K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For June 15th, 2017 – Morning

ALEXANDRIA, VA. (AP) - LAWMAKERS ARE RETURNING TO THE CAPITOL AND, THEY HOPE, TO SOME SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY A DAY AFTER A RIFLE-WIELDING ATTACKER OPENED FIRE ON REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AS THEY PRACTICED FOR A CHARITY BASEBALL GAME. HOUSE GOP WHIP STEVE SCALISE OF LOUISIANA WAS CRITICALLY WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK THAT ALSO INJURED AIDES AND CAPITOL POLICE. THE ASSAILANT, WHO HAD NURSED GRIEVANCES AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE GOP, FOUGHT A RUNNING GUN BATTLE WITH POLICE BEFORE HE, TOO, WAS SHOT AND LATER DIED.
PHOENIX (AP) - SURVIVORS OF THE 2011 MASS SHOOTING IN ARIZONA AT AN EVENT HOSTED BY FORMER U.S. REP. GABBY GIFFORDS SAY THE RECENT ATTACK ON LAWMAKERS AT A CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL PRACTICE IN VIRGINIA SHOWS HOW VITRIOLIC POLITICAL DISCOURSE HAS BECOME. RON BARBER, WHO TOOK OVER GIFFORDS' SEAT IN CONGRESS, CALLED FOR AN END TO THE HARSH RHETORIC AND PERSONAL ATTACKS IN POLITICS. OTHER VICTIMS SAID THE RECENT SHOOTING REIGNITED STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THE NEED FOR GUN CONTROL.

LONDON (AP) - LABOUR LEADER JEREMY CORBYN HAS TOURED THE AREA NEAR THE WEST LONDON TOWER BLOCK DEVASTATED BY A FIRE, MEETING WITH VOLUNTEERS HELPING VICTIMS AND PROMISING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED. CORBYN SAID THURSDAY THAT "THE TRUTH HAS GOT TO COME OUT AND WILL COME OUT" AS HE VISITED VOLUNTEERS HELPING AFTER THE GRENFELL TOWER FIRE IN WHICH AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE DIED AND HUNDREDS WERE LEFT HOMELESS.

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS TAKING TO TWITTER DENOUNCE REPORTS THAT THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION IS WIDENING TO EXAMINE WHETHER HE TRIED TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE. IN A TWEET EARLY THURSDAY, TRUMP SAID: "THEY MADE UP A PHONY COLLUSION WITH THE RUSSIANS STORY, FOUND ZERO PROOF, SO NOW THEY GO FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE ON THE PHONY STORY. NICE."
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A REGISTERED NURSE WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FRIDAY FROM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF CONVERSE COUNTY FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING A NARCOTIC PAINKILLER FROM THE HOSPITAL FOR HIS PERSONAL USE.
RYAN HARRIS ALSO HAD HIS LICENSE SUMMARILY SUSPENDED BY THE WYOMING STATE BOARD OF NURSING FOR TWO REASONS: DIVERSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND INABILITY TO PRACTICE SAFELY BY REASON OF ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

KARL HERTZ, MEDIA CONTACT AT THE HOSPITAL, SAID WEDNESDAY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY ATTORNEY IS INVESTIGATING ALONG WITH THE STATE NURSING BOARD AND THE WYOMING STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. THOSE INVESTIGATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, AND HERTZ SAID HE IS NOT AWARE OF CHARGES HAVING BEEN FILED AGAINST HARRIS AT THIS POINT.

THE SUSPENSION WENT INTO EFFECT THURSDAY. AS SUCH, HARRIS IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE NURSING IN ANY CAPACITY WITHIN THE STATE OF WYOMING.

AS A RESULT OF HARRIS' ALLEGED ACTIONS, PATIENTS WHO WERE GIVEN DILAUDID AT THE HOSPITAL FROM SEPT. 13 THROUGH JUNE 2 MAY NOT HAVE RECEIVED THE MEDICATION AS PRESCRIBED. HARRIS COMPROMISED CERTAIN VIALS OF THE DRUG, THE HOSPITAL SAYS.

HARRIS, WHO HAS BEEN A REGISTERED NURSE AT THE HOSPITAL FOR SOME SEVEN YEARS, WOULD DRAW HYDROMORPHONE FROM VIALS, REFILLING THEM WITH SALINE. THIS WAS DONE IN THE PHARMACY, AND THE VIALS WERE THEN DISTRIBUTED TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.

HARRIS ALLEGEDLY TOOK THE DRUG FOR PERSONAL USE.
ANY OF THE HOSPITAL'S PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED DILAUDID DURING THAT PERIOD CAN CALL 307-358-7345 TO REACH A DEDICATED PHONE LINE WHERE HOSPITAL STAFF WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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THREE 18-YEAR-OLD CHEYENNE MEN ARE IN FEDERAL CUSTODY AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING MULTIPLE FIREARMS FROM A CHEYENNE GUN STORE LAST MONTH.

AUSTIN LAWRENCE, DONOVAN STUDER AND IAN DANGLER MADE THEIR INITIAL APPEARANCE BEFORE U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE KELLY H. RANKIN ON TUESDAY.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, POLICE WERE CALLED TO A BURGLARY AT DRAGOON ARMORY AT 607 E. LINCOLNWAY ON THE MORNING OF MAY 30.

IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BUSINESS WAS FORCEFULLY ENTERED THROUGH A REAR DOOR, WHICH LEADS TO A STORAGE ROOM ON THE MAIN FLOOR AND A STAIRWAY TO THE SECOND FLOOR APARTMENTS.

ACCORDING TO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR THE BUILDING, ONLY ONE OF THE APARTMENTS WAS OCCUPIED THE PREVIOUS EVENING.

POLICE OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT AND FOUND ELEVEN PISTOLS AND THREE RIFLES IN THE APARTMENT WHICH MATCHED THOSE STOLEN IN THE BURGLARY.

THE THREE MEN WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH STEALING A FIREARM FROM A LICENSED DEALER AND AIDING AND ABETTING. EACH IS FACING UP TO TEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IF CONVICTED.

THE MEN'S DETENTION AND PRELIMINARY HEARINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY.