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Retired Cop Allegedly Shot and Killed a Fellow Moviegoer For Texting During the Previews

ByJosh Voorhees

An argument between two moviegoers turned deadly on Monday when a 71-year-old retired cop allegedly shot

and killed another man in a Florida theater where the victim had been texting during the previews. According to

police, the confrontation began when Curtis Reeves, a retired police captain, asked 43-year-old Chad Oulson to put

his phone away. "It ended almost as quickly as it started," said Pasco County Sheriff's spokesman Doug Tobin.

The best account of the sad incident I've seen so far comes from Charles Cummings, an eyewitness who was in the

movie theater with his son when the shooting happened. "Somebody throws popcorn.... And then bang, he was

shot," Cummings, who reportedly left the theater splattered with blood,recounted to media that had gathered in

the Tampa suburb.

According to Cummings' version of events, there was a brief pause during the argument during which Reeves left

the auditorium. At the time, Cummings assumed Reeves had done so to get a manager, but when he returned

without one in tow the fight resumed and quickly escalated. Reeves then allegedly took out a gun, killing Oulson

and shooting his wife in the hand in the process.

According to police, Reeves, who was also attending the screening of Lone Survivorwith his wife, was detained at

the scene by an off-duty police officer and has since been charged with second-degree murder.

Nun gives birth to baby named after Pope

A nun from El Salvador has given birth to a baby boy in Italy - and named the child after Pope Francis

The discovery of the nun's pregnancy has embarrassed the Catholic Church in Italy

ByNick Squires

2:05PM GMT 18 Jan 2014

A nun who was rushed to hospital complaining of acute stomach pains has given birth to a baby boy and named

him Francesco after the Pope.

The 31-year-old nun began to feel severe abdominal cramps on Wednesday and gave birth just a few hours later.

The discovery of her pregnancy has embarrassed the Catholic Church inItaly,with the local bishop saying that she

will have to leave her convent in Rieti, north of Rome, after breaking her vow of chastity."It would be preferable that she now lead a secular life with her baby, away from religious institutions," said a

spokesman for Delio Lucarelli, bishop of Rieti.

The nun, who is fromEl Salvador,had kept her pregnancy a secret and even as she was being taken to hospital in

an ambulance denied that she could be pregnant.

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"It's not possible, I'm a nun," she told doctors, according to the Italian press.

The nun, who has not been named, had been working in an old people's home attached to the Campomoro

convent near Rieti. She was a member of the Little Disciples of Jesus order.

The convent's mother superior, Sister Erminia, said: "It seems she was not able to resist temptation."

There was speculation that the nun may have fallen pregnant during a visit to her home country last year.

She named the baby boy, who weighed 7.7lbs, Francescoapparently in tribute to Pope Francis.

"Both mother and baby are in good health," said Pasquale Carducci, the director of the local hospital.

Sisters in the convent said they had no idea she was expecting a baby.

"We noticed she had put on weight but recently she had kept herself to herself," one said.

The local diocese said assistance would be given to the woman and her baby for a few weeks until she decided on

her future.

The mayor of Rieti also offered help.

"If she needs assistance we will provide it, as we would for anybody," said Simone Petrangeli.

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