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U.S. NEWSMonday 19 October 2015

Police say 1 killed, 5 injured in shooting at ZombiCon

Emergency medical workers and police work next to a person The shooting happened Authorities said the suspect been expected to draw
at the scene of shooting Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, at ZombiCon around 11:45 p.m. Sat- or suspects is still at large more than 20,000 fans
in Fort Myers, Fla. Police say a shooting at the gathering killed urday night, just 15 min- and did not release any in- dressed as zombies, the
one person and injured four others. utes before the event of- formation about a possible newspaper said. Medico
ficially ended. However, motive. said the scene was de-
(Melissa Montoya-Ocampo/The News-Press via AP) large crowds were still in "There were a lot of wit- scribed as "shoulder to
the streets and authorities nesses down here, there shoulder."
FORT MYERS, Florida (AP) five more inured, causing quickly cleared out near- were a lot of people tak- Jill Stancel said she heard
— Police say a shooting a chaotic scene that sent by bars and set up crime ing pictures, videos with the shots and then saw
at the annual ZombiCon throngs of zombie-dressed scene tape, while others their cellphone," Medico people running from the
gathering in Florida has revelers running through patrolled the area with told the News-Press. "Any- downtown barbershop
left one person dead and the streets. rifles searching for a sus- thing that could help with owned by her family. She
pect. this investigation would be and her family let several
Fort Myers Police Lt. Vic- greatly appreciated." frightened witnesses in-
tor Medico said Expavious Police did not immediately side the shop, where they
Tyrell Taylor, a 20-year-old return email and phone quickly locked the door.
who played football at a call messages on Sunday "I was right here," she said.
local junior college, died seeking additional details. "A mass of people ran
at the scene, but no other Medico told reporters the screaming and trying to
details about his death agency had been inun- get in the shop."
were released. dated with national media Stancel was raised in the
Four others were taken to requests and would not area and said she doesn't
the hospital with non-life be making any comments think the downtown area
threatening injuries and "as we tirelessly investigate is dangerous, but said
one additional victim re- this incident and gather as the shooting will be in the
fused medical attention, many facts as possible." back of her mind at future
authorities said. The annual festival had events.q

6-year-old boy fatally shoots 3-year-old brother in Chicago

DON BABWIN were playing Saturday tiago, on a felony child tection because he was a by the county public de-
Associated Press evening when the older endangerment charge. former gang member who fender’s office. The office
CHICAGO (AP) — A 6-year- boy reached on top of the During a court hearing on snitched on a gang mem- was closed on Sunday and
old boy accidentally shot refrigerator and grabbed Sunday, Assistant State’s ber in a murder trial,” the could not be reached for
and killed his 3-year-old the loaded handgun and Attorney Joseph DiBella Chicago Tribune reported comment. Police Superin-
brother while playing then accidentally shot said that Santiago bought DiBella as saying in court. tendent Garry McCarthy
“cops and robbers” with a 3-year-old Eian Santiago the gun off the street, kept Santiago had told police said the case tragically il-
gun their father told inves- in the face. The boy was it “wrapped in pajama about the gun in a video- lustrates a point he has
tigators he had obtained rushed to a hospital, where pants on top of the refrig- taped confession, DiBella been making for years
illegally from a gang mem- he died later that night. erator” and even showed said. about how a major cause
ber, Chicago police said Police subsequently ar- the boy where the gun Judge James Brown set of much of Chicago’s vio-
Sunday. rested the boys’ father, was. Santiago’s bail at $75,000. lent crime is the flood of il-
Police said the two boys 25-year-old Michael San- “He kept the gun for pro- Santiago was represented legal guns into the city.q