Three children and one teacher are dead after a shooter forced his way into an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday afternoon and opened fire, authorities said.

The suspected shooter, a 16-year-old, was fatally shot by a community member who saw the teen going into the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz told reporters at a news conference Thursday evening.

The three children who were killed were 5, 8 and 11 years old.

In addition, a 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to the hospital with critical injuries, police said.

Police have not publicly identified the suspected shooter saying only that he is a Bend resident. They have not said whether he attended the school or knew anyone at the school.

How the shooting unfolded

The incident began unfolding shortly before 1 p.m. PT Thursday.

At 12:59 p.m., police received a call from a driver who reported being shot at multiple times by a person with a long gun, the police chief said.

Shortly afterward, the Deschutes County dispatch center began receiving multiple 911 calls that a shooter had entered Silver Rail Elementary School.

Krantz said the initial investigation indicates the shooter "forced" his way inside the school by shooting at locked doors.

At 1:01 p.m., the school was directed to go into lockdown, Krantz said.

A minute later, officers arrived on the scene. An officer reported that the suspected shooter had been shot by a community member who had seen the teen entering the school, pursued him and engaged him, Krantz said.

Police have not yet released any information about the bystander who stopped the suspect, but said they would likely share additional information on Friday.

Bystander 'heroically intervened,' governor says

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek thanked teachers, staff and first responders who rushed to the scene and thanked the community member who she said "heroically intervened to stop further loss of life."

Following the shooting, police said they evacuated the school room by room. A reunification site for families was set up at a nearby church.

Classes, activities and athletic events at all Bend-La Pine Schools are canceled for Friday, school officials said.

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook called the shooting an "unthinkable tragedy" and said, "We are heartbroken. We are horrified."

The shooting sparked a large police presence as law enforcement and first responders raced to the gym.

"Everything they were doing seemed highly trained and highly prepared for this," Caleb Weis, who was riding his motorcycle near the school at the time, told ABC News.

"I didn't see as many phones out recording as you see on many other occasions, just a kind of a shock factor and an immense amount of respect for the law enforcement, first responders," he said.

FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency was on the scene assisting in the investigation.

Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were also en route to the school, according to a source. 

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook said they are "stunned and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy."

Classes, activities and athletic events at all Bend-La Pine Schools are canceled for Friday.

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Nine former FBI agents who investigated President Donald Trump and his alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left office following his first term filed suit against the FBI and Justice Department on Thursday alleging they were unlawfully terminated solely for their role in the probe.

The nine agents, who in the suit say they collectively count "over a century" of experience in the bureau on cases spanning from the Boston Marathon bombing to the first assassination attempt targeting President Trump, say they were all fired over the course of two days in February this year by FBI Director Kash Patel. 

"Plaintiffs were unlawfully terminated not for any cause or any legitimate reason, but only to satisfy the President's personal vendetta," said attorney Abbe Lowell in the lawsuit filed Thursday in D.C. District court. "The firings did not follow any internal investigation or disciplinary process within the FBI, and Plaintiffs were not given any notice, a hearing, or an opportunity to appeal."

The lawsuit, which seeks to have the agents' employment reinstated, points to public statements from Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche, who the agents claim smeared their character by defending the firings.

"For example, a month after Plaintiffs' unlawful firings, Blanche stated that the Administration had 'cleaned house' at the FBI by firing anyone associated with investigations relating to Trump, and that there 'isn't a single man or woman with a gun, federal agent, still in that organization that had anything to do with the prosecution of President Trump,'" the suit claims.

The agents also argue that the firings may have endangered active counterintelligence and terrorism cases that some of the agents were involved in when they were terminated. 

"As a result of their unlawful and hasty firings, Plaintiffs' investigations were not properly transferred to other FBI Special Agents or Analysts," the lawsuit says. "The impact of these heedless actions on America's national security is immeasurable." 

Each of the agents contend in the lawsuit that none volunteered for their assignment on the classified documents case against President Trump that resulted in his indictment on 42 counts of unlawfully retaining classified records after leaving the White House in 2021. Prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information and took steps to thwart the government's efforts to retrieve them.

Trump, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, has long denied any wrongdoing, and the federal judge who oversaw the case ultimately dismissed it on the grounds that special counsel Jack Smith, who led the probe, was not lawfully appointed to his position. 

In a statement responding to ABC News' inquiry about the lawsuit, a DOJ spokesperson said the department "is committed to treating employees fairly and complying with the law, and will continue to defend the President's authority to support and defend the nation."

"Central to his Constitutional authority, the President is not required to delineate cause for federal employees who are removed," the spokesperson said. "To establish a standard of review would subject Presidential power to the whims of an outside agency or another branch of government, which is inappropriate."

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A meeting of Cornell University's faculty senate grew heated Wednesday as school president Michael Kotlikoff faced harsh questions about the Ivy League school's response to the alleged 2024 gang rape of a student at a fraternity house, according to an audio recording of the meeting.

Kotlikoff defended the school's recent measures -- including suspending fraternity parties and involving state police in the investigation of sexual assaults on campus -- but was repeatedly grilled by faculty members about the university's response. 

The meeting was the first of two at which the faculty senate will consider a no-confidence resolution to condemn the school's response to sexual violence on campus. A vote on the resolution is expected at the end of the month.

"This is a systemic problem that deserves systemic attention, and thus far, President Kotlikoff, it appears that you have simply reacted to pressure," Professor Risa Lieberwitz said at Wednesday's meeting, according to the recording. "It feels that the administration is considering more about how do we respond to pressure rather than the kind of leadership which should have been doing systemic work and prioritizing these issues all along."

"I understand that people feel like this is reactive," Kotlikoff responded. "I felt hearing about this, having much of this information come through for the first time, we ought to take some time." 

A then-undergraduate student identified only as Jane Doe made a complaint to campus police in November 2024, three weeks after the incident occurred, that she had been raped by a group of men at the Chi Phi fraternity house. She has filed a civil suit against the men and the university alleging that she had been drugged and raped.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is conducting an investigation into the incident, and Cornell is also conducting an internal probe of its response to the allegations.

All seven fraternity brothers named in the civil lawsuit have denied wrongdoing and no criminal charges have been filed in the case.

