Female calls 911 at night, says she killed cop, will kill another — then points gun at officers, police say. It ends badly.



Police in Alsip, Illinois — a village about 30 minutes south of Chicago — said officers were dispatched to the area of 124th Street and South Cicero Avenue around 10 p.m. Monday in response to a 911 call from a female saying she was being chased by an active shooter.

While officers were responding, the female made several more 911 calls saying she had a loaded gun, that she had killed a cop, and that she would kill another officer, police said.

'Horrible situation. Sounds like a mental health crisis gone bad.'

The female caller’s phone was geographically tracked to the Burr Oak Cemetery, police said, adding that officers searched the cemetery and found the female in the west end of the cemetery.

As officers approached, the female fled, scaled a fence, and crossed Cicero Avenue, police said, adding that pursuing officers issued multiple verbal commands for her to stop.

However, she turned and pointed a firearm at officers, police said.

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Faced with an imminent threat, police said one of the responding officers shot the female.

Officers immediately began lifesaving measures on her, police said, adding that the Alsip Fire Department arrived on the scene and continued lifesaving measures. The female was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

A replica Colt firearm was immediately recovered at the scene, police said.

The incident appears isolated, police said, adding that there is no threat to the public.

The Alsip Police Department said it asked the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit to investigate the incident. The investigation is ongoing.

Police said those with information about this incident are asked to contact either the Alsip Police Department at 708-385-6902 or the Illinois State Police.

The woman’s identity has not been shared at this time, WFLD-TV reported.

Hundreds of comments were left on the police department's Facebook post about the incident. Most commenters appeared supportive of police in a no-win situation, but a few others seem skeptical of things.

  • "Horrible situation. Sounds like a mental health crisis gone bad. Awful outcome for this woman’s family and the first responders involved," one commenter wrote. "I wish people knew the emotional burden an officer takes on in this type of situation."
  • "Prayer[s] for all officers/fire/dispatch involved in this call," another user said, adding that a "very difficult decision was made."
  • "Is there any body camera footage that anybody actually see[s] her pull a gun on the police officer?" another commenter wondered. "I’m just saying people lie to protect themselves."
  • "Might be a cover-up of something bigger that happened," another user stated.

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2 teen girls died subway surfing — and 1 mother says she found out from TV news



Two girls — a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old — were found dead after officials said they tried to subway surf the J train in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Subway surfing is a very dangerous game where young people, mostly boys, climb onto the top of subway trains in order to ride on top for thrills and social media popularity.

'We are struggling to process this immense grief, and we are turning to our community for help to give Zemfira the respectful and loving farewell she deserves.'

Sadly, the mother of Zemfira Mukhtarov, one of the girls killed, told WABC-TV that she found out her daughter had been killed when she saw a news report and noticed her daughter's skateboard in the report.

"I was like, 'That's her skateboard, and that's her Coach bag. That's her,'" Mukhtarov's sister said.

The bodies of the two girls were found at about 3 a.m. near the Marcy Avenue subway station. They were unconscious and unresponsive. They were declared dead at the scene soon afterward.

The family said in a GoFundMe donation page that their daughter was just two weeks away from her 13th birthday.

"No parent should ever have to face the pain of losing a child, and no child should lose their life in such a tragic way," reads a statement on the GoFundMe page. "We are struggling to process this immense grief, and we are turning to our community for help to give Zemfira the respectful and loving farewell she deserves."

Video obtained by the New York Post shows Mukhtarov standing precariously on a narrow beam above a subway racing below her.

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Her mother said she returned home from work that evening to find that her daughter had snuck out, and her husband and other daughter were still sleeping.

The family of Mukhtarov raised over $24K for her funeral costs. They are originally from Ukraine.

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Feds make arrest in connection with devastating Palisades Fire in Los Angeles



The federal government on Wednesday announced the arrest of a 29-year-old male in connection with the origin of the devastating Palisades Fire in Los Angeles.

Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced on X the arrest of Jonathan Rinderknecht "on a criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what became the Palisades Fire in January."

'True disaster.'

Essayli said the criminal complaint alleges that Rinderknecht "started a fire in Pacific Palisades on New Year's Day — a blaze that eventually turned into one of the most destructive fires in Los Angeles history, causing death and widespread destruction."

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Jonathan Rinderknecht. Image source: Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli on X

Fire crews extinguished the initial fire, but it continued to smolder underground before reigniting during high winds, Essayli said at a news conference, according to the Associated Press.

