A whole lot of heart: Teacher turns masks into works of art for former students

CNN Newsource on May 12, 2026

By Maggy Wolanske

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    DENVER (KMGH) — Goalies across the NHL have found unique ways to share their personality on their protective gear. Transforming their goalie masks with symbols and signs that fans have turned to love.

Colorado Avalanche Scott Wedgewood has burgundy and blue all over his helmet with designs of his daughter as Baby Peach and his two dogs. These helmet designs are not just for the pros; local youth proudly showcase their personalities and the motivation to play.

Scott Sage, a visual arts teacher at Trails West Elementary and die-hard Avs fan, transforms blank hockey masks into personalized artwork.

“It’s different working on helmets, just taking things from a 2-D aspect, or that’s just the design to putting it on to a 3-D surface,” said Sage. “I think it’s just, I don’t know, there’s something about just watching it come to life. I think the fun part for me is actually getting to sit down with the kids and actually ask them, like, what do you want it to look like?”

Working at Trails West Elementary is a full-circle moment for Sage, who attended the school. He remembers when his current classroom was a kindergarten room where he was picked up as a student outside.

“Both my parents were teachers growing up, so I always kind of knew that’s the route that I was going to take,” said Sage. “I love working with kids, and so getting my first full year in has just been unbelievable, and getting to know the kids really well.”

While art is one passion, hockey is another. He’s not only a proud Avalanche fan but also plays goalie and is thrilled with how the team is playing so far.

“Oh, I’m stoked, it’s eerily familiar to 2022, but I feel like we’re even stronger, especially with our goalies, and I think the lumber yard is the best in the league,” Sage said.

He has noticed the storytelling ability of hockey masks, where players can have their personalities shine on the ice through their gear.

One of the masks displays two wolves and is proudly worn by Amelia Howser. She described the special meaning this design has.

“I did wolves because they symbolize courageousness and relentlessness, and they symbolize what a goalie is actually like being about,” said Howser. “I picked ‘howler’ cause I grew up loving wolves. Me and my grandfather always used to howl at the moon every time I went over to his house, and he started calling me ‘howler.'”

While Sage has designed several goalie masks, the ones worn by his former students hold special meaning and are a reminder of the heart in hockey.

“Ultimately, that’s what you want to do as a teacher,” said Sage. “You want to leave marks on the kids and hope that when they leave, when they’re older, they still remember you and stuff like that. This is one way that they’re going to remember me as long as they’re wearing it, so I think that’s huge.”

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Firefighter creates program to help women break into the fire service

CNN Newsource on May 12, 2026

By Colin Riley

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    BOULDER, Colorado (KMGH) — For City of Boulder firefighter Nikki Mastriona, joining the fire service meant stepping into a world where men made up the overwhelming majority of her colleagues.

“I think naturally we all feel that way, coming into a male dominated industry,” Mastriona said. “7% of the nation’s firefighters are women, and so it’s extremely intimidating.”

The intimidation often starts early — in training. Gear, tools and physical tests are typically designed with a one-size-fits-all approach that can make it harder for women to succeed.

“There was only so much that they could tell me, and so I had to do a lot of figuring this stuff out on my own in a lot of days. It was really daunting,” Mastriona said.

When she struggled to find resources tailored for women, Mastriona decided to create her own. The result is Built For The Badge, a complete platform aimed at preparing women for careers in firefighting, emergency medical services, law enforcement and the military.

“I came up with the idea that I wanted everything to be in one place,” Mastriona said.

According to Mastriona, the site offers physical training plans, written exam study guides, a national job board and a mentor network. It will soon be available as a mobile app.

“There’s no guesswork on what you need to be doing to prepare you to get into the fire service and then all the way up to retirement,” she said.

The program has already reached women across the country, including firefighter and EMT April Ziviello in Pennsylvania.

“Learning from guys, it’s, you know, they give great advice, but at the end of the day, I can’t do it the same way that they do,” Ziviello said.

Ziviello says shorter women face unique challenges. “The shorter girls have to work even harder, because nothing is our size. The gear doesn’t fit us. The air packs are huge on us,” she said.

