Morning news update - 3/18/23
Here are the top stories from across the region and the country on this Saturday morning.
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USA TODAYWho is the female Nashville school shooter who killed six at private Christian school?
Authorities say the former Covenant student entered through a side door and killed six people before being shot dead by responding police officers.
- The Daily Beast
Mom Hijacks Fox News Airwaves to Call for Gun Safety: ‘Aren’t You Guys Tired of Covering This?’
Fox NewsA mother visiting Nashville took over the Fox News airwaves on Monday afternoon to call out the country’s lack of gun safety as yet another mass shooting unfolded at a Nashville school. As reporters and TV crews waited for a police press conference to start, the woman walked up to the microphone to say she was in town on a family vacation with her son and had survived a mass shooting last July. “Aren’t you guys tired of covering this? Aren’t you guys tired of being here and having to cov
- USA TODAY
Covenant School shooting updates: 3 children, 3 adults dead after woman opens fire in Nashville
Three children and three adults were dead after a shooting at a Nashville school early Monday, a hospital official said.
- CBS News
3 children, 3 adults killed in shooting at Nashville school; shooter dead
A woman, who officials said was armed with at least two assault rifles and a handgun, was fatally shot by police.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Family of missing 6-year-old left Texas on international flight before Amber Alert issued
Police said the family of Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, the missing 6-year-old boy with severe disabilities, would not cooperate with investigators and left the country without him on March 23, two days before an Amber Alert.
- Reuters
Woman shoots dead 3 children, 3 adults at Christian school in Tennessee
A 28-year-old woman armed with several guns opened fire on Monday at a private Christian school she once attended in Tennessee's capital city, killing three children and three adult staffers before police killed her, authorities said. There was no immediate official word on a possible motive for the gun violence, which unfolded on a warm spring morning not long after classes began at The Convenant School, whose students consist mostly of elementary school-age children. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department began receiving calls at 10:13 a.m. of a shooter at the school, and arriving officers reported hearing gunfire coming from the building's second floor, police spokesperson Don Aaron told reporters.
- CBS News
Husband's 911 call key in reaching verdict in Alabama mom's murder
Jason Crawford was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to 99 years in prison. In an exclusive interview with "48 Hours," Crawford maintains he's innocent and that his wife shot herself, despite what a jury decided.
- NBC News
Woman framed in ‘rape fantasy’ plot speaks out after conviction of ex-U.S. Marshal
The guilty verdict represents a fresh round of vindication for Michelle Hadley, who spent 88 days in jail as a result of Ian Diaz’s scheme.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Man who went missing in 2021 now found safe hundreds of miles away in Texas, cops say
“Harley is back with his family and my heart is full again,” his mom said.
- WFTV
2 Brevard County principals arrested on DUI charges over the weekend
Court records show that two Brevard County Public Schools principals have been jailed on DUI charges two nights in a row.
- In The Know by Yahoo
Man finds random checkbook in his car, leads wife to think he cheated: ‘My wife thinks we’re having an affair, and I don’t know how to fix this’
A couple in Colorado posted a mystery surrounding a checkbook on TikTok. The post Man finds random checkbook in his car, leads wife to think he cheated: ‘My wife thinks we’re having an affair, and I don’t know how to fix this’ appeared first on In The Know.
- CBS News Videos
Shooter in Nashville school shooting identified as 28-year-old woman
The shooter in Monday's rampage at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, has been identified as a 28-year-old woman from the area, police said. Three children and three adults were killed in the shooting, and responding officers killed the shooter, police said. Watch officials hold a press conference.
- Hilton Head Island Packet
Georgia man explains why he paid $31K for Murdaugh’s living room set from Moselle estate
“We want everything to be preserved and taken care of,” said Phillip Jennings, who owns a premiere hunting lodge.
- Miami Herald
Why prosecutors made a federal case out of punching a man at a Miami strip club urinal
The man doing the punching is also known as ‘El Papa’
- Army Times
Army pulls ‘Be All You Can Be’ ads after on-screen narrator arrested
Actor Jonathan Majors' arrest for alleged assault, strangulation and harassment derailed the Army's rebrand project.
- WSB Cox articles
Georgia teen in ICU after alleged hazing incident, being dropped off at hospital by 3 other teens
A Georgia teen is recovering in the hospital after an alleged hazing incident that happened last week.
- NBC News
Shooting at Sikh temple in California leaves 2 in critical condition
A fight among three people escalated to two being shot during a festival at a Sikh temple in Sacramento, California, on Sunday, officials said.
- Patriot Ledger
Quincy's Shu Feng Hsu was accused of killing her baby niece. Here's what the jury decided
Jurors returned a verdict Friday afternoon in the case of Quincy's Shu Feng Hsu, accused of killing her baby niece Chloe Chen.
- Business Insider
'In memory of Jordyn's fingers please lend a hand': Family has cheeky fundraiser for worker who lost fingers in Cold Stone Creamery incident
The former employee smiled in a photo following the incident at an Oregon Cold Stone Creamery that left her with only seven fingers.
- WSOC
Video shows thieves stealing $150,000 worth of cars at Morganton Honda dealership
New video shows thieves in Morganton breaking into a car dealership, stealing three cars valued at more than $150,000.