A child was taken to the hospital with leg injuries after he ran into the street and was hit by a car, witnesses say.

A boy, possibly heading home from King-Chavez Preparatory Academy, walked or darted into the street just after 3 p.m. in the 3000 block of Island Avenue, a witness told NBC 7.

Not seeing the child, the driver in a blue car struck him, throwing him several feet. Witnesses believe the driver was going the speed limit.

The boy was taken to the hospital for major leg injuries, but he is expected to survive.

San Diego Police traffic investigators are at the scene to determine what happened.

The Maryland teen stabbed to death by his mother's boyfriend died trying to protect his mother, charging documents state. 

Keyshaun Mason, who had just started his freshman year at Potomac High School, died Monday morning after he was attacked inside his own home. 

Police said Sean Crawford, 48, stabbed Mason and his 18-year-old brother inside the home they shared on the 600 block of Audrey Lane in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Crawford is the live-in boyfriend of the teens' mother, police said. 

According to the charging documents, the victims tried to help their mother after she got into an argument with Crawford. At some point during the argument, Crawford allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and barricaded himself and the mother inside a bedroom.

Mason and his brother forced their way into the bedroom and tried to ask Crawford to leave their home. Crawford then stabbed Mason in his chest and the other victim in the shoulder, police said. 

Officers were called to the scene around 7:25 a.m. Monday. Mason was pronounced dead on the scene and his brother was treated and released. Neighbors said they heard yelling. 

"It was like a football field of people fighting under me," neighbor Alexis Black said. "It was really, really loud." 

Officials at Potomac High School shared news of Mason's death with stunned students at the end of the school day Monday. Grief counselors were available. 

"He was a nice kid. He was friendly with everybody," said Chardonnay More, 14. "My best friend is gone." 

Crawford has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted first- and second-degree murder, police said. He is being held without bond. It's not clear if he has an attorney.

It appears so-called "serial stowaway" Marilyn Hartman’s long, troubling journey through the criminal court system in Cook County, Illinois, is about to enter its final chapter.

Hartman, looking haggard and confused, appeared this morning before Cook County Judge William Raines, where she agreed to a mental examination, which may lead to a guilty plea when she next appears in court Nov. 3.

Officially, Hartman is charged in her current case only with her most recent attempt to get past security at a Chicago airport, a July 4 incident at O'Hare. But prior to that, starting last April, Hartman had five other encounters with airport security, four at O'Hare and one at Midway. In two of those, she received warnings and was escorted off airport property. The other three resulted in arrests.

Cook County prosecutors previously made clear they intended to put Hartman on trial, an almost certain conviction scenario. Hartman was told in court that she faced a year behind bars. At a prior hearing, Raines ruled that authorities would be allowed to put officers on the stand to discuss prior encounters and warnings she had received.

But today, the judge, prosecutors and Hartman’s court-appointed public defender adjourned to chambers. Afterward, Hartman was advised that if she would consent to the evaluation, all would return in two weeks to determine, as Raines said, "How we can better help you."

Across America, Hartman has tried repeatedly to get past security and stow away on airplanes, and it’s believed she’s succeeded at least three times. Her methods of actually getting aboard aircraft are not entirely clear. But security videos of previous attempts depicted the casual way the 63-year-old grandmotherly figure attempted to slip past the TSA.

In one video from Minneapolis, recorded Jan. 9, Hartman was observed in the TSA security line, attempting to blend in with the man in front of her, as if she were his traveling companion. As his ID and boarding pass were checked, Hartman slipped past the agent. But that TSA officer spotted her, and demanded to see her documents. She was then seen fumbling in her purse, and then eventually, slipping back into the terminal.

The attempt was thwarted, and airport police spotted Hartman sleeping on the airport’s mezzanine level about an hour later. Security cameras showed officers, who recognized Hartman, checking her identification and taking her away in handcuffs.

When Hartman was arrested last year in Phoenix, even she seemed amazed at what she had managed to do time and time again.

"Why has the government allowed me to get past security points until I forced the issue back in February?" she asked. "And pretty much had to beg to be arrested?"