At Wednesday's meeting, faculty member Noah Tamarkin questioned Kotlikoff about why two of the students allegedly involved in the incident were still allowed to continue their education on campus.

"We've heard repeatedly from our students, both undergraduate and graduate, as well as our colleagues and other staff, that they don't feel safe with these men on campus," said Tamarkin. "Can you explain what is going on with this and speak directly to this problem of what a temporary suspension is meant to do if a student is found liable for rape?"

Kotlikoff defended the Title IX investigation that was launched following the alleged assault, and noted that Cornell, by law, could not release many of the details about the process. He also noted that those men were not found responsible for rape, according to the Title IX investigation. 

"That is due process in the way our process works," he said. "You may disagree with the outcome, I may disagree with the outcomes, but that is our process." 

Andrew Moisey, an associate professor, also raised concerns about the reputational harm that Cornell suffered because of the incident. 

"It feels like to me ... that Cornell's been in an abusive relationship with fraternities," he said.

"I really appreciate the sentiment of a lot of faculty and a lot of leadership of the university that has said to me, 'It's time for Greek life to go,'" Kotlikoff said. "I just think we have to all take a step and carefully study this issue. If, at the end of the day, fraternities cannot exist in a safe environment and we can't be convinced that they can be safe, then we should make that decision." 

Kotlikoff began his remarks by addressing the recent decision to suspend fraternity parties, arguing it was a necessary step to counter what he described as the Greek system's "monopoly of social activity for students."

"Much of the social activity occurs in private houses," Kotlikoff said. "We don't have full ability to be confident that what goes on in those houses is safe."

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Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, each pleaded not guilty Thursday to new charges accusing them of torturing people, including Americans, to help them cling to power.

Maduro, in a beige jail smock over a brown T-shirt and wearing glasses, greeted the audience with a wave and shook hands with his attorneys.

Asked how he pleaded to the charges contained in a superseding indictment, Maduro responded, "I reject this document in its entirety" and called the accusations of torture "false."

Maduro and his wife are scheduled to stand trial on June 14, 2027.

Federal prosecutors accused Maduro of conspiring with his wife to torture individuals who were held in Venezuelan prisons, according to a criminal indictment unsealed last week.

The indictment accused his government of torturing Americans because Maduro "assigned blame to the United States for the instability in Venezuela."

Federal prosecutors alleged Maduro "presided over this system of repression and torture" and his wife, Cilia Flores, is accused of helping him develop it.

"When Maduro became President of Venezuela in or about 2013, he authorized the use of torture against specific individuals and oversaw a system designed to use torture, military detention, and violence as a means of repression against the political opposition," the indictment alleged.

Maduro was charged by superseding indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit torture and Flores was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit torture and one count of narcoterrorism.

Both previously pleaded not guilty to narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges and maintained their innocence during their first court appearance in January, following their capture by U.S. forces in a military operation in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.

Maduro's lawyer argued in a court filing last month that the former president is immune from prosecution because he was the leader of a sovereign nation.

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The most recent inspection of Six Flags Over Georgia's Goliath roller coaster found no violations or deficiencies, the office responsible for the safety of amusement park rides in Georgia said Thursday, days after a man fatally fell from the ride.

"No violations, deficiencies, citations, or red tags were reported" during the March 16 inspection, the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire (OCI) in Georgia said in a statement.

ABC News has obtained the last three Goliath state inspection records, which confirm the ride passed inspection each year since 2024.

The Goliath roller coaster was taken out of service and "remains secured" amid the state's investigation into Monday's deadly incident, OCI said. Investigators and engineers are on site conducting an "in-depth examination of the ride, its operation, and records to determine the circumstances surrounding the tragedy and whether all applicable state safety requirements were followed," OCI said.

Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King said his department is conducting the investigation "with the urgency, diligence, and unwavering commitment to public safety that this tragedy demands."

"This is not an investigation in which we will cut corners, rush to conclusions, or leave questions unanswered without making every effort to resolve them," he said in a statement.

OCI said it will share its findings once the investigation is complete and "determine what further actions may be necessary under Georgia law."

The Goliath roller coaster will remain closed until the state's investigation is complete, OCI said, noting that it will "determine when, and under what conditions, the ride may be permitted to resume operation."

Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, 42, of Atlanta, was found dead after being "ejected" from the ride Monday afternoon, according to the Cobb County Police Department.

"Preliminary information gathered through witness and employee interviews indicates Kariem was ejected from the ride and struck other patrons before falling beneath the attraction," the Cobb County Police Department, which is also investigating the incident, said in a statement Tuesday.

The victim was found on a building inside the park and had "sustained fatal injuries," according to a Cobb County Police incident report.

Four children were injured in the incident, police said. They were all transported by ambulance to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, Cobb County Police said Wednesday, noting that no additional details are being released because they are minors.

Kariem was at the Six Flags park with several family members to celebrate his niece's birthday and was sitting beside his niece when he was ejected from the roller coaster, a relative told ABC News.

He worked for the Atlanta Public Schools and was a "cherished member" at Wesley International Academy, the school district said. He was the IT manager, a technology teacher and robotics coach at the school, where he had worked for over 12 years, Wesley International Academy said.

A Six Flags spokesperson said that the "park team and local authorities responded immediately, and we are cooperating fully with local authorities as they complete their investigation."

"We are deeply saddened by the guest incident at our park today," the spokesperson said in a statement on Monday. "Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with the guest's family, friends, and loved ones. We are also providing support to the guests and team members affected."

The Goliath roller coaster reaches an elevation of 200 feet and speeds up to 70 mph, according to the amusement park's website. The ride first opened in 2006 at the amusement park, located west of Atlanta in Austell.

The Six Flags spokesperson said that "out of an abundance of caution," the theme park company has "temporarily closed similar attractions across our parks."

In addition to the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, nine similar hypercoasters in six theme parks across North America are temporarily closed.

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The FBI, U.S. Capitol Police and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating "multiple letters containing suspicious substances that were mailed to various addresses nationwide, including multiple Congressional offices," according to a notice sent to Senate staff on Thursday and described to ABC News. 

Investigators didn't immediately disclose more details of the suspicious substances.

Federal law enforcement officers are working to intercept the letters, according to the notice.

The Senate Sargent at Arms warned in the notice that some letters could make it to congressional offices. 

