A New York police officer died in a tragic accident over the weekend when he inadvertently shot himself in the leg while driving to work. Officer of the Rochester Police Department, Manuel Ortiz, 52, was westbound on Empire Boulevard on Saturday evening when his personal Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol somehow discharged inside his vehicle. Ortiz called his fiancé immediately after, telling her he had just accidentally shot himself in the leg and was on his way to a local hospital for treatment. Motorists watched moments later as Ortiz's SUV swerved across the road, drifted over the center lane and crashed into a nearby ravine. A group of passersby climbed through heavy brush to get to Ortiz, who was unconscious and bleeding profusely when they were finally able to reach him. The bullet has severed his femoral artery.

Rest In Peace, Hero💙🖤

A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday. The co-conspirators turned out to be undercover agents. Court documents say Richard Holzer was arrested Friday in Pueblo just after the agents brought him what were supposedly two pipe bombs along with dynamite to blow up Temple Emanuel. In fact, the undercover agents had phony bombs incapable of causing damage, authorities said. The agents said Holzer described the inert explosives as "absolutely gorgeous" and said they should go ahead with the attack overnight to avoid police. He had allegedly earlier made threatening comments about Pueblo's Jewish community and said he wanted to plot "something that tells them they are not welcome in this town," according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court, CBS news reports.

BREAKING NEWS! Three US Mormon mothers and six of their children are EXECUTED by drug cartel gunmen in Mexico on way to a wedding anniversary and their bodies left in burned out SUVs as family fear they were also raped in targeted attack. Seventeen family members from the LeBaron and Langford families were 'ambushed' eight miles apart while heading to celebrate a wedding anniversary in three cars from La Mora - a decades-old settlement founded as part of an offshoot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In horrific scenes, gunmen opened fire on one child running away before torching a car as family members burnt to death while trapped inside. Other young children managed to escape and hid by the roadside while a mother was shot in the chest as she put her hands up to surrender, George Herald reported. 😱

At least 13 killed as Iraq resumes live gunfire against protesters, reported Reuters. Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 13 protesters in the past 24 hours, abandoning weeks of comparative restraint to unleash live gunfire in a bid to crush demonstrations against the political parties that control the government. After eight people were killed during the day on Monday, security forces shot dead at least five others overnight or early on Tuesday, including one killed with live fire at a funeral procession for another who died hours earlier. More than 260 Iraqis have been killed in demonstrations since the start of October against a government they see as corrupt and beholden to foreign interests, above all Iran. 😱