Washington, D.C., police arrested a 12-year-old boy Friday who with another male is suspected of going on a carjacking spree, targeting four cars in one hour before police apprehended him, according to reports.
The other suspect remains at large.
One of the suspects pulled a gun on each victim and demanded they exit the car, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The first attempted carjacking occurred at 6:29 p.m., but the victim fled the scene.
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In two similarly unsuccessful carjacking attempts at 7:15 p.m. and 7:20 p.m., the victims included two rideshare drivers who were waiting to pick up a customer and a man who was returning to his car at the time of the incident.
At 7:24 p.m., the suspects convinced a woman to forfeit her car, but the 12-year-old was apprehended soon after, and the woman’s car was recovered.
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The 12-year-old has been charged with four counts of armed carjacking.
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Police captured an image of the other suspect from surveillance footage and are asking anyone with information relating to the case to call the police at 202-727-9099 or text the department’s tip line at 50411.
Metropolitan Police are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the other suspect.
A deputy constable killed in New Orleans Friday night has been identified. According to Tulane University, Martinus Mitchum was identified as the fallen officer in a shooting during a basketball game at Carver High School.According to booking information on the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office Website, John Shallerhorn was arrested for armed robbery and first degree murder of a police officer. Shallerhorn was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center Friday night. He will make an appearance in Magistrate Court at 3 p.m. Saturday, according to court records.Police say the shooting happened in the 3000 block of Higgins Boulevard. According to Superintendent Shaun Ferguson, a basketball game was underway at George Carver High School when an individual, later identified as Shallerhorn, attempted to enter the game without a mask and was stopped. Police say a disturbance then ensued. Ferguson said the deputy constable intervened and attempted to take Shallerhorn out of the building. Shallerhorn then pulled a gun and shot the deputy constable in the chest, according to Ferguson. Ferguson said the deputy constable was taken to UMC where he later died. According to Ferguson, the deputy constable worked at the 2nd District Court and was also a Tulane police officer. Tulane issued a statement on Saturday: “We are deeply saddened by the senseless and tragic death of TUPD Corporal Martinus Mitchum. Corporal Mitchum was a dedicated police professional who had a heart of service for the Tulane community. We have reached out to his family and are providing support to his fellow officers during this difficult time. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and with all the fellow officers with whom he served.”
A deputy constable killed in New Orleans Friday night has been identified.
According to Tulane University, Martinus Mitchum was identified as the fallen officer in a shooting during a basketball game at Carver High School.
According to booking information on the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office Website, John Shallerhorn was arrested for armed robbery and first degree murder of a police officer.
Shallerhorn was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center Friday night.
He will make an appearance in Magistrate Court at 3 p.m. Saturday, according to court records.
Police say the shooting happened in the 3000 block of Higgins Boulevard.
According to Superintendent Shaun Ferguson, a basketball game was underway at George Carver High School when an individual, later identified as Shallerhorn, attempted to enter the game without a mask and was stopped.
Police say a disturbance then ensued.
Ferguson said the deputy constable intervened and attempted to take Shallerhorn out of the building.
Shallerhorn then pulled a gun and shot the deputy constable in the chest, according to Ferguson.
Ferguson said the deputy constable was taken to UMC where he later died.
According to Ferguson, the deputy constable worked at the 2nd District Court and was also a Tulane police officer.
Tulane issued a statement on Saturday:
“We are deeply saddened by the senseless and tragic death of TUPD Corporal Martinus Mitchum. Corporal Mitchum was a dedicated police professional who had a heart of service for the Tulane community. We have reached out to his family and are providing support to his fellow officers during this difficult time. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and with all the fellow officers with whom he served.”
Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who allegedly shot and wounded the dogwalker, were recovered unharmed, Los Angeles police said Friday.
A woman brought the dogs to the LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station, just northwest of downtown, around 6 p.m, said Captain Jonathan Tippett, commanding officer of the elite Robbery-Homicide Division.
Lady Gaga’s representative and detectives went to the station and confirmed that they were the dogs. The singer is currently in Rome to film a movie.
The woman who dropped off the dogs appears to be “uninvolved and unassociated” with Wednesday night’s attack, Tippett said. It wasn’t immediately clear how she obtained the dogs.
The dog walker, Ryan Fischer, was shot once as he walked three of the singer’s dogs in Hollywood. Video showed a white sedan pulling up and two men jumping out. They struggled with the dog walker before one pulled a gun and fired a single shot before fleeing with two of the dogs.
The dog walker can be heard on the video saying he had been shot in the chest. Tippett said he is expected to survive his injuries.
Lady Gaga on Friday repeated her offer of a $500,000 reward for the return of her dogs — whose names are Koji and Gustav — with no questions asked.