“I think it’s going to open up the door to a lot more connections for women in general,” Ziviello said. “And I think it’s super important that we realize that there are other people out there like us.”

Boulder firefighter Rory Loveridge agrees the public benefits when fire crews reflect the communities they serve.

“If the community that you serve is they see themselves represented in you, then that makes them feel more comfortable and ultimately leads to a better service,” Loveridge said.

The launch of Built For The Badge comes at a time when Colorado fire departments face staffing struggles. Denver7 recently reported the state needs more than 2,000 firefighters and millions of dollars in new equipment to keep up with demand. Recruiting more women could help fill those gaps.

It also comes in the wake of concerns about poorly fitting gear for female firefighters. In 2022, Denver7 profiled a Fort Collins duo working to design uniforms for women in wildland firefighting. Built For The Badge offers training that accounts for women’s body mechanics, physiology and menstrual cycle-based performance.

“The biggest thing that we’re trying to drive home is that women… it’s not that they’re not capable. They just don’t have the resources,” Mastriona said.

“We don’t ever want to lower the standards in this field,” she added. “You know, they’re there for a reason, and so we just want to make sure that we’re training women up to that standard, and supporting them.”

Mastriona plans to expand Built for the Badge to police and military prep in future phases — with the ultimate goal of making it a resource departments can offer directly to recruits.

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AI helping Arizonans stay safer during pregnancy

CNN Newsource on May 12, 2026

By Alex Dowd

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    TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — Artificial intelligence is creeping into nearly every aspect of life, including one of the most sensitive: healthcare. A Tucson-based tech company is using AI to make pregnancy a safer process for women.

The Journey Pregnancy App from Emagine Solutions Technology helps women track medical markers during and after pregnancy. Now, they’re asking Arizonans to try it out in a new study where the app connects to wearable technology, such as smartwatches or blood pressure monitors.

“Because people have been doing it forever, there’s a perception that that means it’s safe for everyone, and it never has been,” said Sharon Thompson, a longtime physician and Science Advisor for Emagine Solutions Technology.

Thompson says the United States is lagging behind other similarly developed nations in maternal safety. For every 100,000 births in the U.S. in 2024, there were 17.9 deaths. That rate rises for black and indigenous women.

“One of the problems in the United States is that our maternal mortality rate and also morbidity— meaning complications in pregnancy—is way too high,” Thompson said.

As a two-time survivor of preeclampsia, Emagine founder and CEO Courtney Williams is no stranger to the dangers of pregnancy. Her own experience inspired her to create the Journey App.

“I didn’t want anybody else to go through that,” She said. “I didn’t have visibility into my blood pressure trends. I didn’t ask a lot of questions. If I’d had something to monitor my symptoms, I would’ve been able to see the trends.”

The app offers regular check-ins on a user’s blood pressure, heart rate and other health markers with the option to track overall mood or count the kicks a patient feels.

If any of the markers lean outside of a normal range, the app sends a notification first to check again, then to head to a doctor.

“I think people sometimes need the push, the sort of permission to seek medical help,” Williams said. “Especially women when we’re caring for other people other than ourselves.”

Once at the doctor, the Journey app can help patients log and bring up concerns while helping doctors narrow in on any irregularities that may have come up between visits, since Thompson says the average check-up runs around or under 15 minutes.

“You don’t live with a doctor, so there are times when you are home, and there’s a week or two or four between you and your next visit. Things can happen in those times.”

For those in-between times, Journey’s AI doula Aria can answer questions any time of the day or night, backed by thousands of meticulously researched articles.

The app has been around for a few years. Williams says over 45% of their users reported feeling safer during pregnancy.

Now, the Emagine team is looking to expand the Journey app’s reach by conducting a study with funding from the Arizona Commerce Authority to provide health tech bundles to women in Arizona to monitor their experiences during pregnancy with a Fitbit and a blood pressure monitor.

They’re accepting participants on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Pima County sheriff vows Nancy Guthrie case will not go cold as investigation hits 100 days

CNN Newsource on May 12, 2026

By Vanessa Gongora

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    CATALINA FOOTHILLS, Arizona (KGUN) — It has been 100 days since Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in the Catalina Foothills, and Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos says the investigation is far from over.

Mother’s Day was not the same for Savannah Guthrie and her siblings.

Savannah posted on her Instagram a special tribute to her mom with the caption, “Mother, daughter, sister, Nonie – we miss you with every breath. We will never stop looking for you. We will never be at peace until we find you.”

Sheriff Nanos says it weighed heavy on him not just on Mother’s Day, but everyday and his department has not stopped looking for her.

“Every passing second to that family probably seems like 100 days. So yeah, there’s a lot of stress there for them, but they just need to know that we’re not giving up,” Sheriff Nanos said.

Despite FBI Director Kash Patel’s criticism of how the sheriff’s department has handled the investigation, Sheriff Nanos said his office continues to work closely with their FBI partners.

“I don’t want to get into politics. Politicians are politicians, they are gonna do what they say. That’s not our focus. The pundits, the experts, the thousands of keyboard experts, everybody has their opinions. That’s OK. That’s not our concern,” Sheriff Nanos said.

“Our concern is we’re focused on solving a crime and we have a great relationship with the FBI from day one and actually before day one. We belong to a task force with the FBI, have for decades,” Nanos said.

As questions mount over why it is taking so long to find Nancy, Sheriff Nanos wants the public to understand why the DNA process is tedious.

“We know we have some very good DNA and that DNA is being worked with by several labs,” Sheriff Nanos said. “You know I get the frustration. Everybody wants to know what’s going on, what do you have, but we have rules and science has rules. They have guardrails in place to make sure that that science is solid, that they understand the importance of their DNA analysis.”

He goes on to say, “DNA is not just something that can identify a suspect. But it’s also a tool equally as important to exonerate those that are innocent.”

Sheriff Nanos acknowledged that some information is being withheld from the public.

“I’ve got to protect the integrity of the case. It’s not that the sheriff is trying to hide something or be secretive. It is about if whoever it is that did this, when we make an arrest – that individual has the right to a fair trial,” Sheriff Nanos said.

Video footage remains a key element of the investigation.

“That video of the individual on the porch generated a lot of leads for us and we’re still working those leads and we’ll continue to, but we’re not done,” Nanos said. “We’re still analyzing a lot of video just as with DNA, so there’s a lot of forensic analysis going on in a number of different arenas.”

When asked at what point the case would be considered cold, Sheriff Nanos said, “When we are at all dead ends. There are no leads to follow. We have run out of all of our evidence.”

He said we can’t worry about how long this is going to take to solve.

“What we worry about is are we moving this case forward everyday. Is there something we’re learning that we might be able to do more with? And that’s what is happening, is until those detectives come to me one morning and say sheriff we’re out of leads, we have nothing else to do, then I’ll worry about it.”

Nanos said calls to the tip line have slowed down, but he remains hopeful that the call to break the case open will come.

“I’ve just got all the confidence in the world. This case will not go cold. We will, we will resolve it,” Nanos said.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI. Callers may remain anonymous.

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High gas prices take a rough toll on food truck owner

CNN Newsource on May 12, 2026

By Ryan Hill

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    SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — While gas prices have dipped ever so slightly from one day to the next in San Diego, it’s still hitting people’s wallets to gas up their cars.

“July will be nine years in business, and we serve healthy comfort food,” Ari Behbahani, co-owner of The Go-Go Truck, said. “We go all around the county. We don’t have a set location. We come here quite often, a few times a month, and we actually do the scheduling for it for the food trucks, and we do a lot of catering, basically wherever the money’s at.”

But when that impact starts to hit your business and your livelihood, it starts to hit a little bit harder.

“It’s been pretty rough. This gets eight miles to the gallon, so if you can imagine, that’s not great gas mileage and during COVID-19, I think it was in 2022, we saw a jump that was kind of similar to this,” Behbahani said. “And then we were very happy when it went down, and then now it’s just kind of every week has just been kind of getting worse and kicking our butts.”

Behbahani told ABC 10News that, depending on where they’re going, filling up a full tank for the truck is $200 when the truck is on empty.

“I would say once a week, we’re filling up, but that’s like $150, and then we have our propane, which is also going up, and then gas for the generator.”

That $150 weekly cost used to cost $120, according to the food truck owner.

Behbahani said the cost of food, including beef, has also gone up as gas prices have risen. It’s resulted in a small increase for their entrées.

But there’s another thing she’s having to overcome while battling the prices of gas.

“I have a breast cancer diagnosis, and it runs in my family,” Behbahani said. “Healthcare costs aren’t low either, so it’s kind of coming at us from both ends. Just trying to take it one day at a time and, like I said, hopefully by the time I’m out of convalescence that the gas prices maybe come down a little bit.”

While Behbahani’s in the midst of a fight for her business and her life, she’s serving up a message for everyone during these trying times.

“I think we’ve kind of probably all noticed that people are on edge and they’re all getting hammered from all directions on all accounts, and I think just being kind to one another is really the biggest thing we can all do,” Behbahani said.

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Wildfire recovery: Drones offer new hope for reseeding burn scars

CNN Newsource on May 12, 2026

By Cassandra Garcia

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    HAVILAH, California (KERO) — Nearly two years after the Borel Fire devastated the town of Havilah and surrounding areas — burning nearly 60,000 acres — recovery remains a long road. It can take years, even decades, for a pre-fire state to return, and even longer for full forest restoration.

A drone company called Hylio, founded by several University of Texas students, is working to change that. The company, built for a variety of applications, recently shipped its 1,000th drone.

Hylio CEO and co-founder Arthur Erickson said the company’s use in wildland fire reseeding came through a Canadian company in 2021-22, when they asked him about using drones for post-fire reforestation.

“They would go to the mountainsides, which are normally quite difficult to traverse by foot or with other vehicles, and instead use our drones to drop — they had created a proprietary puck of dirt, so to speak, not just dirt, but nutrients — and they would, using a proprietary launcher system they had created mounted to a drone, plant tens of thousands of seeds in these pods into the ground on the mountainsides per day,” Erickson said.

The company sells to individual farmers, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the USDA, the Army, and the Bureau of Land Management. The drones have also been used for prescribed burns, launching flaming projectiles to ignite controlled burns.

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Arcadia mayor agrees to plead guilty to acting as agent for China

CNN Newsource on May 12, 2026

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    California (KCAL, KCBS) — The mayor of Arcadia, Eileen Wang, faces 10 years in federal prison after agreeing to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China on Monday.

The Department of Justice said Wang admitted in her plea agreement to working with her former fiancé, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, who was also one of her campaign staffers, to push pro-Chinese propaganda through the website U.S. News Center.

Sun was sentenced to four years in prison for a similar charge earlier this year.

“All Americans should be alarmed to learn an elected official was brazenly spreading propaganda on behalf of the Chinese government,” said Patrick Grandy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “The FBI is dedicated to rooting out those illegally acting as agents of a foreign government as they do the bidding of America’s adversaries.”

Prior to her plea agreement, Wang refused to comment on her former fiancé’s sentence. Her attorneys sent a statement apologizing after she resigned as Arcadia’s mayor and entered her plea.

“Events in Ms. Wang’s personal life — including her trust and love for apparently the wrong person, who ultimately led her astray — require her to step away from public service,” her attorneys wrote.

Investigators said Wang and Sun posted pro-China content on their website. The content included pre-written articles that were sent to a WeChat thread, an encrypted messaging app, which Wang shared with several other people, according to the DOJ.

In their announcement of the charge, prosecutors pointed to an exchange between Wang and a Chinese official from August 2021.

The DOJ said the Chinese official requested Wang make changes to an article. After she made the edits, the official messaged Wang, “Great!” to which she replied with “Thank you leader,” according to the Justice Department.

“By her own admission, Eileen Wang secretly served the interests of the Chinese government,” said Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division. “Let this serve as a clear warning: Individuals who act on behalf of foreign governments to influence our democracy will be identified, investigated, and brought to justice.

