Man killed near Olympic stadium

Man killed near Olympic stadium

RIO DE JANEIRO

Spectators leaving the opening ceremony of the Olympics were confronted by the body of a man shot dead near Maracana Stadium.

Eyewitnesses said Saturday that blood poured from the body onto the road as medics tended to the man next to an ambulance.

Loud multiple gunshots were heard earlier by photographers from The Associated Press, forcing games volunteers and others leaving Friday night’s ceremony to duck for cover behind cars. A shooter was seen running from the scene and fleeing in a car close to a university parking lot.

Organizing committee spokesman Mario Andrada said his group will check on this but does not have “any information on any shooting outside or close to the stadium last night.”

Gulf Coast urged to prepare for potential floods

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management is urging residents and businesses from Tampa to Pensacola to prepare for heavy rainfall and flooding potential through next week.

In a statement Saturday, FDEM director Bryan W. Koon said the National Weather Service is monitoring a developing weather system along the Gulf Coast and that the service “expects this to be a slow-moving heavy rain event which could last through Thursday,” affecting portions of the Big Bend and Panhandle.

The statement said the forecast calls for 10 to 15 inches of rain in locations from Tampa to Pensacola through the next five days with isolated areas receiving more than 18 inches.

2 men killed in skydiving jump

SAN FRANCISCO

Two skydivers were killed Saturday during a tandem jump in northern California, authorities said Saturday.

Their bodies were found in a Lodi-area vineyard after someone reported that the skydivers hit the ground without an open parachute, San Joaquin County Deputy Sheriff Les Garcia said.

It appeared the parachute did not deploy until after impact, he said.

Authorities were working to identify the bodies, but Riley said it appears the victims, both males, were in their 20s. One was an instructor, he said.

They had jumped from the Parachute Center, a popular skydiving school in the state’s Central Valley whose website declares it “one of the largest and oldest drop zones in the United States,” launched in 1964.

12,300-year-old fire pit found in northern Utah

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah

An ancient tribal fire pit with tools, a spear tip and tobacco seeds that archaeologists say dates back 12,300 years recently was discovered on a military testing range in northern Utah.

An archaeological team this month uncovered the hearth at Hill Air Force Base’s Utah Test and Training Range, which is south of Ogden. The artifacts will be curated through the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City, The Standard Examiner reported.

Hill archaeologist and Cultural Resource Manager Anya Kitterman worked with Far Western Anthropological Research Group to uncover charcoal, animal bone fragments and other remnants from the cooking pit.

“When you come across a find like that, it’s obviously very exciting,” Kitterman said. “You’re getting a real picture of the history of this land. It’s an unbelievable feeling. We’ve been looking for something major like this for years.”

Associated Press