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DMPD makes arrest, identifies 16-year-old victim in shooting death

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The Des Moines Police Department has made an arrest in the fatal shooting a 16-year-old early Saturday morning. At about 4:43 a.m., authorities were called to Broadlawns Medical Center, where a shooting victim was receiving treatment. Police found Elijah Edwardlee Brown-Townsend, 16, of Des Moines, being treated, but died later from the gunshot wound. On Saturday evening, authorities arrested Thomas Londewa Ivy, 18, of Des Moines, with involuntary manslaughter and carrying weapons. Police said Ivy and Brown-Townsend were in a parked vehicle at a convenience store at the 2300 block of MLK Jr. Parkway. Des Moines police said evidence shows Ivy had a handgun and was handing it to Brown-Townsend when the gun was fired. “The discharge of the firearm appears to be accidental,” said Sgt. Paul Parizek. Authorities have received the gun used in the shooting. Other guns were recovered during the investigation.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

The Des Moines Police Department has made an arrest in the fatal shooting a 16-year-old early Saturday morning.

At about 4:43 a.m., authorities were called to Broadlawns Medical Center, where a shooting victim was receiving treatment.

Police found Elijah Edwardlee Brown-Townsend, 16, of Des Moines, being treated, but died later from the gunshot wound.

On Saturday evening, authorities arrested Thomas Londewa Ivy, 18, of Des Moines, with involuntary manslaughter and carrying weapons.

Police said Ivy and Brown-Townsend were in a parked vehicle at a convenience store at the 2300 block of MLK Jr. Parkway.

Des Moines police said evidence shows Ivy had a handgun and was handing it to Brown-Townsend when the gun was fired.

“The discharge of the firearm appears to be accidental,” said Sgt. Paul Parizek.

Authorities have received the gun used in the shooting. Other guns were recovered during the investigation.

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Business

Kroger is latest victim of third-party software data breach

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BOSTON (AP) —

Kroger Co. says it was among the multiple victims of a data breach involving a third-party vendor’s file-transfer service and is notifying potentially impacted customers, offering them free credit monitoring.

The Cincinnati-based grocery and pharmacy chain said in a statement Friday that it believes less than 1% of its customers were affected — specifically some using its Health and Money Services — as well as some current and former employees because a number of personnel records were apparently viewed.

Kroger said the breach did not affect Kroger stores’ IT systems or grocery store systems or data and there was no indication that fraud involving accessed personal data had occurred.

The company, which has 2,750 grocery retail stores and 2,200 pharmacies nationwide, did not immediately respond to questions including how many customers might have been affected.

Kroger said it was among victims of the December hack of a file-transfer product called FTA developed by Accellion, a California-based company, and that it was notified of the incident on Jan. 23, when it discontinued use of Accellion’s services. Companies use the file-transfer product to share large amounts of data and hefty email attachments.

Accellion has more than 3,000 customers worldwide. It has said that the affected product was 20 years old and nearing the end of its life. The company said on Feb. 1 that it had patched all known FTA vulnerabilities.

Other Accellion customers affected by the hack include the University of Colorado, Washington State’s auditor, Australia’s financial regulator, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the prominent U.S. law firm Jones Day.

For Washington State’s auditor, the hack was particuarly serious. Exposed were files on 1.6 million claims obtained in its investigation of massive unemployment fraud last year.

In the case of Jones Day, cybercriminals seeking to extort the law firm dumped an estimated 85 gigabytes of data online they claimed to have stolen.

Former President Donald Trump is among Jones Day clients but the criminals told The Associated Press via email that none of the data was related to him.

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Sports

Chad Wheeler Victim Alleah Taylor Reveals Disturbing Injury Pics, Wants NFL Player In Prison

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Alleah Taylor is revealing the disturbing injury photos taken after she was brutally attacked by NFL lineman Chad Wheeler … and she’s explaining why he needs to be locked up in prison.

