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A 2-year-old boy has been shot dead in Chicago. Two-year-old Julien Gonzalez was shot in the neck

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A 2-year-old boy has been shot dead in Chicago, becoming the youngest gun violence victim in the city this year, police told ABC News.

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The toddler and an 18-year-old man were standing on a sidewalk in the Hermosa neighborhood Saturday night when someone fired shots from the end of the street, the Chicago Police Department said.

Two-year-old Julien Gonzalez was shot in the neck, police said. He was hospitalized in critical condition and later pronounced dead.

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Julien was at a family party with his parents at the time, according to ABC station WLS in Chicago.

The 18-year-old was shot in the leg and is in stable condition, police said. Authorities have declined to release the older victim's name.

Julien is the 20th child under the age of 11 to be shot in the city this year and the youngest fatality, the Chicago Tribune reported.

No arrests have been made but officers held an outdoor roll call in the neighborhood Monday to get information, police said.

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At a vigil held in the little boy's honor on Monday, family friend Ada Batrez told The Chicago Tribune she hopes someone will come forward with information about what happened.

"He was a happy little boy," Batrez told the newspaper. "Just stop the violence. And think about the future of the kids, innocent kids."

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A 2-year-old boy has been shot dead in Chicago, becoming the youngest gun violence victim in the city this year, police told ABC News. The toddler and an 18-year-old man were standing on a sidewalk in the Hermosa neighborhood Saturday night when someone fired shots from the end of the street, the...

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A man has been fatally shot by Tennessee police after a car chase in which the man crashed into an officer.

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A man has been fatally shot by Tennessee police after a car chase in which the man crashed into an officer.

News outlets quote the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as saying the man died Monday night in Oak Ridge. A TBI release says Oak Ridge police officer spotted a man with outstanding warrants earlier that evening driving a pickup truck. It says police attempted to pull him over, but he fled.

It says the chase ended in a parking lot when officers again attempted to stop the man, who then hit an officer with his truck. It says at least one officer then shot at the man, who was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. The police officer who was hit was treated and released.

Police did not release the names of the officer or suspect.

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issac Fisher, 35, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, seven counts of armed criminal action, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, one count of first-degree burglary, one count of theft and two counts of child endangerment.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City man suspected in three deadly shootings in one day is now facing more than a dozen felony charges Monday.

Issac Fisher, 35, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, seven counts of armed criminal action, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, one count of first-degree burglary, one count of theft and two counts of child endangerment.

That's a total of 18 felony charges issued in Jackson County.

Fisher was named a suspect in what the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office called a "violent Sunday rampage." Police spent the day looking for Fisher after three shootings in three different locations on Sunday morning.

"In the span of about 60 minutes on Sunday morning, the defendant went on a shooting spree," Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said. "Three lives were lost, two others were wounded, including a child. Two additional children were nearly struck in the gunfire. This senseless violence also impacted a community of residents fearful of leaving their homes. Today, these charges may bring some peace back to our neighborhoods."

The first shooting was reported just before 9:30 a.m. at a home in the 9000 block of Kentucky Avenue.

A woman reported her daughter-in-law had been shot by her son, Fisher. When police arrived they found the woman, later identified as 34-year-old Angenette Hollins, dead inside the home.

Prosecutors say witnesses told investigators Fisher arrived at the home and argued with Hollins. Then a witness said she heard four to five gunshots and found Hollins shot on the bathroom floor. Witnesses saw Fisher leaving the room holding a handgun, prosecutors say.

Just after 9:30 a.m., Raytown police located a vehicle that was reportedly at the scene of the first shooting. A witness told Raytown police that Fisher, her finance's brother, had come to the home and kicked in the door. There, he took a second vehicle and left the home.

Shortly after, police were called to investigate a triple shooting in the 5700 block of Elm Avenue in Raytown. When officers arrived they found three victims suffering from gunshots.

One adult victim, who prosecutors say was Fisher's stepbrother, died at that scene. Another adult and child were taken to the hospital. A 1-year-old child was also present during the shooting but was not injured.

