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U.S. NEWSSaturday 28 November 2015

Police: Gang members targeted 9-year-old boy shot in alley

JASON KEYSER gan, 27, is a gang member killed his brother and injured its own death warrant,” Mc- “If you have a monster
Associated Press with an extensive criminal his mother in a months-long Carthy said during a news who’s willing to assassinate
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chica- history. McCarthy said two gang feud. But his attorney, conference. Tyshawn’s slay- a 9-year-old, what is that
go man was charged with other men, including one Jonathan Brayman, said ing shocked a city already person likely to do if they
first-degree murder Friday jailed on an unrelated gun Morgan “absolutely denies” grimly familiar with gang know that somebody’s co-
in connection with the slay- charge, also are suspected being involved in the boy’s violence. The fourth-grader operating with the case?”
ing of a 9-year-old boy who in the death of Tyshawn death. McCarthy said the was shot at close range — in McCarthy said at a news
police say was lured from a Lee, who was shot in an al- three men’s precise roles the head and back. McCar- conference. Investigators
playground and shot in the ley near his grandmother’s were still under investiga- thy praised local residents, allege Morgan was looking
head because of his father’s home on Nov. 2. Prosecu- tion, but that all were mem- saying they overcame fears for targets after an Oct. 13
gang ties. Police Superinten- tors allege Morgan was in- bers of the same gang. and risks of retaliation to shooting that killed his broth-
dent Garry McCarthy said tent on settling the score “They’re going to be obliter- come forward and offer tips er and injured his mother
the suspect, Corey Mor- after an October shooting ated. That gang just signed to police. while they were in a car.q

Reporter mocked by Trump says the 2 knew each other well

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Myrtle Kovaleski of backing off and went on: “Now the
a story from a week after poor guy, you oughta see
Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AP Photo/Willis Glassgow) the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks this guy — uh, I don’t know
that said authorities in what I said, uh, I don’t re-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Re- York Times says he has met sis for years,” he said in a New Jersey detained and member. He’s going like,
publican presidential can- the real estate mogul re- Times story about Trump’s questioned “a number of I don’t remember.” He
didate Donald Trump says peatedly, interviewing him behavior at a rally in South people who were alleg- made jerking gestures and
he couldn’t have been in his office and talking to Carolina last week. edly seen celebrating the his voice took on a mock-
making fun of a report- him at news conferences, Onstage Tuesday, a mock- attacks.” Kovaleski then ing tone.
er’s disability because he when he worked for the ing Trump flailed his arms worked for The Washington On Thursday, Trump posted
doesn’t know the man. Not New York Daily News in the in an apparent attempt to Post. a statement on his Twitter
so, says the reporter. late 1980s. “Donald and I imitate mannerisms of the Trump, who has stunned account saying “I have no
Serge Kovaleski of The New were on a first-name ba- “poor guy.” He accused the political world with his idea” who Kovaleski is and
staying power at the top claiming to have “one of
of the Republican presi- the all-time great memo-
dential field, cites the story ries.”
as proof of his claim that He wrote: “If Mr. Kovaleski
“thousands” of Muslims in is handicapped, I would
New Jersey celebrated not know, because I do not
the devastation across the know what he looks like. If I
river. But the story did not did know, I would definitely
suggest “thousands” were not say anything about his
observed celebrating or appearance.” Kovaleski
that the reports of such challenged that statement
a scene were true. Other in a Times story posted on-
accounts from that time line Thursday night. “I’ve in-
concluded the allegations terviewed him in his office,”
were unfounded. he said. “I’ve talked to him
Kovaleski has arthrogrypo- at press conferences. All in
sis, a congenital condition all, I would say around a
that restricts joint move- dozen times, I’ve interact-
ment. In his speech, Trump ed with him as a reporter”
cited the 2001 story, “writ- when he worked for the
ten by a nice reporter,” Daily News.q

White House fence jumper left suicide note: document

BEN NUCKOLS while President Barack the sake of an emergency term security enhance- those around uswho trans-
Associated Press Obama was celebrating psychiatric evaluation. He ments for the White House form into the Force,” in
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Thanksgiving with his fam- is scheduled to appear in perimeter are under con- an apparent reference to
man accused of jumping ily, prompting a lockdown. federal court on Monday. struction. the mythology of the “Star
the White House fence Caputo is charged with Caputo is the first person According to court docu- Wars” movies.
while draped in an Ameri- one count of illegal entry to be charged with scal- ments, Caputo had been Caputo wore the Ameri-
can flag left a suicide note onto restricted grounds, ing the White House fence staying with two friends in can flag like a cape when
with friends and a will with which carries a maximum since May, when the Se- Virginia this week, and the he went over the fence,
his mother, telling her she penalty of one year in cret Service added a sec- friends provided the Se- the documents show, and
may never see him again, prison. He did not enter a ond layer of steel spikes cret Service with a note in he was carrying a USB flash
court documents show. plea during his brief ap- to the top of the fence in which Caputo stated his drive in the shape of a
Joseph Caputo, 22, was pearance in District of Co- response to a series of se- intention to die on Thurs- “Captain America” shield.
ordered to undergo a psy- lumbia Superior Court on curity breaches, including day. According to the He also carried weight-
chiatric evaluation on Fri- Friday afternoon. A judge an intruder who got deep documents, the note read, lifting gloves and pocket
day, a day after authorities released him to the custo- inside the executive man- in part, “Death is a natu- guide to the Constitution,
said he scaled the fence dy of the Secret Service for sion last year. Other long- ral part of life. Rejoice for authorities said.q