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Maryland Teens Charged In Double Homicide Linked To Pennsylvania Boy’s Killer's Gun Maryland Teens Charged In Double Homicide Linked To Pennsylvania Boy’s Killer's Gun
Maryland Teens Charged In Double Homicide Linked To Pennsylvania Boy’s Killer's Gun As the anniversary of Jason Rivera’s tragic killing approaches, investigators have uncovered a web of violence spanning two states, connecting the gun used to kill the 13-year-old in South Lebanon Township to a Maryland double homicide and two teenage suspects charged as adults. Jason Rivera’s life was cut short on Feb. 15, 2022, when he was shot 12 times outside his uncle’s apartment in South Lebanon Township. The seventh grader’s murder weapon—a Glock 26—has since become a key piece in a broader investigation, tied to multiple violent crimes in Maryland. The same gun was linked to a drive…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Targeted Killing Near Lebanon Train Station: Police Targeted Killing Near Lebanon Train Station: Police
Targeted Killing Near Lebanon Train Station: Police A 32-year-old man was shot dead— in what police think was a targeted killing— near Lebanon Train Station on Wednesday night, according to a release by city police. Police were dispatched to a report of gunshots fired in the 300 block of North 8th Street in Lebanon City on Feb. 23 at 9:51 p.m., according to a release by Lebanon City Police Chief Todd H. Breiner.  While enroute dispatchers received another call, this time reporting a man lying on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds, Breiner said in the release. Upon arrival police found the unidentified man who was taken to a hospital wher…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Community Rallies For Family After Boy Dies In Targeted Shooting Community Rallies For Family After Boy Dies In Targeted Shooting
Community Rallies For Family After Boy Dies In Targeted Shooting A community is rallying after a 13-year-old boy was shot dead in central Pennsylvania on Tuesday night. Jason “Jay” Rivera, of Lebanon, was shot in the 300 block of Vine Street in South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County on Tuesday night, according to the Lebanon County district attorney. Rivera died at Hershey Medical Center later that night, the DA says. Now his community is rallying to help his family through this difficult time, as the hunt for this seventh-grade student’s killer continues. Rivera’s grandmother Carmen Martinez started a GoFundMe campaign page to raise funds for her f…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Jersey Shore Man Threatens To 'F**k Up' Funeral For Hero NYPD Officer Jersey Shore Man Threatens To 'F**k Up' Funeral For Hero NYPD Officer
Jersey Shore Man Threatens To 'F**k Up' Funeral For Hero Nypd Officer A Monmouth County man who was once recorded shouting racist slurs at an Asian NYPD detective threatened to "f**k up" the next city police funeral. "If I had known about that mother-f**king funeral, I would have f***ed that sh*t up, bro -- all the way, 100 percent," Terrell Harper, 39, said in an Instagram stories video. "That a' been a wet dream. "I can't wait. I'm lookin' for the next cop funeral," Harper added in the video, which went viral on Twitter. "I'm tellin' ya: I'm gonna f**k that sh*t up, bro. I'll make news ASAP." Harper, whose last known address was on 10th Avenue in Neptune T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Civilian Dead, Police Officer Critically Injured In Maryland Shooting Civilian Dead, Police Officer Critically Injured In Maryland Shooting
Civilian Dead, Police Officer Critically Injured In Maryland Shooting One man died and a police officer was critically injured in an early-morning shooting Sunday, Jan. 30 in Maryland, authorities confirmed The incident occurred in a home the 990 block of Danville Ct., in Crofton (Anne Arundel County) around 4:45 a.m., county police said at a press briefing. More information was expected to be released in the coming days, with body cam footage expected to be released in the coming weeks, a spokesperson for the Maryland Attorney General's Office said. Anne Arundel County Police Chief Amal Awad noted the past few weeks have been a tough time for first responde…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NYPD: Rookie Shot, Killed By PA Ex-Con, Second Officer Clinging To Life NYPD: Rookie Shot, Killed By PA Ex-Con, Second Officer Clinging To Life
Nypd: Rookie Shot, Killed By PA Ex-Con, Second Officer Clinging To Life A 22-year-old rookie New York City police officer was killed and another officer critically wounded Friday night during what has become one of the most violent periods in the city's recent history. Officer Jason Rivera -- who once wrote that he wanted to join the NYPD to “better the relationship between the community and the police" -- was ambushed with two other officers while responding to a domestic violence call in a Harlem apartment, authorities said. The female caller had said she needed help with her son, city officials said during a solemn news conference at Harlem Hospital. The m…

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by Jerry DeMarco