A witness told police Fisher was seen leaving the Raytown home with a rifle over his shoulder.

Then about an hour later, police were dispatched to a reported shooting near 112th and Eastern Avenue.

A victim was found on the front porch of a home suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital where he later died. The third victim has also not been identified yet, but prosecutors say the victim is Fisher's cousin.

Before he died, the third victim told a witness that "Big" had shot him. Court documents say Fisher went by "Big."

While police spent Sunday afternoon searching the area of 112th and Eastern, Fisher's daughter issued a plea for her father to turn himself and stop the violence.

Late Sunday night, Fisher was taken into custody. Details about the arrest have not been released.

Prosecutors have requested a $1 million cash bond for Fisher.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City man suspected in three deadly shootings in one day is now facing more than a dozen felony charges Monday. Issac Fisher, 35, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, seven counts of armed criminal action, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, one count of first-degree burglary, one count of theft and two counts of child endangerment.

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A tiger in Japan killed a man by mauling him to death. The man, Akira Furusho, was found bleeding from the neck in the enclosure, then he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. The family of the man requested that the tiger is to be kept alive, despite taking the man from them.

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A former US Marine convicted of killing five women in California praises the jury and prosecutors after he was sentenced to death.

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NFL Power Rankings: B/R's Expert Consensus Rank for Every Team Entering Week 6

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A Mexican couple caught carrying dismembered human remains in a baby carriage is believed to have murdered nearly two dozen women during a vicious killing spree, prosecutors said Monday.

The man – only identified by officials as Juan Carlos – reportedly confessed to killing about 20 women after investigators found multiple body parts in his apartment and at another nearby property.

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A Mexican couple caught carrying dismembered human remains in a baby carriage is believed to have murdered nearly two dozen women during a vicious killing spree, prosecutors said Monday.

The man - only identified by officials as Juan Carlos - reportedly confessed to killing about 20 women after investigators found multiple body parts in his apartment and at another nearby property.

Alejandro Gomez, the chief prosecutor in Mexico State, said Juan Carlos and his wife were caught last week in Ecatepec, on the northern outskirts of the capital.
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Gomez told Radio Formula that Juan Carlos, who gave details of the murders including the names of 10 victims, appeared to be proud of the killings. He said there were signs he suffered a personality disorder and resented his mother and a previous girlfriend.

"What seemed macabre to me is that this person mentioned 10 cases in which he gives details, the names of the victims; he gave us the clothing they had on at the time," Gomez said. "He seemed happy about what he had done."

Prosecutors said police started investigating the couple after phone records showed they had contacted several women from the area who vanished in the last six months.

Last Thursday, the pair was caught coming out of a house with a baby carriage filled with plastic bags.

Neighbors told authorities that it was common to see the couple pushing a carriage, the BBC reported.

Inside the bags, investigators allegedly found dismembered human body parts, which the pair intended to dispose of in a nearby vacant lot.
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Gomez said the couple kept the remains in buckets filled with cement and in a fridge. He said they also sold some of them. In the vacant lot, police found more body parts but they were in such poor condition forensic tests were needed to identify them.

According to authorities, one of the couple's victims was Nancy Huitron, who disappeared in September along with her two-month-old baby, Valentina, after dropping her two older daughters at school.

Police said the couple killed Huitron and sold her baby to another couple, who have been arrested. The baby was found and returned to her maternal grandmother.

Two other women who disappeared were identified as Arlet Samanta and Evelyn Rojas, who vanished in April and June, respectively.

Gomez said Juan Carlos confessed to sexually abusing some of the victims before killing them. Most were single mothers, and the couple apparently lured their victims with offers of cheap baby clothing.

The BBC reported that when he was arrested, Juan Carlos asked officers if he could shower and put on a suit "because I'm not a dirty criminal."

According to UN Women, an estimated seven women were killed every day in 2016 in Mexico.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Mexican couple accused of killing, dismembering at least 20 women, selling body parts

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A Mexican couple caught carrying dismembered human remains in a baby carriage is believed to have murdered nearly two dozen women during a vicious killing spree, prosecutors said Monday. The man - only identified by officials as Juan Carlos - reportedly confessed to killing about 20 women after investigators found multiple body parts in his apartment and at another nearby property.

