A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS STRUCK BY GUNFIRE AS POLICE BURST INTO A BARRICADED ROOM, ENDING A FRIGHTENING HOSTAGE SITUATION.(PHOTO).
A Mother's Day Nightmare in Princeton, Illinois. A 3-year-old boy was struck by gunfire as police burst into a barricaded room, ending a frightening hostage situation. Multiple agencies responded to the Hummingbird Mobile Home Park in Princeton, Illinois, on Sunday, May 10th at 2:42 a.m. The initial call went out as a domestic disturbance but officers discovered much worse. 42-year-old, Anthony Rodriguez, had barricaded himself in a room armed with a knife. Anthony had taken several people as hostages, including Aurora Almanza and her 3-year-old son. Multiple agencies were on the scene, including the Bureau County Sheriff's Office, Illinois State Police and the Princeton Police Department. Authorities attempted to negotiate but ultimately rushed the room when they heard screaming coming from inside. Officials have reported that officers fired shots as they entered the room. Anthony Rodriguez was hit and was neutralized. Sadly, Aurora Almanza's t...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed ''heart-felt'' sadness over the death of Madam Omowunmi Bisi Akande,wife of the founding chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress,APC.In a letter penned by him on the heels of an earlier telephone call to the bereaved party chieftan on wednesday,President Buhari described as ''irreparable'' the loss by Chief Akande of his wife of 50 years.The President's message reads as follows:''I received the very sad news of the death of your dearly beloved wife,Madam Omowunmi Akande this morning.I am following our phone call with this letter of condolence,which comes from my heart.To lose a wife,a dear wife after 50 years,a constant and loving companion through good and bad times,is a blow only a ma of unshakeable faith can withstand.Please extend my personal condolences to the immediate and wider Akande family and to friends of the family for this irreparable loos.May Allah give you the strength and Iman to endure her passing away''.
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