(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- A jury in Columbus, Ohio, reached a partial verdict on Thursday in the retrial of a former Ohio deputy Jason Meade, who was charged in the 2020 shooting death of 23-year-old Casey Goodson, Jr.

The jury found Meade guilty of reckless homicide, but failed to reach a verdict on the murder charge.

“We the jury, upon our oaths and law and evidence in its case find the defendant guilty of reckless homicide,” the judge read after a partial verdict was reached.

The judge said that the jury was hung on the murder charge and he declared a mistrial on that count. He also revoked Meade's bond after the partial verdict was reached. The decision came after the 12-member jury communicated to the judge earlier on Thursday that they were deadlocked and believed it was "impossible" for the group to reach a "unanimous decision" on a verdict. The judge asked them to resume deliberations.

Meade's first trial in Feb. 2024 ended in a mistrial after the jury failed to reach an agreement.

Goodson's mother, Tamala Payne, welcomed the jury's decision and said that Meade now "has to stand accountable for what he did to Casey." "It gives us closure. It gives us peace. And now I'm sure I speak for my family when I say this, I know now, Casey can rest," she added.

ABC News reached out to Meade's defense attorneys, but requests for comment were not immediately returned.

Brian Steel, the president of the police union that represented Meade, spoke out during a post-verdict press conference, saying that he is "disappointed" in the jury's decision.

Special prosecutor Tim Merkle said that the state is "pleased with the partial verdict."

"We appreciate the hard work the jury did. They have spoken, and we're pleased with that," he added.

Merkle said that while the murder charge remains "unresolved," prosecutors have not made a decision on whether they will pursue a third trial on that charge.

The jury, which is made up of nine women and three men, began deliberations on Wednesday afternoon and resumed on Thursday morning. Meade, who did not take the witness stand during the trial, pleaded not guilty.

On the day of the fatal shooting, Goodson had gone to a dentist appointment, prosecutors said, and was returning to his home while listening to music on his AirPods and carrying a bag of sandwiches when he was fatally shot.

Meade was working with the U.S. Marshals on that day in search of a potential violent fugitive when he fatally shot Goodson. Goodson was not the target of the search.

Meade’s defense team argued during the trial that the former sheriff’s deputy followed Goodson and pursued him after Goodson allegedly pointed a gun at other cars while driving.

At the center of the case was the defense team’s claim that Meade was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot Goodson, claiming that Goodson had pointed a gun at Meade before he was killed. Goodson was entering his home at the time.

Prosecutors disputed this claim and argued that Goodson’s fatal shooting was unjustified and said that the 23-year-old did not pose an “imminent threat” and was killed with his keys in the door as he tried to get inside.

A gun was found in Goodson's possession with the safety on, according to police. Goodson was a legal gun owner and had a concealed carry permit, which was found in his wallet, police said. No body camera video of the incident exists because at the time, Franklin County Sheriff's deputies were not issued body-worn camera equipment.

During the trial, which began with opening statements last week, the state called detectives, law enforcement officers, Goodson's family, a medical examiner, forensic firearms and use of force experts to the stand. Meanwhile, the defense called one witness -- a use-of-force expert -- before resting their case. The jury was shown body camera footage of the aftermath of the shooting, a reenactment video that was produced by the FBI and before the trial began, the jurors visited the scene of the incident.

During the trial, special prosecutor Tim Merkle argued on behalf of the state that this case is about the “six shots in the back” that killed Goodson.

"Six shots in the back," Merkle said. "The evidence will show that on Dec. 4, 2020, the defendant shot Casey Goodson Jr. six times in the back, killing him. At the time Casey had entered his house, he was carrying a bag of Subways and was listening to YouTube music on his AirPods."

Kaitlyn Stephens, a defense attorney for Meade, argued that Meade's fatal shooting of Goodson was a "justified tragedy" that occurred because Meade perceived a "threat" after Goodson "pointed a gun" at the sheriff's deputy -- a claim that prosecutors dispute.

"The evidence will show that Jason Meade was justified -- a justified tragedy as such," Stephens said.

"He's going into the house with a gun. That is not an imminent threat, that is not an immediate threat, that is not a threat," Merkle said. Stephens told jurors that the law requires them to consider the incident from Meade's perspective "as a reasonable" law enforcement officer.

"Our defense will require you to answer two questions. Question one, did Jason believe he was about to be shot when he saw Mr. Goodson point the gun at him?" Stephens said. "And question two was Jason's decision to use deadly force reasonable through the eyes of a reasonable police officer standing in Jason's shoes without 2020 hindsight.”

Goodson's family attended the trial, and his grandmother, Sharon Payne, his sister, Janae Jones and his uncle, Ernest Payne, Jr., testified on behalf of the state.

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(NEW YORK) -- Three people were arrested Thursday in the January armed hijacking of a truck making a delivery at the Apple store in the Americana shopping center in Manhasset, New York City.

The delivery truck was filled with Apple merchandise valued at more than $1 million. The stolen goods included hundreds of devices and other accessories, including MacBooks, iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches, federal prosecutors said.

Alan Christhofer Cedeno-Ferrer, Michael Mejia-Nunez and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla are accused of hijacking the truck and forcing the delivery workers to drive to a secluded location where they made off with more than $1.2 million worth of Apple products.

Victims were preparing to unload the merchandise when a black Honda Accord pulled up to the delivery truck. Three masked men, armed with handguns, got out of the car and approached the victims, according to court records.

They forced victim-1 into the back of the truck and zip-tied his hands. Victim-2 was ordered at gunpoint, into the driver’s seat to drive the truck. He was directed to a secluded parking area behind an office building less than a half mile away and then ordered into the back of the delivery truck with Victim-1, where his hands were also zip-tied, according to prosecutors.