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Four people have died after they were swallowed up by a massive sinkhole in a Chinese city, despite desperate rescue efforts to save them.

According to state media, the sinkhole opened up around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Dazhou, Sichuan province. Dramatic video from the scene showed people suddenly plunging through the pavement as it collapsed beneath them

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Rescuers in China are searching for two pedestrians who were swallowed by a huge sinkhole after the pavement they were walking on in the southwestern province of Sichuan collapsed beneath them.

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Drew Brees breaks the record for the most passing yards in NFL history. Peyton Manning congratulates him.

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is now the most prolific passer in NFL history.

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NOLA celebrates as Drew Brees makes history. https://t.co/BGvaqH8PCM

With his 62-yard touchdown pass to Tre'Quan Smith during the Saints' Week 5 game against the Washington Redskins, Brees passed Peyton Manning's 71,940 career passing yards to move into first place on the all-time list.

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Manning congratulated Brees on breaking his record in a way only he could:

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Brees started the 2018 season as one of only three quarterbacks in NFL history with at least 70,000 passing yards. Brett Favre and Manning are the others.

Brees entered Monday night trailing Manning by 200 yards, with 98 yards separating Brees from Favre in second place.

Manning even acknowledged over the summer that his record was going to fall soon.

"I don't think it's a matter of if [Brees breaks the record], it's just a matter of when," Manning told reporters in June. "He deserves it. He's been a great player for a long time."

Brees, 39, is just checking off more boxes on his way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame five years after he decides to hang up his cleats.

The 11-time Pro Bowler began this season as the NFL's all-time leader in most consecutive years with at least 4,000 passing yards (12), 5,000 passing yards (five) and 300-yard passing games (109).

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Kanye wants to meet with Trump and Jared Kushner. They're having lunch to discuss manufacturing resurgence in America, prison reform, how to prevent gang violence, and what can be done to reduce violence in Chicago.

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Rap star Kanye West is to visit the White House on Thursday where he will meet with President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner, White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders said.

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"Kanye West is coming to the White House to have lunch with President Trump and he will also meet with Jared Kushner," Sanders said in a statement Tuesday morning. "Topics of discussions will include manufacturing resurgence in America, prison reform, how to prevent gang violence, and what can be done to reduce violence in Chicago."

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It's unclear whether the White House will open West's visit to the press. During the presidential transition, Trump memorably brought West in front of cameras in the Trump Tower lobby for an impromptu gaggle with reporters.

West has faced backlash in recent months after announcing his full-throated support of the president, including in a recent "Saturday Night Live" appearance in which he said cast members "bullied" him.

"They bullied me backstage. They said, 'Don't go out there with that hat on,'" West said of his red 'Make America Great Again' cap. "They bullied me backstage. They bullied me. And then they say I'm in a sunken place."

The president soon after tweeted his support of West.

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Like many, I don't watch Saturday Night Live (even though I past hosted it) - no longer funny, no talent or charm. It is just a political ad for the Dems. Word is that Kanye West, who put on a MAGA hat after the show (despite being told "no"), was great. He's leading the charge!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2018

The timing of the White House visit is notable, coming just days after pop singer Taylor Swift broke her long silence on politics and announced her support of Democratic candidates in Tennessee's Senate and congressional races.

West's wife, Kim Kardashian West, has visited the Trump White House twice since her husband announced his backing of the president. She went for meetings related to her goal of securing clemency for individuals facing life sentences from nonviolent drug crimes.

The president has repeatedly touted West's support as evidence that his political message is resonating with the black community writ large, including at a recent political rally in Topeka, Kansas.

"It's habit because for a hundred years, African-Americans have gone with Democrats but now they're changing and they're changing fast and they're coming. Thank you, Kanye West," Trump said.

It's that very messaging which has generated significant criticism against West by some of his fellow entertainers, including rapper T.I. and singer Janelle Monae.

