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Authorities claim that an explosive device detonated as a forensic examiner and a detective were inspecting a murder scene in northern Mexico.

Although Guanajuato state police have not confirmed it, the object looks to have been a booby trap.

Both of the injured agents conditions are stable, according to the state prosecutors office, which released a statement on Thursday. Police in the violent Guanajuato city of Irapuato reported previously finding plastic bags coated in blood inside a home.

A decapitated head was also reportedly discovered in the home, according to local media.

When the explosion happened, a local website, TVConsequencias, was capturing the crime scene. In the footage, which was uploaded on Facebook, agents can be seen approaching a home that has been cordoned off with police tape when a massive explosion breaks out inside the building.

Later in the footage, one of the injured agents can be seen being guided into a truck while a huge plume of smoke can be seen emanating from the residence. Vehicles from the National Guard are soon to arrive.

According to Guanajuato-based security specialist David Saucedo, the explosion was brought on by a door-connected booby-trapped grenade. When it was opened, it exploded.

The local Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the Jalisco cartel have been engaged in a brutal drug cartel territorial war in Guanajuato for years.

Nemesio El Mencho Oseguera, the cartels boss in Jalisco, is one of the most sought-after assailants in the United States and has a $10 million bounty placed on his head. The cartel is one of the five most dangerous transnational criminal organizations in the world, according to the Department of Justice.

Booby traps arent very common in Mexico, but drug traffickers in the nearby state of Michoacan have started employing them to damage army vehicles on the roadways.

In the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez in 2010, a vehicle bomb intended for federal police officers exploded, killing three people and injuring nine more. The explosives-packed automobile was detonated by a drug cartel suspect using a cell phone, killing a federal police officer and two civilians while injuring nine others.

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Brad Pitt may be the most famous member of Kickapoo High School's Class of 1982, but he's not the only alum to enjoy a long career on the silver screen.

Pitt, who headlines the action-packed "Bullet Train" that hits theaters Thursday, shared a graduation stage 40 years ago with friend and fellow thespian Sterling Macer Jr.

Macer recently enjoyed the July premiere of "Where the Crawdads Sing," a mystery drama that has since earned more than $53 million at the box office.

An adaptationof a book that sold more than 15 million copies, Macer plays the role of Jumpin, a man who periodically serves as a parental figure for the film's orphaned central character, Kya.

"I've never been part of a project that had such a big following before the movie was shot," said Macer, who now lives in Los Angeles. "Because the book was so popular."

Macer, who has dozens of TV and movie credits to his name since the early 1990s, has had several roles in prominent franchises.The sizable list includes "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Harts of the West," "NYPD Blue," "24," "JAG," "CSI: Miami," "Veronica Mars" and "LincolnHeights."

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"Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" was among Macer's earlier movies, which he also writes and produces. He starred in the 2020 psychological thriller "Double Down" and currently has his hand in several projects.

His creative reach goes beyond cinema.

"What I am most proud of is what I've been able to do is on a stage," said Macer, who has also performed in several popularplays. "But it's ephemeral. It has a short life span, a lot different than being in front of a camera, which I am also grateful for."

In the summer of 2020, at the height of the pandemic when most filming and production had come to halt, Macer packed up hiscamper van and ventured east.

Macer drove his television producer wife to Atlanta and stopped in Springfield on his way to back to Los Angeles. He had rare time on his hands and wanted to make the most of the trip.

It had been years since he last visited the Queen City, so he took advantage of the chance to go fly-fishing, a stop that evoked memories of his childhood as he soaked in the Ozarks.

"Brad (Pitt) was the one to teach me how to water ski back in high school," Macer recalled.

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Macer grew up in in the middle-class Shadowood subdivision, sandwichedbetween a pair of water slides Wet Willy's and another (HydraSlide) whose name he couldn't remember.

Known as Sterling "Bobby" Macer Jr., the former Kickapoo football standout played briefly at the University of Arkansas before finishing his injury-riddled career at Missouri State.

His performances weren't limited to football stadiums and he immediately thrived in Kickapoo's drama and speech and debate clubs.

Jack Tuckness, now the longtime speech and debate coach at Central High School, taught Macer and Pitt during his Kickapoo teaching stint.

"He was very confident and very well-liked," Tuckness recalledof Macer. "He was determined to get things right. He did the research and understood what his character going to to be."

Macer's athletic spirit often surfaced in debate.

"He didn't accept defeat very well," Tuckness said. "He wanted to absolutely give it his best."

Macer credits Tuckness and still keeps in touch with the longtime Springfield educator.

"He recognized something in me that I didn't even know was there," said Macer, who went on to University of San Diego's acting school after graduating from Missouri State. "Some of the best preparation, as far as auditioning goes, came from him."

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Throughout Macer's decades in the TV and movie industries, he has been in a perpetual state of audition.

He's felt the thrill of landing important roles and the sinking feeling of rejection from others.

"Sometimes it's yes, sometimes it's no,but you always have to push forward," he said. "I've been pretty fortunate to last this long."

Some of the most interesting anecdotes in Macer's journey involve the roles he didn't get.

Back in 1993, Macer auditioned for the voice of the adult Simba in Disney's "The Lion King." Macer said it came down to two finalists: Matthew Broderick and him.

Disney opted to go with Broderick, of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" fame.

"The funny thing about Hollywood is that everyone races to give you the good news, but nobody gives you the bad news," Macer said with a laugh.

As a younger man, Macer had a striking resemblance to "Star Trek:The Next Generation" and"Reading Rainbow" star LeVar Burton, which he said ultimately hurt him in an audition.

Macer, who played the role of a Klingon in the Star Trek TV series, auditioned for different role in the Star Trek movie. Macer said he heard a producer say "But he looks too much like LeVar" when he walked into an audition room.

