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The dispatch audio from just after the shooting of Democratic lawmakers Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman has been released.

TMZ has obtained the audio from minutes after Hortman -- the former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives -- and Hoffman were shot ... and, in the case of Hoffman, first responders detail the extent of his and his wife injuries.

Listen to the audio for yourself ... Hoffman's wife was shot twice in the abdomen and once in the arm, paramedics say.

An apparent explosion lit up the Las Vegas Strip early Saturday morning outside the swanky Aria Resort and Casino ... and there's fiery footage to see.

Check out the wild video posted by concerned onlookers -- at least two palm trees are fully engulfed in flames after what eyewitnesses are describing as an "explosion."

One social media user claimed they heard a thunderous "bang" and then saw a car suspiciously drive away from the scene. Another said the loud noise sounded like a "bomb."

Iran fired retaliatory strikes against Israel Friday night … sending a barrage of missiles into the Jewish state that were met by Israeli air defense systems, which caused massive explosions in the sky and on the ground.

The New York Times authenticated footage of the attack posted to social media –  and the paper reported the Iranian missiles targeted military facilities in central Tel Aviv, where the Israeli Defense Forces headquarters is located.

Check out the videos … one shows a bunch of Iran’s lethal rockets zigzagging high above Tel Aviv -- and they are intercepted by Israel’s missile defenses, triggering the mid-air explosions.

Caitlyn Jenner is safe in Tel Aviv after traveling there for a huge Pride parade, according to event organizers in the city ... though missiles are still raining down on the city.

The reality star and former Olympian shared a picture Friday afternoon capturing the streaks of missiles in the night sky ... with smoke rising up from the city and flashes of light ballooning across the horizon.

She captioned the post, "A ‘quiet’ night in Tel Aviv. There is not a place I’d rather be, than with the brave people of Israel. God, please continue to shield and protect us."

Jeremy Fall isn't falling for President Donald Trump's game ... 'cause he says the only reason 47's having a military parade this weekend is to instill fear into Americans.

We caught up with the chef and restaurateur Friday, and he blasted the administration regarding Saturday's parade in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the Army’s 250th anniversary ... and happens to land on Trump's 79th birthday.

JF said it plain and simple ... "The military is not his personal puppet show that he can just throw out whenever he wants when people disagree with him."

It was a scene straight out of the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary film "The Cove" ... an ocean of blood washed up on the shores of the Faroe Islands in Denmark -- and the morbid vision was from the slaughter of dolphins.

The gruesome photos of the sea turned metallic red were snapped Friday in a cove after hunters carried out their annual summer Viking tradition of massacring the porpoises.

In fact, the grindadrap, or "grind" as it's sometimes called, has been around for a thousand years ... and it calls for Faroe hunters to surround the dolphins in their fishing boats to draw them in to the shallow waters.

The sole survivor of the doomed Air India flight is detailing his escape from the plane's wreckage -- after he was filmed miraculously walking away from the ruins with only some cuts and bruises.

Check out this jaw-dropping footage of passenger Viswash Kumar Ramesh -- he is certainly roughed up, but is fully cognizant and moving from the torched wreck without even a slight limp, as eyewitnesses swarm him in disbelief.

The 38-year-old British citizen accepted medical help and later was impressively able to recall the moment he thought he was going to die, scene by scene, while speaking to a local reporter from his hospital bed.

Haunting video from inside the doomed Air India jet -- taken just hours before today's crash -- from an earlier flight on the same aircraft - reportedly shows major power failures aboard … a chilling glimpse into the chaos before it plunged to the ground, killing everybody onboard, save one.

Passenger Akash Vatsa posted about flying on the same Boeing 787-8 just hours earlier, from Delhi to Ahmedabad, and included a video showing basic systems totally failing -- AC, service buttons, even the TV touchscreens were dead when he tried using them.

In the post on X, he also pointed out the aircraft’s call sign -- VT-ANB -- clearly lit up on the side, matching the exact same jet that later crashed on the Ahmedabad to Gatwick, UK route.

Travis Decker's not some unstoppable rugged action hero, according to the Chelan County Sheriff ... 'cause it's the terrain -- not his military training -- that's helping him avoid capture.

Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison tells TMZ ... the Washington state resident accused of killing his three daughters doesn't have any more training than the law enforcement officers trying to track him down in the mountain region of the U.S.-Canada border.

