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No charges for South Carolina boater who shot jet skier dead after rescuing him

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South Carolina officers say they gained’t file prices in opposition to a boater who fatally shot a person that he helped rescue from the water.

Investigators with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Workplace say the case has been dominated self-defense. 

The taking pictures occurred close to Fall Creek Touchdown Quantity 2 at Lake Keowee shortly after 2 p.m. final Tuesday, in keeping with Fox Carolina. Nathan Drew Morgan, 29, was killed by an unnamed 74-year-old man.

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Morgan and a girl had been in misery, having fallen off their Jet Ski into the lake, Oconee County sheriff’s officers stated earlier. The 2 had no life jackets and the Jet Ski was circling.

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The 74-year-old man and his spouse on a pontoon boat drove over to assist fish the pair out of the lake, the sheriff’s workplace stated. The couple on the boat instructed authorities Morgan turned agitated as soon as he received on board and began assaulting them.

Investigators had been instructed he could have needed to get again on the Jet Ski. In addition they imagine there could have been an argument between Morgan and the girl he was with earlier than they fell into the water. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw instructed The Journal of Seneca that Morgan could have been intoxicated.

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The girl who was with Morgan pushed him again into the lake in an try and defuse the scenario, the sheriff’s workplace has stated. The couple on the pontoon helped him aboard once more, and the person shot him after a second encounter, saying he feared for his and his spouse’s lives. Authorities have declined to call the couple.

Morgan died on the boat from a gunshot wound to the chest, the Oconee County Coroner’s Workplace stated.

All events have been notified of the choice to not file prices within the case, in keeping with a information launch. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Workplace is asking for continued prayer for the household of Morgan.

The Related Press contributed to this report. 

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DC plane crash: Potomac River divers' search for bodies complicated by conditions out of their control

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As recovery efforts on the Potomac River continue after a midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines plane on Wednesday night, a Virginia rescue diver and firefighter shed light on the challenges divers may be facing in the frigid waters. 

A total of 64 people, including passengers and flight crew members, were aboard AA Flight 5342 from Wichita to Reagan National Airport (DCA). Three soldiers were conducting a training operation on the Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk that came from Fort Belvoir in Virginia. 

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All 67 people onboard both aircraft are presumed dead. As of Friday afternoon, authorities said they had recovered 41 sets of remains and identified 28 of those victims.

“This is incredibly unusual. You know, we’re trained and always ready to answer the call…when the dive call comes in. But that’s typically involving one victim. And in rare occasions, a couple of victims,” Jake Crockett, a firefighter and diver with the Scuba Rescue Team of Chesterfield Fire & EMS, told Fox News Digital. 

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Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. A military helicopter collided with the plane on Wednesday. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

“But something of this magnitude, you know, having 67 people to account for, along with two aircraft and all the debris is just it’s incredibly out of the ordinary. It’s something that, no doubt, none of them nor myself could have predicted.”

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Crockett believes the recovery mission could last weeks, yet he is hopeful that all the victims will be accounted for in the next several days. 

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“Obviously, they’re making really good progress in a short amount of time. But I’m sure that recovery of the victims should be the number one priority… providing closure to these families that have lost their loved ones should be the most important thing,” Crockett said. 

“Once that is completed, then recovering the two aircraft and then also finding as much of the debris from the collision that they can in the river,” he added. “That is what is probably going to take the longest…they’re going to be looking for every single piece, every nut and bolt that they possibly can for the investigation.”

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FBI agents stand near debris, after a Black Hawk helicopter collided with American Airlines flight 5342 while approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into Potomac River, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. January 30, 2025.   (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Crockett said divers are likely to face a multitude of challenges in the Potomac River, with the largest being water visibility. 

“It’s going to be zero visibility or close to zero is that they’ll be diving in, and so looking for small parts of an aircraft in that kind of visibility is going to be extremely challenging…the waters here and the lakes and ponds and rivers…when you go in, it’s just dark,” he said. “You rely 100% on touch and in your training, you fall back on your training of doing accurate search patterns, so that you don’t miss anything. You’re just touching everything that you can get your hands on and feeling it and trying to identify it.”

