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U.S. NEWS Saturday 16 June 2018

Boy tells police that driver shot family in road rage run-in

By KATHLEEN FOODY minster. a photo of the driver's li-
DENVER (AP) — A 12-year- He said the driver followed cense plate on her phone
old boy told police he saw the family's car into the before they got out of the
a driver open fire on his parking lot and argued car. Authorities used the
family during a road rage briefly with his mother be- photo to look up the vehi-
confrontation in Colora- fore opening fire, accord- cle's owner and compared
do, killing his older brother ing to the warrant filed in it to witness descriptions.
and critically wounding his court Friday. Webster was arrested Thurs-
mother and younger broth- Other witnesses told police day evening when police
er, authorities said Friday. that they saw Webster park spotted his car traveling on
Police arrested Jeremy his black Toyota Corolla a freeway near Colorado
Webster, 23, hours after behind the woman's vehi- Springs. In the warrant to
the shooting that killed a cle in the middle of the lot. search Webster's car and
13-year-old boy and also They said Webster shot the home, Westminster Police
wounded a bystander not woman, then turned and Detective Matt Calhoon
related to the family. Web- shot two of her children wrote that Webster agreed
ster acknowledged shoot- "multiple times," according to speak with police.
ing four people in a subur- to the warrant. "Jeremy stated that he has Law enforcement officials escort a man away from the front door
ban Denver parking lot and Police have not identified mental health issues and of a dental clinic as police investigate the scene of a shooting
in a parking lot behind the clinic, Thursday, June 14, 2018, in
told officers he "has mental the victims. The mother, just (started) a new pre- Westminster, Colo.
health issues," according 41, and brother, 8, were in scribed medication today," Associated Press
to a search warrant, which critical condition, while the the warrant said. "Jeremy
did not specify his mental bystander was less seriously admitted that he used his tempt to commit a felony. a criminal history in Colora-
status. wounded, authorities said. Glock 19 handgun to shoot He is being held in jail with- do, according to court and
The 12-year-old, who was The man was shot while the above people and that out bond, according to on- law enforcement records.
not injured, told police driving with his 9-year-old he secured the firearm in line records. Jail records do It's not clear how long he
that his mother and an- daughter in a pickup truck, the trunk of his vehicle after not indicate if Webster has has lived in Colorado. He is
other driver were involved but she was not hurt, the the shooting." an attorney to speak on his due in court Monday.
"in some type of road rage warrant said. Webster faces charges of behalf. The family of the mother
incident" near a business The 12-year-old boy told first-degree murder, first- Webster was born in New and children requested pri-
complex in the city of West- police that his mother took degree assault and at- Jersey and does not have vacy, police said.q

Firefighter, 4 others badly hurt in Oklahoma gas line blast

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An appeared to be the clos- homes threatened. and service has been re- tor struck the line around
Oklahoma firefighter who est to the leak when it went Ballard said the line was re- stored. Police say the rup- 1:30 p.m. Thursday on the
was among five people in- off." paired late Thursday night ture occurred when a trac- city's west side.q
jured in an explosion after a Four Oklahoma Natural
natural gas pipeline rupture Gas employees were also
in Tulsa was in stable con- injured in the blast, accord-
dition Friday, a fire depart- ing to utility spokeswoman
ment spokesman said. Cherokee Ballard. Ballard
Capt. Stan May said Capt. said she could not disclose
Greg Delozier, 54, was the names or conditions
burned in the Thursday of the workers, or whether
afternoon blast and was they remain hospitalized.
moved overnight from Initial reports said one of
emergency care into a the injured was a bystand-
hospital room, where he er and all five were first de-
was being monitored. scribed by authorities has
"(Doctors) are waiting for having critical injuries.
the swelling to go down Officials say gas was shut
to determine the degree" off and the fire extinguished
of the burns, May said. "He at about 4:30 p.m., with no