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Fla. 3-Year-Old Dies After Being Left in Van for More Than 11 Hours; Day Care Worker Faces Charges
How is a child left in a day care van, going unnoticed and not missed for more than 11 hours? Authorities are still demanding answers, but as of now, an Orlando, Fla., day care van driver will face criminal charges after a child was found dead inside the vehicle at the end of an extremely…
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Remembering the Pulse Nightclub Tragedy: 1 Year Later
One year ago June 12, I awoke to a flurry of text messages and missed calls from friends demanding that I turn on my television. It was a Sunday morning, and like many black gay men who reside in the nation’s capital, I was in hibernation, sleeping off one too many Jack and Cokes. When…
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Fla. Man Who Fatally Shot 5 Former Co-Workers Planned Attack, Authorities Say
A Florida gunman who was recently fired from his workplace planned out his attack on his former co-workers, singling out five employees and fatally shooting them in the head before killing himself, authorities say. The shooter, identified as 45-year-old John Robert Neumann, took his own life upon hearing the sound of approaching sirens Monday, according…
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Multiple People Dead After Monday-Morning Shooting at Orlando, Fla., Business
Updated Monday, June 5, 2017, 12:40 p.m. EDT: Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demmings identified the shooter as a “disgruntled employee” who had been fired from Fiamma Inc. in Orlando back in April. According to Time magazine, the 45-year-old gunman, whose identity has not yet been released, shot and killed himself after gunning down five employees—four…
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Noose Found Hanging Outside Middle School in Orlando, Fla.
A rope tied into a noose was found hanging outside the Gotha Middle School in Orlando, Fla., prompting an investigation by the police. According to the Associated Press, several students and staff members at Gotha saw the noose Wednesday morning before it was removed. Orange County (Fla.) Public Schools officials confirmed that police are investigating…
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Judge Rules Orlando, Fla., Shooting Suspect Competent to Decide if He Wants Lawyer
Markeith Loyd, the man accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando, Fla., police officer who tried to arrest him, is competent enough to decide whether he wants to be represented by an attorney, a judge said Thursday. The judge did not make a final ruling as to whether Loyd can represent himself. The…
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Accused Orlando, Fla., Cop Killer Markeith Loyd Claims Innocence, Curses at Judge
A Florida murder suspect who is accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando, Fla., police officer in two separate cases burst into an expletive-laced rant during his initial hearing Thursday, insisting on his innocence, the Associated Press reports. Markeith Loyd said that the allegations against him are “made up,” and claimed that authorities…
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2 Women Arrested for Helping Man Wanted in Orlando, Fla., Police Shooting
Two women were arrested in Florida on Wednesday for helping a man wanted in the fatal shooting of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando, Fla., police officer, officials announced, according to Reuters. The women reportedly helped the man on separate occasions over the last month. Jameis Slaughter, 25, an ex-girlfriend of murder suspect Markeith Loyd,…
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Fla. Man Charged With Helping Suspect Days Before Shooting Death of Orlando Cop
Authorities have arrested an employee at a fried-chicken restaurant, accusing the worker of helping a murder suspect evade capture two days before authorities say the same suspect fatally shot an Orlando, Fla., police officer, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, Zarghee Mayan allegedly gave restaurant food to his former co-worker Markeith Demangzlo Loyd,…