French Police have shot and killed 29-year-old Chérif Chekatt, the suspected gunman of the attack at an outdoor Christmas market in the northeast city of Strasbourg which killed five people and injured 11 others. French authorities say Chekatt had multiple criminal convictions and was on a security services watchlist as a suspected Islamist extremist. Chekatt was reportedly scheduled to be arrested for an armed robbery and attempted murder charge on the day of the shooting.
He was known to security services for a total of 27 convictions in France, Germany, and Switzerland, with 67 recorded crimes in France alone. French police considered him a “gangster-jihadist”, a term referring to people convicted of various crimes and “radicalized” in prison. Chekatt was released from prison in France in 2015, then received a prison sentence for theft in Singen, Germany and was expelled to France after his release in 2017.
On December 11th, just before 8pm, Chekatt allegedly entered the outdoor market area and opened fire in three different areas. The shooting lasted ten minutes and was heard shouting “Allahu akbar” as he fired into the crowd. He also attacked people with a knife before exchanging fire with soldiers of Opération Sentinelle and with the National Police. Despite being shot in the arm during the shootout with authorities, he escaped the area in a taxi cab. The cab driver was unharmed and reported having taken an armed and wounded man from the area to police immediately.
France issued the highest level of security alert and two days later Chekatt was killed in a shootout with French police after a manhunt involving 700 officers. An investigation was initiated after the attack and four people close to Chekatt were detained for questioning after the shooting. Those detained were his father, his mother, and two of his brothers. A fifth person was taken into custody and a search warrant was issued in Algeria for a “very radicalized” third brother. Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz, who handles terror cases throughout France, told a news conference that a total of seven people were in police custody. His parents and two of his brothers were later released “due to the lack of incriminating evidence at this stage” according to the prosecutor’s office.
Two victims of the shooting died at the scene and the three others later died in the hospital. Four of the 11 people injured are in critical condition. Anupong Suebsamarn, 45, a tourist from Thailand was shot multiple times and died at the scene. He was on holiday with his wife, who was also shot but survived. Strasbourg mayor Roland Ries told French TV that a local resident who has only been identified as a 61-year-old retired bank employee had also been killed. Kamal Naghchband, a 45 year old mechanic and father of three was shot in the head while walking with his family. He fell into a coma and died two days later. Antonio Megalizzi, a 29-year-old Italian journalist covering the European Parliament plenary session was critically injured and died of his wounds three days later. Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski, a 36-year-old Polish-born man was also critically injured in the attack and his death was announced three days later. Orent-Niedzielski and his Italian friend Antonio Megalizzi, who were at the market together, were severely injured when they tried to stop Chekatt from entering a bar during the assault.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, December 16th, 2018.
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KENDRA LYNN RAMSEY
Worcester, MA
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12/10/18
Kimberly Snyder
Sandy Nevels
Eleazar Ruiz
Jennifer Vega
Brandy Williams
Adaria Johnson
Tracey Smith
Jill Nauyokas
Jennifer Mason
Sherri Kidwell
Derelys Peterson
Morgan Alexandra
Ashley Agner
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Be Schwerin
Mya Murphy
Tonya Velazquez
Sheila Carvell
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Tom Cavalli
Lori Sexton Leal
Karen Brunet Moore
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Alexis Maureen
12/11/18
Misty Shallcross
Be Schwerin
Deborah Farris
Jeanne Marie Rousseau
Kathleen Marks
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Tonya Velazquez
Kayla Clemons
Melissa Mae
Ashley Agner
Diane Hamric
Sandy K High
Jennifer Vega
Nyeasia Pippin
Tina Auth
Karyn Koehler
Christina Cannon
April Ashcraft
Alison Giffune Paige
Cheryl Hall
12/12/18
Sherri Kidwell
Jill Nauyokas
Ashley Agner
Mya Murphy
Heather Marocco
Anna Nichols
Paula Johnson
Kacie Rogers
Dale Fish
Shannon Rush
Hunter Coffey
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Kim Avery
Josephine Casey
Geri Rus
Mikey Mellor
Amber Conaway
Wendi Black
Eleazar Ruiz
Amanda Nichole
12/13/18
Bea Patrick
Dale Fish
Jennifer Mason
Kathleen Marks
Jessica Steiner
Karen Rimiller Presley
Brooke Scott
Deborah Farris
Derelys Peterson
Nicole Blaha