The Accord and the delivery truck were followed to the location by a Home Depot box truck, authorities said. As captured by surveillance cameras, the Home Depot truck backed up to the rear of the delivery truck, so the cargo sections were aligned, according to prosecutors.

The Apple merchandise was then moved from the delivery truck to the Home Depot truck. Once they finished, they closed the cargo door to the delivery truck with the victims inside and left the location. One of the victims was able to free himself and call 911, according to prosecutors.

The defendants are expected to appear in federal court later Thursday, when federal prosecutors will seek their detention.

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(NEW YORK) -- At least three tornadoes hit Mississippi overnight with at least 17 injuries reported and hundreds of homes damaged, officials said.

Approximately 500 homes were damaged statewide, primarily in Lamar and Lincoln counties, according to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves.

The initial assessment shows a trail of devastation stretching about 16-miles long in Lamar County, nearly from one end of the county to the other, Lamar County Emergency Management Director James Smith told ABC News.

Some of the hardest-hit areas include Purvis and Brookhaven, as well as a mobile home park in Bogue Chitto, authorities said.

Baseball-sized hail and flooding was also reported in parts of the state as well as in Alabama, especially in and around Montgomery, where the state capitol building was evacuated during a special session debate on redistricting.

Mississippi has seen 62 tornadoes so far this year before Wednesday, all of them EF0 or EF1 strength.

As a cold front slowly sinks into the region, there is a chance that some storms could produce more damaging wind and tornadoes.

Over the next few days, widespread rounds of rain are expected to bring 1 to 4 inches throughout the South, which is dealing with a serious drought.

The National Weather Service Office in Jackson, Mississippi, will be conducting surveys on Thursday to confirm tornadoes along a major tornado path in Franklin, Lincoln and Lawrence counties as well as from Purvis to south of Hattiesburg, where there are several damage reports.

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(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice is investigating a series of suspiciously timed trades in the oil market just ahead of major announcements by President Donald Trump and a top Iranian official about the war in Iran, sources told ABC News.

The DOJ, along with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is probing at least four of these trades where traders made a total of more than $2.6 billion betting that oil prices would drop right before they did.

The DOJ and CFTC have not commented on the trades.

ABC News obtained the data of the four trades from the London Stock Exchange Group.

On March 23, 15 minutes before Trump announced that he would delay threatened attacks on Iran's power grid, traders bet more than $500 million that oil prices would fall.

On April 7, hours ahead of a temporary ceasefire announced by Trump, traders bet $960 million that oil prices would fall.

On April 17, 20 minutes before Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on social media saying that the Strait of Hormuz was open, traders bet $760 million that oil prices would fall.

On April 21, 15 minutes before Trump announced he would extend the ceasefire, traders placed a series of bets worth $430 million that oil prices would fall.

The series of oil trades was first reported by Reuters and the data from LSEG does not indicate any identities behind these trades and does not prove individuals were trading based on insider information.

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(NEW YORK) -- A slew of new civil lawsuits allege UPS and its partners failed their responsibility to make sure a plane they put in the air was safe to fly -- and that negligence led to the fiery, fatal plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, last year that claimed the lives of 15 people.

The complaints allege the plane was faulty, the risks were known and yet it left the ground on a nonstop trip to Honolulu on Nov. 4, 2025 anyway.

The lawsuits -- 15 in total -- were filed in Jefferson Circuit Court on behalf of more than 100 survivors and victims of the crash as well as impacted businesses.

The lawsuits, which include several wrongful death claims, name a lengthy list of defendants, including UPS, Boeing, GE, Allianz insurance and the company that performed maintenance and repair on the plane.

Also named as a defendant: the estate of one of the plane's pilots -- Capt. Richard Wartenburg, who perished in the crash -- who the lawsuits claim was "directly responsible for determining whether" the plane "was in a condition for safe flight."

The lawsuits claim the defendants let a "catastrophic failure" occur.

In a statement, UPS said in a statement, "We remain deeply saddened by Flight 2976. Our focus continues to be on supporting those affected and working closely with the National Transportation Safety Board as the investigation continues."

In a statement, Boeing said: "We extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those who lost their lives in this accident."​

'Huge ball of fire coming straight for us'
The new allegations come just on the heels of the crash's six-month anniversary.

The UPS jet -- a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 -- lost its left engine and pylon shortly after taking off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport last November, crashing just seconds into the flight, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Exploding in a fireball, it slammed into an area scrapyard, Grade A Recycling.

"I wake up every day and have to kind of relive it and bring myself back to reality," said Ashley Muse, who was there that day, and is a plaintiff in one of the suits.

"All you could see was a huge ball of fire coming straight for us, and everyone started screaming and running, and within seconds, it hit us, the whole building shook like we were in an earthquake," Muse told ABC News in an exclusive interview. 

Muse said she was saved by a colleague who later died. Her colleague Adam Bowman, who is a plaintiff in one of the suits, also jumped into action -- saying he pulled one victim out of the inferno, who later passed away from his injuries.

"I turned my head, all I saw was a massive fireball," Bowman said. "It started getting really hot, and thinking, I love my job, but I don't want to die here."

The lawsuit alleges the defendants, including UPS, the pilot, Boeing and others "negligently allowed" the aircraft "to be dispatched in an unsafe and an unairworthy condition resulting in the departure of the left pylon and engine from the wing causing the crash."

They "accepted the risk of an MD-11 crash by continuing to utilize the aircraft type without more frequent and rigorous inspections of the pylon assemblies," the filings said.

"People made decisions, corporations made decisions, to continue to operate these planes," said attorney Masten Childers III, who is representing the plaintiffs.

