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A Costco employee in Ohio was shot and killed after refusing entry to a shopper who attempted to enter the store while carrying a weapon equipped with a drum magazine.

Police in Strongsville, Ohio, responded to reports of gunfire outside the Costco on Royalton Road around 5:45 p.m. on April 25 and found 61-year-old Randolph E. Corrigan with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers began first aid before he was transported to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Witnesses told police the suspect, 22-year-old Christian M. Bryant of Fort Worth, Texas, was seen walking toward the store entrance with “a drum magazine protruding from one of his pockets,” according to authorities.

Corrigan approached Bryant and told him he could not enter the store with the weapon, according to police.

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According to a court document obtained by WJW, Bryant fired one round and then “after a split second pause, fired many more, one after another, with no pause.”

A police report said Corrigan was shot multiple times, including in the chest, abdomen and right arm. He was initially conscious and able to answer questions, but his condition quickly declined.

Several bystanders stopped to help Corrigan at the scene, with one person applying pressure to his wounds until first responders arrived, according to the report.

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Bryant told police after his arrest that “a white man approached me with a knife for no reason” and that “I defended myself.” During a court hearing Monday, he reiterated the claim, saying, “This man approached me with a knife.”

Police said Corrigan had a pocket knife at the time of the encounter.

Bryant is charged with murder and appeared in Berea Municipal Court on Monday, where Judge Sean Kilbane set his bond at $5 million at the request of Strongsville police Detective Zaki Hazou.

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Hazou said Bryant is a truck driver who was passing through Ohio and has a prior criminal record, though he is not currently on probation or parole.

The case is expected to be presented to a Cuyahoga County grand jury, and additional charges may be considered, according to police.

Following Corrigan’s death, a GoFundMe page was launched to help his family cover funeral expenses. As of Tuesday evening, the fundraiser had raised more than $40,000 of its $55,000 goal.

“He was selfless and caring…the sole caregiver for my 86-year-old grandmother,” the page’s description read. “Aside from taking care of her, he LOVED going to work at Costco, always talking about his coworkers. He would joke, laugh, and pass around sweet treats to everyone around him, making every day brighter for those he met.”

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A victim advocate speaking on behalf of Corrigan’s family said they want “justice to be served” and urged anyone who witnessed the shooting to come forward.

Representatives for Costco and the Strongsville Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

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Harrowing body camera video shows the terrifying moments a California police officer was allegedly kidnapped by an armed robbery suspect and forced to shoot him in the leg as the pair veered down a local roadway. 

The incident unfolded around 5:16 a.m. on Feb. 20, when officers with the Antioch Police Department (APD) were dispatched to the FoodMaxx grocery store on Lone Tree Way regarding reports of an armed robbery involving multiple suspects, authorities said in a statement posted to social media. 

As officers attempted to detain the individuals, one suspect allegedly attempted to flee the scene by ramming his car into an occupied police vehicle, leading to a physical struggle between the suspect and officer. 

“During the altercation, the officer was pulled into the vehicle as the suspect drove forward, striking both a police car and a nearby store,” the APD said.

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Surveillance video released by the department shows the moment a stolen Infiniti smashed through the front doors of the grocery store before two men climbed out of the vehicle and ran into the business. The suspects then allegedly threatened the store clerk with a handgun, police said. 

Within minutes, an Antioch police officer pulled into the parking lot and attempted to block the suspects’ vehicle as another officer approached the passenger side and opened the door. 

“Let me see your hands! Let me see your hands!” an officer is heard shouting.

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The suspect allegedly subsequently accelerated forward at a high rate of speed, trapping the officer inside the vehicle as he sped away. 

“Stop the car! Stop the car!” the trapped officer, identified as Travis Donaldson, can be heard yelling. 

“Get out of the car, bro,” the suspect, later identified as 23-year-old Dominick Desouza, replied.

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Desouza is heard threatening to crash the vehicle as the pair continue to argue. 

“Don’t do it,” Donaldson warns. “It’s not worth it.”

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“I got a family, bro” Desouza replied. 

Donaldson then begins pleading with Desouza to pull over while also giving him an ultimatum.

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“Stop the car, or I will shoot you in the leg,” Donaldson said. 

Body camera video shows Donaldson firing a single shot into Desouza’s leg.

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“Officer Donaldson intentionally shot Desouza in the leg to reduce the likelihood of a fatality to Desouza, himself, and members of the community,” the APD said. 

Despite his injury, Desouza crashed into a parked car inside a residential neighborhood and fled on foot, but was located just minutes later, according to police.

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Desouza was subsequently taken into custody and transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the APD added. Donaldson also only sustained minor injuries from the incident. 

Desouza is charged with kidnapping, robbery, burglary and assault on an officer, according to authorities.

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Fox News Digital’s Adriana James-Rodil contributed to this report. 

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A Chinese hacker accused of stealing COVID-19 research from U.S. institutions in a massive cyberattack has been extradited to American soil. 

FBI Director Kash Patel said the case involving Xu Zewei is a “historic win for our cybersecurity efforts under President Trump, bringing bad actors who target American infrastructure to justice no matter where they try to hide.” 

Patel said Xu, a Chinese national and accused state-sponsored hacker, is “allegedly responsible for a massive cyber intrusion campaign in 2020 and 2021 stealing COVID-19 research from American institutions.” 

