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(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- A Robb Elementary School teaching aide testified that she repeatedly urged Uvalde, Texas, school police officer Adrian Gonzales to intervene in the shooting, but said he did "nothing" in those crucial moments. Melodye Flores testified on Wednesday that she saw gunman Salvador Ramos before he entered the school and tried to tell Gonzales his location. "I told him that he needed to get stopped before he went into the fourth-grade building," she […]

(INVERNESS, Fla.) -- Two teenagers, whose relatives said were best friends, have died after a sand hole they were digging at a Florida park collapsed and buried them for more than an hour, authorities said.The incident occurred at Sportsman Park in Inverness, Florida, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office."Our hearts are with both families as they grieve the tremendous loss of their sons. We hope the community will continue […]

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- The family of slain Ohio couple Monique and Spencer Tepe is speaking out about Monique Tepe's ex-husband, who is accused of shooting the young parents in their home."She just had to get away from him," the Tepes' brother-in-law, Rob Misleh, told ABC News' "Good Morning America" of Michael McKee.McKee, 39, is charged with premeditated aggravated murder for allegedly gunning down the Tepes at their Columbus home on Dec. 30, […]

(GREENSBORO, N.C.) -- Police in Greensboro, North Carolina, are urging the public to share any tips in connection to the disappearance of Marissa Carmichael, a Black mother of five who was last seen on surveillance footage at a gas station on Jan. 14, 2024, after making a distressed call to 911.Carmichael was 24-years-old at the time of her disappearance.A spokesperson for the Greensboro Police Department (GPD) told ABC News on […]

(RIVERHEAD, N.Y.) -- Accused Gilgo Beach, New York, serial killer Rex Heuermann will stand trial shortly after Labor Day, a judge said during a Tuesday hearing.Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to killing seven women whose remains were found on Long Island.The trial date comes as Heuermann requests to suppress certain evidence and dismiss one of the charges.Among the statements the defense is trying to exclude is when Heuermann was arrested outside his […]

(NEW YORK) -- Eric Adams may no longer be mayor of New York City, but the alleged corruption in his administration is extending beyond his time in City Hall.On Tuesday, federal prosecutors charged Tony Herbert, a former official in the Office of the Mayor, with bribery in connection with two separate pay-to-play schemes.Herbert was arrested Tuesday morning and due in court later in the day for arraignment.In the first alleged […]

Editor's note: Some of the testimony described below is extremely graphic.(UVALDE, Texas) -- Robb Elementary School teacher Elsa Avila was taking photos of her fourth-graders with their science projects on May 24, 2022, when she said a young girl noticed something was wrong -- that other students was running to their classroom and screaming.Avila testified that her students immediately hid, as they had during lockdown training."We heard loud, loud shots in […]

(NEW YORK) -- A New York City Council employee was detained during a "routine" immigration appointment on Long Island on Monday, according to city officials, who called the incident an "egregious government overreach."Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he is "outraged" by the worker's arrest."This is an assault on our democracy, on our city, and our values," he said in a statement on X. "I am calling for his immediate release and […]

Editor's note: Some of the testimony described below is extremely graphic.(UVALDE, Texas) -- As the sound of gunshots got closer to Room 111 in Robb Elementary School, former fourth-grade teacher Arnulfo Reyes testified that all he could do was tell his students to get under their desks, stay quiet and close their eyes. "I had told them to close their eyes, because I didn't want them to see if something bad was going to […]