Getting arrested is something Hartman does very well. When she was discovered in a vacant room at a Nassau County Florida resort a month after the Twin Cities incident, Hartman told investigators she had flown in that day aboard an aircraft on which she had stowed away at the Minneapolis airport. The TSA has disputed that claim.

Hartman was advised during Monday’s hearing that accommodations would be made to get her fitted with a new pair of glasses, a replacement for a pair which was reportedly broken during her stay at Cook County Jail.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Tuesday that it is investigating reports that a supervisor used government time to recruit workers for private sex swinger parties at his home, NBC News reported. 

An internal misconduct investigation is looking into the claims centered on workers in San Diego, ICE spokeswoman Lauren Mack told NBC News in a statement. It follows a report by the San Diego Union Tribune that an accusation of gross sexual misconduct was made in a complaint submitted to the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year.

The newspaper said employees at the ICE Enforcement Removal Operations office in the city complained that they had been approached during work hours to participate in the parties held at the home of a supervisor in the office along with his wife, who is also an agent.
 

"The agency takes all allegations of misconduct seriously," Mack said in the statement. "The matter you reference has been referred to ICE Homeland Security Investigations Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) for further investigation. That inquiry is ongoing and, as such, we are unable to offer further comment at this time."

Two cats and one coyote were caught and killed in dangerous, illegal steel traps, National City Police (NCPD) said. 

The leg hold traps were found in two National City neighborhoods about a quarter of a mile from each other. 

Last Saturday, Daniel Valdez and his sister, Nicole, heard an animal crying behind their backyard fence. When they went to inspect the noise, they found a cat, still alive but caught in a trap.

"It had a bunch of ants all over it. It looked like it had been there for a while," said Daniel.

Police freed the cat, but it did not survive the injury caused by the leg hold.

Officers found the three trapped animals near South Harbison Avenue at East 4th Street and about a quarter of a mile away on Manchester Street at Ethel Place.

NBC 7 crews found another two traps in an overgrown area behind the Valdez's fence.

The leg hold traps exert some 90 pounds of pressure per square inch. Determining them inhumane, California Fish and Game officials made it illegal to use any body-gripping or leg hold traps to capture any furry mammal.

According to NCPD Lt. Alex Hernandez, the animals caught in the National City traps dragged them from open areas into people's backyards, where the animals died.

"It's wrong," said Daniel. "It shouldn't happen. There are innocent animals out here just running around and getting caught inside of these."

Police believe someone may be trying to kill or capture wildlife, not domestic animals, but the traps don't discriminate. 

Hernandez also warned children could easily be caught in the traps as well. 

"Obviously our concern is not only for animals, but small children or adults that may be walking in an open area," Hernandez said. "And these traps are out there, and they don't see them, and they accidentally step on them."

So far, no arrests have been made.

If residents are having issues with stray domestic animals on their property, police ask that residents contact National City Animal Regulations at (619) 336-4478. There are alternative ways to remove wildlife on personal property. 

Support for Hillary Clinton has boosted by 20 points over her rival Bernie Sanders, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

The poll of Democratic voters included Joe Biden. The vice president received 15 percent of the support of Democratic primary voters, Clinton received 49 percent of support from respondents, while the Vermont Senator received 29 percent.

When Biden is eliminated, the poll shows Clinton’s support jumps to 58 percent, compared to 33 percent who support Sanders.

Football fans in the three markets in danger of losing their professional franchises will have a chance to talk directly to the National Football League.

The NFL announced Monday a series of public hearings in San Diego, Oakland and St. Louis at the end of October. The league says the purpose of the events is to “provide an opportunity for fans and others in the community to ask questions and express their views directly to the NFL before any decisions are made about potential relocation of a club or clubs from a current market.”

That sounds great but in reality it’s likely an audition for the NFL to judge how passionate fans in each market truly are about keeping their teams. Commissioner Roger Goodell will not attend the meetings but is sending members of his executive staff to speak and answer questions directly from fans.

