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Police believe the shooting involving rapper Sauce Walka was targeted.

Authorities in Memphis held a press conference late Saturday night in which they announced their CSI investigators have determined Sauce Walka and another individual were sought out by the gunmen.

Sauce and the other victim were outside a vehicle when the suspects pulled up with multiple people inside and began opening fire. Law enforcement says there was no conversation between either party before or during the shooting. The suspects fled in a four-door white vehicle from the downtown area.

Parkgoers at Walt Disney World experienced a scary situation over the weekend when a fire broke out backstage at the theme park EPCOT.

Video shared on social media Saturday night showed a dark plume of smoke billowing from the Orlando, Florida theme park. Guests who recorded the fierce flames billowing from the France Pavilion area of the park were overheard reacting to the flames saying, "Oh my God, it's right there!"

Disney staff told FOX 35 some people were forced to evacuate "Remy's Ratatouille Adventure" to a backstage area.

Justin and Hailey Bieber looked at ease as they headed out of a West Hollywood sushi joint Friday following the release of Selena Gomez's new album with Benny Blanco and a series of cryptic posts from JB.

The "Sorry" singer looked put together amid fans' ongoing concern over his disheveled appearance as of late ... wearing an oversized white button-down paired with baggy black pants and white slippers.

His better half, for her part, looked cool and comfy in a simple outfit consisting of low-rise black trousers and a white tank layered with a khaki jacket.

A Wisconsin teen has an unusual defense for allegedly stabbing his mom to death ... he claims he was inspired to commit the savage crime by the notorious Menendez brothers, who killed their own parents with shotguns.

Racine County prosecutors charged 15-year-old Reed Gelinskey with intentional homicide after the March 4 attack on his mother, Suzanne, in their home in the village of Caledonia, about 20 miles south of Milwaukee. Prosecutors say Reed bashed Suzanne with a dumbbell and stabbed her three times in the chest and twice in the neck, killing her.

According to a criminal complaint, obtained by TMZ, Reed allegedly planned the gruesome murder while watching the shotgun scene in the Menendez brothers' Netflix documentary, "The Menendez Brothers." Reed reportedly referenced the scene that shows the murder of their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, when talking to cops.

As you know, Erik and Lyle Menendez wielded shotguns and fatally shot their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. After two trials, they were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The brothers are now making a bid to try to get out of prison through resentencing, a commutation or potential parole. They are expected to appear in court for a parole board hearing on June 13.

A large fire erupted near London's Heathrow Airport on Thursday, causing a massive power outage and shutting down one of Europe's busiest travel hubs for at least 24 hours, according to authorities.

Dramatic video posted online shows the thick flames raging inside an electrical substation close to the airport with smoke billowing into the sky.

A teacher from Indiana is facing a series of child sex abuse charges ... and, she allegedly had a very specific sexual scenario she asked the children to act out using replicas of the killers' masks from the "Scream" movie franchise.

Brittany Fortinberry, a 31-year-old former teacher at Eminence High School, is facing a slew of charges -- including child molestation, sexual misconduct with a minor, dissemination of matter harmful to minors, and more -- for allegedly sexually abusing multiple children she met at two different schools last year.

A new court document goes into detail about the alleged sexual activity ... including an incident described as a "gangbang."

Joshua Riibe -- the college student who was declared a person of interest in the disappearance of University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki -- was detained in Puerto Rico after he was cleared to leave the Dominican Republic.

Riibe -- who has not been charged in Konanki's suspected drowning -- got held up at the airport in Puerto Rico Wednesday because his brand new U.S. passport wasn't properly stamped, NotiCentro reports.

The 22-year-old was issued a replacement passport from the U.S. consulate in the D.R. after local law enforcement reportedly refused to give his original passport back -- despite a Dominican judge ruling he was allowed to go free after being subject to police surveillance due to his connection to Konanki.

An 18-year-old spring breaker landed himself in the slammer after allegedly biting off another young man's ear during a St. Patty's Day brawl that went down on Fort Myers Beach in Florida.

