Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Cleveland police: teen killed, 3 wounded as fighting ends with shots - CNN

New: Cleveland police chief said officers were within 100 feet of the tyre siteNEW: tensions of musician George Clinton on Twitter incident was after the show's 16-year-old died after being shot on Saturday night in Cleveland, the authorities sayThree, others are injured following the incident, which occurred after a local festival

They(CNN) - four people were shot, one fatally, before a man pulled out a gun during a fight in Cleveland and began to shoot at a crowd after a party, police said.

Nobody had been named or arrested suspect in the case of the Sunday night.

The shooting took place on Saturday shortly after the close of the eighth annual family unit in the Park festival, held an event throughout the day in the section of Mount Pleasant in the city of Northern Ohio.

Parliament-Funkadelic, the inductee's Hall of Fame of Rock and Roll in 1997 with George Clinton, was the titular night at the free event.

After the Group wrapped all around 9: 40 p.m. and Fireworks exploded five minutes later, the crowd began to heading home, Cleveland City Councilman Zachary Reed said this Sunday.

Later, a small group of young men got into a fight with fists in a parking lot about three-fourths of a mile from the Park, said Sergeant Sammy Morris, a spokesman for the Cleveland Police Department.

One of those involved pulled out a gun and began firing, said Morris. The murder of 16-year-old died after being shot in the head.

A 20-year-old woman who was shot in the neck was "conscious and talking about", said the spokesman for the police, while 14 and 22-year-old men were shot in the leg.

"My thinking here is happening again," Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson said at a press conference Sunday, explaining his reaction to learning of the incident. "And it is again, with the children."

Chief Constable of Cleveland Michael McGrath told reporters had officers at 100 m from the shooting.

"Still suspect had the audacity to misconduct the respect and get a gun and shoot the victim," said McGrath, adding that he believed that the other three were shot with the victim.

It was not clear whether any of those involved went to the concert. Morris noted that Clinton supporters and players from Ohio, who also did tend to be more than 40. The victims are in their teens or 20s.

Clinton, on his personal Twitter page, wrote: "this incident happened after the show and they are truly saddened and we send our sincere condolences to the families".

Reed, who organized the festival represents the area where he carried out the shooting, described the mother of the victim's 16 years as "devastated" when he visited on Sunday morning.

"Forget about the event, I'm just sad for the family," said.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Cain, Perry lead conservative Western Summit survey for President - Denver Post

A presidential poll in the Summit of West Denver conservative overwhelmingly chose Herman Cain for President, with the Governor of Texas Rick Perry finalist.

Cain and Perry speak during the event for three days. The Senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, who is also the presidential candidate, had addressed the Summit.

A total of 508 votes votes and Cain had received 48 percent of the vote and Perry 13 percent, according to the organizers of events.

Conference attendees include volunteers Republicans, activists from the Party of tea, the Conservatives and libertarians, along with members of the community of faith, said John Andrews, executive director of the Institute centenary and organizer of the event.

The vote on the survey of Denver alphabetically listed the following announced and undecided Republican candidates. Their names, and percent of votes continues:

Michele Bachmann-9 %

John Bolton 4 %

Herman Cain-48 %

Newt Gingrich-1 %

Rudy Giuliani-0 %

Jon Huntsman-0 %

Gary Johnson-0 %

Thaddeus McCotter-0 %

Sarah Palin-1 %

Ron Paul - 2 %

Tim Pawlenty-1 %

Rick Perry-13 %

Mitt Romney-10 %

Rick Santorum-10 %


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