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TN Woman Missy Ann Pebley ID’d As Victim In Wednesday Night LaFollette Fatal Harley Crash

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CAMPBELL COUNTY, TN. (THECOUNT) — Missy Ann Pebley, of LaFollette, Tennessee, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Wednesday night motorcycle crash in Campbell County.

Pebley, 42, was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash near LaFollette Wednesday night.

According to reports, Pebley ws operating a Harley Davidson motorcycle on S. Tennessee Ave near W. Central Avenue in LaFollette, when for unknown reasons, the bike crossed centerlines and exited the roadway. The Harley then came into contact with a curb and wrecked around 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Pebley was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Campbell County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located on the state’s northern border in East Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, its population was 40,716. Its county seat is Jacksboro. Campbell County is included in the Knoxville metropolitan statistical area – Wikipedia.

Former NFL DB Phillip Adams ID’d As Shooter In Rock Hill SC Mass Killing Of Doctor, Children

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YORK COUNTY, SC. (THECOUNT) — We are now learning, former NFL player Phillip Adams, 33, is the gunman who killed five people including two children and a prominent doctor in South Carolina on Wednesday. Adams was found dead Thursday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

According to sources, Adams’ parents live near the doctor’s home in Rock Hill, and that he had been treated by the doctor. The source said Phillips killed himself after midnight with a .45 caliber weapon, according to News12.

Dr. Robert Lesslie, his wife, Barbara, 9-year-old Adah Lesslie, 5-year-old Noah Lesslie and James Lewis, have been identified as the five people fatally shot Wednesday at a home in York County, South Carolina.

Robert Lesslie, 70, a prominent Rock Hill doctor and author, his 69-year-old wife, Barbara, and 38-year-old Lewis, from Gaston County, were all shot dead along with the Lesslie’s two grandchildren on Wednesday at a Rock Hill Residence. A sixth victim was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.

The mass shooting occurred around 5 p.m. Wednesday at a home, located at, 4456 Marshall Rd in Rock Hill.

Adams was later located dead at a nearby home.

Following the discovery of the shooting, YCSO said they were seeking a young black male wearing a black hoodie and camo pants.

Dr. Lesslie was a prominent doctor in Rock Hill who published several books. Lesslie and his wife were married for at least 35 years, according to WLBT.

Dr. Lesslie started the Riverview Medical Center.

Adams, 33, played as a defensive back for multiple teams including the 49ers and the Atlanta Falcons after starring at South Carolina State. He also suffered multiple injuries in the NFL, including concussions and a broken left ankle.

Investigators have not released a motive or said whether the alleged shooter knew the victims.

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Geo quick facts: York County is a northern County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 226,073. Its county seat is the town of York, and its largest city is Rock Hill. The county is served by one interstate highway, I-77 – Wikipedia.

SC Dr Robert Lesslie & Wife ID’d As Victims In Wednesday Rock Hill Mass Shooting Involving Children

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YORK COUNTY, SC. (THECOUNT) — Dr. Robert Lesslie, his wife, Barbara, 9-year-old Adah Lesslie, 5-year-old Noah Lesslie and James Lewis, have been identified as the five people fatally shot Wednesday at a home in York County, South Carolina.

Robert Lesslie, 70, a prominent Rock Hill doctor and author, his 69-year-old wife, Barbara, and 38-year-old Lewis, from Gaston County, were all shot dead along with the Lesslie’s two grandchildren on Wednesday at a Rock Hill Residence. A sixth victim was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.

The mass shooting occurred around 5 p.m. Wednesday at a home, located at, 4456 Marshall Rd in Rock Hill.

The suspect deputies believe is responsible for the shooting was later located at a nearby home.

Following the discovery of the shooting, YCSO said they were seeking a young black male wearing a black hoodie and camo pants.

Dr. Lesslie was a prominent doctor in Rock Hill who published several books. Lesslie and his wife were married for at least 35 years, according to WLBT.

Dr. Lesslie started the Riverview Medical Center.

The person deputies believe is responsible for the shooting was found at his home on Marshall Road. Investigators have not released a motive or said whether the alleged shooter knew the victims.

Deputies said they were at the home conducting a search warrant.

Officers would not say if the suspect was alive.

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Geo quick facts: York County is a northern County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 226,073. Its county seat is the town of York, and its largest city is Rock Hill. The county is served by one interstate highway, I-77 – Wikipedia.

