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Rodeo bullfighter helps wrangle 3 escaped zebras in Washington state as 1 remains on the loose
Four zebras escaped a trailer and were running amok on the roads of Washington state this weekend – and it took the state patrol and a former rodeo bullfighter to wrangle them back to safety.
Rick Johnson, a public information officer for the Washington State Patrol, posted on social media on Sunday that the zoo-like fiasco was “a first” for him and all of the state patrol troopers involved.
“4 Zebras that were being transported got loose when the driver stopped to secure the trailer,” Johnson wrote on social media. “…Crazy!!”
Kristine Keltgen, who owns the zebras, told CBS affiliate KIRO-TV that she had picked up the zebras from a private home in Winlock to take them to the petting zoo she and her son run in Montana. She had pulled over to fix a dragging floor mat in the trailer mid-transport, and the moment she went to make the adjustment, the animals ran away.
Luckily there was someone nearby with loads of experience wrangling excited animals – David Danton, a former rodeo bullfighter. He told The New York Times that he worked for nearly 15 years as both a bullfighter and a rodeo clown, and that he and his wife Julie Danton were driving home from a cattle drive when they stopped to help Keltgen.
“Not every day you get that phone call,” Danton told KIRO. “…We’re cowboys and we help other people … and found ourselves on a zebra roundup.”
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He told The Times that “nobody trains you for wrangling zebras,” but he made it happen anyways. He used rope, metal panels and a garden hose to build makeshift gates, and was able to corral two of the four animals into an enclosed space on a nearby horse farm. From there, they ushered the zebras into a large trailer.
By the end of the day, three of the four zebras had been captured. One remains missing in the North Bend area. Police and the local animal service encourage people to be on the lookout and call 911 or the Regional Animal Services of King County at (206) 296-7387 if it’s spotted.
Danton said that people should not approach the zebra.
“As soon as you do it’s going to run off and get lost again,” he told KIRO. “So if it’s in your backyard, let it eat, let it rest, and let somebody know right away.”
NEW YORK — Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were attacked in New York City on Friday night, authorities said.
The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Second Avenue near East 96th Street on the Upper East Side, according to the New York City Police Department.
Police said officers were sent to the scene after an assault was reported. When officers arrived, police say they found a 20-year-old man suffering from facial injuries and a 70-year-old man who had head pain. Both victims were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the former governor said the two were attacked while “taking a walk around the block near their home by some individuals that had a previous interaction with his stepson.”
The spokesperson said that they were injured “but were able to fight off their attackers.”
Both were taken to Cornell Hospital “as a precaution,” he added.
Police said no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
The 70-year-old Paterson, a Democrat, served as governor from 2008 to 2010, stepping into the post after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer following his prostitution scandal. He made history at the time as the state’s first-ever Black and legally blind governor.
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A 17-year-old boy was critically injured and a person is in custody after a gunman opened fire on a SEPTA bus in North Philadelphia Friday evening, police said.
At around 6:15 p.m., Philadelphia police were notified about a shooting on a SEPTA bus traveling on Allegheny Avenue near 3rd and 4th streets in North Philadelphia, Inspector D F Pace told CBS News Philadelphia.
There were an estimated 30 people on the bus at the time of the shooting, Pace said, but only the 17-year-old boy was believed to have been shot. Investigators said they believe it was a targeted attack on the teenager and that he was shot in the back of the bus at close range.
According to Pace, the SEPTA bus driver alerted a control center about the shooting, which then relayed the message to Philadelphia police, who responded to the scene shortly.
Officers arrived at the scene and found at least one spent shell casing and blood on the bus, but no shooting victim, Pace said. Investigators later discovered the 17-year-old had been taken to Temple University Hospital where he is said to be in critical condition, according to police.
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Through their preliminary investigation, police learned those involved in the SEPTA shooting may have fled in a silver-colored Kia.
Authorities then found a car matching the description of the Kia speeding in the area and a pursuit began, Pace said. Police got help from a PPD helicopter as they followed the Kia, which ended up crashing at 5th and Greenwood streets in East Mount Airy. Pace said the Kia crashed into a parked car.
The driver of the crashed car ran away but police were still able to take them into custody, Pace said.
Investigators believe there was a second person involved in the shooting who ran from the car before it crashed. Police said they believe this person escaped near Allegheny Avenue and 4th Street, leaving a coat behind.
According to Pace, police also found a gun and a group of spent shell casings believed to be involved in the shooting in the same area.
“It’s very possible that there may have been a shooting inside the bus and also shots fired from outside of the bus toward the bus,” Pace said, “We’re still trying to piece all that together at this time.”
This is an active investigation and police are reviewing surveillance footage from the SEPTA bus.