He didn't get the part.

"It's all about opportunities," Macer said. "That's what actors who don't have careers like (Pitt) have to do, go out there and keep auditioning."

Before Macer made his bones in entertainment, Pitt helped him get his foot in the door.

"I am thankful for the friendship I had with Brad, and to come from that same Springfield background," Macer said.

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LAHORE:The DIG Investigation Kamran Adil has said that 26 out of 84 police stations in the provincial metropolis have Crime Scene Units and expressed the desire that such units should be set up at the rest of the police stations as well.

While addressing a certificate distribution ceremony at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Tuesday, Kamran Adil said that scientific evidence was very important in the investigation of crime. He emphasised that crime scene investigation needed to be brought into the mainstream of investigation. A total of 24 students from the UHS Forensic Sciences Department were given certificates on completion of 24 weeks of training in "Crime and Death Scene Investigation" at the Crime Scene Investigation Headquarters of Punjab Police. UHS VC Prof Javed Akram, Forensic Sciences Department head Prof Allah Rakha, Registrar Dr Asad Zaheer, Prof Sidra Saleem and a large number of students and faculty members were also present on the occasion.

In his address, Prof Javed Akram said that several investigation officers of Punjab Police had been trained in forensic analysis by the university, and under the agreement, Punjab Police was also training varsity students. He announced that a pilot study on the crime rate would be started in collaboration with Lahore Police.

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Syracuse, N.Y. Two women were taken to Upstate University Hospital Thursday after they were both shot on the citys South Side near Kirk Park, police said.

The shooting happened at about 12:35 p.m. at 402 West Beard Avenue, Syracuse police spokesman Sgt. Thomas Blake said Thursday.

A 44-year-old woman was shot in the leg and a 51-year-old woman was shot in the lower extremity area, Blake said.

Both women were taken to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, Blake said.

Much of West Beard Avenue was blocked off by police. A crime scene investigation van was parked near the area of the shooting.

Around 25 evidence markers could be seen spread out on the street. The rear and side windows of a vehicle appeared to be shattered.

Initial Onondaga County 911 Center dispatch reports described the incident as a drive-by shooting.

The Syracuse Police Department asks anyone with information to call them at 315-442-5222.

Staff writer James McClendon covers breaking news, crime and public safety. Have a tip, a story idea, a question or a comment? Reach him at 914-204-2815 or jmcclendon@syracuse.com.

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BENNINGTON The Crime Scene Investigation team from Southwest Vermont Regional Technical School won the high school bronze medal in the national SkillsUSA competition.

On June 22 and 23 in Atlanta, Ga., Sierra Brown, Regan Hurley and Lauren Gervais competed against teams from other states in the annual event that showcases the work of students preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations. The competition allows students who won at their own state level to vie for recognition on the national stage.

To prepare for the competition, Gervais said the entire team stayed up until 12:30 a.m. studying the night before they competed to go over various CSI topics and procedures that could be a part of the competition.

This studying is in addition to the coursework they completed at Southwest Tech and their previous preparation for the state and national competitions.

The first section of the competition is a written test made out of 50 multiple choice questions. They cover various topics from case law to what type of flies are attracted to decomposing bodies.

A little gruesome, but it helps. Because if theres a certain kind of fly, then thats like, been there for a day or its been there for a week, said Brown.

The second section of the competition involves scenario-based exercises. First, the team had 15 minutes to find, photograph and label the evidence in a crime scene. Then, each team member had about 30 minutes to write a report on what they found.

Gervais said the students were all aggressive with each other, but in a competitive and supportive way.

There were several aspects of the national competition that differed from the state level. The sections of the competition were organized differently and emphasized different skills. The team was told to process the evidence, not collect it. So that was very different for us, said Hurley.

The team also was accustomed to writing more complex narratives for their crime scenes, according to Gervais.

At this point, the team was focused on doing well in the second section of the competition.

If we messed up the first part, we got to do one hundred percent on this part, she said. So we can at least place, like, 20th.

The efficiency of their teamwork was put to the test in the second section. Fingerprint analysis was incorporated into the competition, and it was kind of a surprise thing, said Gervais. Thankfully, Hurley previously took a forensics class and had prior knowledge of fingerprinting. So, she taught us while we were looking at them.

We work really well together, said Gervais. Their leader and teacher, James Gulley, said, They all have a unique skill set that allows the team to be balanced.

The final section of the competition was where I think we really did our best, said Gervais. Each member of the team did something different, and each task played to the team members strength.

Brown took over evidence collection; Hurley did fingerprints; and Gervais handled the blood swab.

We didnt see what each other were doing. But [the tasks were] in little stalls kind of next to each other, said Gervais.

Even though the team worked diligently, they were not expecting such a significant victory. Instead of anticipating a win, they went to the aquarium the morning of the awards ceremony. They spent about 30 minutes getting ready, instead of meticulously getting dressed like they had for the beginning of the competition.

When it was their time to be called on stage, Hurley stood by herself as Gervais and Brown casually got drinks. Another Southwest Tech student called them and urged them to get to the stage as fast as possible, because they won the bronze medal.

Now that the national competition is over, Brown and Gervais have officially graduated. Brown, from Mount Anthony Union High School, plans to become a game warden in Vermont after possibly joining the Air Force and getting her commercial pilots license. Gervais, from Burr and Burton Academy, has aspirations of going to community college and joining the Coast Guard.

Hurley, from MAU, still has one more year of high school before going on to studying forensic psychology. Shes also in charge of choosing the SkillsUSA teammates shell be competing with next year. Gulley believes Hurleys teammates left big shoes to fill.

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