down or move over for any vehicle stopped on the side of the road, not just first responders, tow trucks, and roadside maintenance crews.

    Doug Johnson from AAA explained that failing to comply could result in up to $1,000 in fines.

    “California is actually second only to Texas in the number of people killed outside of disabled vehicles. So it is a really big problem in our state and we are hoping that this will help,” Johnson said.

    Since 2013, AAA reports a 60% increase in the number of people killed outside of disabled vehicles in California, and they hope these changes will reduce that number.

    “Anything the law can do to add a little more accountability to me is positive,” Campbell added, as both laws aim to save lives on California roads.

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  • Three killed in two separate Charlotte car crashes on Saturday

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    Three people were killed in two car crashes in Charlotte on Saturday, police said Sunday.

    The first crash happened at 10 a.m. in the 1900 block of Carmel Road in south Charlotte.

    David Patrick O’Neill was driving a 2022 Honda CR-V and died after running off the road, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said. Police did not release his age.

    Speed was a factor, and the crash remained under investigation, police said.

    The second crash happened at 7:46 p.m. in the 7000 block of Ardrey Kell Road when a 2011 Honda CR-V and a 2013 BMW collided, police said.

    The driver of the CR-V, Lorin Elizabeth Manley, and a passenger, Gloria Jeane Manley, were killed, police said. A child in the CR-V was hospitalized with critical injuries. Police did not release their ages.

    The driver of the BMW was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said.

    Speed was a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation, police said.

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  • 25-year-old pedestrian dies after a hit-and-run in Elk Grove, police say

    THERE’S SOME BREAKING NEWS JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM RIGHT NOW. ELK GROVE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A DRIVER WHO HIT AND KILLED A PERSON, THEN DROVE OFF. IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER EIGHT TONIGHT ON BRUCEVILLE ROAD BETWEEN DELUSO DRIVE AND LAGUNA BOULEVARD. SOUTHBOUND BRUCEVILLE IS CLOSED AT DELUSO. INVESTIGATORS ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECTS VEHICLE, WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS A DARK COLORED SUV. WE’LL HAV

    25-year-old pedestrian dies after a hit-and-run in Elk Grove, police say

    Updated: 11:44 PM PST Dec 20, 2025

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    A hit-and-run left a 25-year-old woman dead after the pedestrian was struck while crossing the street on Bruceville Road in Elk Grove, police said. Just before 8 p.m., the pedestrian was crossing the middle of the street when she was hit hit by a vehicle that was traveling southbound on Bruceville Road, police said.The woman died at the scene, and investigators are actively looking for the suspect’s vehicle.Officials describe the vehicle as a dark colored SUV.Southbound Bruceville Road from Di Lusso Drive to Laguna Boulevard was closed during the investigation, officials said.Anyone with information is urged to call traffic detectives at 916-478-8153. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    ELK GROVE, Calif. —

    A hit-and-run left a 25-year-old woman dead after the pedestrian was struck while crossing the street on Bruceville Road in Elk Grove, police said.

    Just before 8 p.m., the pedestrian was crossing the middle of the street when she was hit hit by a vehicle that was traveling southbound on Bruceville Road, police said.

    The woman died at the scene, and investigators are actively looking for the suspect’s vehicle.

    Officials describe the vehicle as a dark colored SUV.

    Southbound Bruceville Road from Di Lusso Drive to Laguna Boulevard was closed during the investigation, officials said.

    Anyone with information is urged to call traffic detectives at 916-478-8153.

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  • 2 detained, 1 suspect on run after brief pursuit near Cal Expo, officials say

    Deputies are searching for a suspect after they ran from a brief pursuit near Cal Expo on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Two people were detained in connection with the incident.The sheriff’s office said its gang unit tried to stop a vehicle “with known gang members and associates” near Exposition Boulevard and Challenge Way after 4 p.m. The vehicle did not stop, and a short vehicle pursuit ensued.Officials said the suspect vehicle struck several civilian vehicles before it stopped. No injuries were reported. The suspects inside the vehicle got out and ran away, officials said. The sheriff’s office said two loaded firearms with extended magazines were recovered in the investigation. Footage from LiveCopter 3 shows two lanes of Exposition Boulevard blocked by law enforcement. See the latest traffic information here. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

    Deputies are searching for a suspect after they ran from a brief pursuit near Cal Expo on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Two people were detained in connection with the incident.

    The sheriff’s office said its gang unit tried to stop a vehicle “with known gang members and associates” near Exposition Boulevard and Challenge Way after 4 p.m. The vehicle did not stop, and a short vehicle pursuit ensued.

    Officials said the suspect vehicle struck several civilian vehicles before it stopped. No injuries were reported.

    The suspects inside the vehicle got out and ran away, officials said.

    The sheriff’s office said two loaded firearms with extended magazines were recovered in the investigation.

    Footage from LiveCopter 3 shows two lanes of Exposition Boulevard blocked by law enforcement.

    See the latest traffic information here.

    This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.

    See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.

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  • Apopka suspect arrested after allegedly shooting man who gave him ride home

    Apopka suspect arrested after allegedly shooting man who gave him ride home

    NOW AT SUNRISE, THE MAN SUSPECTED OF ATTACKING A JOGGER IS BACK BEHIND BARS AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY HE VIOLATED HIS PROBATION. THE REACTION FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT HIS ARREST, PLUS FEAR AND FRUSTRATION AS THE URGENT SEARCH FOR A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING STRETCHES INTO YET ANOTHER DAY. THE NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO PROVIDING MORE CLUES. SEVEN ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS COULD BE SHUT DOWN. THE MEETING HAPPENING TODAY TO SEE WHETHER ANY OF THEM CAN BE SAVED. WESH TWO NEWS SUNRISE ON CW STARTS NOW. IT’S 7:00 AND GOOD TUESDAY MORNING TO YOU. THANKS FOR STARTING IT WITH YOUR SUNRISE TEAM. I’M JASON GUY AND I’M LINDSEY WITH FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST CAM TRAN AND OUR TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY. WE’LL CHECK IN ON THE ROADS IN JUST A MOMENT. LET’S START THOUGH, WITH THE COOLER TEMPERATURES. CAM THE ONE DIFFERENCE. NOT AS MUCH WIND AS YESTERDAY. THAT’S RIGHT. BUT THERE’S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF A TINY BREEZE. ENOUGH JUST TO ADD THAT EXTRA BITE IN THE AIR. SO YOU’LL STILL NEED THOSE JACKETS AS WE KICK OFF YOUR TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT 10 TO 5 DEGREES COLDER THAN WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY. SO 51 RIGHT NOW IN ORLANDO, 41 IN OCALA, 46 RIGHT NOW IN THE VILLAGES. ORLANDO WE DID BRIEFLY DROP DOWN INTO THE 40S THIS MORNING. THIS AFTERNOON, THOUGH, WE ARE LOOKING AT PLEASANT SUNSHINE. SO A BIT OF A LOW CLOUDS TO START OFF THE MORNING, BUT WE WILL SEE THOSE CLOUDS MOVE OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND HIGH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT RIGHT AROUND 72 LATER TODAY IN THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL 69 IN DELAND, AND WE’LL SEE A HIGH OF 67 LATER ON IN PALM COAST. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR. YOU START TO SEE LIKE THE GRAY SHADING. THOSE ARE ALL THE LOW CLOUDS THAT ARE HANGING OUT RIGHT NOW. BUT WE ARE EXPECTING THESE LOW CLOUDS TO GRADUALLY CLEAR OUT BY THIS AFTERNOON. AND OUR FIRST WARNING RADAR THAT’S DOING A SCAN, IT’S PICKING UP A TINY RAIN SHOWER RIGHT NOW OVER BY THE SPACE COAST. OTHERWISE, MOST LOCATIONS STAYING DRY TODAY, ESPECIALLY OUR INLAND AREAS. 12 HOUR FORECAST. AGAIN, A FEW CLOUDS THIS MORNING, BUT MORE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. INLAND AREAS WILL SEE A HIGH RIGHT AROUND 72. LATER TODAY WE’LL TALK ABOUT A WARM-UP AND WHEN WE COULD SEE A BETTER SHOT FOR RAIN IN THE FORECAST COMING UP IN 15 MINUTES. BUT FOR NOW, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROADWAYS THIS MORNING WITH FIRST MORNING TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY CAM. THERE WAS SOME ONGOING CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS MONITORING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS ALONG I-95 IN BREVARD COUNTY FROM VIERA BOULEVARD, HEADING TOWARDS THE PINEDA CAUSEWAY. THOSE CREWS ARE ACTIVELY PICKING UP THOSE CONES THIS MORNING. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE COLOR DIFFERENCE ALONG I-95. THAT IS SHOWING THAT THEY’RE DOING SOME REPAVING HERE ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. SO SOUTHBOUND, SOME LINGERING DELAYS HERE. TRAVELING FROM VIERA BOULEVARD TOWARDS US 192 IN MELBOURNE. BUT AGAIN, ALL THOSE LANES ARE BACK OPEN. WE WERE DOWN TO ONE LANE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING. SO STILL, THOSE LINGERING BACKUPS TRAVELING TOWARDS THE PINEDA CAUSEWAY. THERE’S ALSO A BIG CRASH. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS IS IN SANFORD AND SEMINOLE COUNTY. IT’S RIGHT AT LAKE MARY BOULEVARD, WHERE IT TURNS INTO 415 AT BLUE ROCK DRIVE. THIS IS NEAR THE CIRCLE K GAS STATION THERE, AND THERE ARE SOME HEAVY DELAYS HERE. NORTHBOUND. ACTUALLY, ALL THOSE NORTHBOUND LANES ARE CLOSED. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THIS CRASH OTHER THAN THERE ARE SOME INJURIES. SO WE DO HAVE A CREW ON THE WAY TO THE SCENE. WE’LL BRING YOU THOSE LIVE PICTURES WHEN THEY ARRIVE. WE’LL ALSO CHECK IN ON SOME TRAVEL TIMES COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. MEGAN. 703 HAPPENING TODAY. ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS WILL CONTINUE THEIR WORK AS THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF A BIG DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 6000 LESS STUDENTS GOING TO THOSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO A POSSIBLE SOLUTION CLOSING A HANDFUL OF NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. WESH TWO BOB HAZEN IS LIVE AT THE ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL HEADQUARTERS, AND BOB, THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT POSSIBLY CLOSING UP TO 7 OR 8 SCHOOLS. AND THE SCHOOL BOARD IS HOLDING A WORK SESSION ON THAT IDEA HERE TODAY. AND IT’S ALL COMING TO A HEAD. AFTER THE DISTRICT GOT 5500 FEWER STUDENTS THIS YEAR ALONE. IF I HAD A WAY TO ENSURE THAT FINANCIALLY WE COULD SUPPORT THESE SCHOOLS, WE WOULDN’T BE HERE. THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS CPS IS TRYING TO SAVE ABOUT $10 MILLION, POSSIBLY BY CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS, CLOSING SOME OF THEM AND MERGING THEM WITH OTHERS. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, ENROLLMENT IS DOWN 8300 STUDENTS, WITH MORE FAMILIES USING STATE FUNDED VOUCHERS TO GO TO PRIVATE OR HOME SCHOOLING. THAT AND OTHER FACTORS HAVE REALLY LEFT SOME SCHOOLS WITH ENROLLMENTS FAR UNDER THEIR CAPACITY. BUT SOME PARENTS ARE ALSO FIGHTING TO SAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS LIKE BONNEVILLE ELEMENTARY ON THE EAST SIDE. WE TALKED TO A MOM WHO STARTED AN ONLINE PETITION TRYING TO BUILD SUPPORT TO KEEP THE SCHOOL WHERE HER SON’S A STUDENT NOW, AND WHERE SHE WENT TO SCHOOL AS A CHILD. IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILY. IT’S IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO MY SON BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT HE KNOWS. AND HERE IS THE FULL LIST OF SEVEN SCHOOLS THAT COULD BE CONSOLIDATED. IT IS SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL. CPS SAYS THEY HAVE ALL LOW ENROLLMENT AT THOSE SCHOOLS. SOME ARE MORE THAN HALF EMPTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD IS HOLDING THIS WORK SESSION THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. THAT MEETING WILL START AT 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO COME TO THAT MEETING, BUT BECAUSE IT’S JUST A WORK SESSION, THERE IS NOT ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ALLOWED. COVERING ORANGE COUNTY. LIVE IN ORLANDO, BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. AND WE TURN TO THIS MAN WHO WAS RELEASED ON PROBATION. AUTHORITIES SAY AFTER TAKING A PLEA DEAL FOR AN ATTACK ON A JOGGER IN COLLEGE PARK THIS MORNING, HE’S BACK BEHIND BARS AND WILL BE IN COURT IN JUST HOURS. TYLER FIGHT IS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING HIS PROBATION AS WESH 2’S HAYLEY CROMBLEHOLME EXPLAINS. FOR A WHILE, LAW ENFORCEMENT DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHERE HE WAS. SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN. LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER BEING RELEASED ON PROBATION, TYLER FIGHT IS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING IT. HEY, TYLER. TYLER? YEAH. WHY AM I BEING ARRESTED? I’M ON PROBATION. FIGHT WAS ARRESTED AFTER AN ATTACK ON A JOGGER IN THIS COLLEGE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD IN APRIL. BUT LAST MONTH, FIGHT TOOK A PLEA DEAL ON A BATTERY CHARGE THAT ALLOWED HIM TO AVOID A FORMAL CONVICTION AND LET HIM OUT WITH TIME SERVED. HE WAS GIVEN THREE YEARS PROBATION WITH SPECIAL CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDED NO CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM OR THEIR FAMILY NOT BEING ALLOWED WITHIN A THREE BLOCK RADIUS OF THE ATTACK AND UNDERGOING PSYCHOSEXUAL EVALUATION, AND TO FOLLOW ANY RECOMMENDED TREATMENT. WE’VE BEEN UNEASY SINCE HE WAS RELEASED. SOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH FIGHTS. RELEASE. AND ACCORDING TO HIS ARREST WARRANT, HE SAID ON HIS PROBATION PAPERWORK HE WOULDN’T BE LIVING FAR FROM WHERE THE ATTACK HAPPENED. GIVING AN ADDRESS ON NEW HAMPSHIRE STREET, ROUGHLY A TWO MINUTE WALK FROM THE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE AREA WHERE IT HAPPENED. ACCORDING TO THIS WARRANT, FIGHT VIOLATED HIS PAROLE WHEN HE WAS A NO SHOW FOR HIS PSYCHOSEXUAL EVALUATION. ON DECEMBER 9TH. HIS PROBATION OFFICER WAS NOTIFIED THE NEXT DAY. ANOTHER OFFICER WENT TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STREET ADDRESS TO SEE WHY FIGHT MISSED THE APPOINTMENT AND SPOKE WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER. SHE TOLD THE OFFICER FIGHT WASN’T ALLOWED TO LIVE THERE, BUT TOLD THEM FIGHT DID COME TO HER FRONT DOOR APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AGO TO LET HER KNOW THAT HE REPORTED HER ADDRESS TO THE PROBATION OFFICE, AND IF SHE COULD TELL ANY OFFICIAL WHO COMES BY THAT HE LIVES THERE. THE WARRANT LISTED FIGHTS WHEREABOUTS AS UNKNOWN. IT IS REALLY SCARY. REALLY SCARY. WHO KNOWS WHERE YOU COULD HAVE BEEN? BUT BY MONDAY NIGHT FIGHT WAS ARRESTED BY ORLANDO POLICE FOR VIOLATING PROBATION. CHARLIE HECK 6 TO 1 SECURED. I MEAN, THAT’S GOOD. THAT’S OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM AT WORK. IF HE’S LOCKED UP, MAYBE THEY’LL KEEP HIM. HAYLEY CROMBLEHOLME WESH TWO NEWS. THIS MORNING, WE ARE HEARING FROM THE FAMILY OF A ONE YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS FOUND DEAD AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE DROWNED IN A HOT TUB WITH HER DAD. RIGHT THERE. THE OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THIS SITUATION INVOLVES A SERIES OF DECISIONS THAT LED TO A PREVENTABLE TRAGEDY. THERE YOU SEE THE LITTLE GIRL. HER FATHER, 33 YEAR OLD TYRONE HUFF, TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND WAS HOLDING HIS DAUGHTER IN THE HOT TUB WHEN HE FELL ASLEEP FOR 15 TO 20 MINUTES. DEPUTIES SAY THE TODDLER WAS PULLED FROM THE WATER JUST AFTER 330 SUNDAY MORNING, UNRESPONSIVE. THE FAMILY WAS VISITING FROM D.C. AND STAYING AT A VACATION RENTAL IN KISSIMMEE. WE TALKED WITH HUFF’S MOM AND TWO SIBLINGS, VERY HARD, LOSING A NIECE IN THAT WAY IS VERY HARD. AND THEN I’M VERY HURT FOR MY BROTHER BECAUSE HE IS JUST DISTRAUGHT. HE IS TORE UP. HE’S BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. HE IS EXPECTED BACK IN COURT ON FRIDAY. LEESBURG POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR WHOEVER GUNNED DOWN AN 18 YEAR-OLD AT THIS PARK. WITNESSES SAY JUAN GOMEZ JUNIOR WAS SHOT INSIDE HIS CAR JUST BEFORE 1:00 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE TEENS, DESCRIBED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS HAVING A HEART OF GOLD. HE WAS A TYPE THAT NEVER HURT US, WOULDN’T HURT A SOUL. THIS WAS A COLD BLOODED MURDER FOR. YEAH, AND UNNECESSARY. IT WAS JUST UNFORTUNATE. WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? BECAUSE I KNOW HIM. I KNOW HIS FAMILY, HIS SISTERS. THEY’RE. THEY’RE JUST A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT COULD HELP AUTHORITIES, YOU ARE URGED TO REACH OUT OR CALL CRIMELINE. RIGHT NOW, IT IS AN AROUND THE CLOCK EFFORT TO FIND THAT GUNMAN WHO OPENED FIRE AT BROWN UNIVERSITY THREE DAYS AGO. INVESTIGATORS HAVE IDENTIFIED A PERSON OF INTEREST. HERE’S SOME VIDEO, BUT THEY HAVEN’T YET FOUND THIS PERSON. NOW, INVESTIGATORS PUT OUT THE NEW FOOTAGE LAST NIGHT. THEY WANT YOU TO SEE IT. IT CONTAINS THREE NEW ANGLES OF WHO THEY CALL A PERSON OF INTEREST. WALKING THROUGH PROVIDENCE IN THE HOURS BEFORE THAT SHOOTING. A NEW POSTER FROM THE FBI DESCRIBES THE PERSON OF INTEREST AS APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES TALL, WITH A STOCKY BUILD. THE FBI IS ALSO OFFERING A $50,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO HIS CAPTURE. NOW, POLICE DETAINED A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND. THEY RELEASED HIM SUNDAY WHEN NEW EVIDENCE CAME TO LIGHT. AND IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, HUNDREDS OF MOURNERS LEFT FLOWERS AND OTHER MEMENTOS. LOOK AT THIS GROWING MEMORIAL. THAT’S TO HONOR THE VICTIMS OF THE MASS SHOOTING ON SUNDAY. 15 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN TWO GUNMEN OPENED FIRE ON A JEWISH FESTIVAL. ONE OF THE SHOOTERS IS ALSO DEAD. 40 OTHERS ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. AUSTRALIAN POLICE SAY A 50 YEAR OLD FATHER AND HIS 24 YEAR OLD SON CARRIED OUT THAT ATTACK. LOS ANGELES POLICE SAY THE SON OF HOLLYWOOD ICON ROB REINER AND HIS WIFE MICHELLE, IS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THE PARENTS. AND THIS NEWS SHOOK HOLLYWOOD. 32 YEAR OLD NICK REINER IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL ON SUSPICION OF MURDER. HIS PARENTS BODIES WERE FOUND INSIDE THEIR HOME ON SUNDAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WERE STABBED TO DEATH, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED A MOTIVE. REINER, WHO’S HAD A LONG HISTORY WITH DRUG ADDICTION, WAS SEEN ARGUING WITH HIS DAD AT A HOLIDAY HOLIDAY PARTY ON SATURDAY AT CONAN O’BRIEN’S HOME. ONE PERSON SAID THAT COUPLE WAS UPSET AND THEY WERE EMBARRASSED ABOUT THEIR SON’S BEHAVIOR. THEY SAID THEY WORRIED ABOUT HIS HEALTH AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS IN OSCEOLA COUNTY, A PLAN TO BUILD A MASSIVE MIXED USE CENTER AT NEO CITY IS NOW MOVING FORWARD. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THAT DEAL LAST NIGHT. IT WILL RESULT IN A NEARLY 500 ACRE TECH HUB DESIGNED TO ATTRACT HIGH WAGE JOBS. DEVELOPERS PLAN TO CREATE MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT SPACE, ALONG WITH AN UPSCALE HOTEL. THAT PROJECT WILL ROLL OUT IN PHASES STARTING NEXT YEAR. AND THAT IS NOT THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT THAT’S SLATED FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY. COMMISSIONERS ALSO APPROVED A PLAN TO SELL 20 ACRES OF LAND TO ADVENTHEALTH. IT’S PLANNING TO BUILD A NEW HOSPITAL RIGHT ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY OF NEO CITY, NEAR THE FUTURE INTERSECTION OF CROSS PRAIRIE PARKWAY AND FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE. IT’S GOING TO HAVE 80 BEDS AT THE OPENING, BUT THEY WILL HAVE ROOM TO GROW UP TO 200. THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THESE IS SCHEDULED FOR EARLY NEXT YEAR. IT JUST KEEPS CLIMBING ONCE AGAIN. NO ONE TOOK HOME LAST NIGHT’S POWERBALL JACKPOT PRIZE. THAT MEANS IT’S GOING TO GROW TO $1.25 BILLION. LOOK AT ALL THOSE ZEROS THERE. THE NEXT DRAWING IS TOMORROW NIGHT. THE CASH VALUE. IF YOU’RE WONDERING, YOU’LL TAKE HOME A COOL 575 MILLION BUCKS. KEEP DREAMING. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BELIEVE IT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. TWO BUCKS AND WE GET THAT DREAM. YEAH. I WAS SHOCKED, THOUGH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING MEGA MILLIONS. I WENT TO BUY A TICKET THAT IT HAD GONE UP TO FIVE BUCKS. I KNOW WE HAD MENTIONED IT, BUT IT REALLY HURT. I WAS LIKE, I THINK I’M GOING TO BE OUT ON MEGA MILLIONS NOW. EVERYTHING’S MORE NOWADAYS JASON I KNOW. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT LAKE MARY IS DOING? THEY’RE CLAIMING MORE VICTORIES. YEAH. THEY ARE. THE CITY OF CHAMPIONSHIPS. ONCE AGAIN, THE RAMS CAPTURED THEIR FIRST EVER FOOTBALL STATE TITLE AND A LAST SECOND HAIL MARY. AND THIS MORNING WE’RE HEARING FROM THE TEAM DOING AN IMITATION OF WHAT YOU WERE DOING. SO THAT’S A FAN. THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE CLUTCH MOMENT AND WHEN THE CITY WILL CELEBRATE THEM NEXT. LAKE MARY IS THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN. THE RAMS WON THEIR FIRST EVER FOOTBALL STATE TITLE ON A HAIL MARY PASS AS TIME WAS EXPIRING. YEAH, STEWART MOORE I THINK, CALLED IT A HAIL MARY. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE LAST NIGHT. AND WESH TWO TONY ATKINS SPOKE TO SOME OF THE KEY PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THAT WINNING PLAY. THE LAKE MARY RAMS, IF HHSAA CLASS SEVEN, A STATE CHAMPS, A HARD FOUGHT GAME ENDED WITH A HEADS UP PLAY AND A LITTLE LUCK. YOU KNOW, THERE’S ONLY ONE PLAY TO CALL AT THIS POINT. IT’S THE HAIL MARY. AND COACH DONNELLY CALLED IT, AND HERE IT IS. I SAT WITH HEAD COACH SCOTT PERRY, QUARTERBACK NOAH GRUBBS AND RECEIVER BARRETT SCHULTZ LOOKING OVER THE KEY FINAL PLAYS. THEY GOT DECENT PRESSURE. THEY DID. AND THEY’RE TRYING NOT TO LET BARRETT GET DOWN THE FIELD BY HAVING HIM BY CONTACT ON THEIR DB. GRUBBS SLIPPING OUT OF THE POCKET, THROWING THE BALL 47 YARDS THROUGH THE AIR FOR WHAT’S BEING CALLED THE LAKE MARY MIRACLE. I KNEW I HAD TO BUY SOME TIME, AND ONCE I GOT THERE, JUST THROW IT TO THE PILE AND JUST GIVE THEM A CHANCE ON THE OTHER END. COACH PERRY SAYS SCHULTZ’S RUN WAS JAMMED BY DEFENDERS, AND THEY HOLD HIM UP. SO THAT’S WHY BARRETT’S DRAGGING BEHIND. SO WHEN THEY TIP THE BALL BACK, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THEY TIP IT TO THE GUY THEY WERE HOLDING UP. IT JUST WORKED OUT PERFECT. BUT THE PLAY WASN’T OVER AFTER THE CATCH, THE GAME STILL VERY MUCH ON THE LINE. I THOUGHT HE WAS ON THE ONE AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, HE’S JUST GOT TO JUST MUSCLE ON THROUGH. BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY AT THE FIVE WITH TWO DEFENDERS WORKING TO BRING HIM DOWN FOR THE WIN. THEN IT WAS HE WAS SCREAMING LIKE, GIVE ME THE BALL, GIVE ME THE BALL. A HANDOFF. SOPHOMORE TEAMMATE T.J. BRUNDIDGE CAME TO TAKE THE BALL THE REST OF THE WAY. I DON’T KNOW, COULD YOU GOT IN IF T.J. WASN’T THERE? PROBABLY NOT. MY MY PLAN B WAS TO THROW IT BACK TOWARDS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WAS RUNNING DOWNFIELD. READY TO THE MIRACULOUS THROW AND CATCH THE FINAL HIGH SCHOOL PLAY FOR THE SENIORS. A LAKE MARY, HAIL MARY FOR THE AGES. IF YOU’RE COMPETITIVE AND YOU REALLY WANT TO WIN AT ANYTHING YOU DO, AND YOU PUT YOUR MIND AND HEART TO IT, THEN STUFF, GOOD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. TONY ATKINS WESH TWO NEWS. AND OF COURSE, LAKE MARY KNOWS HOW TO CELEBRATE. THEY’VE HAD A FEW CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE, SO THERE ARE PLANS IN THE WORKS FOR CELEBRATION THIS WEDNESDAY AT CITY HALL. IT’S JUST I MEAN UNBELIEVABLE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WHO GETS TO CELEBRATE THEM. ANY KIND OF CELEBRATING YOU’RE DOING THIS MORNING, YOU’RE GOING TO NEED A JACKET OUTSIDE IF YOU’RE OUT THERE. THAT’S RIGHT. AND THE GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE FOLKS IN LAKE MARY, THEY’RE GOING TO THAT EVENT. IT’S LOOKING GREAT WEATHER WISE FOR THAT CITY FALL CITY HALL EVENT TOMORROW. SO YOU GUYS HEADS UP GOOD VIBES YOUR WAY. AND THIS MORNING, NOT ONLY ARE WE DEALING WITH SOME CHILLY CONDITIONS, BUT WE’RE ALSO STARTING TO SEE REALLY SOME FOG TO DEVELOP. WE STARTED OFF WITH QUITE A BIT OF LOW CLOUDS. NOW THOSE CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO LOWER TOO MUCH AND SO IT’S AFFECTING VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE ONLY A HALF MILE VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO LEESBURG. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE THAT FOG REALLY START TO THICKEN UP. AND THAT’S THE CASE OUT TOWARDS WILDWOOD AND IN CLERMONT. SO REALLY WASN’T A HUGE ISSUE THIS MORNING, BUT YOU CAN START TO SEE ACTUALLY YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE ANYTHING. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR DISNEY SPRINGS CAMERA. YOU CAN GET A SHOT OF THE AREA, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT’S JUST SOCKED IN WITH THOSE CLOUDS AND ALSO SOME FOG. ALSO VERY COLD. START ON THIS TUESDAY MORNING, 41 IN OCALA. GOOD MORNING. THE VILLAGES ARE STARTING OFF AT 46 AND 50 IN SANFORD, 49 IN DELAND. SO COLD START THIS MORNING. AND THIS AFTERNOON WE’RE GOING TO START TO SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES MODERATE A BIT. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE LOW 70S. WHILE AREAS ALONG THE COAST UPPER 60S TO RIGHT AROUND 71. YOUR HIGH IN TITUSVILLE 72 IN MELBOURNE. SO TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS MORNING YOU’LL NEED THAT JACKET BECAUSE THERE’S A LITTLE EXTRA BITE IN THE AIR, ALL THANKS TO THESE WINDS COMING OUT OF THE MOST OUT OF THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10MPH, SO NOWHERE NEAR AS GUSTY AS WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR. YOU SEE THOSE LOW CLOUDS JUST HANGING AROUND OUR RADAR PORTION, SHOWING JUST A SPOT SPRINKLE IN BREVARD COUNTY THERE ALONG THE SPACE COAST. CAROL, A VERY STRAY SHOWER TODAY FOR AREAS EAST OF I-95, WHILE INLAND AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY. AND THAT’S MAINLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT ONSHORE WIND. THAT COMPONENT WILL BRING IN A COUPLE SHOWERS ALONG OUR COASTLINE LOCATIONS TODAY. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT TO THE TRACK, IT’S GOING TO BE GREAT DAY TO DO SO. LOTS OF SUNSHINE BY THIS AFTERNOON. AGAIN, A BIT OF A CLOUDY START THIS MORNING, BUT WE’LL SEE MORE BREAKS OF SUN LATER TODAY. AND AS WE GO INTO HEAD LOOKING AHEAD FOR TOMORROW. HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. THAT’S GOING TO BRING US ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY AHEAD TOMORROW. AND THEN ON THURSDAY WE’RE WATCHING OUR NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS IS GOING TO BE BRINGING AN UPTICK IN RAIN SHOWERS LATE THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A 40% CHANCE OF RAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, A 20% CHANCE FOR FRIDAY WEEKEND PLANNER. WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF. BEHIND THAT FRONT. YOU CAN SEE A HIGH OF 78 SATURDAY 80 THE HIGH ON SUNDAY. SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR CENTRAL FLORIDA CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE SEVEN DAY FORECAST, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE A BIG BLAST OF WINTER AS WE WELCOME IN WINTER THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. HIGHS AROUND THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR COASTLINE SPOTS. VERY MILD CONDITIONS. AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT RAIN SHOWERS, THOUGH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN TODAY. TOMORROW. HIGHER COVERAGE FOR THURSDAY MEAGHAN ANOTHER CHECK OF TRAFFIC THIS MORNING. I’M CONTINUING TO MONITOR A MAJOR CRASH IN SEMINOLE COUNTY. THIS IS IN SANFORD. IT’S RIGHT HERE AT LAKE MARY BOULEVARD. COUNTY ROAD 415, RIGHT WHERE IT MEETS BLUE ROCK DRIVE. THAT PURPLE IS INDICATING A COMPLETE ROAD BLOCK IN THIS AREA THAT’S IMPACTING THOSE NORTHBOUND LANES. WE DO KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS A CRASH WITH SOME INJURIES REPORTED ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO. SO WE HAVE A CREW ON THE WAY TO THE SCENE. NO INFORMATION OTHER THAN THAT THERE ARE SOME INJURIES. WE’LL BRING YOU THOSE LIVE PICTURES ONCE THAT CREW DOES ARRIVE. BUT FOR NOW, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO AVOID THOSE NORTHBOUND LANES. THERE’S ALSO THERE WERE SOME LINGERING DELAYS HERE FOR SOME CONSTRUCTION HERE ALONG I-95 SOUTHBOUND NEAR THE PINEDA CAUSEWAY THAT HAS CLEARED FOR THAT MORNING DRIVE. SO NO LONGER AN ISSUE. A NICE SUNRISE THERE HEADING OUT THE DOOR IN THE VIERA AREA, BUT AGAIN, THIS CAM MENTIONED THOSE LOW CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK HERE AT THIS STRETCH OF I-4 PASSING BY LAKE IVANHOE. YOU CAN SEE DEFINITELY THOSE LOWER CLOUDS, BUT AT LEAST ALONG I-4, NO CRASHES RIGHT NOW TO IMPACT THAT MORNING DRIVE. BUT TRAVEL TIMES BUILDING HERE FROM DELTONA TRAVELING WESTBOUND, YOU CAN SEE SAXON BOULEVARD TO LAKE MARY. RIGHT NOW WE’RE SITTING AT 26 MINUTES. IT IS 722 C