“Xu has been extradited to the U.S. out of Italy as of this weekend, and he will now face federal charges,” Patel revealed Tuesday in a post on X.

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“During 2020 and 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Xu and his co-conspirators allegedly targeted and hacked U.S. based universities, immunologists, and virologists conducting COVID-19 research – including key treatment and vaccines – accessing email accounts and more,” Patel said. 

The Justice Department said Xu is facing nine charges, including two counts of wire fraud, two counts of obtaining information by unauthorized access to protected computers and aggravated identity theft. The wire fraud charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each count.

“According to court documents, officers of the PRC’s Ministry of State Security’s (MSS) Shanghai State Security Bureau (SSSB) directed Xu to conduct this hacking. The MSS and SSSB are PRC intelligence services responsible for PRC’s domestic counterintelligence, non-military foreign intelligence, and aspects of the PRC’s political and domestic security,” the Justice Department said.

“Xu and others reported their activities to officers in the SSSB who were supervising and directing the hacking activities,” the Justice Department added. “For example, on or about Feb. 19, 2020, Xu provided an SSSB officer with confirmation that he had compromised the network of a research university located in the Southern District of Texas. On or about Feb. 22, 2020, the SSSB officer directed Xu to target and access specific email accounts (mailboxes) belonging to virologists and immunologists engaged in COVID-19 research for the university. Xu later confirmed for the SSSB officer that he acquired the contents of the researchers’ mailboxes.”

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Patel said, “Xu was also allegedly a key contractor [in] part of what’s known as HAFNIUM, a group responsible for a massive cyber intrusion campaign (directed by PRC officials) that compromised nearly 13,000 U.S. organizations.”

Patel thanked the FBI’s partners in Italy, mentioning that Prefect Vittorio Pisani of the Italian National Police “worked with us nonstop” in the investigation to bring Xu into custody.

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Fox News Digital has reached out to attorneys representing Xu for comment. 

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A passenger aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship died Monday morning after apparently falling from the balcony of her room while the vessel was sailing near Catalina Island.

The incident occurred on the Carnival Firenze, which was off the Southern California coast when the female guest went over the balcony of her stateroom and landed on a lower deck, the cruise line confirmed to Fox News Digital.

She was traveling with family members, who alerted the ship’s crew, according to Carnival.

“As is customary following these kinds of incidents, law enforcement was on board while the ship was in Catalina Island on Monday to collect information,” the company said in a statement, adding that all appropriate authorities had been notified.

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The family has since left the ship and returned home, according to Carnival.

“Carnival’s Care Team is supporting the guest’s family, and our thoughts and prayers are with them and their loved ones,” the company added.

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The FBI confirmed to Fox News Digital that it is looking into the death.

“The FBI responded to the ship and is currently investigating the reported death,” the bureau’s Los Angeles field office said.

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It remains unclear what caused the passenger to go over the balcony. Her identity has not been released.

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told Fox News Digital that its Search and Rescue team from the Avalon Sheriff’s Station helped in recovering the passenger who died. The department directed further questions to the FBI.

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It is the latest incident in a recent string of cruise tragedies.

Just last week, two separate emergencies turned deadly during a single voyage on the Carnival Splendor, with authorities indicating the incidents were unrelated.

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In that case, a 67-year-old woman died while snorkeling off Australia’s Moreton Island during a shore excursion after she was found unresponsive in the water. Hours later, a separate passenger in his 70s reportedly climbed over the ship’s safety railing and went overboard, prompting an intensive search that was later suspended.

In a separate incident, two Carnival passengers also died in drowning cases at the company’s private Bahamas resort.

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Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.

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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

An arrest affidavit for a Wellesley, Mass., mother accused of murdering her two children in their upscale suburban home reveals grisly details about the alleged killings.

Janette MacAusland, 49, is accused of killing her two children, Kai, 7, and Ella, 6, in their home last Friday before fleeing to Vermont.

The affidavit reveals MacAusland appeared at her aunt’s home distraught.

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“She was hysterical. I brought her into my house. She had knocked on a window to get my attention and I could see that she had a large cut on her throat,” her aunt said. “After getting her to calm down checked her neck and could see that the blood on her was dried, Janette stated that she tried to kill herself. I asked where her husband was and she said he was at the lake.”

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“I wanted the three of us to go to God together, but it didn’t work,” MacAusland told her aunt, according to the affidavit.

MacAusland’s aunt relayed to police that her niece said she killed Kai and Ella and then tried to kill herself. The affidavit mentions MacAusland told her aunt that she planned to jump off a bridge, but could not do it.

Later, police spoke with MacAusland and asked if her children were OK. In response, she shook her head, according to the affidavit. Then, she revealed a startling detail to police.

“I strangled them and then tried to kill myself,” she told them, adding that the children could be found in her bed in their Massachusetts family home.

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The affidavit says police in Wellesley were called, and confirmed what MacAusland told them.

MacAusland was jailed in Vermont on a fugitive from justice charge and appeared before a judge remotely on Monday afternoon. She was charged in Massachusetts over the weekend with two counts of murder.

In the Monday hearing, she waived her extradition rights, and will be transported back to her home state to face those charges.

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MacAusland’s husband, Samuel MacAusland, filed for divorce in October after nine years of marriage, citing an “irretrievable breakdown of the marriage,” court records show. He was seeking custody of the children, and the couple had

MacAusland’s attorney did not return a request for comment.