HOUSTON — Tony Earls hung his head before a row of television cameras, staring down, his life upended. Days before, Mr. Earls had pulled out his handgun and opened fire, hoping to strike a man who had just robbed him and his wife at an A.T.M. in Houston.
Instead, he struck Arlene Alvarez, a 9-year-old girl seated in a passing pickup, killing her.
“Is Mr. Earls licensed to carry?” a reporter asked during the February news conference, in which his lawyer spoke for him.
He didn’t need one, the lawyer replied. “Everything about that situation, we believe and contend, was justified under Texas law.” A grand jury later agreed, declining to indict Mr. Earls for any crime.
The shooting was part of what many sheriffs, police leaders and district attorneys in urban areas of Texas say has been an increase in people carrying weapons and in spur-of-the-moment gunfire in the year since the state began allowing most adults 21 or over to carry a handgun without a license.
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HOUSTON — Tony Earls hung his head before a row of television cameras, staring down, his life upended. Days before, Mr. Earls had pulled out his handgun and opened fire, hoping to strike a man who had just robbed him and his wife at an A.T.M. in Houston.
Instead, he struck Arlene Alvarez, a 9-year-old girl seated in a passing pickup, killing her.
“Is Mr. Earls licensed to carry?” a reporter asked during the February news conference, in which his lawyer spoke for him.
He didn’t need one, the lawyer replied. “Everything about that situation, we believe and contend, was justified under Texas law.” A grand jury later agreed, declining to indict Mr. Earls for any crime.
The shooting was part of what many sheriffs, police leaders and district attorneys in urban areas of Texas say has been an increase in people carrying weapons and in spur-of-the-moment gunfire in the year since the state began allowing most adults 21 or over to carry a handgun without a license.
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What's a 9 year old's life when your cash was taken at the ATM? "Ordinary."
HOUSTON — Tony Earls hung his head before a row of television cameras, staring down, his life upended. Days before, Mr. Earls had pulled out his handgun and opened fire, hoping to strike a man who had just robbed him and his wife at an A.T.M. in Houston.
Instead, he struck Arlene Alvarez, a 9-year-old girl seated in a passing pickup, killing her.
“Is Mr. Earls licensed to carry?” a reporter asked during the February news conference, in which his lawyer spoke for him.
He didn’t need one, the lawyer replied. “Everything about that situation, we believe and contend, was justified under Texas law.” A grand jury later agreed, declining to indict Mr. Earls for any crime.
The shooting was part of what many sheriffs, police leaders and district attorneys in urban areas of Texas say has been an increase in people carrying weapons and in spur-of-the-moment gunfire in the year since the state began allowing most adults 21 or over to carry a handgun without a license.
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What's a 9 year old's life when your cash was taken at the ATM? "Ordinary."
I remember posting a couple of years ago on this thread that it will be like the wild Wild West and here we are! The only thing missing is straight up duels on Main Street USA
Should be charged with murder, given the degrees of said crime. Seems to be a misdemeanor to boot. Yay, what a country.
A North Carolina toddler found a gun in his dad's truck and shot himself, and now the father faces criminal charges.
Investigators say they arrived at the scene in rural Johnston County to find the boy with a gunshot wound. Warren Bennett Oser, 2, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Detectives believe the 2-year-old climbed into his dad's pickup truck through an open door and found a loaded handgun in the cab. He began to play with the gun and accidentally shot himself, authorities say.
According to ABC 11, the boy's father, Warren Tyler Oser, is charged with failure to properly and safely store his firearms to protect minors.
The Johnston County Sheriff's Office tells the station that the boy's death was considered an "unfortunate accident."
The boy's sudden death has left his family in shock.
We're having to raise money for a funeral we never expected, for a 2-year-old," a family member told WRAL News. Community members have raised more than $20,000 on a GoFundMe page to cover the boy's funeral expenses.
In an online obituary, family members remembered the sunny toddler.
"Bennett was a free spirit with a wild soul who always kept us on our toes," his parents wrote. "He loved to run naked, play with dinosaurs, work with Daddy, snuggle with Mama and play outside.
