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2 dead, 1 in custody in shooting outside Virginia graduation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Two people are dead and multiple others were injured during a shooting outside a high school graduation near Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park campus Tuesday evening, police have confirmed. A suspect is also in custody.The shooting happened around 5:15 p.m. ET outside the Altria Theater, where Huguenot High School was holding its graduation ceremony. Officers inside reported hearing gunfire and notified additional officers stationed outside, Interim Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said during a Tuesday evening press conference. Officers then found seven individuals outside the theater with gunshot wounds, Edwards said.During a second press conference, Edwards said two of those individuals - an 18-year-old boy who graduated Tuesday, and a 36-year-old man - have died. Another victim, a 31-year-old, remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Four others are hospitalized with non-life-threatening gunshot wo...

Police searching for person who drove at officer in Boston, prompting them to open fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

A large police presence gathered in Hyde Park on Tuesday night after a person drove at a Boston police officer, prompting them to fire at the vehicle, officials said.Police say a driver in a rental car drove at the officer near the intersection of Wachusett Street and Eldridge Road. The officer, who fired a single shot, was uninjured.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Hundreds attend vigil honoring mother, toddler fatally shot in Franklin, NH

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

Hundreds of people came together for a candlelight vigil honoring the memories of a Franklin, New Hampshire woman and her 1-and-a-half-year-old daughter who were fatally shot on Saturday.Community members cried and shared stories about Nicole Hughes, 38, and her daughter, Ariella Bell. Hughes was remembered as a kind soul who cared for those around her and Ella as a happy little girl.Hughes’s 5-year-old daughter was also shot during the incident but has since been release from the hospital.The toddler’s father, Jamie Bell, 42, was found dead near the Merrimack River with a self-inflicted wound to the neck.It is believed Bell shot and killed them both before fleeing and eventually taking his own life.A GoFundMe has been set up by a relative of the victims.

Yankees look dazed beneath haze vs. Chicago’s Lucas Giolito

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

Smoke filled the air at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, but not because the Yankees’ bats were on fire.Instead, White Sox starter Lucas Giolito kept the Bombers hitless for six innings as the two teams played beneath an unhealthy haze, the result of smoke from Canadian wildfires drifting south. The smog provided an apocalyptic-looking backdrop as Chicago claimed a 3-2 victory to begin a three-game series.The Yankees picked up their first hit of the night when Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a catchable flyball that dropped between centerfielder Luis Robert Jr. and Andrew Benintendi. The mishap, which happened with Joe Kelly on the mound, allowed Willie Calhoun to score after he walked earlier in the inning.The Yanks finished the game with three total hits, including a solo shot from Josh Donaldson off closer Liam Hendriks in the ninth.Prior to that, Giolito stifled the Yankees’ lineup, which played without Aaron Judge for the second straight game after he injured his toe on a fence-br...

Ukrainians make desperate escape from floods after dam collapse as shelling echoes overhead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV (Associated Press)KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — As shelling from Russia’s war on Ukraine echoed overhead, dozens of evacuees on an island in the Dnieper River scurried onto the tops of military trucks or into rafts to flee rising floodwaters caused by a dam breach upstream. The unnerving bark of dogs left behind further soured the mood of those ferried to safety. A woman in one raft clutched the head of her despondent daughter. A stalled military truck stuck in swelling waters raised the panic level as Red Cross teams tried to manage an orderly evacuation.Nobody knew just how high the waters rushing through a gaping hole in the Kakhovka dam would rise, or whether people or pets would escape alive. The scrambled evacuation by boat and military truck from an island neighborhood off the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson downstream on Tuesday testified to the latest human chaos caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.Ukrainian authorities accused Russian force...

