Four People Killed, Including Gunman, 14 Others Injured In Kansas Shooting Rampage

Police guard the front door of Excel Industries after the shooting in Hesston, Kansas.

Fernando Salazar / The Wichita Eagle via AP

Cedric Ford

 

Harvey County Sheriff's Office via AP

 

Three people were killed and 14 others injured Thursday when a gunman opened fire at several locations in central Kansas, culminating in a shootout with a police chief that left the gunman dead, authorities said.

Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton identified the shooter as Cedric Larry Keith Ford, a 38-year-old employee at lawn care company Excel Industries, which was the scene of the final shootout in Hesston, a small town located about 35 miles north of Wichita.

Walton said Ford, who was armed with an “assault-style long gun” and a handgun, was killed by an officer responding to the shooting. The officer was identified Friday as Doug Schroeder, Hesston’s Chief of Police, a spokesperson for the police department confirmed to 3m360 News.

Tony Burton dead: Rocky actor who trained Apollo Creed dies aged 78

Actor Tony Burton, known for his work in the "Rocky" movies, has passed away

Tony Burton, who starred in the Rocky films as the legendary trainer of both Apollo Creed and Rocky Balboa, has died.

The actor appeared in all seven of the films in the franchise - including a fleeting flashback in the most recent incarnation Creed.

Mr Burton played Tony 'Duke' Evers - a grizzled, no-nonsense trainer who in the first two films supported Apollo Creed, Balboa's opponent.

In the later films he became the trainer to Balboa, famously played by Sylvester Stallone, helping him defeat foes such as Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago.

The actor - a native of Flint, Michigan - won Flint Golden Gloves light heavyweight titles in 1955 and again in 1957, before fighting professionally briefly.

The EU’s migration system is TEN DAYS from 'completely breaking down' if the number of people arriving in Europe is not curbed, Brussels migration chief warns

The EU's migration system is just ten days from 'completely breaking down' if it does not curb the number of people arriving in Europe, the bloc's migration commissioner has warned.

Europe has until a March 7 summit with Turkey to restrict the flow of refugees into the continent or face a melt down in the EU's migration set up, according to Dimitris Avramopoulos.

He told a meeting of interior ministers in Brussels today: 'In the next 10 days, we need tangible and clear results on the ground. Otherwise there is a risk that the whole system will completely break down.'

The EU remains deeply divided over how to handle the migrant crisis, especially over recent border closures by several member states that have threatened the passport-free Schengen area. Refugees are pictured lining up for food on the Greek-Macedonian border

ISIS stones two teenage girls to death for 'adultery' - but the men just get 50 lashes

Savagery: ISIS stoned two girls to death for adultery. File picture

Two teenage girls were savagely stoned to death by ISIS thugs in Syria - but the two men they were with escaped with just a whipping.

Hasna, 17, and Madiha, 16, died in the horrific and savage way in Deir ez-Zor city, eastern Syria, after being accused of committing adultery.

local media activist Ahmed Ramadan told ARA News: “The execution took place in the Hamidiya district of Deir ez-Zor on Tuesday afternoon, where hundreds of people gathered to witness the stoning of the two young girls.”

The ISIS-led Sharia Court released a statement claiming the girls were seized in a house "with two strangers" - an act strictly forbidden under Islamic State's twisted interpretation of Islam.

After an investigation by Sharia officials, "The victims were accused of committing adultery with two older men, identified by the Sharia Court as Abu Zubair al-Idlbi and Maher Hameed," the source reported.

The two men escaped the same sickening punishment as the girls and instead were publicly flogged with 50 lashes each.

“The decision of the Sharia Court raised the anger of Deir ez-Zor’s residents, who considered it unfair to kill the two girls by stoning and merely flog the men and set them free,” Ramadan added.

Desperate migrants try to HANG themselves in Athens square as struggling Greece warns it won't become a 'warehouse of souls'

Greece has warned it would not be turned into ‘warehouse of souls’ by the rest of the Europe after tens of thousands of migrants were left trapped in the country.

Two desperate men yesterday attempted to hang themselves in a square in the centre of Athens as frustrations grew with border closures that have stopped people leaving.

One of the men, a Pakistani, was left unconscious after tying a noose made from twisted lengths of fabric to a tree and was taken to hospital.

Two desperate men yesterday attempted to hang themselves in a square in the centre of Athens as frustrations grew with border closures

10 year iold girl dies saving 2 todllers from runaway SUV

10-year-old California girl Kiera Larsen, died while saving two toddlers from a rolling vehicle. The 3 children were playing on Monday evening around 5pm, when the 10 year old noticed an SUV rolling in reverse towards them and pushed the two babies, ages 1 and 2, away from the SUV, police in Lakeside said.

The vehicle struck the 10-year-old and pushed her through a fence, KGTV reported. She was immediately rushed to the to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Neighbours said the children were playing in their yard before the vehicle rolled towards them.

Special Forces spearheading 'secret war' against ISIS in Libya

Secret war: British Special Forces are spearheading the action against ISIS in Libya

Special Forces forces are spearheading a multi-national ‘secret war’ against ISIS in Libya as Coalition forces prepare a major drive against the extremist network.

ISIS has 5,000 fighters in Libya and has threatened to turn the war-torn North African country into part of their brutal Caliphate beyond Iraq and Syria.

It comes as western forces position themselves in North Africa or a major war alongside the Libyan government to stop the spread of Islamic State.

Now SAS troops who first deployed to Libya last month at the Gamal Abdel Nasser military base, south of Tobruk are operating with French and US special operations teams against Islamic State.

They have escorted MI6 teams in meeting Libyan officials to discuss supplying weapons and training to the regime army and militias to be used against ISIS.