Thursday morning top stories: Man charged in deadly 2022 crash

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - On Daybreak Today,

Man charged in deadly 2022 crash

• A Lubbock man is now facing charges for a wreck that killed a mother and her 9-year-old son at 114th and Indiana last year
• A witness says Jordan Merchant ran a red light and hit their vehicle
• Full story here: Arrest made in 2022 crash that killed mother, 9-year-old son

Restaurant sign vandalized with racial slur

• Police are looking for the person that vandalized the KFC sign near 50th and I-27 with a racial slur
• The restaurant says hate has no place at KFC and asks that employees be treated with kindness
• Read KFC’s full statement here: ‘Hate has no place in any KFC’: Lubbock restaurant sign vandalized with racial slur

Students walk out to protest gun violence

• Thousands of students across the U.S. took part in a walkout to demand that lawmakers take action against gun violence
• The protests came in response to the latest school shooting in Nashville that left six people dead
• Read more here: Portland students join nationwide walkout to protest gun violence

Cash App founder killed

• Bob Lee, the creator of Cash App and CPO of Mobile Coin, is dead after being stabbed early Tuesday morning in San Francisco
• So far, police have no motive or suspect
• Details here: Bob Lee, Cash App founder, fatally stabbed in San Francisco

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