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Here’s what we know so far about the escaped inmate, as a search involving hundreds of police officers enters its second day. ‘Well known’ to authoritiesMohamed Amra, nicknamed “La Mouche” or “The Fly,” is “very well known” to the French justice system having sustained a total of 13 convictions, according to Paris state prosecutor Laure Beccuau. It is understood that Amra had attempted to escape from Évreux prison two days prior to the ambush. So colleagues moved him to a disciplinary unit.”In an interview on French radio, Amra’s mother said she broke down crying when she heard about the deadly ambush. French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti told reporters that the incident was the first time a French prison employee has died while working since 1992.

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☆ Hundreds of Officers Pursue Manhunt After Deadly Ambush in France
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Hundreds of police officers in France were searching on Wednesday for an escaped inmate and the armed assailants who freed him during a violent ambush of a prison convoy a day earlier, an attack that left two guards dead, deeply shocked the nation and set off protests by prison guards around the country. “We’re putting considerable resources into it,” Gérald Darmanin, France’s interior minister, told RTL radio the morning after the ambush, which a small group of assailants staged at a tollbooth on a major highway about 85 miles northwest of Paris. Over 450 officers, he said, have searched the area of the country where the assailants used two cars to block the prison convoy before emerging with automatic weapons and firing repeatedly, killing two guards and injuring three others before fleeing with the freed inmate.

Persons: We’re, Gérald Organizations: RTL Locations: France, Paris

Paris CNN —At least two gunmen ambushed a prison convoy and broke out an inmate in Normandy on Tuesday, killing two prison guards and wounding three others, according to French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti. The violent incident, extremely rare for that part of northern France, took place as the vehicle was transporting a prisoner from court to a nearby prison, Dupond-Moretti said. Video from the scene showed a black SUV in flames that appeared to have crashed into a prison van near a motorway toll booth, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported. Dupond-Moretti told reporters that the incident was the first time a French prison employee had died while working since 1992. A forensics team inspects the site of a prison convoy ambush in France on Tuesday in which two guards were killed.

Persons: Eric Dupond, Moretti, Dupond, ” Dupond, Alain Jocard, Gerald Darmanin, Emmanuel Macron, ” Organizations: Paris CNN —, French, CNN, BFMTV, Getty Images Locations: Normandy, France, AFP

☆ ‘Franklin’ review: Michael Douglas can’t quite catch lightning as Benjamin Franklin in new Apple TV+ series
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“Franklin” comes from “John Adams” writer-producer Kirk Ellis, with Howard Korder (“Boardwalk Empire”), director Tim Van Patten (“The Sopranos”) and former HBO programming chief Richard Plepler joining him among the executive producers with pedigreed connections to that network. Michael Douglas and Ludivine Sagnier in "Franklin." Yet unlike “John Adams,” it lacks the level of supporting players and driving tension related to the Adams-Thomas Jefferson dynamic to provide a strong sense of narrative momentum. But even those attributes, and Douglas’ interpretation of them, don’t quite prove inventive enough to compensate for its shortcomings. “Franklin” premieres April 12 on Apple TV+.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett's disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, then lying to Chicago police about it. The court on Wednesday accepted the appeal from Smollett, formerly a cast member of the television drama “Empire.” It will review a December state appellate court ruling that upheld his 2021 conviction by a Cook County jury. A special prosecutor refiled charges against Smollett after Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx dropped the case and Smollett forfeited his $10,000 bond and conducted community service, which Smollett argues ended the case. Testimony at his trial indicated Smollett paid $3,500 to two men whom he knew from “Empire,” which was filmed in Chicago, to carry out the attack. ___Check out the Associated Press' complete coverage of the Jussie Smollett case.

Persons: Jussie, Kim Foxx, Smollett, Freddrenna Lyle, ”, Donald Trump's Organizations: Ill, Chicago, Smollett, Associated Press Locations: SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Chicago, Cook, MAGA

☆ ‘Manhunt’ review: Tobias Menzies stars in Apple’s bland Lincoln-assassination thriller
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —What sounds like an enticing historical thriller mostly falls flat in “Manhunt,” an Apple TV+ series about the frantic search for John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Anthony Boyle as John Wilkes Booth in "Manhunt." That’s especially true of Booth, through no fault of Boyle’s, who as written possesses less depth than his flamboyantly villainous mustache. “Manhunt” sounds promising on paper, only to mirror Apple’s even-splashier World War II series “Masters of the Air” by offering a meticulously produced window into the past that only fitfully gets off the ground. “Manhunt” premieres March 15 on Apple TV+.

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☆ Parents of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie set for mediation in emotional distress lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Christopher and Roberta Laundrie denied being told by their son that he killed Petito, though Roberta Laundrie said the thought “probably went through my mind.”Petito’s family reported the 22-year-old missing on September 11, 2021, 10 days after Brian Laundrie returned to his parents’ home in North Port, Florida. He vanished soon after, igniting a weekslong manhunt that ended with the discovery of his remains in a Florida nature reserve. The latest lawsuit names Christopher and Roberta Laundrie and their attorney, Steven Bertolino, as defendants, claiming the trio’s actions during the search for Petito caused her parents severe emotional distress. Nichole Schmidt, mother of Gabby Petito, speaks alongside, from left, Tara Petito, Petito's stepmother; Joseph Petito, her father; Richard Stafford, the family's attorney; and Jim Schmidt, her stepfather; during a news conference in September 2021 in Bohemia, New York. Their statements were not intended to cause emotional distress but to “express” their “sincere wishes,” they argue.

Persons: Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie, Petito, Petito’s, Wyoming’s, Roberta Laundrie, “, ”, ’, Brian Laundrie’s, Christopher, Steven Bertolino, Joseph Petito, Nichole Schmidt, Tara Petito, Petito's, Richard Stafford, Jim Schmidt, John Minchillo, Miss Petito, Bertolino “, CNN’s Jean Casarez, Elizabeth Wolfe Organizations: CNN, Wednesday’s, Bertolino, Miss, ” Locations: Wyoming’s Bridger, Teton, Forest, North Port , Florida, Florida, Bohemia , New York

Because I am capable," Card said to the New York State Police officers. He appeared thinner than normal, his fellow reservists said. An earlier report by state police indicated he had threatened fellow reservists. But New York State Police said in a statement that he was never in custody. Card was driven to Keller Army Hospital for evaluation by fellow reservists, and troopers followed the private vehicle.

Persons: Robert Card, “ They’re, he’d “, “, ”, he'd, Card Organizations: —, Army, WMTW, Information, New York State Police, Maine State Police, Card, Keller Army Hospital, Police, New Locations: PORTLAND, Maine, New York, Lewiston, Saco, Bowdoin

None of the children aboard the bus were hurt, city spokesperson Emily Roy said. The incident began with reports of gunshots being exchanged between people in two vehicles, said city spokesperson Andrew Dickinson. The vehicles then moved toward the busy intersection where the crash with the school bus occurred, Dickinson said. A red Dodge Charger took off while the suspects from a second vehicle, an SUV, got out and ran. Marshals Service in Portland, Maine, confirmed it was on scene helping the Saco Police Department — part of a large police presence in downtown Saco.

Persons: Emily Roy, Andrew Dickinson, Dickinson, ”, ___ Perry Organizations: Schools, Local, ” Police, Dodge, U.S . Marshals Service, Saco Police, Thornton Academy, “ Locations: SACO , Maine, Saco , Maine, Portland , Maine, Saco, downtown, Maine, Meredith , New Hampshire

☆ London Police Launch Manhunt After Chemical Attack Leaves Several Injured
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON (Reuters) - British police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who injured several people by throwing a corrosive chemical on them, with political attention focusing on his status as someone who had been granted asylum after a conviction for sexual assault. Three other women and one man who came to their aid suffered minor burns injuries and five police officers who responded were also injured. "Wednesday's attack on a mother and her two children in Clapham was appalling," Britain's interior minister James Cleverly said in a statement on Friday. A source familiar with the case told Reuters that Ezedi had been granted asylum in Britain and had a previous conviction for sexual assault. Police said it was reported that Ezedi had thrown a child to the ground and that the chemical used in the attack was alkaline.

