3 pet Chihuahuas killed at South Carolina home
LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — Police say three pet Chihuahuas were shot and killed at a home in Lancaster.
The Rock Hill Herald reports officers went to a home on Wednesday night after a neighbor told the dogs' owner they had been shot in the backyard during the day while the homeowners were away.
Investigators say neighbors didn't hear anything suspicious and didn't hear shots fired.
The dogs' owner told police she last saw the dogs Tuesday night and heard them barking Wednesday morning.
The Lancaster Police Department is searching for who may have killed the animals.
Flight makes emergency landing after cabin fills with smoke
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A flight from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to New York had to make an emergency landing after the cabin filled with smoke.
Multiple news outlets report Delta Flight 2028 was forced to land in Charleston, South Carolina, Thursday afternoon. The plane had 89 passengers on board.
Passengers told the station they could hear a smoke alarm beeping and the cabin filled up with smoke quickly. The flight crew told passengers to put their heads down on their laps because the air was clearer.
According to the FAA, the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and a problem with one of the jet's two engines more than an hour into the flight.
After the emergency stop in South Carolina, passengers were rerouted on another plane which arrived at LaGuardia Thursday night.
2 teens arrested in death of Gaffney man shot behind bank
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — Police have arrested two teenagers in connection with a shooting that left a Gaffney man dead.
WSPA-TV reports police took 19-year-old Lyric Antionette Morgan and a 16-year-old male into custody Thursday.
Police say Morgan and the unidentified juvenile shot and killed 47-year-old Abelardo Morales Baltazar Wednesday night in his car behind a First Piedmont Bank. Baltazar's GMC Sonoma traveled across the street and hit a utility pole. Responding officers found Baltazar slumped over the wheel. He was pronounced dead at the scene with two gunshot wounds.
The pair has been charged with murder, armed robbery while armed with a deadly weapon and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.