Anti-violence protest leads to arrests
CHICAGO -- Police arrested a dozen people as well as the organizer of an anti-violence protest that sought to shut down part of an expressway near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Labor Day.
Live television reports Monday showed the Rev. Gregory Livingston speaking calmly to an Illinois State Police trooper as other protesters and dozens of other troopers stood nearby.
When the trooper explained to Livingston that he would be arrested if he didn't leave an area close to the expressway, Livingston responded politely: "Arrest me." The trooper tapped him on the shoulder before leading him away. Authorities have not said if he will be charged.
Earlier in the day, as several dozen protesters gathered, Livingston told reporters that he wanted to highlight the inequities in the nation's third-largest city. Poverty and a lack of investment in minority neighborhoods underpinned much of the deadly violence, he said.
"What we're trying to do is end the tale of two cities in Chicago," he said. "We think that so much of this violence is generated by Chicago's legacy of segregation."
Troopers successfully blocked access to Interstate 90, also known as the Kennedy Expressway, and no protesters appeared to reach it. The demonstrators had planned to march westbound on the interstate for about a mile.
Illness spurs Pennsylvania jail lockdown
PITTSBURGH -- Authorities said a western Pennsylvania jail is on lockdown after almost a dozen employees became ill from an unknown substance.
Allegheny County officials said nine corrections officers and two medical personnel have been sickened since about 10 p.m. Sunday by some kind of odor or substance at the Allegheny County jail.
County spokesman Amie Downs said all employees were taken to a hospital for evaluation and were released.
Officials said the jail will be locked down until further notice. Staff members are interviewing inmates and plan searches to determine the cause. County police are also investigating.
State corrections officials said earlier that the cause of similar symptoms that prompted lockdowns at a number of facilities is believed to have been a clear, odorless chemical known as synthetic marijuana.
Gunman shot at California racetrack
SAN DIEGO -- A man who was told there were no more tickets available for an Ice Cube concert at a California racetrack was shot by a sheriff's deputy after the man fired a gun into a crowd, authorities said.
The man, identified Monday as 22-year-old Daniel Elizarraras of Escondido, pulled the gun during an argument at the ticket window at Del Mar Fairgrounds Sunday and fired several shots, the San Diego County sheriff's office said in a statement.
Deputies returned fire, the statement said.
Elizarraras was taken to a hospital where he is listed in stable condition, sheriff's Lt. Rich Williams said.
The racetrack tweeted less than an hour after the shooting that the situation had been contained. The concert took place as planned.
A video of the shooting that was posted on Twitter records the sounds of several shots being fired before a man falls to the ground.
Two deputies appear to holster their guns as one shouts at a gathering crowd to "get back, get back, get back." Passing concertgoers can be heard shouting expletives after the shooting.
In a broadcast of the track's final race of the day that was posted on Twitter, an announcer can be heard saying, "There's gunfire at the track," as horses move along the turf course, the Union-Tribune reported.
Body of 1 of 4 missing boaters found
MOABI REGIONAL PARK, Calif. -- The body of a California woman who was among four people missing after two boats crashed on the Colorado River was found Monday, authorities said.
Christine Lewis, 51, of Visalia, was discovered in a section of the river along the California-Arizona border, Mohave County sheriff's office spokesman Anita Mortensen said.
Lewis was among more than a dozen people ejected from the boats in the crash Saturday night.
A search continued for two other women and one man.
A recreational boat carrying 10 people and another vessel with six people on board collided head-on along the well-traveled stretch of the river, the office said.
Both boats sank, and passing boaters pulled crash victims from the water. Nine people were injured, with two in critical condition, authorities said.
The cause of the crash is being investigated.
None of the boaters was wearing a life jacket, which isn't required but is recommended by authorities, Mohave County Sheriff Doug Shuster said.
-- Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports.
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