Nacole Patrick
Kristi Cervantes
Emily Boxer
Kimberly Snyder
Erica Hanson
April Ashcraft
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Derek Jennings
Amie-Lee George
Jenifer Garza
France Camer
Amanda Nicole
Megan Rhyne
Nitasha Shank
Tearsa D Keith
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Sandy K High
12/14/18
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Jill Nauyokas
Jennifer Lang
Michelle Tyler Jeske
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Karen Brunet Moore
Mike Adamski
Betsy Brandon Riddle Smith
Jennifer Cameron
Amanda Nicole
Kristina Harris
Tracey Smith
Jade Good
Cheryl Hall
Crystal Dotson
LaKishia Wagers
Jessica Ownby
Jodi Stevens
Christy Marie
Dale Fish
Sunney Michelle Johnson
12/15/18
Michelle Webb
Derek Jennings
Kristina Harris
Holly Cajigas
Carla Williams
Susanne Killion
Wendi Black
Jennifer Downing
Jennifer Mason
Brittany Light
Tina Auth
Erica Hansen
Deborah Farris
Angela Janisse
Karen Brunet Moore
Darlene Whyte
Stacy Nelson
Susan Clarke Jette
Laura Bernard
Jodi Stevens
Carole Jacobs
12/16/18
Christy Hawkes
Darlene Whyte
Dale Fish
Amanda Nicole
Anna Nichols
Eleazar Ruiz
Stacy Nelson
Vickie Gipson
Cyndi Jansheski
Stevie Rosson
Ambreen Rouf
Jill Nauyokas
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Jennifer Downing
Jenifer Garza
Joanie Waterman
Kimberly Snyder
Tiffany Borek
Jessica Steiner
Alicia Johnson
Amanda Nicole Young
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, December 9th, 2018.
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TRACY SHAFER
Corvallis, OR
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12/3/18
Nikki Hunsaker
Sheila Carvell
Karen Bondehagen
Althea Thomas
David M Still
Christy Marie
Melissa Mae
Cassandra Berholtz
Brittany Light
Josephine Casey
Shannon Rush
Christy Hawkes
Melody Thomas
Nitasha Shank
Jenn Smith Jackson
Hunter Coffey
Tracy Shafer
Derek Jennings
Kim Avery
Angela Janisse
12/4/18
Amber Cheras
Amber Jacobs
Crystal Young
Preeti Chand
Angela Hendricks
Eleazar Ruiz
Edward John
Christy Marie
Becky Hartman
Carol Jean
Kim Avery
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Ashley Agner
Michelle Webb
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Wendi Black
Anna Nichols
Diane Hamric
Jen Freese
12/5/18
Jill Nauyokas
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Tonya Velazquez
Carl Buddy Mizell
Kathleen Marks
Nacole Patrick
Jodi Stevens
Christy Marie
Samantha Brwn
Jennifer Vega
Bea Patrick
Debbie Garretson
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Melissa Mae
Candace Lynn Huerta
April Ashcraft
Derek Jennings
Amanda Nichole Young
Karen Brunet Moore
Marcy Coull
12/6/18
Melissa Ann Stura Bassett
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Kim Avery
Be Schwerin
Martha Balderson
Becky Hartman
Crystal Young
Tiffany Green Elliott
Candace Lynn Huerta
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Derek Jennings
Samantha Brwn
Jessica Steiner
Eva Biggs
Carole Jacobs
Amber Jacobs
Vickie Gipson
Jan Lehman
Dawna McKnight
Andrew W Sauer
12/7/18
Jennifer Vega
Christy Marie
Stacy Nelson
Jill Nauyokas
Brooke Scott
Kathleen Marks
April Ashcraft
Ashley Agner
Anna Nichols
Gina Taylor
Vinessa Vasquez
Sandy K High
Derek Jennings
Tracy Shafer
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Alexis Maureen
Trish Marks
Natasha Berry
Lisa A Mazola
Morgan Fam
Sunney Michelle Johnson
12/8/18
Debbie Bloxom
Cyndi Jansheski
Marcy Coull
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Brittany Light
Jenifer Garza
Beth Cleveland
Alisa Jones
Phylicia Phillips
Brandi K Chaney
Melissa Mae
Abby Noelle
Nicole Blaha
Kimberly Snyder
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Misty Shallcross
Gina Taylor
Be Schwerin
Jill Nauyokas
Darlene Whyte
12/9/18
Gina Taylor
Jennifer Mason
Misty Shallcross
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Abbey Noelle
Heather Lynn Rood
Dale Fish
Nicole Blaha
Vickie Gipson
Cyndi Jansheski
Ashley Agner
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Kristina Harris
Sherri Kidwell
Samantha Brwn
Kathleen Marks
Tracey Smith
Jade Good
Marcy Coull
Eleazar Ruiz
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
JillianTyler Goshe
Darlene Whyte
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Twelve people are dead after a mass shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California. Police identified the gunman as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a Marine veteran who had deployed to Afghanistan and had a history of mental health issues. Long was found dead inside the kitchen area of the bar when the SWAT team entered the building. Most of the victims were college students attending country music night. Authorities said as many as 22 people had been injured and taken to the hospital. Nine men and three women were killed in the shooting including a 27-year-old Navy veteran who survived the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting during the Route 91 Harvest festival.
