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11-year-old charged, accused of taking mom’s gun to shoot 2 teens after fight at football practice

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11-year-old charged, accused of taking mom’s gun to shoot 2 teens after fight at football practice

APOPKA, Florida — An 11-year-old boy retrieved a gun from an unlocked box in his mother’s vehicle and shot two 13-year-olds following an altercation that began during a Pop Warner football practice in central Florida, police said Tuesday.

The child fired one shot on Monday night, hitting one teen in the arm and the other in the torso, Apopka police Chief Mike McKinley said during a Tuesday morning news conference. He said surveillance video showed that both teens were running away from the boy when the shot was fired.

The two teens are stable, McKinley said.

The shooting was reported about 8:18 p.m., and officers arrived at the scene about four minutes later, McKinley added.

Responding officers took the gun from the child, and he was detained, McKinley said. The boy was later charged with one count of attempted second-degree murder and booked into the juvenile assessment center. The chief said the boy’s mother may face a second-degree misdemeanor charge of leaving a gun unsecured.

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“As a society, we need to reflect on this. We see this all the time now,” McKinley said. “It’s a shame. No one wants to arrest an 11-year-old by any means.”

McKinley added that any additional charges will be up to the court system.

“Our hope is that the 11-year-old gets the assistance he needs to make sure this isn’t a resolution for the rest of his life. He’s 11, he’s got a long life ahead of him,” McKinley said. “There’s no doubt that he can turn things around. Hopefully, our court system, with diversion programs and counseling and other things, can help him past this and move to a point where reaching for a firearm is not his resolution for the future.”

McKinley did not say what the altercation was about. An investigation is underway.

He said there were lots of parents and children at the practice, and additional adults and children were at a nearby soccer practice. No one else was injured.

Apopka is about 20 miles northwest of Orlando, Florida.

11-year-old charged, accused of taking mom’s gun to shoot 2 teens after fight at football practice

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Just in: In assassination attempt, Slovakia’s Prime Minister shot multiple times 

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Just in: In assassination attempt, Slovakia’s Prime Minister shot multiple times 

Robert Fico, Slovakia’s prime minister, has been taken to hospital in a “life-threatening condition” after he was shot multiple times on Wednesday.

According to his official social media account, the 59-year-old leader was hit in the abdomen outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova.

Police have detained a suspect. There was no immediate information on the motive.

Reuters reported Zuzana Caputova, President of Slovakia, as condemning the “brutal and ruthless” attack on Fico.

She said in a televised statement, “A physical attack on the prime minister is, first of all, an attack on a person, but it is also an attack on democracy.”

The Russian ambassador to Slovakia Igor Bratchikov also condemned the shooting of Fico.

“I strongly condemn this act of violence and express my conviction of the necessity of punishment for the perpetrators,” Bratchikov said in a letter to Fico that the Russian embassy shared on its Facebook page.

Fico, a third-time premier with the left-wing Smer (Direction) party, won Slovakia’s September 30 parliamentary elections, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message.

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Updated: Three years after separation, Melinda resigns as co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 

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Updated: Three years after separation, Melinda resigns as co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 

Melinda French Gates said on Monday she would resign as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that she helped lead for about 24 years.

In May 2021, the couple announced their plans to divorce after 27 years of marriage. Despite their breakup, they agreed to continue working together at the foundation.

But that other agreement has broken down too.

“After careful consideration and reflection, I have decided to step down from my role as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,” Melinda, 59, wrote in a statement on Instagram on Monday, May 13.

“My last day at the foundation will be June 7.”

As part of her separation agreement from former husband and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, Melinda said she would receive additional $12.5 billion for her charitable work.

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According to her, she plans to put the funds in her next venture of helping women and their families.

“I will tell you more about what this will look like in the near future,” she added.

Melinda also said, “This is not a decision I came to lightly.

“I am immensely proud of the foundation that Bill and I built together and of the extraordinary work it is doing to address inequities around the world.”

Three years after separation, Melinda resigns as co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates

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Man shoots stepmom trying to hug him during graduation ceremony

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May 11, 2024

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Man shoots stepmom trying to hug him during graduation ceremony

A woman has been shot by her stepson after she tried to hug him during a high school graduation ceremony.

The incident happened on Wednesday at Albuquerque in New Mexico, United States of America.

The man identified as Christian Bencomo, 21, is currently being held with no bail.

According to Fox News, Albuquerque Police Department (APD) said it received a call around 5 p.m. that shots were fired at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

The media outlet report that authorities said the woman was attending the Southwest Secondary Learning Center graduation for her son.

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Her stepson arrived and “as she started to hug him, he produced a handgun and shot her in the neck,” police said.

APD Communications Director, Gilbert Gallegos, told the media at the scene there was a lot of chaos at the time.

Gallegos said there were over 100 people at the charter school graduation ceremony at the time, adding that the woman was rushed to a hospital and is expected to survive.

Bencomo was held by bystanders until the police arrived, the APD said.

According to jail records at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center, Bencomo has been charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon, aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony, aggravated battery with intent to cause great bodily harm to a family member and preventative detention

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