"Bennett was a happy child who loved everyone in his life deeply," the obituary continued. "Every single day, he would go down his list of favorite people to try and visit. Though his life was brief, his spirit and memory lives on in his family and friends. We are grateful and blessed that God chose us to be his parents and let us watch over him for even the short amount of time that he had on earth."
Pursuant to state law, any person who resides with a minor and owns or possesses a firearm stored or left: 1) in a condition in which it can be discharged; and 2) in a manner that the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised minor would be able to gain access to the firearm, is criminally liable for a misdemeanor if the minor gains access to the firearm and:
Possesses the firearm on educational property;
Exhibits the firearm in a public place in a careless, angry or threatening manner;
Causes personal injury or death with the firearm, except in self-defense; or
Under state law, a retail seller or transferor must deliver a written copy of state law relating to storage of firearms to protect minors to the purchaser or transferee with every firearm transfer.4 A retail or wholesale store or outlet that sells firearms must conspicuously post at each purchase counter the following warning:
”It is unlawful to store or leave a firearm that can be discharged in a manner that a reasonable person should know is accessible to a minor.”5
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Man who fired AK-47 at couple walking their dog and killed woman, 21, jailed for life
A man who fired an AK-47 at a couple walking their dog when they encouraged it to "go potty" and killed a woman in the process has been jailed for life.
Isabella Thallas and Darian Simon had been walking their pet near their home when the tragedy happened.
Prosecutors said Michael Close got into a “verbal exchange” with the pair as they encouraged their dog to relieve itself.
Denver District Court heard Close yelled at the pair from inside his home before reaching for the weapon and firing 24 bullets.
He is said to have shouted: “Are you going to train that f****** dog or just yell at it?”
Simon responded: “Mind your own business; Rocko is a good dog.”
Seconds later Close fired the weapon at the pair, killing 21-year-old Isabella who was shot in the back and died instantly in the exchange and wounding her partner in his legs.
Close fled the scene but was arrested by the Park County Sheriff’s Office hours later.
Deputies found a gun belt and the rifle. inside his car.
Close had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity while his public defender claimed he had a mental break, an abusive childhood, a break-up and a number of lost jobs.
But jurors convicted him in September of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault.
During Friday’s proceedings Judge Lisa C. Arnolds sentenced Michael Close to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Isabella Thallas.
He also received 48 years for the attempted murder of Darian Simon which will run consecutively.
Close was also ordered to pay $37,000 in restitution.
Judge Arnolds said, “Mr. Close will pay for what he’s done by spending his life in prison.”
Joshua Thallas, Isabella’s father, told KUSA: “There’s no winners in this.
“We go home after this, my family broke, still without my daughter.
“(Close’s) family is broke, believe or or not. He’ll go to jail, they’re without a son, a brother, so there’s no winners in this.”
More "responsibility." "Ordinary," some might say. 17 killed, 62 injured around 'Murica. Meh.
Multiple gunmen sought in shooting that injured 9 outside Philadelphia bar
10h ago
Nine people were wounded, two critically, when multiple gunmen fired a barrage of at least 40 shots at a crowd gathered on a sidewalk outside a Philadelphia bar Saturday night, authorities said.
The assailants fled the chaotic scene in the Kensington section of the city in a vehicle and remained at large Sunday morning.
Asked at a news conference whether the gunmen posed a threat to the community, Deputy Commissioner John Stanford noted the number injured and shell casings littering the street outside Jack's Famous Bar and said, "I think that's a public safety threat."
The shooting unfolded around 10:45 p.m. as the neighborhood was bustling with more people than usual out enjoying an unseasonably warm November night, Stanford said.
He said a group was mingling on the sidewalk outside the bar when multiple gunmen exited a black vehicle sitting in the middle of East Allegheny Avenue, near Kensington Avenue, and opened fire on the crowd without warning.
"At this point in time, it just looks like these individuals may have spotted someone they wanted to shoot at, exited the vehicle and just began firing," Stanford said, adding investigators don't yet know who was targeted or a motive for the attack.