“I continue to love you Ryan Fischer, you risked your life to fight for our family. You’re forever a hero,” she wrote in an Instagram post.
A law enforcement officer was shot and killed in New Orleans on Friday night, reportedly while trying to escort the suspect away from a high school basketball game.
The suspected gunman was reportedly in custody.
The slain officer was identified as Martinus Mitchum, 38, according to NOLA.com.
Teams from Carver and Warren Easton high schools were meeting in a playoff game at Carver High School when the suspect tried to enter, FOX 8 of New Orleans reported.
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The game was halted following the shooting, NOLA.com reported.
The officer was working as a security officer for the game, WWL-TV reported.
The suspect had been arguing with a school employee and the law enforcement officer attempted to intervene and remove the suspect from the building, according to NOLA.com.
At some point, the suspect pulled out a gun and shot the officer in the chest, the report said.
Multiple shots were fired, according to a photographer from WWL who was at the scene.
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Orleans Parish sheriff’s deputies arriving at the scene found the officer suffering from a gunshot wound and had him transported to University Medical Center, where he later died, FOX 8 reported.
The slain officer was a member of the force at Tulane University in the city and also served as a City Court constable, Shaun Ferguson, superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department, told FOX 8.
The shooting remained under investigation, authorities said.
The theory, as CNN has reported, is that Sicknick became ill from bear spray used by the mob that attacked the Capitol on January 6, and video evidence CNN previously reported on appears to show the attack that could have caused his death.
It remains a difficult case for investigators and it’s not clear what charge they will be able to bring.
In a statement late Friday, the US Capitol Police noted that the medical examiner’s report on Sicknick’s death wasn’t finished yet: “We are awaiting toxicology results and continue to work with other government agencies regarding the death investigation.”
“Officer Sicknick’s family has asked for privacy during this difficult time and that the spreading of misinformation stop regarding the cause of his death,” the statement said. “The Department and the Sicknick family appreciate the outpouring of support for our fallen officer.”
The New York Times first reported that investigators have zeroed in on one suspect, but have yet to identify the assailant by name.
CNN previously reported that authorities had winnowed it down to a handful of suspects and that new video evidence from the attack helped investigators narrow it down.
In police audio played at former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, officers could be heard screaming during the attack that some members of the violent Capitol mob were spraying them with bear spray. Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah told reporters at the time that Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, who potentially saved the senator from encountering the mob, had indicated to Romney that “he had to breathe a lot of bear spray and tear gas and that he was nauseated” while serving on January 6. The pair had spoken during a break in the trial.
Investigators have struggled for weeks to build a federal murder case in Sicknick’s death as they pored over video and photographs to try to determine the moment in which he suffered his fatal injuries. Investigators determined that initial reports suggesting Sicknick had been struck with a fire extinguisher weren’t true, CNN previously reported.
Several people have been charged with assaulting police officers in the weeks since the attack, but none so far in relation to Sicknick. More than 100 other police officers were injured in the melee last month, including at least 15 who required hospitalization, according to court documents.
Sicknick’s body lay in honor at the Capitol in an emotional ceremony early this month, during which President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden and congressional leaders paid visits.
This story has been updated with background information and a statement from US Capitol Police.
CNN’s David Shortell and Ryan Nobles contributed to this report.
Attorney Marc Sant told CNN, “There was a plea bargain … the agreement is 15 years imprisonment.” Muscat will also face financial penalties, he said.
Sant noted that he does not represent the two other suspects charged with murder, brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, but he told CNN they continue to plead not guilty.
CNN reached out to the Malta Court of Criminal Appeal for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Caruana Galizia, 53, was a leading anti-corruption journalist from Malta who was killed in a car bombing near her home in 2017. Her family say she was “assassinated” because of her work uncovering alleged corruption in the Maltese government.
“A person who has admitted his involvement in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia has denied her
her right to life and has denied her her right to enjoy her family, including her grandchildren who were born after she was killed,” said the lawyer representing Caruana Galizia’s family in court, according to a statement released by the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation.
“The family expresses the hope that this step will begin to lead to full justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia.”
In 2016, Caruana Galizia broke a story about a string of secret Panama-based companies tied to Maltese politicians on her blog, including allegations of corruption against the wife of Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (no relation to Vincent Muscat). The couple have denied the allegations.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard has instructed police to charge one man with the murder of court clerk Andrea Bharatt.
Investigators told the Express they planned to lay the charge overnight, with the intent of bringing the 24-year-old Malabar man before the courts today.
The man was allegedly in the vehicle when Joel Balcon kidnapped Bharatt in Arima on January 29.
The instructions were given yesterday afternoon by the DPP.