Prosecutors provided another example from 2021 in which Wang communicated with John Chen, 71. Investigators said Chen was a high-level member of China’s intelligence services who regularly attended elite Chinese Communist Party events and personally met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

In the November 2021 exchange, Wang asked Chen to post an article from her website and wrote, “This is what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to send,” according to the DOJ.

Chen was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to similar charges in 2024.

Wang was elected to the Arcadia City Council in 2022. Councilmembers select the mayor on a rotating basis. Wang began her term as mayor in February 2026.

Arcadia said an internal review showed that city finances, staff or decision-making processes were not involved in the case.

Councilmember Sharon Kwan described the scandal as a sad moment in the city’s history.

“Unfortunately, I think this has damaged public confidence, but I also believe Arcadia is resilient,” Kwan said. “We can move forward by being honest, transparent and committed to accountability.”

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Chicagoans flock to Indiana for cheaper gas prices

CNN Newsource on May 12, 2026

By Shardaa Gray

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    CHICAGO (WBBM) — Amid rising gas prices, some Chicago area motorists are already finding a little relief, but not in the city.

They’re driving to Indiana, where there’s been a big drop in prices in the past week. Some stations are priced at $4.59.

“I was on E. I came all the way from Chicago, all the way over here just because it’s cheaper,” said driver Nate Carrasco.

Carrasco took a big risk after hopping the Indiana border line to get gas while driving on nearly empty. He says he doesn’t even pump gas in Chicago.

“I don’t even know the prices, but I know they’re up … Like what, seven dollars?” he said.

Some stations in Chicago have gas costing nearly costing $5.

“The city is just outrageous. You can’t afford to get gas,” said driver Felicia Kimber.

Why such a difference?

Last week, Indiana’s governor announced the suspension of the state’s gasoline excise tax, which is 36 cents a gallon. On top of that, he also extended the usage tax suspension for another 30 days, which is 23 cents for the month of May. Between those two suspensions, Hoosiers will save nearly 60 cents per gallon at the pump this month, about a 12.4% discount per fill-up.

“I think that’s a benefit. If the gas prices are rising and the gas tax is being suspended, I don’t know if we’re going to be breaking even or are we going to be paying less?” Kimber said.

Back in March, an Illinois lawmaker proposed a suspension, calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to implement an immediate suspension of the Illinois state gas tax. If a full 60-day suspension is passed, Illinois drivers would save roughly 60 to 70 cents per gallon.

So, will we see taxes suspended in Illinois?

Last month, Pritzker said he would contemplate it, but expressed concern about the impact.

“Uh, very important to me, though, that we make sure and balance all of the broader inflation questions and the question of whether or not we’re gonna continue to build the roads and the bridges and the airports and the river ports that are funded by the motor fuel assessment,” he said.

“I think we’ve seen this in the past with our mobility rates. They’re driving Illinoisians into Indiana. People are moving to Hammond and Whiting right across the border, where you get the same quality of life but cheaper,” said driver Lavonta Stewart.

Bill Cliff lives in Gary, Indiana, and says he welcomes Illinois drivers.

“Get the best bang for your buck, with the economy going as it is, you need that,” he said.

The suspension is expected to cost the state of Indiana at least $100 million in tax revenue.

CBS News Chicago has reached out to Governor Braun’s office to see how the state will recoup the money, but has not yet heard back.

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Man pleads guilty to stealing Beyoncé’s unreleased music in Atlanta, gets 2 years in prison

CNN Newsource on May 12, 2026

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    ATLANTA, Georgia (WUPA) — The man accused of stealing hard drives containing unreleased Beyoncé music from members of her team avoided a jury trial Tuesday by pleading guilty.

Kelvin Evans, 40, pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court to entering an automobile and criminal trespass. Fulton County Superior Court Senior Judge Jane C. Barwick sentenced Evans to five years, with two years to serve in prison and the remainder on probation. As part of the plea deal, he has been ordered to stay away from the victims as well as the parking garage where the theft took place.

