2 dead, 1 wounded in Fla. mall shooting


2 dead, 1 wounded in Fla. mall shooting

MELBOURNE, Fla.

A Florida man had “several pockets full of ammunition” when he targeted his wife in a shooting Saturday morning that killed two people at a mall food court, police said.

Jose Garcia Rodriguez, 57, of Palm Bay, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at Melbourne Square Mall, said Cmdr. Vince Pryce of Melbourne Police.

His 33-year-old wife, Ida, was hospitalized in good condition with a gunshot wound, Pryce said.

Officials: Mother set newborn on fire

PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J.

A New Jersey woman who authorities say put her newborn baby in the middle of a road and set the child on fire was charged Saturday with murder.

Burlington County prosecutors said Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22, of Pemberton Township was jailed on $500,000 bail. It wasn’t known if she has retained a lawyer.

Ky. teens still on run

LEITCHFIELD, Ky.

A sheriff says authorities are following up on tips related to the search for two teenage sweethearts from Kentucky who are accused of blazing a trail of crime across the South.

Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins says authorities are receiving tips about the whereabouts of the 18-year-old and his 13-year-old girlfriend, but have no confirmation on their location.

Authorities say Dalton Hayes and Cheyenne Phillips have left behind stolen vehicles and pilfered checks since they vanished Jan. 3 from their western Kentucky hometown. They’ve eluded capture and were last believed to be driving a stolen truck with two guns.

Wedding in hospice

NEW YORK

A 25-year-old man with terminal cancer got his wish fulfilled when he married his longtime girlfriend in the New York City hospice where he is living out his last days.

The Daily News reports that Christopher Robinson and 23-year-old Terry Torres married Thursday at the Metropolitan Jewish Health System hospice in Brooklyn.

Robinson was diagnosed with a rare form of renal cancer last summer and given a few months to live.

1882 Winchester puzzles researchers

RENO, Nev.

Researchers are trying to crack the mystery surrounding the discovery of a weathered, rusted Winchester rifle in the mountains of remote eastern Nevada.

The gun manufactured in 1882 was found leaning against a juniper tree on a rocky outcrop in Great Basin National Park during an archaeological survey in November.

Nichole Andler, the park’s chief of interpretation, said officials may never know when the .44-40 rifle was placed there, but it’s possible it could have been left undisturbed since the 1800s.

Pileup injures 4

BAKER CITY, Ore.

Black ice is believed to be the cause of a freeway pileup involving more than a dozen tractor-trailers Saturday morning in eastern Oregon, police said.

The pileup left a long stretch of Interstate 84 closed for most of the day as crews worked to clean spilled diesel fuel and clear away 50 vehicles that were either damaged or stranded.

Four people were taken to hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to serious, but there were no fatalities, Oregon State Police Sgt. Kyle Hove said.

Associated Press