Tallahassee mass shooting leads an unconfirmed Sunday; Alaska marine warnings and Four Corners flooding are the confirmed weather threats
A reported shooting near Florida A&M dominated the day's casualty reporting, but no agency had confirmed the count, while NWS Anchorage held hurricane-force and storm warnings across the Bering Sea.
A mass shooting near Florida A&M University in Tallahassee is reported but not confirmed by any agency. CBS News reports people shot, some of them children, with police searching for a gunman. The Tampa Bay Times reports injuries near the football stadium during homecoming. Fox News reports victims released from hospital, with others still hospitalized. These counts come from the outlets, not from an agency, and early counts change. For EMS and dispatch, that spread is the usual sign of a scene where casualty accounting is still moving.
In EMS abroad, The Oregonian reports injuries, some serious, in a Sunday bus crash near Barcelona, Spain. That figure is the outlet's.
Fire and EM: NBC News and ABC News report evacuations under way in coastal Oregon over feared ammonia contamination after a fire at a Newport seafood processing plant. Treat smoke that may carry ammonia as a chemical exposure, not just a structure fire. Separately, satellite fire detections are reported—unconfirmed by any agency—over Tennessee (29), South Carolina (26), Alabama (70), Mississippi (72), Louisiana (52) and Ohio (66); these are heat signatures, not confirmed working fires. Wildfire Today reports the UK unveiled a future wildfire plan at its first wildfire summit. A reported, unconfirmed account also has wildfire, construction and $80K monthly rent pushing a California café into bankruptcy.
EM and weather: NWS Anchorage AK has a Hurricane Force Wind Warning for the Bering Sea offshore zone and Storm Warnings for the Adak–Kiska, Kiska–Attu and Saint Matthew Island waters. The Guardian and NBC News report the Four Corners south-west bracing for more flooding after last week's evacuations and rescues.
Law enforcement: the New York Post reports a retired NYPD detective, charged in a George Washington Bridge road-rage killing, is free on $1M bail with charges downgraded from murder to manslaughter. Cleveland.com reports a man arrested after officers forced entry in Geneva and found him stabbing a woman, who later died. NJ.com reports an off-duty New Jersey officer fatally struck a pedestrian early Sunday; the prosecutor says the officer showed no signs of impairment. NBC News reports a woman sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Central Park over the weekend, per police.
Firefighter Close Calls marks the 25 October 1987 Milford, Michigan farmhouse live-fire exercise that killed three firefighters, per USFA Technical Report TR-015—worth the read before your next acquired-structure burn.
Sources
- CBS News — At least 11 wounded, some children, in Tallahassee shooting near Florida A&M
- The Oregonian — 83 injured in Spain bus crash near Barcelona
- NBC News — Fears of ammonia contamination prompt evacuations after fire at Oregon sea food plant
- New York Post — Ex-NYPD cop charged in George Washington Bridge road rage killing free on $1M bail
- Cleveland.com — Man arrested in fatal stabbing of woman in Geneva, police say
- ABC News — Oregon coastal city issues evacuation order after fire at seafood plant
- Wildfire Today — UK unveils future wildfire plan: military aircraft, specialist fire teams and landscape transformation
- The Guardian (US) — US south-west braces for more flooding after stretch of heavy rain and storms
- NJ.com — Off-duty N.J. cop fatally strikes pedestrian early Sunday, prosecutor says
- Fox News — 5 victims released from hospital after Florida A&M University shooting, 1 remains critical
- Tampa Bay Times — At least 12 injured in shooting near football stadium at Florida A&M
- Firefighter Close Calls — THREE FIREFIGHTERS KILLED DURING ARSON TRAINING AND LIVE FIRE EXERCISE IN ABANDONED FARMHOUSE – MILFORD, MICHIGAN – OCTOBER 25, 1987 – USFA TECHNICAL REPORT TR-015
- NBC News — Catastrophic floods force evacuations across the West
- NBC News — Woman sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Central Park, police say