Stanford said the shooting occurred despite a heavy police presence already in the area. He said officers walking a beat heard the gunfire and rushed to help the men and women injured as the shooters ran back to the dark vehicle and fled. He also noted that a narcotics task force was conducting an investigation a half-block from where the shooting occurred.
"We have some brazen individuals in this city that don't care. They don't care how many police officers are out here and some don't care in terms of how many people are out here," Stanford said.
He said investigators recovered at least 40 pieces of ballistic evidence from the scene and plan to comb through surveillance video from businesses in the area in hopes of identifying the assailants.
He said seven of the victims were in stable condition and two were critical.
The shooting came amid 5% drops in both homicides and aggravated gun assaults in Philadelphia in the first 10 months of this year, compared to the same time period in 2021, according to the lasted police department crime statistics. Philadelphia surpassed its annual homicide record in 2021, recording of 562 slayings.
Man who fired AK-47 at couple walking their dog and killed woman, 21, jailed for life
A man who fired an AK-47 at a couple walking their dog when they encouraged it to "go potty" and killed a woman in the process has been jailed for life.
Isabella Thallas and Darian Simon had been walking their pet near their home when the tragedy happened.
Prosecutors said Michael Close got into a “verbal exchange” with the pair as they encouraged their dog to relieve itself.
Denver District Court heard Close yelled at the pair from inside his home before reaching for the weapon and firing 24 bullets.
He is said to have shouted: “Are you going to train that f****** dog or just yell at it?”
Simon responded: “Mind your own business; Rocko is a good dog.”
Seconds later Close fired the weapon at the pair, killing 21-year-old Isabella who was shot in the back and died instantly in the exchange and wounding her partner in his legs.
Close fled the scene but was arrested by the Park County Sheriff’s Office hours later.
Deputies found a gun belt and the rifle. inside his car.
Close had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity while his public defender claimed he had a mental break, an abusive childhood, a break-up and a number of lost jobs.
But jurors convicted him in September of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault.
During Friday’s proceedings Judge Lisa C. Arnolds sentenced Michael Close to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Isabella Thallas.
He also received 48 years for the attempted murder of Darian Simon which will run consecutively.
Close was also ordered to pay $37,000 in restitution.
Judge Arnolds said, “Mr. Close will pay for what he’s done by spending his life in prison.”
Joshua Thallas, Isabella’s father, told KUSA: “There’s no winners in this.
“We go home after this, my family broke, still without my daughter.
“(Close’s) family is broke, believe or or not. He’ll go to jail, they’re without a son, a brother, so there’s no winners in this.”
Man who fired AK-47 at couple walking their dog and killed woman, 21, jailed for life
A man who fired an AK-47 at a couple walking their dog when they encouraged it to "go potty" and killed a woman in the process has been jailed for life.
Isabella Thallas and Darian Simon had been walking their pet near their home when the tragedy happened.
Prosecutors said Michael Close got into a “verbal exchange” with the pair as they encouraged their dog to relieve itself.
Denver District Court heard Close yelled at the pair from inside his home before reaching for the weapon and firing 24 bullets.
He is said to have shouted: “Are you going to train that f****** dog or just yell at it?”
Simon responded: “Mind your own business; Rocko is a good dog.”
Seconds later Close fired the weapon at the pair, killing 21-year-old Isabella who was shot in the back and died instantly in the exchange and wounding her partner in his legs.
Close fled the scene but was arrested by the Park County Sheriff’s Office hours later.
Deputies found a gun belt and the rifle. inside his car.
Close had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity while his public defender claimed he had a mental break, an abusive childhood, a break-up and a number of lost jobs.
But jurors convicted him in September of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault.
During Friday’s proceedings Judge Lisa C. Arnolds sentenced Michael Close to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Isabella Thallas.
He also received 48 years for the attempted murder of Darian Simon which will run consecutively.
Close was also ordered to pay $37,000 in restitution.
Judge Arnolds said, “Mr. Close will pay for what he’s done by spending his life in prison.”
Joshua Thallas, Isabella’s father, told KUSA: “There’s no winners in this.
“We go home after this, my family broke, still without my daughter.
“(Close’s) family is broke, believe or or not. He’ll go to jail, they’re without a son, a brother, so there’s no winners in this.”
