america's latest tragic trend showing up at a mistaken place. several people shot in just days some even losing their lives

over an innocent mistake re-slapshaping the magic ki. a pandemic side effect the alarming number of children who went unvaccinated during lockdown and a real rock star the genius geologist who made a major discovery. it's thursday, april 20, "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. we begin in texas where another simple mistake has ended with bloodshed. peyton washington, an elite cheerleader was shot when her friend apparently approached the wrong car. her father says she's in stable condition and as tough as they come this marks the third time in recent days that someone has responded to an innocent mixup with gunfire dan scheneman has more >> reporter: a young woman seriously hurt near austin,

texas over a misunderstanding. >> these girls were just trying to get home. >> reporter: four chieerleaders who just finished practice went to a grocery one of them mistakenly got into the wrong car. shots were fired >> i was trying to apologize to him. halfway my window was down. he pulled out a gun and started shooting at all of us. >> reporter: one person treated at the scene, a second identified as peyton washington airlifted to a hospital. >> she's literally a role model for the kids in this industry throughout the country everybody knows him. >> reporter: one man is now charged. it's not the only mistake that ignited deadly violence. in new york state, authorities say 20-year-old kelyn gillis was killed when she and friends made a wrong turn >> they drove up this driveway for a very short time. realized their mistake and were

leaving. when mr. monahan came out and fired two shots. >> reporter: investigators say gillis was just looking for a friend's house >> i know for a fact that she comes from a good family, a very good family. and i know him personally. and, you know, she's a young girl that was taken way too young. >> reporter: 65-year-old kevin monahan is now charged with second-degree murder he has enter add plea of not guilty dan scheneman, nbc news. >> we also have an update on ralph yarl, the 16-year-old shot in kansas city after ringing the wrong doorbell his attorney sharing this photo saying it's a true miracle that the bullet in yarl's head did not create more damage the suspect pleaded not guilty two felony charmsges and releasd on $200,000 bond washington state lawmakers

have passed a bill to block the sale of more than 50 models, including ak-47s they include those that automatically load the nix shot. there are exemptions from military and law enforcement the governor is expected to sign it after it passed, he tweeted washington does not and will not accept gun violence as normal. three suspects are custody in connection with a fatal shooting at a sweet 16 party in alabama. 20-year-old wilson lamar jr. was arrested and charged with four counts of reckless murder along with travis mccullough and travis mccullough. the shooting left four dead, including the brother of the girl celebrating her birthday. 32 were injured and four are still in critical condition. authorities have yet to reveal a possible motive.

a judge has ruled in favor of house republican leaders in their fight with manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. on wednesday afternoon the southern district of new york judge ruled that mark pomeranz, a former prosecutor for the d.a.'s office must appear for a deposition before the house judiciary committee. the subpoena was issued by jim jordan who has feuded with bragg's office over its investigation into former president trump, calling it politically motivated. that ended in 2rtrump being charged with 34 counts of business fraud the d.a.'s office did not issue mi immediate comment, but attorneys for bragg filed an appeal against the ruling on wednesday evening. the biden administration has announced it is giving ukraine another $325 million worth of what it calls security assistance the department of defense in a statement saying the transfer is

quote, essential to strengthening ukraine's defenders on the battlefield let's go live to janis mackey frayer this is the 36th such downdraw from the u.s. weapons stockpile to ukraine what exactly are they getting? >> reporter: this is the latest show of support from the u.s. to ukraine in the form of military assistance this package valued at $325 million and includes primarily ammunition for for thi mar rock launchers. they include logistic support vehicles and support maintenance. kyiv has also taken delivery on patriot missile defense systems. this was confirmed by the ukrainian defense minister on twitter, where he thanked the u.s. as well at german and dutch defense ministers, saying that the skies over ukraine will be more secure.

the u.s. had agreed last october to send these systems that are used against aircraft and cruise missiles and other ballistic missiles that russia has been using to bombard residential areas as well as the ukrainian power grid all of this coming at a time when ukraine and russia are fortifying with the expectation there will be a spring offensive. ukraine's volodymyr zelenskyy toured the border. and one more development, china is denying reports that chinese-made drones are being used on ukraine's battlefield. officials in beijing say china has insisted now and in the past that it will not help arm russia, even though the two countries are key allies frances? >> janis mackey frayer for us, thank you. changes might be coming to

the house of mouse if florida governor disastesantis has anytg to say about it. the board that oversee the operations of disney world outlined a plan that could result in major changes to how the massive resort operates. marley martinez from our orlando affiliate has more >> motion passes unanimously >> reporter: on wednesday, the central florida tourism oversight district voted to give itself superior authority over disney to make decisions on planning and development issues in lake buena vista and bay lake >> no corporation or individual has the right to have special privileges we are looking forward to balancing the scales >> reporter: the five members on govern desantis' hand-picked board set april 26 as a second reading. one man in celebration says people who live around here are paying attention

>> residents are starting to grow concerned as the governor puts forward ideas that can affect the well-being of celebration. >> reporter: he's worried toll roads could be coming or a state prison sfwlfrmt residents are concerned we'll become innocent bystanders people of celebration would like to respectfully remind the board that they are surrounded by towns and people who live there. the coast guard suspended the search for three missing american sailors who haven't been heard from in weeks in a statement, the coast guard said they found no signs of the three after searching for nearly 300 hours. gross' daughter told our san diego stationna they were sailing and lost communication on april 4 those with any information on their location are asked to contact the u.s. coast guard temperatures are taking a

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d.c. station has more. >> we on page 140. >> reporter: a fifth grader recently gave his science lesson a schooling. liam squires and his class were reviewing their textbook after a lesson on the rock cycle it was all rudimentary after he saw a picture labeled sedimentary. >> the true problem is on this page these two are not correct. >> reporter: the sedimentary rock and igneous rock are labeled incorrectly in the textbook >> they're flipped labels are flipped >> reporter: liam told his teacher who couldn't believe it at first >> it was just baffling. i was like, i didn't know what to do at that point, okay, close the book >> reporter: ms. porter spread word up through school admin soon liam was recognized by the superintendent his story made the local paper then in another not-so-local

paper. the fifth grader has interview requests piling up >> we with surprised that we were asked >> reporter: and did you hear the one about how rocks wash their clothes? on the rock cycle of course, without throwing stones, liam gets the excitement >> us that there were a lot of people qualified people to check this kind of thing, i think >> reporter: then a letter came in the mail. more congratulations >> maybe one day you will be a geologist studying the earth we are proud of you. formally, the five ponds press team >> reporter: the letter was from the publisher of the textbook, thanking liam for finding the error. >> it was fantastic. >> reporter: a book about rocks, now a lesson in humility the publisher add migrmitting h

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