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Fatal Shooting Of HS Senior By Federal Agents Justified, DA Says (Update)
The fatal shooting of an Aliquippa High School senior by a federal agent has been ruled justified, Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible announced during a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 1.
The 18-year-old Kendric Curtis fired two rounds from a stolen handgun into an unmarked SUV carrying undercover ATF, FBI, and local task force officers on Waugaman Street at the Linmar Terrace apartment complex, DA Bible said. An ATF agent returned fire once, striking Curtis in the head.
Curtis was flown to Allegheny General Hospital, where he died at 3:03 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, the Allegheny…
Man Killed When Tree Falls On Him In NY: Police Investigating
A 45-year-old man died after being struck by a tree he was cutting in Orange County, authorities said.
The incident happened in the town of Wallkill on Thursday, Sept. 4, at around 1:30 p.m. in a wooded area near 38 Derby Rd., the Town of Wallkill Police Department announced on Saturday, Sept. 6.
When officers arrived, they found the victim, a Sullivan County resident from Livingston Manor, unconscious and unresponsive on the ground. A preliminary investigation revealed he had been cutting a tree when it fell, striking him in the chest and shoulder, according to police.
Town of Wallkill of…