Persons: Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, James, Ezedi, Rishi Sunak, David Johnston, Robert Jenrick, Sachin Ravikumar, Andrew MacAskill, Gareth Jones Organizations: British, London's Metropolitan Police, Reuters, Police, BBC, Sunak's Conservative Party Locations: Clapham, London, Britain, Afghanistan, Rwanda

☆ Illinois Man Who Shot 8 People to Death Was Family to Most of His Victims
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Steve Gorman(Reuters) - A man who fatally shot eight people in Illinois over the weekend before taking own life as law enforcement closed in on him in Texas was a family relative to most of his victims, but his motives remain a mystery, police said on Tuesday. The suspect, 23-year-old Romeo Nance, shot himself to death on Monday night as U.S. marshals gave chase outside a gasoline station near San Antonio, Texas, ending a manhunt that began 24 hours earlier about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the north outside Chicago, police said. Will County sheriff's deputies tied that slaying to the getaway car used in the nearby shooting of another man who survived his attack with a leg wound. Dan Jungles, deputy chief sheriff, said Nance had an "extensive criminal history" but that getting answers to the killings may ultimately confound investigators. "We may never know the truth of the motive behind these senseless killings," he said.

Persons: Steve Gorman, Romeo Nance, Nance, Williams Evans, Evans, Dan, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters, Joliet Police Locations: Illinois, Texas, San Antonio , Texas, Chicago, Joliet , Illinois, Nigerian, Will County, Los Angeles

Director John Woo poses during a photocall for the movie "Zhuibu (Manhunt)" at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Acquire Licensing RightsLOS ANGELES, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Director John Woo opted not to have any actor dialogue in the action-thriller film "Silent Night," and focus on his own unique visual and sound techniques to engage audiences. Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman plays Godlock, and most of the dialogue in the film comes from either radio broadcasts or police communications. In fact, Kinnaman said, Woo encouraged long takes where the actors had to improvise to create the feeling of a real fight. Reporting by Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: John Woo, Alessandro Bianchi, Woo, ”, Brian Godluck, he’s, Godluck, Joel Kinnaman, Kinnaman, he's, Rollo Ross, Danielle Broadway, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Venice Film, REUTERS, Lionsgate, Hollywood, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Hollywood, Hong Kong, Swedish, Godluck

☆ Sierra Leone: Fresh gunfire rings out after more than 13 killed during attacks on military barracks and prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Residents of Freetown said on social media that a fresh round of gunshots was heard on Tuesday afternoon in the Murray Town suburb. “Thirteen soldiers were killed in action,” Sierra Leone’s army spokesman Colonel Issa Bangura told CNN Tuesday of the botched attack on the army base. Prison officials estimate that the number of fleeing inmates could be above 1,800. A cash reward has been offered for tip-offs leading to the arrest of either the assailants or prison escapees. A nationwide curfew was imposed following the series of attacks on Sunday, leading to widespread flight disruption at the Freetown International Airport.

Persons: “, Umaru Fofana, …, Sierra, Issa Bangura, ” Bangura, ”, Maada Organizations: CNN, Sierra, Facebook, Manhunt, Police, Airport, Authorities, European Union, Ecowas Locations: Sierra Leonean, Freetown, Murray Town, Sierra, Murray, Kingtom, West, West African, United States, European

Nov 27 (Reuters) - The man accused of shooting and wounding three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, over the weekend pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges on Monday and was ordered by a judge to remain held without bond. All three men are undergraduate students at colleges in other cities but were staying with Awartani and his relatives in Burlington for the Thanksgiving holiday. [1/8]Jason J. Eaton, 48, a suspect who was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent, poses for a police booking photograph in Burlington, Vermont, U.S. November 27, 2023. Police said the suspect had legally acquired the gun used in the shooting a few months ago. Police said all three are of Palestinian descent - two of them U.S. citizens and the third a legal U.S. resident.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser has been found unfit for trial after two mental evaluations, a judge ruled Monday. Tailei Qi, 34, is accused of killing associate professor Zijie Yan in a science building at the state’s flagship public university on Aug. 28. He is being held without bond on charges of first-degree murder and misdemeanor possession of a firearm on educational property. Orange County Superior Court Judge Alyson Grine said Monday that two separate mental evaluations found Qi likely suffers from untreated schizophrenia. An autopsy released earlier this month showed that Yan had been shot multiple times in his office in Caudill Labs.

