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u.s. news Diabierna 29 Januari 2021

Teen charged in fatal shootings of 5 at Indianapolis home

(AP) — A 17-year-old In-
dianapolis boy has been
charged with murder for
allegedly fatally shooting
his father, stepmother,
two teenage relatives and
a 19-year-old pregnant
woman in the family's
home, a prosecutor an-
nounced Thursday.

Raymond Ronald Lee Childs
III, who was arrested Mon-
day, was charged as an adult
with six counts of murder,
including one count for the
death of the woman’s unborn
child, Marion County Prose-
cutor Ryan Mears announced
at a news conference. The
baby had been due to be born
in one week, he said.
Childs also faces an attempt- shootings, Raymond Childs and two other relatives — child died despite life-saving ten results in killings.
ed murder charge in the III had a dispute with his fa- Elijah Childs, 18, and Rita efforts, authorities said.
wounding of another rela- ther, 42-year-old Raymond Childs, 13 — were pro- Although Raymond Childs
tive, a male juvenile who was Childs. “It certainly appears nounced dead along with Indianapolis police Chief III is a juvenile, because he is
the sole survivor of Sunday's there was an argument be- Kiara Hawkins, 19, after be- Randal Taylor has said that 17 he was charged as an adult
shooting at the family’s home tween father and son in the ing found in the home, the the deadly shootings were the because state law specifies
on Indianapolis’ near north- residence,” Mears said, add- Marion County Coroner’s largest mass casualty shooting that any individual at least 16
east side, authorities said. He ing that police are still in- office said. Hawkins, who in the city in more than a de- years of age will be charged as
was also charged with one vestigating the nature of that Mears said was in a relation- cade and represented “a dif- an adult if they are accused of
count of carrying a handgun dispute. ship with someone who lived ferent kind of evil” than the committing certain felonies,
without a license. at the home, was first taken violent, drug-related crimes including murder and at-
The elder Raymond Childs, to an area hospital, but both and “violence driven by pov- tempted murder.
Mears said that before the his wife, Kezzie Childs, 42, she and her unborn male erty or desperation” that of-

Pelosi wants security money to face 'enemy' within House

(AP) — More money is threat that members are con- ing threats. installation of more screen-
needed to protect law- cerned about.” Earlier this month, the Huff- ing devices.
makers from threats of The apprehension has taken Post website reported that
violence coming from an Asked to clarify what she on clear partisan undertones. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., The public is barred from
“enemy” within Congress, meant, Pelosi said, “It means Some Republicans have set off a newly installed metal carrying firearms on Capi-
House Speaker Nancy Pe- that we have members of loudly objected to having to detector while trying to enter tol grounds, but members of
losi said Thursday, a star- Congress who want to bring pass through newly installed the House chamber and was Congress can keep guns in
tling acknowledgment of guns on the floor and have metal detectors before they found to be carrying a con- their offices or transport them
how tensions over safety threatened violence on other enter the House chamber, cealed gun. Other Republi- on the campus if they’re un-
have escalated since this members of Congress.” while Pelosi has proposed cans have also talked about loaded and securely wrapped.
month's Capitol attack fining lawmakers who bypass carrying firearms, which law-
by supporters of former Pelosi's remarks underscored the devices. makers are permitted to do, On Wednesday, the Depart-
President Donald Trump. how anxiety about security though not on the House or ment of Homeland Security
has remained high in Con- Pelosi did not say whom she Senate floors. issued a national terrorism
The California Democrat gress since Trump support- meant by her reference to an bulletin warning of the possi-
told reporters she thinks ers’ Jan. 6 assault on the Cap- “enemy" within the House, Pelosi said she was meeting bility of more violence from
Congress will need to pro- itol, which led to five deaths. and a spokesperson provided Thursday with retired Lt. people motivated by anti-
vide more money “for more Lawmakers, including some no examples when asked. Gen. Russel Honoré, who is government sentiment after
security for members, when who voted for this month’s leading a security review of President Joe Biden’s elec-
the enemy is within the House impeachment of But first-term Rep. Marjorie the Capitol. tion. The department did not
House of Representatives, a Trump, have reported receiv- Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has cite any specific plots.
liked Facebook posts that ad- She said he was examining
vocated for violence against ways to protect lawmak- A Senate trial on whether to
Democrats and the FBI. One ers “in terms of their service punish Trump is set to begin
post suggested shooting Pe- here, their service home, next month, following his
losi in the head. their transportation in be- House impeachment on a
tween.” Lawmakers have al- charge of inciting the insur-
Asked to comment, Greene ready been told they can tap rection at the Capitol.
sent a written statement ac- accounts they use for office
cusing Democrats and jour- expenses for some security Trump made incendiary re-
nalists of attacking her be- steps. marks to a throng of support-
cause she is “a threat to their ers that day, urging them to
goal of Socialism" and sup- The campus has been sur- march to the building. Law-
ports Trump and conserva- rounded by barrier fences makers at the time were for-
tive values. “They want to and patrolled by National mally certifying Biden’s elec-
take me out because I repre- Guard troops, and new inter- tion victory, which Trump
sent the people. And they ab- nal security procedures have has repeatedly and falsely at-
solutely hate it,“ she said. been put in place, such as the tributed to fraud.