Investigators said Gaspard also instructed that the man’s wife—a 37-year-old—be charged with the offence of receiving stolen articles.
Balcon died from blunt force trauma
Balcon died on Monday afternoon at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope.
His autopsy conducted yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre in Federation Park found he had died as a result of blunt force trauma.
His injuries included brain fractures, several broken ribs, bleeding from his internal organs, burn marks to his back (possibly from a Taser), contusion to the right eye, bleeding to the brain and damage to the legs and shoulders.
The autopsy was performed by pathologist Dr Eastlyn McDonald Burris.
Balcon, aka Devon Charles, was the second person to have died in police custody.
Andrew Morris, 35, of Tumpuna Road, Arima, died at the Arima Hospital on February 1, but his death was reported by police on February 3.
Police said he was taken to hospital after suffering injuries when he attempted to escape.
A post-mortem performed on Monday at the Forensic Science Centre was inconclusive.
Relatives ordered a second private autopsy which was performed on Tuesday by pathologist Prof Hubert Daisley at Simpsons Shalom Chapel in Couva.
This post-mortem said Morris died from blunt force trauma, which made his lungs collapse.
Andrea’s funeral tomorrow
Bharatt’s funeral is expected to be take place tomorrow.
Relatives told the Express her body will be taken to the family’s home where a small ceremony with close family members will be held at 9 a.m.
From there, her body will be transported as part of a procession past the Arima Magistrates’ Court before being taken to the Faith Assembly Church in Arouca where her funeral service will take place from 11 a.m.
This service is expected to be livestreamed.
Bharatt will be cremated at Belgroves Funeral Home in Tacarigua.
The results of a post-mortem conducted on Monday on Bharatt’s body were inconclusive.
However, a second private autopsy performed at Boodoo’s Funeral Home in Cunupia the following day determined she died from blunt force trauma to the head, and haemorrhaging.
National Security Minister Stuart Young told the Express on Tuesday that he has asked for a report from the Forensic Science Centre.
“I have confidence in the forensic pathologists at the Forensic Science Centre. I await the outcome of this report,” Young said.
About the case
Bharatt, a graduate of The University of the West Indies, was a clerk at the Arima Magistrates’ Court.
On the afternoon of January 29, she and a work colleague got into what she believed was a taxi on King Street, Arima. The taxi, a Nissan Versa, carried false H plates. Bharatt and her friend were in the back seat. There was a man in the front passenger seat. The friend was dropped off shortly after in Cleaver Heights, Arima. Bharatt never made it to her home on the Arima Old Road, Arima, where she lived with her father, Randolph Bharatt. He called his daughter’s phone, but a man answered saying she was not available. The father pleaded to speak with her but the man responded, “This is about money. If you don’t pay the ransom, I will cut off your daughter’s ears and send it to you.” Her body was found on February 4 down a precipice in the Heights of Aripo. Operations in the area in the days following resulted in two additional sets of skeletal remains being found.
Gregory Paul Ulrich dreamed of getting revenge on the doctors and medical staff who had “tortured” him, records show.
In October 2018, the 67-year-old was calling his former doctor three times a day, threatening mass shooting, to blow things up and other revenge scenarios, according to a Buffalo, Minn., Police Department report.
“I believe Mr. Ulrich is a high threat to society and himself,” the doctor told police at the time.
More than two years later, Ulrich has been arrested in connection to a shooting and seriously injuring five people at the Allina Health clinic in Buffalo.
After the 2018 incident, Ulrich was taken to an emergency room for an evaluation. His complaints appeared to stem from a series of back surgeries and medications he was taken afterward, police said.
He threatened four Allina facilities, with Buffalo first on the list, and said he wanted to make it “big and sensational so that it makes an impact,” the report states.
Allina medical staff believed Ulrich may act on the threats and filed paperwork barring them from the medical campus, which police delivered to his home. Ulrich was charged with violating the restraining order at the Buffalo clinic in November 2018. That case was dismissed last year after he was found mentally incompetent, records show.
This is a developing story. Check startribune.com for updates.
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“Our heart breaks as a community,” Buffalo Police Chief Pat Budke said. “This is a day no community would want to go through.”
Budke told KSTP the shooting happened inside the Allina Clinic Crossroads campus. He said the situation was contained as of 11:42 a.m. and there is no continuing threat to public safety.
Budke added that there are victims, although “we don’t know of any fatalities right now.”
He said the Minneapolis bomb squad is heading to the scene to check and clear the site where the incident occurred. During a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said “improvised explosive devices” were used during the incident.
While Walz said explosive devices were used, Budke said it was unclear if an incendiary device was detonated. He said there is damage to the building, however, he said it is unclear if it is from gunfire or an explosive.
