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Friday 19 January 2018
Deputy US marshal killed while serving Pennsylvania warrant

By MARK SCOLFORO of about seven showed up
Associated Press at the woman’s home be-
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A fore sunrise to arrest her on
U.S. Marshals Service dep- a charge of making terror-
uty died Thursday after istic threat with a weapon.
being shot while serving a The woman, Shayla Lynette
warrant inside a Harrisburg Towles Pierce, was being
home, and police killed the handcuffed on the first floor
suspect after he later fired when gunfire came from
at other officers. the second floor, Freed
Authorities said Christopher said.An unnamed man
David Hill, 45, was part of subsequently exited front
a team serving an arrest of the home and began fir-
warrant on a woman when ing, Freed said. Hill and Pitts
gunfire erupted. were able to get out the
Hill suffered a fatal wound back of the building.
and another team mem- Hill died at a hospital. Au-
ber, York City Police Officer thorities said Pitts required
Kyle Pitts, was injured by surgery but his injuries are
the gunfire. U.S. Attorney not considered life-threat-
Dave Freed said there are ening. He is a 10-year vet-
indications a third officer eran of the York City Police
may have been struck in and has three children.
his body armor but was not Freed said investigators
Crime tape stretches across a road near the scene of a shooting Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in
Harrisburg, Pa. The mayor of Harrisburg said a U.S. marshal is dead after being shot while serving wounded. “None of us has are working to confirm the
an arrest warrant in the city. Mayor Eric Papenfuse said two other officers were wounded in the sufficient words to express shooting suspect’s iden-
Thursday morning shooting. our grief and sorrow,” Freed tity and piece together the
(AP Photo/Marc Levy) said. Officials said a team chaotic events.q

Attorney: Slain Ohio teen grew upset when arrest threatened

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A nifer Brisco told The Colum- Joseph was resisting, and shot once in the abdomen Hayes said.
teen fatally shot by a dep- bus Dispatch. The shoot- that’s when there was a after a Juvenile Court hear- The deputy, who has not
uty during an Ohio court- ing happened around the scuffle.” ing in Columbus. He died been identified, sustained
house scuffle had become corner from the courtroom Franklin County Prosecutor minutes later at a down- bruises and cuts consis-
upset when the deputy where the hearing was Ron O’Brien told the news- town Columbus hospital. tent with someone who’d
threatened to arrest him at held. paper the teen was also The boy’s grandmother been in a hand-to-hand
the end of a hearing, the “Joseph was a little out of upset by a judge’s order told the newspaper the confrontation, Keith Ferrell,
boy’s lawyer said. sorts because of how things that he continue to wear deputy should have used a executive vice president of
The Wednesday scuffle went at the hearing,” Brisco an electronic monitoring stun gun. the Fraternal Order of Po-
broke out when her client, told the paper. “The officer device. “There was no reason why lice lodge that represents
Joseph Haynes, resisted threatened to lock him up The Franklin County Sher- that cop would have been Franklin County deputies,
the deputy, attorney Jen- and a scuffle broke out. iff’s Office says Haynes was terrified of Joey,” Geraldine said Thursday.q

Judge hears from Olympic gymnasts who were abused by doctor

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A “Spending four or five days
medal-winning Olympic listening to them is minor,
gymnast said Thursday considering the hours of
that sexual assault by a pleasure you’ve had at
Michigan sports doctor their expense, ruining their
“left scars” in her mind that lives,” Aquilina said.
may never fade as a judge Nassar, 54, faces a mini-
heard a third day of testi- mum sentence of 25 to 40
mony from victims. years in prison for molest-
Larry Nassar could be sen- ing girls at Michigan State
tenced Friday in Lansing, University and his home. He
Michigan. Since Tuesday, also was a team doctor at
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina USA Gymnastics, based in
has been listening to doz- Indianapolis, which trains
ens of young women who Olympians. He’s already
were molested after seek- been sentenced to 60
ing his help for injuries. years in federal prison for
Aquilina started the hear- child pornography crimes.
ing Thursday by saying Nas- “Dr. Nassar was not a doc-
sar had written a letter fear- tor,” 2012 Olympian McK-
ing that his mental health ayla Maroney said in a
wasn’t strong enough to sit A victim makes her “impact statement” to Larry Nassar during a sentencing hearing as he puts statement read by a pros-
and listen to a parade of his head down in front of Judge Rosemarie Aquilina in district court in Lansing, Mich. Nassar has ecutor. “He left scars on my
victims. The judge dismissed pleaded guilty to molesting females with his hands at his Michigan State University office, his psyche that may never go
home and a Lansing-area gymnastics club, often while their parents were in the room.
it as “mumbo jumbo.” (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP) away.”q