Suspect at large in fatal Tenn. shooting

Suspect at large in fatal Tenn. shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Two student passers-by injured in a late-night shooting at Tennessee State University were released from the hospital Friday as neighbors mourned the loss of a 19-year-old man who was killed and police searched for the shooter.

The shooting happened in an outdoor courtyard during an argument over a dice game about 10:50 p.m. Thursday, Metro Nashville Police Spokesman Don Aaron said. The victim was identified as Cameron Selmon, of Memphis. He was not a student at the school, Aaron said.

Three women, all 18-year-old students, were passing by the courtyard when they were injured by the gunfire.

One of the three women was grazed and did not require hospitalization. The other two were treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and released Friday.

Police continued to search for clues as to the shooter’s identity Friday.

Feds confiscate execution drugs

TUCSON, Ariz.

Federal authorities have confiscated shipments of a lethal-injection chemical that Arizona and Texas tried to bring in from abroad, saying such imports are illegal – a move that compounds the nation’s severe shortage of execution drugs.

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it impounded orders of sodium thiopental, an anesthetic that has been used in past executions in combination with drugs that paralyze the muscles and stop the heart. The anesthetic currently has no legal uses in the U.S.

“Courts have concluded that sodium thiopental for the injection in humans is an unapproved drug and may not be imported into the country,” FDA spokesman Jeff Ventura said in a statement.

Woman may face big bill for in-flight birth

TAIPEI, Taiwan

A Taiwanese woman who gave birth on a flight to the U.S. in what may have been an attempt to give her baby American citizenship could face a hefty bill for forcing the plane to divert to Alaska.

The insurance firm of China Airlines will decide whether to ask the unidentified passenger to cover the cost of the stopover to ensure the health of her baby, airline media affairs staffer Weni Lee said Friday. The flight made an emergency landing en route from Taipei to Los Angeles on Oct. 8.

Taiwanese media have estimated the bill at $33,000, although the airline said its insurer is still calculating the cost.

Marking UN’s 70th anniversary

UNITED NATIONS

More than 200 landmarks in 60 countries from the Pyramids in Egypt to the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Empire State Building in New York will be lit up in blue, the official color of the United Nations, today to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the world body.

The global celebration will kick off in New Zealand and then at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, and move across countries and continents to the Great Wall of China, the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, Russia’s Hermitage Museum, the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro and many other sites.

Zoo fined for death of young gorilla

SAN FRANCISCO

The San Francisco Zoo has been fined $1,750 for negligence in the death of a 16-month-old gorilla that was crushed to death last year.

Animal-rights groups derided the federal fine, saying Friday it was meager.

The gorilla named Kabibe died last Nov. 7 when she unexpectedly darted under an electric door as it closed, zoo officials said.

Associated Press