Leading Off (1/27/21)
Children among new COVID deaths, local man arrested in connection to Capitol invasion, and a mountain lion murder mystery.
By Peter Simek
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January 27, 2021
7:46 am
COVID. Dallas County announced 1,858 new cases and 22 new deaths yesterday, and new forecasts suggest hospitalizations could reach 1,600 by Feb. 5. Tarrant County’s COVID deaths include an infant as well as a nine-year-old boy. A Plano fire chief was released after being hospitalized with COVID for 16 days. The president promises to ramp up vaccine delivery, and local epidemiologists are studying the emergence of new strains of the virus.
Burleson Man Arrested for Storming the Capitol. Nicholas DeCarlo, 30, is the seventh North Texan charged in connection to the January 6 riots. There are multiple photos of DeCarlo inside the Capitol building, smoking cigarettes, posing with members of the Proud Boys, and wearing