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Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Yahoo
Officials seek to identify driver near scene of crash that killed teen in Midvale
MIDVALE, Utah () — On Saturday, March 22, a while attempting to avoid another driver. Now, police are seeking the public's help in the investigation. The driver — identified as a student at Hillcrest High School — was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, a 19-year-old, was taken to a local hospital and was last known to be in critical condition, according to officials. On April 2, the Unified Police Department posted on to ask for help in identifying the driver or owner of a black Tesla that was in the area around the time of the crash. The crash happened near 750 East Fort Union Blvd, just after 12:45 p.m. on March 22. PREVIOUSLY: 17-year-old driver dead after crashing into parked semi-truck trailer, passenger in critical condition 'We believe the driver and/or vehicle may have information that could assist with the investigation of this tragic accident,' UPD said. A spokesperson with the department told that the driver is being sought because officials are hoping to get potential footage of the crash from the Tesla's cameras. 'The Tesla was seen exiting the ARI Diamonds driveway and turning westbound on Fort Union Blvd shortly before or after the incident,' UPD said. 'The vehicle appears to have a temporary tag.' According to the initial investigation, UPD said it appears that the teenage driver 'swerved to miss another vehicle and lost control on the wet roads,' after which the teenager's SUV crashed into a parked semi-truck trailer. The driver of the Tesla (or anyone with information) has been asked to call UPD at 801-840-4000 and reference case number CO25-23754. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Yahoo
Family honors Dallas high school senior killed in West Dallas shooting
The Brief Angela Nino-Herrera, 17, was the victim of a shooting in West Dallas on Sunday morning. Witness says a fight took place just before the shooting took place. Nino-Herrera's family hosted a balloon release on Wednesday in the teen's honor. WEST DALLAS - Loved ones of a 17-year-old girl killed in a shooting over the weekend held a balloon release in her honor. The high school senior's family says she was with a group of friends in West Dallas when some sort of fight happened, leading to gunfire. The teen's family says she was struck by a stray bullet. Dallas police didn't provide any details. What we know At the Trinity Overlook in West Dallas, there's a growing memorial for 17-year-old Angela Nino-Herrera, a Dallas ISD senior who was killed in a shooting over the weekend. Nino-Herrera's family confirmed to Fox 4 the Hillcrest High School senior was shot and killed early Sunday morning. Dallas Police showed up at a mother's door on Sunday after her daughter didn't come home. Officers responded to a parking lot near Commerce Street and Beckley just after 4 am. The witness, 19-year-old Rena Garcia, didn't know Nino-Herrera personally but tells Fox 4 nearly 50 people gathered at the Trinity Outlook the morning of the shooting. Garcia says she noticed a fight taking place feet away, just before the shooting began. "They started shooting. They drove down the street and just kept shooting out of the door, out of the window of the car," said Garcia. "It was multiple guns. Multiple people just shooting. Just anyone and everything they could see. It was terrible." One of the bullets hit Nino-Herrera, who later died at the hospital. On Wednesday, family and friends had a balloon release in the teenager's honor. What they're saying Nino-Herrera's older sister, Aileen Marie Nino, pleads for the violence to stop. "It was people being stupid, with guns…" said Marie Nino. "It wasn't right. That is the least my sister deserves," "She had plans. She had hopes. She had dreams," said the victim's mother, Marcela Nino. What's next That witness told police the suspect vehicle was a black Dodge Charger. Dallas police did not provide clear answers to FOX 4's questions about potential suspect information or the circumstances that led to the shooting, only saying the investigation is "ongoing." The Source Information in this article is from the Dallas Police Department.
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Yahoo
Family of boy stabbed at Queens McDonald's says attackers' young age no excuse
The shattered family of a 14-year-old boy stabbed to death at a Queens McDonald's says the youthful age of his accused attackers is no excuse for the brutal crime. Police have so far arrested two boys, ages 14 and 16, in connection with Julian Corniell's Valentine's Day killing. The older of the two suspects, who was arrested Thursday, faces murder charges. 'I feel like being 16 is sometimes a cop-out. Being young is a cop-out,' said the victim's aunt, Sheila Corniell, 40. 'We can say that boys will be boys til we're blue in the face, but doesn't that mean fists? That doesn't mean weapons.' Julian began high school in Long Island City last year but after enduring severe bullying and an assault by a group of youngsters that put him in the hospital he transferred to Hillcrest High School in Jamaica in November, the boy's mom previously told the News. 'What are we doing with our children where our children aren't safe in the street, our children aren't safe at McDonald's, our children aren't safe at school, our children aren't safe on the subway?' the aunt said Saturday. 'So where are we safe?' On Feb. 14, Julian once again ran afoul of a large group of teens looking to hurt him. He showed up at the McDonalds near 38th St. and Queens Blvd. in Sunnyside with three friends in tow, his aunt recounted, and came across a larger group wearing ski masks and surgical masks. 'Sunnyside is not a dangerous neighborhood. Sunnyside is not a place where you would expect you need to watch your back at 3pm in the afternoon while the sun is out. On Valentine's Day,' Corniell said. 'I would understand Halloween but on a Friday on Valentine's Day?' Julian was chased out of the McDonald's and across the street, where he was attacked by the mob of teens. 'Within minutes of the fight breaking out, this kid stabs Julian,' Corniell said. 