As with most things involving the NFL, there are certain rules and restrictions to follow. One big one is, you have to pre-register to get in to the hearings. Here are the important things to remember:

• Online pre-registration and a non-transferable entry pass with a valid barcode is required for entry.
• Those interested in pre-registering to request an entry pass can do so by visiting www.nfl.com/sdhearing.
• Registration availability is based on a first-come, first-serve basis and is subject to the available seating at each venue.
• Audience members who have the opportunity to provide comments will be allotted three minutes in order to enable as many people as possible to have their voice heard.

The San Diego hearing will take place on Wednesday, October 28 at the Spreckels Theater (121 Broadway #600) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 pm. The pre-registration site (www.nfl.com/sdhearing) is active starting at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 20.

Season ticket holders will be granted the first shot at getting a pass, which come on a first-come, first-served basis.

Fans who can’t attend the meeting can send written comments through sd.hearing@nfl.com starting Tuesday, October 20 through November 13, 2015.

The meeting in St. Louis will be on October 27 and the one in Oakland is set for October 29.

Someone called San Diego Police Tuesday to a Pacific Beach address saying that a man killed a dog with his bare hands and was covered in blood.

Officers arrived to the home on Oliver Avenue near Reed just after 5 a.m. and found a dead dog. A neighbor told police the suspect had killed the dog. Officials say their officers are investigating the report.

SDPD requested the Department of Animal Services send employees to the address.  

No further information was immediately available. 

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A Poway woman awoke Tuesday to flames inside her home and escaped without injury, fire officials said.

The fire started around 1:15 a.m. at the home on Buckley Street.

Poway Fire Chief John Canavan said when crews arrived flames were shooting out of the building.

Firefighters went inside the home and battled the flames before the fire spread to the garage or nearby homes.

Only one person was home at the time but officials say there are typically two people inside the residence.

The woman told firefighters that she woke up to a weird smell in her bedroom then noticed her room was filled with smoke.

She was about to get out of the home before the fire spread to the bedrooms. 

No further information was immediately available. 

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A driver will not be cited for a fatal collision involving a pedestrian in Spring Valley, California Highway Patrol investigators said.

The victim was crossing a street against the light after midnight Tuesday when he was struck by a vehicle and killed, CHP officers said.

The driver of a 2003 Honda, a 74-year-old man, did not see the man walking across the south side of the intersection at Jamacha Boulevard and Grand Avenue, police said.

The pedestrian died at the scene.

The driver was not injured and not cited.

CHP officials say no other vehicles were involved and alcohol and or drugs were not a factor.
 

A police pursuit ended in a crash near a gas station in City Heights Tuesday and San Diego Police searched the area for suspects.

SDPD dispatchers received a call at 7 a.m. reporting someone aiming a gun out of a white car while they were traveling eastbound on Orange.

Police saw the vehicle and the vehicle fled eastbound on El Cajon Boulevard. Police lost the car but later the car ran a red light and El Cajon Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue and collided with a maroon minivan by a gas station.

Two suspects began walking away casually, police said. One was arrested. The other fled on foot.

The suspect who was arrested did not have a weapon. It's unknown whether the other one is armed.

San Diego Police said the arrested suspect was maximum bound and gagged, meaning the legs had to be restrained so that he would not hurt himself for the officers. He was complaining of a previous shoulder injury.

Officers also covered the suspect's face with what's known as a spit sock.

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Ten people were hospitalized and dozens of people were expected to be treated after a chlorine leak sent fumes toward the campus of an elementary school in Santee Tuesday.

A strong odor was reported on the campus of Rio Seco Elementary School around 9 a.m.

San Diego County Sheriff's Deputies say students are sheltering in place as crews work to identify the source of a bleach-like smell.

Seven children and three adults were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. NBC 7 Newschopper captured one ambulance transporting a patient from the scene.

Twenty to 40 may others have symptoms, according to Heartland Fire Chief Richard Mattick. Those patients will be checked out and see if need to be transported.

Heartland Fire crews and a hazardous materials team donned protective gear and set up what appeared to be a triage station near the athletic field.

Santee School District's Superintendent issued a statement regarding the incident:

"The safety of our students and staff is our number one priority. Students are being kept inside for their safety. We will ensure they have food, water, and all necessities. The fire department and hazmat is on the scene. We are following their directions. Medical personnel is on site to assist anyone in need. All of our actions are geared toward keeping students and staff safe."

