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One person was killed and another seven were injured after a shooting broke out during a Memorial Day festival in Oklahoma.

About 1,500 people were in attendance at the festival at the Old City Square in Taft, Oklahoma, about 45 miles southeast of Tulsa, when the shooting took place early Sunday, according to a statement from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

Witnesses told investigators the gunfire erupted after an argument took place just after midnight, authorities said. Two juveniles were among the injured.

The Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office was in attendance at the event and immediately rendered aid to the victims, authorities said. The identity of the deceased victim has not been released.

No suspects have been taken into custody, authorities said. Officials are asking anyone who may have a tip to contact the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

Additional information on the shooting was not immediately available.

ABC News’ Nicholas Kerr contributed to this report.

Source: 1 dead, 7 injured during shooting at Memorial Day festival in Oklahoma

(CNN)Two people were killed and three others are missing after two boats collided Saturday morning on the Wilmington River, in Georgia’s coastal Chatham County, officials said.

The two boats were traveling in opposite directions when they crashed, said Mark McKinnon, a spokesperson for the law enforcement division of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources.

One of the two boats was carrying six passengers while the second carried three, McKinnon said. The other four people involved in the crash suffered minor injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital in Savannah.

“The identities of those involved is being withheld pending notification of family,” the spokesperson said.

Source: Two people were killed and three are missing after a boating accident in coastal Georgia county – CNN

Frantic children called 911 at least half a dozen times from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police to intervene, as some 20 officers waited in the hallway nearly an hour before entering and killing the gunman, authorities said on Friday.

UVALDE, Texas, May 27 (Reuters) – Frantic children called 911 at least half a dozen times from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police to intervene, as some 20 officers waited in the hallway nearly an hour before entering and killing the gunman, authorities said on Friday.

At least two children placed several emergency calls from a pair of adjoining fourth-grade classrooms after 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered on Tuesday with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, according to Colonel Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Ramos, who had driven to Robb Elementary School from his home after shooting and wounding his grandmother there, went on to kill 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest U.S. school shooting in nearly a decade.

“He’s in room 112,” a girl whispered on the phone at 12:03 p.m., more than 45 minutes before a U.S. Border Patrol-led tactical team finally stormed in and ended the siege.

The on-site commander, the chief of the school district’s police department in Uvalde, Texas, believed at the time that Ramos was barricaded inside and that children were no longer at immediate risk, giving police time to prepare, McCraw said.

Source: Texas shooting: Police were ‘wrong’ for waiting as students pleaded for help

At least four people were killed and two others injured when a house exploded on Thursday night in a borough about 40 miles north of Philadelphia, the authorities said.

Police and fire officials in Pottstown, Pa., were dispatched to the site just after 8 p.m., Justin M. Keller, a local official, told reporters during a news conference. They found “multiple victims needing medical care,” he said.

Besides the four confirmed fatalities, two people were hospitalized and two others may be unaccounted for, Mr. Keller said. An investigation was underway, he added, and multiple agencies, including the Pennsylvania State Police and the Red Cross, sent personnel to the site late Thursday night.

Information about the cause of the explosion and the identities of those killed or injured was not available as of early Friday. The Pottstown Police Department could not immediately be reached for comment.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/us/pottstown-house-explosion.html

The derailment happened in the 2400 block of Freeport Road. Freeport Road is closed in both directions between Hulton Bridge and Guys Run Road due to the crash. Several train cars have gone into Little Deer Creek, a tributary to the Allegheny River.

There’s no report on injuries.

Source: LIVE VIDEO: Train derails in Harmar Township, several cars go into Little Deer Creek

By WPXI.com News Staff

May 26, 2022 at 8:07 am EDT

A man has been arrested and charged in connection to a triple shooting that left a teen dead in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood on May 9.

Public Safety officials said Joseph Koller, 20, of Sewickley, turned himself in to police on Wednesday.

Koller is facing multiple charges including criminal homicide, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and hindering apprehension or prosecution.

The shooting happened on May 9 around 6:16 p.m. in the 700 block of East Warrington Avenue.

Source: Man arrested, charged in Pittsburgh shooting that killed teen, injured 2 others – WPXI

Salvador Ramos, the alleged gunman accused of shooting his grandmother and then targeting dozens of victims – ultimately killing 19 children and two adults – at a Texas elementary school was known to be a loner who had quit his job just weeks before unleashing his attack, Fox News has learned.

Ramos, an 18-year-old Uvalde, Texas, resident, legally purchased two AR-platform rifles on May 17 and May 20, and bought 375 rounds of ammunition on May 18, Texas Sen. John Whitmire told Fox affiliate KCPQ-TV, citing a briefing from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Source: Who is the Texas school shooter? What we know | Fox News

Four schools in the Pittsburgh Public School District were placed on lockdown Wednesday.