Police say that at around 11:20 p.m., Long shot security guard Sean Adler, 48, just outside the bar with a legally purchased .45-caliber Glock 21 semi-automatic pistol with a banned high-capacity magazine. Long entered the bar and began throwing smoke bombs before firing approximately 30 rounds into the crowd of more than 150 people. Patrons dropped to the ground, dashed under tables, hid in the bathroom and ran for exits, stepping over bodies sprawled across the floor.
Three minutes after the first 911 calls, 54 year old Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Ron Helus and a California Highway Patrol officer arrived at the scene. The officers heard gunshots coming from the building. Helus ran inside and was immediately shot by the gunman. The Highway Patrol Officer dragged Helus outside to safety but died from his injuries hours later. The other victims included Cody Coffman, 22; Alaina Housley, 18; Justin Meek, 23; Daniel Manrique, 33; Noel Sparks, 21; Jake Dunham, 21; Blake Dingman, 21; Kristina Morisette, 20; Marky Meza Jr., 20 and Telemachus Orfanos, 27. Orfanos’s family said he had survived the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival that left 58 people dead.
In fact, many regular patrons of the Borderline Bar & Grill were survivors of the Route 91 mass shooting. A regular patron, Brendan Kelly, 22, was among those who survived both the Vegas massacre and the shooting at the Borderline. “It was our home for the probably 30 or 45 of us who are from the greater Ventura County area who were in Vegas. That was our safe place where we went to the following week, three nights in a row just so we could be with each other.”
Police say that Long frequented the Borderline Bar & Grill and had previous run-ins with the law, including a disturbance in April at Long’s home where he lived with his mother. Police say he was irate and acting irrationally. He was evaluated by mental health professionals but was cleared by the specialists. Long served in the Marine Corps and was on active duty from August 2008 to March 2013, according to Defense Department records. Long had been married in 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but was divorced in April 2013 in Ventura County, California.
Friends of Long described him as a loner but said he was stable and didn’t show any signs of aggression. Neighbors tell a different story, with some saying they’d frequently heard him arguing with his mother at all hours and others keeping their distance because he seemed troubled. Police have not disclosed a motive in the shooting.
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A 24-year-old woman is facing 3 counts of reckless homicide and one misdemeanor count of disregarding a stop sign and causing injury after the pickup truck she was driving struck and killed three siblings who were crossing the road to get to their school bus in rural Rochester, Indiana. Six-year-old twin brothers Xzavier Ingle and Mason Ingle, and their 9-year-old sister, Alivia Stahl, died at the scene Tuesday morning. The children’s classmate and neighbor, 11-year-old Maverik Lowe, was also hit. He was airlifted to the hospital and remains hospitalized in critical condition. The children were crossing State Route 25 to get to their school bus when they were hit at about 7:15 a.m. in front of the Meiser mobile home park where they lived.
The Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. bus had stopped on the two lane road, lowered its stop-arm and had the emergency lighting activated just before the northbound Toyota Tacoma pickup truck slammed into the children as they crossed the southbound lane. Alyssa L. Shepherd, of Rochester, was arrested at her workplace, was charged and released on a $15,000 bond. Shepard told an Indiana State Police detective that she saw flashing emergency lights on the rural highway but didn’t realize it was a school bus picking up the children until it was too late. By the time she realized a bus was stopped, the children were already in front of her vehicle. Their father rushed out of their home and identified them after police arrived to investigate, officials said. State Police Detective Michelle Jumper testified at a probable cause hearing into charges against Alyssa Shepherd, the bus driver told investigators he saw the oncoming truck’s headlights. The bus driver stated that because the truck was far back and had plenty of time to slow, the driver waved to the children, telling them to cross. The bus driver honked the horn when it was clear the truck wasn’t stopping. Jumper testified that Shepherd told her she typically did not drive on the route where the crash occurred and that she had three children in the back seat of her truck when she allegedly struck and killed the three siblings.
A witness driving behind Shepherd said she and Shepherd were traveling 45 mph. The witness said the truck’s headlights illuminated the children as they were crossing the road and she said she started to freak out as she realized ‘I’m slowing down, but that truck in front of me is not slowing.” Shepherd remained at the scene after the crash, cooperating with investigators. She was given a blood test as is standard in all fatal crashes, but police said they do not think alcohol or drugs were a factor. Shepard who works as children’s director at Faith Outreach, a Foursquare Gospel Church in Rochester then went to work to pray.
Parents who live in the mobile home park had previously asked the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation to change the bus route so the children didn’t have to cross State Route 25 to catch the bus. Parents complained that it was dangerous for children to cross a highway where vehicles routinely travel at 50 to 60 mph. Elgin Ingle, the uncle of the children who died said “There’s plenty of room for the school bus to pull into the mobile home park and pick up these kids. This school has been warned that this is an issue. My brother is torn apart, he didn’t lose one kid, he lost all his kids,” Ingle said. “How do you tell your little brother it’ll get better? You can’t. My brother, the most loving man in the world and the best father I’ve ever known, now is a father to no one.” Blaine Conley, superintendent of the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation, released a statement that stating that the bus stop will be relocated from State Road 25 into the mobile home park where the children lived.
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Federal authorities have made an arrest in the pipe bomb mailings four days after the investigation began. Cesar Sayoc, a 56 year old DJ and former stripper, is accused of sending 13 pipe bombs through the mail to a range of Democrats and critics of the president. Authorities say Sayoc left a trail of forensic and digital evidence behind that authorities used to track him down and arrest him. Prosecutors charged Sayoc with five federal crimes and he faces more than 50 years in prison if convicted on all charges.
Sayoc, who has a long criminal history, was arrested in Florida after investigators linking DNA found on two bomb packages to a sample that was previously collected by the state of Florida. They also matched his fingerprints to one from a separate pipe bomb mailing he sent. Authorities say he had previously filed for bankruptcy and appeared to be living in his van, showering on the beach or at a local fitness center.
Authorities launched an investigation after packages containing homemade pipe bombs were sent to prominent Democrats. The packages were sent to Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George Soros, former Attorney General Eric Holder, Congress member Maxine Waters and former CIA Director John Brennan. Investigators say the devices may have originated in southern Florida and were sent through the U.S. Postal Service. The 10 packages being examined had a return address for Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and on some of the packages, her last name was misspelled.
CNN had to evacuate its New York office in Manhattan after it received what police described as a “live explosive device.” The package was delivered by courier to CNN’s offices at the Time Warner Center in New York and was addressed to the former CIA director John Brennan. The package also contained an envelope containing white powder. Police are also investigating a suspicious package found early this morning that was mailed to actor Robert De Niro’s restaurant in New York. De Niro has frequently publicly criticized the president. Two additional packages were intercepted Thursday, headed for former Vice President Joe Biden in Delaware. Authorities discovered the two packages at post offices in Delaware addressed to the former vice president. At least one of them had been misaddressed and returned to sender. No one was hurt in any of the cases.
Authorities say the devices sent to Soros, Brennan and the Democratic officials appeared to be pipe bombs that were rudimentary but functional. All the explosive devices had similar construction, had timer devices and at least one contained projectiles, including shards of glass. Sources say the bombs were unstable and could have been set off by handling. The FBI said all the packages were in manila envelopes with bubble-wrap interior and had six American flag Forever stamps on the envelopes.
