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Speaker 1: Crime alert im s he grace breaking crimeans now straight

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Speaker 1: out to Nicole Parton for the latest. In Alabama, a

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Speaker 1: tragic mass shooting has occurred in downtown Montgomery, resulting in

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Speaker 1: the deaths of two people, including a teenager, and left

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Speaker 1: a dozen others injured. According to Montgomery Police, the incident

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Speaker 1: occurred around ten thirty pm near the intersection of Bibbs

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Speaker 1: Street and Commerce Street, when two groups exchanged gunfire in

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Speaker 1: the midst of a crowd. The deceased victims, identified as

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Speaker 1: seventeen year old Jeremiah Morris and forty three year old

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Speaker 1: Shelanda Williams, are believed to be residents of Montgomery. Authorities

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Speaker 1: suspect that one of the individuals that were shot may

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Speaker 1: have been specifically targeted. As the chaos unfolded, several people

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Speaker 1: in the crowd drew their own weapons and began to fire. Currently,

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Speaker 1: five of the injured people are reported to be in

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Speaker 1: critical condition. Among the fourteen people shot, seven are under

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Speaker 1: twenty years old, the youngest being sixteen. In response to

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Speaker 1: the shooting, police have announced a reward of at least

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Speaker 1: fifty thousand dollars for any information that leads to an arrest.

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Speaker 1: This incident occurred during a busy weekend in Montgomery, coinciding

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Speaker 1: with events such as the Tuskegee Moorhouse Classic, the Alabama

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Speaker 1: National Fair, and Alabama State University's homecoming game. Montgomery Police

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Speaker 1: Chief James Grabus condemned the reckless actions of those involved.

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Speaker 1: We know that at least two of the victims, two

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Speaker 1: of these fourteen people were armed. This started as a

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Speaker 1: result of an individual one of these fourteen, who we

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Speaker 1: believe was targeted. Basically an exchange and gout fire erupted.

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Speaker 1: When that exchanged erupted, multiple people in the crowds the

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Speaker 1: crowded areas pulled their own weapons and started this charge.

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Speaker 1: He confirmed that fourteen people had been shot to have died,

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Speaker 1: and the police are that the law enforcement will continue

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Speaker 1: their efforts until justice is served. Grabis noted that there

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Speaker 1: were at least five police officers nearby when the shooting occurred,

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Speaker 1: but acknowledged that violence can escalate quickly. He stressed that

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Speaker 1: while downtown Montgomery is generally safe, the actions of a

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Speaker 1: few reckless individuals have devastating consequences. The firearms used in

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Speaker 1: the shooting have been recovered, and it has been reported

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Speaker 1: that they contained high capacity magazines. While police have detained

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Speaker 1: several people for questioning, no arrest have been made. Montgomery

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Speaker 1: Mayor Stephen Reid reflected on the gravity of the situation,

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Speaker 1: saying that the nature of this gun violence was likened

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Speaker 1: to the scene of the Wild Wild West Nancy. He

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Speaker 1: lamented over the loss of innocent lives over trivial batters Nicole,

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Speaker 1: thank you more private justice news after this, A student

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Speaker 1: sek a runner has stumbled upon a fully clothed skeletal

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Speaker 1: remains in the woods near an Ohio High school, as

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Speaker 1: reported by officials. On October one, Nick Jarrell, the assistant

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Speaker 1: principle of La Celle High School in Montfort Heights, contacted

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Speaker 1: nine one one after a student discovered human remains fully

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Speaker 1: dressed in a hoodie and pants. According to NBC affiliate WLWT,

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Speaker 1: a member of our cross country team ventured into the

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Speaker 1: woods and found what seemed to be a skeleton, fully

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Speaker 1: dressed with a cell phone in its pocket. Jarrell replied

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Speaker 1: to the nine one one dispatcher quote, there appears to

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Speaker 1: be decaying hair on the skull, mentioning that the remains

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Speaker 1: were found above ground. The assistant principle indicated that the

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Speaker 1: clothing seemed to belong to a man. The Green Township

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Speaker 1: Police Department later issued a statement on social media confirming

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Speaker 1: they had responded to the scene and validated the report.

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Speaker 1: As the investigation progressed, officials provided an update indicating they

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Speaker 1: had likely identified the victim based on preliminary evidence. Local

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Speaker 1: resident Paul King expressed disbelief when he first heard the

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Speaker 1: news from his son. I ask, was it just a

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Speaker 1: decoration for Halloween? His son clarified, no, they have the

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Speaker 1: coroner and everything up there. King also recalled having noticed

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Speaker 1: a foul odor in the area for months prior to

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Speaker 1: the finding. He claimed, it's pretty unsettling that this discovery

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Speaker 1: was made by a runner from the local school. The

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Speaker 1: exact duration of how long the remains had been in

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Speaker 1: the woods remains unclear. The police have not disclosed further

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Speaker 1: details regarding the incident, but please do so with increased awareness.

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Speaker 1: The news of Drummond's vehicle being found comes alongside emerging

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Speaker 1: details about his background and the identities of the four

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Speaker 1: individuals he is accused of killing. Kristin Motorrefie moves to

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Speaker 1: San Francisco for a summer semester and u see Berkeley.

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Speaker 1: The eighteen year old takes a job at a coffee shop,

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Speaker 1: regularly hits the beach and the nearby Modern Art museum.

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Speaker 1: Kristine has worked with plans to go to the beach,

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Speaker 1: but she never comes home. Her dad calls the landline

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Speaker 1: at home. She shares with roommates, but they say they

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Speaker 1: haven't seen her in three days. Kristin's reported missing coworker's

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Speaker 1: report they saw her with a blonde woman in the

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Speaker 1: mall after she clocked out. Please find a newspaper in

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Speaker 1: Kristin's room with a personal ad from a woman seeking

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Speaker 1: new friends circled. The newspaper was unable to confirm who

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Speaker 1: placed the ad, and the woman Kristen met at the

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Speaker 1: mall has not been identified. Kristin motor Faery now missing

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Speaker 1: over twenty six years. If you have info, call San

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Speaker 1: Francisco FBI four one five five five three seven four hundred.

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