The Senate Sargent at Arms recommended treating any suspicious letters with caution, and that suspicious letters contain multiple postage markings, according to the notice.

The Capitol Police referred ABC News to the FBI for comment. 

The FBI confirmed in a statement Thursday that it was working with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in a probe over "a series of suspicious mailings sent to various addresses nationwide, including Secretary of State offices and their related election offices."

Those mailings also "contained an unknown substance," according to the FBI.

"We are also working with our partners to identify the individual or individuals responsible for the letters. The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service will continue to safeguard the public and secure elections for American citizens," the FBI said in a statement. 

It is unclear whether these letters are connected to the letters recently sent to Secretaries of State's offices around the country.

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A 19-year-old Illinois man has been charged after an investigation into an alleged plan to carry out a mass shooting that may have targeted a Hindu place of worship in the Aurora area, police said.

Alexandros Paporakis of Palatine was arrested Sunday after the Palatine Police Department received information from the Mount Prospect Police Department about a potential mass shooting, according to a statement from Palatine police.

The information came from an individual who reported receiving "concerning electronic communications" from Paporakis, police said.

Authorities said Paporakis had shared a document allegedly outlining a plan for a mass shooting, along with images depicting a rifle, rifle magazines, body armor and other tactical equipment.

Officers from the Palatine and Mount Prospect police departments coordinated a response and took Paporakis into custody as he was leaving his residence in Palatine on Sunday evening, police said.

Authorities said they recovered a rifle, multiple loaded rifle magazines, hundreds of additional rounds of rifle ammunition, tactical equipment and other items during a search of his home after his arrest.

Investigators said that they also recovered a tactical vest containing body armor and a patch displaying imagery associated with white supremacist extremism.

In the days following his arrest, detectives reviewed electronic communications and examined a document attributed to Paporakis titled, "Why I Fought: A.K.A.: (Aurora Shooter's Manifesto)," which contained statements expressing white supremacist and extremist ideologies, including references to violence against people of South Asian heritage, particularly those of Indian descent, police said.

Based on information gathered during the investigation, detectives said they believe Paporakis may have been planning an attack on Oct. 11 that potentially targeted a Hindu place of worship in the Aurora area, though police said the specific intended location has not been confirmed and remained under investigation.

The Aurora Police Department was notified of the potential threat by Palatine and Mount Prospect police. Aurora police subsequently contacted Hindu places of worship in their jurisdiction to make them aware of the information, authorities said.

"The seriousness of this alleged threat cannot be overstated," Palatine Police Chief William Nord said in a statement, crediting the coordinated response by Palatine and Mount Prospect police with helping officers identify and take the suspect into custody. He also thanked the person who initially reported the information and the FBI for its assistance.

Paporakis has been charged with one count of making a terrorist threat, a class X felony, and one count of unlawful possession of a rifle with a barrel shorter than 16 inches, a class 3 felony, police said.

Paporakis appeared at a detention hearing Wednesday at the Cook County Third Municipal District Courthouse in Rolling Meadows, where a judge ordered him detained.

"The FBI aggressively works alongside our local and state law enforcement partners to identify, investigate, and dismantle any threats of violence driven by radical ideologies," FBI Chicago Special Agent in Charge Ryan Whalen said following the charging announcement by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

"Thanks to the swift action by the Palatine and Mount Prospect Police Departments, the subject was taken into custody without harm to our community," Whalen continued. "The FBI values these strong partnerships and will continue to use every law enforcement and prosecutorial resource available to bring any offender using fear or violence to justice."

Palatine police said that they are continuing to work closely with the FBI and that investigation remains active. Additionally, authorities have not identified any known ongoing threat to the public associated with this incident.

Paporakis’s next court appearance is set for Oct. 30 at 9 a.m. ET.

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The Cornell professor who introduced a no-confidence resolution condemning the school's leadership lambasted what he described as a "culture of fear" at the Ivy League school during Wednesday's faculty senate meeting, according to a copy of his remarks reviewed by ABC News. 

During the closed-door meeting, Paul Ortiz, a professor of labor history, criticized Cornell leadership for treating "rape as a 'PR problem,' rather than a heinous crime." 

"Most of the current and former students who have approached faculty to share their stories of being sexually assaulted at Cornell told have told us they were afraid to report these assaults because they felt that Cornell has often treated rape as a 'PR problem,' rather than a heinous crime," Ortiz said, according to the remarks. "This administration and previous administrations have created a climate or culture of fear that prevents many victims of sexual assault from coming forward to testify about being assaulted."

The meeting Wednesday comes a month after allegations of a "gang rape" at a campus fraternity shook the Ivy League school.

A then-undergraduate student identified only as Jane Doe made a complaint to campus police in November 2024, three weeks after the incident occurred, that she had been raped by a group of men at the Chi Phi fraternity house. Last month, she filed a civil suit against the men and the university alleging that she had been drugged and raped.

No criminal charges have been filed in the case, but an investigation by the New York attorney general is ongoing. All seven fraternity brothers named in the civil lawsuit have denied wrongdoing.

Faculty senators inside the room on Wednesday described a "heated debate" over the resolution, though the bulk of speakers appeared in favor of the resolution. 

Ortiz argued that "many students do not come forward because they understand that their ordeals will not be treated seriously by Cornell," and urged his fellow faculty senators to hold the school's leadership responsible. 

"This administration has chronically failed to address these core issues at the bottom of the Jane Doe case as well as hundreds of other untold stories of sexual assault and trauma at this university. This is the primary rationale for this resolution," he said, according to the remarks. 

The one-sentence resolution being debated reads: "The Faculty Senate has no confidence in the ability of the central administration to effectively address the ongoing crisis of sexual assault at Cornell University."

The resolution itself does not call for specific action -- such as demanding resignations or forcing policy changes -- and instead offers a broad condemnation of the school's response. 

While Ortiz applauded recent changes announced by Cornell leadership to address sexual violence on campus, he argued that the changes were too little too late. 

"For years, faculty who have expertise in the issues at hand ranging from student disciplinary procedures to mental health have begged this administration to let us help with these issues. Instead, we have been stonewalled by Cornell's increasingly top-down leadership. That the administration waited until the day before they might be held accountable in the faculty senate meeting today is appalling," he said. 

Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff addressed the faculty senate toward the beginning of the meeting to defend the school's recent measures addressing sexual assaults on campus. 

Ahead of the meeting Wednesday Kotlikoff announced additional measures to "strengthen campus safety, better support survivors, and begin addressing the social context of sexual violence at Cornell." 

The school vowed to add more staff to its Office of Civil Rights -- which conducts Title IX investigations -- as well as report allegations of sexual assault to the New York State Police during the school's review of its policies. 

Cornell also suspended all social events and parties held by fraternities while the school conducts a "review of fraternity life at Cornell to determine whether and how it can safely continue." 

In a video released earlier this month, Kotlikoff said the university "must do better" calling it a "defining moment" for the university and pledging to take "every step necessary to make Cornell an institution that leads not just in what we say about these issues, but in the work we do to address them."

Debate on the resolution is scheduled to continue during the faculty senate's next meeting on Oct 28. Voting will take place during the five days following that meeting. 

Cornell's faculty senate is a "governing body that supports faculty communication toward successful management of objectives for the University," according to the school. Academic titleholders at Cornell -- including professors, senior lecturers, librarians, archivists and others -- are eligible to be senators, who serve three-year terms. 

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Nearly a week after he was shot during an encounter with Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers in Manhattan, the man remains held at a detention center with the bullet still inside him, his attorneys alleged in a court filing Wednesday.

Oscar Belgal was shot Thursday in his car while his 5-year-old son was in the back seat, authorities said. Attorneys with the Legal Aid Society said in a habeas petition that the bullet is still "lodged in his neck" and he is only being given ibuprofen for the pain.

"With the bullet still lodged in his neck, the entire left side of Oscar's face remains numb. He struggles to hear anything out of his left ear, describing what he does hear as sounding as if it were far off in the distance," the petition said.

The 28-year-old Dominican national is allegedly being held in a segregated unit at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, as federal prosecutors seek to remove him from the country, according to the petition.

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting Belgal or transferring him outside of the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York or the District of New Jersey. A different judge ordered a similar block on Belgal's deportation last week.

In his order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Hector Gonzalez is also asking the government to explain why it believes Belgal warrants mandatory detention despite recent rulings, including one by the same judge, that limits the government’s ability to detain someone without bond or consideration of their individual circumstances. 

Belgal's attorneys contended ICE agents arrested Belgal without a warrant.

ICE did not immediately comment on the latest court filing from Belgal's attorneys.

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that Belgal, who they claim has "associations" with a gang and a criminal record, "weaponized his vehicle," when ICE agents tried to box him in with their vehicles during the arrest. Belgal denies having involvement with the gang and his attorneys say ICE has not provided any evidence?

Surveillance footage shows Belgal parked in his SUV when two officers in plainclothes approach him with guns drawn.

It is not immediately clear what the two armed men were saying to Belgal.

Belgal is seen reversing and then driving out of the parking spot as one of the armed men punches the driver's side window and breaks the glass. He is seen driving off.

In their petition, Belgal's attorneys provided more details about what they claim happened during that confrontation. They said their client had picked up his 5-year-old son from school Thursday afternoon and then took him to a McDonald's for an after-school snack.

When they arrived home, Belgal noticed he was parking in front of a hydrant and started to back up before pulling forward, the petition said. 

It was at that moment that a "masked man stormed" his driver-side window with his weapon drawn, and other masked agents surrounded the vehicle, the petition said. 

"[W]ithout identifying himself, the first man struck and shattered Oscar's window and began firing a pistol into Oscar's car while his son cowered in the back seat," the petition said.

The shooting sparked outrage from many New Yorkers and elected officials, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani who called on the federal government to remove ICE from the city.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin pushed back against Mamdani during a news conference Friday and slammed the city's sanctuary cities policies.

ABC News' Luke Barr contributed to this report.

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Authorities searched the Pennsylvania home of a family at the center of a double homicide at a Poconos resort as they tried to find a motive for why a woman allegedly killed her husband and 3-year-old son before trying to take her own life, according to court filings.

The "violent domestic tragedy" unfolded on Monday in a room at the Great Wolf Lodge in Scotrun, Pocono Township, officials said.

Police responding to a call for a suicidal caller found the two victims -- Charles Harrison and his son -- dead on mattresses, according to the criminal complaint. Harrison had been stabbed multiple times in the chest, while his son, identified in the complaint as T.H., appeared to have a single stab wound to his chest, according to the complaint.

The 911 caller -- identified in the complaint as 27-year-old Metallica Rose Harrison of Towanda -- was charged with two counts of homicide in connection with the deaths, according to the complaint.

On the 911 call, she allegedly reported that she was "too weak to stab my neck" and that she had knives but they were "not working" and needed "help dying," according to the complaint. When asked if she was alone, she allegedly said that "my husband and son are already gone in the bed," and, "They're already gone, I'm sorry."

A "large butcher kitchen knife" and a smaller knife were found in the bathroom, according to the complaint. Resort staff confirmed that the knives, which had teal handles, did not belong to the lodge, according to the complaint.

The family had been staying at the family resort since Sept. 21 and, after extending their stay, were slated to check out on Tuesday, according to the complaint.

Instead, officers responded to the family's home in Towanda that day searching for evidence that, according to the search warrant application, "may reveal valuable evidence relating to the motive for this incident as well as recover evidence connecting the knife used at the crime scene to other items" at the home.

"It is common for individuals in these scenarios to document their homicidal and suicidal ideation's via hand writings or electronics prior to, during and after the act has taken place," the application stated.

Officers were additionally seeking financial information and insight into why the family had left their home and had been staying at the resort for the past three weeks, according to the application.

Police ultimately seized nearly a dozen "teal knives" from the home, as well as a safe, a journal, a financial notebook, a laptop and other items, according to a court filing on the inventory.

Amid the investigation, the victims' family members described the suspect to police as "dominant" and "controlling" and that she had "isolated" them from the father and son, according to the search warrant application. One family member also claimed that Harrison was "resentful" toward her son because she "never wanted to get pregnant" and had made statements about the toddler "taking away one-on-one time between her and Charles," according to the application.