Persons: Tailei Qi, Zijie Yan, Alyson Grine, Qi, “ Qi, Grine, Brian James, Yan, Qi —, ___ Hannah Schoenbaum Organizations: University of North, Central Regional Hospital, Hill, UNC Police, Caudill Labs . Police, Prosecutors, Department, Applied Physical Sciences, Yan Research Group, UNC, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: RALEIGH, N.C, University of North Carolina, Orange County, Butner, Caudill, United States

Officers found Mavis Christian Jr., 52, in his car during a manhunt following the shootings at three locations in Memphis that left three women and a teenage girl dead and critically wounded another teen girl. Memphis Police Department officers responded to a report of a shooting at 9:22 p.m. on the 100 Block of Howard Drive. At Field Lark Drive, a woman and a 13-year-old girl were killed and a 15-year-old girl was critically wounded. Another woman was found fatally shot on Warrington Road, Memphis Police Officer Christopher Williams said. Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesEach of the shootings was believed to be a domestic violence situation, the police said.

Persons: Mavis Christian Jr, Christopher Williams, Christian Organizations: Memphis Police Department, Howard, Howard Drive . Police, Warrington, Memphis Police, Police Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Tennessee, Memphis, Howard Drive

☆ Man Suspected of Killing 4 in Memphis Is Found Dead After Hourslong Manhunt
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Emma Bubola | More About Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A man suspected of fatally shooting three women and a 13-year-old girl in Memphis was found dead early Sunday with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the police said, ending an hourslong manhunt. The police said that the man, Mavis Christian Jr., 52, was involved in shootings at three locations on Saturday, in which four were killed and one was seriously injured. All of the victims were relatives of Mr. Christian, the police said. The police started looking for Mr. Christian on Saturday afternoon around 5:40 p.m., after the first shooting in a residential area in the southern part of Memphis. Two victims were pronounced dead on the scene, while a third, who is 15 years old, was taken to a hospital, a spokesman for the police said.

Persons: Mavis Christian Jr, Christian Locations: Memphis

☆ 6 Podcasts About Mysterious Disappearances
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Emma Dibdin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Cleo was never seen again, and the rest of her family has since come to believe that she was murdered as she tried to hitchhike home. Missing.”The arrival of “Serial” in the fall of 2014 set off an explosion of podcasts based on cold cases, many of them of questionable quality. But in September of 2016, days ahead of the podcast’s premiere, his killer was finally arrested — a twist that didn’t change the content much. Despite an exhaustive search and nationwide media attention, the plane was never found; two months later the men were declared dead. Despite the lack of concrete answers in this decades-old case, the story’s wild twists and its general atmosphere of Watergate-era political unease are compelling.

Persons: Cleo Nicotine, Cleo, Connie Walker, “, Cleo ”, ”, Jacob Wetterling, Madeleine Baran, Marion, Sally’s, John List, suburbanite, Hale Boggs, Nick Begich Organizations: Peabody, Representatives, World Trade Locations: Saskatchewan, United States, Minnesota, London, Australia, Europe, New Jersey, Colorado, Louisiana, Alaska, Manhattan

☆ Four deaf people died in the Lewiston mass shooting. The tragedy highlights their unique vulnerabilities during a crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Seal was an advocate for the deaf community and a prominent sign-language interpreter at state government briefings during the coronavirus pandemic. People sign "I love you" at a vigil for victims of last month's mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Matt Rourke/APAdvocates for the deaf community say the attack resonated in a population that rarely makes headlines, marking a communal loss that reverberated nationwide. He was desperate for news but was left in the dark, said Minch, who is a member of Maine’s deaf community. Police gather at Schemengees Bar, where four members of the deaf community were killed when a gunman opened fire on October 25.

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☆ South Africa’s Transport Minister and bodyguards robbed at gunpoint
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Sarah Dean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Johannesburg CNN —South Africa’s transport minister and her bodyguards were robbed at gunpoint on Monday, according to the South African Police Service (SAPS). Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga was travelling on the N3 highway between Vosloorus and Heidelberg, south of Johannesburg, on Monday when the incident took place, police said. She was inside the car while her bodyguards changed the tire. A manhunt has been launched following the incident and the victims are receiving support and counseling, SAPS said. South Africa has long grappled with gun violence, with several mass shootings reported this year.