Taylor appeared on “CBS This Morning” and told reporter Jericka Duncan the injuries she suffered during the Jan. 22 incident at their Washington apartment will require treatment for the rest of her life.

“I still have to regularly get my concussion checked. I have bolts and a steel plate I’m gonna have forever in my arm. I’m gonna have to deal with this the rest of my life.”

As we previously reported, Taylor claims Wheeler — who played for the Seattle Seahawks at the time — “snapped” and got violent with her in an apparent manic episode. They had been dating for roughly 6 months at the time.

She claims Wheeler had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder before the attack but had recently stopped taking his medicine.

During the attack, Taylor says the NFL player demanded she “bow down” to him — and when she refused, he beat and choked her within an inch of her life.

Cops eventually arrived and subdued Wheeler after an intense physical struggle. He was arrested and hit with multiple domestic violence charges.

When asked if she thinks Wheeler’s actions were triggered by a mental health episode, she told CBS, “To be honest, I don’t know.”

She continued, “He went and ate dinner after he did this to me. And he didn’t take the same approach with the cops as he did with me.”

Wheeler is facing up to 12 years in prison if convicted on domestic violence charges.

Taylor was asked if she thinks Wheeler should do time and replied, “Yes, I definitely do think that he should.”

Taylor says she’s “beyond grateful” to be alive — and feels god blessed her with a second chance at life.

“I want to try to use the time I’ve been blessed with to help other people and to get this story out and to make sure people don’t feel alone and to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

Wheeler has another hearing set for Thursday — and his trial is expected to begin in April.



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Entertainment

Hero Disney employee saves domestic violence victim

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An alert Walt Disney World ticket booker was able to help a Pennsylvania woman who called pretending to buy theme park tickets but was really trying to get away from her abusive boyfriend. Related video above: Boy rescued from abusive couple by Orlando waitress, police sayAccording to a report from the Northern York County Regional Police Department in Pennsylvania, a Disney employee called 911 and said she had a woman on the line who she believed needed help. The Disney employee told police she sensed something was wrong because she heard the woman yelling “get off me” and “get away from me” at someone while they were on the phone together on Jan. 9. The Disney employee then started asking the woman yes or no questions. She asked if the woman was actually calling to book a trip, to which the woman replied “no.””She then asked (the woman) if she needed law enforcement to her home and she stated ‘yes,'” the report said. The Disney employee also asked the woman if someone was hurting her, and the woman said “yes.”Police arrived at the home and found that the woman and her boyfriend had been arguing. The woman told police that she and 38-year-old Wayne Shiflett had been arguing about him getting a “real job” instead of selling fire extinguishers. The woman told police that Shifflett had choked her, and that she was afraid she was going to die. Shiflett was arrested and charged with strangulation, terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another and simple assault.

ORLANDO, Fla. —

An alert Walt Disney World ticket booker was able to help a Pennsylvania woman who called pretending to buy theme park tickets but was really trying to get away from her abusive boyfriend.

Related video above: Boy rescued from abusive couple by Orlando waitress, police say

According to a report from the Northern York County Regional Police Department in Pennsylvania, a Disney employee called 911 and said she had a woman on the line who she believed needed help.

The Disney employee told police she sensed something was wrong because she heard the woman yelling “get off me” and “get away from me” at someone while they were on the phone together on Jan. 9.

The Disney employee then started asking the woman yes or no questions. She asked if the woman was actually calling to book a trip, to which the woman replied “no.”

“She then asked (the woman) if she needed law enforcement to her home and she stated ‘yes,'” the report said.

The Disney employee also asked the woman if someone was hurting her, and the woman said “yes.”

Police arrived at the home and found that the woman and her boyfriend had been arguing.

The woman told police that she and 38-year-old Wayne Shiflett had been arguing about him getting a “real job” instead of selling fire extinguishers.

The woman told police that Shifflett had choked her, and that she was afraid she was going to die.

Shiflett was arrested and charged with strangulation, terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another and simple assault.

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