Harrison was denied bail during her arraignment on Tuesday, police said. She is in custody awaiting a preliminary hearing scheduled for Oct. 21. The online court docket does not list any attorney information for her at this time.

The Great Wolf Lodge said the resort was "cooperating fully with local law enforcement as they conduct their investigation."

"We are deeply saddened and heartbroken by a tragic domestic incident that occurred yesterday in a guest room at our resort in the Pocono Mountains," the company said in a statement on Tuesday. "Our thoughts are with the family and loved ones of those affected."

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A person of interest has been identified in an alleged sexual assault that took place at a fraternity near the University of Chicago, according to university officials.

"The individual is not a University of Chicago student or affiliated with the University. The University banned him from campus," the university wrote in a statement Tuesday.

At around 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, a woman not affiliated with the university reported that she was sexually assaulted during a party at a fraternity house, according to the university.

An individual was interviewed about the assault, and the suspect fled the house, according to the university.

"The University's public notice about the report of sexual assault the day it happened encouraged others with knowledge of the events to help identify a suspect. This identification has been corroborated by key witness statements and video evidence from University cameras and license plate readers, all of which has been shared with CPD by the Department of Safety & Security," the university said in a statement.

Cameras in the area showed an individual fitting the description running from the house, according to the university.

The university said it would not release the name of the person of interest as the Chicago Police Department's investigation continues.

University police arranged for the alleged victim to be transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she received care and university police contacted the Chicago Police Department, the university said.

"This is deeply concerning for the University community. The safety and well-being of our students and all who come to our community is our highest priority. Many people at the University are working to support the victim and assist CPD in its response," the university said in a statement Sunday.

"While fraternities are not Recognized Student Organizations at UChicago and thus have no formal affiliation with the University, all University students are subject to University policies and disciplinary procedures. The University remains committed to addressing sexual misconduct cases that occur, to imposing disciplinary consequences as warranted, and to continually improving efforts to prevent sexual misconduct," the university said.

In a statement to ABC7 Chicago, Alpha Epsilon Pi Headquarters said it has been working with the chapter since it became aware of the incident and is cooperating with university administration and local law enforcement on its investigations.

The chapter has been told not to hold any events or programs while the investigation continues, according to ABC7.

"Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity unconditionally opposes, and its conditions of membership absolutely prohibit, any conduct considered as "sexual harassment" or "sexual assault." This includes such behaviors as repeated propositioning, coercive pressure, unwanted touching and physical violence," the fraternity said in a statement to ABC7.

The Chicago Police Department and Alpha Epsilon Pi did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

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Cornell University’s faculty senate on Wednesday will begin deliberating a no-confidence resolution to condemn the school’s response to sexual violence on campus. 

One month after allegations of a “gang rape” at a campus fraternity shook the Ivy League school, the resolution, if adopted, could mark the clearest repudiation of Cornell’s leadership since the controversy began. 

“We're saying we have no confidence in how the administration has handled this. It is a crisis. It's a long-term systemic problem. Jane Doe's case is significant, but it is not nearly the only case like this,” Iris Packman, a faculty senator, told ABC News. 

Cornell University’s president and provost are scheduled to address the faculty senate and take questions before the debate begins, and the formal vote on the resolution is set to take place later this month. 

“What we are wanting is real effective leadership, not just reactive responses by the central administration,” said Professor Risa Lieberwitz, another member of the faculty senate. 

What does the resolution call for?

Cornell’s faculty senate is debating adopting a one-sentence resolution that reads, “The Faculty Senate has no confidence in the ability of the central administration to effectively address the ongoing crisis of sexual assault at Cornell University.” 

“The key point to understand is that scores of students, staff, faculty and alumni have approached the sponsors of the resolution to emphasize to us that the Jane Doe case is but the tip of the iceberg,” Professor Paul Ortiz, the lead sponsor for the resolution, told ABC News via email. 

According to Packman, approximately 150 faculty members have signaled their support for the resolution, and the measure was co-sponsored by a dozen members of the faculty senate. For the resolution to pass, the measure would need support from a majority of the faculty senate. 

Cornell’s faculty senate is a “governing body that supports faculty communication toward successful management of objectives for the University,” according to the school. Academic titleholders at Cornell -- including professors, senior lecturers, librarians, archivists and others -- are eligible to be senators, who serve three-year terms. 

The resolution itself does not call for specific action -- such as demanding resignations or forcing policy changes -- and instead offers a broad condemnation of the school’s response. 

“I think it's important that we did not specifically call for [the] resignations of anybody. We are not saying XYZ administrators need to leave, but these ones are okay. We're saying we don't have confidence in the way that they are handling this, and we don't have confidence that they are going to effectively address it going forward,” said Packman, one of the co-sponsors of the resolution.

What is scheduled to take place on Wednesday?

The bulk of Wednesday’s meeting is centered on remarks and presentations from Cornell’s leadership, according to the meeting agenda. 

Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff and Provost Kavita Bala are scheduled to deliver remarks and answer questions before members of the school’s Sexual Assault Task Force address the group. Cornell’s director of sexual harassment and assault response is also set to address the senators before taking questions. The final 30 minutes of the 90-minute meeting is scheduled to begin debate of the resolution. 

Cornell’s dean of faculty is also set to address the body to read an “expressive activity statement.” Past faculty senate meetings have not begun with that kind of statement, according to Professor Lieberwitz, and the purpose and content of those remarks are not clear. 

Cornell finalized its “expressive activity policy” last year in the aftermath of campus protests. It allows the school to restrict speech if it “disrupts essential operations necessary for the teaching, research, patient care, or residential campus missions of the university.”

“A zealous commitment to freedom of expression does not mean that anyone can say anything they like, whenever and however they like,” the policy says. 

Packman argued that the statement may have a “chilling effect on faculty speech” by discouraging some speakers, particularly senators who do not have the protections afforded by tenure. 

“If we're having a statement read telling us what we can and can't say and how we can and can't say it before we even engage in that debate, that is a significant overstep and restriction on our speech,” she said. 

When is the vote scheduled to take place?

Deliberations over the resolution are set to take place on Wednesday, as well as a meeting on Oct. 28, according to the resolution. 

Voting on the resolution is scheduled to take place after the October 28 meeting and last for five days. The voting will take place online, according to organizers.

Will the meeting be recorded?

