Madison, Wisconsin — Sarah Shulze, a runner on the University of Wisconsin's track and cross country teams, has died. She was 21.
Shulze's family announced on April 15 that she had died two days earlier, and gave the cause of death. "Sarah took her own life," the family said. "Balancing athletics, academics and the demands of everyday life overwhelmed her in a single, desperate moment. Like you, we are shocked and grief stricken while holding on tightly to all that Sarah was. "Above all other things, Sarah was a power for good in the world. Her deep compassion was evident in her devotion to her sisters Abbey and Ella, the love her parents felt from her every single day, and the extra care she took in moments shared with her grandparents and cousins." Wisconsin officials put out a statement Friday that referenced the family's announcement. "Sarah was a beloved daughter, sister, granddaughter, friend, teammate and Badger student-athlete," Wisconsin officials said in a statement. "We extend our deepest sympathies and sincere condolences to Sarah's family, friends and Badger teammates during this extraordinarily difficult time. Our primary focus is the support of the Shulze family and our student-athletes." Shulze was a junior from Oak Park, California. She competed in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track, and earned academic all-Big Ten honors in 2020 and 2021 for cross country and in 2021 for track. Family members said she had been an intern at the Wisconsin legislature and volunteered as a poll worker during the 2020 presidential election. They said those experiences "helped develop her deep love for politics, social causes and women's rights." Shulze's relatives said they would soon announce a foundation "that will be established to continue to support the causes most important to Sarah." If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). For more information about mental health care resources and support, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. ET, at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or email [email protected]. - CBS News
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Two young people were killed and at least eight others were injured when gunfire tore through a party at a short-term rental property in Pittsburgh early Sunday morning, police said.
More than 200 people, many of them underage, were inside the Airbnb rental when the shooting occurred around 12:30 a.m., Pittsburgh police said. A police release initially said nine people had been injured, but authorities later revised the number. At least one of the gunshot victims was as young as 14 years old, Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert said Sunday during a press conference. He did not identify the two deceased victims, who were both male. No arrests were immediately reported, but Schubert said “it is our top priority to find out who did this and get them off the street.” Schubert said police believe there were multiple shooters. “It’s heartbreaking; here we are at Easter and we have multiple families, two that won’t see a loved one. ... How can you even have a holiday when your child was involved in something traumatic like this?" he said. The tragedy was one of three high-profile shootings that marred the Easter weekend. At least nine people were injured in a shooting at a club in Hampton County, South Carolina, and 14 people were hurt when gunfire erupted at a crowded Columbia, South Carolina, mall, sending shoppers scrambling for safety. The spate of violence also comes just a few days after an attack on a Brooklyn subway train, which left more than two dozen people injured. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Sunday's shooting was the fourth in less than 30 hours. In early April, Schubert released a statement addressing the "recent spate of violent crimes" in Pittsburgh. "In a matter of five days, there have been three shootings that have taken the lives of three young people, aggravated assaults, multiple shots fired, and now, two children, two young boys, have suffered critical stabbing injuries," he wrote on April 1. In Pittsburgh, as many as 50 rounds were fired inside the property, and shell casings from rifles and pistols were found at the scene, police said. Some partygoers apparently jumped out the windows to flee the gunfire, suffering broken bones and lacerations when they fell. Several more shots were fired outside the home, police said, and officials were processing evidence at as many as eight separate crime scenes that stretched across several blocks. George Stevens said he was outside a bar next door to the rental property smoking a cigarette when he heard what he thought were fireworks, then saw kids fleeing. Stevens told The Associated Press that he let three girls hide in his vehicle and call their parents as bullets flew by. He said he saw someone inside the rental property holding a gun as children ran screaming and crying in every direction away from the building. “It happened so quick,” he said. “It was just crazy. Kids were running everywhere.” Airbnb spokesperson Ben Breit confirmed the house was rented through the company. He said the booker, who would have had to be 18 or older per Airbnb rules, has received a lifetime ban. Breit’s statement said the party was thrown without the knowledge of the host, whose listing banned parties and advertised an overnight noise curfew. Mitchell Wilston, 30, told The Associated Press that he and his wife saw a line outside the rented property and cars parked the wrong way along the street as they left their home Saturday evening. “It was so obvious that there was going to be a problem – there was a line of 14-year-old kids trying to get into this place,” he said. Sunday morning, Wilston found his wife’s white car smeared with blood. “It’s extremely, extremely disconcerting to see the way the bullets were fired were perpendicular to our house,” he said. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey released a statement following the shooting Sunday. "At least 10 gunshot victims, two lives lost, and hundreds of lives forever changed, because we have yet to pass meaningful legislation to lessen the amount of guns in our streets or provide the much-needed resources to communities desperately in need. The time is now for us to move with a sense of urgency to bring justice to the victims and peace to our city," he wrote in the statement. Pittsburgh was the site of one of the nation's most horrific mass shootings in recent years. In 2018, a gunman burst into a synagogue shouting "All Jews must die" before killing 11 worshippers and wounding six others. The shooting at the Jewish Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood during a baby-naming ceremony shocked the nation. Sunday's shooting occurred in Pittsburgh's East Allegheny neighborhood, also known as Deutschtown, on the city's North Side. Contributing: The Associated Press - USA Today At least three people were killed in a shooting and a subsequent chase by police officers Saturday at a beachside restaurant in Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. The prosecutor's office in Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located, said two gunmen approached and killed two men at a beachside restaurant. Police then chased the attackers down the beach as they were "escaping towards the sea," officials said. Police killed one of the suspects and seriously wounded the other. Video posted on social media and YouTube showed people running down the beach as gunshots rang out. Others appeared to take cover behind tables or chairs. The prosecutor's office posted two images from the scene, including a photo that appears to show officers giving chase on the beach as sunbathers watch the dramatic scene unfold next to the water.
Authorities said two 9mm pistols were seized in the area. The shooting comes just days after the severed heads of six men were reportedly discovered on top of a Volkswagen in the town of Chilapa de Alvarez, which is also in Guerrero state. Beachside shootings have occurred before in Acapulco, which has been plagued by gang violence since 2006. In November, police said gunmen pulled up in a boat and shot a man to death on a popular beach in Acapulco. The attackers then apparently fled in the boat. On Mexico's Caribbean coast, there was a Nov. 4 shootout on a beach in Puerto Morelos south of Cancun, involving a squad of armed men who left two alleged drug dealers dead. That daytime bloodshed sent tourists scrambling for cover at two large hotels where local drug gangs were apparently competing for drug sales. Across the country, more than 340,000 people have been killed in a wave of bloodshed since the government deployed the army to fight drug cartels in 2006. Earlier this month, 20 people were killed at a venue used to host cockfights in the town of Las Tinajas, Michoacan state in Mexico. An American mother was among the victims. On Thursday, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused popular TV shows of glamorizing the violent drug trade. He told reporters the shows feature "gangs of drug traffickers, with actors, men, beautiful women, property, the latest cars, jewelry, designer clothes, power." But they ignore "the destruction in particular of young people. And we are talking about thousands of deaths. In the United States, it's a serious problem," he added, referring to victims of drug overdoses. Lopez Obrador took office in 2018 championing a "hugs not bullets" strategy to tackle violent crime at its roots by fighting poverty and inequality with social programs, rather than with the army. He has asked the U.S. to invest in regional economic development instead of sending helicopter gunships and other weapons to take on drug traffickers. Agence France-Presse contributed to this report. - CNN |