Florida Sentinel Bulletin

JACKSONVILLE, FL – Jacksonville resident Michael Dunn, 45, is suspected of killing Jordan Davis, 17, after shooting into the SUV carrying the teen.

Dunn and his girlfriend were reportedly returning from his son’s wedding when they pulled into Gate Gas Station.

Davis and several other teens (two 17-year-olds and an 18 year-old) were sitting in an SUV playing music. Dunn, apparently had a problem with the volume, told the teens to turn the music down, leading him and Davis — who was sitting in the backseat — to exchange words. Dunn produced a weapon and began firing into the vehicle.

Jordan Davis, a 17-year-old Wolfson High School student, was shot a couple of times, police said.

Investigators said Dunn’s girlfriend had gone into the store to buy something at the time and was inside when the shooting happened.

The winning numbers for the record Powerball jackpot were drawn Wednesday night. The numbers are 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball 6. The jackpot rose to $579.9 million by the time of the drawing.

The richest Powerball jackpot ever — and the second-largest top prize in U.S. lottery history — has been won. The question now becomes: Who are the lucky winners waking up to new lives as multimillionaires?

Powerball officials said early Thursday morning that tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri matched all six numbers to win the record $579.9 million jackpot.

The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6.

GEORGIA — A Valdosta State University freshman’s parents are distraught after finding out about her death on Facebook.

Jasmine Benjamin, 17, was found dead in her dorm’s common study room area. Valdosta Police did not suspect foul play at first, but the case has since turned into a homicide investigation because of suspicions that her body was moved.

Benjamin’s mother, Judith, and her stepfather, James, told the local station that university officials never notified them about their daughter’s death. Instead, they learned about it from a friend’s Facebook post.

James said police told him her death went unnoticed for 12 hours because her fellow students thought she was just sleeping on the study room couch.

CAIRO — An Egyptian court convicted in absentia Wednesday seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor,  Terry Jones, sentencing them to death on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that had sparked riots in parts of the Muslim world.

The case was seen as largely symbolic because the defendants, most of whom live in the United States, are all outside Egypt and are thus unlikely to ever face the sentence. The charges were brought in September during a wave of public outrage in Egypt over the amateur film, which was produced by an Egyptian-American Copt.

During the trial, the court reviewed several videos of the defendants, especially a video of Pastor Terry Jones burning the Quran, Islam’s Holy Book. All the defendants, except Jones, hold Egyptian nationality.

CHICAGO  — Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. quietly resigned Wednesday, effectively ending a once-promising political career months after the civil rights icon’s son went on a mysterious medical leave while facing separate federal investigations.

Just two weeks after voters re-elected him to a ninth full term, Jackson sent his resignation letter to House Speaker John Boehner, citing his ongoing treatment for bipolar disorder and admitting “my share of mistakes.”

The House Ethics Committee is investigating his dealings with imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and for the first time Jackson publicly acknowledged reports of a new federal probe believed to be looking into his possible misuse of campaign money.

“I am aware of the ongoing federal investigation into my activities and I am doing my best to address the situation responsibly, cooperate with the investigators, and accept responsibility for my mistakes,” he wrote, adding “they are my mistakes and mine alone.”

A 13-year-old girl has been charged with killing her 2-year-old sister in their Dekalb County home.

Tyasia Jackson was reportedly babysitting her younger, Sasha Lamaya Ray, and her other siblings when the toddler went missing at some point. Her body was found Monday afternoon outside their home on North Waldrop Trail in Decatur. Shelton Latroy Ray, the biological father of Sasha, said that Jackson called him on Monday around 11 p.m. from jail and admitted to killing the 2-year-old.

Black Friday madness can strike anyone and apparently Anthony Perry is not immune!  Perry allegedly left his girlfriend’s two-year-old son alone in his parked car at 1:30 am — the day after Thanksgiving — so that he could make a mad dash into Kmart to buy a TV.  Perry was arrested and charged with child reckless endangerment.

Reportedly, officers had to break into the Springfield, Mass. man’s car to gain access to the little boy who had been left sleeping.

Police got word of the alleged child abandonment from the store’s plaza security.  Interestingly enough, when police located Perry, he was home, along with the large-sized TV that he had purchased.  As to how the 34-year-old man-made it back to his residence with his colossal TV and sans his vehicle is still being investigated.

MIAMI — Family members of a 13-year-old Florida girl fatally shot while riding a school bus with her younger sister say they forgive the boy who allegedly did it, but the victim’s mother insisted Wednesday that he also “has to pay for what he did.”

A 15-year-old boy was charged with manslaughter after police say he took a gun out of a backpack and showed it to other students during the ride to school Tuesday. Investigators say he fired it once in an apparent accident, striking Lourdes Guzman.

The girl, known as Jina to her family and friends and identified as Lourdes Guzman-DeJesus on her Facebook page, died later at a Miami hospital.

A 27-year-old Annapolis woman has been charged with first-degree assault after allegedly stabbing her half brother in the neck during Thanksgiving dinner.

Shenika Allsup, and her brother, Deonte Antionio Wallace, 23, had been arguing prior to the alleged attack before it escalated to violence. At some point, Allsup allegedly picked up a fork and stabbed her brother several times.

An officer responding to the incident reportedly found Wallace in the building’s parking lot holding his neck. The officer found two stab wounds at the base of Wallace’s neck. He was immediately transported to a local hospital soon after.

His injuries were not life-threatening.