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Young girl shot in the face by celebratory New Year’s gunfire

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The beginning of the New Year turned tragic when celebratory gunfire resulted in an eleven-year-old girl being shot in the face just after midnight. Laneria Wilson was in her bedroom when a bullet believed to be fired as part of New Year’s celebrations pierced the window and struck her. Shenedra Ross, Laneria’s mother, recalled hearing gunfire close to her home in north Minneapolis right as the clock struck midnight. She heard more …

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Murder suspect wounds innocent 3-year-old during police standoff, then shoots himself

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A tense stand-off on Long Island took a tragic turn on Tuesday night when a murder suspect wounded a 3-year-old girl and then fatally shot himself during a confrontation with the police. As the situation unfolded, the suspect, identified as Gary Jones, opened fire at the officers, narrowly missing them but inadvertently hitting the young girl in a neighboring apartment. Late on Tuesday evening, Suffolk County Police Homicide detectives arrived at the residence on Ticonderoga …

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