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Gunman kills 5 in attack at Maryland newspaper
is nothing more terrifying than hearing
multiple people get shot while you’re
under your desk and then hear the gun-
man reload.”
The attacker had mutilated his fin-
gers in an apparent attempt to make
it harder to identify him, according to
a law enforcement official who was not
authorized to discuss the investigation
and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Another official who also spoke on con-
dition of anonymity said investigators
identified the man using facial recogni-
tion technology.
The shooting — which came amid
months of verbal and online attacks
on the “fake news media” from politi-
cians and others from President Don-
ald Trump on down — prompted New
the building in a targeted attack and
‘looked for his victims.” He had smoke
grenades and fired a shotgun at his vic-
tims, according to Anne Arundel County
Acting Police ChiefWilliam Krampf.
“This person was prepared today to
come in, this person was prepared to
shoot people. His intent was to cause
harm,” Krampf said.
Krampf said the gunman was a
Maryland resident and search warrants
were being sought for his home.
Phil Davis, a reporter who covers
courts and crime for the paper, tweet-
ed that the gunman shot out the glass
door to the office and fired into the
newsroom, sending people scrambling
for cover under desks.
“A single shooter shot multiple peo-
ple at my office, some of whom are
dead,” he wrote. Davis added: “There
By Brian Witte
Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md.
opened fire in a newspaper office in
Maryland’s capital Thursday, killing
five people and wounding others before
being taken into custody in what ap-
peared to be one of the deadliest attacks
on journalists in U.S. history, police and
witnesses said.
Police said the suspect was a white
man in his late 30s whose shotgun
rampage at The Capital Gazette fol-
lowed social media threats directed at
the newspaper. A law enforcement offi-
cial said the suspect has been identified
as Jarrod W. Ramos. The official was
not authorized to discuss the ongoing
investigation by name and spoke on
condition of anonymity.
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Lane closures coming to Interstate 35W so it can be repaved with high-performing asphalt
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The founder of a North Texas non-
profit claiming to help families of
wounded or fallen police officers has
been accused of posing as an officer.
Byron Colston, a 46-year-old De-
catur resident, spent last weekend in
the Wise County Jail
on a Wichita County
charge of imperson-
ating a police officer,
which is a third-de-
gree felony. He faces
an additional mis-
demeanor charge of
false identification as
a police officer from
an interaction during a traffic stop in
Decatur on April 24.
Colston was released Monday after
posting $107,500 bail on both charges.
“It’s my understanding that there’s
no evidence of my client acting in any
capacity as a peace officer,” his Den-
ton-based attorney George Mitcham
said Thursday.
The charges were filed in the midst
of an ongoing investigation by the Den-
ton County Sheriff’s Office into Colston
and the nonprofit, Cops 4 Cops Tx Po-
lice, which was established under IRS
Tax Code as a 501(c)(3) charity orga-
nization. Specifically, the investigation
is focused on Colston’s handling of the
nonprofit’s finances.
The Sheriff’s Office has not filed any
charges in its investigation, but dep-
uties had enough evidence to execute
a search warrant at Colston’s home
on June 22, according to documents
obtained through an open records re-
quest.
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TxDOT recently put up signs along Interstate 35W throughout Denton County between Texas Motor Speedway and the Interstate 35 junction. The
signs come in preparation for repavement that is set to begin July 8. The work is expected to begin in earnest on Sunday.
Delays on way
Company President Bill Cheek Jr. said there
have been a few delays in the project, but the
work is expected to begin in earnest on Sunday.
To lessen the impact on motorists, crews will
primarily work at night, Cheek said.
“Initially, we will perform some concrete and
asphalt repairs,” Cheek said in an email to the
Denton Record-Chronicle. “Then, we will re-
move two inches of existing pavement and re-
place it.”
The new pavement will be a high-perform-
ing asphalt applied with a spray paving ma-
chine, Cheek said.
It will take several months to finish the job,
which costs $12 million.
Motorists should watch for detours and ex-
pect delays during nighttime travel this summer.
PEGGYHEINKEL-WOLFE can be
reached at 940-566-6881 and via Twitter
at @phwolfeDRC.
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe@dentonrc.com
Construction crews with Jagoe Public Com-
pany started moving signs and equipment in
place along Interstate 35W near the Denton city
limits this week.
In about one week, the company plans to
start repaving the freeway from where I-35W
starts in Denton to the Tarrant County line.
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More conservative court may weaken, not kill, abortion rights
the courts are Arkansas’ regulation of
abortion pills and a Kentucky law that
would ban a common procedure for
second-trimester abortions.
Trump himself has predicted Roe
would be overturned because “I am
putting pro-life justices on the court.”
At a rally in front of the court Thurs-
day, speaker after speaker pointed to
abortion as a way to rally opposition to
the eventual nominee, who Trump has
said will come from among 25 people
he previously identified as candidates.
By Mark Sherman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Is Roe v. Wade
really in peril? The worst fears — and
highest hopes — excited by the pros-
pect of a new Supreme Court justice
may well be overblown.
Democrats and liberal interest
groups, gearing up for President Don-
ald Trump’s choice for the seat opened
up by Justice Anthony Kennedy’s re-
tirement, are treating the moment
as one of utmost danger for abortion
rights in the United States.
More quietly, abortion opponents
are confident the next justice will be a
vote to uphold additional restrictions
on abortion, if not to actually jettison
the landmark Roe decision.
Just one member of the current court,
Clarence Thomas, is on record in sup-
port of overturning the 45-year-old high
court ruling. And justices often are cau-
tious about blowing up precedents. Still,
a more conservative court may be more
willing to chip away at abortion rights by
upholding state restrictions that Kenne-
dy and the four liberal justices would have
been likely to strike down.
The issue is at the forefront of the
emerging nomination fight because the
nine-member court has been so closely
divided on abortion, and Kennedy has
been a crucial fifth vote.
At present, lawmakers in several
Republican-led states have passed ag-
gressive regulations. They could be em-
boldened by the prospect of a friendlier
court. Among the issues currently in
“He is going to put someone on
the court who will be the fifth vote to
criminalize abortion, punish women
and throw them in jail,” declared Ilyse
Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-
Choice America.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.,
a potential presidential candidate in
2020 said, “President Trump has told
you he’s going to nominate someone
who will get rid of Roe v. Wade.”
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