Deputies shut down Cuyamaca Street between Mast Boulevard and Mission Creek Drive due to the incident.

The school is located south of Mast Boulevard and north of State Route 52.

The chlorine leak was coming from the YMCA facility located east of school, fire officials said.

The center was evacuated and the leak was stopped. Hazmat team members were sampling the air to notify the YMCA when the air is clear.

Those transported were said to be in good condition, suffering from burning eyes, nausea and shortness of breath.

Those students who were not suffering any symptoms were told to shelter in place, Mattick said.

Parents are being asked not to pick up their children. Officials were working with school district officials to release names of those transported.

Even so, dozens of parents were across the street from the school waiting for word from officials.

“I’m just panicky. I’m here because my daughter, she’s in first grade and I don’t know if she’s scared,” said parent Erin Glieer.

“I’m paranoid anyway when it comes to my kids,” said parent Clint August. “On a scale of 1 to 10, probably a 9. Maybe it’s not necessary but that’s just me. They’re our children. That’s how we think as parents.”

District officials notified parents of students by voicemail.

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Deputies are investigating after the remains of a woman were found near Lake Hodges on Saturday.

The woman is believed to have died between three and six weeks ago, investigators said. Investigators found her body in the 19900 block of Lake Drive near Lake Hodges, south of Escondido.

She is described as between 25 and 35 years old and was wearing a distinctive ring along with a pair of shorts and an athletic jersey.

Investigators did not say whether they suspect foul play.

Anyone with information should call the sheriff’s department’s homicide detail at 858-974-2321.

If you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477 and be eligible of up to $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

The doomed cargo ship El Faro was supposed to have its boilers serviced a week after it headed out on what turned out to be its final voyage — in which it suffered a "hull breach" and power loss during a hurricane and sank to the bottom of the sea, investigators revealed on Tuesday, NBC News reported.

A timeline released by the National Transportation Safety Board said that on Sept. 11, the ship's owner got permission from the Coast Guard to shut down one of the boilers so it could be inspected during a trip. The inspectors then recommended that both be serviced during a drydock scheduled for Nov. 6.

But first, the container-laden ship had to make one more run — from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico. It departed Sept. 29, hours after forecasters warned that Tropical Storm Joaquin was likely to morph into a hurricane.

Thirty-six hours later, the captain reported an emergency: a hatch had blown and one of the holds was filling with water. The ship had lost its main propulsion unit and engineers could not get it started again, the NTSB said.

A 4-year-old girl was shot in the head and killed during an alleged road rage incident in Albuquerque on Tuesday, NBC News reported.

Police said the shooting occurred at around 3 p.m. local time (5 p.m. ET) on Interstate 40 near Unser Boulevard, and the child was taken to the hospital, NBC affiliate KOB reported.

Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden later said at a news conference that the child died, the station reported.

Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Officer Simon Drobik told the station that a Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy discovered the shooting after pulling over to assist a car stopped on I-40.

Drobik told the station that the shooting stemmed from a road rage incident.

Canada's Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau, who came from behind to trounce his Conservative rivals and snatch a majority mandate, now has to deliver on pledges from tackling climate change to legalizing marijuana, NBC News reported.

Trudeau, who had also promised to withdraw Canada from combat in the coalition fight against ISIS, said he told U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday that Canada will pull out of the bombing mission but will maintain humanitarian aid and training.

The White House had earlier said it hopes the new Canadian government will continue to support the efforts of the U.S.-led coalition to fight ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq.

"He understands the commitment I've made around ending the combat mission," Trudeau told reporters.
 

Homicide detectives were investigating the death of a person whose remains were found in an SUV buried in six feet of mud in Southern California, a likely victim of the recent storm and resulting mudslide, officials said.

The man was identified by the LA County Coroner as Robert Rasmussen, 49, of Palmdale.

The vehicle was found about 12:50 p.m. in the 41800 block of Karen Drive in Palmdale, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Firefighters arrived about 10 minutes later and a crew began digging the vehicle out, a fire department inspector said.

