Jing Sheng Dong, a Staten Island tour bus driver, now faces five involuntary manslaughter counts and a reckless driving charge after a deadly I-95 crash in Virginia. Five people were killed and roughly 44 others were taken to hospitals.
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A bus collided with six vehicles near a Virginia work zone early Friday, killing five and injuring dozens. Authorities say the bus failed to slow as traffic slowed for the work zone on Interstate 95.
On Friday afternoon in Fargo, North Dakota, a shooting occurred resulting in the death of one police officer and two others critically injured, as well as a civilian seriously wounded. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley has confirmed that the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation is working with federal, state and local authorities to investigate the incident, and the motive behind the shooting is still unknown. Witnesses reported seeing a man open fire on officers before other officers shot him, and the suspect was killed during the exchange of gunfire.
On Wednesday night, tragedy struck when Tatiana David, 34, of Ithaca, New York, was abducted on her birthday and shot and killed in Northern Virginia following a shootout between her alleged kidnapper and police. Virginia State Police spotted a Jeep Cherokee with the wrong license plates and when they approached, the driver began shooting at them. The Jeep crashed into the woods and Tatiana David died at the scene while the driver was taken to the hospital. Michael C. Davis, 34, of Virginia, is the suspect and father of Tatiana David's 4-year-old child.
A grand jury has indicted 10 people in connection with the death of Irvo Otieno, a mentally ill man who suffocated to death while in police custody in Virginia earlier this month. Seven deputies and three hospital employees have been charged with second-degree murder, and surveillance video and emergency calls offer further details of the final moments of Otieno's life. The indictment of the 10 people charged is a step towards accountability and justice for Otieno and his family.