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🌱 Pecan Street Shooting + Woman Shoots, Kills Pitbull In Attack
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Morning, neighbors! Sammi Caramela here with a fresh Mobile Daily.
First, today's weather:
Mostly cloudy and warmer. High: 75 Low: 69.
Here are the top stories in Mobile today:
- Mobile police officers responded to the 1300 block of Pecan Street in reference to shots fired on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at approximately 1:07 p.m. Upon arrival, police officers discovered Thaddeus Williams, 38, suffering from a gunshot wound; he was pronounced deceased on the scene. (Press Release Desk)
- A Mobile woman says she was forced to shoot and kill a loose Pitbull that was attacking her dog. Tatyna Rayford says she watched in horror as a Pitbull lunged after her nine-month-old Shih-Tzu. Rayford says she fired her 9mm handgun she carries and shot the Pitbull, which died as a result. (NBC 15 WPMI)
- Another Mobile County couple is suing the Center for Reproductive Medicine. They allege the local fertility clinic lost their embryos in storage. (Lagniappe)
- Three people escaped from a mobile home that caught on fire on Schillinger Road in west Mobile. (WKRG News 5)
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— Sammi Caramela
About me: Assistant Managing Editor at Lightning Media Partners and author of "Some Place Like Home."