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Five people were shot at Virginia State University, with one in critical condition, after an early morning incident outside campus dorms on Saturday, Aug. 15, according to a university post on X. Officials say a campus lockdown was lifted as of 8:22 a.m.

"Officers responded to the 3300 block of Boisseau Street at approximately 1:29 a.m. and discovered five individuals suffering from gunshot wounds outside VSU resident halls," officials said in the post.

The other four victims – one has been confirmed as a VSU student – sustained injuries that were not life-threatening, according to the university. The student has been released from the hospital, the university officials said in a 12:53 p.m. ET update posted on X.

The Chesterfield County Police Department is leading the investigation, and officials ask that members of the campus community avoid the area, according to the university post. VSU university police, federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials and the Hanover County Sheriff's Office are assisting in the investigation.

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A mass shooting on Friday has left six people dead, including the suspected gunman, in Missaukee county, a rural area of northern Michigan, according to state police. Another person is in critical condition at a local hospital.

Michigan state police identified the suspected gunman as 39-year-old Chad Hickman in a statement posted on social media.

Hickman fled the scene, prompting a manhunt, the police said. The Missaukee county sheriff’s office had appealed to the public for help in locating the “armed and dangerous” Hickman, before he was located by state police.

Investigators tracked Hickman’s vehicle to a wooded area, where he and another individual were found deceased. It is unclear what circumstances led up to the shooting.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Wednesday notice that outlined plans to provide Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers with gloves that will deliver painful electric shocks.

The agency is planning to spend up to $20 million on the new devices known as a Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter or G.L.O.V.E. that could be used by officers in the field as they are conducting immigration operations.

Prison and jail staffers have begun to implement the tools behind bars to “de-escalate” chaotic incidents. 

The device works similar to a taser but does not jump as high in voltage, according to KFOR. 

A spokesperson for Compliant Technology, the company that makes the electric shock gloves, told reporters the device uses positives and negatives on the hand pad to trigger a sensory response on the skin upon contact.

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Five teenage boys were killed after the vehicle they were riding in drove off a roadway and plunged down a steep hillside in a Colorado neighborhood over the weekend, authorities said.

The crash occurred late Aug. 8 in a residential area of Grand Junction, a city located in Colorado's Western Slope region, according to the Mesa County Coroner's Office. Local police said first responders were dispatched at about 7:45 a.m. local time on Aug. 9 after receiving a report of a vehicle that had gone over the edge of a cliff in the neighborhood.

When emergency crews arrived, they found a crashed vehicle on the hillside below the roadway and five occupants dead at the scene, the Grand Junction Police Department said in a news release.

Investigators believe the vehicle was traveling south "when it veered off the roadway and down the steep incline of the hillside," according to police. Speed is being examined as a possible factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.

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Scammers in New York have been using gold bars to steal money from victims, primarily older adults, and made off with more than $100m over the past two years, the state’s attorney general announced on Friday.

The scheme starts with victims receiving a fake pop-up message that states their computer or financial account has been compromised, the press release stated. The message includes a phone number to call, and when people do, the scammers convince the victims to provide remote access to their computers, which allows them to access their financial information or online bank accounts.

The victims are then directed to someone posing as law enforcement who tells them that their accounts have been compromised. To protect their money, the person says, they must withdraw it and purchase gold bars or coins and then turn them over to the authorities.

The scammers tell the victims not to discuss the breach with anyone and then send couriers to collect the gold.

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