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Police: 2 dead, 2 wounded in shooting after Florida funeral
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Gunfire erupted after a funeral Saturday in Florida, killing a teenager and a man and leaving two other people wounded, police said.
Riviera Beach police said in a statement that the shooting happened near the Victory City Church shortly after 2:30 p.m. They said a 15-year-old boy and the man died at the scene. A woman and a teenager were taken to the hospital. Their conditions were not released, nor the names of the victims. No arrests have been made.
Police said listening devices in the area that detect the sound of gunshots counted 13 rounds fired.
Pastor Tywuante D. Lupoe said in a video statement posted on Facebook that the church was “very aware” that violence was a possibility at the funeral because of a family dispute and that it had provided armed security. A Riviera Beach police officer also was present, he said.
He said the security guards and police officer had left after the service when there were only a few stragglers remaining in the area. He said that’s when a fight broke out across the street from the church and the shooting erupted. He said none of the victims are church members and no one was injured on its property. He did not provide further details about the funeral.
Phoenix police: 2 men, 1 woman dead after shootings at home
PHOENIX — Three people are dead following a shooting Friday night at a home where one man killed another and a woman and also himself, a Phoenix Police Department said.
Detective Luis Samudio identified the victims as 52-year-old Sabrina MiranGarcia and Gonzalo Augustin, 53, and the dead suspect as Brian Santiago, 27.
Miran-Garcia was found dead in front of the residence while the bodies of the two men were found inside in different parts of the residence, Samudio said.
Preliminary information indicated the three all lived at the residence but their relationships weren’t immediately determined, Samudio said.
Police earlier said that the suspect later identified as Santiago was hospitalized in critical condition.
Tucson man sentenced for sending threatening letters to cops
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Arizona man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for sending letters threatening to kill police officers in New Mexico but he’s already served that time behind bars while his case was pending.
A federal judge in Albuquerque sentenced 52-yearold Brian Clayton Charles of Tucson on Friday on five counts of mailing threatening communication while granting him credit for 18 months in custody.
Charles pleaded guilty on Sept. 10, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Mexico said Charles acknowledged send threatening letters to Albuquerque police officers in 2016.
Charles threatened in the letters to “cause the city residents to kill the officers and pile their bodies in mass graves in a cemetery, the office said.
Iraqi blocs select new PMdesignate after weeks of jockeying
BAGHDAD — Former communications minister Mohammed Allawi was named prime ministerdesignate by rival Iraqi factions Saturday after weeks of political deadlock.
The choice comes as the country weathers troubled times, including ongoing anti-government protests and the constant threat of being ensnared by festering U.S.-Iran tensions.
The selection of Allawi, 66, to replace outgoing Prime Minister Adel AbdulMahdi was the product of many back-room talks over months between rival parties.
In Tahrir Square, the epicenter of Iraq’s four-month anti-government protest movement, demonstrators rejected Allawi’s candidacy. Demonstrators, who have long said they would not accept a candidate chosen by the establishment, erected portraits of the new premier-designate crossed with an “X.” Some chanted “Allawi out!”
But many feared they would clash with followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who recently reversed a decision to withdraw support from the protest movement.