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NY Native, 18, Shot, Killed Near Chicago Campus While Walking With Friends: Reports NY Native, 18, Shot, Killed Near Chicago Campus While Walking With Friends: Reports
NY Native, 18, Shot, Killed Near Chicago Campus While Walking With Friends: Reports A Hudson Valley native and college freshman was shot and killed while walking with friends near her Chicago campus early Thursday morning, March 19, according to reports.  New, updated report - Hunt For Gunman Continues After Westchester Teen Slain By Chicago Campus, Family Seeks Answers Sheridan Gorman, 18, a graduate of Yorktown High School in Westchester County and student at Loyola University Chicago, was killed in a shooting near Lake Michigan around 1:30 a.m., according to CBS News and WGN-TV.  Chicago Police said Gorman was walking with a group in the 1000 block of We…

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Past Fire Chief From NY Dies Suddenly At 47: Remembered As 'Friend To Many' Past Fire Chief From NY Dies Suddenly At 47: Remembered As 'Friend To Many'
Past Fire Chief From NY Dies Suddenly At 47: Remembered As 'Friend To Many' The Orange County firefighting community is mourning the sudden loss of a past fire chief and longtime responder whose life was tragically cut short.  Joseph John Mazza Sr., 47, of Orange County, died unexpectedly on Saturday, Aug. 23, the Pocatello Fire Department announced.  Mazza was a past chief and commissioner of the Pocatello Fire District in Middletown and a member of both the Orange County HAZMAT team and the Orange County Volunteer Firefighter’s Association, according to the department. "Joe was known and loved everywhere he went," the department wrote in a tribute…

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Community Mourns 'Exceptional' Teacher, Mother After Murder-Suicide In Hudson Valley Community Mourns 'Exceptional' Teacher, Mother After Murder-Suicide In Hudson Valley
Community Mourns 'Exceptional' Teacher, Mother After Murder-Suicide In Hudson Valley A community in mourning following the tragic death of a beloved schoolteacher in an apparent murder-suicide at her Westchester home is finding the silver lining in remembering her massive impact on countless young students.  Eastchester Union Free School District teacher Arlene O’Neill, age 47, was killed in a shooting at her Yonkers home on Chittenden Avenue on Wednesday morning, Oct. 16, according to Yonkers Police. Earlier Report - Retired Nypd Officer, Teacher Found Dead After Murder-Suicide At Yonkers Home O’Neill, a fifth-grade teacher at the Anne Hutchinson School, was fatally shot …

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Funeral Services Held For Boy, Mother Fatally Struck By Bus In Westchester Funeral Services Held For Boy, Mother Fatally Struck By Bus In Westchester
Funeral Services Held For Boy, Mother Fatally Struck By Bus In Westchester Community members came together to honor the memory of a 6-year-old boy and his mother who were killed while walking to a Westchester school.  A funeral Mass was held on Friday morning, June 28 at the St. Augustine Church in Larchmont for Mamaroneck residents Michael Donovan Volpe, age 6, and his mother, 43-year-old Molly Murphey Donovan, who were both killed on Thursday, June 20 after being struck by a school bus while walking to the Mamaroneck Avenue School.  Earlier Report - New Update: IDs Released Of Mother, Child Struck, Killed By School Bus In…

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