    Apopka suspect arrested after allegedly shooting man who gave him ride home

    Updated: 8:25 AM EST Dec 16, 2025

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    A suspect was arrested after he allegedly shot a man who had given him a ride home early Saturday morning, according to the Apopka Police Department. A witness told police she was in the front passenger seat of a black Nissan Altima with her suspect and the victim.She explained that the suspect, Cornelious Bass, and the victim had argued about how Bass would get home because he did not have a ride. >> Video above: Top headlines for Dec. 16 in Central FloridaThe victim agreed to give Bass a ride home. After arriving, the three sat in the car for a few minutes, during which the witness heard a loud pop and saw a bright flash from the vehicle’s rear seat.The victim fell out of the car onto the curb in front of Bass’ residence, according to the arrest report. The witness said Bass was casually walking toward the residence, entering the garage code and entering the house. She then assisted the victim and made eye contact with Bass, and described him as emotionless. The witness told police she believed Bass shot the victim intentionally.She said Bass may have become upset after seeing text messages from other men on her phone. Although they are not dating, the witness told police they have kissed in the past and that he still has feelings for her.The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the upper left portion of his back, resulting in a punctured lung, according to police. Apopka PD said Bass was arrested for attempted second-degree murder and aggravated battery.

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    A suspect was arrested after he allegedly shot a man who had given him a ride home early Saturday morning, according to the Apopka Police Department.

    A witness told police she was in the front passenger seat of a black Nissan Altima with her suspect and the victim.

    She explained that the suspect, Cornelious Bass, and the victim had argued about how Bass would get home because he did not have a ride.

    >> Video above: Top headlines for Dec. 16 in Central Florida

    The victim agreed to give Bass a ride home. After arriving, the three sat in the car for a few minutes, during which the witness heard a loud pop and saw a bright flash from the vehicle’s rear seat.

    The victim fell out of the car onto the curb in front of Bass’ residence, according to the arrest report.

    The witness said Bass was casually walking toward the residence, entering the garage code and entering the house. She then assisted the victim and made eye contact with Bass, and described him as emotionless.

    The witness told police she believed Bass shot the victim intentionally.

    She said Bass may have become upset after seeing text messages from other men on her phone. Although they are not dating, the witness told police they have kissed in the past and that he still has feelings for her.

    The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the upper left portion of his back, resulting in a punctured lung, according to police.

    Apopka PD said Bass was arrested for attempted second-degree murder and aggravated battery.

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  • Arrest made after man fatally hit by vehicle on Broadway in Sacramento, police say

    A Sacramento man was arrested for homicide in connection with another man’s death along Broadway earlier this month, the Sacramento Police Department said.On Dec. 2, officers responded to a report of a person down in the roadway just after 4:30 a.m. and found the man at the intersection of Broadway and Stockton Boulevard with life-threatening injuries. Despite receiving medical aid, the man died at the scene. (Previous coverage in the video player above)Police initially described the incident as an assault investigation. However, officials later said the victim was hit by a vehicle. On Friday, 23-year-old John Rosario was taken into custody and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on a homicide warrant. He is set to appear in court on Tuesday morning. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    A Sacramento man was arrested for homicide in connection with another man’s death along Broadway earlier this month, the Sacramento Police Department said.

    On Dec. 2, officers responded to a report of a person down in the roadway just after 4:30 a.m. and found the man at the intersection of Broadway and Stockton Boulevard with life-threatening injuries. Despite receiving medical aid, the man died at the scene.

    (Previous coverage in the video player above)

    Police initially described the incident as an assault investigation. However, officials later said the victim was hit by a vehicle.

    On Friday, 23-year-old John Rosario was taken into custody and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on a homicide warrant.

    He is set to appear in court on Tuesday morning.

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  • Fire damages home in Davenport

    A fire damaged a home in Davenport on Friday afternoon, Polk County Fire told WESH 2. The family was able to escape and no injuries were reported. It’s unclear how the fire started. Chopper 2 video shows a hole in the home and heavy damage to the vehicle in front. >> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released.

    DAVENPORT, Fla. —

    A fire damaged a home in Davenport on Friday afternoon, Polk County Fire told WESH 2.

    The family was able to escape and no injuries were reported.

    It’s unclear how the fire started.

    Chopper 2 video shows a hole in the home and heavy damage to the vehicle in front.

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    fire damages home in davenport

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    >> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released.

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  • Video shows car smash through utility pole in south Sacramento, driver critically injured

    A crash left a driver critically injured and shut down a roadway in south Sacramento for several hours on Tuesday, according to the police department. Officers responded to the report of a crash in which a vehicle hit a pole around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Fruitridge and 57th Street. Footage from LiveCopter 3 showed a vehicle damaged and a street sign knocked over. Surveillance video shared with KCRA 3 showed the car smashing through a utility pole before it continued to roll, coming to a stop across the street.Sacramento police said the driver of the vehicle involved was taken to an area hospital in critical but stable condition. Fruitridge Road was shut down as officers worked to clear the scene. It’s not clear what led up to the crash. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

    A crash left a driver critically injured and shut down a roadway in south Sacramento for several hours on Tuesday, according to the police department.

    Officers responded to the report of a crash in which a vehicle hit a pole around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Fruitridge and 57th Street.

    Footage from LiveCopter 3 showed a vehicle damaged and a street sign knocked over.

    Surveillance video shared with KCRA 3 showed the car smashing through a utility pole before it continued to roll, coming to a stop across the street.

    Sacramento police said the driver of the vehicle involved was taken to an area hospital in critical but stable condition.

    Fruitridge Road was shut down as officers worked to clear the scene. It’s not clear what led up to the crash.

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  • Driver dies, dog survives after vehicle goes over side of Santa Cruz Wharf in high surf

    A dramatic scene unfolded at the Santa Cruz Wharf over the weekend when a vehicle went off the edge of the pier and into the water, sparking a frantic rescue effort that ended with authorities recovering a body and a dog.

    Witnesses reported seeing the vehicle break through the wooden railing at 9:44 a.m. Sunday. When firefighters arrived, they found the damaged section about two-thirds away from the start of the wharf.