A school district spokesperson tells Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that Pittsburgh Crescent, Faison, Student Achievement Center and Westinghouse were locked down as police were in pursuit of a suspect following a report of shots fired in the area.

Police said a ShotSpotter alert was detected in the 1000 block of Brushton Ave. Wednesday afternoon.

There were no reports of any victims or property damage.

Those lockdowns have been lifted.

All Pittsburgh Public Schools were operating on modified lockdowns Wednesday as a precaution in the aftermath of the the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

Source: Four Pittsburgh Public Schools briefly placed on lockdown after report of shots fired

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — $4,000 — that’s how much fake money authorities say they found on a Lynchburg teen during a traffic stop.

The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office said a deputy pulled over a pickup truck shortly before 3 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Lawyers and Wards roads.

After a vehicle search, law enforcement seized 28 ounces of marijuana and 40 counterfeit one hundred dollar bills, the sheriff’s office said.

Source: $4,000 in fake money found on Lynchburg teen: sheriff’s office | WSET

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police are asking for help in locating a man wanted in connection with a triple shooting at a pub in Greenfield last month.

Jeremy Banks, 40, is charged with 12 counts of aggravated assault related to the shooting and has an active warrant for his arrest.

Banks may be driving a four-door, black 2007 Infiniti with Pennsylvania license plate LWG-3151, according to police.

Police said he should be considered armed and dangerous.

Source: Man wanted in connection with triple shooting at Pittsburgh pub

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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 18 children, officials said, and the gunman was dead.

The death toll also included three adults, according to state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who said he was briefed by state police on the fatalities. But it was not immediately clear whether that number included the assailant.

It was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since a gunmen killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, almost a decade ago. And it came just 10 days after a gunman in body armor killed 10 Black shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, in what authorities say was a racist attack.

Federal law enforcement officials said the death toll was expected to rise. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release investigative details.

Source: Texas school shooting kills 18 children, 3 adults

Average gasoline prices in the Pittsburgh area rose more than 17 cents per gallon in the last week, with the most expensive just a penny shy of the $5 mark, according to price tracking service GasBuddy.

GasBuddy reported Pittsburgh’s average at $4.69 per gallon on Monday, up 17.4 cents in the past week. That price is 52.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago, and $1.52 more than a year ago.

Pittsburgh prices range from $4.32 up to $4.99, a difference of 67 cents per gallon, according to GasBuddy price reports.

AAA was reporting the statewide average at about $4.77. That’s about 14 cents more than a week ago, 57 cents more than a month ago and $1.61 more than a year ago.

Statewide, GasBuddy said prices range from $4.32 up to $5.67, a difference of $1.35 per gallon.

AAA reported the national average at about $4.60 per gallon. That’s about 11 cents more than a week ago, 48 cents more than a month ago, and $1.56 more than a year ago.

Source: Pittsburgh gas prices continue climb as $5 per gallon looms in some spots

This is happening near Route 8 and Clearview Road.

A vehicle has gone into a creek in Hampton Township. This is happening near Route 8 and Clearview Road. Crews are on scene attempting to remove the vehicle.

Watch live SKY 4 video in the player above.

It’s not clear how the vehicle ended up in the creek or if there are any injuries.

This is a developing story. Stay with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for updates.
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Source: Pittsburgh traffic: Vehicle goes into creek in Hampton Township

An unidentified man shot and killed a passenger on a subway train in New York in what police officials said appeared to be an unprovoked attack.

The incident happened on a Q train travelling over Manhattan Bridge at about 11.40am on Sunday, a time when the subway is often filled with families, tourists and people heading to brunch.

Witnesses told police the assailant was pacing the last car of the train, “and without provocation, pulled out a gun and fired it at the victim at close range”, said the New York police department chief, Kenneth Corey.

Mayor calls for more psychiatric services after Brooklyn subway shooting

The 48-year-old victim died in hospital and was later identified by police as Daniel Enriquez of Brooklyn.

The gunman fled at Canal Street station in Manhattan. Police were reviewing security video to try to identify him.

Corey told reporters that although the circumstances were being investigated, witnesses could not recall any interactions between the gunman and the victim in the run-up to the shooting. A single 9mm shell casing was recovered at the scene.

Police investigate death of Daniel Enriquez on busy train on Sunday morning

Source: Man shot and killed on New York subway in latest ‘unprovoked’ attack

Pittsburgh Police have announced a SWAT situation.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Police and SWAT responded to a situation in Pittsburgh’s Hill District after a pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint.

