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iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) -- Police have released intense bodycam footage from the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas last October that shows first responders struggling to dodge bullets and shield victims with little understanding of where the gunfire was coming from.The Las Vegas Metro Police Department on Wednesday released more than two dozen video files with hours of officer bodycam footage and about 500 recordings of phone calls from the night […]

iStock/Thinkstock(BOWIE, Md.) -- A teenage boy was hospitalized in critical condition after a "near-drowning incident" at Six Flags America in Maryland on Wednesday, Prince George’s County Fire officials said.The 14-year-old was rescued from a wave pool at the park and taken to a hospital after being treated by park officials and the county paramedics, according to Six Flags spokeswoman Denise Stokes.Stokes did not elaborate on the circumstances surrounding the near-drowning."The […]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) -- Authorities are searching for at least one person who opened fire on four cars traveling down Highway 509 near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.The highway near the airport was shut down for more than five hours while Washington Highway Patrol searched for the shooter Wednesday afternoon.Seattle resident Mary Ertl's windshield was one of those struck."I heard a boom, and then glass all over my face," Ertl told ABC affiliate KOMO-TV. […]

Orlando Police Department(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- The wife of an Orlando, Florida, police officer shot and critically wounded allegedly by a paroled felon who killed himself and four child hostages, broke down in tears Wednesday as she asked people to pray for his survival, saying, "My boys need their daddy and I need my husband."Meghan Valencia -- the wife of Officer Kevin Valencia and the mother of his two sons, one […]

ABC News(DENVER) -- The back-flipping FBI agent who accidentally shot a Colorado nightclub patron has been ordered to stay away from the man after being charged with second-degree assault.Chase Bishop, 29, Wednesday made his first appearance in a Denver courtroom, where a judge issued a standard protection order stating that he must have zero contact and stay at least 100 yards away from Tom Reddington, 24, who was shot in […]

iStock/Thinkstock(ST. PAUL, Minn.) -- A furry, masked critter that scaled a skyscraper in St. Paul, Minnesota, has become a social media sensation overnight.The raccoon was spotted climbing the ledges along the UBS Financial Services building downtown before it stopped to rest on a ledge, according to ABC News affiliate KSTP-TV in Minneapolis and St. Paul.Mayor Melvin Carter said on Twitter that city officials were working with building owners to find […]

iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) -- California residents will get a chance to vote on a measure to divide the Golden State into three separate states, election officials said Tuesday.Proponents of the CAL 3 initiative submitted more than 402,468 valid signatures as of Tuesday, making it eligible for the Nov. 6 general election ballot, according to the California Secretary of State’s office.The office did not say exactly how many total signatures were submitted, […]

Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office via KOCO-TV(OKLAHOMA CITY) -- An Oklahoma sheriff's deputy helped save a 3-year-old boy who was choking on a quarter he swallowed, an ABC affiliate reported.Pottawatomie County Deputy William Wheeler noticed a woman asking for help at a local car wash on June 8, according to the Shawnee News-Star.The woman, later identified as Victoria Terrill, noticed her son, Chaz, was choking while they drove back from dinner, […]

Courtesy of Piazza Family(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) -- A former Penn State fraternity brother has entered the first guilty plea in connection with the death of pledge Tim Piazza, who died after falling down fraternity house stairs during an alcohol-fueled hazing ritual, prosecutors said.Ryan Burke, who was accused of forcing Piazza to drink from a bottle of vodka the night of his fall, pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of hazing […]