Sheriff Morrison says Decker isn't "anything special" ... arguing that even though he has a military background, the lawmen on the other side have just as much, if not more training. He adds they've also given more for their country.

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was detained and handcuffed by law enforcement after interrupting DHS Secretary Kristi Noem at a press briefing regarding the ongoing Los Angeles riots -- and there's dramatic video of the incident.

Check out the clip ... the California Democrat shouts he has questions for Noem, while trying to make a point about a "half a dozen violent criminals" as he's being forcefully pushed from the room by several men.

He's delivered to two FBI officers who were assisting the Secret Service -- who were protecting Noem, law enforcement sources tell TMZ. Padilla appears to resist when asked to put his hands behind his back -- prompting officers to force him nearly face-down to the ground while they handcuff him.

The L.A. ICE protests have seen ongoing chaos this week -- but one jaw-dropping moment is stealing the spotlight ... a protester getting body-slammed in a violent clash against a sheriff's deputy.

Catch this wild clip -- a protester's doing a little dance in front of sheriff's deputies in full riot gear ... he hauls off and hurls a can at one deputy, and they immediately retaliate with tear gas -- just as he turns to run, a random guy comes flying in with a flying tackle and body-slams him like it’s WWE.

The guy who stuck the body slam doesn't look like a cop -- but social media's convinced he's undercover -- 'cause that was one hell of a takedown in the aid of authorities.

A former Boeing quality manager blew the whistle on the safety of the company's 787 passenger jet plane a year before one went down Thursday in a fiery crash in India, killing more than 200 people.

Check out this chilling clip ... John Barnett appeared on "TMZ Live" in January 2024 to talk about safety concerns at the time about Boeing's 737 -- but also mentioned the company's 787 Dreamliner, because he claimed the company's operations "put a strong effort into removing quality from the process" of constructing the aircrafts.

His bombshell allegations were that Boeing had been cutting inspection crews and expert staff for over a decade ... and suggested more due diligence was needed.

7:40 AM PT -- BBC News reports a single person is believed to have survived the crash, a British citizen. The Ahmedabad Police Commissioner told a local news agency the man has been hospitalized. Local media reports indicate the man's name is Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, and according to the flight manifest, he was in seat 11A on the Dreamliner ... he told reporters about 30 seconds after take-off, he heard a loud noise before the plane crashed.

A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 souls crashed just moments after departure Thursday ... exploding in a fireball that was caught on video.

Check it out ... as the Boeing 787-8 jet makes its initial ascent, the plane struggles to gain altitude before it suddenly drops, slamming into B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The aircraft goes up in flames, sending smoke billowing into the air with debris strewn across the city.

Ahmedabad's police commissioner told the Associated Press there were no survivors ... and at least 5 students were reportedly killed at the college.

Oh, the misery ... this can't be how President Trump envisioned opening night for his revamped Kennedy Center going -- a vocal battle between boo birds and his supporters -- and that was even before the curtain came up on "Les Misérables."

As the prez and First Lady Melania Trump strode to their balcony box seats, they were hit with a chorus of boos and excited cheers ... the theatergoers went back and forth for a bit before the "USA, USA!!!" chants won -- and Trump celebrated the small victory by throwing up a raised fist.

Clearly, the audience wasn’t shy -- one woman in the crowd made sure Trump heard her loud and clear, waiting for the crowd to quiet before repeatedly shouting "convicted felon!"

The two suspects in NYC's crypto kidnapping and torture case just can't catch a break ... prosecutors just unsealed an indictment charging them with a series of felonies -- one day after their Kentucky home was raided by the feds.

Bitcoin investors John Woeltz and William Duplessie were indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on charges of kidnapping, assault, coercion, attempted grand larceny and criminal possession of a weapon, according to new court documents.

On Tuesday, federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives descended on a Smithland, KY, estate owned by Woeltz and Duplessie, sources with direct knowledge told TMZ.

President Trump's sounding like a guy who wants his ex, Elon Musk, to come groveling back to him -- which seems to be happening -- but instead of welcoming him with open arms, he's putting him on the back burner.

Trump claimed he has no hard feelings with Musk, but on Wednesday's "Pod Force One" episode, he admitted he was "not a happy camper" when his former head of DOGE trashed his spending bill.

Trump said he was shocked by Elon’s outburst because, as he put it, his so-called "big beautiful bill" is so phenomenal. Taking a cue from every guilt-tripping parent in history, the prez very calmly said, "I was disappointed in him."