Childers said in this case, UPS and the other defendants "took those risks, and those risks came to a head on Nov. 4 ... when this plane fell out of the air on top of our clients."

"More could have and should have been done to ensure that those problems were remedied so things like what happened on the 4th didnt happen," Childers said.  

'It happened out of the blue'
One of those deaths was 3-year-old Kimberly Asa, who was with her grandfather Louisnes Fedon at Grade A Recycling on the day of the crash.

Left behind -- Kimberly's mother, and Louisnes' daughter.

"My dad was a really good person. My daughter, she was also a very bubbly person. I expected to watch her grow. I expected to always be able to run to my dad. So, the biggest thing is how it happened out of the blue," Sherline Fedon said. "It's not something that you hear about -- when I finally saw a plane had hit, I don't think anybody would have ever thought that it was their family. That's something that you see on the news, and never think that you would be a part of it, or someone that you love to be a part of that. So I think what sticks with me the most is how random, and unheard of, it feels to me." 

Kimberly "survived the initial impact" and "attempted to flee to safety from the explosion of nearly 220,000 pounds of jet fuel, seeking shelter from the smothering smoke and intense flames under a partially collapsed structure," the documents alleging their wrongful deaths stated.

Their autopsies indicated that their deaths were not quick, according to the lawsuits.

Kimberly "suffered from excessive smoke inhalation resulting in soot in her airway, charring of all of her body surfaces and heat related fractures to her skull, left ribs and both arms," according to the filings. Her cause of death was determined to be "smoke inhalation and thermal injuries resulting from the crash, explosion and subsequent fire" of the plane.

Her grandfather Louisnes also "survived the initial impact" and tried to flee with Kimberly, according to the filing. His "autopsy indicates that he suffered baking of his brain and right lung from the exposure to extreme temperature." His cause of death was determined as "carbon monoxide intoxication, smoke inhalation and thermal injuries" from the crash and fire.

'Known structural defects'
After the crash, federal investigators focused on metal fatigue cracks around the engine of the UPS plane that crashed on Nov. 4.

The lawsuits now home in on those cracks -- alleging that overstress fracture and failure of the pylon assembly "significantly contributed to the crash."

The lawsuits allege there were "known structural defects" with the MD-11F fleet of aircraft, citing a 2011 "service letter" issued by Boeing.

That letter informed operators of the MD-11 aircraft, including UPS, of the risk of bearing race failures, according to the lawsuits, which allege that despite that Boeing "did not alter the inspection interval for MD-11 spherical bearings and bearing races."

The lawsuits also allege Boeing "failed to provide adequate warning of the defective condition of the MD-11 and failed to provide a reasonably safer alternative."

Given what it called the "known risk" of the some of the plane's alleged defects, UPS and the other defendants "knew or shoud have known that the assembly required more frequent inspection(s)," the lawsuit stated, alleging that the cost of such inspections would have made that plane model "inefficient for operation from a cost perspective."

Regarding the actions of the pilot, the lawsuits argue Captain Wartenburg also had a duty to make sure his plane was safe to fly. Upon takeoff roll and rotation on the flight, a "repeated bell was sounding in the cockpit" but he "failed to act appropriately when presented with this alarm bell and failed to prevent the crash," the lawsuits allege.

UPS pilots, including Wartenberg, knew this plane and type "as a problem aircraft with multiple defects but Defendant Wartenberg and the UPS Defendants, jointly and severally, elected to operate N259UP anyway," the lawsuits claim.

In addition to those killed in the crash, others suffered "physical and psychological injuries," and businesses suffered financial loss and damage from the crash, according to the lawsuits.

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South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace says she has obtained records through a congressional subpoena that reveal the value of several confidential sexual misconduct and harassment settlements struck on behalf of members of Congress and paid at the expense of the U.S. taxpayer totaling more than $338,000 over a 10-year run -- while a letter to the House Oversight Committee shows that many additional records on the subject have been destroyed.

Mace shared the names of eight former members and the office of one former member shortly after obtaining the documents on Monday. 

None of the former members shared by Mace still hold public office anywhere, but the underlying disclosure offers a glimpse into the legislative branch's recent history addressing sexual harassment.

In a post on X, Mace -- a member of the House Oversight Committee -- first posted a picture of a binder she says contained more than 1,000 pages of records from the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights beginning in 2007 and stretching into 2017.

The settlements are paid by the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights Section 415 fund, which is authorized by the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.

Among those named by Mace are former Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., and former Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., and former Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., who both passed away shortly after leaving Congress.

Mace listed a settlement of $8,000 in 2009 for the office of McCarthy, who is alleged to have been aware of and conducted mistreatment related to a consensual sexual relationship between an aide and a senior staffer. She also faced allegations of discrimination based on sex and disability, and reprisal.

For Conyers, a $50,000 payment was made in 2010. He's alleged to have made advances on a staffer. Four years later, Conyers faced a hostile workplace, sexual harassment, age discrimination, and reprisal allegations, resulting in improper termination, resulting in a $27,111.75 payout.

Meehan is listed to have two cases involving alleged sexual harassment by a senior staffer that the member was aware of and alleged sexual harassment by the member. The severance pay period for the complainant is listed at $39,250.

Meehan confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday that he paid back the settlement after resigning.

"There is no comment. There is nothing [Mace] puts out that wasn't already public 8 years ago," Meehan wrote. "Yes, I personally repaid the full settlement amount within 30 days of leaving as I said I would."

Alexander, who left Congress in 2013 and went on to become the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, faced an allegation of a consensual sexual relationship with a staffer prior to her employment, resulting in her alleged mistreatment and firing, according to a source familiar with the document production. The payout was listed at $15,000.

