A New Zealand tourist was killed during a robbery at a California mall when the suspects ran over him with their vehicle as they fled the scene, police said.

The incident happened Tuesday afternoon at Fashion Island, an outdoor shopping mall in Newport Beach, police said.

The Newport Beach Police Department reported that the woman and her husband were walking in the area when two suspects, one armed with a handgun, approached and robbed them.

“There was a struggle and at this point we believe the suspects dragged her down the street,” Newport Beach police spokesman Sgt. Steve Oberon said during a press conference on Tuesday.

Both suspects tried to get into a white Toyota Camry sedan driven by a third suspect to flee the scene, police said.

“One of the suspects ran away while the vehicle fled and actually struck the female victim,” Oberon said.

girl — was identified by police on Wednesday Patricia McKay, 68 — was pronounced dead at the scene. Her husband is believed to be uninjured, Oberon said.

The suspect, who fled on foot, fired three rounds before getting into a vehicle, police said. Police said no one was injured in the shooting.

Officers responded to reports of a robbery and pursued a suspicious vehicle. Police said one of the suspects fled on foot after stopping the vehicle in Cyprus.

Two other suspects were arrested in Los Angeles County after abandoning the vehicle and fleeing on foot, police said.

The suspects were taken to the Newport Beach Police Department jail and booked on charges of murder, robbery with a firearm and conspiracy, police said.

They were identified by police Wednesday as Leroyernest Joseph McCrary, 26, of Compton; Jaden Cunningham, 18, of Lancaster; and Malachi Edward Darnell, 18, of Los Angeles. It is unclear whether they have a lawyer who can speak on their behalf.

Police said there were no suspects. The incident remains under investigation.

Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill condemned the “shocking, appalling act.”

“Newport Beach is a safe community and we mourn the loss of someone today, a loss that should never have happened,” he said during a press conference Tuesday. “Obviously, to hell with these guys. They came into our town knowing they were going to commit a crime, and a woman died today because of it. It’s heartbreaking, it’s a tragedy.”

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink Internet satellites from Florida on Wednesday (July 3) following a two-hour delay.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 live-cell capable, lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 UTC) Wednesday. A three-hour window for liftoff opened at 2:57 a.m. EDT (0601 GMT), while the launch was delayed due to technical issues.

Officials say at least three people have died as Hurricane Beryl battered Carriacou and Petit Martinique, Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Two deaths were reported in Carriacou and Petit Martinique, Grenada, the country’s Prime Minister Dicken Mitchell told a news conference on Tuesday.

At least one person was earlier reported dead after Hurricane Beryl struck St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves announced Monday evening.

Aftermath of Cyclone: Cariaco Island and Petit Martinique Grenada as the hurricane’s eye passed over it, Mitchell said. The prime minister said the situation in Grenada was dire as there was no electricity until Monday.

Homes, buildings and gas stations in Carriacou and Petite Martinique have been almost completely destroyed, and there is “the potential for widespread destruction,” Mitchell said.

Movement is severely restricted in Carriacou and Petite Martinique and roads are impassable due to the large amount of debris on the streets, the prime minister said.

Because gas stations were destroyed, heavy equipment operators couldn’t get fuel to move around the island and clear debris and roads, Mitchell explained.

The prime minister added that the country’s coast guard could not go to Carriacou and Petite Martinique because of a maritime advisory in Grenada.

A private plane will take Grenada’s police commissioner, members of Grenada’s National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) and a technical assistance team to Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Mitchell said. Helicopters have also been requested by the Prime Minister from the region.

“As a nation we are coming to grips with the reality of the disaster,” Mitchell said.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spoke publicly for the first time on Tuesday after the central bank’s preferred measure of inflation showed prices rose at the slowest pace in more than three years in May.

While still showing signs of caution, Powell acknowledged that the data is pointing in the right direction recently.

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Powell said Tuesday that he was encouraged by cooling inflation, but stressed that the Fed needs to see more evidence before cutting interest rates.

The last two inflation readings for April and May “suggest that we are back on an inflationary path,” Powell told a panel at a European Central Bank conference in Portugal.

Powell’s comments came days after the central bank’s preferred inflation target – the latest reading of the “core” personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index – rose to 2.6% in May, in line with expectations, from 2.8% in April.

On a month-on-month basis, the inflation measure rose 0.1%, and fell in line with expectations from 0.2% in April.

The reading provided fresh support for rate cuts later this year, easing concerns that warmer-than-expected inflation in the first quarter could raise plans to ease monetary policy in 2024.

Despite another positive signal that inflation is easing, the central bank is unlikely to cut rates at its next meeting in late July.

Powell declined to answer a question about whether the Fed could cut rates in September.

Instead, he underscored that the central bank will need more time and evidence that inflation is moving steadily toward its 2% target, noting that the central bank can be patient given a strong labor market that is gradually cooling.

“We’ve made a lot of progress,” Powell said. “We want to understand that the levels we’re seeing are a true reading of what’s actually happening in core inflation.”

