ENON, Ohio

Deputy shot dead; suspect killed by police in shootout

A sheriff’s deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a trailer park was shot dead Saturday, and the shooting suspect was killed after a gun battle with police, authorities said. A police officer was wounded.

The slain deputy was married and was the mother of two children, Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly said. He didn’t release the names of the deputy or the suspect killed in the standoff in Enon Beach, about 50 miles west of Columbus.

The deputy was shot as she tried to photograph a footprint in the mobile-home park, which sits near a highway, Kelly said.

“Our deputy never had the opportunity to return fire or take cover,” he said at a press conference.

Police officers were trying to retrieve the deputy’s body when the suspect fired on them from inside a trailer, and a German Township officer was wounded in a large exchange of gunfire, Kelly said.

Enon Beach resident Angelina Inman said she looked out of her trailer to see the deputy lying on the ground. She watched as another officer tried to reach her body.

“He was itching to get her,” Inman said. “He kept radioing in, can he please get her, and he was told no because it wasn’t secure. You could see that male sheriff crying — he wanted to get her, he wanted to get her bad.”

BETHESDA, Md.

Hospital locked down after worker found slain

Police in Maryland said a Suburban Hospital worker was killed at the facility, which was locked down for four hours while detectives investigated the slaying.

Montgomery County Police spokeswoman Lucille Baur said officers called to the Bethesda hospital Saturday morning found an employee suffering from trauma to his upper body. The worker was pronounced dead at the scene. Baur said the 40-year-old man was found in a part of the hospital not used for patient care. She said his death is being investigated as a homicide.

HONOLULU

Fishing vessel rescues 20 on life rafts after ship sinks

The U.S. Coast Guard said distress signals received at its Honolulu center led to the rescue of 20 sailors on life rafts near the Marshall Islands.

The area is about 2,500 miles from Honolulu.

An aircraft spotted the rafts Friday morning and several vessels were sent to the area. A fishing boat rescued all 20 sailors around 6 p.m.

The Coast Guard said the sailors were on board a ship hauling construction materials that sank in bad weather. Their conditions were not known.

Coast Guard officials said the rescue was made possible by the use of portable radio beacons designed for emergencies.

MOSCOW

Passenger jet explodes, killing three, injuring 43

A Russian passenger jet carrying 124 people caught fire as it taxied down a snowy runway in Siberia and then exploded Saturday, killing three and injuring 43, including six who were badly burned, officials said.

Most of the passengers and crew were evacuated before the explosion, though people on board described a chaotic scene as the burning plane filled with smoke and panicked passengers climbed over one another to rush through flames to escape.

Emergency services spokesman Vadim Grebennikov said the fire, which began in one of the engines as the plane taxied for takeoff, caused a powerful blast that destroyed the Tu-154 aircraft and spread flames across 11,000 square feet.