Officers arrived at the area after the received a call at 6:18 p.m. They say they spoke with the victim of the robbery who told them that a man had pointed a long rifle at them while they were delivering a pizza.

Source: Armed robbery turns into SWAT situation in Pittsburgh

The J.M. Smucker Company is recalling multiple Jif peanut butter products because of potential Salmonella contamination that has caused at least 14 people to become sick so far.

Source: Jif issues voluntary recall of certain peanut butter products due to potential Salmonella contamination | Fox Business

Three people were shot in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood overnight.

By Taylor Spirito, WPXI.com

May 22, 2022 at 7:28 am EDT

PITTSBURGH — Three people were shot in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood overnight.

Pittsburgh police said they responded to the scene for multiple ShotSpotter alerts in the 1700 block of East Carson Street around 2:55 a.m.

According to police, responding officers were directed to three victims.

Source: 3 people shot in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood overnight

Two men are in custody after police said they planted skimming devices on self-checkout machines at some Pittsburgh-area stores.

Source: ‘I know what I’ve done’: 2 men in custody after police track skimming scam in Pittsburgh-area stores

Police said search revealed suspected crystal meth, deplorable living conditions

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PITTSBURGH —

A man died after being taken to the hospital a short time after he was found unconscious on the side of the road in Pittsburgh’s Arlington neighborhood.

The incident happened a little after 11 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Fisher Street and Mountain Avenue.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the man as John W. Anthony, 38, of Braddock.

No cause of death has been determined.

Pittsburgh police are investigating.

Source: Man dies after being found unconscious on the side of the road in Pittsburgh

Mass shooting erupts outside McDonald’s downtown, the latest violence to rattle the center of the city.

A suspect is in custody after two people were killed and seven others wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Chicago late Thursday night.

Police said it happened just after 10:40 p.m. outside a McDonald’s a few blocks from the city’s Magnificent Mile shopping district. One of the eatery’s windows was shattered during the shooting.

Police confirmed to CBS Chicago that a suspect was in custody and a handgun was recovered at the scene.

Authorities didn’t immediately release the names and ages of the victims or the conditions of the wounded, or details about the shooting. Initial reports said eight people were wounded, but police later said seven people had been injured in the shooting. An investigation is underway.

“I literally just got home, I walked into my apartment’s lobby and I saw two girls running in,” one witness told CBS Chicago. “They looked just traumatized.”

The gunfire was the latest in a surge in deadly violence in Chicago in recent years and came in the wake of a fatal shooting last weekend in downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park that left a teen dead and prompted the  city to tighten a curfew for young people.

— The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Source: Downtown again rocked by violence; Mayor Lightfoot calls mass shooting on Near North Side a ‘horrible tragedy’ – Chicago Tribune

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — All eyes are on Pennsylvania’s US Senate primary race. A razor-thin margin separates celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick.

“Be patient. What is important is that we get it right. We get it accurate,” said Jonathan Marks, Deputy Secretary for Elections and Commissions for the Pennsylvania Department of State.

Source: Pennsylvania Senate primary: Fewer than 10,000 Republican votes left to count; Mehmet Oz holds narrow lead – 6abc Philadelphia

A public hearing over Pittsburgh’s proposed annexation of Wilkinsburg was about to end on Thursday when a borough resident hurried through the door, delivering the night’s most passionate argument against the merger.

“This is not popular,” said Renee Donley, of Wilkinsburg, addressing two members of Pittsburgh City Council and a small gathering of neighbors. “If you end up putting it on the ballot, it is in fact going to fail.”

City Council’s vote on whether to annex the 15,000 resident borough of was tabled until next year after members rejected it in February, saying they needed more information on the plan that would join the East End community with the city of Pittsburgh.

Thursday’s hearing at a North Side community center was the third in a series of information sessions open to the public.

Those in favor of the merger say it would lower property taxes for Wilkinsburg residents while adding tax revenue for Pittsburgh and a boost to its population.

But those opposed, like Ms. Donley, are wary of gentrification and rising housing costs that could result from real estate developers hungry to revitalize the area.

“This is about bankers and developers who will make a fortune if they continue the East Liberty and Bakery Square development into Wilkinsburg,” Ms. Donley said, “but Wilkinsburg doesn’t want this.”

Source: Wilkinsburg residents divided on merge with Pittsburgh in City Council hearing | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Court records indicate that a guilty plea was recorded Tuesday for Greg Harper, 43, of Jeannette to a charge of third-degree murder.

Source: Man Pleads To Homicide In 2019 Shooting Outside Jeannette Football Stadium | Pittsburgh, PA Patch