COMMERCE CITY, Co. (AP) — Five adults were found dead in a Colorado apartment on Sunday along with substances described as "illicit narcotics," authorities said. Another adult and a 4-month-old child were alive inside the unit. Commerce City Police Chief Clint Nichols said officers responded to a call of an unconscious party at the North Range Crossings Apartments at 3:45 p.m. Upon entering the apartment they found six adults and an infant. "While they thought that most of them were unconscious, one of the parties was awake and was transported by medical," he said. The infant was also transported to a hospital. "Unfortunately, the other five people inside the apartment were deceased," Nichols said. Of the three women and two males, Nichols said, "There does not appear to be any blunt trauma or any violent incident of any nature." The fire department was called out to conduct a hazardous gas test, and that was negative. "There was some substance inside. We don’t know exactly what anything is as of yet," he said. The next step, Nichols said, is to have the apartment "cleanly swept" and then police will get a search warrant to begin their investigation. "Again, there were some substances that could be described as illicit narcotics, but again, for me to speculate on that would be improper. I just don’t know," Nichols said. A hazmat team was called to the scene. He said if there was drug use, they were very bad because no one was able to get to a phone and call 911 for a medical emergency. Nichols said that he did not know who the victims were but that some of them lived inside the unit. The infant appears to be doing fine, Nichols said, adding that it was not clear whether the child was a boy or a girl. He said it as unclear if the baby's parents were among the deceased adults found in the apartment.
"I hope the parents were not in there, but I’ve been doing this long enough... it would probably be safe to suggest the parents probably were inside and so for the infant, that’s going to be a long time without parents." - Fox News
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A skydiving instructor critically injured during a tandem jump with a customer on Saturday has died, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU-TV reports.
The instructor, whose name hasn't been released, was hurt when a parachute didn't open during the jump, according to the local sheriff's office. It happened around noon on Saturday in Waller County, northwest of Houston. The male instructor and female client were airlifted to a trauma center, Skydive Houston, the instructor's company said. The instructor died Sunday, the company said, adding that the student was reported to have serious but non-life-threatening injuries. A witness who lives nearby told KHOU the first parachute failed to open, so one of the skydivers cut it off. A second, backup chute opened halfway. The witness said one of the skydivers was conscious when they landed and the other wasn't. The company has stopped jumps while the incident is being investigated and the Federal Aviation Administration has been notified. - CBS News Police have cleared the remaining protesters blocking a key bridge between Canada and the United States, after a week of disruption.
Canada's protests against Covid vaccine certification to cross the border have paralysed trade across the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario. A judge issued an order on Friday to break up the protest, but dozens of demonstrators remained in defiance. Police have now cleared the road, though the bridge remains closed. In a statement, police said Sunday's action resulted in over a dozen arrests on a charge of mischief - which refers to damage or interference with property. Multiple vehicles were also seized, police said, none of the arrests became violent. The clearing effort first began on Saturday morning, when many of the vehicles involved left peacefully on police orders. But as news of the police action spread, more protesters turned up, temporarily swelling the crowd. But by Sunday morning, only a few dozen people remained, and police resumed their operation. Within hours, only a small number of stragglers remained on the sidelines, though police vehicles, rather than protesters, continue to block off the road to the Ambassador Bridge. Windsor police warned people to avoid the area of the bridge, tweeting: "Enforcement will continue in the demonstration area and there will be zero tolerance for illegal activity." Officials say they hope to reopen the bridge later on Sunday. - BBC News |