K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For October 2nd, 2017 – Morning

LAS VEGAS (AP) - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS GIVEN A MESSAGE OF UNITY IN THE WAKE OF THE DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING IN RECENT U.S. HISTORY. TRUMP SAYS HE AND FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ARE PRAYING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LOST AND WOUNDED.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - POLICE SAY THE MAN WHO KILLED AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED MORE THAN 400 AT A LAS VEGAS CONCERT WAS A RETIREE WITH NO CRIMINAL HISTORY IN THE NEVADA COUNTY WHERE HE LIVED. THE BROTHER OF 64-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN PADDOCK SAID HE'S "COMPLETELY DUMBFOUNDED" BY THE SHOOTING

UNDATED (AP) - AUTHORITIES SAY MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SUNDAY NIGHT SHOOTING. THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN, STEPHEN PADDOCK, IS DEAD. THE SHOOTER FIRED FROM AN UPPER FLOOR OF THE MANDALAY BAY HOTEL AND CASINO ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CONCERT. UNTIL NOW, THE DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING HAD LEFT 49 DEAD AT AN ORLANDO, FLORIDA NIGHTCLUB.

HAVANA (AP) - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS LEARNED THAT FRIGHTENING ATTACKS ON U.S. PERSONNEL IN HAVANA STRUCK THE HEART OF AMERICA'S SPY NETWORK IN CUBA, WITH INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES AMONG THE FIRST AND MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED VICTIMS. INDIVIDUALS FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION SAY IT WASN'T UNTIL U.S. SPIES, POSTED TO THE EMBASSY UNDER DIPLOMATIC COVER, REPORTED HEARING BIZARRE SOUNDS AND EVEN STRANGER PHYSICAL EFFECTS THAT THE UNITED STATES REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

BARCELONA, SPAIN (AP) - SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER ALFONSO DASTIS SAYS HE DOESN'T SEE THE POLICE INTERVENTION DURING THE CATALONIA REFERENDUM AS HEAVY-HANDED. SPEAKING AHEAD OF AN ITALIAN-SPANISH FORUM IN ROME ON MONDAY, DASTIS SAID IT IS "A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION."
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INTERIM POLICE CHIEF STEVE SCHULZ HAS RAISED DOUBTS ABOUT THE HANDLING OF THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KRISTI RICHARDSON THREE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, THE SUICIDE OF MICK MCMURRY IN MARCH 2015, AND POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO.

SCHULZ SAID IN A DEPOSITION RECORDED SEPTEMBER 8 AND FILED IN NATRONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT THAT IN HIS OPINION AND THE OPINION OF THOSE WORKING ON THE RICHARDSON INVESTIGATION THAT INTERVIEWS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED EARLIER, AND SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING ABOUT HER DISAPPEARANCE WEREN'T INTERVIEWED AT ALL.

LIKEWISE, HE SAID INTERVIEWS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, OR CONDUCTED EARLIER, IN THE MCMURRY SUICIDE.
SCHULZ WAS DEPOSED BY CHEYENNE ATTORNEY BRUCE MOATS. MOATS REPRESENTS LOVCOM, INC., A COMPANY OWNED BY SHERIDAN BUSINESSMAN KIM LOVE THAT HAS SUED THE CITY OF CASPER, SCHULZ AND THE WYOMING DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

LOVCOM WANTS THEM TO MAKE THE RECORDS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS PUBLIC BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS WHETHER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID ALL IT COULD
CITY OF CASPER ATTORNEY WILLIAM CHAMBERS AND WYOMING ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN BRODIE ALSO WERE PRESENT AT THE DEPOSITION.

SCHULZ SAID THE OVERSIGHT ON THE PART OF THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE NOT GIVEN THE DETECTIVES THE FREE REIGN NEEDED TO DO THEIR WORK.

SCHULZ TURNED OVER THE RICHARDSON CASE TO THE DCI ON MAY 18, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER POLICE CHIEF JIM WETZEL WAS FIRED.

ON JUNE 7, SCHULZ LIKEWISE TURNED OVER THE CLOSED CASE OF THE MCMURRY SUICIDE IN LIGHT OF ALLEGATIONS OF A POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO THE RICHARDSON DISAPPEARANCE.

IN BOTH CASES, SCHULZ TOLD THE DCI IT COULD LOOK AT THEM WITH FRESH EYES.

THE DCI HAS SAID PROVIDING THE RECORDS COULD JEOPARDIZE ITS WORK.

SCHULZ SAID HE WAS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE RICHARDSON AND MCMURRY INVESTIGATIONS AT THE TIME, BUT HE CAME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM AFTER WETZEL'S DISMISSAL AND TALKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMAND STAFF AND THE DETECTIVES WHO WORKED ON THE CASES.
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A PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURER IS SEEKING ANOTHER $12 MILLION IN LOANS FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING SO IT CAN EXPAND ITS CODY OPERATIONS.

THE STATE LOAN AND INVESTMENT BOARD IS SCHEDULED NEXT TUESDAY TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST BY CODY LABORATORIES, WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED AN $11 MILLION LOW-INTEREST LOAN FROM THE STATE LAST YEAR.

THE BOARD CONSISTS OF WYOMING'S GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE, TREASURER, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND AUDITOR.

CODY LABS OFFICIALS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT ITS EXPANSION PROJECT WOULD COST $45 MILLION AND CREATE 39 NEW JOBS.

HOWEVER, THE COMPANY NOW FIGURES IT WILL COST $50.5 MILLION WHILE CREATING 57 JOBS.

CODY LABS CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 126 EMPLOYEES.