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Andrew Gillum Says 'I Identify As Bisexual' In First Interview Since Hotel Scandal With Another Man
Miracle Deputies Who Were
Shot In Compton Survived
Andrew Gillum told Tam- ron Hall in a sit-down on Mon- day that he is bisexual — a revelation as part of his first inter- view since he was caught in the middle of a scandal in March that led to him enter rehab and retreat from his once-promising career.
The Democratic politician, who lost the 2018 Florida governor’s race by less than half a percentage point to Ron DeSantis, made headlines this spring after he was found drunk in a hotel room with another man who may have over- dosed on drugs and was treated by responders, according to local po- lice.
Authorities also said that a sub- stance suspected to be meth was found in the room, though Gillum said he had only had alco- hol.
The other man identified him- self as an escort through the web- site Rent Men, according to a local TV news article. He told the Miami New Times in March that he and Gillum had been “friends for a while.”
Gillum, 41, addressed the speculation fueled by that en- counter when he spoke with Hall in the season premiere of her talk show on Monday.
"The truth is, is that, Tamron, everyone believes the absolute worst about that day. At this stage, I don't have anything else to have to conceal. ... What was most hurt- ful was this belief that I was some- how living a lie in my marriage and in my family," he said.
"To be very honest with you, when you didn't ask the question, you put it out there, is whether or
COMPTON- With authorities still looking for the man who shot two unsuspecting Los An- geles County sheriff's deputies on Saturday, Sheriff Alex Vil- lanueva said Monday the fact that the pair survived is a "mir- acle."
Each deputy suffered multiple gunshots including to the head and face, but "got through sur- gery well," Villanueva told KABC radio. He said he expects each will "have a long road to re- covery."
Detectives have not yet iden- tified a suspect in the shooting and thanks to donations from two private donors, a reward has been increased to $175,000, according to the sheriff.
The deputies are hospitalized in critical condition. "The fact that they escaped death is a mir- acle," Villanueva said.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said one deputy, a 31- year-old mother, aided her 24- year-old male partner after they were wounded.
"Thanks to the prayers and the thoughts and the amazing doctors who have attended to them, it looks like they will both live, which is an absolute mira- cle," Garcetti told CNN.
He said the female deputy, by applying a tourniquet and call-
The gunman fired into the deputies' car Saturday with- out any provocation.
ing for help, saved the other deputy's life.
How the attack unfolded
The shooting happened shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday at MLK Transit Center in Comp- ton, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
The gunman walked toward the passenger's side of the deputies' vehicle, raised a pistol and shot both deputies, Capt. Kent Wegener said.
The sheriff's department tweeted surveillance video of the shooting and the gunman run- ning away.
Both deputies were sworn in 14 months ago, the sheriff said. Deputies responded to St. Fran- cis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif. on Saturday evening where protesters converged out- side of the emergency room with some yelling, “We hope they die.”
R. Jai Gillum and Andrew Gillum sit down for an interview with Tamron Hall.
not I identify as gay. And the an- swer is, I don't identify as gay, but I do identify as bisexual," he con- tinued. "And that is something that I have never shared publicly before."
Gillum spoke with Hall in the emotional interview alongside his wife, R. Jai Gillum.
Photos from the scene also cir- culated in corners of the internet, including one of an unconscious Andrew "on the floor ... literally lying in my own vomit," as he told Hall.
Speculation about Andrew’s private life swept across social media after it was reported the former Tallahassee mayor was found in the hotel in Miami, where he said he had traveled to officiate a friend’s wedding.
He said Monday what helped him through the immediate after- math was “the grace that I re- ceived from my wife.”
Hall told PEOPLE that R. Jai was "tough as nails" and "defiant" during the interview, saying she didn't want the incident to define their marriage.
R. Jai told Hall that she be-
lieves her husband was experienc- ing depression in the year since he lost the gubernatorial race and that he was struggling to find words to seek help.
Instead, she said he resorted to an atypically “reckless” decision “because he needed to talk to somebody and probably didn’t have words.”
R. Jai said "love and sexuality exist on a spectrum” and that all she cares about “is what’s between us and what agreement do we make to be in a relationship with each other.”
“I don’t think it’s anyone’s business,” she said. “I don’t think it’s fair to people who are not het- erosexual or not assumed hetero- sexual, they should ever have to say or disclose what they are be- cause of how judgmental people are.”
During the interview, Andrew addressed whether he envisions a political comeback in his future. He could run for office again “if I put my mind to that,” he said, though he said he was also open to the possibility he may never run again.
Pastor Who Shot, Killed Wife Threatened To Kill Her During Argument The Day Before, Police Say
A pastor and self-proclaimed prophet who shot and killed his estranged wife outside her job at a bank near the Mall at Mil- lenia Tuesday morning threat- ened to kill her during an argument the day before, a newly released affidavit showed.
Shortly after Sylvester Ofori shot Barbara Tom- mey, 27, in the head multiple times outside Navy Federal Credit Union just before 9 a.m., detectives from the Orlando Police Department contacted Tommey’s sister, who had recorded a fight between the two on Monday.
Tommey’s sister showed detectives the video, in which Ofori threatened to kill Tom- mey while wearing the same shirt he wore when he shot and killed her, the affidavit said.
Tommey’s sister and brother-in-law told police the couple was divorcing and es- tranged, and they identified Ofori as the shooter from a surveillance photo.
That morning, bank patrons who had been waiting for the bank to open when the shoot-
SYLVESTER OFORI AND BARBARA TOMMEY
ing occurred told officers Ofori was holding a gun while following Tommey as she walked toward the bank.
Tommey knocked on the doors for someone to let her in as Ofori continued toward her. He was within feet of her when he shot her once and she col- lapsed, the affidavit said.
As Tommey was lying on the ground, Ofori shot her in the head a few more times, wit- nesses told police. The affidavit did not specify how many times he shot her.
After shooting Tommey, Ofori walked back to his car, a rented Dodge Journey, and drove away “as though nothing happened,” witnesses told po- lice.
Louisville Announces $12M Settlement And Police Reforms In Wake Of Breonna Taylor Shooting
LOUISVILLE, KY — Calling Breonna Taylor a "light to help heal what's happening in America," attorneys and Louisville city officials on Tues- day unveiled a $12 million set- tlement for her family that includes a host of police reforms.
The payout — announced six months after Taylor, 26, was fatally shot in her apartment March 13 — is the largest ever on behalf of Louisville police, dwarfing a previous $8.5 million settlement from 2012 when Ed- ward Chandler was falsely sent to prison for nine years.
It is also among the largest payouts in the U. S. for the
BREONNA TAYLOR
shooting of a Black American by police.
The settlement also makes a series of changes to Louisville Metro Police policy and prac- tices designed to strengthen of- ficers' connections to the community, reform the search warrant process and make offi- cers more accountable and their actions more transparent.
The Taylor family said those changes were particularly im- portant to help prevent future victims like Breonna.
The settlement, however, does not admit any wrongdoing on the part of the city or the po- lice, and it prevents Taylor's family from suing again in the future.
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