Parents in Pickering say they're concerned by the way a series of threats at a local elementary school have been handled by administrators in recent weeks, arguing the school needs to improve its communication and safety measures. William Dunbar Public School was placed in a lockdown on Jan. 27, after a threat made by phone against the school. The lockdown was subsequently lowered to a hold and secure after police arrived and assessed the scene, which was lifted at 2:20 p.m.
This incident happened in a busy part of Willesden, and I'd also like to thank the members of the public who provided first aid and called the emergency services. A suspect was arrested within several hours of the incident and he remains in custody. Our priority is to establish the circumstances surrounding what happened. However, based on our inquiries so far, there is nothing to suggest any wider risk to the public.
Queens detectives are investigating the death of a man with body trauma found inside an apartment building on Friday afternoon. The grim discovery occurred inside 20-50 Nameoke Ave. in Far Rockaway just before 2:40 p.m. on Jan. 30, police reported. Officers from the 101st Precinct responded to the location after receiving a 911 call about an unconscious man inside the premises.
At 1:44 a.m., the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the 20400 block of West Germain Street, a residential neighborhood that's adjacent to Mason Park, after receiving a call of a possible wire theft in progress. The alleged thieves were targeting an underground vault owned by AT&T through a manhole, ABC7 News reported. The Times did not receive a comment from the telecommunications company before publication. Manholes can provide access to underground electric utility and telecommunications cables and wires.
An Abington man was arrested Friday morning after police say he attempted to set fire to the Abington Police Chief's cruiser outside department headquarters. Authorities said that around 9 a.m., a lieutenant spotted the suspect, identified as 39-year-old Franklin Cederholm, pouring gasoline on the chief's marked cruiser parked right outside the station at 215 Central St. Surveillance video released by the Abington Police Department shows a man approaching the SUV and pouring liquid onto the driver's side of the vehicle.
Advocates say two protesters were pepper-sprayed, and two others pulled into the building during the protest. "Two people were sprayed directly in the face. There's one on the ground, both of them still can't see," said one protester. Friday's protest comes ahead of a national day of protest Saturday with organizations across the country gearing up to push back against ICE enforcement.
Officers worried the teen was becoming hypothermic as they attempted to reach him with ropes from the shore, but the ropes were not effective. Rieger said he moved toward the teen after hearing him yell that he could no longer feel anything. "Once he started screaming that he couldn't feel anything, I think my fatherly instincts kicked in and I just went out and got him," Rieger said.
One man died and another remained in critical condition Tuesday following gunfire Monday night, police said. Authorities did not identify the 36-year-old dead man immediately, pending notification of relatives. They said he was a Richmond resident. In a statement, San Pablo police spokesperson Peggy Chou said officers responded about 9:05 p.m. to the 1400 block of Rumrill Boulevard for reports of a shooting.
There were two policemen. One was hiding behind a car. One was a shot in the head, he was just bleeding from his face. Another one not injured. And I'm just screaming, Where's my baby? GiGi! Gigi! Gigi!' Everyone's saying, Be quiet. They're going to come to us. They're going to shoot us. They're going to shoot us.' I'm just screaming, I don't care! Where is my baby? Where's my baby?' I'm trying to go, recalled Miller.
Update 3:35 p.m. - Menlo Park Police issued an update to the incident saying that the man who died was a missing and suicidal person from outside of the county that authorities were looking for because he was armed with a gun. After getting calls about the armed man, police surrounded the man's car and tried to talk to talk to him, but he did not respond, and police saw a handgun on the man's chest, according to spokeswoman Nicole Acker.
For eight hours on Friday, Interstate 5 at Del Mar Heights Road was closed, at times in both directions, as police talked with a suicidal man perched on a bridge above the freeway. And for miles around that spot, motorists endured a massive, extended transportation nightmare that slowed travel around the region. Social media posts captured some of the pain.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a number of people were sprayed with what is believed to be pepper spray at a Heathrow Airport car park, police said. A group of people who knew each other were involved in an argument which escalated and resulted in people being injured, police said, with other suspects being searched for. Twenty-one people were treated for injuries with five of those taken to hospital. The Metropolitan Police said it was an isolated incident and was not being treated as terrorism or protest-related. Earlier in the day trains were delayed and the car park was closed due to the incident but it reopened by 11:30 GMT. Police and emergency services were called at 08:11 to the multi-storey car park at Terminal 3.
