Miami-Dade homicide detectives are trying to unravel a murder mystery after a man was shot and killed while jogging near his home in Coral Gables.

According to police, a woman called for help after she claimed her husband showed up at their front door with a gunshot wound.

40-year old Jose Marchese Berrios, was shot while jogging late Thursday night and actually made it back to his 2nd floor apartment, at 1014 Salzedo Street, where he collapsed.

He died before rescue crews arrived.

Police have no idea who shot him.

Neighbors say it’s very common to see a people out late at night, often walking their dogs or jogging or going to a nearby convenience store.

Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

From cbs4.com

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Brenda Stuck was always trying to help.

About 9:32 p.m. Thursday, she was jogging with friend Tami McCall — and McCall’s dog, Mac — along the Southeast Outer Road of U.S. 65, about two miles north of Branson.

Mac, a black Labrador-St. Bernard mix, ran into the road and was hit by a car.

Stuck ran out to help the dog, while McCall looked for someone with a cell phone to call for help.

That’s when Stuck was hit by a 1994 Chrysler Concorde driven by Jodi Lilly, 37, of Branson.

Stuck died early Friday at St. John’s Hospital. She was 43.

Read the rest at the News-Leader.com

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Follow up to  Missing Runner   

King County sheriff’s Deputy Peter Linde stood in the rain near a Cougar Mountain trailhead Sunday afternoon and shook his head.

For the third straight day, King County search and rescue teams combed an 11-square-mile area, desperately searching for Michael Schreck — the Issaquah man and father of two teenagers who left for a Friday morning run and never returned.

Searchers brought dogs, horses and twice scanned the area with heat sensors by helicopter. But early Sunday evening, they seemed to have no more solid leads than they did two days earlier, and Linde looked at a Cougar Mountain map as though it were a Rubik’s Cube.

“This guy just disappeared,” he said.

 Read the rest at the Seattle PI

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Well, it looks like Connecticut is down to one marathon again.

Organizers of the Mystic Country Marathon have confirmed that they will no longer produce a 26.2 mile race in Eastern Connecticut in October. Instead, a shorter race, the Niantic Bay Half Marathon, will be held in the same area the last Sunday in September.

A 5K will be held in conjunction with the half.

“It will be a really nice course,” said John Bysiewicz, who has directed the event since its inception six years ago. “The marathon course was nice too, but it had some sections that weren’t so good. Plus, by holding the race a week earlier, we’ll be able to use the beach for the post-race activities.”

Read the rest at The Advocate

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Following the tragic events this week at Virginia Tech, a groundswell of sentiment has emerged for local man Jeremy Herbstritt, a Penn State grad and avid runner who died during the Virginia Tech shootings.

Those emotions have given rise to the Jeremy Herbstritt Memorial 5K Walk/Race, which will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 5 at the IM Building on Penn State’s University Park campus.

Proceeds will go to the just-established United Way Memorial Fund for Jeremy Herbstritt. Registration is $10. Entry forms will be available soon. Participants may also register at the event from 1 to 1:45 p.m.

Jeremy’s passion for life continues to be an inspiration for many. I knew him as a relay team captain in the Tussey mOUnTaiNBACK 50 Mile Relay and Ultramarathon, where he fielded teams for three years that included three siblings, and his mom, Peg, volunteered.

It hurts to see a loss like this, but a positive unifying energy that Jeremy would champion emerges behind a race like this. See you all there!

For more info go to community.centredaily.com

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