Man who fired AK-47 at couple walking their dog and killed woman, 21, jailed for life
A man who fired an AK-47 at a couple walking their dog when they encouraged it to "go potty" and killed a woman in the process has been jailed for life.
Isabella Thallas and Darian Simon had been walking their pet near their home when the tragedy happened.
Prosecutors said Michael Close got into a “verbal exchange” with the pair as they encouraged their dog to relieve itself.
Denver District Court heard Close yelled at the pair from inside his home before reaching for the weapon and firing 24 bullets.
He is said to have shouted: “Are you going to train that f****** dog or just yell at it?”
Simon responded: “Mind your own business; Rocko is a good dog.”
Seconds later Close fired the weapon at the pair, killing 21-year-old Isabella who was shot in the back and died instantly in the exchange and wounding her partner in his legs.
Close fled the scene but was arrested by the Park County Sheriff’s Office hours later.
Deputies found a gun belt and the rifle. inside his car.
Close had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity while his public defender claimed he had a mental break, an abusive childhood, a break-up and a number of lost jobs.
But jurors convicted him in September of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault.
During Friday’s proceedings Judge Lisa C. Arnolds sentenced Michael Close to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Isabella Thallas.
He also received 48 years for the attempted murder of Darian Simon which will run consecutively.
Close was also ordered to pay $37,000 in restitution.
Judge Arnolds said, “Mr. Close will pay for what he’s done by spending his life in prison.”
Joshua Thallas, Isabella’s father, told KUSA: “There’s no winners in this.
“We go home after this, my family broke, still without my daughter.
“(Close’s) family is broke, believe or or not. He’ll go to jail, they’re without a son, a brother, so there’s no winners in this.”
Man who fired AK-47 at couple walking their dog and killed woman, 21, jailed for life
A man who fired an AK-47 at a couple walking their dog when they encouraged it to "go potty" and killed a woman in the process has been jailed for life.
Isabella Thallas and Darian Simon had been walking their pet near their home when the tragedy happened.
Prosecutors said Michael Close got into a “verbal exchange” with the pair as they encouraged their dog to relieve itself.
Denver District Court heard Close yelled at the pair from inside his home before reaching for the weapon and firing 24 bullets.
He is said to have shouted: “Are you going to train that f****** dog or just yell at it?”
Simon responded: “Mind your own business; Rocko is a good dog.”
Seconds later Close fired the weapon at the pair, killing 21-year-old Isabella who was shot in the back and died instantly in the exchange and wounding her partner in his legs.
Close fled the scene but was arrested by the Park County Sheriff’s Office hours later.
Deputies found a gun belt and the rifle. inside his car.
Close had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity while his public defender claimed he had a mental break, an abusive childhood, a break-up and a number of lost jobs.
But jurors convicted him in September of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault.
During Friday’s proceedings Judge Lisa C. Arnolds sentenced Michael Close to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Isabella Thallas.
He also received 48 years for the attempted murder of Darian Simon which will run consecutively.
Close was also ordered to pay $37,000 in restitution.
Judge Arnolds said, “Mr. Close will pay for what he’s done by spending his life in prison.”
Joshua Thallas, Isabella’s father, told KUSA: “There’s no winners in this.
“We go home after this, my family broke, still without my daughter.
“(Close’s) family is broke, believe or or not. He’ll go to jail, they’re without a son, a brother, so there’s no winners in this.”
Aren't you the one who always bemoans that "responsible" gun owners never are punished?
This one was and you're still bitching.
Because it hasn’t solved the problem, has it? Did I say “never” punished? But in general, “responsible” gun owners aren’t punished severely enough when they’re “responsible” with their firearms.
The solution to this type of problem will rely upon many factors, if there even is a solution.
Personally, its too late for my lifetime. Way too late. 'Murica is awash in firearms and freedumb.
Not to mention those who fan the flames of argument and divisiveness, thus ensuring that neither side is willing to take steps toward correction.
Other countries have people who fan flames of argument and divisiveness. The obsession w/ guns, presence of guns. and rate of death by guns are problems unique to America.
