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Anthem Area Edition
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Anthem comes together to buy boy new bike BY CHRISTIAN JOHNSON Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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n Anthem family is grateful after community members pulled together to buy a new bike for their
son. Moriah Luce worked hard to buy her son, Ezekiel Luce, a bike for his birthday, so when it was stolen in mid-November, she was devastated. They searched for it with no luck. “It was $400, and I was disappointed because, why would someone steal it?” Moriah said. Moriah went to Facebook and saw that Anthem had a community group. She joined and posted about her son’s bike. “I was unaware of just how big the
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Ezekiel Luce was gifted a bike after his was stolen. (Adam Johnson/Submitted)
Friend raising money for shooting victim BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
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he community is banding together for a woman who was shot five times in her car while waiting for her son to finish therapy in the 42000 block of North 41st Drive on Nov. 16. The victim, whose family does not want
her name released, is the beneficiary of a GoFundMe set up by friend Jeff McCombs. He is trying to raise $250,000 to pay for medical expenses. To donate, visit https:// bit.ly/AnthemShootingVictim Phoenix police said as they arrived on scene, they saw two individuals with gunshot wounds. Medical aid was provided to an adult female victim who was taken to a
local hospital in critical condition. While on scene Phoenix Fire Department pronounced the male deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was identified later as 38-year-old Eric Blair. “Witnesses in the area had informed officers that the male suspect shot the female
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