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Hurricane Beryl, now possible Category 5 hurricaneIt has set its sights on Jamaica after killing at least one person and wreaking havoc across the Caribbean on Monday.

The storm is expected to bring life-threatening winds and storm surge to Jamaica on Wednesday and hit the Cayman Islands on Thursday, where a hurricane watch has been issued.

The storm continues to shatter records as it kicks off an exceptionally early hurricane season as an early Category 5 hurricane — and is only the second Atlantic storm of such strength to be recorded in July.

Beryl tore through Grenada on Monday, blasting through buildings and knocking out electricity and telephone service to all of the island’s residents, the governor’s office said.

“Within half an hour, Cariago was flat,” Prime Minister Dicken Mitchell said on Monday.

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Prime Minister Ralph Gonçalves said a path of “enormous destruction, pain (and) suffering” had been torn through neighboring St Vincent and the Grenadines, where at least one person had been reported dead. Some parts of the islands, including hospitals, are without electricity, while others are without water.

About 90% of homes in the nation’s Union Island were damaged or destroyed, Gonsalves said. Hundreds of homes and several schools, churches, and government buildings in St. Vincent also suffered severe damage.

“We wake up tomorrow with our commitment and determination to rebuild our lives and the lives of our families,” Gonsalves said Monday night.

While Beryl will fluctuate in strength in the coming days, it is expected to become a “very dangerous major hurricane” — Category 3 or stronger — by midweek, the hurricane center said.

The hurricane will continue to produce strong winds, heavy rain and dangerous seas extending beyond the center of the Caribbean. Although Beryl did not land in Jamaica, its outlying bands would have significant influences.

• Jamaica braces for severe injuries: A typhoon warning is in place for Jamaica due to the typhoon that will hit the island on Wednesday. Tropical storm-force winds are expected early Wednesday morning. The storm surge could raise water levels 3 to 5 feet above normal tide levels and is forecast to bring 4 to 8 inches of rain and isolated rainfall of up to 12 inches.

• Dominican Republic and Haiti under storm warning: The southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic are under a tropical storm warning, with tropical storm conditions set to begin Tuesday. Storm surges of up to 3 feet are possible, and rainfall totals could reach 6 inches.

• Extended State of Emergency in Grenada: Prime Minister’s Office Spokesperson Neela K. Etienne said the order has been extended until July 7 due to severe damage caused by the storm. He said 95% of the island of Grenada had lost power. Telecommunications have also been disrupted and some have lost internet service.

• St. Vincent and the Grenadines scrambles to restore power: Local authorities are “working feverishly, urgently, and very much to get electricity in some places tonight,” Prime Minister Gonsalves said on Monday. Many trees are leaning on power lines. Even so, the prime minister urged government buildings to reopen on Tuesday and, if possible, business owners to open.

• Major blow to Barbados fishing industry: Although Barbados was spared the brunt of the storm, the large storm surge damaged many fishing vessels – a huge loss to the country’s fishing industry. Prime Minister Mia Amor Motley said on Monday that at least 20 ships had sunk. Some fishermen in Bridgetown The aquarium complex watched helplessly as violent waves smashed boats into each other or dragged them underwater, CNN affiliate CBC reports. “There’s nothing we can do but watch the total destruction — our livelihood has gone down the drain,” one resident told the CBC.

• Trapped Cricket Team and Fans: Some cricket fans who traveled to Barbados for the T20 World Cup – including the victorious Indian team – were unable to leave the island after Cyclone Beryl halted operations at Grantley Adams International Airport. But Motley said the Indian team is likely to fly home on Tuesday after the airport reopens.

Berylline’s rapidly intensifying strength and early arrival during the Atlantic hurricane season is rare and a disturbing indicator that the season is far from normal in global warming due to human-driven climate change.

This storm has already broken many records. On Sunday it became the first major hurricane – defined as a Category 3 or higher – in the Atlantic in 58 years and reached Category 4 status in June.

According to NOAA data, it was the strongest known hurricane to pass through the southern Windward Islands, located on the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea, dating back to 1851.

Hurricanes were able to revive because the ocean is now warm, which is at the height of hurricane season, said Jim Gossin, a hurricane expert and science advisor for the nonprofit First Street Foundation.

“Hurricanes don’t know what month it is, they only know what their surroundings are,” Kosin told CNN. “Beryl breaks records for June because Beryl thinks it’s September.”

The ocean’s warm ocean temperatures fueling the unprecedented strength of beryl “definitely have a human fingerprint on them,” Gossin said.

Forecasters are warning that this hurricane season is shaping up to be unusually active. National Weather Service Forecasters predicted Between 17 and 25 storms have been named this season, with 13 becoming hurricanes.

CNN’s Monica Garrett, Abel Alvarado, Brandon Miller, Sahar Akbarzai, Mary Gilbert, Hira Humayun, Robert Shackelford, Isaac Yee, Duarte Mendonca and Manveena Suri contributed to this report.