During Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, a tense moment unfolded as Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb was forced to exit the game on Thursday.

The incident occurred midway through the opening period of Vegas’ 4-3 defeat when McNabb was struck in the face by an 87 mph slap shot from Hurricanes forward Nikolaj Ehlers.

Immediately following the impact, the game came to a halt as players from both sides signaled the referees, urgently drawing attention to McNabb’s injury.

The 35-year-old defenseman quickly made his way to the locker room, covering his mouth and nose with his hand, and was subsequently taken to the hospital, according to an ESPN report.

In McNabb’s absence, Jeremy Lauzon stepped up to join Shea Theodore on the top defensive pairing for Las Vegas.

McNabb proved to be a difference maker during Game 1, having his first career three-assist effort to help the Golden Knights beat Carolina 5-4 on Tuesday.

He has 33 blocked shots in the playoffs after leading the Golden Knights with 142 blocks in 63 games during the regular season.

The veteran defenseman also ranks first in Golden Knights history in blocked shots (1,417) and hits (1,469).

With Las Vegas now just three wins away from a Stanley Cup, head coach John Tortorella said his team’s willingness to stick together was its greatest strength during the playoff run.

“I think that’s the biggest attribute I’ve seen with this team in the short time I’ve been with them is they stay together,” Tortorella said. “They don’t break apart and I think that gets you through some situations. We’re playing against a very good team.

“We’re going to have things happen to us tomorrow. But we’re going to have to stick together to try and find a way.”

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The Ada County court has released the autopsy reports for the University of Idaho students who tragically lost their lives. This development follows the case’s transfer after Bryan Kohberger, the accused, successfully petitioned for a change of venue.

Dr. Veena Singh, the chief medical examiner from Spokane, carried out the autopsies. Prosecutors had intended for her to testify during the trial’s penalty phase, a plan that was altered when Kohberger opted to plead guilty.

The victims, University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle, were featured in a heartfelt final photo shared by Goncalves on Instagram, alongside two other housemates. This image captured a moment before the four students met their untimely deaths in a stabbing incident in November 2022.

While the autopsy reports omit photographs, they do detail the victims’ severe injuries, some of which have been previously disclosed to the public.

Dr. Singh found that all of the victims suffered wounds “consistent” with a “Ka-Bar Full Size US Marine Corps Fighting Knife” — the suspected murder weapon. Some injuries may have been caused by different parts of the weapon, she found.

An evidence photo from the Moscow Police Department shows a KA-BAR knife sheath believed to have housed the knife Bryan Kohberger used to murder four University of Idaho students in November 2022. (Moscow Police Department)

All four were killed by multiple sharp-force injuries and “endured a high degree of pain and/or suffering” in the attack, which took place as three of the four were sleeping around 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2022.

She noted that Kaylee Goncalves, 21, had also suffered blunt-force injuries to her face and that an “unidentified object” appeared to have been used to cover her mouth. She also showed signs of asphyxia.

Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on July 23, 2025, for his sentencing hearing for the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students nearly three years earlier. (Kyle Green/AP Photo)

The victims were Goncalves, her 21-year-old best friend, Madison Mogen, 20-year-old Xana Kernodle and 20-year-old Ethan Chapin.

Kernodle was the only one not in bed when Kohberger attacked — suffering defensive wounds on her hands and arms.

Police found a leather Ka-Bar sheath in the bed with Goncalves and Mogen that prosecutors later said had Kohberger’s DNA on it.

The victims of the Nov. 13 University of Idaho massacre are Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen. (Instagram)

Investigators used investigative genetic genealogy to come up with leads about the suspect, and discovered a potential match in Kohberger, who had been attending classes 10 miles from the crime scene. He was arrested at his parents’ house in Pennsylvania on Dec. 30, 2022.

The reports were included in a batch of newly unsealed court filings as the court continues to make more information in the case available to the public.

Kohberger, who was studying for a Ph.D. in criminology at the neighboring Washington State University, pleaded guilty last year to avoid death by the firing squad.

He is serving four consecutive life sentences plus another 10 years.

His early weeks in prison were marked with complaints about the food and mistreatment by fellow inmates.

A 14-year-old has been taken into custody in connection with a random shooting that tragically claimed the life of a promising business student in an Indiana parking garage.

The victim, Brett Scrogham, 23, succumbed to his injuries two days after being shot in a parking garage at around 6 PM last week. The incident occurred just moments before he was set to meet his parents at a baseball game, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD).

Authorities announced on Wednesday that the young suspect was apprehended on the city’s west side in relation to the fatal shooting. However, the identity of the juvenile has not been disclosed.

‘I’m frustrated and disheartened to tell you that the person we believe is responsible for this is a 14-year-old child,’ IMPD Chief Tanya Terry tearfully said during a press conference on Thursday, according to WISH-TV News.  

“Consider this: 14 years old and arrested for murder,” a police spokesperson remarked. “One young man’s life was tragically cut short, and another will have to live with the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life.”

The spokesperson also addressed the concerning rise in youth violence within the city, highlighting that four teenagers have recently been arrested for murder, while several others face charges for violent crimes, many of which involve firearms.

‘What happened downtown last week was an absolutely tragic incident,’ she said.

‘My heart goes out to the family, friends, and loved ones of Brett Scrogham, who was killed.’

A 14-year-old boy was arrested in connection with a random shooting that left Brett Scrogham, 23, dead in Indiana

The chief told reporters that, to her knowledge, there is no relationship between the teenage suspect and Scrogham

The chief told reporters that, to her knowledge, there is no relationship between the teenage suspect and Scrogham. 

The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office now has the authority to make final charging decisions involving the minor, including whether he will be tried as an adult or whether his parents should be held responsible, according to police.

