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Wednesday 27 December 2017

Phoenix:

Man arrested in killings of estranged wife, 2 kids

In this Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, photo provided by Maricopa an dead in the parking names of the woman and
lot. Officers later found the children.
County Sheriff’s Office shows suspect Anthony Ross in Phoenix, bodies of a 10-month-old Police were investigating
girl and an 11-year-old boy the shooting that they de-
Ariz. (Maricopa County SO/AP) inside the apartment. scribed as a domestic vio-
Police tried to talk to An- lence incident.
PHOENIX (AP) — A man is Christmas Day shootout thony Ross, 45, who bar- It was not clear if Ross had
ricaded himself inside the a lawyer who could speak
accused of shooting and with officers, authorities unit where he used to live, on his behalf.
Sgt. Jonathan Howard Tactical units on Monday
killing his estranged wife said Tuesday. said. Several hours later, he escorted residents from
indicated he had killed the the area, and some clus-
and their two children at a Police responded Monday two children and began tered outside a conve-
shooting at officers, author- nience store for hours until
Phoenix apartment com- afternoon to a report of ities said. After a brief gun- the standoff ended. Others
battle, he was taken into returning home weren’t al-
plex before getting into a gunfire and found a wom- custody. lowed in.
Ross, who was visiting Phoe- “It’s kind of crazy, just be-
nix for the holidays, was not cause it’s supposed to be a
hurt, Howard said. One offi- holiday for your family and
cer was injured by shrapnel getting together,” Sierra
and taken to the hospital in Scott, whose mother lives
stable condition. at the apartment complex,
Authorities have not re- told Phoenix news station
leased a motive or the KSAZ-TV.q

Man who killed mom, then self

wasn’t allowed to own firearms

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A tried to figure out where the
man who killed his mother shots were coming from.
and then fired more than Police called in an ar-
100 rounds at police as her mored police vehicle to
body lay in a yard during the quiet suburb about 55
an eight-hour standoff be- miles (90 kilometers) north
fore killing himself wasn’t of Philadelphia as authori-
permitted to have firearms ties locked down the area.
and likely obtained them But Kephart did not re-
from his father, who killed lent, shooting continuously
himself days after the ram- at police from inside the
page, authorities said. house. Officials don’t know
State police on Tuesday what caused the rampage
identified Marylouise Mei- but said Kephart had some
xell-Moyer as the woman “ongoing issues” with his
shot 11 times in Bethlehem mother and called his fa-
Township by Justin Kephart. ther to tell him that he’d
Kephart began firing at killed her, Northampton
police after an officer re- County District Attorney
sponded to a call about John Morganelli said.
the woman’s body on Fri- “It’s hard to get in the mind
day, officials said. A bul- of someone like this,” Mor-
let whizzed by an officer’s ganelli said, adding that
head as he peeked from the scene was like a “war
behind a parked car as he zone.”q