Jury Delivers Split Verdict + New Vehicles for EMS

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Samantha Friedlander, your host of the Mobile Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 85 Low: 70.

Here are the top stories today in Mobile:

1. Late on Wednesday morning, the jury came back with a split verdict in a federal trial of the accused Mobile cop killer Marco Perez from a 2019 shooting. Perez was faced with four charges, the most serious of which was obstructing justice by killing a witness, Officer Sean Tuder. He was found guilty on two of the four charges. (AL.com)
2. The Mobile County Commission has given $312,000 to the Mobile County Emergency Services to allow for the purchases of new four-wheel drive vehicles to aid in emergencies. With these new vehicles, the Rescue Squad will be able to provide faster response times for emergencies in hard-to-reach places. Each vehicle will be stocked with all of the same life-saving equipment and devices that are on ambulances and will be staffed with advanced life support medics. (FOX10 News)
3. Bienville Bites is going to be offering their haunted food tours during the month of October to celebrate the spooky side of Mobile history. (FOX10 News)
4. William Carroll is returning to the Mobile City Council after winning a highly unusual runoff race against recently deceased incumbent, Levon Manzie. (AL.com)
5. A Mobile family is still seeking justice three years after a mother of two, Angelisha Jones, was shot and killed. (NBC 15 WPMI)

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— Samantha Friedlander

About me: Samantha Friedlander is an avid reader and writer who loves storytelling. She is a freelance writer for the content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. She has a dual degree in English and Psychology.