"As they began to dig further down, they discovered what appeared to be a human hand protruding from the vehicle," said Lt. Victor Lewandowski.

The black vehicle was found tilted sideways in a retention basin. The area was hard hit last week by storms that caused mud and debris flows and flooding.

Several residents in the area said they told firefighters in person on Thursday about the SUV in the mud and made calls throughout the weekend to report it.

Stacey Horwood, who lives in the area, said she alerted authorities multiple times. She said firefighters stuck a 6-foot pole into the mud, but did not find anything.

Horwood said she thought the truck was about 10-feet deep in mud at the time.

"We've been standing there looking at it saying, 'somebody's in there,'" she said. "That's somebody's life. They drowned to death. They're underneath that ground and nobody took them out."

Horwood said she tried to tell authorities someone was in the car "multiple" times.

Lorin Zide posted to NBC4's Facebook page about the incident as well.

"I hope someone reads this," she wrote. "I live here and the day the Van went over the side there also was a MOTORCYCLE that also went down in that drainage as ....I don't know why they stopped looking the day it rained....all of us that live here told rescue workers that there was vehicle in there ..."

Palmdale City manager James Purtee and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said no one reported the driver missing, and conditions made it difficult to search the area.

"Obviously if we had known there was a missing person, this would have been absolute top priority for Public Works, Fire and the Sheriff's," Purtee said.
 

Rosa Ordaz contributed to this report.

The San Diego City Council approved $86,450 to settle an assault case involving a former police officer caught on camera attacking two paramedics.

Video of the April 2014 attack shows the incident involving Anabal Solis, a former San Diego Police officer who, at the time, had been demoted to a parking enforcement officer.

Uniformed paramedics Steven Cogle and Derek Shubin said they walked into the Golden Hill 7-Eleven and thanked Solis, also in uniform, as he held the door for them.

According to the medics, Solis – a former amateur boxer – followed them into the store, threatened them and threw a punch at Shubin.

After restraining Solis with a chokehold, the video shows Cogle pushing him away. But Solis comes back and punches Cogle in the face, knocking him unconscious.

Jurors found Solis guilty of misdemeanor battery against Cogle earlier this year, and they deadlocked on the count involving Shubin.

The paramedics then filed a lawsuit against the city.

Their attorney, Dan Gilleon, said he hopes this sends a message to the police department.

"He's an officer, or at least employee, of the police department," explained Gilleon. "Just because he's a proverbial meter maid doesn’t mean he's not wearing a badge and using the color of authority to commit violence."

A spokesman for the San Diego Police Department said Solis is no longer employed there.

If his first few starts are any indication, USD quarterback Anthony Lawrence looks like he will have an impressive college career.

The redshirt freshman and former Grossmont High star racked up more than 300 passing yards for the first time in his college career as the Toreros dominated the Drake Bulldogs, 27-0.

Lawrence completed 22-of-33 passes for 326 yards and two touchdowns in the victory.

He threw a 16-yard TD pass to Jereke Armstrong as the first quarter ended and added a 62-yard score to Armstrong late in the third quarter.

For his efforts, he earned the title of Pioneer Football League Offensive Player of the Week and STATS FCS also named Lawrence the National Freshman of the Week.

Six games into the season, Lawrence already has 12 TD passes despite not opening the year as the team's starting quarterback. 

It looks like he won't be relinquishing that top spot on the depth chart anytime soon.

The Toreros are 4-and-2 and host Warner in a non-conference game Saturday at 6 pm PT.

USD is 3-0 at home this season - with 4 victories in its last 5 contests after losing to San Diego State in the season opener.

The Slovenian army will have more power to help guard the border as more migrants flood into the country from Croatia, Reuters reported.

The country’s parliament passed new legislation allowing soldiers to control borders when police aren’t present.

Prime Minister Miro Cerar told reporters he will ask the European Union for police back-up and financial help in the ongoing migrant crisis on Wednesday.

Opposition parties are urging the government to follow Hungary’s lead and put up a fence on Slovenia’s border with Croatia to prevent more migrants from entering.