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    TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — A deadly shooting that killed three people early Monday morning, including the shooter, is being investigated as a hate crime, according to the Tucson Police Department.

Police say that the suspect, 44-year-old Ousman Ceesay, confronted the two victims, 42-year-old Vincent Anthony Siqueiros and 33-year-old Cameron Davis Capara at around 12:30 a.m. and allegedly shot and killed both in the parking lot of the Venture-N Bar.

The Venture-N Bar later released this statement about the incident:

Tucson has long been known for its welcoming environment and strong queer community. To now add another hate crime to that history is heartbreaking and infuriating. Now is the time to set those differences aside and come together around a common purpose: to remind ourselves that we need one another, and to remind the larger community that we are united in our right to exist. The two victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and pronounced dead shortly after.

Police say Ceesay had a note with several LGBTQIA+ businesses on them.

There is no active threat to the community, and the investigation remains ongoing.

Chief of Police Monica Prieto provides the following statement:

“I am deeply saddened that another senseless loss of life has happened in our community. Bias-based crimes are especially heinous and have no place in our community. Our investigators are thoroughly examining the evidence and pursuing all available leads as they work to establish the full circumstances surrounding this tragic incident. At this time, we have no indication that there is any further ongoing threat to the public. We recognize this incident may cause fear and pain within our community. The Tucson Police Department has dedicated increased police presence around LGBTQIA+ establishments and is coordinating with community organizations to provide support. Tucson is, and always has been, a diverse community where people of different backgrounds, identities and experiences call this city home. We are committed to ensuring every member of our community feels safe, valued and welcomed.”

Pima County Attorney Laura Conover issued this statement on the incident: “Our LGBTQ+ community feels under attack upon awakening to the disturbing news of what occurred overnight outside what is normally a welcome and safe environment. No one should fear being targeted simply because of who they are and where they gather. I speak in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ community.”

Conover said law enforcement officials believe the shooting was an isolated incident and all known suspects are deceased.

Additional information will be released at a later date as it becomes available. The Tucson Police Department asks anyone with any information about this homicide to please contact 9-1-1, or 88-CRIME to remain anonymous.

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By Paula Wethington

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    PONTIAC, Michigan (WWJ) — A Pontiac, Michigan, woman accused of abandoning three children for nearly five years will serve up to 30 years in prison.

Kelli Bryant, 35, has already been sentenced to time served plus probation on welfare fraud charges that resulted from the investigation. The plea agreement made in July called for Bryant to serve at least six years in prison on the child neglect circumstances, prosecutors said.

All of the criminal charges were heard through the Sixth Circuit Court in Pontiac. Judge Mary Ellen Brennan issued a sentence on each of the three pending child abuse charges of six to 30 years in prison, with credit for 236 days served. Given the ages of the children involved, the expectation is that all will be adults before their mother is released on parole. They have been living with another relative since Oakland County deputies found them abandoned in the home.

“This sentence holds Kelli Bryant accountable for the horrific neglect of three children,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. “Her plea spared the children from testifying at trial and ensures she remains incarcerated until they are all adults. I’m hopeful her victims will continue to have the space and resources to heal from this abhorrent trauma.”

As related by the judge and other officials in the case, the plea agreement was made so that the children would not have to testify in a public trial over the conditions they were left in.

“You failed them,” Brennan said to Bryant before issuing the sentence. “You failed them hour after hour, month after month, and year after year.”

The investigation begins A property owner of a home on Lydia Lane in Pontiac contacted authorities on Feb. 14, 2025, saying that rent had not been paid in months and he was concerned that something might have happened.

When deputies checked on the home, they found mold, garbage and an overflowing toilet. A 15-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl had been living amid those conditions. None of the children was attending school at the time. Bryant’s fourth child was by this time living with another relative.

The boy told deputies that he and the girls survived on food that their mother or another adult would leave on the front porch every few days.

As the investigation continued, deputies concluded the children were abandoned between the spring and summer of 2020.

The three abandoned children were placed by Child Protective Services into the custody of a relative after the discovery.

“Throughout my extensive career in this field, I have never encountered a scenario as dire and prolonged as this one, involving abandonment, neglect, and abuse of the highest order,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said at the time.

Criminal charges result Kelli Bryant was arraigned a few days later on three counts of first-degree child abuse, with a bond set at $250,000.

“The defendant instructed the kids that they were not to answer the door or leave the house,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. “All three children expressed fear about what their mother’s response would be if they left the home. The defendant concealed the children from family and friends and lied about who was caring for the kids and their whereabouts.”

The bond was eventually lowered to $50,000. She was released on bond on June 5, 2025. Bond was revoked on May 1, 2026, after she missed a competency hearing.

Welfare fraud investigation After the child abuse charges were filed, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services filed three counts of welfare fraud. The agency said Bryant had received a $29,397 overpayment by fraud from January 2022 through February 2025.

The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office responded by seeking to terminate Bryant’s parental rights, and family court officials did so in April 2026.

“The defendant appears to have effectively abandoned her children while collecting their public assistance,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. “This crime is, first and foremost, a theft from Kelli Bryant’s children. These resources were intended to ensure they had the basic necessities denied to them. The children deserved better.”

Bryant pleaded no contest on Dec. 1, 2025, to the three counts of welfare fraud. She was sentenced in June 2026 on that case to 112 days in jail, credit for 112 days served, and two years’ probation, according to Sixth Circuit Court records.

Why weren’t the kids found earlier? Pontiac city leaders have said the home was not properly registered as a rental property. Pontiac City Council President Mike McGuinness says the unit was being unlawfully rented out and, as a result, wasn’t subject to inspections.

Authorities also learned that the children were taken out of school with the message that they would be transferring. But they were never re-enrolled in another district, a gap in the paper trail that Michigan lawmakers attempted to address through Senate Bill 492. The bill passed the Senate and was referred to a House committee.

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    PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — An Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after allegedly shooting and killing a college student who was at the wrong house.

Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. Sean Farrell was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Glenwood Earl Pysher IV on Aug. 23, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele announced Tuesday.

Officials said Pysher knocked on the door of the wrong home after being out at a bar with friends. What followed was a very quick interaction with Farrell and a shooting that Steele said was not justified.

“This is not a legal use of lethal force,” Steele said.

Steele said Pysher was out at a bar early on Aug. 23 before deciding to walk to a friend’s house. But he knocked on the wrong door, leading the homeowners to report a break-in.

Farrell showed up and found Pysher on a back patio, officials said.

Steele said body camera video shows Farrell gave Pysher commands to put his hands up and drop to the ground.

Officials said Pysher was unarmed. Farrell was equipped with a taser and a baton, but went straight to his weapon.

Steele said body camera video shows Farrell later telling another officer that Pysher charged at him, screaming and yelling.

But Steele said that’s not what they saw when they reviewed the video.

“The young man has his hands up, he does not have a weapon, he did not charge or act aggressively, he was not a threat to the homeowners, he was inebriated but listening to commands about putting his hands up,” Steele said. “He’s not trying to escape or didn’t commit a forcible felony.”

CBS News spoke with Pysher’s parents last week. They described their son as a good kid loved by his community. He was set to start at Saint Elizabeth University in New Jersey this week.

“They are trying very hard to understand why this happened, and why their son was taken away from them,” Steele said.

Farrell turned himself in to Montgomery County detectives Tuesday. He is slated to be arraigned later Tuesday evening.

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    BERGEN COUNTY, New Jersey (WCBS) — A summertime tradition took an unexpected turn after a man was caught on camera stealing money from a kids’ lemonade stand in New Jersey.

It happened on Aug. 19 when four boys stepped away from the stand in Bergen County for a moment. Video showed a man coming up, grabbing the container with about $50 in earnings and walking away.

But the children didn’t lose their money for long.

“Once we realized it was local youths who had their money taken – obviously we take every scene and investigation seriously – but we knew this one hit home,” said Hasbrouck Heights Police Detective John Cambridge.

He said surveillance video and witness information helped officers quickly identify the suspect.

“After about 15, 20 minutes of still continuing to look, I went down to the park. And sure enough, he was sitting right there on the park bench, same exact clothing on in the video, with the empty bottle where he took the money from at his feet,” he said.

Police arrested Chapel Lighty, 35, without incident.

Luckily, the boys didn’t let the theft deter them from continuing their stand. A summertime tradition took an unexpected turn after a man was caught on camera stealing money from a kids’ lemonade stand in New Jersey.

It happened on Aug. 19 when four boys stepped away from the stand in Bergen County for a moment. Video showed a man coming up, grabbing the container with about $50 in earnings and walking away.

But the children didn’t lose their money for long.

“Once we realized it was local youths who had their money taken – obviously we take every scene and investigation seriously – but we knew this one hit home,” said Hasbrouck Heights Police Detective John Cambridge.

He said surveillance video and witness information helped officers quickly identify the suspect.

“After about 15, 20 minutes of still continuing to look, I went down to the park. And sure enough, he was sitting right there on the park bench, same exact clothing on in the video, with the empty bottle where he took the money from at his feet,” he said.

Police arrested Chapel Lighty, 35, without incident.

Luckily, the boys didn’t let the theft deter them from continuing their stand.

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By Craig Smith

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    TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — After Nancy Guthrie disappeared, ransom notes came in telling the Guthrie family to pay up or never see Nancy Guthrie again. We know at least one note was fake. Now there has been a formal sentencing.

Federal Judge John Hinderaker told Derrick Callella he was profoundly stupid to think no one would see through his scheme during all the scrutiny of the Nancy Guthrie case.

Derrick Callella conceded when he heard about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance and the ransom demand that he went on the internet, found Guthrie family contacts and used them.

In a video message, daughter and NBC Today show host Savannah Guthrie said, “We need to know, without a doubt, that she’s alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen.”

Federal charges say shortly after that family message, Callella sent the family three ransom demands, two by text, one in a phone call.

The charges say Callella hid his real phone number but agents were able to track him down anyway.

The charges against Callella say the messages from him had no real connection to the bitcoin ransom note media outlets received the Monday after Nancy Guthrie disappeared.

In July he pleaded guilty to two counts of telephonic harassment. He blames some of his actions on addiction to meth. When he changed his plea in July, a judge ordered him into immediate drug treatment.

When Callella pleaded guilty he knew the deal called for five years on probation for each of the two counts—with both probations served at the same time.

Judge Hinderaker noted five years probation is more than the federal sentencing standard for this sort of crime but believes the long probation will help Callella stay off drugs and be able to care for his family.

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