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MANGIONE JUDGE: GUN IS ADMISSIBLE | Crime Alert Saturday Recap 05.23.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Silvanni.
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  Speaker 1: A major development out of New York. In the high
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  Speaker 1: profile state murder trial of Luigi Mangioni, on Monday, a
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  Speaker 1: judge handed down a significant mixed ruling regarding what evidence
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  Speaker 1: can be presented to a jury. Judge Gregory Carro ruled
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  Speaker 1: that prosecutors can indeed use a gun and a notebook,
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  Speaker 1: which has previously been described as a manifesto, as evidence
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  Speaker 1: in the upcoming trial. This decision effectively rejects the defense
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  Speaker 1: team's argument that those specific items were seized illegally, delivering
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  Speaker 1: a critical partial victory to the prosecution. However, Judge Carro
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  Speaker 1: ruled that prosecutors cannot admit several other items that were
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  Speaker 1: uncovered during the initial search of Mangioni's backpack when he
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  Speaker 1: was first arrested at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania two
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  Speaker 1: years ago. Those suppressed items include a loaded magazine, a
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  Speaker 1: cell phone, a passport, a wallet, and a computer chip.
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  Speaker 1: Judge Carro explained that the arresting officers conducted what he
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  Speaker 1: called an improper, warrantless search at the McDonald's, specifically highlighting
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  Speaker 1: that the search happened in plain view of the public
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  Speaker 1: and the restaurant's employees, but the judge drew a clear
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  Speaker 1: line between that initial encounter and what followed. He stated
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  Speaker 1: that a subsequent search of Mangioni's backpack, which was conducted
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  Speaker 1: at the Altuna police headquarters, was entirely valid because the
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  Speaker 1: silencer and the notebook were recovered later at the police
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  Speaker 1: station during that valid search, The defense team's bid to
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  Speaker 1: suppress those specific items was officially denied. Mangioni's arrest came
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  Speaker 1: five days after Thompson, a fifty year old father of two,
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  Speaker 1: was shot dead outside a Manhattan hotel as he walked
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  Speaker 1: to an investor's conference. Police officers were eventually called to
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  Speaker 1: the McDonald's restaurant in Altuna, Pennsylvania, where Mangioni was spotted
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  Speaker 1: eating breakfast. The twenty eight year old defendant has pleaded
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  Speaker 1: not guilty to nine state felony charges, including second degree
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  Speaker 1: murder and various counts related to his possession of a weapon.
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  Speaker 1: In addition to the state trial, Mangioni has also pleaded
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  Speaker 1: not guilty in a separate federal case charging him with
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  Speaker 1: two counts of stalking. Each of those federal counts carries
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  Speaker 1: a maximum sentence of life without parole. In both the
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  Speaker 1: state and federal cases, prosecutors may highlight key physical evidence
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  Speaker 1: found directly at the scene of Thompson's killing. Authorities have
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  Speaker 1: stated they recovered shell casings with the words delayed, deny,
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  Speaker 1: and depose written on them, terms heavily associated with the
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  Speaker 1: practices of the for profit healthcare industry. The state trial
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  Speaker 1: in Manhattan Criminal Court is tentatively scheduled to begin this September,
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  Speaker 1: which will be followed by the federal trial sometime later
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  Speaker 1: in the fall. As for the defendant, Mangeoni has been
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  Speaker 1: detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since December
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 1: In southern California, a community is mourning following a tragic
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  Speaker 1: attack at a San Diego mosque. On Monday, two teenage
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  Speaker 1: gunmen opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego,
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  Speaker 1: killing three people before taking their own lives. Authorities are
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  Speaker 1: currently investigating the mass shooting as a possible hate crime.
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  Speaker 1: The three victims have been identified as Mansour Kaziha Nadar Awad,
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  Speaker 1: and a Mien Abdullah Abdullah an armed security guard at
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  Speaker 1: the center is being hailed as a hero. Police say
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  Speaker 1: that after being struck during an outdoor gun battle with
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  Speaker 1: the suspects, Abdullah managed to reach his radio and initiate
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  Speaker 1: a building wide lockdown protocol, successfully protecting those inside. San
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  Speaker 1: Diego Police Chief Scott Wall detailed the critical impact of
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  Speaker 1: Abdullah's bravery.
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  Speaker 2: His actions, without a doubt, delayed, distracted, and ultimately deterred
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  Speaker 2: these two individuals from gaining access to the greater areas
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  Speaker 2: of the mosque, where as many as one hundred and
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  Speaker 2: forty kids were within fifteen feet of these suspects.