Investigators are analyzing the crude devices to reveal whether they were intended to detonate or simply cause fear before the Midterm Election. Law enforcement officials said that the devices, containing timers and batteries, were not rigged to explode upon opening. They are uncertain whether the devices were just poorly designed or never intended to cause physical harm.
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After weeks of denials and shifting narratives on the whereabouts of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the government of Saudi Arabia has finally admitted that Khashoggi is dead. Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2 and was never seen again. Saudi officials now say Khashoggi was killed in a “fistfight” inside the consulate and that 18 Saudis had been arrested in connection with the death.
Turkish officials still maintain that Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and dismembered by a squad of 15 Saudi hit men shortly after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. They claim that audio and video recordings show Saudi officials used a bone saw to dismember Khashoggi’s body. They maintain that it was a premeditated hit carried out by a squad of hit men and that one of the men was a forensic specialist specifically brought in to conceal the crime.
CNN aired CCTV footage obtained from the Turkish authorities, showing the Saudi agent Mustafa Mohammed Madani, a member of the 15-man team, leaving the consulate by the back door. Madani was dressed in Khashoggi’s clothes, aside for mismatched shoes. He had also put on a fake beard that resembled Khashoggi’s facial hair, his glasses and his Apple Watch. Madani, who was of similar age, height, and build to Khashoggi, left the consulate from its back door and was later seen at Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, where he went to a public bathroom and changed back to his own clothes and discarded Khashoggi’s clothes.
The body double footage bolstered Turkish claims that the Saudis always intended either to kill Khashoggi or move him back to Saudi Arabia. Anonymous Turkish officials believe that Madani was brought to Istanbul to act as a body double and that “You don’t need a body double for a rendition or an interrogation. Our assessment has not changed since October 6. This was a premeditated murder, and the body was moved out of the consulate.”
An anonymous Saudi official claims Khashoggi had been threatened with kidnapping by Maher Mutreb and when he resisted, he was restrained with a chokehold, which killed him. Madani then left the consulate through the back door dressed in Khashoggi’s clothes. Khashoggi’s body was rolled up in a carpet and given to a “local cooperator” for disposal. The official claims it was Mutreb who overstepped by threatening a kidnapping and accidental killing. The team then filed a false report indicating they let Khashoggi leave after he warned of Turkish police interference. The official provided Saudi documents indicating the operation was part of a wider initiative to bring expatriate dissidents home and the original plan was to keep Khashoggi in an Istanbul safe house for a period where he would be persuaded to return home or eventually released. Many have been skeptical of their claims and still believe the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the hit.
Saudi officials again changed their story after Saudi Arabia’s attorney general said that evidence shared by Turkish officials suggests that the killing was premeditated. They now admit that the killing was premeditated and carried out by a rogue team, still maintaining that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had no prior knowledge of the killing. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has directly accused Saudi Arabia of the premeditated murder, calling it a political killing orchestrated by Saudi officials. Erdogan urged Saudi Arabia to disclose who ordered the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as well as the identity of a “local cooperator” involved in the murder plot. He also called for the Saudi suspects to be tried in Turkey. Erdogan said Turkey has more information about the case than it has shared so far, suggesting he could release more details if the Saudis refuse to reveal vital information.
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Russian officials say the gunmen who killed 21 people and wounded 53 more before killing himself at a vocational school in Crimea was an 18 year old student of the school. The shooter, identified as Vladislav Roslyakov, described as a shy loner, also set off an explosive device. He committed suicide in the library after the assault at Kerch Polytechnic College. Officials are still investigating a motive in the attack which is the deadliest instance of school violence in the region since the 2004 Beslan terror attack, which killed 333 people, most of them children.
At first, officials reported a gas explosion at the school but later said an explosive device had ripped through the cafeteria during lunchtime in a suspected terrorist attack. Eventually, the attack was classified as a mass murder attack at the school carried out by one person. The Investigative Committee said the homemade explosive device rigged with shrapnel went off in the school lunchroom and a second explosive device was later found and destroyed.
Guns are tightly restricted in Russia. Civilians can own only hunting rifles and smooth-bore shotguns and must undergo significant background checks. Local officials said Roslyakov had only recently received a permit to own a shotgun which he bought on September 8th. Officials say Roslyakov bought 150 rounds of ammunition at a gun shop on October 13. Just four days later on October 17th, he entered the school grounds at about 11:46 a.m. and began his attack. Several witnesses described the gunman walking up and down the halls at Kerch Polytechnic College and firing randomly at classmates and teachers. He also fired at computer monitors, locked doors and fire extinguishers. A survivor of the attack said the shooting lasted about 15 minutes.
