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Texas boy, 10, in NYC ICU in coma after dream birthday trip turns tragic: 'Shriek of pain'
A Texas family’s trip to the Big Apple for their 10-year-old son’s birthday turned into a nightmare, after their son became violently ill and was induced into a coma at a New York City ICU.
Riker Stippick’s family surprised him with a birthday vacation to New York City to experience the popular Broadway musical, Hamilton, and to eat his first slice of New York City pizza.
“Bless his sweet little heart,” David Stippick, Riker’s dad, told FOX 7.
“He wanted to go to the Weehawken dueling ground where Aaron Burr and Hamilton had their duel,” he said.
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10-year-old Riker Stippick is in a NYC ICU after he became violently ill on his birthday trip to the Big Apple. (FOX 7 Austin via David Stippick)
Stippick said that on his son’s tenth birthday, the last thing on his mind was that his son could become violently ill.
“Your kid is happy and healthy and 10, you kind of assume they’re going to stay that way,” said Stippick.
On the way to the World Trade Center, Riker’s health took a turn, and he shared with his parents that he was experiencing the “worst headache” he had ever had.
“There’s a building over there that we walked through and as soon as we walked through that building he said, ‘Oh, I have a really bad headache. This is the worst headache I’ve ever had,’” Stippick told the local outlet.
Riker Stippick wanted to go to New York City for his 10th. birthday, his parents told FOX 7. (FOX 7 Austin via David Stippick)
Moments later, the birthday boy vomited and laid down near a bench to rest.
“It was like a shriek of pain,” said Stippick.
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They took him to the hospital, where doctors put him in a medically induced coma.
“It’s as awful as it sounds, you know what I mean?” said Stippick.
Doctors said that they believe that Riker experienced an arteriovenous malformation, which is an abnormal connection between his arteries and veins. (FOX 7 Austin via David Stippick)
New York City doctors told Riker’s parents that they believe that he may have experienced an arteriovenous malformation, which is an abnormal connection between his arteries and veins and can cause bleeding into the brain or spinal cord.
Doctors said that the 10-year-old experienced an aneurysm inside his arteries and veins– leading to his excruciating pain.
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Surgeons had to drill a hole into Riker’s skull to drain blood and fluid and to remove clotting.
“We don’t know the genuine hope of if and when he does come out of this, what kind of therapies or treatments are going to be needed down the line,” said Stippick.
The Stippick’s told FOX 7 that they have been overwhelmed with support from their community in Texas after their son fell violently ill. (FOX 7 Austin via David Stippick)
Doctors still need to do an MRI on the boy before they can give his family an official diagnosis.
They told Riker’s parents that he must become stable and get off of his tubes and machines before they can fully diagnose him.
Now the Stippicks are praying that their son will wake up from the coma and that they will receive answers to their many questions about their son’s health.
“We never expected it to be our reality, but it is,” said Stippick.
The family’s support system, including their church in Texas, has rallied around the family during their nightmare.
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Their church’s lead pastor at Peace of Christ Church opened a GoFundMe account that reached more than $78,000 in just a few days.
“I don’t have the words to say thank you to everybody outside the words thank you,” said Stippick.
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A man armed with a knife was shot by L.A. police officers responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call overnight, authorities said.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers with the Hollenbeck Division responded to an apartment complex in the 3000 block of Glenn Avenue in Boyle Heights at 1:45 a.m. Saturday after callers reported a male suspect was armed with a knife and had just assaulted someone in the complex.
Arriving officers found the suspect in front of the residence, but he did not comply with officers’ commands to drop the weapon. He then advanced toward the officers and an officer-involved shooting occurred, LAPD confirmed.
“The suspect was struck by gunfire and remained non-compliant,” the LAPD Public Information Officer said on X early Saturday morning. “Officers deployed a 40mm foam round and ultimately took the suspect into custody.”
Video obtained by KTLA shows the man being loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital; officials said he was transported in stable condition, adding that his knife was recovered at the scene and booked as evidence.
No officers or community members were injured during the incident. The man’s name was not released.
Dangerous rip currents and high surf are forecast for Los Angeles County beaches, including the Malibu Coast this weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous beach statement, warning of the potentially deadly beach conditions. The dangerous conditions are forecast to last from Saturday evening to Monday morning.
“There is an increased risk of ocean drowning,” the NWS forecast reads. “Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.”
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A guide to surviving rip currents from the National Weather Service (NWS)
Minor Beach erosion and coastal flooding is possible through the weekend. The flooding is most likely to occur during evening high tides from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Beachgoers are advised to stay out of the water and remain near lifeguard towers. Jetties and tidepools are also especially dangerous during the weekend forecast.
“Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks,” the NWS forecast reads.
Similar hazardous beach conditions are also in the forecast for Santa Barbara County. A high surf advisory is also in effect for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties this weekend, where 10 to 15-foot waves will be possible.
If you live or want to live in Los Angeles, the city controller has released a new dashboard highlighting some of the city’s most notorious problem rental properties, a tool designed to help renters avoid future headaches.
“This project comes at a time when tenants are reporting harassment and illegal evictions violating the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance and Tenant Anti‑Harassment Ordinance, but very few of the complaints end up leading to strong enforcement or real accountability,” L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia said in a media release Thursday.
The new Top 100 Problem Rental Properties dashboard includes a searchable database of all residential addresses with reported housing violation cases within the city of Los Angeles, a ranked list of the 100 addresses with the most violations and an interactive map.
“There has never before been an uncomplicated way for anyone to look up years’ worth of violations by address,” Mejia said in the release.
Data for the dashboard was compiled from multiple sources, including the Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles City Planning and the L.A. County Assessor’s Office, according to the controller’s office.
The release also identified the top three addresses with the highest number of reported housing violations:
1. 636 1/2 North Hill Place, Chinatown
192 housing violation cases
2. 11700 West Wilshire Boulevard, Sawtelle
166 housing violation cases
3. 6650 West Forest Lawn Drive, Hollywood Hills
113 housing violation cases
“Our new dashboard is an easy‑to‑understand public tool that we hope will help renters and organizers document patterns of harm, as well as put pressure on both landlords and the City to act,” Mejia said. “Everyone deserves safe, stable and dignified housing.”
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