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AUGUST 9- 11, 2019

In their off hours, the men orga-
nized camping trips and merit badge
training. During the day, working as
teachers, counselors and police offi-
cers, they were similarly surrounded
by children. Résumés betrayed no
signs of the danger the men posed.
In a lawsuit filed Monday against
the Boy Scouts of America, lawyers
said they’ve identified 350 abusers
who preyed on young Scouts. Only two
dozen of their names are in the Boy
Scouts’ disciplinary files, made public
in a previous court case.
The list of alleged abusers, obtained
by USA TODAY, details
molestation ranging
from fondling to sodo-
my. Some of the men
ended up in court or
were punished admin-
istratively for similar
crimes, sometimes
many years after these
newly alleged assaults. Some were
kicked out of Scouting for abuse. USA
TODAY is naming only those who fit
one or more of those categories.
In a statement, Boy Scouts of Amer-
ica said it cares about all victims of
abuse and apologizes to anyone
harmed during their time in Scouting.
A review of the list and victims’
allegationsreveals a disturbingly com-
mon detail: Beyond Scouts, many of
the accused were in positions to pro-
tect, mentor and nurture children.

Police officer

Michael Nussbaum, 57, is one of
nearly 800 clients of the attorneys who
filed Monday’s lawsuit in Pennsylva-
nia state court. He said Jon Wyatt’s po-
sition as a beloved police sergeant

Alleged

Scout

abusers

men of

status

Communities trusted

them with young lives

Cara Kelly and Nick Penzenstadler
USA TODAY

Wyatt

See SCOUTS, Page 6A

CINCINNATI – When people say time
is relative, this is what they mean:
A flash of recognition slipped across
her face before the woman in a black
tank top wrapped her arms around a
man’s neck in greeting. Just nine sec-
onds later, the two were fleeing a gun-
man. It feels as fast as a blink.
Down the road, another pair strolled
toward a street light. They paused just
after the first gunshot. It took six ago-
nizingly long seconds before the two
recognized the sound and started to run.


As police tell it, they were on the
scene and had “neutralized” the shooter
in 32 seconds. But those seconds felt
like an eternity for the people who heard
the shots, realized their lives were at
stake and scurried for safety.
“It’s kind of like the Earth stood still
for a second,” said Erianna Carpenter,
who turns 28 this month. “It was a sur-
real moment.”
Sorting out the precise order of
events in the moment a 24-year-old
man opened fire on a street in Dayton,
Ohio, is all but impossible, even with the
help of surveillance videos, cellphone

A body is recovered from the
scene in the Oregon District
of Dayton, Ohio, after a
gunman opened fire, turning
a summery Saturday night into
a scene of unspeakable horror.
SAM GREENE/USA TODAY NETWORK

32 seconds


changed


everything


“It was just complete

chaos out there.

People were running

into the restaurants,

running into the

alleys, running

everywhere.”
Erianna Carpenter, 27

INSIDE, 3A

Trouble at the NRA
Powerful group under pressure
from without, and from within.

When ‘red flags’ fly

Reading the warning signs,
then acting, is difficult.

MASSACRE IN DAYTON, OHIO


When gunshots shattered the night,


‘the Earth stood still for a second’


Amber Hunt
Cincinnati Enquirer
USA TODAY NETWORK


See32 SECONDS, Page 4A

Global warming on land is happen-
ing at a rapid rate, and humans will
need to change the way they eat and
farm to help save the planet, a new
United Nations report says.
The report from the U.N. Intergov-

ernmental Panel on Climate Change
describes a cycle in which the prob-
lems of land degradation and climate
change exacerbate each other to make
land and climate less livable.
“The cycle is accelerating,” NASA
climate scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig,

A United Nations report agrees with Greenpeace activists that meat can have
an adverse effect on the environment. MARTIAL TREZZINI/EPA-EFE

UN: Changing diet could help

save land from climate change

Ryan W. Miller
USA TODAY

See CLIMATE, Page 8A

IN NEWS

ICE detains 680,
later releasing 300

Raids at Mississippi processing plants
follow crackdowns in other states

IN LIFE

Michelle Williams: Pay
gap scandal was ‘gift’

Actress continues to be vocal about
gender equality after her own story

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