Persons: Sindisiwe Chikunga, ” Chikunga, ” SAPS, SAPS Organizations: Johannesburg CNN, South African Police Service Locations: Johannesburg, Vosloorus, Heidelberg, South Africa, KwaZulu, Natal province

☆ F.B.I. Searching New Jersey for Man Accused in Capitol Riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Erin Nolan | More About Erin Nolan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A manhunt was underway on Wednesday as the F.B.I. and several local police departments searched central New Jersey for a man wanted in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. circulated a photo that it said showed the man, Gregory Yetman, taking part in the attack two years ago. Armed law enforcement officers were seen searching the backyard of a home and a shed in Helmetta, N.J., a small suburban community in Middlesex County, in video footage shot by NBC News. As the authorities, including a SWAT team, searched in and around the town, schools in nearby communities directed staff members and students to shelter in place, said Helmetta’s mayor, Christopher Slavicek.

Persons: Gregory Yetman, Christopher Slavicek Organizations: U.S . Capitol, NBC News, SWAT Locations: New Jersey, Helmetta, N.J, Middlesex County

As residents across Maine sat riveted to their TVs on Oct. 27, waiting anxiously for updates on the manhunt for a gunman who had killed 18 people, state officials opened their news briefing with a stern directive for the cameras in the room. “For the consideration of the four Deaf victims and their families, we are requesting that the ASL interpreter is in all frames for language access,” Michael Sauschuck, the state’s public safety commissioner, said after a flurry of complaints from Deaf viewers about broadcasts cutting the interpreter out. “They are grieving and have a right to know the latest information.”It was a stinging reminder of the heavy toll borne by Maine’s small Deaf community, which counted four of its own among the dead and three more among the 13 injured in the shootings on Oct. 25 in Lewiston. And it reflected its ongoing fight for access and recognition, a struggle rooted in a history of trauma that, amid their pain, has fostered solidarity. Closely connected by a shared language and culture, and a statewide web of social ties, many Deaf residents of Maine first met and forged friendships at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, on Mackworth Island near Portland, long the only public, residential school for Deaf students in the state and a beloved center of Deaf society.

Persons: Michael Sauschuck, Governor Baxter Organizations: Governor, Governor Baxter School Locations: Maine, Lewiston, Portland

☆ The Maine gunman was a ‘textbook case’ for a state law designed to remove firearms from people like him. Why didn’t it work?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Lewiston, Maine CNN —The signs were there: hearing voices, expressing paranoid thoughts and making threats so violent, extra patrols were sent to guard a military installation. Instead, law enforcement relied on the gunman’s family to keep guns from him after they tried without success to talk to the reservist. Sheriff Joel Merry told CNN on Saturday law enforcement officers weren’t able to make contact with Card during two visits. The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office sent an alert to other law enforcement agencies saying they were trying to locate Card. The fact law enforcement in Maine didn’t utilize the yellow flag law in Card’s case could point to its shortcomings, Rocque said.

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The gunman who fled after killing 18 people and injuring 13 others at a bar and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, last month was most likely alive during much of the sprawling two-day manhunt that had forced thousands of residents throughout the region to remain in their homes. It remains unclear whether the gunman was hiding in the recycling plant trailer the entire time after the shooting, or if he went there later, but the time estimate suggests that the lockdown in and around Lewiston was justified. Law enforcement and other officials have faced scrutiny over the manhunt, in part because they searched the recycling plant, Maine Recycling, twice without finding Mr. Card. It was during a third sweep on Oct. 27 — two days after the shooting — that they also searched for the first time an adjacent dirt parking lot used by the company. That search took place after a supervisor at the company reached out to the police and suggested they look through the trailers, officials have said.

Persons: Robert R Organizations: Maine Recycling Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Maine, Lewiston

Since taking office, President Biden has traveled a grim path through American communities desperately grieving in the wake of mass shootings: Uvalde, Texas; Monterey Park, Calif.; Buffalo; Atlanta. On Friday, he added another to the list: Lewiston, Maine. Mr. Biden huddled privately with the families of those killed or injured during last month’s rampage that claimed the lives of 18 people at a bar and a bowling alley in the city about an hour north of Portland. “Jill and I are here on behalf of the American people to grieve with you, and make sure you know that you’re not alone,” Mr. Biden said after stopping by a makeshift memorial in Lewiston with his wife, Jill Biden. For Mr. Biden, whose own life has been shaped by grief, it is a role he embraces as a necessary part of healing.

Persons: Biden, “ Jill, you’re, ” Mr, Jill Biden Locations: , Texas, Monterey Park, Calif, Buffalo, Atlanta, Lewiston , Maine, Portland, Lewiston

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