in pinellas county, florida, are used to dealing with life and death emergencies. but this one was different. diane kyne was dead. her husband and son were both distraught and both making frantic calls. first, kevin. my dad s trying to kill me. help me, please. he s outside of my house. he s choking me. okay, calm down. he killed my mom. stay on the phone with me. i can t hold on much longer. reporter: and then, bill. my son just killed my wife. he and my wife were arguing and he was choking her. where is your son? he he ran out the door. reporter: two calls from the same location, just minutes apart. kevin kyne and his step-father bill each accusing the other of murder. oh, please. sir? be quick. reporter: tampa bay times reporter curtis krueger says the competing calls were even more unusual because they were made in the heat of the moment. one person, presumably, is
amid the chaos, frantic calls, one of the neighbors reached rachel s father. and i get a phone call from a screaming, irrational voice on the other end. i said, is it rachel? yes, it s rachel. i said, i have a question for you. is there a yellow ribbon around the property? yes. is there a big white van in front of the house? yes. don was in the middle of moving. the movers tried to calm him down. and the guys says, we don t know that she s dead. i said, count on it, he killed her. and i got there and, you know, she was gone. he was right to begin with. rachel was dead. the horrific news spread. i got a call from a friend and i said, it can t be. and the next thing i knew, i woke up on the floor. you fainted? i completely blacked out, hit the floor. so i called the sheriff s department and asked them if they knew what was going on. and they said just stay right
the backyard with their guns drawn facing todd s house. what happened next floored marion cockrell. and i saw todd walking backwards across the street. stop right there. turn around. put your hands on top of your head. drop down to your knees. keep your hand on top of your head. you understand me? yes, i do. who else is inside the house? there s no one else inside the house, sir. and where s your wife? my wife is inside the house. you said nobody else was inside, though. my wife is dead. how could it be? rachel winkler was just 37-years-old, with those three little children to whom she meant the whole world. where is your wife? she s in when you enter the house, you turn to the right. the first bedroom on your right. you sure she s dead? i m positive. how can you be how are you sure? no pulse, no breathing. amid the chaos, frantic calls.
encounter with officers. here s abc s alex perez. reporter: an investigation underway in nashville tonight after a horrifying shooting at this smile direct manufacturing facility tuesday, just as employees were changing shifts. authorities releasing this video identifying the gunman as an employee, 22-year-old antonio king. he seemingly was reporting for work, but with him, as he reported for work, was this glock semiautomatic pistol with an extended magazine and for some reason, he opened fire. reporter: frantic calls to 911 describing the gunman s rage. he s got multiple clips in his sling pack. because he keeps replenishing bullets. i probably heard 20 rounds. reporter: fellow employees terrified, scrambling for cover. we cleared the office area, and we re trying to clear people in the parking lot. people seeking shelter in between the vehicles. reporter: security guards in the building firing back, keeping king at bay, forcing him outside.
Israeli-Palestinian Strife Widens as Frantic Calls for Calm Go Unheeded
While Israel and Hamas signaled willingness to consider a cease-fire, worries grew about further fracturing in one of the Middle East’s most intractable struggles.
Israeli ground forces at a staging area near the border with Gaza on Friday.Credit.Dan Balilty for The New York Times
May 14, 2021Updated 9:00 p.m. ET
CAIRO Violence between Israelis and Palestinians expanded in new directions on Friday, with deadly clashes convulsing the occupied West Bank and anti-Israeli protests erupting along Israel’s borders with two Arab neighbors.
The widening sense of mayhem in Israel and the Palestinian territories came as Israeli airstrikes brought mass evacuations and funerals to Gaza, and as Hamas rockets singed Israeli towns for a fifth consecutive day.