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

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Speaker 1: A teenager in Connecticut faces one hundred and twelve charges

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Speaker 1: after bringing an airsoft rifle to an elementary school playground

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Speaker 1: with the intent to commit suicide by cop. The incident

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Speaker 1: caused a lockdown at all Manchester Public Schools. Here's the

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Speaker 1: bodycam of the arrest that hurts that this is supposed

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Speaker 1: to be a suicide right cop. Police received a report

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Speaker 1: about a male dressed in black nearver Plank Elementary School,

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Speaker 1: where witnesses said the teen was carrying a Duffel bag,

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Speaker 1: pointing the rifle at the school in two classroom windows

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Speaker 1: and pointing at students and staff. Officers quickly located the

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Speaker 1: seventeen year old, who was still holding the rifle. They

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Speaker 1: ordered him to drop the weapon and get on the ground,

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Speaker 1: and after several commands, he complied and was taken into custody.

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Speaker 1: The rifle was later identified as a replica airsoft gun.

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Speaker 1: Police determined that the teen pointed it at twenty nine

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Speaker 1: children and ten adults. The suspect was charged with first

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Speaker 1: degree threatening, reckless endangerment, each of peace, possession of a

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Speaker 1: weapon on school grounds, carrying a dangerous weapon, illegal use

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Speaker 1: of a facsimile firearm, and risk of injury to miners.

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Speaker 1: Due to his age, Authorities have not released his name.

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Speaker 1: Manchester Superintendent Matt Geary describes the incident as quote incredibly

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Speaker 1: scary and disturbing. In a message to the community. He

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Speaker 1: is commending school staff and law enforcement for their quick response,

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Speaker 1: noting their efforts ensured that no one was hurt. Quote.

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Speaker 1: This situation is a chilling reminder of the vulnerability students,

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Speaker 1: staff and families face every day. The lockdown lasted about

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Speaker 1: thirty minutes at Verplank Elementary, with a district wide lockdown

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Speaker 1: lasting ten minutes. Police have since increased their presence at

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Speaker 1: local schools. Police Lieutenant Nicholas Reinert credits training and cooperation

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Speaker 1: between school staff and law enforcement for preventing harm and

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Speaker 1: resolving the situation without anyone having to discharge a service weapon. Quote.

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Speaker 1: We are thankful for our officers swift and professional actions.

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Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this, A pregnant woman

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Speaker 1: in Colorado is fatally shot by police after being mistaken

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Speaker 1: for a shoplifting suspect, resulting in her family receiving a

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Speaker 1: two million dollars settlement from the city. Destiny Thompson was

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Speaker 1: a twenty seven year old mother of three from Denver,

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Speaker 1: killed August seventeenth of twenty twenty one near the American

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Speaker 1: Motel in Arvada. Police were searching for a shoplifter who

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Speaker 1: had threatened people at a nearby target with a knife.

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Speaker 1: Suspect was described as wearing a white tank top and

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Speaker 1: having a chess tattoo. Thompson, who was wearing a white

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Speaker 1: tank top but had no tattoo, was leaving the motel

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Speaker 1: when police approached her. Officers surrounded Thompson's minivan, broke a

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Speaker 1: window and yelled commands. The frightened woman attempted to drive away,

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Speaker 1: reportedly without posing a threat to the officers. Officer Anthony

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Speaker 1: Bonello fired eight shots, killing Thompson and her unborn child.

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Speaker 1: District Attorney Alexis King later determined that the officer's actions

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Speaker 1: were legally justified. Thompson's family filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful

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Speaker 1: death and excess force. The city settled the case in July,

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Speaker 1: but only just announced the agreement. The settlement includes no

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Speaker 1: admission of liability. The officer who fired the fatal shots

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Speaker 1: remains employed with the Arvada Police Department. A fatal house

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Speaker 1: fire in South Carolina now ruled a homicide leaning to

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Speaker 1: the arrest of the victim's mother. Latrina Nicole Hollingsworth, forty

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Speaker 1: three years old, is charged with first degree arson after

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Speaker 1: allegedly setting a fire that killed her twenty three year

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Speaker 1: old son, Markel Howard. Deputies responded to a burning duplex

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Speaker 1: where Howard was found inside and pronounced dead by the coroner.

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Speaker 1: A witness saw chair engulfed in flames. Despite trying to

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Speaker 1: help Howard, the witness could not reach him. The same

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Speaker 1: witness later confronted Hollingsworth, who was outside watching the fire,

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Speaker 1: accusing her of starting it. According to arrest warrants, Hollingsworth

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Speaker 1: quote maliciously set a table on fire, which caused the

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Speaker 1: blaze to spread and trap Howard, and autopsy confirmed his

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Speaker 1: death as a homicide. Hollingsworth is being held without bond

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Speaker 1: in the Aiken County Detention Center. Her charges could be

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Speaker 1: upgraded given the homicide rule. First degree arson in South

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Speaker 1: Carolina carries a minimum sentence of thirty years. A woman

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Speaker 1: wanted for murder remains at large more than a decade

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Speaker 1: after fleeing her Georgia home accused of killing a five

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Speaker 1: month old boy she was babysitting. Kearris E. Ayala, twenty

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Speaker 1: seven years old at the time, was caring for the

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Speaker 1: infant at her Sandy Springs apartment October second of twenty twelve,

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Speaker 1: when she called nine one one to report the child

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Speaker 1: was unresponsive. The boy was rushed to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta,

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Speaker 1: where doctors determined he had suffered a severe head and

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Speaker 1: brain injury. Despite being placed on life support, the child

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Speaker 1: died October twenty sixth of twelve. Authorities initially interviewed Ayala

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Speaker 1: and scheduled a follow up on October ninth, but she

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Speaker 1: failed to appear and disappeared with her husband no Way

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Speaker 1: Castillo Ramirez, and their infant daughter. A warrant for her

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Speaker 1: arrest was issued, charging her with felony cruelty to children.

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Speaker 1: After the child's death, Ayala was charged with felony murder.

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Speaker 1: A federal arrest warrant was later filed, accusing her of

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Speaker 1: unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Ayala is five four one forty,

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Speaker 1: black hair, brown eyes. She has ties to El Salvador,

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Speaker 1: Guatemala and Mexico and may still be traveling with Castillo Ramirez,

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Speaker 1: who faces charges of hindering the apprehension of a fugitive.

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Speaker 1: He's five ten, one sixty, black hair, brown eyes. They

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Speaker 1: may be in a black Toyota T one hundred pickup.

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Speaker 1: They are considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information should

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Speaker 1: call eight hundred, call FBI, or go to tips dot

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Speaker 1: FBI dot gov. You can claim a reward of at

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Speaker 1: least two thousand dollars for the latest crime and justice news.

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Speaker 1: With his crime Alert, I'm Drew Nelson.