Texas
Texas sheriff's deputies shoot armed man after he broke into home
KARNACK, Texas – A man armed with a gun who is accused of breaking into a home on Monday evening was shot by Harrison County Sheriff’s Deputies, according to county officials.
The officer-involved shooting (OIS) happened just after 7 p.m. Harrison County dispatch received a 911 call about a man trying to get into a house in the 2500 block of Pine Island Rd. in Karnack, TX.
Karnack is in East Texas, northeast of Marshall, Texas.
OIS in Karnack
What we know:
The person who called 911 told the dispatchers there was a white male trying to get into the home. Dispatch could hear a male yelling in the background.
While deputies were on their way, the person who called 911 said the man got into the house and had a gun. Everyone inside the home was able to escape to a neighbor’s house before deputies arrived.
During the investigation, the man walked out on the front porch with a gun and pointed it at deputies. Deputies fired at the man, shooting him.
Medical aid was immediately rendered until first responders arrived.
The man was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Ranger Division has been asked to investigate the officer-involved shooting. This is an active investigation.
What we don’t know:
Deputies have not released the name of the suspect or why he was trying to get into the home.
The suspect’s condition has not been released.
OIS in Texas
Dig deeper:
The Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) reported three officer-involved shootings in Texas on Monday.
One was in Kauffman County, and the scene was still active on Tuesday morning at 8:15 a.m.
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There was another officer-involved shooting in Orange, Texas on Monday night after police say a man was shot in the leg after refusing to put down a rifle. His injuries are not life-threatening, and no officers were injured.
All three shootings are under investigation.
The Source: Information in this article is from the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office.
Concern over effectiveness of AMBER Alerts
For nearly 30 years, the AMBER Alert has helped locate hundreds of children, but one of its founders believes changes should be made to make the emergency alert system more effective.
Fox – 7 Austin
An AMBER Alert has been issued for a 13-year-old girl abducted from Louisiana who was last seen in North Texas.
Merlin Chirinos-Argueta was last seen around 7:10 p.m. May 7 in Allen, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Authorities say the teen was abducted from Keithville, Louisiana, and may be traveling in Texas
Chirinos-Argueta is described as a 13-year-old Hispanic girl with black hair and brown eyes. She is about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs about 120 pounds, officials said.
The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office said Merlin was reported missing Thursday. May 7 from the 6200 block of Bain Boulevard in Keithville. Sheriff Henry Whitehorn Sr. said investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating the teen.
Investigators believe she may be with 18-year-old Daniel Vasquez Mejia, who has black hair and brown eyes.
Merlin has not been in contact with her family, which has raised concerns for her safety and well-being, authorities said. The investigation is ongoing.
Authorities say they may be traveling in a white Chevrolet SUV with Texas license plate VML6061. The vehicle is believed to have a skull sticker on the rear driver’s side back window and a “mojo” sticker on the passenger side rear window.
Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or contact the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office at 318-675-2170.
AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has notified the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) that two Texas residents were passengers on the MV Hondius, a ship that experienced an outbreak of hantavirus while traveling in the Atlantic Ocean. The passengers left the ship and returned to the United States before the outbreak was identified.
“Public health workers in Texas have reached the two individuals, and they report they are not experiencing any symptoms and did not have any contact with a sick person while aboard the ship. They have agreed to monitor themselves for symptoms with daily temperature checks and contact public health officials at any sign of a possible illness,” the agency said on Thursday in a statement.
DSHS will not release additional personal details about the passengers to protect their privacy.
“This is not the next COVID, but it is a serious infectious disease,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness at the World Health Organization. “Most people will never be exposed to this.”
More than two dozen people from at least 12 different countries left the ship without contact tracing nearly two weeks after the first passenger died on board.
Health authorities on at least four continents are now tracking down and in some cases monitoring the cruise passengers who disembarked on April 24, and trying to trace others who may have come into contact with them since then.
That includes two people in Georgia who are also being monitored, according to our affiliate WTOC.
Hantaviruses are usually spread through contact with wild rodent droppings or urine. The strain in the Hondius outbreak, Andes virus, can spread from person to person in limited circumstances. It typically requires close, prolonged contact with a person who is actively sick with the disease.
It is not known to spread through casual contact such as shaking hands or being in the same room for a few minutes. There have been no documented cases where a person without symptoms spread it to someone else.
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PORTLAND (WGME) – A Portland woman who has been held in a Texas ICE facility for more than six months is reportedly set to be released by Friday.
That’s according to Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, who traveled to the facility this week to demand that ICE release 19-year-old Olivia Andre.
Pingree says a federal district court judge ordered Andre to be released no later than Friday.
Andre and her family were arrested by ICE when they were seeking asylum in Canada.
DHS previously said Andre is in the United States illegally but didn’t explain why the rest of her family was released and she wasn’t.
Pingree called the conditions at the facility inhumane, and Andre’s lawyer says her physical and mental wellbeing deteriorated from not having access to clean drinking water, palatable food and appropriate medical care.
“Olivia and her family should never have been detained. The federal court ordered her release because the Trump administration had no lawful basis for detaining her,” Pingree said. “She suffered in detention for six months in violation of federal law and the U.S. Constitution’s protections.”
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