Crime
Woman kills six, including THREE 9-Year-Olds
By Dana Malcolm
Staff Writer
#USA, March 31, 2023 – The United States is once again wrestling with the gun control debate following the death of three 9-year-old students and three teachers in a mass killing in Tennessee. Nashville police say the 28-year-old
suspect who identifies as trans, used to attend the school, and planned out the attack beforehand.
The Nashville metropolitan police released body camera footage of the police officers who went into the building to confront the active shooter. Realizing that the shooter was on the second level, viewers can see them dash up the stairs and move down a hallway. On the way, they pass a tiny body clad in pink. Active fire can be heard before the shooter is felled on camera by police bullets.
Video shared by the police shows the individual entering the school just before the shooting, marching past a green ‘children’s ministry’ sign with what appears to be an assault rifle in hand, and another slung across the waist.
The state of Tennessee is a permit less ‘carry’ state.
This means you can carry a handgun openly or concealed if you are 21 years or older and legally eligible to possess the gun. The state does issue permits if residents so choose and have passed a one-day safety course.
Guns are, however, not allowed to be carried in schools.
You may also possess rifles, shotguns, or handguns without a permit. These laws were amended in 2021, one of the most violent years for gun violence in the US on record.
Crime
“Life in Prison for setting fire” as Wheeland Residents say fire bomb tossed into residence Monday night
Wilkie Arthur and Deandrea Hamilton
Turks and Caicos, September 13, 2024 – TCI Police are not saying how the fire was set, but they do confirm a fire was intentionally set and witnesses speaking to Eagle Legal News Media report that it was thrown into a Wheeland house where it landed in the living room and exploded.
“…it is alleged criminals sent fire bomb (s) through a home, but thankfully no one was in the living room area where it landed and an explosion was heard loudly, no one was hurt or injured,” reported Wilkie Arthur of Eagle Legal on the night of the horrifying incident.
The Police report explains: Shortly after 8 p.m. yesterday (September 9), officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force
responded to a fire report at a dwelling in Wheeland, Blue Hills, Providenciales. Upon arrival at the scene, police officers and firefighters saw a structure in flames.
All efforts to contain the fire were successful. Fortunately, there were no injuries. Based on initial reports, the fire appears to have been deliberately set.
The RTCIPF wishes to remind the public that under the Malicious Injuries to Property Ordinance Chapter 3.11, Section 4, “Setting fire to a dwelling-house with any person being therein Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any dwelling house, any person being therein, commits an offence, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for life.”
Fire Trucks and Police were summoned to the scene on Monday night. Images of the response are shared by Eagle Legal.
Meanwhile, the RT&CIPF is asking anyone with information that may help in this investigation to contact the closest police station, 911, the Serious Crime Unit at 231-1842, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800- 8477 to provide any information anonymously.
***MEDIA RELEASE***
Turks and Caicos, 10th September 2024 – Shortly after 8 p.m. yesterday (September 9), officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force responded to a fire report at a dwelling in Wheeland, Blue Hills, Providenciales.
Upon arrival at the scene, police officers and firefighters saw a structure in flames.
All efforts to contain the fire were successful. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
Based on initial reports, the fire appears to have been deliberately set.
The RTCIPF wishes to remind the public that under the Malicious Injuries to Property Ordinance Chapter 3.11, Section 4, “Setting fire to a dwelling-house with any person being therein Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any dwelling house, any person being therein, commits an offence, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for life.”
The RT&CIPF is asking anyone with information that may help in this investigation to contact the closest police station, 911, the Serious Crime Unit at 231-1842, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477 to provide any information anonymously.
Additionally, individuals are encouraged to download the Crime Stoppers P3 app to share information.
Photo by Eagle Legal News Media
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