Monday, October 22, 2012
Dead man at shooting had on body armor
inglewood, calif.
A man found dead at the property where five members of a Southern California family were shot — two fatally — was wearing body armor, clutching a handgun and had a bullet hole in his head, authorities said Sunday.
The loaded handgun was a .38 caliber revolver registered to 55-year-old Desmond John Moses, who lived in a bungalow set ablaze before the deadly shooting spree at his neighbor’s house in Inglewood, said Police Lt. James Madia.
The body, burned beyond recognition, was found inside the bungalow late Saturday and an autopsy will determine whether it is Moses.
The dead man had “what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head” and carried additional ammunition in his pockets, a police statement said. He was wearing “bullet-resistant body armor,” the statement said.
The shooting rampage before dawn Saturday killed 33-year-old Filimon Lamas and his 4-year-old son.
Pregnant woman set to wed was fatally stabbed
new york
A pregnant mother of four killed in her New York City apartment the day before her wedding died from slash and stab wounds to her neck, authorities said Sunday.
The death of Vindalee Smith, 38, was ruled a homicide, the city medical examiner’s office said in releasing autopsy results. Her unborn child did not survive.
Smith was found on the floor of her home in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn on Saturday. Neighbors said she had moved into the area in recent weeks. Her other children are older and did not live with her.
Police said there was no sign of forced entry, and no weapon was recovered. Investigators were looking for a possible suspect and spoke to Smith’s fiance as well as friends and family.
Car bomb kills 13
amman, jordan
A taxi packed with explosives blew up near a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing 13 people as the U.N. envoy taskedSFlbwith ending the country’s civil war pushed his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad.
The blast, which also wounded 29 people in the popular shopping district of Bab Touma, was overshadowed by anti-Syria violence in neighboring Lebanon.
Lebanon protesters try to storm gov’t palace
beirut
The funeral for Lebanon’s slain intelligence chief descended into chaos Sunday as soldiers fired tear gas at protesters who tried to storm the government palace, directing their rage at a leadership they consider puppets of a murderous Syrian regime.
The assassination of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in a car bomb Friday threatens to shatter the fragile political balance in Lebanon, a country plagued by decades of strife — much of it linked to political and military domination by Damascus.
“The Sunni blood is boiling!” the crowd chanted as hundreds of people clashed with security forces. More than 100 protesters broke through a police cordon, putting them within 50 yards of the entrance to the palace.
Authorities responded with tear gas and several officers fired machine guns and rifles in the air.
Former Venezuelan VP confirms Castro meeting
havana
Former Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua said Sunday that he met with aging revolutionary icon Fidel Castro for five hours and showed The Associated Press photos of the encounter, quashing persistent rumors that the former Cuban leader was on his deathbed or had suffered a massive stroke.
Jaua also confirmed that the 86-year-old retired Cuban president personally accompanied him to the Hotel Nacional after their meeting Saturday, in which they talked about politics, history, culture and tourism.
Jaua showed a photograph of himself seated in a minibus along with the former Cuban leader, Castro’s wife, Dalia Soto del Valle, a hotel executive and several other people.
Cops: 2 women arrested after mom attacks bullies
toms river, n.j.
The mother of a 9-year-old girl who says she was bullied has been arrested on charges she boarded a school bus and slapped and cursed at two fourth-grade boys, while the girl’s grandmother is accused of screaming at them, authorities said.
Rebecca Sardoni, 28, of Toms River, and her mother, Stephanie Sardoni, 51, of Beachwood, were arrested Friday and released on summonses.
Associated Press