CRIME

Investigators have released no vehicle description after a woman was found unresponsive on Camp Creek Parkway early Friday. SOUTH FULTON, Ga. — Police are searching for a vehicle involved in an early-morning collision that killed a woman riding a motorized scooter on Camp Creek Parkway, as investigators work to determine how the crash happened. South Fulton police were called to Camp Creek Parkway between Merk Road and Enon Road shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. …

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Mater Academy East is preparing to remember 16-year-old Steven Carroll Jr., an athlete whose family says he died after trying to help a relative. LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas school community is preparing a candlelight vigil for 16-year-old Steven Carroll Jr. as his family mourns the football and basketball player and seeks answers about the shooting that ended his life. Carroll, known as “Buddah,” attended Mater Academy East and died Oct. 17, according to …

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Investigators said the Etna Township property had severe sanitation problems, inadequate sleeping arrangements and conditions that threatened the children’s safety. ETNA TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Nine children were removed from a Licking County property after deputies responding to allegations of abuse and neglect found what authorities described as unsafe and severely unsanitary living conditions in a mobile home and nearby shed. The children, ranging in age from 1 to 13, were placed in the custody of …

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Detectives have not identified the basement, a suspect or what happened before the injured 15-year-old was found on Belle Avenue. BALTIMORE, Md. — Police searched parts of a northwest Baltimore neighborhood after a wounded 15-year-old girl told officers she had escaped from a nearby basement before an unknown man stabbed her, leaving investigators trying to determine where the attack happened and who was responsible. The investigation began around 9:30 p.m. Oct. 22, when officers responded …

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Police contacted affected owners after 12 vehicles were damaged and removed from Salt Lake City International Airport’s economy parking lot. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Travelers whose vehicles were caught in a fire at Salt Lake City International Airport faced damaged or destroyed cars Friday after flames spread through part of the economy parking lot, affecting 12 vehicles before crews extinguished the blaze. No injuries were reported, but the Oct. 23 fire left authorities contacting …

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Police are investigating a possible retaliatory motive after witnesses reported several masked gunmen firing into a crowd on Commerce Street. TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma police have made a fourth arrest in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy inside a downtown parking garage, expanding an investigation in which authorities say as many as five masked gunmen may have opened fire. The latest person arrested is a juvenile male who was taken into custody Wednesday, Oct. …

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Police said the man pointed a handgun at the officer during a foot pursuit near a library and child care center. BALTIMORE — A Baltimore police officer shot and critically wounded a man Thursday after police said the man pointed a handgun at the officer during a foot chase near the Erdman Shopping Center in the city’s Belair-Edison neighborhood. The shooting occurred shortly after 12:15 p.m. in the 3900 block of Erdman Avenue, according to …

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Jasmine Gill vanished amid divorce and custody proceedings before investigators identified her remains roughly 70 miles from her Sacramento home. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A missing-person investigation involving a 30-year-old Sacramento nurse became a homicide case after burned human remains discovered in El Dorado County were identified as hers, leading authorities to arrest her husband on a murder charge. Jasmine Gill was last seen at her Sacramento residence Sept. 30 and was reported missing by her …

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Jenny Haynes says Lacy was no longer an immediate threat when police killed the escaped mare after a lengthy capture effort. SHAWNEE, Kan. — The owner of a horse killed by Shawnee police is disputing the city’s account of the Oct. 7 incident, questioning whether lethal force was necessary after her escaped mare reached a field behind the city’s police and fire facilities. Jenny Haynes said her gray mare, Lacy, had been loose for hours …

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Police said one suspected attacker was killed after armed men opened fire on a family leaving its Pinetown home. PINETOWN, South Africa — A father traveling with his two children returned fire on suspected carjackers outside his home in Pinetown, killing one man after the attackers opened fire on the family’s vehicle, police said. The Oct. 9 confrontation on Lea Place drew widespread attention after dashcam footage circulated on social media nearly two weeks later. …

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