Security footage at the school shows Roslyakov enter the technical college carrying a sports bag and bypassing security. He then entered the school’s lunchroom with a rucksack and leaving without it. The footage captures him going up to the school’s first floor empty-handed just before a fire ball and a massive explosion blows out windows and doors on the ground floor. Roslyakov is then shown walking towards a female teacher in a corridor and gunning her down, before shooting an approaching student. A security camera image carried by Russian media showed Roslyakov, calmly walking down the stairs of the school with the shotgun in his gloved hand while wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Hate.”
A video taken by an unknown survivor of the attack shows a terrified group of students and staff running through a hallway as gunshots and screaming can be heard nearby. The group talk in whispers as they search for safety, not knowing where the gunmen is. The video shows them briefly in a classroom and then another hallway. They approach a stairwell and see a body on the stairs below before turning back down the hall and down another stairwell. Terrified, they cautiously look down the stairs before making a run through a doorway and to an outside exit.
If you’re thinking some details in this story sound very familiar you are correct. His outfit resembled that of Eric Harris, one of the perpetrators of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. The Columbine attackers also tried but ultimately failed to detonate an explosive device in the cafeteria. Similar to Columbine, Roslyakov also retreated to the school library to commit suicide after the attack. A friend of the shooter said he had an interest in the Columbine school shooting in the US. Also leading to speculation that the massacre was a copycat crime is the fact that some Russian news outlets have reported that Roslyakov belonged to a fan club on social media for the columbine shooters. Russian news outlets have dubbed the shooting the “Russian Columbine,” because of the similarities.
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Over 13 years after Hurricane Katrina, a man who shot three black men as they were evacuating Hurricane Katrina-ravaged New Orleans has pleaded guilty to a hate crime. Roland Bourgeois Jr., 55, abandoned his previous not-guilty plea as part of a deal with prosecutors, rather than face a trial that was set for Nov. 26. The case is one of several high-profile, racism-fueled crimes that took place in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane.
Roland Bourgeois admitted he shot the men because of their race and reportedly told his neighbor, “Anything coming up this street darker than a brown paper bag is getting shot.” He was indicted five years after Katrina on allegations that he fired a shotgun at three black men in Algiers Point during the immediate aftermath of the storm. His case has dragged on for years, being delayed over a dozen times amid questions about his physical and mental health.
Federal prosecutors allege that in the days after the storm ravaged the city, Bourgeois and his friends banded together to protect the Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans from “outsiders” after the storm. Within days, a band of 15 to 30 locals had taken up weapons, barricaded the streets with debri and regularly patrolled the neighborhood. Residents say they were trying to keep their homes from being overrun by thieves and outlaws. Bourgeois was quoted as saying he wanted to stop people “from tearing up the city” and using a racial slur. Bourgeois reportedly said he would shoot anyone who was “darker than a brown paper bag” and came close to his home on Vallette Street.
When three black men who were headed to the Algiers Point ferry landing, where authorities had set up an evacuation point, walked by his home, Bourgeois fired his shotgun at them. He struck all three at least once and then bragged that he “got” one of the men following the shooting and displayed the bloodied baseball cap that fell from the wounded man’s head, according to prosecutors. All three men survived the unprovoked attack including the one most seriously wounded, Donnell Herrington.
Herrington says he was walking to the terminal with his 17 year old cousin, Marcel Alexander, and a friend, Chris Collins when a white man pointed a shotgun at them and fired without saying a word. The first shotgun blast ripped into his throat, torso and arms. Somehow, Herrington got to his feet and began running. He remembers two more armed men joining the first gunman and then he was shot in the back as he tried to escape. Herrington staggered to the home of an African-American couple who drove him to West Jefferson Medical Center. Doctors discovered buckshot in his arms, chest, abdomen and back. A cluster of pellets had torn open the internal jugular vein along the right side of his throat and he underwent emergency surgery to repair the shredded vein. Both Alexander and Collins witnessed the shooting and also suffered minor gunshot wounds.