It’s the guns, and the gun culture to blame for the gun violence in this country. Full stop.
Whole lot of “responsibility” going on. Glad they find the humour in it. Should read, “like the chicken before it’s flight, the perp has been caged.
TSA found a gun inside a raw chicken
Agents have seized a record 700 guns at Florida airports this year, including a most unusual case in Fort Lauderdale
Something was a-fowl on a late September morning at the checked baggage screening station at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Transportation Security Administration agents in South Florida pulled a bag off the line and found a raw chicken inside — but that wasn’t the strangest discovery. There was a handgun inside the bird.
“We hate to beak it to you here, but stuffing a firearm in your holiday bird for travel is just a baste of time,” the agency wrote on Instagram Monday alongside photos of the offending poultry. “This idea wasn’t even half-baked; it was raw, greasy, and obviously unsupervised.”
“The only roast happening here is this poor packing choice!” the TSA added.
The gun discovered in Fort Lauderdale may have been unusually concealed, but it comes amid an uptick in guns found at checkpoints in Florida airports and nationwide.
Passengers have brought a record 700 guns to airport security in Florida this year through Nov. 3, according to the TSA. Nearly all the guns were loaded and most had a bullet in the chamber, the agency said.
Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa regularly rank among the nation’s top airports in guns discovered, according to the TSA. Agents stopped a passenger with a loaded gun at a Fort Lauderdale checkpoint on Sunday, marking the 121st firearm discovered at the airport this year, Koshetz said in an email.
The agency seized 5,972 firearms nationwide in 2021, more than a third higher than the previous record set in 2019, despite fewer passengers traveling due to the coronavirus. The increase has sparked proposals in Congress to increase education around traveling with guns and raise the penalties for carrying them improperly.
When will Americans get enough of the carnage of mass shootings? What will it take maybe an all out war against the gay haters and open gun carry states? People need to raise up and fight back!
Colorado Springs is a notoriously right wing "christian" city. A beautiful place to visit. But a lot of "faith-based" organizations are headquartered there. Not surprised this horrible thing happened.
Colorado Springs is a notoriously right wing "christian" city. A beautiful place to visit. But a lot of "faith-based" organizations are headquartered there. Not surprised this horrible thing happened.
And also a hotbed of “responsibility.” From WaPo.
In this gun-saturated community,more than 7,000 firearms have been stolen since 2017 in Colorado Springs alone, according to police department data, more than 20 times the national rate of firearm thefts, according to Department of Justice statistics. One of those stolen guns was used to shoot a Colorado Springs officer in the head in 2018. He survived.
Now tie in guns exported to Mexico and Central America causing immigrants to flood into the states, and perhaps Dems have a cohesive message. And then beat that drum for two years with this message, instead of waiting for the two month “election season.”
Now tie in guns exported to Mexico and Central America causing immigrants to flood into the states, and perhaps Dems have a cohesive message. And then beat that drum for two years with this message, instead of waiting for the two month “election season.”
Are you writing to this the DNC, your state and local party offices?
Good ideas should be shared. They are more effective when shared with the right people, though.
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Texas Goes Permitless on Guns, and Police Face an Armed Public
A new law allowing people to carry handguns without a license has led to more spontaneous shootings, many in law enforcement say.
By J. David Goodman
HOUSTON — Tony Earls hung his head before a row of television cameras, staring down, his life upended. Days before, Mr. Earls had pulled out his handgun and opened fire, hoping to strike a man who had just robbed him and his wife at an A.T.M. in Houston.
Instead, he struck Arlene Alvarez, a 9-year-old girl seated in a passing pickup, killing her.
“Is Mr. Earls licensed to carry?” a reporter asked during the February news conference, in which his lawyer spoke for him.
He didn’t need one, the lawyer replied. “Everything about that situation, we believe and contend, was justified under Texas law.” A grand jury later agreed, declining to indict Mr. Earls for any crime.
The shooting was part of what many sheriffs, police leaders and district attorneys in urban areas of Texas say has been an increase in people carrying weapons and in spur-of-the-moment gunfire in the year since the state began allowing most adults 21 or over to carry a handgun without a license.