During the press conference, Terry said she ‘100 percent agrees’ with holding parents accountable in criminal court, stressing that ‘parenting is not passive’ and that ‘active involvement matters.’

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett thanked the police department for its swift work.

‘While there are still more steps in the judicial process to fully hold this individual accountable, I hope this arrest gives Brett Scrogham’s family and all those who loved him some measure of comfort during this most difficult time,’ he said.

Aaron Green, whose father was murdered by a 17-year-old, told WRTV News, ‘I don’t think any kid wakes up and is born a killer.’

He started Struggle University, an organization that helps troubled youth deal with trauma and recognize early signs of distress through community activities. 

‘I think it’s a cumulation of things that have happened over time’ he told the outlet.

Scrogham, a recent graduate of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, was on his way to attend a baseball game with his family on May 28 at Victory Field

Scrogham was found with from a gunshot wound when officers arrived at a nearby parking garage on Thursday around 6pm

‘And if kids don’t feel safe where they feel like they need to have guns, that’s an adult problem. That’s not a kid problem.’

Green believes in rehabilitation and encourages adults to create safe spaces that allow teens to open up and communicate rather than turn to firearms. 

On Thursday, Terry echoed a similar sentiment, urging parents to ‘be nosy’ and proactive with their children and, if needed, reach out to organizations that can help. 

‘This level of youth violence is not unique to Indianapolis. Other cities throughout our country are also seeing similar patterns,’ the chief said.

‘We cannot accept violence involving our children as something that’s normal,’ she added.

Under Indiana law, adult criminal courts have automatic jurisdiction over minors aged 16 and older who are charged with certain offenses, including murder.

Scrogham, a recent graduate of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, was on his way to attend a baseball game with his family on May 28 at Victory Field when he was found suffering from a gunshot wound in a parking garage.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition but succumbed to his injuries two days later. 

The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will make final charging decisions involving the minor, including whether he will be tried as an adult or whether his parents should be held responsible

Scrogham’s good friend and fellow classmate James Wilson said he was a proud, successful student

The latest tragedy comes as violence, crime and ‘anarchy’ have continued to plague the Midwest city in recent years

Scrogham’s good friend and fellow classmate James Wilson said he was a proud, successful student. 

‘With him being top 100, him getting that was very impressive, and he was very happy to get that,’ Wilson told Fox 59 News. 

‘He potentially saw himself investing in his own low-income housing and rental properties and maybe building some apartments or something like that.’ 

Robyn Collier told the outlet that Scrogham rescued her dogs during a house fire. 

Scrogham’s death has also fueled debate over violence in downtown Indianapolis, including comments from Republican lawmakers.

On X, former mayoral candidate Rep. Jefferson Shreve wrote: ‘Families should be able to park downtown, walk to a ballgame, and come home safely. Public safety has to be the first responsibility of city leadership.’

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Tanya Terry said a 14-year-old boy was arrested on the city’s west side Wednesday in connection with the deadly attack, though his identity has not been released

The latest tragedy comes as violence, crime and ‘anarchy’ have continued to plague the Midwest city in recent years, Indy Star columnist Jeffrey Tompkins wrote in the wake of Scrogham’s death. 

Tompkins, an urban planner and local to downtown Indianapolis, said the surge in deadly chaos has gotten so out of control that the community now has two options to choose from: anarchy or urbanism. 

‘We do have to pick one. The cities Americans romanticize, from Tokyo to Paris to New York at its best, are not safe because their residents are gentler people,’ Tompkins wrote. ‘Far from it. They are safe because crime is not the expectation.’ 

He went on to mention other recent crimes that left innocent people dead, injured, or just flat out terrified, including when career criminal Demarcus McCloud, 46, set an IndyGo Red Line bus on fire on April 24, 2024. 

Thankfully, no one was killed after a fast-thinking bus driver pulled over the bus and evacuated everyone onboard safely. 

McCloud was booked into the county jail more than 46 times before he launched chaos on the city. 

In July 2025, he was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of malicious damage to property receiving federal funds and one count of malicious damage to federal property, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). 

In a hopeful development, a La Porte County sheriff’s deputy wounded in a shooting is making progress in his recovery. On Thursday, Deputy Jon Samuelson was transferred to Chicago to commence rehabilitation, as confirmed by ABC7. First responders from Portage, Indiana, paid tribute by lining part of his route.

The incident occurred last month at a hospital in Michigan City, Indiana, where Deputy Samuelson was shot.

The accused shooter, Sherod Grafton from Chicago, has been charged in connection with the incident. He entered a plea of not guilty during his court appearance.

Last week, Grafton made a virtual appearance in court, where a judge set his bond at $100,000.

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Grafton appeared virtually in court last week. A judge set bond for Grafton at $100,000.

Prosecutors also read out the charges that Grafton is now facing. They include attempted murder, use of a firearm to inflict serious bodily harm, auto theft and battery to a public safety officer.

Friday was Grafton’s first time appearing in court since the shooting that left Deputy Samuelson with severe injuries in the Michigan City hospital.

Friday’s hearing also came after Grafton’s first appearance was postponed because the previous judge recused themself saying their impartiality might be reasonably questioned.

Investigators said La Porte County Sheriff’s Deputy Samuelson was trying to be a good Samaritan when he stopped to help out Grafton, who was believed to be a stranded driver at the time.

Police accuse Grafton of pulling out a gun later at the hospital and shooting Deputy Samuelson three times.

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A court filing said the gun jammed when Grafton stood over him and tried to shoot him again.

One of the bullets that hit Deputy Samuelson lodged in his spine, according to the filing. He may be paralyzed from the chest down.

Grafton is due back in court on June 12.