The acting U.S. attorney noted that among the evidence collected from Rinderknecht's digital devices "was an image he generated on ChatGPT depicting a burning city."

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Image source: Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli on X

Rinderknecht fled the scene of the original fire but returned to the same trail to watch it burn, Essayli said, according to the AP: “He left as soon as he saw the fire trucks were headed to the location. He turned around and went back up there. And he took some video ... and watched them fight the fire."

What's more, the outlet — citing the criminal complaint — said Rinderknecht not only made several 911 calls to report the fire but also during a Jan. 24 interview told investigators where the fire began, which was "information not yet public and that he would not have known if he hadn't witnessed it."

The outlet said the fire erupted Jan. 7, killed 12 people, and destroyed more than 6,000 homes and buildings in the wealthy Pacific Palisades coastal neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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Rinderknecht's initial appearance was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Orlando, Essayli also noted.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi praised the "great work by @USAttyEssayli and our federal agents to make this crucial arrest." Bondi added that the Department of Justice "will deliver justice for the Palisades Fire and keep Californians safe — even if California leadership won't."

Donald Trump — who was president-elect at the time the fire erupted — blasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom, calling the Democrat's handling of the fires a "true disaster" while citing lack of proper infrastructure and leadership.

Democrat Mayor Karen Bass also was criticized, given she was in Africa attending a presidential inauguration in Ghana at the time the fire was spreading. In fact, Bass reportedly was at one point living it up at a cocktail party in Ghana while the fire burned. The Los Angeles Times said Bass was hobnobbing and posing for photos at a Jan. 7 embassy shindig.

In February, Bass fired the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, who had blamed officials' incompetence for a disastrous response to the wildfires.

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7 females — 5 teens, 2 adults — face charges after huge brawl outside state fair caught on video



Seven females — five of them teenagers, two of them adults — are facing charges in the wake of a brawl caught on video outside the Maryland State Fair, Baltimore County police told WJZ-TV.

Charged in connection with the assault and public disturbance were four 14-year-olds, a 15-year-old, and two adults — Melika Gamble-Thomas, 33, and Tiera Gamble, 37 — police told the station.

'These children come out in groups, and they try to cause havoc or whatever. It's a shame.'

Both Gamble-Thomas and Gamble were taken into custody on open warrants, WBFF-TV reported.

Police launched an investigation after video of the brawl began circulating on social media in late August, WJZ reported.

The video shows one teen girl being dragged by her hair. Police told WJZ the brawl involved at least a dozen other teens.

Officers at the fair said several arrests were made, but some suspects fled the scene in a car, WJZ said, adding that some officers suffered minor injuries while responding to the brawl.

The group of teens may have been denied entry to the fair over its unaccompanied minor policy, Maryland State Fair General Manager Andy Cashman told WJZ.

The fair's unaccompanied minor policy, instituted in 2024, stipulates that minors can't enter the fair without an adult, WJZ said, adding that one adult can chaperone up to six minors.

"It's been a problem," Cashman told WJZ. "These children come out in groups, and they try to cause havoc or whatever. It's a shame."

WBFF said officers responded around 8:30 p.m. Aug. 30 to the 2200 block of York Road in Timonium for reports of an assault.

Authorities told WBFF the brawl reportedly began at the fairgrounds and ended in a nearby parking lot.

The mother of the girl dragged by her hair told WBFF that "she had drag marks all up her body; she had bruises on her face" and added, "I wanted to talk to the parents to see, like, why, what was going on? Why did you allow this to happen, to find some reasoning in it ..."

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Ex-middle school teacher — guilty of 21 counts of sex crimes against daughter's underage babysitter — learns her fate



A former sixth-grade teacher in Ohio recently pleaded guilty to sex crimes against an underage female.

As Blaze News reported in August, 41-year-old Stefanie Erin Kellenberger pleaded guilty to four counts of third-degree felony sexual battery and 17 counts of third-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

'I know that during this time, you were just a child, and I was an adult in a position of trust.'

Kellenberger on Monday was sentenced to 15 years in prison for having an illicit sexual relationship with a minor, the Richland Source reported. Kellenberger may be granted a judicial release after a decade if she doesn't commit any other offenses.

Judge Brent Robinson delivered a stern warning to Kellenberger.

