NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
_1 Officers killed: A sheriff ’s deputy and a community service officer died in Modesto when their patrol car struck a building and caught fire Saturday. Stanislaus County Sheriff ’s Deputy Jason Garner and his passenger, Officer Raschel Johnson, were responding to a burglary call when their car swerved and hit an auto wreckage business. California Highway Patrol Officer Thomas Olsen said the patrol car was engulfed in flames by the time emergency personnel arrived at the scene. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Garner was a nine-year veteran of the department, and Johnson had worked there for 15 years.
_2 Terminal relocation: A major moving day at Los Angeles International Airport went off without a hitch, managers said Saturday. Seven airlines switched terminals overnight, while Delta Air Lines completed the first of three days of moving operations. Several other airlines are moving Sunday. The relocation involves moving planes, transporting hundreds of computers and thousands of boxes, hauling furniture and changing signs. In all, 15 airlines are swapping terminals while others are switching ticket counters within terminals. The shuffle was prompted by Delta’s move, and that airline is picking up the costs.
_3 Haitian migrants: Hundreds of people took to the streets in Miami Saturday for a protest intended to allow Haitian immigrants who arrived after that country’s devastating 2010 earthquake to remain in the U.S. The rally took place outside a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office. President Trump’s administration must announce by May 23 whether to continue the program for about 50,000 Haitians legally living and working in the U.S. before Jan. 12, 2011. Otherwise they could face sudden deportation.
_4 Nursing home slayings: Court records show the man authorities say gunned down an Ohio police chief and two nursing home employees had a history of violence, including against a nurse who was among the slain. The suspect, Thomas Hartless, 43, was found dead inside Pine Kirk Care Center. Nurse Marlina Medrano, 46, nurse’s aide Cindy Krantz, 48, and Kirkersville Police Chief Steven Eric Disario, 36, were killed in the Friday attack. Records show Medrano had obtained civil protection orders against Hartless.
_5 Hospital shooting: Officers fatally shot an armed jail inmate and freed a hostage Saturday at a hospital in Geneva, Ill., several hours after the inmate stole a gun from the corrections officer guarding him, authorities said. A SWAT team moved in after negotiations broke down with the inmate, sheriff ’s spokesman Patrick Gengler said. One officer shot and killed the inmate, who was identified as Tywon Salters, 21. A female hostage was “extremely emotional and upset” after the shooting but appeared to be physically unhurt, Gengler said. The standoff began when the inmate snatched a gun from a correctional officer who was watching him at the hospital.