“He is looking forward to putting this relatively large part of his life behind him and hoping for a future where he can make money legitimately and be part of society like the rest of us,” Evans’ lawyer told the judge.

The guilty plea came just two days after jury selection began Monday in Evans’ trial.

Before accepting the plea, prosecutors showed surveillance footage of a red car, allegedly driven by Evans, pulling up next to the rental vehicle in the parking deck.

A second video showed the same red car arriving at an apartment complex, with Evans pulling out suitcases believed to belong to Beyoncé’s choreographer, Christopher Grant, and fellow dancer Diandre Blue. Prosecutors also said the stolen MacBook laptops had tracking technology that placed the items in Hapeville at the address seen in the second video.

Evans had previously rejected the same five-year plea deal in March, telling the court: “I’m ready for trial now.”

According to court documents, Evans broke into a 2024 Jeep Wagoneer belonging to Grant on July 8, 2025, while Beyoncé was in Atlanta on tour.

Grant and Blue had parked their rental vehicle in a parking deck on Krog Street around 8:09 p.m. When they returned less than an hour later, they found the rear window shattered and their luggage gone.

Among the stolen items were two MacBook laptops, Apple headphones, luxury clothing and accessories, and hard drives that investigators say contained unreleased Beyoncé material. Grant also told police he was carrying what he described as “personal sensitive information” belonging to Beyoncé.

Evans was arrested by Hapeville police on Aug. 26, 2025, and had remained in Fulton County Jail since his arrest.

A grand jury indicted him in October. He pleaded not guilty in January.

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Police release body cam footage of deadly encounter between officers, Desaver Hollis

CNN Newsource on May 12, 2026

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    Minnesota (WCCO) — Dramatic new video shows the moments a Twin Cities police officer was struck in the hand by gunfire, leading to him and another officer to fatally shooting a 27-year-old man.

In video recorded by Richfield police Sgt. Mario Leon’s body-worn camera on April 29, you see a scuffle with the officer and Desaver Hollis, a man they suspected of stealing items from a vehicle. The footage shows Hollis aiming a gun at the officer at point-blank range and firing.

Police say that bullet went through Leon’s hand, striking the Taser on his body armor. Sgt. Kristian Schultz also responded to the incident. On his camera, you see Schultz pull out a Taser. Hollis fires and Schultz fires his weapon a dozen times.

That same video shows a wounded Leon fire his weapon several times as well.

Right after that video came out, WCCO heard from Trisha Pohland, an attorney representing Hollis’ family. She says she has more questions than answers, adding that the footage only shows part of the story.

“We have another Black male who is dead after an interaction with a police department,” Pohland said. “His mother deserves the right to find out what exactly happened.”

Pohland was joined Monday by Hollis’ family, which is demanding answers and accountability five days after the shooting. Pohland says she wonders if officers fired their weapons more than necessary.

“What we know is that there were 20 shots fired,” Pohland said. “The question is whether those 20 shots were excessive.”

Meanwhile, they say they still want a complete picture of what happened. As the investigation unfolds, they’re asking the public to withhold judgement.

“I know she’s grieving, the whole family’s here grieving and we really want to get to the bottom of this,” Pohland said.

One week ago, some of Hollis’ family members stood in what they called quiet solidarity outside the St. Paul headquarters of the agency leading the investigation, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

“To just say a weapon was brandished and gunfire was exchanged leaves a lot to question,” said Miss Nikki Holiday, a legal liaison for Hollis’ family.

Hollis’ family wants to see all footage captured by body and vehicle cameras, and to hear 911 calls from that day.

“A life was lost. Let’s get to the facts before we just put these narratives out there and start smearing the victim,” Holiday said.

Standing alongside the family Monday was Valerie Castile, the mother of Philando Castile, who was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop nearly a decade ago near the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights.

“They just need some answers, and I’m here standing in solidarity because I’ve gone through the same thing and I didn’t have anyone there to navigate me through that process,” Castile said.

Police say they are not commenting further as the bureau continues its investigation.

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