West deleted both his Twitter and Instagram accounts on Saturday following a flood of criticism over his 'SNL' appearance and a tweet afterwards where he called for the 13th amendment, which outlawed slavery in the U.S., to be abolished.

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Ex-Chargers Owner Alex Spanos Dies at Age 95

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Los Angeles Chargers owner Alex Spanos died Tuesday morning. He was 95. The Chargers announced the news on their official website. "We have no words that can adequately express our sadness with his passing," the team wrote in the statement...

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If you have ever wondered how relevant crash test ratings are to the real world, an accident that happened in Arizona over this past Sunday offers a good example.

Photos posted to Facebook by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office show the aftermath of the incident on Williamson Valley Road in Prescott, where an old Mazda B-Series pickup truck is sitting on top of a current generation Honda CR-V, which received a top roof crush rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Police report that the pickup said the vehicle was struck by a hit and run driver in a black and forced into oncoming traffic, where it hit a sedan and 'flipped' on top of the Honda.

Amazingly, the two passengers the Honda and the drivers of the pickup and sedan were uninjured. All were buckled up.

The whereabouts of the black truck are unknown and the Prescott Police Department is asking the public for any information to help track it down.
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Ban on same-sex couples roils small Christian college: 'This isn't something sinful, God'

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LOS ANGELES - On a recent fall day, a group of protesters gathered in a university courtyard, many holding rainbow flags. About 100 students and faculty members were fighting for LGBTQ rights on campus.

The scene was unusual, though - in some ways radical - given that the location was Azusa Pacific University, a Christian college, and that the debate was over how God would view the issue of same-sex couples.

"This isn't something sinful, God," one student said, leading the emotional gathering. "This is something beautiful. I pray that we continue to live out the mission of being difference-makers, God, that this world be a place of equality, God."

The public display of support for LGBTQ students was a response to the evangelical Christian university's recent decision to reinstate its ban on same-sex relationships. The school had quietly removed the ban in August and created a new LGBTQ pilot program, which includes the creation of weekly student meetings backed by the university.

But following criticism from conservative Christian media, the university changed course, saying there was a "miscommunication" between the college and its Board of Trustees.

The university said the board never approved the change in the student conduct code and assured students, faculty and staff that the school's conservative beliefs remain intact: "We affirm God's perfect will and design for humankind with the biblical understanding of the marriage covenant as between one man and one woman."

The move has sparked protests and much debate on the small campus in Azusa and offered a window into how the gay rights struggle is playing out in the Christian university world.

USC professor Alison Dundes Renteln said the conflict shows that while gay marriage and equality have become significantly more accepted in broader society in recent years, that change has come slower in Christian communities like Azusa Pacific.

"Most people think it is equality that has prevailed now," she said. "People think progress is linear, but there's a back and forth. There are movements, there's backlash," she said.

Pepperdine University, a Christian liberal arts college in Malibu, found itself the subject of a lawsuit when two female basketball players accused the university of harassing them because they were dating. The players asserted that the school forced them to leave the basketball team and give up their scholarships, but in 2017, a federal court ruled in Pepperdine's favor, saying there was not enough evidence to determine that the university had targeted the women based on their sexual orientation.

Religious colleges in California have taken different tacks in addressing same-sex relationships among students, often opting for vague language that discourages sex out of marriage regardless of sexual identity.

Pepperdine opposes sex out of wedlock in general but supports students "who experience same-sex attraction and gender dysphoria," according to its student code of conduct.

Biola University, an evangelical Christian college in La Mirada, says it is committed to "engaging this conversation with courage, humility, prayerfulness and care," adding, "We believe, in accordance with Scripture, that we are all broken."

On the other hand, Loyola Marymount, a Jesuit university near Playa Vista, has no policy on same-sex students or relationships.

Other Christian colleges across the country have enacted policies allowing LGBTQ faculty.

Not long after the 2015 landmark Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriages, Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia and Goshen College in Indiana added sexual orientation and gender identity to their nondiscrimination policies, allowing faculty in same-sex marriages to work at the university.

