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The motive is under investigation, but Cervantes said authorities believe Mahan was the intended target.
The driver of a tractor-trailer shot by police during a pursuit Saturday in Elizabeth, N.J., that ended in a fatal crash has been charged with aggravated manslaughter, authorities said.
Authorities say an off-duty officer tried to stop Burnam and eventually fired one round from his weapon, missing him.
The blaze broke out in the Stevenson Ranch foothill community and quickly chewed through 700 acres of dense, dry brush amid high temperatures and winds gusting up to 25 mph, fire officials said.
More than 200 firefighters aided by water-dropping aircraft worked to create a perimeter around homes that were threatened.
State police said the crash happened around 12:30 a.m. while the buggy was traveling on the shoulder of westbound Route 6 and a car was also traveling westbound.
5 Billboard removed: A billboard-size advertisement for a gun manufacturer that said “yeah, we carry” has been removed from the concourse of Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina.
The airport’s governing commission decided to take it down after receiving complaints.