Without the ability to see in such a large body of water, Crockett explained that certain technology like sonar can help divers detect large objects underwater but added that there are limitations involved.  

“At the end of the day, all the technology, it just gives you somewhere to look,” he said. “Someone will have to go down there to still recover, to still verify that this is something related.”

Crockett noted that the river’s temperature may also be an obstacle for divers during the recovery mission. 

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“The water temperature especially is just above freezing, which is, you know, it would be absolutely unbearable to jump in without, you know, without the appropriate diving suits,” he said. “Even with appropriate PPE, you can only stay in that water for so long before you start to lose dexterity in your hands, which would impact your searching.”

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Crockett said there’s “no telling” how far remains from the wreckage may reach. 

“The Potomac is, is massive, you know, from where they are, it goes hundreds of miles all the way out to the Chesapeake Bay,” he said. “It’s a river, so it has a current…that’s another factor for the divers getting in.”

Crockett explained that the river’s current may be a significant factor for several reasons, including divers needing to fight the current and feeling “fatigue” as a result, and the flow of water potentially moving around victims’ remains and wreckage debris. 

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“They’ve got a really big job ahead of them, which is why I think this is going to be weeks-long, because in order to be thorough, they’re going to be up and down that river for miles looking,” he said.

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Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac Rive

Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va.  (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

What originally began as a search and rescue effort Wednesday turned to a recovery mission once officials believed there were no survivors.

“Once it’s turned over to a recovery mission…our goal is to provide that closure,” Crockett said, adding that the victims’ families “need to be able to properly bury their loved one and grieve and mourn in an appropriate way.” 

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Crockett added that if his team were called upon to aid in the recovery efforts, they would be prepared for the challenge. 

“The first responder family is massive and everyone’s always willing,” he said. 

Fox News’ Audrey Conklin and Greg Norman contributed to this report. 

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Bodycam footage shows moment Florida officers' attempt to restrain suspect goes horribly wrong

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Newly released body camera footage shows the moment a Miami Beach Police officer shot a fellow officer in the leg while struggling with a man on a busy Florida roadway.

Officer Shenaqua Stringer was responding to a 911 call reporting a suspicious person possibly carrying a gun while walking on Venetian Causeway shortly before 12:30 p.m. March 2, according to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. 

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The suspect reached into his pocket to grab an “unknown object” as Stringer approached him, investigators said.  

Stringer drew her gun and began struggling with the man, ordering him to the ground as fellow officer Fabio Balanos arrived. Balanos ran toward the struggle, and Stringer accidentally fired, striking Balanos in his left leg. 

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Bodycam footage shows Officer Stringer attempting to detain a man on the Venetian Causeway in Miami, Fla., March 2, 2024. (Office of Miami-Dade State Attorney)

Stringer’s body camera was not rolling at the time of the shooting, which was not directly recorded on Balanos’ camera. But, moments later, a growing puddle of blood appeared beneath him. 

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“Why’d you do that?” the man can be heard asking as he is wrestled to the ground. “Ain’t nobody do nothing. You f—ed up his leg. He’s bleeding a lot.”

Stringer then handcuffed the suspect as she called for help. 

“Hurry up, because I need a tourniquet,” Balanos said.

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Body cam footage police officers tending to Fabio Balanos’ injuries after being shot in the leg on the Venetian Causeway

Bodycam footage shows police officers tending to Officer Balanos’ injuries after he was shot in the leg on the Venetian Causeway in Miami, Fla., March 2, 2024. (Office of Miami-Dade State Attorney)

Balanos’ bodycam captured the moment more officers arrived and wrapped a tourniquet around his leg as he wailed in pain and they loaded him into the back of a police cruiser. 

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During the ride to the hospital, Balanos asked another officer if he could borrow a phone to call his wife. 