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  Speaker 1: The other two victims, Kaziha, a longtime caretaker who first
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  Speaker 1: dialed nine to one one a WAD, were fatally shot
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  Speaker 1: in the parking lot after attempting to intervene and protect
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  Speaker 1: the facility. Officials have identified the suspects as seventeen year
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  Speaker 1: old Kane Clark an eighteen year old Caleb Vasquez. Following
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  Speaker 1: search warrants, the FBI recovered more than thirty firearms, ammunition,
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  Speaker 1: and tactical gear. Investigators are also working to authenticate a
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  Speaker 1: seventy five page online manifesto linked to the suspects that
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  Speaker 1: details white supremacist ideologies alongside anti Islamic, anti Semitic, and
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  Speaker 1: anti LGBTQ views. FBI official Mark Remilly addressed the ongoing
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  Speaker 1: analysis of the suspects writings in.
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  Speaker 3: The vehicle they use. We also identified writings in various
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  Speaker 3: ideologies outlining religious and racial beliefs of how the world
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  Speaker 3: they envisioned should look. These subjects did not discriminate on
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  Speaker 3: who they hated.
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  Speaker 1: The shooting has rattled Muslim communities nationwide, drawing widespread condemnation
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  Speaker 1: and prompt demands from civil rights groups to confront Islamopho
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  Speaker 1: Moskie mom ToJ. Hassin called the violence unprecedented, stating that
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  Speaker 1: all communities must now share the responsibility of spreading a
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  Speaker 1: culture of tolerance. In New York, a horrific scene on
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  Speaker 1: Manhattan's Upper West Side has left two people dead and
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  Speaker 1: several others hospitalized. The NYPDS as a suspected drunk driver
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  Speaker 1: caused a massive, violent chain reaction collision Friday evening around
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  Speaker 1: six pm. The tragedy unfolded at the busy intersection of
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  Speaker 1: West one hundred and ninth Street in Amsterdam. Avenue investigator
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  Speaker 1: say sixty one year old Elvin Suarez was driving a
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  Speaker 1: twenty nineteen Mercedes SUV northbound when he first struck a
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  Speaker 1: parked Volkswagen Jetta. Suarez that allegedly accelerated through the intersection,
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  Speaker 1: violently jumped a median and plowed directly into four pedestrians.
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  Speaker 1: The speeding Mercedes did not stop there. It slammed into
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  Speaker 1: an occupied van, pushing that vehicle into a row of
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  Speaker 1: four parked cars. Emergency crews rushed the victims to Mount
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  Speaker 1: Sinai Morningside Hospital. Tragically, two pedestrians, identified as forty six
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  Speaker 1: year old Jason Necgrone and thirty five year old Michael
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  Speaker 1: Saint Hilaire, succumbed to their injuries and were pronounced dead. Suarez,
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  Speaker 1: the occupant of the van, and two other pedestrians, ages
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  Speaker 1: forty four and thirty six, survived in stable condition. Suarez
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  Speaker 1: was immediately placed under arrest. He's facing severe charges, including
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  Speaker 1: two counts of manslaughter, two counts of vehicular assault, and
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  Speaker 1: driving well intoxicated. The NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad
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  Speaker 1: is continuing to recreate the scene to determine exactly how
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  Speaker 1: fast Suarez was traveling before the catastrophic impact. A shocking
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  Speaker 1: murder for hire plot involving a popular social media influencer,
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  Speaker 1: her family, and a dark web conspiracy has come to
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  Speaker 1: light targeting a well known pop singer. Authorities have arrested
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  Speaker 1: TikTok influencer Gabriella Gabby Lauren Gonzalez, twenty five, along with
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  Speaker 1: her father, Francisco Gonzalez, and her boyfriend Chai Cordrey, for
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  Speaker 1: allegedly conspiring to hire a hitman to who assassinate Gonzalez's
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  Speaker 1: ex boyfriend, Jack Avery. Avery is a former member of
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  Speaker 1: the popular boy band Why Don't We and shares a
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  Speaker 1: seven year old daughter with Gonzalez. According to police reports,
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  Speaker 1: the underlying motive stems from a bitter, long standing custody
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  Speaker 1: and visitation battle over their young child. The arrest warrant
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  Speaker 1: reveals that Gonzalez's father, Francisco Gonzalez, became deeply embedded in
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  Speaker 1: the ongoing custody dispute. Prosecutors alleged that between twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: and twenty twenty one, the hostility reached a boiling point.