    Visibility was limited and the surf was high — waves were about 12 feet — making it difficult to immediately find the vehicle, officials said.

    After about 10 minutes, the vehicle was spotted resting on its roof in about 30 feet of water, said Santa Cruz Fire Department Battalion Chief Josh Coleman at a news conference Sunday.

    “The victim was brought out of a vehicle, upside down, at the bottom of the ocean floor, with significant swelling, in 33 minutes,” Coleman said.

    The victim was pronounced dead at a local hospital. A dog was also pulled from the water and survived, officials said.

    The emergency response included 13 lifeguards, two jet skis and two boats.

    Emergency divers remained in the water for an hour to search the water in case there were any additional passengers in the vehicle, but none were found, authorities said.

    Authorities did not provide any detail about a potential cause for the incident or estimate on how fast the vehicle was traveling before it went off the edge of the wharf. The incident remains under investigation by the Santa Cruz Police Department.

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  • Father critically injured after car slams into Sacramento home

    A Sacramento family is grappling with the aftermath of a police chase that ended when a stolen vehicle crashed into their home, critically injuring the father and two sons and leaving the house severely damaged.Marissa Fulcher, daughter and sister of the victims, described the scene as “heartbreaking.”“My dad’s fighting for his life,” she said.Eric Adversalo and his sons, Nicolas and Xavier, were inside their home near the 7300 block of Circle Parkway when the stolen car slammed into the front of the residence during a Sacramento Police Department pursuit. Fulcher said her father was pinned under the vehicle, while her brothers were trapped against a wall and under a refrigerator.“He’s not able to breathe on his own. He wasn’t able to hold his own breathing,” Fulcher said of her father’s condition.Photos of the home show a gaping hole in the front, leaving the family unable to return.“They had to put 2x4s up in the house to keep it from collapsing. And the disaster inside, there’s not much left,” Fulcher said.Fulcher said the crash will be a major personal and financial setback for the family.“Not only are there medical bills, but it keeps them from working. It keeps my stepmom, who would normally support my dad while he’s here, from working to care for my brothers and dad. The future is unknown for our family,” she said.Sacramento police identified the suspect as 19-year-old Tashawn Dorrough of Sacramento County. It was the second crash this week in Sacramento involving a suspected stolen vehicle during a police pursuit that affected bystanders.Sacramento Police Department shared with KCRA 3 their pursuit protocol, saying, “Our officers constantly reevaluate the conditions of a pursuit and the district sergeant is responsible for monitoring a pursuit. We need to refocus our thoughts to the fact that this suspect stole a vehicle from a mother, he then decided to flee from officers when they lawfully attempted to stop him. That suspect put everyone around him’s safety in danger by HIS actions.”The family has started a GoFundMe to cover medical expenses and home repairs and is asking for community support.“I’m trying to keep it together for them. I’m trying to be strong, but we can only do the best we can,” Fulcher said.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

    A Sacramento family is grappling with the aftermath of a police chase that ended when a stolen vehicle crashed into their home, critically injuring the father and two sons and leaving the house severely damaged.

    Marissa Fulcher, daughter and sister of the victims, described the scene as “heartbreaking.”

    “My dad’s fighting for his life,” she said.

    Eric Adversalo and his sons, Nicolas and Xavier, were inside their home near the 7300 block of Circle Parkway when the stolen car slammed into the front of the residence during a Sacramento Police Department pursuit. Fulcher said her father was pinned under the vehicle, while her brothers were trapped against a wall and under a refrigerator.

    “He’s not able to breathe on his own. He wasn’t able to hold his own breathing,” Fulcher said of her father’s condition.

    Photos of the home show a gaping hole in the front, leaving the family unable to return.

    “They had to put 2x4s up in the house to keep it from collapsing. And the disaster inside, there’s not much left,” Fulcher said.

    Fulcher said the crash will be a major personal and financial setback for the family.

    “Not only are there medical bills, but it keeps them from working. It keeps my stepmom, who would normally support my dad while he’s here, from working to care for my brothers and dad. The future is unknown for our family,” she said.

    Sacramento police identified the suspect as 19-year-old Tashawn Dorrough of Sacramento County. It was the second crash this week in Sacramento involving a suspected stolen vehicle during a police pursuit that affected bystanders.

    Sacramento Police Department shared with KCRA 3 their pursuit protocol, saying, “Our officers constantly reevaluate the conditions of a pursuit and the district sergeant is responsible for monitoring a pursuit. We need to refocus our thoughts to the fact that this suspect stole a vehicle from a mother, he then decided to flee from officers when they lawfully attempted to stop him. That suspect put everyone around him’s safety in danger by HIS actions.”

    The family has started a GoFundMe to cover medical expenses and home repairs and is asking for community support.

    “I’m trying to keep it together for them. I’m trying to be strong, but we can only do the best we can,” Fulcher said.

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  • Man fatally shot in Long Beach, suspect flees

    A man was fatally shot in Long Beach early Saturday after getting into a fight with a group of people at a local bar, police said.

    The shooting happened in the 100 block of La Verne Avenue before 1:39 a.m. following an altercation earlier in the evening, according to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department. The man suspected of shooting the victim during the confrontation fled the scene in a vehicle.

    Officers responded to the report of a shooting and provided medical aid until the Long Beach Fire Department arrived, but the victim died at the scene. It’s unknown whether the suspect knew the victim.

    The identity of the victim has not been released because the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner is notifying the man’s next of kin, police said.

    Anyone with information about the shootingis asked to contact homicide detectives at (562) 570-7244. Anonymous tips can be sent to “LA Crime Stoppers” by calling 800-222-TIPS (8477), downloading the “P3 Tips” app on a smartphone or by visiting www.LACrimeStoppers.org.

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