Alexander told ABC News in a statement that the $15,000 settlement tied to his name was the result of "the behavior of two staffers" in his office.

"Nineteen years ago, during my tenure in Congress, there were two separate and unrelated incidents involving the behavior of two staffers in my office. The allegations were referred to the proper authorities and settlement payments were made by the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights," Alexander wrote. "After an immediate investigation, both offending staffers' employment with my office were terminated immediately. At no time during my tenure in Congress was any allegation made against me."

An attorney for Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., who faced allegations of hostile workplace, sexual harassment and inappropriate touching, told ABC News in 2017 that the former congressman had no knowledge of the payments. There were three Massa cases listed and three settlements totaling to $115,000.

Former Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, told ABC News in 2018 that he had no intention of repaying the $84,000 sexual harassment settlement stemming from a 2014 complaint by a former congressional aide alleging sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation. He resigned in 2018 and died last year.

The records surrounding nine cases were provided Monday to Mace and the House Oversight Committee by the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights as part of an initial document production pursuant to a committee subpoena, according to a letter signed by John N. Ohlweiler, general counsel at the OCWR, that was sent to the committee on April 24.

The letter presents "relevant statistical information" regarding OCWR cases from Jan. 1, 1996, through Dec. 12, 2018. The OCWR says it "approved a total of 349 awards or settlements to resolve complaints against legislative branch offices." 

"Some of these awards or settlements may have resolved more than one complaint filed by the same individual against the same office. Of these 349 awards or settlements, there were 80 that were settled by the Office of a Member of the House of Representatives or the Office of a Senator," the letter states.

ABC News has reviewed an April 24 letter to the committee, which does not name any of the lawmakers whose cases are detailed in the 1,000-page document production to the Oversight Committee, meeting an April 30 deadline imposed by a committee subpoena. A source familiar with the document production confirmed to ABC News that the names listed by Mace do appear in the 1,000-page response from OCWR, though ABC News has not yet independently reviewed the complete document production.

Mace says she will release the documents after carefully reviewing them to ensure that any sensitive information about victims is fully redacted.

In his letter to the committee, Ohlweiler explained how the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights determined which documents met the committee's objective to investigate sexual misconduct or harassment involving a member of Congress.

Ohlweiler's letter notes that the CAA Reform Act of 2018 requires OCR to establish a program for the permanent retention of records and OCR's current Record Retention Policy requires the digital preservation of records from all filed cases.

"We prioritized our efforts on identifying those cases involving allegations of actual Member misconduct -- particularly sexual misconduct or sexual harassment -- that resulted in awards or settlements, and locating the documents associated with those cases," Ohlweiler wrote Oversight Chairman James Comer and ranking Democrat Robert Garcia.

The letter from Ohlweiler explains that from the 80 total settlements, at least 20 case files "were destroyed pursuant to an 'OCWR Record Retention Policy' that required case records to be destroyed ten years after the case was fully closed" in accordance with a retention policy "put in place in 2013 to align OCWR with regular government-wide record retention practices."

The OCWR says it maintained a retention policy that required case records to be destroyed ten years after the case was fully closed -- a policy it put in place in 2013 to align OCWR with "regular government-wide record retention practices."

Ohlweiler's letter notes that the CAA Reform Act of 2018 requires OCR to establish a program for the permanent retention of records and OCR's current Record Retention Policy requires the digital preservation of records from all filed cases.

"These 20 destroyed physical case files dated to the time period between 1996 and 2003. There are 3 additional physical case files from 2003 and 2004 for which the 'OCWR Record Retention Policy -- Destruction Schedule' indicates the physical case files were destroyed, but we have not yet physically confirmed that destruction took place because the relevant boxes from long-term storage have not been examined."

Ohlweiler says that OCWR does still possess and has reviewed the original Settlement Agreements for these 23 cases -- including the terms of the settlements. But Ohlweiler says the documents "do not specify any details about the underlying allegations, including who was accused of committing the alleged misconduct."

There were six additional cases scheduled for destruction between 1997 and 2001 for which OCWR does not have the Settlement Agreement or the case file, according to Ohlweiler's letter. Ohlweiler says that information within the office's retired content management system confirms that these six cases were filed against member offices and were ultimately settled.

"For these 6 cases, the CMS does not provide any information regarding the terms of the settlement (except that only one of the six required a payment from the 416 Fund) or the details of the underlying allegations," Ohlweiler wrote.

"The results of my subpoena of Congress's sexual harassment slush fund are in. Nine members. One thousand pages," Mace posted on X on Monday. "All records prior to 2004 were destroyed -- which tells you everything you need to know about how long this has been buried. We are reviewing every page. We will name all nine. We will release the full 1,000 pages -- once we confirm that personally identifiable information of victims and witnesses has been properly redacted. Accountability is not a threat. It is a promise."

"Read that again: they destroyed all the evidence prior to 2004," Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Florida, reacted on X. 

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The Board of Immigration Appeals has reinstated deportation proceedings against pro-Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi, according to a court filing from his attorneys.

In February, Judge Nina Froes dropped the deportation case against the Columbia University student, ruling in part that the Department of Homeland Security failed to authenticate a memo allegedly signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio claiming Mahdawi posed a threat to United States foreign policy. 

The Trump administration appealed that decision and the BIA, which skews conservative, overturned Froes' decision. 

he move reinstates deportation proceedings against Mahdawi, but it will be overseen by a different judge after Froes was terminated from her position. Her firing comes as critics of the Trump administration say it has sought to reshape immigration courts by replacing immigration judges in an attempt to ramp up deportations.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

Mahdawi’s arrest is still being challenged in federal court, so the government can’t deport him for the moment, the ACLU said. He was detained in April 2025 when he arrived at his citizenship interview. 

"The government continues to weaponize the immigration system to silence dissent," Mahdawi said in a statement. "But it cannot erase the Constitution or the First Amendment, which protects free speech for all. The government is trying to punish and deport me, a stateless Palestinian refugee from the occupied West Bank, because it opposes my peaceful advocacy for human dignity and equal rights for Palestinians. But I remain unafraid and faithful that justice will prevail in America and in Palestine."

Arguing for his detainment last spring, lawyers for the Trump administration pointed to a 2015 FBI investigation, in which a gun shop owner alleged that Mahdawi had claimed to have built machine guns in the West Bank to kill Jews.

However, the FBI closed that investigation and Mahdawi was never charged with any crime, a point a federal judge highlighted when he ordered Mahdawi's release in May 2025.

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(STEWART COUNTY, Tenn.) -- An Army Special Forces veteran accused of trying to kill his wife then fleeing into the woods was found dead, likely from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said Wednesday.

Craig Berry, 53, went into the woods near his home in Dover on May 1 after allegedly shooting his wife, according to the Stewart County Sheriff's Office.

The incident sparked a dayslong manhunt involving assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, Tennessee Highway Patrol and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the sheriff's office said.

"During search today, Stewart County Sheriff's Office SWAT, along with TBI agents, located the body of wanted subject Craig Berry," the Stewart County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. "Initial indications show he died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

The U.S. Marshals also confirmed Wednesday that Berry is dead "and no longer a threat to the public."

Deputies responded to a domestic altercation at his residence around 1:30 a.m. on May 1, and Berry was gone before deputies arrived, authorities said. His wife was transported to a medical facility, according to the sheriff's office, which did not provide details on her condition.

He was wanted for attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a weapon, domestic assault, and leaving the scene of an accident, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which had added him to the state's Most Wanted list earlier Wednesday.

Berry was an Army Special Forces veteran with "extensive military training," according to the U.S. Marshals Service, which on Tuesday had also issued a wanted bulletin for the suspect.

He had "extensive training in survival tactics," the Stewart County Sheriff's Office said, and had warned that it could be a "lengthy process" to capture him.

Berry was last seen alive in the wooded area near Old Paris Landing in Dover on May 2, according to the U.S. Marshals.

He was armed with "at least one handgun" and may have taken extra ammunition, Stewart County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Paulette Redman said in a statement on Monday. He was captured by a trail camera wearing camouflage clothing, the sheriff's office said.

The U.S. Marshals Service was offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information on Berry, while the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was offering $2,500.

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(SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.) -- Nearly 30 years after 19-year-old Kristin Smart disappeared, California investigators conducted new search warrants as part of their ongoing probe into the location of her body.

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that deputies executed a search warrant at the 500 block of East Branch Street.

The sheriff's office declined to provide further details about the operation.

"The Sheriff’s Office remains committed to bringing Kristin home to her family. No further information is available," it said in a statement.

Smart attended an off-campus party at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where she was a freshman, on May 24, 1996, but never returned to her dormitory.

Investigators declared Smart legally dead in 2002 and the case remained cold until 17 years later, when the true crime podcast "Your Own Backyard" launched and helped investigators to get new witnesses and evidence.

In 2021, investigators arrested and charged Paul Flores, who was a student at the college at the time of Smart's disappearance.

Detectives said that some classmates found Smart passed out during the early morning hours of May 25, 1996, and Flores appeared out of nowhere. He claimed to the other classmates that he knew where she lived and offered to help her to her dorm, detectives said.

Flores was interviewed by officers following Smart's disappearance, but he was not charged.

In 2021, police searched the home belonging to Flores' father, Ruben Flores, and allegedly found human blood and fibers in the dirt that matched the colors of the clothing Smart had been wearing when she went missing.

A jury convicted Paul Flores in October 2022 of first-degree murder and he was sentenced in 2023 to 25 years to life.

Ruben Flores was charged with being an accessory to murder; however, a jury acquitted him on those charges.

Paul Flores appealed his conviction, but in January, the California Supreme Court denied his petition for review of his conviction.

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(WASHINGTON) -- A 45-year-old Texas man has been charged in connection with a shooting near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in which a teenage bystander was hit by gunfire, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Michael Marx faces three charges in connection with Monday's shooting -- felony assault of federal officers with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and unlawful possession of a firearm, the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office said.

The complaint includes new images from CCTV showing the frantic scene during the shooting, which occurred at a busy intersection where multiple civilians were crossing the street Monday afternoon.

After a plainclothes Secret Service agent observed Marx in possession of a firearm, several uniformed Secret Service officers responded and located the suspect at 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW, at the time Vice President JD Vance's motorcade was departing the White House, according to the complaint.

Officers gave "verbal commands" to the suspect, who began to run, according to the complaint. As officers chased him, the suspect pulled a firearm from his waistband while running and began firing toward one of them once he reached the sidewalk, according to the complaint. A bystander behind the officer was struck in the leg, it said.

Officers returned fire, striking Marx in his hand, left arm and upper abdomen and collapsed at the intersection, according to the complaint.

Investigators recovered a handgun loaded with 9mm ammunition from the area where Marx fell, according to federal prosecutors. He does not hold a license to carry a handgun in Washington, they said.

As U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro first told ABC News on Tuesday, Marx allegedly made statements to officers, including "F--- the White House" and "Kill me, kill me, kill me," while being transported in an ambulance to a hospital.

"We will prove this defendant carried an illegal firearm into the heart of Washington, D.C., opened fire at Secret Service officers near a crowded intersection, and shot an innocent bystander who was simply crossing the street with his family," Pirro said in a statement Wednesday. "My office will pursue the most serious charges available against anyone who brings gun violence to our streets, particularly when that violence unfolds steps from the seat of our government and the path of the Vice President of the United States."

Court records do not list any attorney information for Marx at this time.

The teen injured in the shooting has since been released from the hospital, Pirro told ABC News.

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(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court in New York to pause its ruling rejecting his challenge to the writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit so he can pursue an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

A jury awarded Carroll $83 million in damages in 2024 after she successfully argued that Trump defamed her with comments he made disputing her claim that he sexually abused her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined last week to re-hear Trump's claim of immunity and his attempt to substitute the United States as a defendant in Carroll's case.

Trump on Wednesday asked the 2nd Circuit to stay its ruling in order to allow him "to present important questions relating to, without limitation, Presidential immunity and the Westfall Act to the Supreme Court."

If the stay is not granted, Trump's attorneys said he would suffer irreparable harm.

The jury in 2024 found that, as a result of Trump's comments, Carroll was harassed and humiliated, subjected to death threats, and feared for her physical safety for years. Trump has denied all wrongdoing.

A separate jury in an earlier trial awarded Carroll $5 million in damages after holding Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse. 

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(NEW YORK) -- Ted Turner, the television and media mogul who launched CNN -- the first 24-hour cable news network -- and a roster of successful TV and entertainment brands, died on Wednesday, according to the network. He was 87.

"Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgement," according to a statement from Mark Thompson, the chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide. "He was and always will be the presiding spirit of CNN. Ted is the giant on whose shoulders we stand, and we will all take a moment today to recognize him and his impact on our lives and our world."

"On behalf of the Turner family, it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of philanthropist, environmentalist and cable pioneer Ted Turner who died peacefully today at age 87, surrounded by his family," a statement from Turner Enterprises said.

The company added, "He charmed people he met with his warmth and general lack of conceit, despite his many successes and celebrity – an attribute made apparent in his response to anyone who addressed him as "Mr. Turner" – he'd always reply, "Call me Ted!"

A private family service is planned and a public memorial will be held at a later date, Turner Enterprises said.

Turner announced in 2018 he was battling the progressive brain disorder Lewy body dementia, acknowledging issues with his memory.

Born in Cincinnati, Robert Edward Turner III was raised in Savannah, Georgia. He attended Brown University briefly before leaving the university and joining the U.S. Coastal Guard Reserve during the Vietnam War.

Turner began his career as an executive at his father's advertising business, Turner Advertising Company. Following the death of his father, he became president and chief executive of the company and turned the firm into a global enterprise.

He entered the television business in the early 1970's when he acquired an Atlanta UHF station, WJRJ, and renamed it WTCG. The station originated the "superstation" concept, transmitting via satellite to cable systems across the country. Later renamed TBS, the station became a precedent for the modern basic cable station.

On June 1, 1980, Turner Broadcasting System launched CNN, the first 24-hour cable news network. In his launch speech at the network's Atlanta headquarters in June 1980, he expressed hope that CNN's national and international coverage would "bring together in brotherhood and kindness and friendship and in peace the people of this nation and this world."

CNN quickly made its mark covering major news events such as the 1982 Lebanon War and the 1986 Challenger explosion as they happened.

A chain of successful cable television brands followed for Turner, including CNN International, Cartoon Network, TNT and Turner Classic Movies. Turner Broadcasting later acquired the film studios Castle Rock Entertainment and New Line Cinema.

Turner's company also expanded into sports starting in the late 1970s, acquiring the MLB's Atlanta Braves and the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks won three division titles under the company's ownership. The Braves won the 1995 World Series.

In 1988, Turner ventured into the professional wrestling business, purchasing Jim Crockett Promotions and renaming it as World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The company served as the main competitor to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF) over the next decade. WCW was purchased by McMahon's company in 2001.

In October 1996, Turner Broadcasting merged with Time Warner Inc., and in 2001, Time Warner merged with AOL to create AOL Time Warner.

Turner also made his mark as a philanthropist. In 1990, he founded Turner Foundation which supports efforts for improving air and water quality, developing initiatives to protect the climate and maintaining wildlife habitat protection, among other initiatives. The Turner Foundation says it has given more than $380 million to hundreds of organizations since its founding.

In 1997, Turner announced a historic pledge of up to $1 billion to the United Nations and the following year, he created the United Nations Foundation (UNF). The organization supports the goals and objectives of the United Nations to promote "a more peaceful, prosperous and just world."

Speaking to ABC's "This Week" in 2012, he described his interest in supporting U.N. efforts.

"Everybody needs help sometime, no matter how rich and powerful you are," he said. "I did not know for sure when I started that it was going to work...there were a lot of things that weren't getting done, that are getting done now, done a lot more quickly."

He added, "Saving the world is a hard job."

Turner also launched the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a think tank he co-chaired with former Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia that seeks to reduce "nuclear and biological threats imperiling humanity."

He was the recipient of numerous awards, including Time Magazine's 1991 "Man of the Year," the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Lifetime Achievement Award, the Audubon Medal from the Audubon Society, and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Communication. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.

Turner was married three times, including to actress Jane Fonda from 1991 to 2001. He is survived by five children, fourteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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(WASHINGTON) -- Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury on four counts -- three of which he had already been charged by criminal complaint.

Those initial charges he was indicted on are attempting to assassinate the president, transportation of a firearm with intent to commit a felony and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence. The fourth new charge is assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, according to the indictment.

The California native was tackled by law enforcement after the gunfire April 25 inside the Washington, D.C., Hilton hotel, where thousands of journalists, as well as President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet, were gathered for the annual dinner.

Allen did not reach the ballroom, where the dinner was underway. A Secret Service member was shot during the incident, but the bullet hit the agent's protective vest, officials said.

Allen -- who officials say traveled by train from California to D.C. -- allegedly left a note which said that administration officials were his targets and were "prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest," according to the criminal complaint against him.

The suspect allegedly wrote that Secret Service agents were targets "only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible," the complaint said.

Allen has not yet entered a plea.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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(MYSTIC FALLS, Wyo.) -- Two hikers were injured in a bear attack at Yellowstone National Park, prompting some areas of the park to close, the National Park Service said.

The incident occurred Monday afternoon on the Mystic Falls Trail near Old Faithful in Wyoming, the park service said. 

The two hikers "sustained injuries by one or more bears," the park service said in a press release on Tuesday.  

National Park Service emergency services personnel responded, and the incident remains under investigation, the park service said. 

The National Park Service did not release any additional details, including the condition of the hikers or the type of bear suspected in the attack.

Craig Lerman, a hiker from Maryland, told ABC News he noticed at least two sets of claw marks, a bloody hat and a watch near Mystic Falls before coming upon one of the victims on the trail yelling for help.

"I've never seen anything like that," Lerman said. "It's not something you ever want to walk up to. Obviously, it was bad."

He said the victim had wounds to his face, back and legs. Lerman said he gave the hiker his shirt and kept him company before first responders arrived and the victim was airlifted from the area.

Lerman said he believes the man's younger brother was the other hiker injured.

"I just hope that they both make it," he said.

Some areas of the national park are temporarily closed due to the ongoing investigation. 

The last bear attack in Yellowstone was in September 2025, when a 29-year-old man was injured by a grizzly bear while hiking alone near Turbid Lake.

The last deadly bear attack occurred in 2015, in the Lake Village area of Yellowstone, the park service said. 

ABC News' Tia Humphries, Bonnie Mclean and Chris Looft contributed to this report.

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(DUSON, La.) -- Ten people were transported to the hospital due to a chemical leak at a facility in Louisiana that prompted evacuations, police said.

The "hazardous materials incident" was reported to authorities shortly after 7 a.m. CT on Tuesday in Duson, located about 10 miles west of Lafayette, according to Louisiana State Police. The incident occurred at FIBA Technologies, the Duson Police Department said.

A "valve malfunction" resulted in a boron trifluoride leak, state police said. The gas has a "pungent, suffocating odor," according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Video from the scene posted by state police showed a white cloud billowing from the facility.

Hazardous materials crews responded and successfully contained the leak after about an hour, authorities said.

Six employees at the business, three first responders and one employee from a nearby business were transported to area hospitals for treatment due to exposure, police said. They are in stable condition and their injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening, police said.

The surrounding area, including businesses in an adjacent industrial park, was evacuated as a precaution amid the response. All evacuation and shelter-in-place orders have since been lifted and there is no threat to the immediate area, police said.

FIBA Technologies provides gas containment equipment and services for the industrial gas industry. ABC News has reached out to the company for comment. 

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(FORT MYERS, Fla.) -- A Florida mother was arrested after police alleged she charged onto a football field over the weekend and repeatedly kicked a 13-year-old player during a youth football game brawl.

The woman, 34-year-old Renee Lambert, was arrested on Saturday on charges of child abuse without great bodily harm and resisting an officer without violence, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

The incident unfolded on Saturday afternoon at Brooks Park in Fort Myers during a Southwest Florida Panthers Youth Football game, according to the sheriff's office and the league's president.

During the game, an on-field fight broke out between players, authorities said. As coaches attempted to break up the fight, bystander video captured Lambert -- who had been cheering on her son's team, the Falcons -- rushing onto the field. The footage appeared to show her kicking the child on the opposing team while he was on the ground, officials said.

"Witnesses stated that after an incident on the field with the youth players fighting, some parents came onto the field to intervene," according to a probable cause statement released by the sheriff's office. "A witness reported seeing the adult female kick a juvenile male multiple times."

At least two on-duty sheriff's deputies were at the park patrolling when the altercation occurred, according to the probable cause statement.

The sheriff's department released body-camera video of deputies detaining Lambert near a concession stand after witnesses pointed her out.

Lambert allegedly became "confrontational" while speaking with deputies, according to the statement.

"Lambert refused to listen and was getting agitated, prompting deputies to give her lawful orders to comply with being handcuffed, at which time, Lambert pushed and pulled away from deputies, refusing to give her hands as they attempted to handcuff her," the statement alleges.

She was eventually detained and placed in a patrol car, according to the statement.

Child welfare officials were notified because Lambert's children were present during the incident.

Deputies located the player whom Lambert allegedly kicked, and the alleged victim's mother signed a document expressing a "desire to prosecute," according to the statement.

The victim told deputies that he was kicked in the leg, but no visible injuries were detected, according to the sheriff's office.

ABC News has not been able to reach Lambert for comment.

In the body-camera video, Lambert complained that the player struck her first with his helmet.

"I'm the one who got hit," Lambert is heard telling a deputy in the body camera footage and asking why the deputies were "mad" at her.

"I'm mad at an adult for attacking a kid," one of the deputies is heard replying to Lambert in the footage.

The sheriff's office said they have found no evidence to support Lambert's claim that she was struck during the altercation.

Lambert complained of head pain following her arrest and she was taken to a hospital to be examined before she was booked at the Lee County Jail, according to the probable cause statement.

Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno told ABC affiliate station WZVN in Naples that "it's sad" such violence occurred at a youth football game.

"We need to have law and order. We need to protect everyone," Marceno said. "As sheriff, I'm not going to tolerate it."

Jose Davila, president of Southwest Florida Panthers Youth Football, released a statement to WZVN, saying, "We have zero tolerance for this type of behavior."

"One moment does not define the character, values, or integrity of the programs involved," Davila said. "We want to be very clear, one bad apple does not define who the Fort Myers Falcons are."

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(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secret Service officers exchanged gunfire with an armed man near the White House property in Washington, D.C., on Monday, authorities said.

The suspect and a juvenile bystander were struck during the exchange of gunfire, according to the U.S. Secret Service.

The suspect has been identified as 45-year-old Michael Marx, according to multiple law enforcement sources. He has a Texas driver's license and no obvious connection to Washington, and authorities are working to learn why he was in the city, sources said Tuesday.

Authorities are executing search warrants on his phone, digital media and other locations to try and determine if he posed any threat to specific individuals or entities, including President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, sources said.

The shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. Monday near the National Mall, outside the perimeter of the White House complex, according to U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn.

A plainclothes Secret Service officer observed a "suspicious individual that appeared to have a firearm," Quinn said during a press briefing.

Uniformed Secret Service police briefly followed the suspect and, upon making contact, he fled on foot and fired in the direction of the officers, Quinn said. 

The officers returned fire, striking the suspect, Quinn said. The suspect was transported to a hospital, according to Quinn. 

Marx was struck multiple times and remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition, sources said.

At least one bystander, a male juvenile, is believed to have been shot by the suspect and sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to Quinn. The victim is also being treated at a hospital, he said.

"Everything I've seen leads me to believe, and the investigators believe, he was struck by the suspect," Quinn said.

Marx has not yet been charged.

The shooting comes over a week after an alleged assassination attempt on Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

"Whether or not it was directed to the president or not, I don't know, but we will find out," Quinn said.

Not long before the shooting occurred, Vance's motorcade passed through the area, Quinn said. The suspect did not approach the motorcade, according to Quinn.

The use-of-force investigation will be conducted by the Metropolitan Police Department, Quinn said.

The incident prompted a brief evacuation of the White House North Lawn.

ABC News' Pierre Thomas, Luke Barr and Jack Date contributed to this report.

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(SPOKANE, Wash.) -- A woman was arrested last week in Spokane, Washington, after she allegedly drove up on the sidewalk and nearly hit a child who was riding their bike, police said.

In the April 28 incident, Wendy A. Clemente, 56, was caught on camera driving in her silver Ford Focus when she turned onto the sidewalk where the child was riding their bike, according to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office.

"The driver chased the juvenile on the sidewalk before reentering the roadway and leaving the area. Thankfully, the juvenile was not hit or injured," the sheriff's office said in a statement Monday.

Deputies began searching the area for the driver when they received a call about a reported burglary at a home about a mile away, the sheriff's office said.

The officers found Clemente at the home and her car in the driveway, according to the sheriff's office.

The sheriff's office alleged Clemente denied drinking alcohol or consuming any drugs, "but later changed her story and admitted to drinking alcohol."

The suspect was charged with 1st degree assault (attempted), DUI and 1st degree criminal trespass, according to the sheriff's office.

On April 29, a judge ordered Clemente to be released on her own recognizance until her next court date, according to the sheriff's office.

Attorney information for the suspect was not immediately available.

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(CARROLTON, Texas) -- Two people were killed and another three injured in a shooting during a business meeting at a shopping center in Texas, authorities said.

The shooting suspect was apprehended nearby following a short foot pursuit, police said.

The gunfire broke out at a Korean shopping center in Carrollton, located about 20 miles north of Dallas, on Tuesday morning, police said.

Police responded to K Towne Plaza shortly before 10 a.m. CT for reports of a shooting and found two people dead at the scene, according to Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo. Three additional victims were in stable condition, he said.

Arredondo called it a "complicated scene" during a press briefing. Officers were working "multiple scenes" across K Towne Plaza and a nearby shopping center, locally known as Koreatown, where the suspect was taken into custody, he said.

The police chief identified the suspect as 69-year-old Seung Han Ho.

"Currently, there is no immediate threat to the public," Arredondo said. "Victims were meeting with the suspect for a business purpose. This is not a random act of gunfire." 

Arredondo said police were still working to learn more about the business relationship between the suspect and the victims, who were all adults. 

The police chief did not release any further details on the victims.

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(NEW YORK) -- May is expected to feel like December in parts of Colorado as a significant snowstorm is forecast to hit the state on Tuesday, potentially providing a late-spring gift to its sagging snow totals.

Winter storm alerts are in place on Tuesday for parts of Colorado and neighboring Wyoming through Wednesday. 

The Denver metropolitan area is expected to get 2 to 6 inches of snow on Tuesday night and into Wednesday.

The Mile High City is about 20 inches below average for snowfall this season.

Parts of the Central Rocky Mountains, which up to now have seen a record-low snowpack this season, could get 1 to 2 feet of snow on Tuesday and into Wednesday. 

The snowstorm comes a day after the temperature in Denver hit 75. On Tuesday, Denver is only expected to get into the lower 40s -- about 30 degrees colder than on Monday.

Warm weather from Washington, D.C., to New York City

Meanwhile, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Raleigh, North Carolina, are expected to top 80 degrees on Tuesday -- which is 5 to 15 degrees above average for this time of the year.

On Wednesday, a rush of cold air is expected to bring widespread below-average temperatures across the Midwest and Great Lakes. 

Chicago reached 80 on Monday, but will likely only reach 60 on Tuesday.

Severe weather expected in Texas and Arkansas

On Tuesday, severe storms are possible from Dallas to Jonesboro, Arkansas, with the main threats expected to be large hail, damaging wind and possible isolated tornadoes.

Across the South this week, a widespread storm is forecast to produce 1.5 inches to 4 inches of rain. Much of the rain is expected to be beneficial across the drought-stricken region. 

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