2 men died in Richmond shooting after high school graduation, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

RICHMOND — Seven people were shot, two fatally, when gunfire rang out Tuesday outside a downtown theater where a high school graduation ceremony had recently concluded, causing attendees to flee in panic, weep and clutch their children, authorities and witnesses reported.A 19-year-old suspect tried to flee but was arrested and will be charged with two counts of second-degree murder, Interim Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said in a nighttime news conference at which he confirmed the two fatalities.Five others were wounded by the gunfire outside the Virginia capital’s Altria Theater and in an adjacent park. At least 12 others were injured or treated for anxiety due to the mayhem, according to police.“As they heard the gunfire, it was obviously chaos,” Edwards said. “We had hundreds of people in Monroe Park, so people scattered. It was very chaotic at the scene.”Edwards said the two who died were both male, ages 18 and 36. Their names were not released, but police...

Motorcyclist dies at X Games freestyle motocross track in East County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

RAMONA, Calif. -- Authorities on Tuesday are investigating a motorcyclist's death at an X Games freestyle motocross track near Ramona, law enforcement said.The incident occurred off Sutherland Dam Road, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department told FOX 5.According to authorities, the biker had an unknown injury accident that required life-saving measures from first responders. He was later pronounced dead at 3:42 p.m., Cal Fire San Diego said. The identity of the victim has not been released, but fire officials confirmed the deceased as a male. More information is expected to be released from the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office, per the sheriff's department. This Anza-Borrego cave system among largest in North America On Tuesday, SkyFOX was over the scene of the accident at the freestyle motocross track, known as the "Slayground," owned by Axell Hodges, a three-time gold medal winner in X Games Moto X competition.In January of 2020, Hodges, an Encinitas resident,...

Rapidly growing Denver to pick new mayor amid mounting big-city problems

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Denver will choose its next mayor Tuesday in a runoff election between two moderate candidates seeking to lead a rapidly growing city faced with out-of-control housing costs and increased homelessness.The city has become the tech and business hub of the Mountain West but now faces problems similar to those in San Francisco and Los Angeles.Kelly Brough, the former president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, faces Mike Johnston, a former state senator. Johnston and Brough were the top two vote-getters in a 16-way race in April, sending the race to Tuesday’s runoff. Johnson was ahead of Brough by about 8,000 votes according to unofficial early returns Tuesday evening after polls closed, according to the city Office of the Clerk and Recorder.The job of Denver mayor has launched careers, notably that of John Hickenlooper, a Democrat who went on to become Colorado’s governor and is now a U.S. senator. Another Democratic mayor, Frederico Peña, went on to ...

Attorney for man charged in 1972 Chicago-area slaying of teen wants statements suppressed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An attorney for a Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl more than half a century ago wants statements he made at a police station suppressed.Attorney Terry Ekl argued in a recent defense motion that statements Barry Whelpley made to Naperville investigators at the Minnesota police station should be excluded because they occurred in a continuation of a seven-hour interrogation that began at his home, the Arlington Heights Daily Herald reported Tuesday.A hearing on the motion is scheduled for Aug. 10.Whelpley, 78, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated criminal sexual assault in the 1972 death of Julie Ann Hanson, of Naperville. The Minnesota man was arrested two years ago after DNA evidence linked him to the case.Hanson disappeared on July 7, 1972, while riding her bicycle to her brother’s baseball game. Her body was discovered a day later in a field. She had been stabbed 36 times, coroners said.Will County ...

2 dead in shooting after high school graduation ceremony in Virginia capital

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:20 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Seven people were shot, two fatally, when gunfire rang out Tuesday outside a downtown theater where a high school graduation ceremony had recently concluded, causing attendees to flee in panic, weep and clutch their children, authorities and witnesses reported. A 19-year-old suspect tried to flee but was arrested and will be charged with two counts of second-degree murder, Interim Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said in a nighttime news conference at which he confirmed the two fatalities. Five others were wounded by the gunfire outside the Virginia capital’s Altria Theater and in an adjacent park. At least 12 others were injured or treated for anxiety due to the mayhem, according to police. “As they heard the gunfire, it was obviously chaos,” Edwards said. “We had hundreds of people in Monroe Park, so people scattered. It was very chaotic at the scene.”Edwards said the two who died were both male, ages 18 and 36. Their names were not release...