The two schools were members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities at the time, and their action prompted two other universities to withdraw from the organization in protest. Months later, Eastern Mennonite and Gosen College also withdrew their membership.

When it comes to LGBTQ relationships on campus, though, Azusa Pacific University has a more explicit policy: "Students may not engage in a romanticized same-sex relationship," the code of conduct states.

The consequences aren't clear, but APU's policy has long instilled fear in students.

Zabrina Zablan, a 2016 graduate, said that after the university received a complaint about her relationship with another woman, officials gave her two options: Break up, or lose her position as president of an ethnic student organization and forfeit her pending scholarship.

The 24-year-old Pasadena resident chose to end the relationship, a decision she said led to declining grades and poor choices. The couple eventually reunited, she said, but the damage was done. "I wanted nothing to do with the university at that point. I felt so hurt. The rug was just pulled out from under me, and I was shattered."

Zablan's partner, Ipolani Duvauchelle, 27, doubts that Azusa Pacific is ready to make a change.

"Until there is queer leadership who are in charge of implementing policy, there will never be a sustainable change," said Duvauchelle, a social worker.

Erin Green, a recent APU graduate who said she was asked by administrators to share her experience as a lesbian and consult on changes in policy, said she feels betrayed by the university. College leaders initially indicated to Green that the ban on same-sex relationships on campus was harmful to students and that they wanted to make changes, she said.

She said the university's chaplain, Kevin Mannoia, told her in May the ban would be removed. The board had plenty of time to be advised of that action, she said.

Mannoia, however, said in an email that while plans were in place to create a ministry program for LGBTQ students, a change in the policy was never promised.

"I feel totally betrayed and exploited," said Green, 37, the co-executive director of Christian student advocacy group Brave Commons. "They asked me to relive my trauma. We feel violated."

The reversal, Green said, occurred after APU buckled under pressure from conservative Christian donors and media, which publicized the removal of the ban last month.

An Azusa Pacific professor, who requested anonymity for fear of being fired, said the reinstatement of the ban is a fiscal decision borne out of concern over losing donors at a time when the university is facing dangerous debt.

In emails to faculty, President Jon Wallace said top university leaders were surprised by the school's debt, which includes $17 million from the 2017-18 fiscal year, a projected $20 million loss for this fiscal year and an additional $61 million in unpaid bonds. In response to the newly projected $20 million loss, the university has put a freeze on hiring, eliminated retirement plan contributions, canceled a scheduled employee raise and reduced benefits, according to the emails.

"When you're this far in debt, you don't have a choice to be autonomous," the professor said, adding that the decision to be inclusive of LGBTQ students and remove the ban on same-sex relationships likely stemmed from a fear of "losing students in the 21st century, when our stance for these students is so backward."

Citing the university's large deficit, Green, who now lives in the Bay Area and is studying at San Francisco Theological Seminary, said the decision "quickly went from God first to money first."

But David Poole, an APU board member, denied that money is driving the university's decision.

"Over the last few years, the board and the administration have been working together on how we can most effectively minister and engage all of our students, and in the course of that, there's going to be missteps and disconnect in communication," he said.

The university's LGBTQ pilot program is still being developed, Poole said, adding that two student interns were hired to help shape it. Though some thought an underground LGBTQ student group known as Haven became officially recognized by the university as part of the pilot program, Poole said that's not the case.

"It is not an official club," he said. "Haven was never an official club."

Nolan Croce, one of the students hired under the pilot program, said the Haven group was absorbed by the university as part of its new Student Life-sponsored LGBTQ meetings. Attendance at the meetings has grown to nearly 50 people, up from about seven students who typically attended previous Haven meetings, said Croce, a 21-year-old senior who identifies as queer.

The university's board has asked students to stop using the name Haven because it says the group is linked with negative connotations and a history of activism, according to Courtney Fredericks, 21, a second intern hired under the school's new LGBTQ program.

At the new group's most recent meeting last week, more than 100 students crowded into a room to hear from APU's vice president of student life, Shino Simons, about the recent changes.

Although the LGBTQ group no longer can invite guest speakers, alumni or community members, Fredericks and Croce are optimistic about the future of marginalized students on campus.