Cornell University is prohibiting photography or video recording of Wednesday's meeting. Only individuals with Cornell ID will be allowed to enter the auditorium where the meeting will take place. 

According to organizers, a recording of the meeting will be released by Cornell later this week. 

What measures did Cornell announce on Tuesday?

Wednesday’s meeting comes on the heels of an announcement by President Kotlikoff about measures to “strengthen campus safety, better support survivors, and begin addressing the social context of sexual violence at Cornell.” 

Cornell suspended all social events and parties held by fraternities while the school conducts a “review of fraternity life at Cornell to determine whether and how it can safely continue.” 

The school also vowed to add more staff to its Office of Civil Rights -- which conducts Title IX investigations -- as well as report allegations of sexual assault to the New York State Police during the school’s review of its policies. 

“We are working with the New York State Police to allow their experienced, trauma-informed criminal investigators, who are independent of Cornell University, to investigate allegations of sexual assault on campus. These individuals will interview survivors who elect to pursue criminal charges and will prepare comprehensive investigative summaries for the appropriate law enforcement agency,” the statement said. 

Kotlikoff also vowed to implement changes proposed by Cornell’s Presidential Task Force on Sexual Assault, as well as “re-form and re-focus” that entity to examine “opportunities for safe and healthy social engagement and further ways to reduce risks.” 

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After a former student alleged she was gang raped at a fraternity house on campus in 2024, Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff announced on Tuesday that all parties and social events at fraternity houses are suspended for the rest of year while the university considers whether fraternity life can continue at the Ivy League school.

The announcement comes as the faculty prepares to consider a vote of no confidence for the university administration.

In a statement announcing "measures to strengthen campus safety" Kotlikoff said that any fraternity that hosts an in-house party will receive an emergency suspension.

"These measures will provide time for a thorough review of fraternity life at Cornell to determine whether and how it can safely continue," Kotlikoff said.

A then-undergraduate student identified only as Jane Doe made a complaint to campus police in November 2024, three weeks after the incident occurred, that she had been raped by a group of men at the Chi Phi fraternity house. She has filed a civil suit against the men and the university alleging that she had been drugged and raped.

"I am deeply sorry for the harm Jane Doe suffered in 2024, and appalled that this act of sexual violence occurred within our Cornell community," Kotlikoff said Tuesday. "It is clear that women on our campus continue to question whether they are safe. We must meet this moment by acknowledging where we have fallen short and taking meaningful action."

No criminal charges have been filed in the case, but an investigation by the New York attorney general is ongoing. All seven fraternity brothers named in the civil lawsuit have denied wrongdoing.

Kotlikoff also announced that Cornell is adding to the number of staff members assigned to help individuals who report sexual misconduct, and is engaging the New York State Police to investigate sex assault allegations.

The university's faculty is expected to begin deliberating a resolution of no confidence Wednesday. A vote is expected later this month.

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A Department of Homeland Security official said Tuesday that unaccompanied migrant children are being offered $3,000 to self-deport.

The official told ABC News that minors who are in government custody, are 14 years or older, and have no gang affiliation are eligible for the stipend.

A spokesperson said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin is "leading efforts to rescue these children and stop their exploitation."

Last year, the Department of Homeland Security offered minors $2,500 to voluntarily leave the country as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

One legal service provider told ABC News that DHS began offering the $3,000 incentive earlier this month. Attorneys and advocates say the tactic comes as the Trump administration increasingly targets unaccompanied children for deportation.

The federal government recently assembled a team of government attorneys to represent migrant children in court after the administration cut ties with a number of immigration advocacy groups that had previously provided those services.

Immigration advocacy groups have raised concerns about the initiative, arguing that the same government seeking to deport the minors under the administration's immigration crackdown should not be representing them in court.

A DHS spokesperson told ABC News, "Many of the children who came across the border unaccompanied were allowed to be placed with sponsors who were smugglers and sex traffickers."

"Unlike the previous administration, President Trump and DHS take the responsibility to protect children seriously and will continue to work with federal, state, and local law enforcement to reunite children with their families," the spokesperson said.

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Immediately after a person was killed and others were hurt while riding the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday, Six Flags announced it temporarily shut down nine similar hypercoasters in six theme parks across North America.

"The safety of our guests and associates remains one of our highest priorities," Six Flags said in a statement Monday.

The coasters closed include Nitro in Great Adventure; Raging Bull in Great America; Behemoth and Leviathan in Canada's Wonderland; Goliath in Magic Mountain; Fury 325 and Thunder Striker in Carowinds; and Orion and Diamondback in Kings Island.

Some of these coasters exceed 90 miles per hour and stand more than 300 feet, according to Six Flags.

All but one of the coasters were manufactured by roller coaster design company Bolliger & Mabillard, which has designed coasters for many Six Flags parks and other amusement parks around the world since 1988.

The Swiss-based company said in a statement to ABC News Tuesday that it was "actively investigating the incident," and declined to comment "further until we have a better understanding of what happened."

"We are deeply saddened by this tragic accident. Our thoughts are with the family and those affected," Bolliger & Mabillard said.

The Goliath coaster at Magic Mountain was manufactured by the now defunct Swiss-based company Giovanola. 

A hypercoaster, as defined by Six Flags, "generally refers to steel roller coasters over 200 feet (61 meters) tall that prioritize airtime and speed over inversions. They often feature large camelback hills designed to maximize weightlessness."

Raging Bull is the oldest of the closed coasters, opening at Great America in Illinois in 1999, seven years before Goliath opened, according to the park.

Six Flags touted the ride as the "world's first hyper-twister roller coaster," with a 202-foot drop and speeds of 73 miles per hour.

Orion in the Ohio-based Kings Island is the newest ride, debuting in the summer of 2020, according to Six Flags. The ride is 5,321 feet long with a 300-foot drop and a max speed of 91 miles per hour, the park says.

Fury 325 is the longest, fastest and tallest of the closed rides, according to Six Flags.

The coaster, part of the North Carolina Carowinds park, has a top speed of 95 miles per hour, a length of 6,600 feet and a peak height of 325 feet, Six Flags said.

ABC News' Jason Volack contributed to this report.

