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1 Juvenile Arrested For Killing Five In Washington State
Five people were killed yesterday in Fall City, Washington, and a juvenile suspect was arrested in connection with the killings. Deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a home in the city roughly 25-miles east of Seattle around 5 am yesterday. When deputies arrived, they found three children and two adults dead. Another person in their mid-teens was hospitalized according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. The teenage suspect was expected to be charged with first-degree or second-degree murder. It wasn’t clear yesterday what connection the alleged shooter had to the people killed, if any. Authorities said there was no know history of any prior police activity at the house where the shooting happened. Officials said that crime scene investigators from the state would be assisting in what deputies said would be a lengthy investigation into a “significant” shooting.
2 Secretary Of State Heads To Middle East For New Ceasefire Push
Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed back to the Middle East yesterday to make another push for a ceasefire in the region and an end to the war in Gaza. It’s the eleventh trip Blinken has made to the area since the October 7th, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, and comes as Israel has stepped up attacks against Iran-backed militants such as Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
3 Man Arrested For Allegedly Threatening Pennsylvania Party Employee Over Poll Watchers
Court documents revealed yesterday that a Pennsylvania man was charged with threatening to kill a state political party employee. John Courtney Pollard of Philadelphia is accused of sending threatening messages to the party employee, including a vow to “SKIN YOU ALIVE,” after the employee posted on social media looking for volunteers to “observe at the polls on Election Day” and included a personal cell phone number. Pennsylvania is one of many states that allow outside observers to monitor polling locations. Neither the employee nor the political party they worked for were revealed in the federal indictment that charged Pollard with one count of transmitting interstate threats.