"Just bringing the meetings on campus and letting us advertise, that's a big step the university has made, and I'm hoping as time goes on, that we'll have more dialogue," said Fredericks, a junior who identifies as queer. "We're not a secular group. Haven is full of Christians. We just want the same space on this campus that other Christian students get."

Still, other students aren't so quick to trust the administration and say their actions are a step back in an already difficult battle for LGBTQ inclusion on Christian campuses.

"This feels very frustrating because we were given a right, had a taste of that and it was taken away from us," said Alexis Diaz, a 21-year-old student government leader who identifies as queer. "That doesn't feel good."

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A 2-year-old boy has been shot dead in Chicago. He is the youngest gun violence victim in the city this year.

The toddler and an 18-year-old man were standing on a sidewalk when someone fired shots from the end of the street.

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A 2-year-old boy has been shot dead in Chicago, becoming the youngest gun violence victim in the city this year, police told ABC News.

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The toddler and an 18-year-old man were standing on a sidewalk in the Hermosa neighborhood Saturday night when someone fired shots from the end of the street, the Chicago Police Department said.

Two-year-old Julien Gonzalez was shot in the neck, police said. He was hospitalized in critical condition and later pronounced dead.

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Julien was at a family party with his parents at the time, according to ABC station WLS in Chicago.

The 18-year-old was shot in the leg and is in stable condition, police said. Authorities have declined to release the older victim's name.

Julien is the 20th child under the age of 11 to be shot in the city this year and the youngest fatality, the Chicago Tribune reported.

No arrests have been made but officers held an outdoor roll call in the neighborhood Monday to get information, police said.

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At a vigil held in the little boy's honor on Monday, family friend Ada Batrez told The Chicago Tribune she hopes someone will come forward with information about what happened.

"He was a happy little boy," Batrez told the newspaper. "Just stop the violence. And think about the future of the kids, innocent kids."

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2-year-old boy is Chicago's youngest gun violence victim this year: Police

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A 2-year-old boy has been shot dead in Chicago, becoming the youngest gun violence victim in the city this year, police told ABC News. The toddler and an 18-year-old man were standing on a sidewalk in the Hermosa neighborhood Saturday night when someone fired shots from the end of the street, the...

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A white woman spotted a black man babysitting two white children and followed them home. She asked to speak to the kids at Walmart and he refused to let her, so she followed them home and called the police. The officer told the children's parents that he was questioned by the random lady because he is a black man driving around with white kids. The man was a family friend, and the kids were in no danger.

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A white woman who spotted a black man babysitting two white children called police and then followed them home in Georgia.

WGCL-TV reported Tuesday that the woman stopped Corey Lewis outside a Cobb County Walmart and asked to speak to the kids. He refused, so she called police and followed them to his home.

An officer arrived and questioned the children, ages 6 and 10, and called their parents, David Parker and Dana Mango. The couple says Lewis is a family friend and their son attends his youth program.

Mango says the officer told her Lewis was questioned because he's a black man driving around with two white children.

Parker said he guesses "B-W-B is the new thing, babysitting while black."

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Information from: WGCL-TV, http://www.cbs46.com

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Georgia police called on black man babysitting white kids

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A white woman who spotted a black man babysitting two white children called police and then followed them home in Georgia. WGCL-TV reported Tuesday that the woman stopped Corey Lewis outside a Cobb County Walmart and asked to speak to the kids. He refused, so she called police and...

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A man went missing on Mount Timpanogos three weeks ago.Police tracked his phone but it was found near the old grove trailhead parking lot.

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Utah police are searching for a man who went missing while hiking on Mount Timpanogos three weeks ago.

Jacob Warner Routt, 36, texted a friend on Sept. 16 telling her that he was going out hiking and would call her back, but the friend never heard from him again. As Routt is adventurous, his friends and family were not worried about him until after a few days of not hearing from him, according to Utah County Sheriff Sgt. Spencer Cannon.

"After a few days beyond that when they hadn't heard from him then they thought something was unusual and she checked the family and nobody had heard from him," Cannon told ABC News.

