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Softball Classic This Weekend Leads To 50th Anniversary Of Belmont Heights Little League
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New York Police Officer Fatally Shot In 'Unprovoked Attack'
President Trump Finally Admits Russia Meddled In 2016 Election
New York -A New York po- lice officer of 12 years and mother of three was fatally shot early Wednesday as she sat in a command vehicle in the Bronx, authorities said.
Miosotis Familia, 48, was shot in the head shortly after midnight while she and her partner were in a marked po- lice truck. She was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she died, the New York Police De- partment said.
Familia was "assassinated in an unprovoked attack on cops" when a suspect shot through the window of the of- ficer's vehicle, said James O'Neill, the New York police commissioner.
Police encountered a male suspect, Alexander Bonds,
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34, running about one block from the scene. The suspect drew a gun as officers con-
fronted him, and he was shot and killed by police, O'Neill said.
A silver revolver was recov- ered at the scene, police said. The gun was stolen more than four years ago in Charleston, West Virginia, an NYPD source familiar with the inves- tigation told CNN. The gun had two used cartridges in it and two live rounds, the source said.
Dispatch audio of the mo- ments after Familia was shot reveal her partner frantically calling for help.
"Shots fired!" the officer's partner says. "Give me a f****** bus!"
Familia worked in the 46th Precinct, which tweeted out a photo of the officer.
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
Artis Gambrell, Jr., Pres- ident of the Belmont Heights Little League, is looking for- ward to the 50th Anniversary celebration for the Belmont Heights Little League. Prepa- rations are being made for that to occur in March, 2018.
However, before that hap- pens, a series of events will take place leading to March. One event will take place Sat- urday, July 8, 2017, 4 p. m. is the Belmont Heights Little League Softball Classic, which will be held at the Baseball Stadium at the University of South Florida.
“This is a vision I’ve been talking about for the last 5 years,” Gambrell said. I started reaching out to some of the alumni and I was sur- prised at the number that re- sponded. They’re even coming from out of state to join us on Saturday,” he said.
Among those he named who plan to participate on Saturday are: Felton Hayes, who has spent several years in the D. C. community, and is back in Tampa; Carlton Gambrell from New York, Floyd Youmans, Jimmie Gardner, Gary Sheffield, Carl Evertett, Derek Bell, and many others. He also had a commitment from Dwight Gooden, who had to decline this week after the death of someone in the Mets’ organi- zation.
Coaches for the two teams will be Dave Best and Artis Gambrell, Sr. and Billy Reed and Ann Sullivan.
Gambrell, Jr., one of the few that came up through the program and is still active, wants to leave a legacy.
“At one time Belmont Heights had hundreds of kids
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in the program. Then crack cocaine came along and dev- astated the community,” he said.
His goal is to expand the program. Collaborating with the Belmont Heights Youth Athletic Association and the Belmont Heights Little League Alumni Association, Allen Rouse, President, Gambrell said they’re hop- ing to bring under one um- brella: baseball, Pop Warner football, AAU track and a Dance Team.
But then, he’s hopeful that proceeds from Saturday’s game will aid in rebuilding the termite infested building that holds its administrative offices and concession. “The building was constructed in 1976. We’re looking for pub- lic and private funds to re- vamp it to include an education center.”
Gambrell invites all of the community, especially the Belmont Heights community, and former alumni, to sup- port the event on Saturday, July 8th. The Homerun Derby is at 4:30 p. m. and the softball game is at 5:30 p. m. Tickets are $15.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — On the eve of his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump questioned the veracity of American intel- ligence about foreign med- dling in the U.S. election, arguing Thursday that Russia wasn’t the only country that may have interfered.
“Nobody really knows for sure,” Trump said.
Opening his second over- seas trip as president, Trump also warned North Korea that he’s considering “some pretty severe things” in response to the isolated nation’s unprece- dented launch of a missile ca- pable of reaching the U.S. Though he declined to offer specifics on the U.S. response, Trump called on all nations to confront the North’s “very, very bad behavior.”
As U.S. investigations into
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Russia’s meddling forge ahead, Trump is under in- tense scrutiny for how he han- dles his first face-to-face session with Putin. U.S. intel- ligence officials say the unpre- dictable Russia leader ordered interference into the 2016
election that brought Trump to the White House.
Trump and Putin plan to sit down on Friday in Ham- burg, Germany, on the side- lines of an international summit.
Loathe to cast a shadow on his election victory, Trump has avoided firmly blaming Moscow for campaign hacking in the past, and on Thursday, he was similarly elusive. He argued variably that it could have been Russia, probably was Russia and indeed was Russia, while insisting it could have been other countries, too, and adding: “I won’t be specific.”
“A lot of people interfere. It’s been happening for a long time,” Trump said in Poland. Asked specifically whether he planned to discuss the issue with Putin, Trump de- murred.
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