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Jonathan Adam Lecompte was just trying to do the right thing when he was brutally run down by a carjacker

Shocking video reached social media over the weekend of a carjacking in which a good Samaritan who tried to intervene was run over and killed. The incident took place last month and the carjacker has already been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

Jonathan Adam Lecompte, 38, of Fayetteville, North Carolina was killed when Ricky Alex Driggers, 28, stole a vehicle and then intentionally ran him over while making his getaway.

The incident began at about 10:30 am on Thursday March 14. According to the police, officers were on their way to a carjacking call when they were told the suspect had been involved in a hit-and-run in the parking lot of Go Gas at 2605 W. 5th Street and was trying to carjack another vehicle on W. 5th Street in front of a McDonald’s.

Video posted to social media shows what took place in that parking lot. A man in a reflective vest approach the side of a tow truck, brandishing what appears to be a gun at another man, presumably Driggers, who is in the process of stealing the truck. There is an exchange of gunfire and the carjacker reverses the truck, before speeding off across the parking lot, hitting Lecompte in the process.

Lecompte was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Ricky Driggers / Photo: Robeson County Detention Center

Driggers has been apprehended and charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted common law robbery, larceny of a motor vehicle and felony fleeing to elude. He is being held in the Robeson County Detention Center, without bond.

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The film will chart Trump’s rise to power in the 1970s and ’80s, including his “Faustian deal” with Roy Cohn

The first official image from Ali Abbasi’s forthcoming Trump biopic The Apprentice has been released. The film will follow Trump’s rise to power in the cutthroat world of New York real-estate in the 1970s and 1980s.

In the image, we see a young Trump, played by Sebastian Stan, taking a phone call in the back of a limousine. He is watched over menacingly by his mentor Roy Cohn, played by Jeremy Strong.

Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice, Photo: Profile Pictures

The film is described as a “dive into the underbelly of the American empire.” According to the official synopsis, the film “charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.”

The film is written by Gabe Sherman. Director Ali Abbasi is best known for his film Holy Spider, about a serial killer who targets sex workers in Iran.

The Apprentice will premiere next month at the Cannes Film Festival as one of the selections for the main competition.

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The US was forced to deny direct advance knowledge of the attacks as early as Thursday

On Sunday, a senior US official was forced to deny claims from Iranian, Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials that Iran gave three days’ notice of its attack on Israel. On Friday and Saturday last week, the US warned of an impending but nonspecific threat from Iran, and President Biden warned the Islamic Republic “Don’t.”

According to Reuters, the US official denied all claims that the US knew of the attack as early as Thursday, but the official did admit that Washington was in contact with Iran via Swiss middlemen.

“That is absolutely not true,” the official said. “They did not give a notification.” The official also denied that any specific details of targets, which would have allowed evacuation, were given.

The official added that Teheran sent the US a message after the attacks had begun, not before.

“We received a message from the Iranians as this was ongoing, through the Swiss. This was basically suggesting that they were finished after this, but it was still an ongoing attack. So that was (their) message to us.”

In the aftermath of Saturday’s missile and drone attack, Iranian, Turkish, Iraqi and Jordanian officials have all claimed that the US was given significant advance warning, including details of the targets and the intention simply to answer Israel’s April 1 attack on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, which killed two of the Revolutionary Guard’s top generals.

An Iranian source revealed that the Iranian regime informed the US government of the attack through multiple diplomatic channels, including Qatar, Turkey and Switzerland, giving details of the day of the attack and stating that it would be carried out in a way that would avoid provoking a response.

“Iran said the reaction would be a response to Israel’s attack on its embassy in Damascus and that it would not go beyond this,” said a Turkish diplomatic source.

“We were aware of the possibilities. The developments were not a surprise.”

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At least two officers have been killed after responding to reports of a stolen vehicle

Salina, New York was the scene of unfolding tragedy on Sunday evening as a sheriff’s deputy and a police officer were killed by a gunman, who was also killed. The shooting took place at Darien Drive at around 8.15pm.

The officers were responding to reports of a stolen vehicle in Syracuse, which led to a home in Salina.

There are reports that another police officer was shot and other victims have also been reported.

In doorbell footage of the incident posted to Twitter, dozens of gunshots can be heard over a period of about 20 seconds.

The Sheriff’s office has declared that the area is now safe. A warrant is being sought for the killer’s property.

At present, the names of the officers killed have not been released.

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Israel and Iran both dismiss Sleepy Joe Biden’s calls not to escalate conflict — tune in!

Chase Geiser breaks down the latest developments in the Israel-Iran conflict as Israel prepares to once against strike Iran assets while the Biden White House and neocons in Congress prepare billions of dollars in more financial aid for Israel and Ukraine.

Tune into this live broadcast at MadMaxWorld.TV and spread the word!

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Canada’s beleaguered Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is fighting for more than just his political life in the lead up to the national election, he’s fighting to avoid spending the rest of his life behind bars […]

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