Published: Friday, July 3, 2009
Nation briefs: Students flee amid reports of shots
DETROIT -- Reports of shots fired near a Detroit school have sent dozens of students fleeing from classes just two days after seven teenagers were shot near the school.
Police responding to multiple 911 calls have not confirmed that shots were actually fired Thursday morning near the Cody Ninth Grade Academy on the city's west side.
Classes continued as dozens of students streamed from the school. Only students who were accompanied by parents were allowed to leave.
Seven teens including five students at the academy were shot Tuesday at a nearby bus stop after summer-school classes let out. Three remain hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
One suspected gunman is in custody. Authorities are still looking for a second gunman and a getaway driver.
Pennsylvania: Toddler left in van dies of hyperthermia
A toddler left in a hot minivan outside his suburban Philadelphia day care center has died of hyperthermia. Bucks County authorities say 2-year-old Daniel Slutsky was in a locked vehicle with the windows up for six hours Wednesday, when temperatures were in the 80s. Coroner Joseph Campbell says Daniel had been driven to the center in Penndel by a neighbor who operates it. Campbell says Rimma Shvartsman forgot about Daniel and returned in the late afternoon to find him unresponsive. Campbell has ruled the boy's death because of an elevated body temperature an accident. No charges have been filed and an investigation continues.
Texas: Kids found in shed behind day care center
A Texas couple were arrested after a state inspector found a half dozen children locked and unsupervised in a tool shed behind an unlicensed day care center, authorities said. State officials said the children were surrounded by lawn equipment, gasoline and insecticide when they were found Wednesday morning. The children were not injured. A child welfare inspector had gone there in response to a complaint that an illegal day care center was being operated at the home in Sealy. In all, there were 14 children being cared for by the couple, Child Protective Services spokeswoman Gwen Carter said Thursday. They legally could care for only three children, she said.
Teen gets life in prison for killing homeless man
A Texas teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for beating a homeless man to death in a trash bin. Sixteen-year-old Michael Martinez Jr. of Abilene was tried as an adult in the 2007 death of 48-year-old Eric McMahon. Martinez received the maximum sentence Wednesday and will be eligible for parole in 30 years. Martinez testified during his trial that he was drunk and had left a party when he saw the homeless man in a trash container. He said an unknown man with a gun told him to kick and throw brick pieces at the homeless man.
California: Gay sailor's death not deemed a hate crime
The death of a gay sailor who was killed as he stood guard at Camp Pendleton doesn't appear to be a hate crime, officials said Thursday. Seaman August Provost of Houston was found shot multiple times Tuesday in what investigators are calling a random act unrelated to the 29-year-old's sexuality. "It is clear to the investigators right now that it could have been any sailor standing watch," Navy spokesman Capt. Matt Brown told The Associated Press. Some in the gay community had called for a hate crimes probe. Nicole Murray-Ramirez, chairman of the San Diego Human Relations Commission, said Provost's family told her that personnel on the base had been harassing the sailor.
Police responding to multiple 911 calls have not confirmed that shots were actually fired Thursday morning near the Cody Ninth Grade Academy on the city's west side.
Classes continued as dozens of students streamed from the school. Only students who were accompanied by parents were allowed to leave.
Seven teens including five students at the academy were shot Tuesday at a nearby bus stop after summer-school classes let out. Three remain hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
One suspected gunman is in custody. Authorities are still looking for a second gunman and a getaway driver.
Pennsylvania: Toddler left in van dies of hyperthermia
A toddler left in a hot minivan outside his suburban Philadelphia day care center has died of hyperthermia. Bucks County authorities say 2-year-old Daniel Slutsky was in a locked vehicle with the windows up for six hours Wednesday, when temperatures were in the 80s. Coroner Joseph Campbell says Daniel had been driven to the center in Penndel by a neighbor who operates it. Campbell says Rimma Shvartsman forgot about Daniel and returned in the late afternoon to find him unresponsive. Campbell has ruled the boy's death because of an elevated body temperature an accident. No charges have been filed and an investigation continues.
Texas: Kids found in shed behind day care center
A Texas couple were arrested after a state inspector found a half dozen children locked and unsupervised in a tool shed behind an unlicensed day care center, authorities said. State officials said the children were surrounded by lawn equipment, gasoline and insecticide when they were found Wednesday morning. The children were not injured. A child welfare inspector had gone there in response to a complaint that an illegal day care center was being operated at the home in Sealy. In all, there were 14 children being cared for by the couple, Child Protective Services spokeswoman Gwen Carter said Thursday. They legally could care for only three children, she said.
Teen gets life in prison for killing homeless man
A Texas teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for beating a homeless man to death in a trash bin. Sixteen-year-old Michael Martinez Jr. of Abilene was tried as an adult in the 2007 death of 48-year-old Eric McMahon. Martinez received the maximum sentence Wednesday and will be eligible for parole in 30 years. Martinez testified during his trial that he was drunk and had left a party when he saw the homeless man in a trash container. He said an unknown man with a gun told him to kick and throw brick pieces at the homeless man.
California: Gay sailor's death not deemed a hate crime
The death of a gay sailor who was killed as he stood guard at Camp Pendleton doesn't appear to be a hate crime, officials said Thursday. Seaman August Provost of Houston was found shot multiple times Tuesday in what investigators are calling a random act unrelated to the 29-year-old's sexuality. "It is clear to the investigators right now that it could have been any sailor standing watch," Navy spokesman Capt. Matt Brown told The Associated Press. Some in the gay community had called for a hate crimes probe. Nicole Murray-Ramirez, chairman of the San Diego Human Relations Commission, said Provost's family told her that personnel on the base had been harassing the sailor.
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