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Police tried to track his phone, but only found the old one near the Aspen Grove trail, according to authorities. Routt's car was found by police at the Aspen Grove Trailhead parking lot, police said, and they also found some pieces of his belongings near Aspen Grove.

"His car was in the parking lot of the trailhead and the searchers went up the area in a mountain near the parking lot," Cannon said. "And they found a backpack that belonged to him, a pair of shoes or sandals, and a few other items that belonged to him. We just have not managed to find him."

Dozens of police, rescue teams, volunteers, friends, and his family with K-9 units have been out in the area looking for Routt. Helicopters and drones have also been used to search for him.

The area was small but the cliffs and steeps, peaks, and thick wood have made the search difficult, Cannon said.

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"You're limited pretty much to searching during daylight hours, and we've had some low lying clouds and some rain and even a little bit of snow in some areas have made it difficult to continue searching," Cannon said.

He went on saying that the snow which has been projected to come soon will make the search more difficult.

Some parts of the area on the ground could not be accessed without using technical climbing equipment to be able to do the search safely.

"If he was up there and fell somehow," Cannon said. "It's entirely possible that he could have fallen to an area that the only way you'd be able to get to is by climbing down to it. So we're still in the process of covering some of those areas, as well, and it's very time consuming, difficult and [an] even dangerous process in some areas."

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Rescue crews searching for Utah man who vanished while hiking 3 weeks ago

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Utah police are searching for a man who went missing while hiking on Mount Timpanogos three weeks ago. Jacob Warner Routt, 36, texted a friend on Sept. 16 telling her that he was going out hiking and would call her back, but the friend never heard from him again.

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A hunter in Maine was aiming for a turkey, but instead hit a another man that was just passing by in the chest with a 12-gauge shotgun.

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A Maine hunter who intended to shoot a turkey on Monday morning accidentally hit a passer-by in the chest instead, authorities said.

William E. Penley was turkey hunting with his grandson when he fired a 12-gauge shotgun at one of the birds. A stray round struck Richard Hannibal in the chest, according to Maine's Lewiston Sun Journal.

Apparently, Hannibal was watching the same group of turkeys as Penley. The single pellet did not break through Hannibal's skin, but it gave him a welt, the report said, citing police scanner reports.

He refused medical treatment, authorities said.

The Maine Warden Service is investigating the accident, The Journal reported.

It was not immediately clear if Penley was licensed to hunt, but he was hunting on property belonging to one of his family members, the report said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Maine hunter aiming for turkey, shoots another man in chest: report

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A Maine hunter who intended to shoot a turkey on Monday morning accidentally hit a passer-by in the chest instead, authorities said. William E. Penley was turkey hunting with his grandson when he fired a 12-gauge shotgun at one of the birds. A stray round struck Richard Hannibal in the chest, according to Maine's Lewiston Sun Journal.

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Head coach for the Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr yelled "I don't want to be here anyways" at a ref after an ejection.

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Everyone has days where they just don't want to be at work, and Monday was one of those for Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.

Kerr was ejected from Monday's preseason game against the Phoenix Suns at Oracle Arena following a Stephen Curry technical foul and proceeded to tell the official "I don't wanna be here anyway" while waving goodbye and leaving the court:

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"I don't wanna be here anyway" - Steve Kerr after being tossed 😂 https://t.co/QKpINbE9HH

It's hard to blame Kerr for not exactly being enthusiastic about a preseason contest against the team that finished with the worst record in the league in 2017-18. After all, this Warriors squad is loaded with talent and could essentially sleepwalk through the regular season and still be in prime position to flip the switch and win a third straight championship.

Somehow a roster with Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and DeMarcus Cousins will manage not to splinter apart even though the head coach is getting thrown out of preseason games.

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Warriors' Steve Kerr Yells 'I Don't Wanna Be Here Anyway' at Ref After Ejection

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Golden State Warriors Scott Polacek Ted S. Warren/Associated Press @@ScottPolacek Twitter Logo Featured Columnist Everyone has days where they just don't want to be at work, and Monday was one of those for Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.