TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Children die in violent crimes across the nation

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This is a True Crime Roundup from The On Deadline Podcast. We explore crime stories reported on by Audacy's radio newsrooms across the country. I'm your host, Lauren Barry. This week, we're going to hear about the deadly shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon, where the youngest school shooting victim, a five-year-old, was murdered this week, along with an eight-year-old, an 11-year-old and a 25-year-old teacher.

We're also looking back at another mass shooting, the Buffalo Tops Supermarket Massacre from 2022

Jury selection is underway in the trial of alleged shooter Payton Gendron, and we'll hear multiple experts weigh in on that process. First, we have roundups of crime cases from around the country. From the sentencing of the man convicted of rapper Tupac Shakur's murder, to President Donald Trump's decision not to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter. We'll start in San Francisco, California, where Audacy station KCBS Radio covered a crime scene involving a retired police sergeant.

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We start with a North Bay neighborhood that's been rocked by a triple shooting that left three people dead at a home in Marin. KCBS's Matt Bigler joins us live from the scene in unincorporated Mill Valley. Matt.

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Hey Steve, I'm here on Strawberry Circle, which is a quiet drive through this area of Mill Valley. This is where the Marin County Sheriff's Office says that he's responded to a 911 distress call just after five o'clock last night. The person inside that home was able to get out before deputies arrived. They secured the scene and then found three bodies inside.

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The reporting party who made that 911 call was able to make their way outside of the home. Our deputies made a small perimeter around the home and decided to make safe entry into the home.

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Sheriff's spokesperson Miguel Almaguirre says they came across that grizzly scene, three bodies, all shot to death. This appears to be a tragic murder-suicide.

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We can tell you there is no threat to the surrounding neighborhood. There is no threat to the community.

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Now while the Sheriff's Office is holding off on formal release of the identities, multiple sources confirm the dead include two retired members of the San Francisco Police Department. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, they are Sergeant Kevin Mannix, his wife, former Deputy Chief Ann Mannix, and one of their adult daughters. This tragedy has sent shockwaves through the Bay Area law enforcement community. Again, the investigation continues. If you or someone you know is struggling, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 988

Live in Mill Valley, Matt Bigler, KCBS.

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All right, Matt. Thank you.

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Now we're headed further south in California to Odyssey Station KNX News in Los Angeles. On the scene of another fatal shooting involving family.

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Two children shot yesterday afternoon after police say their father allegedly shot them before turning the gun on himself.

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Emily Valdez was at the scene.

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A horrific scene in Pico Union had happened on Venice Boulevard near Catalina Street just before one o'clock Sunday afternoon. Police say a man pulled out a gun and shot two children, a ten-year-old girl approximately and a four-year-old boy. Then he turned the gun on himself. Police say all three were taken to a hospital. The two children were pronounced dead.

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The way I think is the kid. Why?

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This man lives in the neighborhood.

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He's the head of life, the life. I don't know how I'm thinking about my grandson and everything, you know.

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In Pico Union, I'm Emily Valdez, KNX News.

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In the Chicago area, Audacy station WBBM Newsradio reported on two traffic related crime incidents. Here's one report from Monday, October 12th.

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Investigators say 25-year-old Kendall Chesley attacked the man Saturday on North Salem Avenue, then drove a Honda toward him. The car hit a building instead and Chesley ran away. Palatine officers later arrested him near Rand and Hines roads. The victim suffered stab wounds to his chest and hand but is expected to survive. Chesley also faces an aggravated battery charge. Rachel Pearson, Newsradio, 1059 WBBM.

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And here's the other report from Wednesday, October 14th.

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28-year-old Pedro Anzaldua and 32-year-old Janie Palomo were arrested on Tuesday, according to the Illinois State Police. The ISP says on September 5th, Anzaldua and Palomo were riding a motorcycle on I-55 in the southwest suburbs when they allegedly fired a weapon at a vehicle after a road rage incident. No one was injured in the shooting. Anzaldua, whose charges include attempted murder, is in custody, while Palomo was issued a notice for her to appear in court. Roger Plummer, Newsradio, 1059 WBBM.