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Soldiers Tackle and Disarm Woman After Horrific Interstate Crash and Stabbing | Crime Alert 10.12.26 · Crime Alert Hourly Update

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now. I'm Sydney Silvani.
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  Speaker 1: A terrifying scene unfolded on a Washington State freeway after
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  Speaker 1: a woman allegedly sent her SUV careening into a semi-truck,
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  Speaker 1: flipped her vehicle, and then launched a violent knife attack
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  Speaker 1: against a young girl until two heroic soldiers tackled and
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  Speaker 1: disarmed her. The Washington State Patrol reports that a 35-year-old
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  Speaker 1: woman from Steilacoom was driving erratically along southbound Interstate 5
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  Speaker 1: near DuPont when her SUV struck the left-side barrier, swerved
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  Speaker 1: across traffic, collided with the semi-truck in the center lane,
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  Speaker 1: and hit the barrier again before rolling over. As horrified
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  Speaker 1: bystanders rushed toward the wreckage, the driver allegedly pulled a
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  Speaker 1: knife and threatened two young girls from the vehicle, stabbing
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  Speaker 1: a 9-year-old girl and threatening a 16-year-old passenger. Passersby witnessed
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  Speaker 1: a sudden flash of movement as two service members in
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  Speaker 1: military uniforms from Joint Base Lewis-McChord fearlessly leaked into action.
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  Speaker 2: There's people standing around, and all of a sudden... You know,
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  Speaker 2: it was a flash, and then the two soldiers jumped
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  Speaker 2: on a person. I heard a scream at that time.
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  Speaker 2: I saw one of the soldiers have a knife in
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  Speaker 2: his hand that he dislodged from the person.
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  Speaker 1: That they had tackled. Witness Nathan Wilkinson told King 5
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  Speaker 1: that he was driving to work when he saw the
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  Speaker 1: two soldiers tackle the woman and dislodge the weapon. Wilkinson
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  Speaker 1: called 911 while the uniformed soldiers and other bystanders held
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  Speaker 1: the suspect down on the pavement until law enforcement arrived.
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  Speaker 1: The 9-year-old girl suffered multiple broken bones and a stab wound,
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  Speaker 1: while the 16-year-old girl was hospitalized without serious injuries. The
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  Speaker 1: semi-driver was unhurt. Authorities initially transported the suspect to a
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  Speaker 1: hospital for evaluation while investigating her for vehicular assault, first-degree assault,
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  Speaker 1: and driving under the influence. By the following day, she
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  Speaker 1: was booked into the Pierce County Jail facing two counts
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  Speaker 1: of assault, vehicular assault, and two counts of reckless endangerment.
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  Speaker 1: The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and authorities
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  Speaker 1: have not specified her relationship to the young victims. More
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  Speaker 1: crime and justice news after this. A Texas mother is
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  Speaker 1: behind bars after police say she launched a horrific knife
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  Speaker 1: attack inside her family's home, stabbing her husband and her
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  Speaker 1: two toddler children in the early morning hours. Holly Flores, 37,
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  Speaker 1: was arrested at her Northlake residence on Tuesday, October 6,
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  Speaker 1: after her 34-year-old husband called 911 around 4.20 a.m., frantically
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  Speaker 1: reporting that his wife had attacked him with a knife.
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  Speaker 1: Northlake Police Chief Robert Crawford detailed the emergency response to
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  Speaker 1: the scene on Daylily Drive.
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  Speaker 3: At approximately 4.20 a.m., officers were dispatched to a residence
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  Speaker 3: in the 1200 block of Daylily Drive regarding a stabbing
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  Speaker 3: in progress. Denton County Sheriff's Office communications advised that a
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  Speaker 3: male subject was reporting that his wife had a knife
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  Speaker 3: and had stabbed him. Officers arrived within minutes at the
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  Speaker 3: location and detained an adult female. Officers completed a protective
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  Speaker 3: sweep of the residence. and discovered two small children who
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  Speaker 3: had also had stab wounds.
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  Speaker 1: Both young children, a three-year-old girl and a 10-month-old boy,
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  Speaker 1: suffered stab wounds to their chests and were rushed to
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  Speaker 1: the hospital alongside their father, who sustained a non-life-threatening stab
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  Speaker 1: wound to his head. Chief Crawford provided an update on
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  Speaker 1: the condition of the young victims.
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  Speaker 3: At the last I heard from the detectives, the children
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  Speaker 3: are stable. I don't believe they're life-threatening. They're still in
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  Speaker 3: a hospital for observation. but I believe they're going to
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  Speaker 3: be okay.
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  Speaker 1: Flores was treated for minor injuries before being booked into
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  Speaker 1: the Denton County Jail on two counts of attempted capital
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  Speaker 1: murder of a person under 10 and one count of
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  Speaker 1: aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Investigators revealed that this
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  Speaker 1: marked the police department's fifth welfare check at the family
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  Speaker 1: home since March. Chief Crawford called the case deeply heartbreaking,
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  Speaker 1: asking for community prayers for the family and officers.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, just prayers for the family. Um, and for our
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  Speaker 3: officers as well. You know, most people don't see tragedies
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  Speaker 3: like this in a lifetime. We see it several times
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  Speaker 3: through our career, and after a while it weighs on you.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, if the community can just pray for us
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  Speaker 3: and pray for the family that this has happened to.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, federal authorities at Miami International Airport intercepted an extraordinary
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  Speaker 1: wildlife smuggling attempt after noticing a suspicious bulge in a
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  Speaker 1: passenger's groin area. Alberto Hernandez Castillo, a legal permanent resident
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  Speaker 1: of the United States, arrived in Miami on Sunday, October
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  Speaker 1: 4 after visiting family in Cuba. When selected for secondary
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  Speaker 1: inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, Hernandez Castillo
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  Speaker 1: filled out declaration paperwork indicating he was carrying only a
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  Speaker 1: carry-on bag and a fanny pack, answering no to whether
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  Speaker 1: he was bringing any animals or wildlife into the country. However,
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  Speaker 1: officers noticed an unexplained bulge near his waistband and observed
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  Speaker 1: that he appeared nervous. Escorted to a secure inspection room,
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  Speaker 1: a pat-down search revealed six clear plastic tubes wrapped in
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  Speaker 1: tape and black mesh hidden inside custom pockets sewn into
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  Speaker 1: his underwear. Inside those containers, officers uncovered 10 live songbirds,
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  Speaker 1: including eight yellow-faced grass quits and two blue grosbeaks, species
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  Speaker 1: commonly sold in the illegal pet trade. Hernandez Castillo initially
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  Speaker 1: claimed the birds were for his personal use before invoking
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  Speaker 1: his right to remain silent. Charged with smuggling goods without
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  Speaker 1: proper clearance, he appeared in Miami federal court and was
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  Speaker 1: released on a $ 25, 000 bond ahead of his October 26th arraignment.
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  Speaker 1: For more crime and justice news, be sure to join
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sydney Silvani.