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Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson, breaking crime news Now. A

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Speaker 1: frightening case in Minneapolis. A stolen vehicle carrying five children

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Speaker 1: is ambushed by what seemed to be automatic gunfire, leaving

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Speaker 1: four of the kids injured, one critically. The youngest of

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Speaker 1: the victims is eleven, and police say it's not the

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Speaker 1: first time some of these kids have stolen a car.

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Speaker 1: Police rushed to the crime scene after shot spotter gunfire

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Speaker 1: detectors alerted them to a series of gunshots. Here is

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Speaker 1: Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara. Five miners were inside of

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Speaker 1: a stolen Kia when a dark colored sedan began following

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Speaker 1: them and firing at them in fully automatic gunfire. Two

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Speaker 1: boys and two girls were struck by gunfire. One girl

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Speaker 1: is critically injured. She was shot in the head. The

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Speaker 1: others suffered less severe injuries, and the fifth child, who

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Speaker 1: was uninjured, was detained briefly but later released to his

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Speaker 1: parents due to his young age. The police chief expresses

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Speaker 1: deep concern over the rising trend of juveniles stealing cars,

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Speaker 1: increasingly leading to more violent crimes. He said the case

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Speaker 1: is outrageous, quote, everybody should be up in arms over it.

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Speaker 1: Two of the children have been arrested just two weeks

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Speaker 1: earlier for being in another stolen car. The chief says, quote,

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Speaker 1: we are failing these kids. He emphasizes the need for

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Speaker 1: stricter consequences. The shooter for this attack has not been

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Speaker 1: found as the investigation continues. More crime and justice news

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Speaker 1: after this. A young woman in Wisconsin has sentenced to

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Speaker 1: sixteen years of the second degree reckless homicide of a

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Speaker 1: man she claims sexually assaulted her as a teen. Crystal

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Speaker 1: Kaiser is now twenty three. She was convicted of killing

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Speaker 1: Randal Valar the Third in twenty eighteen. She shot him

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Speaker 1: twice in the head, set his house on fire, and

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Speaker 1: fled in his car. Kaiser was seventeen at the time

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Speaker 1: and has said she acted in self defense after years

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Speaker 1: of abuse and trafficking by Vilar, who was thirty four

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Speaker 1: years old. Kaiser's case become a focal point in the

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Speaker 1: discussion about the legal protections available to trafficking victims. She

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Speaker 1: invoked a Wisconsin statute that provides an affirment of defense

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Speaker 1: for victims of trafficking who commit crimes as a direct

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Speaker 1: result of their abuse. Although the trial court initially barred

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Speaker 1: her from using this defense for a violent crime. The

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Speaker 1: decision was overturned by the Wisconsin Board of Appeals, allowing

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Speaker 1: Kaiser to present evidence of her trafficking a trial. Despite

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Speaker 1: the defense, Kaiser ultimately pleaded guilty to second degree reckless homicide.

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Speaker 1: At her sentencing, the judge imposed eleven years to be

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Speaker 1: served in prison, five years on extended supervision. Her case

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Speaker 1: has drawn significant attention and support from advocates who argue

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Speaker 1: that trafficking victims like Kaiser should be treated with greater

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Speaker 1: leniency under the law. Police in New York are searching

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Speaker 1: for a missing teen who was last seen in Bethlehem.

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Speaker 1: Alexis l Blaman is sixteen. Her mother says on social

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Speaker 1: media Alexis might have gotten into a car. She hopes

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Speaker 1: residents with cameras in the area will review the footage

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Speaker 1: from that afternoon. The Bethlehem Police Department is actively investigating

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Speaker 1: her disappearance. She is described as white, five foot two,

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Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty pounds, dark brown hair that has

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Speaker 1: a red tint. She wears glasses, and she was last

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Speaker 1: seen wearing a black spaghetti strapped tank top, black shorts,

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Speaker 1: and a dark flannel, long sleeved shirt. Two teenagers in

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles now face murder charges for the shooting death

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Speaker 1: of a General hospital actor gunned down while trying to

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Speaker 1: stop a theft in progress. Johnny Walkder, known for his

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Speaker 1: role as Brando Corbin on the long running soap, was

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Speaker 1: killed in May after confronting thieves attempting to steal the

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Speaker 1: catalytic converter from his car. Robert Barcelow and Sergio Estrada,

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Speaker 1: both eighteen, are charged with murder in connection with Walker's death.

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Speaker 1: His mom and brother talked to NBC, I think we

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Speaker 1: took a step in the right direction today. Time will

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Speaker 1: tell they didn't have to shoot him. They could have

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Speaker 1: just gone. Prosecutors announced that Barcelow, who allegedly fired the

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Speaker 1: fatal shot, faces additional charges for using a firearm during

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Speaker 1: the attempted robbery. If convicted, he could spin and the

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Speaker 1: rest of his life in prison without parole. Estrada also

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Speaker 1: faces life in prison if convicted. Walker h thirty seven,

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Speaker 1: was leading his bartending shift in downtown Los Angeles when

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Speaker 1: he saw the three men lifting his car with a

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Speaker 1: jack and one of them shot him without warning. A

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Speaker 1: friend who was with Walker described the tragic moment on

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Speaker 1: social media, saying quote we were no threat and Johnny

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Speaker 1: In addition to Barcelo and Estrada, two other individuals have

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Speaker 1: been arrested. Leonel Gutierrez, age eighteen, is charged with attempted

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Speaker 1: robbery and grand theft, both involving a firearm. Frank Olano, h.

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Speaker 1: Twenty two is accused of being an accessory after the fact,

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Speaker 1: as well as possessing stolen property in firearms as a felon.

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Speaker 1: Walker's death has sparked outrage and calls for justice in

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles, with his family and friends holding rallies demanding

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Speaker 1: swift action. Authorities have assured the public that those responsible

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Speaker 1: will face the fullest extent of the law. For the

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Speaker 1: latest crime and justice news, follow the Crime Alert hourly

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