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Police arrest suspect in Spirit Halloween store shooting that killed pregnant woman

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Night view of Spirit Halloween store with police cars and sheriff's crime scene tape.
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The New York Post, NBC News and United Press International report that police in Fairfield, California, arrested a suspect on Monday in a Friday evening shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in the Solano Town Center mall. The shooting killed Constance Hages, 31, who was pregnant, and wounded six other people, according to the outlets. NBC News and United Press International say the suspect is a 17-year-old boy, arrested at his home in neighboring Suisun City, and police have withheld his name because he is a minor. Authorities said he faces a murder charge and could face more, and that the shooting appeared to be targeted. Police have not said what sparked the gunfire.

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  1. Police arrested a suspect on Monday over the Friday shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield, California.

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    NBC News
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    New York Post

  2. The shooting killed Constance Hages, 31, who was pregnant, and wounded six other people.

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    NBC News
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  3. The arrested suspect is a 17-year-old boy, arrested in Suisun City, whose name police will not release because he is a minor.

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    United Press International

  4. Authorities said the teen faces a murder charge, and could face an additional murder count because the victim was pregnant.

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    United Press International

  5. Police said the shooting appeared targeted at a specific person inside the store, and have not said what sparked it.

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All three outlets report that police arrested a suspect in the Friday shooting at a Fairfield, California, Spirit Halloween store that killed a pregnant woman and wounded six. The main difference: NBC and UPI give the suspect’s age as 17, while the New York Post reports only a suspect.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Leads with the suspect’s age and the arrest, then the pregnant victim’s death and the six injured, in one descriptive headline.

    17-year-old arrested in Spirit Halloween shooting that killed pregnant woman, injured 6 other people
    NBC NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Short wire-style headline that puts the teen arrest first and names the shooting as fatal and the victim as pregnant.

    Teen arrested for fatal Spirit Halloween shooting of pregnant woman
    United Press InternationalCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    1 outlet

    Leads with police making the arrest and labels the event a mass shooting, with the pregnant woman’s death as the consequence.

    Cops arrest suspect in Spirit Halloween mass shooting that left pregnant woman dead
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

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From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • 17-year-old suspect
  • pregnant victim’s death
  • six people injured
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  • NBC NewsLeft

    17-year-old arrested in Spirit Halloween shooting that killed pregnant woman, injured 6 other people

    The attack took place Friday as shoppers at the store in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Fairfield prepared for Halloween.

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From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • teen arrest
  • fatal shooting
  • pregnant victim
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From the right

1 outlet

Leads with

  • police arrest
  • mass shooting
  • pregnant woman dead

Leaves out

  • suspect’s age, which the other outlets report as 17

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  • New York PostRight

    Cops arrest suspect in Spirit Halloween mass shooting that left pregnant woman dead

    Police have arrested a suspect in a deadly shooting that left a pregnant woman dead and six others injured inside a Spirit Halloween store in Northern California last week. …

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    2 hr 12 min later

    Its first report, Nov 2, 8:34 PM EST

  • Center

    4 hr 44 min later

    Its first report, Nov 2, 11:06 PM EST

  • Right

    First to report

    New York Post, Nov 2, 6:23 PM EST

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  1. New York PostRightNov 2, 6:23 PM EST
  2. NBC NewsLeftNov 2, 8:34 PM EST
  3. United Press InternationalCenterNov 2, 11:06 PM EST

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