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Lawyers for one of the men named in a civil lawsuit brought by a former Cornell University student who alleged she was sexually assaulted at a school fraternity in 2024 is asking a New York judge to impose a gag order in the case, arguing the publicity surrounding the case risks tainting potential jurors. 

Attorneys for Diego Sarabia on Monday asked for "narrowly tailored restrictions" that would prevent lawyers and parties in the civil case from commenting on the allegations outside of court.

"Since this action began, Plaintiff's counsel has repeatedly addressed the merits through widely disseminated media statements," the motion said. "These statements present disputed allegations and interpretations of evidence to the public before discovery and trial."

A then-undergraduate student identified only as Jane Doe made a complaint to campus police in November 2024, three weeks after the incident occurred, that she had been raped by a group of men at the Chi Phi fraternity house. She has filed a civil suit against the men and the university alleging that she had been drugged and raped.

No criminal charges have been filed, but an investigation by the New York attorney general is ongoing.

The case has rocked the university and started conversations about treatment of alleged sexual assault on college campuses across the country.

James Knox, an attorney for Sarabia, argued that a gag order would limit "possible juror prejudice" and prevent the potential release of sensitive information that could lead to " threats, doxing, intimidation, and extrajudicial contact." Knox also submitted to the court a list of what he described as "prejudicial statements" made by Thomas Giuffra, an attorney for Jane Doe.

"Plaintiff's counsel has been trying his case in the media since filing the lawsuit," the motion alleged. "A full cataloguing of the media tour he has engaged in would be far lengthier than necessary to establish the potential risks these statements are incurring upon the fair administration of justice in this case and upon the parties."

In a statement responding to the motion, Giuffra said, "The Defense has tried to rebut the claims in this case by engaging in a wholesale leaking of confidential documents, giving interviews calling Ms. Doe's story into question and calling her lawsuit immoral. These attempts to shift the narrative have not been successful."

"The Defense is now attempting to silence me and Ms. Doe because we have been so successful in rebutting their ineffectual attempts to undermine her story," the statement said. "Truth always wins out."

Sarabia is accused in the lawsuit of grabbing and kissing Jane Doe before "pouring lines of Ketamine all over her body and snorting them." He has denied wrongdoing, and according to Cornell documents reviewed by ABC News, he previously argued that the interaction was consensual.

Last week, a member of the Marine Corps who shares the same name as one of the defendants in the case asked the court to restrict some of the filings in the case because he and his family have been the subject of "continued and ongoing harassment, including death threats from members of the public."

Judge Phaedra Perry-Bond agreed to seal some of the filings on Friday, condemning what she described as "misguided vigilantism."

"This Court strongly condemns the reported acts of threats and doxing, which can only be characterized as brash, reckless, and ultimately dangerous internet vigilantism, " the judge wrote. "Our society has developed procedures and legal mechanisms over the course of centuries to ensure justice and due process are afforded to all. When certain actors decide to work outside those robust and developed frameworks, innocent people often get hurt. That is precisely what has happened here."

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One person died and several others were injured in an "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags amusement park in Georgia, authorities said.

The incident occurred at Six Flags Over Georgia in Cobb County shortly before 4 p.m. Monday, according to police.

"Officers assigned to the park, along with uniformed patrol officers, responded to the scene," the Cobb County Police Department said in a statement. "Detectives with our Major Crimes Unit are responding to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident."

Police did not release any further details on the incident.

Distraught witnesses described the horrific incident to a local station, saying they saw a man fall from the amusement park's Goliath roller coaster and hit the ride several times, and that the fall was captured on their souvenir pictures.

Riders on the Goliath were seen being evacuated off the roller coaster on Monday, after it stopped near the top of the ride.

A Six Flags spokesperson said that the "park team and local authorities responded immediately, and we are cooperating fully with local authorities as they complete their investigation."

"We are deeply saddened by the guest incident at our park today," the spokesperson said in a statement. "Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with the guest's family, friends, and loved ones. We are also providing support to the guests and team members affected."

The spokesperson said it has "temporarily closed similar attractions across our parks."

The spokesperson added that they will not be releasing additional information at this time "out of respect for the family's privacy."

Six Flags Over Georgia is located in Austell, west of Atlanta. The Goliath roller coaster reaches an elevation of 200 feet and speeds up to 70 mph, according to the amusement park's website. The ride first opened in 2006.

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On the night of Christa Pike's botched execution, when 911 callers called for medical assistance, there appeared to be some confusion between them and first responders, according to a transcript and audio recording of the calls.

"We've been carrying out an execution tonight. We've administered 10 grams of pentobarbital. The person is not yet deceased. That started approximately 1 hour ago. And we're calling for an ambulance," an individual who called from the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville said, according to a transcript of the first 911 call released by the Metro Nashville Emergency Communications Center.

The call came in at 8:40 p.m. CT on Sept. 30, according to the transcript.

During the call, the dispatcher asked for a code to confirm that the call was verified, but the caller said they didn’t have one. "How do they not have a code?” the dispatcher asked.

Other calls from that night showed Metro Nashville Emergency Communications Center personnel working to confirm the incident, following the initial 911 call.

One woman from the center reached out to Tennessee Department of Correction Central Control around 9 p.m. CT, saying she was trying to verify the "failed execution."

"We have responders that are standing by," the woman said, according to audio of the call. "We're just trying to verify."

The person at Central Command responded that no one from their facility called.

At 9:08 p.m. CT, one of Pike's attorneys — Kelly Gleason with the Tennessee Office of the Post Conviction Defender — called 911 requesting "immediate life-saving care," according to the Metro Nashville Emergency Communications Center.

Three minutes later, an individual with the Metro Nashville Emergency Communications Center called Tennessee Highway Patrol dispatch requesting that a trooper respond so that EMS personnel at the scene could enter the prison. The caller reported that someone at the prison's front gate told EMS "to come in because they need the ambulance and that this is an actual thing that's happening, and not someone that's like swatting," but that EMS could not enter without an officer on scene.

During the initial 911 call, when asked by the dispatcher if Pike was breathing normally, the caller said, "No. The breathing is very labored and slow," according to the transcript.

Asked if there was any chest pain, the caller said, "I don't know. The person is not conscious," according to the transcript.

In her 911 call, Pike’s attorney reported that Pike was "still alive and breathing, and needs immediate life-saving care," according to audio of the call.