Bomb Squad, FBI On-Scene At Ohio Nuclear Power Plant ‘Active Situation’

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LAKE COUNTY, OH. (THECOUNT) — The FBI and the Lake County Bomb Squad, are on-scene at an active and ongoing “situation” at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Lake County, Ohio.

Local agencies include the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, the North Perry Police Department, and the Lake County Bomb Squad, according to the FBI.

The plant is located at, 10 Center Rd in Perry, Ohio.

The FBI said no other information is available at this time.

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Geo quick facts: Lake County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 230,041. The county seat is Painesville. The county was established on March 6, 1840 from land given by Cuyahoga and Geauga Counties. Its name is derived from its location on the southern shore of Lake Erie – Wikipedia.

Buffalo Radio Station Fires Entire Morning Show Crew After Compared Women’s Skin Tone To Toast

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BUFFALO, NY. (THECOUNT) — After the firing of 97 Rock morning co-host Rob Lederman, after what were called racist comments on-air last month, three more employees have received pink slips.

“Morning Bull” co-hosts, Rich Gaenzler and Chris Klein, have also been terminated, as well as programming director John Hager.

Lederman was fired on March 24 while Gaenzler and Klein were initially suspended. That day, Lederman compared how he likes his toast to women’s skin tones during the morning show and also used of a racial slur. He has since apologized, according to WIVB.

The comments cost 97 Rock advertising dollars from numerous sponsors, including Roswell Park and West Herr Automotive Group. They drew scorn both locally and nationally, from Buffalo mayor Byron Brown to actress Halle Berry, who was referenced in the segment.

97 Rock’s DJ Jickster read an apology during the morning show on March 26 that acknowledged “reckless, racist words were spoken on our air” and pledged to “redouble our efforts to fight ignorance and racism in our community.”

“Cumulus Media operates from a clearly-defined set of programming principles and there is no question that Rob Lederman’s comments made on The Morning Bull Show are in direct violation of those principles,” the company said in a statement last month. “We swiftly terminated him and suspended the remainder of the show’s on-air talent. We apologize, and deeply regret the incident.”

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Geo quick facts: Buffalo is a city on the shores of Lake Erie in upstate New York. Its fine neoclassical, beaux arts and art deco architecture speaks to its history as an industrial capital in the early 20th century. Its landmarks include the 398-ft art deco City Hall, the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Darwin D. Martin House and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, a Greek Revival museum with works by Picasso and Warhol – wikipedia.

Woman Claiming To Be ‘Dr Dre Daughter’ Opens Fire On Busy L.A. Intersection [Video]

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA. (THECOUNT) — A woman in an SUV on a busy Los Angeles intersection, pointed a gun out the window of a vehicle while threatening to kill people. The woman fired as many a five shots during the scary Tuesday evening incident.

The woman driver, who later identified herself to police as “Dr. Dre’s Daughter,” appeared to be at a stop sign near South Fairfax Avenue and Olympic Blvd, in Los Angeles, around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, when she was observed screaming and pointing a handgun out the window of a vehicle.

The entire incident was caught on video.

According to TMZ, the woman pointed the firearm and then asks an ominous question … “Anybody wanna die now? Anybody???” The woman appears to point the gun at different cars passing in front of her … it makes for a terrifying scene. Even scarier is what she did next — unload a round straight-up through her sunroof.

Luckily, it doesn’t look like she hit anyone or any cars — and law enforcement say police eventually caught up to her and were able to detain her without further incident.

TMZ says the woman was later arrested for felony negligent discharge of a firearm, and cops say she fired as many as 5 shots. In the video, she rants “The cow jumped over the moon” … so, it appears she was having a mental health episode.

There’s no supporting evidence that the woman is Dr. Dre’s daughter.

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Geo quick facts: Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with more than ten million inhabitants as of 2018. It is the largest non–state-level government entity in the United States – Wikipedia.

ME Man Richard Goodwin ID’d As Victim In Tuesday Blue Hill Fatal Vehicle Crash

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HANCOCK COUNTY, ME. (THECOUNT) — Richard Goodwin, of Stonington, Maine, has been identified as the victim killed in a Tuesday afternoon two-vehicle crash in Hancock County.

Goodwin, 53, was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Blue Hill Tuesday afternoon.

According to reports, Goodwin was operating a pickup truck on Ellsworth Road in Blue Hill, When for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and into opposing lanes around 5 p.m. Tuesday. The vehicle then came into head-on contact with a pickup truck, occupied by William Webb, 47, and 45-year-old Doris Webb, both of Blue Hill.