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7-year-old found with loaded gun at Dorchester school (boston.com)
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A North Carolina toddler found a gun in his dad's truck and shot himself, and now the father faces criminal charges.
Investigators say they arrived at the scene in rural Johnston County to find the boy with a gunshot wound. Warren Bennett Oser, 2, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Detectives believe the 2-year-old climbed into his dad's pickup truck through an open door and found a loaded handgun in the cab. He began to play with the gun and accidentally shot himself, authorities say.
According to ABC 11, the boy's father, Warren Tyler Oser, is charged with failure to properly and safely store his firearms to protect minors.
The Johnston County Sheriff's Office tells the station that the boy's death was considered an "unfortunate accident."
The boy's sudden death has left his family in shock.
We're having to raise money for a funeral we never expected, for a 2-year-old," a family member told WRAL News. Community members have raised more than $20,000 on a GoFundMe page to cover the boy's funeral expenses.
In an online obituary, family members remembered the sunny toddler.
"Bennett was a free spirit with a wild soul who always kept us on our toes," his parents wrote. "He loved to run naked, play with dinosaurs, work with Daddy, snuggle with Mama and play outside.
"Bennett was a happy child who loved everyone in his life deeply," the obituary continued. "Every single day, he would go down his list of favorite people to try and visit. Though his life was brief, his spirit and memory lives on in his family and friends. We are grateful and blessed that God chose us to be his parents and let us watch over him for even the short amount of time that he had on earth."
N.C. Boy, 2, Finds Loaded Gun in Truck and Kills Himself (people.com)
Liability for Unsafely Stored Firearms
Pursuant to state law, any person who resides with a minor and owns or possesses a firearm stored or left: 1) in a condition in which it can be discharged; and 2) in a manner that the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised minor would be able to gain access to the firearm, is criminally liable for a misdemeanor if the minor gains access to the firearm and:
Under state law, a retail seller or transferor must deliver a written copy of state law relating to storage of firearms to protect minors to the purchaser or transferee with every firearm transfer.4 A retail or wholesale store or outlet that sells firearms must conspicuously post at each purchase counter the following warning:
Child Access Prevention & Safe Storage in North Carolina | Giffords
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Man who fired AK-47 at couple walking their dog and killed woman, 21, jailed for life
A man who fired an AK-47 at a couple walking their dog when they encouraged it to "go potty" and killed a woman in the process has been jailed for life.
Isabella Thallas and Darian Simon had been walking their pet near their home when the tragedy happened.
Prosecutors said Michael Close got into a “verbal exchange” with the pair as they encouraged their dog to relieve itself.
Denver District Court heard Close yelled at the pair from inside his home before reaching for the weapon and firing 24 bullets.
He is said to have shouted: “Are you going to train that f****** dog or just yell at it?”
Simon responded: “Mind your own business; Rocko is a good dog.”
Seconds later Close fired the weapon at the pair, killing 21-year-old Isabella who was shot in the back and died instantly in the exchange and wounding her partner in his legs.
Close fled the scene but was arrested by the Park County Sheriff’s Office hours later.
Deputies found a gun belt and the rifle. inside his car.
Close had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity while his public defender claimed he had a mental break, an abusive childhood, a break-up and a number of lost jobs.
But jurors convicted him in September of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault.
During Friday’s proceedings Judge Lisa C. Arnolds sentenced Michael Close to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Isabella Thallas.
He also received 48 years for the attempted murder of Darian Simon which will run consecutively.
Close was also ordered to pay $37,000 in restitution.
Judge Arnolds said, “Mr. Close will pay for what he’s done by spending his life in prison.”
Joshua Thallas, Isabella’s father, told KUSA: “There’s no winners in this.
“We go home after this, my family broke, still without my daughter.
“(Close’s) family is broke, believe or or not. He’ll go to jail, they’re without a son, a brother, so there’s no winners in this.”
Man who fired AK-47 at couple walking their dog and killed woman, 21, jailed for life (msn.com)
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Multiple gunmen sought in shooting that injured 9 outside Philadelphia bar
Nine people were wounded, two critically, when multiple gunmen fired a barrage of at least 40 shots at a crowd gathered on a sidewalk outside a Philadelphia bar Saturday night, authorities said.