Before the sun was fully up and long before the rest of his family stirred, William, a 5-year-old boy in Jacksonville, Florida, quietly climbed out of bed and decided his parents deserved a little more sleep. He felt hungry, and rather than wake anyone, the preschooler settled on a plan that made perfect sense to him: he would take himself out for breakfast.
(Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Black Friday shoppers were sent scrambling for cover after shots were fired at the Westfield Valley Fair mall in Santa Clara, injuring two, police said. Social media users posted photos of patrons crouched behind shelving in stores like Abercrombie and fleeing from the mall after hearing gunfire. Two people were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds, according to the San José Police Department, which did not release any other information immediately.
this past weekend, police in Northern California received reports of possible gunshots and arrived on the scene to discover, thankfully, that it was just someone playing games too loudly with their window open. As reported by Action News Now, police in Chico, California, received a call from a local resident who claimed to have heard "threatening words" as well as "pop sounds" that sounded an awful lot like gunshots. ANN says a heavy police presence arrived at the scene around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday to investigate.
The first burglary was called into the police at 9:26 p.m., authorities said. A woman in her thirties reported that two masked people opened the side gate of her house on the 3900 block of Nelson Drive and entered with flashlights. The suspects then smashed the house's glass back door. When officers arrived, they saw two people entering a dark-colored vehicle and leaving the scene. As police tried to stop the vehicle, it fled "at a high rate of speed."
A Section 60 was also in place in parts of Birmingham, allowing officers to stop and search without the need to have reasonable grounds. West Midlands police said three people were arrested for racially aggravated offences and one for a breach of the peace. A man, 21, was also arrested for failing to comply with an order to remove a face mask and a teenage boy, 17, for failing to comply with a dispersal order.
Gardai deployed near the Citywest facility on Thursday in anticipation of another possible standoff with mobs that on Tuesday and Wednesday night threw fireworks and missiles and set a police vehicle on fire. In a statement the police force, An Garda Siochana, urged people to stay away from violent protest: This is not fun and games and entertainment for social media, it said.
Uniformed gardaí were sporadically pelted with fireworks and other objects as they formed a line to block the entrance to the facility, before public order gardaí moved in front of their line with riot shields to block objects being thrown. A large crowd has gathered at the entrance to the complex for a second night after scenes of violence on Tuesday. Bricks, fireworks and other missiles were launched at gardaí last night, seven people have been arrested in connection with the public disorder
The New York City Police Department wrote on X: "We had more than 100,000 people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests." The Austin Police Department wrote on X: "The rally remained peaceful, with no arrests reported. We're grateful to our community and event organizers for coming together to make sure voices were heard safely and respectfully."
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A man who police say crashed into the steps of Los Angeles City Hall in downtown Friday afternoon was taken into custody after a lengthy barricade situation. The driver was placed in handcuffs without incident around 5:50 p.m. when he stepped out of a sedan and walked down Spring Street toward officers with his hands up.
A vehicle crashed onto the steps of Los Angeles City Hall around 4:08 p.m. on Friday, prompting road closures in the area, according to authorities. Los Angeles Police officers are trying to make contact with the driver, who has not come out of the car in the hour since the crash, according to a department spokesperson.
Large numbers of police descended on an apartment building in the German city of Munich on Wednesday after a fire broke out inside, followed by loud explosions. One person was seriously injured, a police spokeswoman told AFP in the Bavarian state capital of Munich. She did not confirm media reports that shots had been fired and that one person had been found dead.
North Tonawanda, NY - A brawl inside a Webster Street restaurant spilled into the street early Sunday, ending with gunfire and a large police response, according to the North Tonawanda Police Department. Officers arrived at 58 Webster Street around 2:51 a.m. after reports of shots fired and found a man on the ground outside the restaurant. Investigators later determined he had not been struck by bullets but had been injured in a physical altercation.