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WOFL via ABCNews.com(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- An armed suspect has barricaded himself in an Orlando, Florida, apartment with four children, including a 1-year-old, since Monday morning after he allegedly shot and wounded an officer responding to a domestic violence call, authorities said.The wounded officer suffered a "very serious and significant injury" and underwent surgery this morning at Orlando Regional Medical Center, city Police Chief John Mina said.The officer, whose name was […]

iStock/Thinkstock(ROCHESTER, Minn.) -- In Minnesota, a young boy nearly drowned in a pool until he was saved -- the entire scene was caught on a surveillance video.Evan, 12, was swimming with some friends at a pool in Rochester. At some point, while five fellow swimmers were splashing away, Evan sunk to the bottom.Luckily, 13-year-old Cody Runyon sensed something was awry."I went underwater and all of a sudden I see him […]

ABCNews.com(MEMPHIS) -- A Memphis woman was arrested over the weekend after she allegedly placed her grandchildren in dog kennels during a car trip across the state, police said.Leimome Cheeks, 62, allegedly placed her two grandchildren in kennels and drove them around for at least 40 minutes in temperatures as high as 95 degrees, according to police.Cheeks was taken into police custody after a concerned witness shot video of her on […]

ABCNews.com(WALTERBORO, S.C.) -- She still calls the woman who kidnapped her at birth "mom," and Kamiyah Mobley says she's looking forward to the day when she walks out of prison.In her first interview since Gloria Williams, 52, was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in prison, 19-year-old Mobley told ABC News' Good Morning America that she still "loves" Williams, visits her in prison and speaks to her on the phone […]

Bernalillo County Sheriffs Department(BERNALILLO, N.M.) -- Police in New Mexico are hunting for an inmate charged with attempted murder after they accidentally drove him to downtown Albuquerque and dropped him off for release.The Metropolitan Detention Center in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, released a statement early Sunday asking for the public's help in relocating Duwin Perez-Cordova.Perez-Cordova, 27, was charged with eight crimes in December 2017, many of which are violent, including […]

KGO(SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) -- A suspect in a San Francisco kidnapping died in a crash on Sunday while fleeing from police who were investigating the incident, authorities said.A female suspect was killed and a second male suspect was injured on Sunday afternoon while fleeing from police in San Francisco, where they allegedly assaulted a woman and forced her into the trunk of their car, according to ABC's San Francisco station […]

WABC(NEW YORK) -- A drunk garbage truck driver in Brooklyn, New York, left an unbelievable trail of destruction in his wake Saturday morning, according to police.According to police, Anthony Castaldo, 40, was driving the garbage truck in Borough Park, Brooklyn, on Saturday morning when he plowed into nine cars parked on the side of the street, took out a tree and knocked over a house's front porch.Castaldo was charged with […]

Moodboard/Thinkstock(DAVIE, Fla.) -- An alligator warning was issued to residents of a South Florida homeowners association two days before a 47-year-old woman was attacked and killed by an alligator, according to a report.The Isla del Sol Homeowners Association in Plantation reportedly issued the wildlife alert on Wednesday in an email that urged residents to "exercise caution with our families and pets, mindful that alligators, snakes, and other wildlife may be […]

ABC News(MT. JULIET, Tenn.) -- A 6-year-old girl's lemonade did more than quench thirsts -- it warmed hearts.Caroline Freeman, of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, spent Saturday wearing an apron with rainbow letters after propping up a canopy to sell fresh cups of tasty homemade lemonade.But Caroline's lemonade came with a special twist: all of the refreshing profits were to be donated to the family of Sgt. Daniel Baker, 32, who was […]