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  Speaker 1: Francisco reportedly hired a private investigator to track Avery's movements,
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  Speaker 1: looking specifically for evidence of smoking, drinking, or any behavioral
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  Speaker 1: issues that could be leveraged against the singer in court.
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  Speaker 1: The father also allegedly threatened to have Avery arrested if
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  Speaker 1: he showed up for scheduled visitations, and even attempted to
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  Speaker 1: manipulate a law enforcement contact to intervene. But the situation
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  Speaker 1: took a sinister turn when Gonzalez allegedly turned to her
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  Speaker 1: then boyfriend Ki Cordrey to procure a professional killer. A
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  Speaker 1: news release from officials states that Gonzalez wanted Avery dead
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  Speaker 1: and asked Cordray to find a hit man using the
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  Speaker 1: dark web to finance the execution. Francisco. Gonzalez reportedly paid
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  Speaker 1: Cordray ten thousand dollars under the fraudulent guise of web
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  Speaker 1: development fees. Cordray later demanded an additional four thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: from Francisco to advance the plot. Unbeknownst to the co conspirators,
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  Speaker 1: their digital trail led them straight to law enforcement. In
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  Speaker 1: September of twenty twenty one, Cordray began communicating with an
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  Speaker 1: undercover law enforcement agent who was posing as an operational
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  Speaker 1: hit man. Investigators state that Cordray openly detailed the murder plot,
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  Speaker 1: identified Jack Avery as the target, discussed payment arrangements, and
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  Speaker 1: negotiated proof of death. In subsequent recordings, Cordray explicitly told
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  Speaker 1: the undercover agent that Gabrielle Gonzalez ordered the hit and
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  Speaker 1: that her father would cover the expenses. The legal fallout
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  Speaker 1: from this disrupted plot is moving rapidly. Tmzer report worts
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  Speaker 1: that following the news of Gonzalez's arrest, Avery immediately filed
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  Speaker 1: an emergency restraining order against his ex girlfriend and has
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  Speaker 1: petitioned the court for sole custody of their daughter. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the Los Angeles County warrant issued on May twelfth led
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  Speaker 1: to the arrest of Francisco Gonzalez in Seminole County, Florida.
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  Speaker 1: During his initial court appearance, his defense team indicated that
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  Speaker 1: Gonzalez plans to waive extradition to California to face these
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  Speaker 1: severe charges. If convicted, Gonzalez, her father, and her boyfriend
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  Speaker 1: faced twenty five years so life in state prison. Authorities
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  Speaker 1: in Austin have arrested two teenage suspects in connection with
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  Speaker 1: a terrifying series of shootings that spanned across the city,
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  Speaker 1: leaving four people injured in an entire community on high alert.
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  Speaker 1: Austin p D Chief Lisa Davis announced during a Sunday
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  Speaker 1: press conference that a seventeen and fifteen year old boy
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  Speaker 1: have been taken into custody. Investigators believe the pair are
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  Speaker 1: responsible for as many as ten separate attacks across the
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  Speaker 1: city over Saturday and Sunday. Astonishingly, police are still searching
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  Speaker 1: for a third suspect, who remains at large and is
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  Speaker 1: believed to be near the suburb of Manor. According to
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Kirk Watson, the wave of violence appeared completely indiscriminate,
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  Speaker 1: targeting unsuspecting citizens and even emergency responders. Two of the
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  Speaker 1: targeted locations were Austin Fire Department stations.
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  Speaker 4: We are reporting multiple shootings throughout the area. Two of
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  Speaker 4: those have been at our fire station or at two
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  Speaker 4: Austin Fire Department stations. These are curring primarily in South Austin,
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  Speaker 4: and we don't have any specific motive that has been identified.
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  Speaker 4: In fact, these actions appear to be randomed.
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  Speaker 1: The violence began around nine pm Saturday on the sixty
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  Speaker 1: seven hundred block of Wentworth Drive in East Austin, when
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  Speaker 1: a suspect opened fire directly toward fire Station twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: The next morning, around eight am, near the intersection of
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  Speaker 1: Jane's Ranch Road, in Ballydn Drive in Southeast Austin. A
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  Speaker 1: male victim was shot once. He was rushed to the hospital,
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  Speaker 1: where means in serious but stable condition. Less than three
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  Speaker 1: hours later, the shooters struck again, firing rounds toward fire
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  Speaker 1: Station thirty two and the twenty eight hundred block of
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  Speaker 1: Montabello Road. Austin f D confirmed that no firefighters were injured.
