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Mistaken Report Of Driver Pointing Gun At Cars Closed Route 581 For Hours, Police Say Mistaken Report Of Driver Pointing Gun At Cars Closed Route 581 For Hours, Police Say
Mistaken Report Of Driver Pointing Gun At Cars Closed Route 581 For Hours, Police Say Route 581 in Cumberland County was closed for hours last Friday due to a report of a man pointing a gun at drivers, according to Pennsylvania State Police. A search of the car, however, deemed the report unfounded, police said. Emergency Dispatch Services received a report that a man had parked his pick-up on the eastbound side of the highway at mile marker 4.2 in Hampden Township and was pointing a handgun at oncoming traffic at 11:53 a.m. Both directions of traffic were immediately shut down and the car was surrounded, thanks to coordinated efforts by a SWAT team including Hampden T…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Mother Charged In Fatal Collegeville Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Daughter By Son Mother Charged In Fatal Collegeville Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Daughter By Son
Mother Charged In Fatal Collegeville Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Daughter By Son A mother has been charged in connection to the fatal shooting of her 12-year-old daughter by her son in a Collegeville home earlier this month, authorities said. Daisy Vasquez, 31, turned herself in to police Monday and is facing third-degree felony charges of endangering welfare of children, possession of a firearm by a minor–responsibility of adult, and hindering apprehension or prosecution, and other related charges, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Upper Providence Township Police Chief Mark A. Toomey. An investigation discovered that the ch…

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by Nicole Acosta