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Ryan Royall : Budding Basketball Star Shot Dead at Sweet 16 party near Chicago
High school basketball star shot and killed
According to various reports from the Chicago Sun, ABC7, and other news sources, Ryan Royall, a budding basketball star for the Hill Crest High, was shot and killed.
Ryan Royall killed
Royall was attending a party with a group of friends. When the group left the party around 12:30am, shots rang out with Royall being struck multiple times. After being rushed to St. Margaret Mercy Health Care in Dyer, Ind he was pronounced dead an hour later.
Ryan Royade’s death as been ruled a homicide.
The star’s passing leaves hopelessly and void from a community where Royall was not only an exceptional basketball player, but a role model to younger students could look up to.
“He was such a harmless kid,” Hillcrest basketball coach Don Houston told the Sun-Times of Royall, whom he coached for three seasons. “There wasn’t a mean bone in his body.”
Friends say he was trying to secure an athletic scholarship so his widowed mother would not have to worry about paying for his college education.
“He’s my brother. This wasn’t supposed to happen to him,” said Olajuwan Harris, a friend of Ryan Royall.
With 200 or 300 students in attendance, there were no reports of trouble during the party.
Police have not released a motive for the crime, but some in the victim’s neighborhood say they don’t believe Royall was the target.
“Just a random shooting,” said Royall’s neighbor Fernando Howard. “An innocent bystander gets shot in the back and loses his life.”
A standout guard, Royall had just finished his junior year at Hillcrest High School.
Royall’s coach, Don Houston, said Royall hoped to play in college and had gotten the attention of some recruiters.
“He’s a very talented player,” said Houston. “He was going to end up being one of our captains this year.”
Friends say that in addition to a career in the NBA, Royall had also hoped to get a degree in sports medicine.
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes northeastern United States
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake in Lebanon, New Jersey shook the northeastern United States on Friday morning.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the northeastern United States on Friday morning.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected near Lebanon, New Jersey, at 10:23 a.m. Friday.
The earthquake was felt in New Hampshire down to Maryland.
According to the Richter scale, which is used to measure earthquake magnitude, they considered the event a “light” earthquake. Still, the geological survey posted on X that it was “notable.” They went on further to say earthquakes are “uncommon but not unheard of along the Atlantic Coast”.
It’s not yet clear if anyone was hurt in Friday’s quake.
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9-year-old cancer survivor killed in tragic school bus accident
A family is in mourning after a 9-year-old cancer survivor was tragically killed in an accident in Orlando.
A family is in mourning after a 9-year-old cancer survivor was tragically killed in an accident in Orlando, Florida.
9-year-old cancer survivor tragically killed
Elyas Amyr Marshall-Rodriguez got off the bus Tuesday afternoon and, as he was walking away from the bus, he dropped his football when he crawled under the bus to get it and the vehicle began moving.
Marshall-Rodriguez was in remission for leukemia when he was killed on Tuesday after being diagnosed at 2-years-old, according to his family who spoke at his vigil.
He loved life
“He was the life of the party,” said Trenae Gayle, Marshall-Rodriguez’ cousin. “He loved football; he loved basketball. He loved all sports.”
The family has set up a GoFundMe.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the incident and the investigation is currently ongoing.
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Hero teen saves baby whose parents were electrocuted by downed power line in Portland ice storm
A teenager in Oregon is being hailed a hero for putting herself in danger to help save the life of a 9-month-old baby.
A teenager in Oregon is being hailed a hero for putting herself in danger to help save the life of a 9-month-old baby.
Oregon teenager saves baby
Majiah Washington, 18, of Portland, said she was inside her home on Wednesday when she saw a flash outside her window.
Washington said after looking outside, she saw a car with a downed power line on top of it, and man and a woman who had been trying to put their child in the car.
“The baby’s mom was yelling to the man, ‘Take my baby out of the car. Take my baby out of the car,'” Washington recalled at a press conference Thursday at the headquarters of Portland Fire & Rescue.
Intense rescue
Washington witnessed the infant’s father attempt to walk up an icy hill with the child, before slipping and falling backwards. The mother attempted the same, followed by another person, who all were unfortunately electrocuted.
Washington ran outside and called 911. When she saw the baby’s head move, she sprung into action. Despite what she had just witnessed and the dangers, she said she walked on the driveway to reach the baby.
Majiah Washington was heroic
Portland Fire and Rescue spokesman Rick Graves described Washington’s efforts as “heroic.”
“We do have fortunately with us a [child] that is going to be able to thrive and do what they possibly can as they move forward,” Graves said Thursday. “And they are here, in part, because of the heroic acts of a member of our community.”
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