Southwest
Navajo Police ID person of interest in northern Arizona shooting
Authorities were searching for a person of interest in connection with a shooting Monday in northern Arizona in a small community on the vast Navajo Nation.
The Navajo Police Department said the shooting occurred in Cameron, about 50 miles north of Flagstaff.
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Police didn’t immediately release details about the shooting but asked for the public’s help to locate 44-year-old Derick Myron.
Myron is considered armed and dangerous, may be driving a black pickup truck with New Mexico license plates and possibly headed to Tuba City, some 27 miles northeast of Cameron, according to police.
Police said the shooting was an isolated incident and not a threat to the community.
A shelter-in-place order was lifted around 10:30 a.m. for residents near the Cameron Chapter House and a Mormon church.
A motive for the shooting wasn’t immediately known. Police said the FBI in Flagstaff will be investigating the case.
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Southwest
Houston pizza delivery driver shoots, kills customer trying to rob him: police
A Texas pizza delivery driver shot and killed a customer early Sunday who was trying to rob him, police said.
The delivery person working for an unnamed establishment arrived at the Park Yellowstone Apartment Homes in Houston just before 12:45 a.m. when a male customer confronted him, the Houston Police Department said.
“A male was making a food delivery to the above address when he was confronted by a male suspect, who pointed a gun at him and demanded his cash,” a police statement said. “Fearing for his life, the male pulled out his gun and fatally shot the suspect.”
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The driver remained at the scene to provide a statement to responding officers, police said. He was not injured.
Homicide investigators were looking for a second male suspect who allegedly took a backpack from the scene.
He was described as a Black male wearing a white hooded sweater.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office will refer the shooting to a grand jury, police said.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Video captures suspects ransacking Target in Orange County
Security video captured two men ransacking a Target in Orange County and escaping with nearly $1,200 worth of merchandise.
The theft happened at a Target store located on the 13200 block of Jamboree Road in Irvine, according to police.
Surveillance video captured the men entering the store and heading directly to the baby care section.
They began quickly grabbing the merchandise off display shelves. One man stuffed items into a plastic bag while the other grabbed a box and whatever else he could hold.
They were seen sprinting towards the store’s exit, running through a line of other customers who looked on in surprise.
Irvine police said the men escaped with around $1,200 worth of breast pumps. They left the area before officers could arrive.
Detectives said the duo are linked to similar thefts throughout Southern California. Police have released images of the suspects, hoping the public may recognize them.
Anyone who may recognize the pair or has additional information is asked to email mricci@cityofirvine.org.
Footage of the theft can be viewed in the video player above.
Southwest
Son suspected of killing own mother, 2 sisters in Mother's Day massacre shot dead hundreds of miles away
A Mother’s Day massacre left a woman and two of her daughters dead in Mississippi, officials said. The suspect died later hundreds of miles away.
According to the Ridgeland Police Department, a man later identified as Ivory James Welch III, was the lead suspect in the death of his mother and two sisters when he fled town and the state, getting as far as Arizona before he was shot dead in a shootout with state troopers.
Ridgeland Police Chief Brian Myers says officers received a call about the triple homicide around 3:30 p.m. Sunday at a home on Old Canton Road in Ridgeland, WLBT reported. He identified the victims as Ida Thomas Welch, 76, Vicky Renee Welch, 56, and Crystal Lynn Welch, 42.
“This horrific event will have a lasting effect on this family, the officers involved in this investigation as well as our brothers in Arizona law enforcement,” the police chief said.
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The Mississippi officers were subsequently notified that their suspect was killed in Arizona on Monday afternoon.
According to the police chief, an arrest warrant for Welch was obtained and the U.S. Marshals Task Force began searching for him. He was ultimately located by Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers between Morenci and Clifton, according to AZFamily.
Officers from the Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office and the Clifton Police Department assisted in the Arizona pursuit, per the report.
Once found by the law enforcement officers, a gunfight ensued, according to Myers.
“Arizona State Troopers attempted to apprehend Welch and he fired upon the troopers and was fatally wounded in the gunfight,” he said.
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Myers added: “This investigation is a great example of how teamwork in law enforcement, as well as a great relationship with our media outlets, affords us swift justice for a grieving family.”
Mississippi ACLU released a statement remembering Crystal Welch, who served as Board President since 2023.
“I just cannot process today’s news,” Executive Director Jarvis Dortch said. “Crystal was a great friend and since 2023, she was an enthusiastic leader of the ACLU of Mississippi Board of Directors. She was always asking what more she could do to support our team and our work. Our staff and board will forever be grateful for her commitment to equality and justice. Her passion for life, infectious spirit and enthusiasm will be missed.”
It continued: “On behalf of ACLU of Mississippi, I would like to express our heartfelt condolences to Crystal’s family during this unthinkable time. We urge the community to join us in sending prayers to the Welch family.”
“Crystal was just a true delight. She was just a superwoman. She was a fun, loving intellectual. Very passionate about her work,” her friend, Colendula Green, told AZFamily.
Authorities have not identified a motive for the fatal shootings.
“He may have been upset about a funeral and his birthday, which was on Friday,” Chief Myers said, per AZFamily.
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