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Mass Shooting Spares No One at Georgia Homecoming Block Party: 2 Dead, 35 Injured | Crime Alert 10.06.26 · Crime Alert Hourly Update

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. A weekend celebration turns into a deadly
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  Speaker 2: nightmare in central Georgia after a massive block party devolves
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  Speaker 2: into gunfire, leaving two young men dead and more than
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  Speaker 2: 30 others injured. Deputies with the Dooley County Sheriff's Office
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  Speaker 2: were already patrolling a neighborhood gathering on the 900 block
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  Speaker 2: of Pine Street in Vienna, located about 50 miles outside
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  Speaker 2: of Macon, around 125 Sunday morning. Over 1,000 people had
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  Speaker 2: gathered in the area for weekend festivities associated with Dooley
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  Speaker 2: County High School's homecoming weekend when gunfire suddenly erupted. More
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  Speaker 2: than 50 shots rang out into the night, sending hundreds
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  Speaker 2: of terrified partygoers fleeing frantically in every direction. When the
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  Speaker 2: shooting started, deputies rushed toward the scene, discovering multiple people
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  Speaker 2: suffering from gunshot wounds. Officers also located two young men
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  Speaker 2: several blocks away who were pronounced dead at the scene.
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  Speaker 2: Dooley County Coroner Brett Walls identified the two victims as
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  Speaker 2: 21-year-old Jaquavian Jackson and 23-year-old McCaleb Jackson. Autopsies will be
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  Speaker 2: conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Medical Examiner's Office.
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  Speaker 2: In addition to the two fatalities, 35 people were injured
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  Speaker 2: during the chaotic incident. Authorities reported that several of the
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  Speaker 2: victims suffered injuries after being hit by cars as frightened
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  Speaker 2: attendees tried to speed away from the gunfire. Dooley County
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  Speaker 2: Sheriff Craig Peavy described the chaotic and overwhelming environment deputies
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  Speaker 2: encountered as secondary shots rang out while they attempted to
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  Speaker 2: render aid to victims.
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  Speaker 1: We did not know what we had. While we were
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  Speaker 1: on the scene, more shots were fired. He didn't know
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  Speaker 1: where it was coming from. Multiple victims. It was a
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  Speaker 1: learning experience for us. And there's just hardly no way
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  Speaker 1: to know how to operate when something like that happens
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  Speaker 1: on the scene. You know, we learned, too. We thought
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  Speaker 1: we'd been involved with a lot of stuff, but sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it'll surprise you, and it was overwhelming.
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  Speaker 2: Dooley County School System Superintendent Sherrod Williford clarified that while
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  Speaker 2: the gathering coincided with homecoming weekend, the block party was
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  Speaker 2: not a school-sponsored event. However, recognizing the impact on students
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  Speaker 2: and staff, school officials confirmed extra security measures would be implemented.
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  Speaker 2: Authorities have not yet identified any suspects or determined a
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  Speaker 2: motive in the shooting, and the investigation remains active. Anyone
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  Speaker 2: with information is asked to contact the GBI Perry office
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  Speaker 2: at 478-987-4545 or anonymously at 1-800-597-TIPS. More crime and justice
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  Speaker 2: news after this. A horrific and unprovoked attack on Chicago's
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  Speaker 2: South Side has left a family in mourning after a
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  Speaker 2: seven-year-old girl was fatally stabbed in broad daylight. The tragedy
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  Speaker 2: occurred just before noon Saturday in the 8600 block of
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  Speaker 2: South Cottage Grove Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood. Seven-year-old Edimar
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  Speaker 2: Paola Hernandez was walking hand-in-hand with her older sister when
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  Speaker 2: police say 48-year-old Siobhan Gayden approached her and stabbed her
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  Speaker 2: multiple times in the back with a sharp object. Edimar,
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  Speaker 2: described by family members as a bright and cheerful child
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  Speaker 2: who loved to sing, was rushed to Comer Children's Hospital,
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  Speaker 2: where she later died from her injuries. Police say the
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  Speaker 2: attack was completely random and that Gayden did not know
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  Speaker 2: the victim. Surveillance video captured Gayden calmly walking away from
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  Speaker 2: the scene after the stabbing. Barbershop owner William Smith witnessed
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  Speaker 2: the immediate panic outside his business.
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  Speaker 3: That's where I noticed there was a little girl laying
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  Speaker 3: on the ground. There was people standing over her. And
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  Speaker 3: then there was, I presume, the mother was, you know, irate.
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  Speaker 3: She was, my baby, my baby. I heard a young
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  Speaker 3: lady or somebody say, That's the lady.
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  Speaker 1: She did it. She's running.
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  Speaker 2: Following the attack, two alert citizens chased Gayden down to
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  Speaker 2: prevent her from escaping, using jumper cables to restrain her
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  Speaker 2: until police officers arrived on the scene.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, he whacked her with it. She fell. He whacked
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  Speaker 3: her again. Then they just started dropping the hammers on her.
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  Speaker 2: Gayden was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries before being taken into
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  Speaker 2: custody and charged with first-degree murder. Court records reveal Gayden
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  Speaker 2: has a lengthy criminal record spanning over 10 years, including
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  Speaker 2: an active warrant for failing to appear in court, a
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  Speaker 2: 2023 conviction for assaulting a CTA bus driver, and probation
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  Speaker 2: violations for attacking shelter staff. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed
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  Speaker 2: the killing during a Sunday press event.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to use my power and my authority to
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  Speaker 3: continue to drive violence down the city of Chicago, but
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  Speaker 3: we won't be satisfied until All of our communities are
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  Speaker 3: completely safe.
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  Speaker 2: The victim's family has established a GoFundMe campaign to help
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  Speaker 2: cover funeral expenses. In Shreveport, Louisiana, a 13-year-old boy is
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  Speaker 2: being hailed as a hero after giving his life to
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  Speaker 2: protect his toddler sister from gunfire. Shemichael Russell was playing
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  Speaker 2: near a basketball court at the Old Salem Village apartment
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  Speaker 2: complex on September 28 when gunfire erupted, also injuring a
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  Speaker 2: 17-year-old and 2-year-old child. Schmeichel's aunt, Shreveport Police Department Chaplain
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  Speaker 2: Jessica Haley, revealed that the brave teenager used his own
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  Speaker 2: body to shield his three-year-old sister from the bullets.
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  Speaker 1: He was shielding his three-year-old sister at the park to
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  Speaker 1: keep her from being hit by the bullets.
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  Speaker 3: He was a hero. I mean, loving hard as a hero.
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  Speaker 2: Chaplain Haley remembered Schmeichel as a loving, joyful boy who
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  Speaker 2: enjoyed sports, gospel music, and helping his neighbors. In honor
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  Speaker 2: of his bravery, the Youth Peace and Justice Foundation is
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  Speaker 2: posthumously presenting him with the Youth Heroism Award. Meanwhile, Shreveport
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  Speaker 2: police have arrested two cousins, Javion and Alonzo Abbott, on
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  Speaker 2: murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting as the
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  Speaker 2: investigation continues. For more crime and justice news, be sure
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  Speaker 2: With this crime alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.