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  Speaker 1: David Gerard, the president of the Austin Firefighters Association, released
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  Speaker 1: a statement emphasizing that the attacks have not hindered their
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  Speaker 1: emergency operations, stating that crews remain in full force, responding
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  Speaker 1: to every call without hesitation. We've learned the seventeen year
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  Speaker 1: old suspect already had an active warrant for gun theft,
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  Speaker 1: while the fifteen year old is accused of stealing a
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  Speaker 1: firearm on Saturday. The teenagers are also accused of stealing
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  Speaker 1: four separate vehicles during the violent spree. Following the arrests,
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  Speaker 1: a shelter in place order for South Austin was lifted,
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  Speaker 1: though the Manor Police Department. In the Travis County Sheriff's
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  Speaker 1: Office urged residents in their jurisdictions to remain indoors during
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  Speaker 1: the manhunt for the third suspect. Chief Lisa Davis strictly
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  Speaker 1: warned residents to lock their vehicles as auto theft acted
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  Speaker 1: as the catalyst for this entire shooting streak.
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  Speaker 5: At this point, we know the suspects. Vehicles used in
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  Speaker 5: this incident have included a black or dark blue Hondai,
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  Speaker 5: a gold Hondi Sedan, a silver Masta four door, and
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  Speaker 5: a white Kia Optima, which APD is currently looking for.
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  Speaker 1: Anyone with information is urged to contact Austin ped at
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  Speaker 1: five one two nine seven four fifty one seventy seven
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  Speaker 1: or submit anonymous tips to crime stoppers up five to
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  Speaker 1: one two four seven two eighty four seventy seven. A
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  Speaker 1: reward of up to one thousand dollars is available for
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  Speaker 1: tips leading to an arrest. A bizarre viral stunt in
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  Speaker 1: Japan has landed two American nationals in hot water. On Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: authorities arrested a twenty four year old college student and
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  Speaker 1: a twenty seven year old self described singer at the
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  Speaker 1: Ichikawa City Zoo. The reason a reckless bid for social media.
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  Speaker 1: Cloud video circulating online show a person dressed in a
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  Speaker 1: full emoji costume climbing over a barrier straight into the
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  Speaker 1: Japanese mcaque enclosure. The intruder dropped a small stuffed toy
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  Speaker 1: near the monkeys, startling the troop and causing them to
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  Speaker 1: scatter in fear. Zoostaff intervened immediately. While no physical contact
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  Speaker 1: was made and no animals were hurt, the two men
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  Speaker 1: were handed over to police on suspicion of forcible obstruction
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  Speaker 1: of business. According to local reports, one suspect is refusing
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  Speaker 1: to cooperate, while the other denies the allegations entirely. So
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  Speaker 1: why target this specific enclosure? The short answer is Internet fame.
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  Speaker 1: The stunt took place at the home of Punch, a
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  Speaker 1: young macaque who became a global Internet sensation. Punch has
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  Speaker 1: had a tough start to life. He was abandoned by
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  Speaker 1: his mother shortly after his birth in July twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: When zookeepers tried to reintegrate him into the Monkey Mountain
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  Speaker 1: troop earlier this year, he was heavily bullied and isolated.
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  Speaker 1: To cope, Punch bonded deeply with a stuffed orange orangutan toy,
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  Speaker 1: clutching it for comfort. Videos of the lonely monkey and
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  Speaker 1: his plushy went viral, drawing massive, hours long lines of
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  Speaker 1: visitors to the zoo. Fortunately, the zoo confirmed that Punch
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  Speaker 1: and his troops survived the weekend's disruption unscathed. The zoo
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  Speaker 1: has temporarily closed some viewing areas to enhance security measures,
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  Speaker 1: but operations are continuing. As for Punch's progress, zookeepers say
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  Speaker 1: their patience is paying off. Recent footage shows him finally
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  Speaker 1: initiating social contact with a gentle female macaque, even hitching
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  Speaker 1: a piggyback ride, a vital milestone for his development. While
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  Speaker 1: he still grabs his stuffed toy when he feels threatened,
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  Speaker 1: experts hope stunts like Sundays won't set his recovery back.
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  Speaker 1: For the latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure
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  Speaker 1: to tune in tomorrow on your favorite podcast app with
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  Speaker 1: this crime alert. I'm Sidney Solvani.