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Ohio girl, 7, begged her dad not to kill her after murder-suicide threat: 'I don't want to go to heaven today'
A seven-year-old Ohio girl pleaded with her father not to kill her as he threatened to kill her and himself during a standoff with police before he was shot by law enforcement, with the young girl saying, “I don’t want to go to heaven today.”
Charles Ryan Alexander, 43, kidnapped his daughter, Oaklynn, from her grandmother’s house in Jefferson County on Nov. 11. Alexander did not have legal custody of his child.
The girl was the subject of an Amber Alert that prompted a police pursuit after the Brunswick Division of Police located the child in the city of Brunswick, according to the Medina County Sheriff’s Office. The driver refused to pull over for an attempted traffic stop, and multiple jurisdictions joined the pursuit.
Police eventually used stop sticks to deflate Alexander’s tires and force his vehicle to come to a stop, which led to a standoff with law enforcement in a parking lot.
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Charles Ryan Alexander, 43, kidnapped his daughter, Oaklynn, from her grandmother’s house on Nov. 11. (Medina County Sheriff’s Office)
Audio of Alexander’s communications with law enforcement revealed the armed father threatening to kill his daughter and himself, according to WKYC.
“I will shoot us both, stand back!” he shouted.
Oaklynn was heard in the background, repeatedly begging her father not to carry out his threat. “Please don’t,” she said.
Alexander also threatened his child’s mother, telling the girl, “I wanna talk to her mother. If you’re listening, Ashley, you should’ve called.”
The girl then asks her father if they are “both going to heaven.”
“How do you know we’re going to heaven?” she asks.
Oaklynn Alexander, 7, was the subject of an Amber Alert that prompted a police pursuit. (GoFundMe)
Her father replies, “We’ll both go.”
Oaklynn continues to ask her father questions.
“I am going to heaven?” she asked. But when she realizes what it would mean for her to go to heaven, she shouts, “No!”
“I don’t want to go to heaven today,” Oaklynn was heard telling her father, who responds, “I didn’t want it to happen either, I just wanted to talk to your mother.”
A 911 dispatcher then tells Alexander, “I know you didn’t want to hurt [your daughter] and you didn’t want it to be like this.”
“Let’s not do anything we can’t undo,” the dispatcher added.
Oaklynn can be heard repeatedly asking if she is “going to heaven today” and at one point yelled, “I don’t want to!”
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Oaklynn was safely returned to her family after the incident. (iStock)
Another dispatcher tells Alexander, “Just keep talking to her if you don’t want her to be scared.”
“Let’s not do anything that is going to make it even more unfair to her, ’cause you love her, I know you do,” the dispatcher said.
Police eventually fired multiple shots at Alexander, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Oaklynn was safely returned to her family after the shooting.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – First responders are currently on the scene of a crash involving a motorcycle near near 4th St. and Milwaukee Ave.
LPD says one person was seriously injured in the wreck that was reported at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. That person has been transported to UMC.
LPD asks the public to be cautious when driving in the area or find an alternate route at this time.
This is a developing story.
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(FOX 9) – Spotify released its 2024 edition of Wrapped on Wednesday including the songs and artists that saw the most plays in Minneapolis.
What to know
Spotify Wrapped is a yearly playlist the music streaming app releases to its users.
The feature includes the user’s top songs and artists over the past year and a playlist of those songs, along with listening stats.
On its website, Spotify also lists top artists and songs for select cities. Unfortunately, there is no statewide breakdown for Minnesota.
Minneapolis’ top artists
1. Taylor Swift
2. Zach Bryan
3. Morgan Wallen
4. Drake
5. Kanye West
Minneapolis’ top songs
1. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey
2. “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone
3. “I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen)” by Post Malone
4. “I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)” by Zach Bryan
5. “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan
Minneapolis’ top albums
1. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY by Taylor Swift
2. One Thing At A Time by Morgan Wallen
3. Stick Season by Noah Kahan
4. Zach Bryan by Zach Bryan
5. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — As the holiday season approaches, one of Indianapolis’ most pressing challenges continues to be homelessness.
There are also issued raised around affordable housing. The city’s struggle with housing instability has only deepened, affecting thousands of people, including families.
WISH-TV contributor Emil Ekiyor joined News 8 anchor Dakarai Turner to discuss the scope of this issue and for a closer look.
According to Ekiyor, more than 1,700 people in Indianapolis are without stable housing, and this crisis disproportionately affects African Americans and children.
Homelessness in Indianapolis is not isolated from the broader housing crisis affecting the nation, he said.
Over the past few years, home prices in the area have surged by 46 percent. Many residents, particularly seniors living on less than $18,000 a year, are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet.
Certain groups are more vulnerable in this housing crisis, with seniors and children being disproportionately affected.
The state of Indiana, for example, is short more than 100,000 affordable rental homes, Ekiyor said.
In Marion County alone, the need for affordable housing units exceeds 10,000 for low-income residents, he said.
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