Jack Turner was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff's Office just after midnight on Tuesday after they obtained video that captured the fight -- and the gruesome act that left the victim with his ear detatched from his head.

A police report obtained by TMZ paints the horrific scene ... video reportedly shows the victim -- identified as Juwan Black -- lying face-down in the sand as Turner mounts his back. Turner allegedly strikes Black in the back of the head multiple times with clenched fists before grabbing his hair and pressing his head into the sand, per the report.

The person of interest in the case of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki is free to leave the Dominican Republic and return home.

A judge ruled Tuesday that Joshua Riibe, the last person to see Konanki alive, has the green light to go back to the United States.

The decision came down after an hours long court hearing which saw Riibe tell the judge, "I really want to be able to go home, talk to my family, give them hugs, tell them I miss them" ... according to Noticias SIN -- a TV news station in the DR.

After 286 days in space, two American astronauts who've been stuck on the International Space Station since last spring are finally back down on Earth.

Butch Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams splashed down softly off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida today at about 5:58 PM ET, following a 19-hour journey in a SpaceX spacecraft, alongside astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov.

It was a smooth arrival back to Planet Earth, with Dragon Freedom’s Crew-9 parachutes deploying 6,000 feet in the air, and the control room erupting in cheers as they splashed down into the water.

The parents of the University of Pittsburgh student who disappeared in the Dominican Republic are reportedly asking the authorities to declare their daughter dead.

Sudiksha Konanki's parents made the formal request Monday in a letter sent to DR officials with the understanding they would have to follow certain legal procedures, such as filling out proper documentation, according to ABC News.

The media outlet noted Konanki's parents conceded in their letter there was no foul play involved in their daughter's presumed death.

New video purportedly shows University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki and Joshua Riibe, the person of interest in her disappearance case, hanging out separately at a bar just hours before she vanished.

Noticias SIN — a TV news station in the DR — obtained surveillance footage from the bar at Riu República Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on March 6.

The video apparently captures Konanki in all-white clothes, with her back to the camera, walking toward a grassy area and leaning over, seemingly to vomit. She then strolls over to a friend and, at one point, excitedly jumps up and down.

The clothing belonging to the missing University of Pittsburgh college student was reportedly located at the beach where she went missing over a week ago.

Local news reports in the Dominican Republic claim a white netted sarong was found draped over a beach chair and a pair of beige flip-flops were discovered next to the leg of a beach chair and are believed to belong to 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki.

According to reports, the beachwear has a resemblance to the outfit Sudiksha was wearing the day she disappeared.

The person of interest in the disappearance of University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki claims he saved her from drowning, as police continue to search for clues a week after she vanished during her spring break trip to the Dominican Republic.

Joshua Riibe told law enforcement he and Konanki were both nearly swept away in the ocean as they were wading in the water early on the morning of March 6 ... and that he struggled to get them to safety, according to a transcript obtained by Dominican Republic news outlet Noticias SIN.

Once back on land, the 22-year-old student claims he vomited seawater as Sudiksha walked away to get her personal belongings that had been pushed down the beach by waves.

Another day, another plane catastrophe ... an American Airlines flight exploded into flames after takeoff, but it made a quick landing, saving everyone on board.

According to officials, here's how it all went down ... on Thursday afternoon, the commercial airliner -- filled with passengers -- took off from Colorado Springs, Colorado, and was bound for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas, but was diverted to Denver International Airport due to engine vibrations.

As it was parking at the gate, the jet suddenly turned into a fireball because of its engine troubles, forcing the passengers to evacuate as they were engulfed in smoke.

The desperate search for missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki in the Dominican Republic is ongoing -- and now, authorities in Virginia have zeroed-in on a person of interest.

Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Thomas Julia confirmed to TMZ that 24-year-old Joshua Riibe is a "person of interest" in Konanki’s disappearance -- surveillance video shows him as the last person seen with her before she disappeared.

We're told Riibe -- a former high school wrestler -- has been "interviewed at length," but Julia emphasized that, for now, this remains a missing-person case, not a criminal one.