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• A short time later, the intruder, Dalton Smith, and a 21-year-old college junior, Andrea Rebello, were both dead. The two were killed early Friday by a Nassau County police officer who fired eight shots at the masked man, hitting him seven times but also accidentally hitting Rebello once in the head, Nassau County homicide squad Lt. John Azzata said Saturday.
• Smith was holding Rebello in a headlock and pointing a gun at her head before he turned his gun at the officer, Azzata said, prompting the shooting.
• "He kept saying, 'I'm going to kill her,' and then he pointed the gun at the police officer," Azzata said.
• A loaded 9 mm handgun with a serial number scratched off was found at the scene, police said.
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Medical emergency eyed as possible cause of driver plowing into Va. parade; 50 to 60 injured
• DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) -- Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town's parade. Investigators were looking into whether the motorist had suffered a medical emergency before the accident.
• About 50 to 60 people suffered injuries ranging from critical to superficial, but no fatalities were reported. Three of the worst injured were flown by helicopter to area hospitals. Their conditions weren't immediately available.
• Another 12 to 15 victims were taken to hospitals by ambulance and the rest were treated at the scene, where some paramedics and other first-responders were participating in the parade.
• It happened around 2:10 p.m. during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival, an annual celebration of the Appalachian Trail in Damascus, near the Tennessee state line about a half-hour drive east of Bristol.
• Damascus Police Chief Bill Nunley didn't release the driver's name or age but said he was participating in the parade and he had traversed the Appalachian Trail in the past. Several witnesses described him as an elderly man.
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang heads to India to seek improved ties after border standoff
• NEW DELHI (AP) -- Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants (Continued on page 21)
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