Marion County Sheriff's Deputy John Durm was assaulted and killed by an inmate while transporting him to a hospital visit. The inmate, Orlando Mitchell, stole the van and crashed it into a utility pole before being apprehended. Sheriff Kerry Forestal released a statement honoring Durm's service to the community, and an investigation has been launched into the incident.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is recovering from a concussion and rib fracture after a fall, while Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is receiving treatment for clinical depression at Walter Reed Medical Center. Two other senators are also away from the Capitol due to health issues, and it is unclear when any of them will return.
Two gay men, John Umberger and Julio Ramirez, were found dead with their bank accounts drained after leaving New York City bars last year. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the deaths as homicides due to "drug-facilitated theft." The mother of Umberger believes her son was drugged and robbed before being found dead. The police are investigating if the deaths are connected to a string of robberies and assaults in Hell's Kitchen.
The family of Anthony Don Mitchell, a mentally ill man who died in an Alabama jail, has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was kept naked in a concrete cell and may have been placed in a freezer or other frigid environment. The lawsuit states that an emergency room doctor who tried unsuccessfully to revive Mitchell wrote that hypothermia was the ultimate cause of his death. The family is seeking unspecified damages and a jury trial.