Two remain in critical condition after Texas office shooting, man killed identified: Latest
MicroStockHub/iStock By Emily Shapiro and Mark Osborne, ABC News(BRYAN, Texas) — Two victims remain in critical condition following a Thursday afternoon shooting at a cabinet-making business in Texas, police said Friday.An employee of Kent Moore Cabinets in Bryan, just outside of College Station, allegedly opened fire, killing 40-year-old Timothy Smith and injuring four others at…
Capitol riot defendant claims he was attacked by DC jail guards, lawyer says
FILE photo – Dennis Swanson – Studio 101 West Photography/iStockBy Alexander Mallin and Luke Barr, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — A Pennsylvania man charged with assaulting officers at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection says he was brutally beaten by two guards at the D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility late last month, according to his lawyer.Ryan…
Suspect in mass shooting that killed five in South Carolina played in the NFL
carlballou/iStock(ROCK HILL, S.C.) — Five people are dead, including a doctor and two of his grandchildren, following a shooting at a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon, according to the York County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, 32-year-old Phillip Adams, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a nearby home,…
Medical witnesses clash with defense over George Floyd’s death
imaginima/iStockBy Marlene Lenthang, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) — Medical personnel from various backgrounds have testified in Derek Chauvin’s trial, often painting a grave picture of George Floyd’s final moments.Paramedics found Floyd had no pulse upon arriving at the scene, and a respiratory expert said even a healthy person would have died under the restraints Chauvin used on…
More than 30 million people on alert for severe weather
ABC NewsBy Max Golembo, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A new storm will move into the Gulf Coast states Friday with the second-highest alert risk possible for damaging straight-line winds and tornadoes.States that are in the bullseye Friday are Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.More than 30 million people are on alert for severe weather in the next…
Key takeaways in the Derek Chauvin trial, Day 9
kuzma/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) — A world-renowned pulmonologist, who authored the bible on treating breathing disorders, testified on Thursday that George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen to his brain resulting from former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin jamming his knee into the back of Floyd’s neck as he laid pinned to the…
Couple in their 90s reunited after being separated for a year due to COVID-19
Rosemary ByrneBy Haley Yamada and Eric Noll(ST LOUIS, Mo.) — Together again, at last.Virginia, 95, and Jack Byrne, 94, were able to celebrate their 72nd wedding anniversary in person after spending more than a year apart.According to their daughter, Rosemary Byrne, since her father lives in a memory care facility and her mother lives on…
White supremacists, extremists may use Chauvin trial to further their agendas: DHS
Gwengoat/iStockBy JOSH MARGOLIN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — As Derek Chauvin’s murder trial continues in Minneapolis, the intelligence branch of the Department of Homeland Security is warning that foreign adversaries and domestic extremists may use the case to further their own agendas.In an intelligence briefing obtained by ABC News, DHS analysts warn that domestic extremists — including…
West anticipating dangerous fire season due to severe drought conditions
milehightraveler/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(SAN FRANCICSO) — Drought conditions in the West are so severe that officials are worried about the potential of a fire season even more dangerous than the last.In Colorado, higher temperatures and lower precipitation after a winter with less-than-normal snowfall has made the land similar to a tinderbox should a flame…
Suspect in mass shooting that killed 5 in South Carolina played in the NFL
carlballou/iStockBy William Mansell and Emily Shapiro, ABC News(ROCK HILL, S.C.) — Five people are dead, including a doctor and two of his grandchildren, following a shooting at a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon, according to the York County Sheriff’s Office.The suspect, 32-year-old Phillip Adams, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted…
Severe weather threat in Florida as over 350 reports of severe weather reported in South since Friday
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Since Friday, there have been at least 350 reports of severe weather across the southern U.S. This includes five reported tornadoes — one in Louisiana, two in Mississippi, one in Florida and one in Georgia. In Louisiana, a confirmed EF-3 tornado with winds up to 140 mph touched down near Palmetto.…
Police negotiators on scene at hotel after reports of a barricaded gunman, gunshots
kali9/iStock(HONOLULU) — A man who barricaded himself in a Honolulu hotel room after allegedly firing multiple shots has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said. Honolulu Police Department Captain Brian Lynch said that a 911 call came in at approximately 5:40 p.m. Saturday reporting that multiple shots had been fired at the Kahala Hotel…
Search effort underway for missing LSU student whose car was found on Mississippi River bridge
LSU Police Department(BATON ROUGE, La.) — Authorities and volunteers are searching for a missing Louisiana State University student whose car was found abandoned on a Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge earlier this week. Kori Gauthier, an 18-year-old freshman at LSU, was last seen Tuesday, her family said. Officers found her car after midnight Thursday on the…
Man arrested for threatening to stab undercover Asian police officer
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A man was arrested for allegedly threatening to stab an Asian undercover police officer in the face at Penn Station in New York City. On Friday, Juvian Rodriguez, 35, approached a New York Police Department officer who was undercover as they were both on an escalator near 7th Avenue and 32nd Street…
2 deputies injured, suspect dead after shooting outside Utah sheriff’s office
kali9/iStock(SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah) — Two deputies are injured and a suspect is dead following a shooting outside a sheriff’s office in South Salt Lake, Utah, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 10:30 a.m. local time Saturday, on the north side of the property’s parking lot near a bus stop, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie…