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An Iowa man, Luke Truesdell, has been charged with attempted murder after four people were found severely injured in rural Marion, with three of them now deceased. The fourth victim remains hospitalized. Authorities have not released further details or additional names, and more charges are pending.
A Marion police officer and another driver were injured in a crash at the intersection of Route 13 and Route 37 while the officer was responding to a shooting call. Multiple vehicles were involved in the crash, and both injured individuals were taken to the Heartland Regional Medical Center.
Marion, Kansas Police Chief Gideon Cody has resigned following the widely-condemned raid on a local newspaper and its publisher's home. Officer Zach Hudlin has been appointed as the acting police chief. The raid, which drew criticism from news organizations and press freedom advocates, involved the seizure of reporters' cell phones and computers. The chief's departure comes after his suspension and an ongoing investigation into the incident. Cody is also facing a federal lawsuit filed by a reporter accusing him of violating her constitutional rights. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is now leading the inquiry into the raids.
Marion, Kansas, Vice Mayor Ruth Herbel is calling for the suspension of the police chief following "illegal" raids on her home and a local newspaper office. The raids were conducted based on the police chief's belief that a reporter had committed identity theft. However, the county attorney later stated that there was insufficient evidence for the raids and asked for the return of seized property. Herbel accused the police chief of falsifying documents used to obtain search warrants and called for his suspension pending an investigation by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The newspaper also criticized the raids as unjustified.
Casie Lynne McCartha, a 34-year-old woman from Marion, has been charged by the Marion Police Department with Concealing the Death of a Person after her disabled sister, Kristen Rutherford, 27, was found dead in their shared home. McCartha is currently on the run and has not been located by the police.
One person was killed and two others were critically injured in a fatal crash along US-221 near Marion, North Carolina in McDowell County.
Cameron Barnes, 32, was shot and killed at Cocktails & Company in Marion, Iowa. He was shot inside the bar and later died from his injuries at a nearby hospital. No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing.
Professor Robert Kelly, known as the "BBC Dad," celebrated the six-year anniversary of his viral BBC interview, where his two toddlers hilariously crashed his live commentary, by sharing new family photos of his now-grown children, Marion and James. The family rose to internet fame following the incident, with Marion and James even becoming the subjects of an animated cartoon show. The father thanked the internet for the many jokes spurred by the incident and expressed his family's gratitude for the kindness of his followers.