“I’m OK,” Balanos told her. “I got shot in the leg. I’m OK though. They’re taking me to Ryder Trauma right now. I’m OK, though. All right, babe? I love you.”

The bodycam continued rolling as Balanos arrived at the hospital, showing officers frantically banging on the doors to alert medical staff that they needed help. 

“Open up, let’s go,” one officer can be heard yelling as they knocked on the hospital doors.

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Bodycam footage shows when police officers arrive at a hospital with Officer Fabio Balanos after he was shot in the leg by friendly fire. (Office of Miami-Dade State Attorney)

As Balanos was being treated for his injuries at a hospital, officers discovered the suspected handgun the man reached for was a metallic cigarette lighter.

The man was not charged with a crime, and authorities determined he was a missing person from nearby Collier County. 

The situation remains an active internal investigation, and Stringer is still employed by the agency, the Miami Beach Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.

The district attorney determined there was not enough evidence to bring criminal charges against Stringer. 

The South Florida Police Benevolent Association did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

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Balanos, a Coast Guard veteran with a combined 18 years of experience working as a law enforcement officer, has made a full recovery and returned to work, according to reports.

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Top Georgia Republican unveils statewide DOGE plan to 'reset' regulations: 'Red Tape Rollback'

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Georgia’s Republican lieutenant governor has introduced a plan similar to the DOGE efforts taking place with the Trump administration that he tells Fox News Digital will bring much-needed government accountability to his state.

“I own my own business employing thousands of people, and I know one of the biggest things that we run into as small business owners is regulatory burdens. And that’s regulatory burdens at the local, state and federal level,” Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones told Fox News Digital of his Red Tape Rollback Act of 2025.

“We’ve been fortunate here in Georgia to be the No. 1 state to do business for 11 years running, and if we want to stay like that, we’re going to have to always be retooling how we do things, improving how we do things, making government more efficient, making it try to work more like business.”

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Jones introduced the plan last year but was unable to move it through the Georgia Legislature. But he said Trump’s DOGE efforts provided an opportunity to pair the plan with the new DOGE brand that has become increasingly popular with Republicans and some Democrats in Washington, D.C. 

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“That’s what the essence or the genesis behind red tape rollback, which is our state version of DOGE that the Trump administration is doing, and I’m excited about what they’re doing with the first week of that administration,” Jones said. 

Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is pushing a statewide plan in Georgia that’s similar to DOGE efforts by the Trump administration. (Getty Images)

Jones explained to Fox News Digital what the priorities of his statewide DOGE plan would entail if successfully passed through the Legislature.

“The first thing we’d like to do is basically have a reset on all regulatory issues at every state agency. And what I mean by that is, instead of always adding more regulations, we’ll start back at zero and then the agencies just add what they need,” Jones said. 

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“There are so many regulations that are on the books that have been put there from decades worth of, you know, legislative laws that were passed or whatever. What our bill will do is basically have a reset just like you would on a computer game or whatever. 

“And say there’s a lot of things that are unneeded, whether we’re talking about on the educational front, on the environment front, transportation, whatever it might be, just the entire blanket. Have a reset, and then make the agencies tell us what regulations are needed and which ones they’re glad to get rid of.”

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Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg)

Jones said in a press release his bill will “also give legislators the ability to request a ‘Small Business Impact Analysis’ for pending legislation to better understand how a bill might impact Georgia’s most important job creators.”

Jones told Fox News Digital that statewide spending waste is at a much “smaller scale” than federal government waste, but he said he hopes his statewide efforts will help shine a light on waste in the federal government. 

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are heading the Department of Government Efficiency. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

There’s no question D.C. is the elephant, so to speak, in the room that has gotten so bloated through duplicate agencies, duplicate services, whatever it might be,” Jones said. “There’s a lot of ways to trim the fat at the federal level. 

“State government, it won’t be anything like what you have at the federal level, but there’s definitely inefficiencies that need to be addressed, whether it’s in licensing, permitting processes, whatever it might be, regulatory codes and things that need to be repealed. Those are all things that are going to be on the table.”

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