A spokeswoman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said the agency had a crew headed to the scene. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension also tweeted that it has special agents and crime scene personnel en route to the scene.
North Memorial Health spokeswoman Abigail Greenheck said multiple victims were brought to its hospital in Robbinsdale. She did not say how many or what condition they were in.
The Minnesota State Patrol said its pilots are flying six boxes of blood from the Red Cross to the Buffalo Hospital so it is ready for victims of the shooting. The patrol also said troopers are on scene to help secure the area, and urged the public to stay away from the scene and give law enforcement room to work.
Due to the situation, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools canceled all evening activities.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued a statement on Twitter.
There is an unspeakable depravity in doing harm to those who work to heal us. Those who have stepped up and risked their own health for ours.
Our first responders are on their way to the scene to help. Today Minneapolis stands with our neighbors in Buffalo.
— Mayor Jacob Frey (@MayorFrey) February 9, 2021
This is a breaking news story. KSTP is working on confirming more details at this time. Be sure to refresh your browser for the latest information.
Gunfire at a health clinic wounded at least five people in Wright County and was followed by reports of a bomb exploding at the medical provider late Tuesday morning.
The scene is the Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo on Crossroads Campus Drive, according to police, who were called there about 10:55 a.m.
Up to five people are said to be seriously wounded, and a male suspect has been detained, according to emergency dispatch audio.
A female with three gunshot wounds was taken by air ambulance to North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, where two others also were transported, emergency medical personnel were heard saying on dispatch audio. Two others were taken to Allina-operated Buffalo Hospital, the audio continued.
The initial Sheriff’s Office dispatch reports indicated that multiple people called 911 about an “older white male” in the clinic with a handgun.
One dispatcher said his partner was on the phone with the suspect doing the shooting. “He is saying that there are bombs inside,” the dispatcher is heard saying. “He is telling law enforcement to back off.”
The man let a woman out of the clinic, but authorities were “not sure about other hostages,” the audio continued.
The suspect was in the front vestibule while “saying that he does want to surrender now. … The male is going to stay in place, he is laying on his stomach … The male is saying the gun is inside the building somewhere.”
The State Patrol said its pilots are flying six boxes of blood from the Red Cross to the Buffalo Hospital for the victims.
About 30 minutes after the gunfire, dispatch audio disclosed that “we just had a bomb go off in the clinic.” However, there has yet to be any official comment about there being a blast.
As word of a possible explosion spread, one officer on the scene said, “We see evidence of that; west glass shattered all across.”
A news conference was scheduled for 3 p.m. at Buffalo police headquarters.
The audio illustrated a frantic scene as victims streamed outside the hospital as officers rushed to evacuate them.
“I’ve got four or five with gunshots back here,” an officer said, adding that at least three of the victims were women, with one shot in the abdomen and another in the spinal cord, acording to the audio. “Send as many ambulances as you can.”
State Bureau of Criminal Apprehension special agents and crime scene personnel are en route to assist in the investigation of the “shooting incident involving multiple victims,” said agency spokeswoman Jill Oliveira.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms also were added to the growing roster of assisting agencies.
A spokesman for the full Allina Health system was heading to the scene early Tuesday afternoon to assess the situation and possibly disclose further details.
There also was a “high suspicion” of a bomb threat directed at a Super 8 hotel about a mile south of the clinic, the dispatch audio disclosed, but its relationship to the shooting was not immediately clear.
Despite someone being in custody coming soon after the shooting, word had yet to spread through the city. Staff at a nearby coffee shop closed its doors out of concerns for safety and were only letting customers in one by one.
A sheriff’s deputy went door-to-door at a strip mall within view of the clinic, asking whether anyone saw anything suspicious. Some of the shops are closed, but a few, such as the Italian restaurant Bugambilias, remained open. A waiter there said he and other workers haven’t been told anything.
State Rep. Marion O’Neill, R-Maple Lake, whose district includes Buffalo, said in a statement that “my friends, my children and grandchildren live and work in Buffalo, and while we do not yet know who the injured are, we are all connected. … I want to thank the Buffalo police officers, Wright County sheriff’s deputies and first responders who ran toward danger instead of away from it, and the medical personnel who made sure that those injured had the best care possible.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said his city has sent first responders to assist authorities in the community on the far west edge of the Twin Cities metro area.
A large truck and trailer from Minneapolis Police Department bomb squad was backed up to the clinic.
“There is an unspeakable depravity in doing harm to those who work to heal us,” Frey said, “those who have stepped up and risked their own health for ours.”
Star Tribune staff writers Matt McKinney, Libor Jany and Abby Simons contributed to this report. Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482
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