Bourgeois pleaded guilty under terms of a deal struck between Bourgeois and federal prosecutors. The plea agreement states that Bourgeois pleads guilty to two charges and the government will dismiss the original indictments involving hate crimes and firearms charges. The first charge alleges that he willfully injured, intimidated and interfered with the three men including the use of a dangerous weapon. The second says he knowingly possessed, carried and used the shotgun during the acts listed in count one.
The deal proposes that Bourgeois’ sentence must be more than 5 years, but less than 10 years. The government announced they will pursue the maximum sentence. If the judge accepts the agreement, Bourgeois would forfeit his right to appeal his convictions and sentencing will move forward. His sentencing is set for Jan. 17, 2019. If the deal is rejected, Bourgeois has the opportunity to withdraw his guilty plea and face trial.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, October 14th, 2018.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, October 14th, 2018 was:
BARBARA CARTER
Hallsville, MO
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
10/8/18
Tracy Shafer
Mary Ann Cody
Amanda Lynn
Jill Nauyokas
Be Schwerin
Amy Conyers
Bea Patrick
Deborah Farris
Eleazar Ruiz
Nikki Hunsaker
Beth Embrey
Ash Blackwell
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Michelle Webb
Barbara Carter
Nacole Patrick
Alicia Dansby
Kathleen Marks
Becky Hartman
Kayla Hernandez
Kimberly Taylor Hall
10/9/18
Kathleen Marks
Tracy Shafer
Be Schwerin
Kayla Clemons
Eleazar Ruiz
Kathleen Hickman
Mary Ann Cody
Morgan Alexander
Tracey Smith
Paula Johnson
Kimberly Snyder
Hunter Coffey
Christy Martinez
Jennifer Marie
Paula Rivers
Isis Sample
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Sherri Kidwell
Fanny Wat
Alexandria Fields
Nikki Bankert
Melissa White
10/10/18
Brooke Scott
Tonya Velazquez
Michelle Webb
Traci Anderson
Beth Embrey
Deborah Farris
Tracy Shafer
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Mya Murphy
Debbie Gremlin
Robin Jedele
Alicia Dansby
Karen Brunet Moore
Jessica Ownby
Shannon Rush
Harvinder K. Singh
Christina Domingue
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Jennifer Alford
Nitasha Shank
Josephine Casey
Diane Mullins Scott
Zack Sudler
10/11/18
Shannon Rush
Kimberly Snyder
Josephine Casey
Tiffany Borek
Paula Johnson
Brittany Light
Katherine Oliveira
Kathi Taylor
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Andrew W Sauer
Deborah Farris
Karen Goodwin Delaney
Debbie Gremlin
Brooke Scott
Amanda Sue
Mya Murphy
Kathleen Marks
Nicole Blaha
Pamela Gonzalez
Jill Nauyokas
Jennifer Kinner
Kymi Adams
Alyssa DiFazio
Kayla Clemons
10/12/18
Christy Hawkes
Kacie Rogers
Andrew W Sauer
Becky Hartman
Angel Shearl
Jennifer Vega
Nikki Bankert
Traci Anderson
Stacy Nelson
Brittany Light
Kathleen Hickman
Karyn Koehler
Rosanne Clark
Vickie Gipson
Dawn Raasch
Thalia BunBunz
Laurie Griffith
Amy Chavis
Crystal Young
Cyndi Jansheski
10/13/18
Nicole Blaha
Hunter Coffey
Joanie Waterman
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Dena Baji
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Jill Nauyokas
Christy Hawkes
Vickie Gipson
Kathleen Marks
Be Schwerin
Bridgette Deason
Jennifer Vega
Marcy Coull
Carla Williams
Stacy Nelson
Crystal Young
Paula Johnson
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Tonya Velazquez
10/14/18
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Jill Nauyokas
Be Schwerin
Pamela Gonzalez
Christy Martinez
Kimberly Snyder
Jennifer Vega
Beth Cleveland
Vickie Gipson
Hunter Coffey
Nicole Blaha
Kathleen Hickman
Tracy Heyer
Alicia Dansby
Brittany Light
Melissa Mae
Cheryl Hall
Rosanne Clark
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Brooke Scott
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
You may also find that if you “Like” BOTH of the business pages, you will receive faster notifications of the other players as they post their answers to compete with you!
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