Goodwin was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The Webbs were transported to an area hospital with unknown injuries.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember Goodwin:

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Hancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2010 census, the population was 54,418. Its county seat is Ellsworth. The county was incorporated on June 25, 1789 and named for John Hancock, the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – Wikipedia.

TX Twins Suicide Note Revealed Following Monday Allen Murder Of Entire Family

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COLLIN COUNTY, TX. (THECOUNT) — Portions of a suicide note left by teen twin brothers, Farhan and Farbin Towhid, who killed their entire Collin County, Texas, family and then themselves on Monday, has been discovered on Instagram.

Police said Farhan Towhid, 19, posted a lengthy suicide note on his Instagram writing, “Hey everyone. I killed myself and my family.”

Allen, Texas police responded to a welfare check in the 1500 block of Pine Bluff Drive just before 1 a.m. on April 5. When they arrived, the grisly discovery of six bodies was made.

Dead of gunshot injuries was their older brother Tanvir, 21, and their parents Iren and Towhidul Islam and Altafun Nessathe, the teen’s grandmother.

Police said the deaths are a result of a murder-suicide.

In the suicide note, Farhan Towhid said in February of this year, his older brother — who he claimed, along with himself, were “battling depression,” wrote, “If we can’t fix everything in a year we’ll kill ourselves and our family.” Going on to say, “The plan was simple. We get two guns. I take one and shoot my sister and grandma, while my brother kills our parents with the other. Then we take ourselves out.”

No explanation apart from his depression was mentioned as to why the murders were carried out.

“If I killed just myself, they would be miserable,” he wrote. “I love my family. I genuinely do. And that’s exactly why I decided to kill them.”

Allen police said they had no prior interaction with the family that would give any indication such a tragedy could happen.

They are asking for anyone who may have additional information about the incident to please contact Investigator Tim Dowd at tdowd@cityofallen.org or by phone at 214.509.4252.

The University of Texas at Austin released a statement on the deaths of Farhan and Tanvir Towhid, who were both former students at the school.

“Today we received the extremely sad news about the deaths of two former students, Farhan Towhid and his brother Tanvir Towhid, and their family. The news is devastating to our university. We express our deepest sympathies to their extended family and friends.”

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Geo quick facts: Collin County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and a small portion of the city of Dallas is in the county – Wikipedia.

Youtuber Claims DMX Has Died

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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY. (THECOUNT) — A Youtuber going by the channel name “ACBN,” is claiming Rapper DMX has passed away. The claim has not been confirmed by any officials source and it is unclear where ACBN receive the information.

In the 20 something minute video, posted to Youtube Sunday, ACBN says the rapper died after being hospitalized Friday following a drug overdose and subsequent heart attack in Westchester County, New York.

DMX, 50, real name is Earl Simmons, reportedly overdosed on an undisclosed substance, which triggered a heart attack, at his White Plains home around 11 p.m. Friday.

Reports say, the “X Gon’ Give It to Ya” hitmaker was taken to a hospital in White Plains, New York, where he remains in the critical care unit.

Sources say the rapper has “some brain activity” while another said he is in a “vegetative state.”

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Geo quick facts: Westchester County is an area in the Hudson Valley north of New York City. The Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve includes the steep Breakneck Ridge Trail. Kykuit, the Rockefeller family’s opulent hilltop estate, has terraced gardens and 20th-century statues. Across the Hudson River, Bear Mountain State Park features hiking trails, the Trailside Museums & Zoo and panoramic views from the top of Bear Mountain – wikipedia.

MN Man Daniel Yeung ID’d As Driver In Sunday Cannon Falls Crash That Killed Teen Girl

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GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. (THECOUNT) — Daniel Desmond Yeung, of Rochester, Minnesota, has been identified as the driver injured in a fatal early Sunday morning Goodhue County vehicle crash that killed his 16-year-old female passenger.

Yeung, 22, was hospitalized and a teenage girl died following an overnight single-vehicle crash near Cannon Falls.

According to reports, Yeung was operating a vehicle on Highway 52 near Cannon Falls, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 2:45 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle then rolled over.

The unidentified teen was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

Yeung was transported to an area hospital in unknown condition.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Goodhue County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,183. Its county seat is Red Wing. Nearly all of Prairie Island Indian Community is within the county – Wikipedia.