'Once Julian is injured he runs out of the McDonald's and they run after him.' As he lay dying, a friend and former classmate held Julian's hand and applied pressure to his wound. Medics rushed Julian to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell in Manhattan but he could not be saved. Cops arrested the 14-year-old boy at the scene and charged him with gang assault. Julian's murder echoed another slaying in Sunnyside last year, when police say a 15-year-old girl stabbed 17-year-old Sara Rivera to death near the Queens Blvd. entrance to the 46th-Bliss Street subway station. The teen victim knew Julian's family. 'He was sad about it but at the same time he understood that there wasn't much that he could do being that he was much younger,' Nahomi Varona, 28, another of Julian's aunts, said. Corniell added, 'A year later, dealing with the exact same thing only like a train stop away from when she was hurt?…. What is happening? Why is our city in this state? And it's all senseless. It's all over nothing.' Julian's family made a point of attending the 16-year-old suspect's court arraignment on Thursday and listening to an assistant district attorney describe the crime. 'Every detail was like a punch to the gut,' Varona said. The teen suspect seemed stoic and emotionless to Julian' family, who had never seen him before. 'We don't know who he is. We've never seen him in our lives. He's never crossed paths with us,' Sheila Corniell said. 'It was a very big surprise to us just to see the sheer size of him. Our nephew Julian was a very small frame. He's petite. He was like 5-foot-3, 120 pounds. Julian is 14 but he was a very little 14.' The NYPD continues to investigate the senseless slaying. Julian's mother, Julia Verona, said the family is 'putting all our trust and faith in the NYPD to get to the bottom of what happened that day.' 'We are very grateful at the fact that this hasn't been something that they've disregarded,' she said. 'We're very grateful this has continued to be investigated and that they're continuing to look into it. Because this wasn't okay and we don't want any other family to deal with what we are dealing with.'
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Yahoo
Second teen nabbed in stabbing of 14-year-old boy outside Queens McDonald's
A second teen was arrested Thursday for the killing of 14-year-old Julian Corneill, who was stabbed by a group of students outside a McDonald's in Queens on Valentine's Day. The 16-year-old boy was hit with a slew of charges including murder, manslaughter and gang assault for the 3:30 p.m. Feb. 14 slaying outside the fast-food joint near 38th St. and Queens Blvd. in Sunnyside, cops said. His name was not released because he is underage. Julian was chased out of the McDonald's and across the street, where he was attacked by the mob of teens. As he lay dying in the street, a friend and former classmate held Julian's hand and applied pressure to his wound as medics raced to the scene. Medics rushed him to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell in Manhattan but he could not be saved. Cops arrested a 14-year-old boy at the scene and charged him with gang assault. The victim began high school in Long Island City last year but after enduring severe bullying that led to an assault and hospitalization he became too afraid to attend. His mother then transferred him to Hillcrest High School in Jamaica in November, she previously told the News. Police told Julian's mother that between 15 to 20 people were involved in the gang assault that killed him and that the gang was already at the McDonald's when Julian arrived with three friends. 'I don't know how I'm going to live without my little boy,' Julian's mother, Julia Verona, said after the killing. 'He didn't deserve to die that way.'
CBS News
15-02-2025
- CBS News
Teen arrested in deadly Queens stabbing, charged with gang assault
A teenager has been arrested in connection to a deadly stabbing in Sunnyside, Queens. Fourteen-year-old Julian Corniell died Friday afternoon after police say he was stabbed multiple times in the abdomen. It happened near a McDonald's parking lot at 38th Street and Queens Boulevard. Witnesses say the attack involved 15-20 teenagers. A knife could be seen on the ground at the crime scene Friday night. Police say a 14-year-old boy is in custody and has been charged with gang assault. It's unclear if they are searching for additional suspects. The investigation remains ongoing. Victim in Queens stabbing had order of protection after previous attack, mother says Julian was a ninth grader at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, but his mother says before he started there in November, he had been transferred twice and had an order of protection against another student after he was attacked by 10 other teens early last year. It's not known if Friday's attack involved any of his previous attackers. "We live in Jamaica, which is very far from Sunnyside. I don't know how my son ended up over there," Julian's mom, Julia Verona, said. "So he walked out of my house with his backpack, and I thought that he was gonna go to school. But then they called me in the afternoon that he didn't go to school." She says when she last spoke with him Friday morning, he asked for money so he could get a Valentine's Day gift for his girlfriend. Julian Corniell remembered as "a very sweet boy," loving brother Verona says Julian was the second oldest of five siblings and the only boy in a family full of girls. She says he always looked after his little sisters, and loved playing soccer and video games. She spent Saturday at her mother's apartment, saying she didn't want to go home. "I don't want to find his bed without him there. And I'm very devastated," she said. Julian's aunt Sheila Corneill does not want her nephew to be seen as a statistic. "We can't process this. This is not natural. This is not the way things work. Julian was supposed to put us to rest. We were not supposed to put him to rest. Julian was very loved, and Julian was very cared for. Julian had a very big family, and everyone was very involved in his life," she said. "I don't know how I'm gonna be without my little boy. He didn't deserve to die that way. He didn't. He didn't. He was a very sweet little boy, and my son was not in the street," Verona said.
