#8 - Richard Cutshaw
Florida police were alerted to a robbery in progress in Coral Gables at about 4:15 pm on
December the 5th of 2019. Officers swiftly responded to the scene, at which point they
came upon a UPS truck that had been hijacked by a pair of suspects, identified as Lamar
Alexander and Ronnie Jerome Hill, both aged 41 at the time. The men had allegedly robbed
Regent Jeweler's before seizing the delivery vehicle and killing its driver, Frank Ordonez.
Alexander and Hill then led police on a high-speed chase for 23 miles, which culminated on the
Miramar Parkway during rush hour. With traffic at a standstill, the suspects proceeded to fire upon
the officers as they approached the UPS truck on foot. Nineteen officers from 5 different Florida
agencies returned fire, reportedly discharging roughly 200 rounds of ammunition. Both suspects
were fatally shot during the ensuing gunfight, which also claimed the life of 70-year-old Richard
Cutshaw, a soon-to-be retiree from Pembroke Pines. The innocent man had been driving home
via the Miramar Parkway when he was tragically caught in the crossfire of the police shootout.
He was reportedly survived by his 99-year-old mother, as well as five brothers and sisters.
#7 - Canada Sea Lion Scare
In May of 2017, a video surfaced online in which a young girl was shown being snatched
from the edge of a pier and dragged underwater by a rogue sea lion. The shocking incident,
which reportedly took place at the Steveston Fisherman's Wharf in British Columbia, occurred
while a group of tourists was watching the marine animals look for fish in the water. In the moments
leading up to the young girl’s scare, the footage showed the sea lion in question bobbing its head
up and down, much to the delight of the jovial onlookers. Then, as the animal neared the pier on
which the tourists were standing, it jumped up to meet the child, who was leaning over the side to
get a better look at it. The young girl flinched, but began to laugh, believing the sea lion to have
been acting playfully. However, as the child sat back down on the pier’s edge, the animal suddenly
leapt into the air and grabbed her with its mouth, pulling her into the water. Witnesses gasped in
horror as the unsuspecting girl became submerged, at which point a man, believed to have been a
relative, launched himself into the harbor before re-emerging with the child, unharmed. The video
was recorded by Vancouver man Michael Fujiwara, who later told the Vancouver Sun that he and the
other tourists had been having a lovely day by the water when the alarming incident occurred.
#6 - Biodiversity Flyover Accident
On November the 23rd of 2019, a car traveling well above the posted speed limit lost control and
plummeted off the edge of the Biodiversity Flyover in Hyderabad,
India. Subsequent reports detailed how the wayward vehicle struck a 40-year-old woman
and her daughter who’d been minding their own business as they waited for an auto
rickshaw underneath the flyover. The woman, identified as Pasala Naga Venkata Satyaveni,
was taken to a corporate hospital, along with a handful of other casualties from the crash.
Satyaveni was ultimately pronounced dead, the only reported death in connection to the incident. It
subsequently emerged that the vehicle involved in the accident had been operated by businessman
Kalvakuntla Krishna Milan. The latter claimed in court that, when he’d lost control of the car,
he’d only been traveling at about 25 miles per hour, in accordance with the flyover’s
permissible speed, and instead blamed the design of the overpass for causing the accident. However,
Cyberabad police indicated that the motorist had actually been driving at a speed of approximately
65 miles per hour, which had consequently led to him taking a sharp corner far too quickly. Milan,
who was rumored to be a relative of certain powerful government figures, avoided arrest
in the immediate aftermath and, as of the latest updates, hadn’t yet been charged with any crime.
#5 - Jonathan Hernandez
Florida man Jonathan Hernandez unwittingly got himself killed while attempting to
burglarize a home in Lehigh Acres on December the 12th of 2020. At the onset of what should
have been a fairly routine home invasion, the 32-year-old father of 5 scaled the wall of a house
located on Nora Avenue and 46th Street Southwest. As Hernandez climbed into an open casement,
the window collapsed onto his neck, killing him instantly and leaving his body dangling
outside of the house. Deputies of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the scene,
whereupon they found the unsuspecting burglar’s limp body stuck in a window about 5 and a half
feet off the ground. According to subsequent reports on the matter,
Hernandez had an extensive criminal history prior to his unfortunate demise, including past arrests
for theft and larceny, as well as driving without a license. The man’s fiancee, Patricia Duarte,
told local news station WBBH-TV that, despite his checkered past, he’d been the “sweetest
person you’d probably ever meet” and had the “biggest heart”. It was reported that Hernandez
had been a budding hip-hop artist with dreams of someday making it big in the music business.
