2 Police Officers Killed by Train While Chasing Suspected Gunman a Week Before Christmas

Photo: Facebook “We have two young officers with young families,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “This holiday will never be the same for those two families. There are no words that can express the grief, the sense of loss. It just knocks you back on your heels. As we go about our time with our families, let us remind ourselves that there are others who cannot.” “While doing the most dangerous thing any police officer can do, and that is to chase an individual with a gun, these brave young men were consumed with identifying a potential threat to their community andput the safety of others above their own,” superintendent Eddie Johnson said in a press conference on Monday, adding that the train that hit them was likely going around 70 miles per hour at the time.

2 Presumed Dead After Plane Crash Near New Melle, Mo.: 'Not Survivable,' Officials Say

Photo: KMOV4 News Two people are presumed dead following a plane crash in Missouri, according to officials. The New Melle Fire Protection District reports that a small, twin-engine propeller aircraftcrashed in a wooded areanear New Melle, Mo., on Saturday after “experiencing trouble” in the air. Officials have determined that “the crash was not survivable,” according to a statement shared on the department’s Facebook page. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families after this tragic event,” the NMFPD said on Sunday.

2 Reported Dead in Texas Floods as Mattress Salesman Turns Showroom Into Shelter for Victims

Photo: Thomas B. Shea/Getty Two people died this week as a result of dangerous flood waters in Texas due to Tropical Storm Imelda, which has brought record rainfall to Houston and left residents stranded in their homes and cars. Tropical Storm Imelda began seriously plaguing parts of Texas this week and a preliminary total of 43.15 inches of rainfall has been measured in Jefferson County, making Imelda the seventh wettest tropical cyclone in the nation’s history, theNational Weather Service reported.

2 San Diego Teenagers and Their Friend Tortured and Killed in Tijuana

Photo: GoFundMe (2) Two San Diego teenagers and their friend were brutally slain execution-style Sunday in Mexico. The victims, Christopher Alexis Gomez, 17, a football player at O’ Farrell Charter High School and his friend of many years Juan Suarez-Ojeda, 18, a graduate of Ingenuity Charter School, had gone on a road trip to Ensenada last Friday for a barbecue and never returned, Gomez’s cousin Katheryn GarciatoldtheSan Diego Union-Tribune. Also with them was 17-year-old Tijuana high schooler, Angel Said Robles.

2 Sets of Cousins Were Killed in Texas School Shooting: 'May Your Passing Not Be in Vain'

Photo: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Hours after a gunman entered Robb Elementary School andkilled 21 peopleTuesday afternoon, several parents in Uvalde, Texas, received the horrific news that their children had died in the attack. But for four households, the grief went beyond losing a child: Two sets of cousins were in the classroom where the gunman opened fire, doubling the pain for the families involved. Jailah Nicole Sigulero, 10, and Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10, were in the same class when their lives were cut tragically short — exactly one week after the cousins had both lost their grandfather.