The assailants fled the chaotic scene in the Kensington section of the city in a vehicle and remained at large Sunday morning.
Asked at a news conference whether the gunmen posed a threat to the community, Deputy Commissioner John Stanford noted the number injured and shell casings littering the street outside Jack's Famous Bar and said, "I think that's a public safety threat."
The shooting unfolded around 10:45 p.m. as the neighborhood was bustling with more people than usual out enjoying an unseasonably warm November night, Stanford said.
MORE: 'It's just crazy': 12 major cities hit all-time homicide recordsHe said a group was mingling on the sidewalk outside the bar when multiple gunmen exited a black vehicle sitting in the middle of East Allegheny Avenue, near Kensington Avenue, and opened fire on the crowd without warning.
"At this point in time, it just looks like these individuals may have spotted someone they wanted to shoot at, exited the vehicle and just began firing," Stanford said, adding investigators don't yet know who was targeted or a motive for the attack.
Stanford said the shooting occurred despite a heavy police presence already in the area. He said officers walking a beat heard the gunfire and rushed to help the men and women injured as the shooters ran back to the dark vehicle and fled. He also noted that a narcotics task force was conducting an investigation a half-block from where the shooting occurred.
"We have some brazen individuals in this city that don't care. They don't care how many police officers are out here and some don't care in terms of how many people are out here," Stanford said.
MORE: At least 17 killed, 62 injured in mass shootings across the US over weekend
He said investigators recovered at least 40 pieces of ballistic evidence from the scene and plan to comb through surveillance video from businesses in the area in hopes of identifying the assailants.
He said seven of the victims were in stable condition and two were critical.
The shooting came amid 5% drops in both homicides and aggravated gun assaults in Philadelphia in the first 10 months of this year, compared to the same time period in 2021, according to the lasted police department crime statistics. Philadelphia surpassed its annual homicide record in 2021, recording of 562 slayings.
Multiple gunmen sought in shooting that injured 9 outside Philadelphia bar (msn.com)
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TSA found a gun inside a raw chicken
Agents have seized a record 700 guns at Florida airports this year, including a most unusual case in Fort Lauderdale
Something was a-fowl on a late September morning at the checked baggage screening station at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Transportation Security Administration agents in South Florida pulled a bag off the line and found a raw chicken inside — but that wasn’t the strangest discovery. There was a handgun inside the bird.
“We hate to beak it to you here, but stuffing a firearm in your holiday bird for travel is just a baste of time,” the agency wrote on Instagram Monday alongside photos of the offending poultry. “This idea wasn’t even half-baked; it was raw, greasy, and obviously unsupervised.”
“The only roast happening here is this poor packing choice!” the TSA added.
The gun discovered in Fort Lauderdale may have been unusually concealed, but it comes amid an uptick in guns found at checkpoints in Florida airports and nationwide.
Passengers have brought a record 700 guns to airport security in Florida this year through Nov. 3, according to the TSA. Nearly all the guns were loaded and most had a bullet in the chamber, the agency said.
Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa regularly rank among the nation’s top airports in guns discovered, according to the TSA. Agents stopped a passenger with a loaded gun at a Fort Lauderdale checkpoint on Sunday, marking the 121st firearm discovered at the airport this year, Koshetz said in an email.
The agency seized 5,972 firearms nationwide in 2021, more than a third higher than the previous record set in 2019, despite fewer passengers traveling due to the coronavirus. The increase has sparked proposals in Congress to increase education around traveling with guns and raise the penalties for carrying them improperly.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/11/08/tsa-chicken-gun-florida-airport/
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Not surprised this horrible thing happened.
And also a hotbed of “responsibility.” From WaPo.
In this gun-saturated community,more than 7,000 firearms have been stolen since 2017 in Colorado Springs alone, according to police department data, more than 20 times the national rate of firearm thefts, according to Department of Justice statistics. One of those stolen guns was used to shoot a Colorado Springs officer in the head in 2018. He survived.
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