"Don't let anybody be confused, this is a 15-year prison sentence with the hope that you come back in 10 years, and you've been a model inmate — you’ve done everything you were supposed to do, you haven’t got in any trouble at all," Robinson stated during the sentencing hearing.

Kellenberger must register as a Tier-3 sex offender. She also was ordered to have no contact with the victim or any other minors. The former middle school teacher also must forever forfeit her teaching license.

During the sentencing hearing, Kellenberger apologized to her victim — who was her daughter's underage babysitter.

"I know that during this time, you were just a child, and I was an adult in a position of trust," Kellenberger said, according to the Source. "I'm responsible for everything that happened between us."

Kellenberger continued, "I'm so sorry for all of the emotional pain and hurt that I’ve caused you."

"I hope that my guilty pleas and this sentence will provide some degree of closure for you as you move on with your life," Kellenberger stated. "I fully accept the consequences of my actions and the sentence that I will be receiving today."

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Kellenberger formerly was a sixth-grade English teacher at Shelby Middle School.

According to the Mansfield News Journal, Robinson told Kellenberger during her trial that "you had been a teacher. She had been a student. But at the time these occurred, you were not her teacher, and she was not your student."

Bryan Dove, an assistant prosecutor for Richland County, alleged that Kellenberger began grooming the girl when she was just 13 years old and that the child sex abuse began when the victim turned 14.

"The relationship continued until the age of consent,” Dove told the judge.

Ohio law declares that 16 years old is the age of consent.

Prosecutors noted that there was "no use of force" by Kellenberger.

James Mayer III, Kellenberger's defense attorney, stressed that "consent was never an issue in this case. It's an age thing."

The sexual abuse allegations surfaced in February 2024, and school officials placed Kellenberger on paid administrative leave.

Shelby City Schools Superintendent Michael Browning sent a letter to parents in October 2024 regarding the eye-opening allegations against Kellenberger.

"As a follow-up to the communication sent on March 4, 2024, I have been informed that the staff member placed on administrative leave following serious allegations has been arrested, and criminal charges have been brought against them,” Browning stated, according to a separate story by the Source. "This news may be unsettling, especially for families with children in our schools."

The Mansfield News Journal reported that Kellenberger resigned in October 2024 "due to personal reasons."

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Heartless: Male accused of stealing from paraplegic's apartment — and right in front of defenseless victim



A paraplegic man in Oklahoma City said he's been robbed twice in the space of a month and fears for his safety, KWTV-DT reported.

Alan Prudhome noted to the station he believes those who stole from him did so believing that his disability makes him an easy target.

'I wake up to somebody trying to take my bag off me that I keep everything in.'

"Someone had pried the door open, went in and stole my TVs, my laptop, my computer," Prudhome told KWTV regarding what went down at this apartment. "Took a bunch of random things."

Also stolen were cash and medicine — and even Prudhome's wheelchair, as well as hand controls he used to help him drive it, the station said.

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Prudhome filed a police report believing it was a one-time incident, KWTV reported — but just a week later, an even worse incident occurred.

"I wake up to somebody trying to take my bag off me that I keep everything in," Prudhome recalled to the station. "I was like, 'What are you doing?'"

Prudhome told KWTV a second individual later identified as Johnny Johnson walked out of his closet with a box of his belongings.

"I said, 'Why are you [doing] this to me?'" Prudhome noted to the station. "He said, 'It happened to me,' and I said, 'You're not paraplegic; you can do for yourself.'"

After Prudhome called police, officers arrested Johnson in the area but never located the second suspect, KWTV reported.

Prudhome told the station the two suspects from the second burglary live in the same apartment complex as him, but he wasn't sure if they were involved in the first break-in.

Johnson was charged with one count of first-degree burglary and remained in custody Tuesday at the Oklahoma County Detention Center, jail records show. His bond is $15,000, and his next court date is Oct. 23, jail records also indicate.

Prudhome set up a GoFundMe to help him make up for his losses, and it's raised just over $11,000 of a $16,000 goal.

Then over the weekend, more good news came his way.

After hearing Prudhome’s story, Stacy Reddig — owner of Wheelchairs for Veterans — told KFOR-TV, “I just cannot believe that somebody would steal this man’s medical equipment, so we jumped all over it."

Redding's organization donated a brand-new manual wheelchair to Prudhome, which will help him get around easier, KFOR reported.

“I can go where I need to go, and I don’t have to worry about not being able to get to appointments,” Prudhome added to KFOR.

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