#4 - Jailene Holton
In the late evening hours of June the 27th of 2022, police were called to the Philly
Bar and Restaurant in Philadelphia after receiving reports of a shooting at the establishment. Upon
their arrival, officers found a pair of injured victims. One was a young woman, later identified
as Jailene Holton, who was lying unconscious on the floor after having suffered an apparent
gunshot wound to the head. Holton ultimately passed away at the hospital as a result of her
critical injuries. Investigators determined that the 21-year-old’s death had been precipitated by a
bar fight between 3 men over a pool table. The man who’d initiated the confrontation was eventually
removed from the building, at which point he reportedly walked to his vehicle, parked about 200
feet away. He then fired 15 shots into the bar as he sped away in a dark-colored pickup truck. One
of the bullets struck Holton, who’d had no prior involvement with the shooter or his altercation
with the other patrons. The man responsible for the deadly incident was identified as 47-year-old
Anthony Nelson, who fled the state in the aftermath. Agents with the U.S. Marshals Violent
Crimes Fugitive Task Force tracked the suspect down to Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City, where
he was arrested on July the 6th. Holton, who’d been enjoying a night out with friends at the
time of her abrupt death, was reported as having been the only one to be hit in the shooting.
#3 - Miguel Toran
It was reported in December of 2021 that a Spanish mountain biker who was enjoying a
pleasant ride on the Monte Orgergia forest trail in Alicante was suddenly fired upon by a rabbit
hunter. The victim, identified as Miguel Toran, later recounted how, just minutes before the
inadvertent shooting, he’d passed by a pair of hunters on his bike. Then, shortly thereafter,
he rode past a third hunter, who mistook him for a rabbit and promptly fired his
weapon in the biker’s direction. Toran, who was reportedly wearing bright-colored clothes and
a helmet at the time, was struck in the back, legs, and backside by a cartridge carrying
hundreds of pellets intended to incapacitate a small animal, such as a rabbit. Emergency
services were subsequently called to the scene and the victim was treated on-site for his
mostly superficial wounds. It was later described how Toran had only been hit by
about 20 pellets rather than a single full-sized bullet, which prevented him from sustaining any
severe injuries or damage to major organs. The hunter responsible for the mistaken
shooting told the police that he’d confused the cyclist’s movements with that of a rabbit. As of
the latest updates on the case, Toran was still considering whether or not to file a complaint
against the hunter, who faced the possibility of being criminally charged with recklessness.
#2 - Enrique Bocanegra
In the afternoon of February the 21st of 2022, a green Suburban parked outside of a gas station
in San Antonio, Texas, after having circled around the parking lot for several minutes.
At some point shortly thereafter, an individual approached the vehicle and began speaking with
one of the 5 occupants seated inside. The police later indicated that it was likely that some
sort of transaction was taking place between the 2 parties. Then, in an abrupt escalation of events,
one of the Suburban’s passengers exited the vehicle with a firearm in hand and began
shooting. A gunfight subsequently ensued, leading to the death of one of the Suburban’s occupants,
identified as Christopher James Mejia. Another passenger, a 17-year-old male,
reportedly suffered critical injuries and was transported to the hospital
to undergo life-saving emergency surgery. When police arrived at the scene,
it emerged that an innocent bystander had been struck by one of the shots fired in
the shootout. 66-year-old Enrique Bocanegra had been watching television inside his home,
which was located near the gas station, when he was fatally shot by a stray bullet. In the wake
of the tragic incident, 4 individuals, including 2 juveniles, faced capital murder charges.
#1 - Taylor Kahle
Shortly before 7:30 pm on April the 25th of 2021, a 29-year-old woman from San Diego,
California was tragically killed in a freak accident while on a date.
The victim, identified as Taylor Kahle, and her companion were walking past a parking structure
on 10th Avenue and J Street when she was suddenly struck by a man who’d jumped from the
building’s 9th-floor balcony. San Diego Police officers who happened to be patrolling nearby
proceeded to perform life-saving measures on the woman, who was ultimately pronounced dead at
the scene. The San Diego County Medical Examiner subsequently revealed that Kahle’s cause of death
had been blunt force trauma to the head. The jumper, said to have been in his 20s or 30s,
had reportedly been seen hanging from the outside railing at the top of the parking
garage in the moments before he plummeted to the ground in an apparent attempt to
take his own life. He was taken to UCSD Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries.
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