Pike was "not awake, and she was snoring," Gleason said in the call.

The dispatcher said that they were working on getting Tennessee Highway Patrol to the prison.

The first 911 call was determined to be exempt from public release under Tennessee law, according to the Metro Nashville Emergency Communications Center, which said in a statement that it has "made a good-faith effort to provide additional information by preparing a written account of the initial call based on a review of the audio recording."

Pike, the lone woman on Tennessee's death row, was initially on a ventilator following the execution attempt before regaining consciousness nearly a week later, her attorneys said. She has since been released from the hospital and transferred back to prison, her attorneys said Saturday.

Pike was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.

She is the first person reported to have survived lethal injection after being given medications, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, whose executive director referred to the failed attempt as "the worst we've ever seen and unlike any other botched execution in the modern era."

Pike's attorneys raised concerns about her execution in the months leading up to it, arguing the medications used in the execution carried a huge risk of pain and suffering. They said she suffered burns on her arms from the pentobarbital and was having cognitive issues upon regaining consciousness following the botched execution.

Pike's attorneys have called on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to commute her sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Lee ordered a temporary halt to scheduled executions in the state following Pike's botched execution and Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada announced his resignation earlier this month.

The governor's office said it appointed former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton to conduct an independent review of the Tennessee Department of Correction's execution attempt that "will seek to determine whether the protocol was followed and consider whether additional recommendations are necessary to ensure the State's protocol continues to be lawful and effective."

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An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip in an unsolved murder case to a Philadelphia Police Department website, the company and police officials said.

In a detailed report released to the public, the tech company said its Claude Haiku 4.5 AI model submitted the fabricated tip over the summer to the police department's unsolved murders page.

"Unsolved cases involve real victims, grieving families and investigators working to secure answers. Technology companies must take all appropriate steps necessary to prevent their systems from submitting false information to law enforcement," the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) said in a statement.

The police officials said the incident occurred at 11:27 p.m. local time on July 18 and that the tip purportedly came "from someone who might have information about the case."

"I may have information regarding this case. I recall seeing someone matching the description in the area around [the street named on the page] during that same time period. Please contact me if this information is relevant," the Claude Haiku 4.5 AI model wrote on a form it submitted to the website, according to Anthropic's statement.

The police department said the tip was flagged as spam and was never forwarded to homicide investigators. Officials did not explain why the tip went to spam.

The PPD said it didn't know about the false tip until Oct. 7, when Anthropic notified the department about the incident. Anthropic told the PPD that it discovered the incident on Sept. 28, according to the police department's statement.

Anthropic said it also notified the White House about the incident.

Unrelated to the false tip incident, President Donald Trump gathered the nation's top tech leaders in September, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, for a meeting in which they signed what the president called "constitution" to police themselves amid dire warnings from AI leaders about the technology. Trump said the self-policing agreement is "morally binding."

"The City of Philadelphia takes this incident very seriously. The company must strengthen its safeguards to prevent similar incidents from impacting city systems without the city's knowledge," the PPD's statement said. "The two-month delay in detecting and reporting the incident to the City is unacceptable."

Anthropic, according to its report released on Friday, said the Claude Haiku 4.5 made the false report while it was "generating and performing example tasks on randomly selected webpages."

"Claude was instructed never to log in, create accounts, enter personal data, make purchases, or submit anything destructive, but the instructions did not rule out form submissions," Anthropic said in its report.

The PPD did not disclose which unsolved homicide Anthropic's AI model submitted the tip on.

Anthropic's acknowledgement came after the company disclosed earlier this year that its review of cybersecurity transcripts found three incidents "in which a Claude model researched the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environment, and then gained unauthorized access to the real systems of three different organizations."

The false police tip was made around the same time an OpenAI autonomous AI agent allegedly accessed the computer systems of the AI start-up firm Hugging Face without authorization during a cybersecurity test. That incident prompted a lawsuit filed against OpenAI by the Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology (LASST), a nonprofit artificial intelligence safety group.

"Hugging Face was a serious incident and we've taken a series of actions in response to it, but this lawsuit is completely without merit," Drew Pusateri, a spokesperson for OpenAI, told ABC News last month.

Anthropic downplayed the incident involving the false police tip, saying in its report that it and the others it has identified "had minimal real-world impact."

The PPD said the safeguards it has in place limited the impact of the incident.

"The department's regular investigative process for crime tips requires human review and vetting before any tips are disseminated for investigative follow-up," the police department said.

The PPD added, "Regardless of who submits information or how it reaches the department, a tip is a lead to assess -- not an established fact. Investigators evaluate its credibility and seek corroborating evidence. An automated submission does not bypass that process."

Anthropic said it has ended the testing process that led to the false police tip and has taken additional steps to improve its security and monitoring measures to "reliably catch behaviors like these."

The company released its updated model -- Claude Haiku 5.5 -- on Oct. 7, the same day it notified PDD about the false tip.

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Multiple people were seen dropping into a Manhattan manhole early Sunday morning, according to police, marking yet another incident in recent weeks involving people entering or exiting manholes across New York City.

Police are searching for three men seen entering a manhole on West 141st Street, in New York City's Hamilton Heights neighborhood, shortly before 1 a.m. on Sunday, New York Police Department sources told ABC News.

By the time police arrived, the men were gone, the sources said.

The manhole incident follows a separate incident just days earlier on Oct. 9, when police say four men and a woman were spotted emerging from a manhole on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The group drove away in a black SUV and left behind shovels and other tools, according to police sources.

Police believe these urban scavengers pose no threat and instead are looking for valuables dropped or swept away after it rains.

The events over the weekend follow similar recent instances of individuals seen entering or exiting the manholes found across New York City streets.

Last month, in a separate incident, police arrested two individuals in connection with a sighting of people climbing out of a manhole near a hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stayed briefly during the U.N. General Assembly in September.

The NYPD and federal agents conducted additional sweeps of the area out of an abundance of caution given the U.N. General Assembly and the proximity to Netanyahu's hotel, but nothing suspicious was found.  

The same week, on Friday, Sept. 25, police said three men were spotted climbing out of the sewer at Bay Ridge Parkway and 17th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, at 4:34 a.m.

The manhole was closed by the time police arrived.

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