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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 22 augusT 2017

Man who shot judge is father of player convicted of rape

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) burgh-area hospital. Re-
— The man who shot a publican Gov. John Kasich
judge outside a county said he was told the judge
courthouse before being would survive.
gunned down by a pro- The attack had to be in-
bation officer was the fa- tentional because people
ther of a Steubenville High know about the reserved
School football player who spots where judges park,
was convicted of rape in said one of Bruzzese’s judi-
2013, authorities said Mon- cial colleagues.
day. Judge Joseph Corabi said
Jefferson County Judge Jo- he and the county’s two
seph Bruzzese Jr. was shot other judges park in re-
at around 8 a.m. near the served spots next to the
courthouse in Steubenville, courthouse in eastern
just across the Ohio River Ohio. Judges then walk
from West Virginia’s north- a few feet down what’s
ern panhandle, roughly 30 known as “Courthouse Al-
miles (48 kilometers) west ley” to a side entrance to
of Pittsburgh. the building, said Corabi,
Authorities identified the In this March 17, 2013 photo, Nathaniel Richmond, father of Ma’Lik Richmond, apologizes to the the Jefferson County ju-
victim and her family after his son and co-defendant Trent Mays, were found delinquent on rape
gunman as Nathaniel and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio. A prosecutor said Monday, venile and probate court
“Nate” Richmond, the fa- Aug. 21, 2017, that Nathaniel Richmond was the man who shot and wounded Jefferson County judge.
ther of Ma’Lik Richmond. Judge Joseph Bruzzese. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) “Everybody knows who
Ma’Lik served about 10 parks there. That’s why it’s
months in a juvenile lockup not an accident what hap-
after being convicted with la. dalla said. WTOV-TV that Bruzzese was pened. He was clearly an
another Steubenville High “Whoever thought this Steubenville City Manager talking after being wound- intended target,” Corabi
School football player of could happen here?” Ab- James Mavromatis tells ed. He was flown to a Pitts- said.q
raping a 16-year-old girl
during an alcohol-fueled Arkansas:
party in 2012.
The case brought inter- Police checking suicide call find man, 2 kids dead
national attention to the
eastern Ohio city of 18,000
and led to allegations of By TAFI MUKUNYADZI Sunday. last year. “You could have a thou-
a cover-up to protect the Associated Press A cause of death wasn’t A downtown Little Rock sand extra police, and
football team. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — immediately released, but nightclub was the site of a you’ll still have this,” McCla-
Investigators are still looking Officers responding to the police said they were no shooting during a rap con- nahan said.
for a motive and haven’t scene of a possible suicide obvious signs of trauma on cert that left 28 people in- Little Rock is on pace to ap-
found a connection to the of a 39-year-old man in the children. jured in early July. proach an annual total of
rape case, said Jefferson Little Rock found an even Officer Steve Moore said The Little Rock Police De- homicides not seen since
County Prosecutor Jane more troubling scene when the children’s mother partment began increas- the city’s gang wars of the
Hanlin. they discovered the victim found the bodies. Moore ing officer patrols in certain early 1990s.
A visiting judge from Hamil- was dead in bed along says she told officers she parts of the city Friday in an Justice Department figures
ton County, where Cincin- with his two dead children, and Mangan were recently effort to curb the violence. show 68 deaths in 1993 at-
nati is located, handled Arkansas police said. separated. Police spokesman Steve tributed to murder or man-
the vast majority of the Little Rock police said in- The deaths come amid a McClanahan told The Asso- slaughter. Little Rock police
rape case. vestigators believe Robert dramatic spike in homi- ciated Press Monday that spokesman Steve McCla-
Courthouse video shows Mangan killed his 4-year- cides in Little Rock. Follow- even with police working nahan has said other kill-
both the judge and Nate old daughter and 5-year- ing the Sunday deaths, additional hours, situations ings, such as justifiable ho-
Richmond firing about five old son before taking his Arkansas’ capital city has like the apparent murder- micide, pushed the total to
times each, said Jefferson own life. now seen 45 homicides this suicide won’t be prevent- 78 that year.q
County Sheriff Fred Abdal- The bodies were found year, three more than all of ed.