.st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Rebecca Woolington | The Oregonian/OregonLiveWCSOCody WardA teenager accused of manslaughter in the Sept 17 fatal shooting of his 15-year-old friend told police he loaded a shotgun that he held behind his friend's head before the shooting occurred and Trenton Joseph "T.J." Lester were playing with a "sawed-off shotgun" at Ward's home according to an affidavit in support of a search warrant filed in Lester scared Ward with the shotgun and Ward wanted to "scare him back," he told investigators walked up behind Lester who was seated outside placed the gun behind Lester's head and said Ward told police he didn't believe the weapon was loaded and added that he "didn't check it but it is always unloaded," records show who was dressed in a T-shirt with a "swastika label" on the front said he didn't remember having his finger on the gun's trigger He also reportedly said he wouldn't do anything to hurt his friend Police responded to the home about 5:30 p.m Eisfeld received a minor cut and was taken to a hospital "Rachel" was at the home when the shooting occurred but said he didn't know her last name About 45 seconds before the shooting occurred Eisfeld saw Ward "open the shotgun breech and saw that the shotgun was unloaded," records say She then walked into the backyard with Lester and didn't see what Ward did with the shotgun Eisfeld told police she saw Ward walk up behind Lester but did not see that he was holding the gun Eisfeld saw Lester's "head explode," records say Ward then ran into the home to call police; Eisfeld ran into the home and called her mother and showered because blood covered her body where he admitted to loading the shotgun before the shooting with first-degree manslaughter and unlawful possession of a short-barrel shotgun that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison Investigators seized several items from Ward's residence two pictures of Ward with firearms and two notes on lined paper from Ward's room Police say the case will likely be presented to a grand jury within a week Ward has a court appearance scheduled for Monday Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. 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Read our Privacy notice Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil admitted he was surprised by the level of quality within the squad and praised the club's youngsters coming through Gunners manager Arsene Wenger fielded a youthful side against West Brom in the League Cup clash at the Hawthorns and progressed to the next round 4-3 on penalties after the score was still level at 1-1 after extra time Arsenal will now face Chelsea in the fourth round at the Emirates Stadium The German international Ozil singled out compatriots Eisfeld with the former scoring his first professional goal in the tie "They [Eisfeld and Gnabry] are very talented," Ozil revealed in a Twitter question and answer session today When asked which of his new team-mates has impressed him the most saying: "I don't just want to say one player I am surprised by the technical quality of the whole team." 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Read our privacy notice Fulham have completed the signing of 21-year-old German Thomas Eisfeld from Arsenal who progressed through the youth ranks at Borussia Dortmund before heading to England in 2005 becomes head coach Felix Magath's seventh signing of the summer following their relegation from the Premier League Until as recently as last season it appeared that Eisfeld could expect a bright future at the Emirates Arsene Wenger confirmed Eisfeld's attacking instincts to those of club legend Robert Pires complimenting the German on his unique quality "He has that kind of quality that some midfielders have - not many," said Wenger last year "They have the timing to get in dangerous situations "He's cool enough in front of goal and he finishes well." Eisfeld has signed a two-year deal with the Cottagers with an option for an additional 12 months A statement on Fulham's official website read: "Fulham Football Club is delighted to confirm the signing of Thomas Eisfeld from Arsenal "The attacking midfielder has signed a two-year deal with an option for a further 12 months that will see the player remain at the Club until at least the summer of 2016." 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Surely trimming squad to a real talented 45 must be more sensible and allow cash on transfer for 4+ super quality players or am I being naive I appreciate we run a reserve and youth squads but 80 players wages!! and we have a lot of youths in our team who are almost as good as someone who demands 3-4 times more instead of buying one player for 20+M and then add 60-70k a week we can get 2-3 new young upcoming players for 10+M plus 50k+ a week And we are not really paying the whole wage for each loaned players we only keep those 25-30 players we think are good enough for the first team to play for us Liverpool is trying to do what you suggest which is spending big on players who they think are quality. but they are only 1-2 points ahead of us and not playing particularly any better I don’t think the 80 player’s is necessarily a bad thing as lots of them aren’t earning much but Arsenal are guilty of overpaying some of our squad players when you can’t sell player’s like Denilson or Bendtner because no other clubs wants anything do with their wages So that means instead of selling these player’s and making money off their sale’s we loan them out to other clubs who will a pay a fraction of their wages and we will continue to do this until their contracts expire and they leave for nothing The club have got start being more selective on how many 40-60 a week contracts they give out too young players because the majority will not make the grade here The club have too trim the size of the first team squad so we can focus our resources on paying higher wages to players who win us games In Kenya Almunia would have insisted that he is under 21 We’ve had a 27 year old play for our under 18s’ The specific exclusion of Almunia might be a tactical move which would theoretically waste a “foreign” slot once he’s gone a club can apply for dispensation to add an additional player to the list for a specialist position that would allow us to register and play Almunia in an emergency which might not have been the case for any other position Would have been a lot smarter if that goalkeeper was anywhere near good if we did want to get rid of players we could terminate contracts as long as its done by mutual consent that should allow players like Denilson to leave without paying comp WHy would young players wish to cancel a contrcat that gives them financial stability without any comp … as you said it is by mutual consent would you give it up for nothing if you were likely to get less than half that if you had to find a new club I dont know why eastmond gets so much stick on here because every time ive seen him play for the reserves hes been one of our better players I really think people that comment on here dont watch the games and are jumping on a bandwagon Because stupid people need to have everything in black and white That means they must always have their scapegoats A player can’t just be doing ‘OK’ he’s got to be labelled as either brilliant or shit Andrew pointed out the current under 21’s knocking at the door for first action Behind those you have the excellent Ozyakup and not forgetting Frimpong and Miquel too Even further down the line you have Jon Toral plus many others that still have time to develop into our future stars I have a sneaky feeling that that one name that will make his mark later on THIS season will Thomas Eisfeld I wonder how many of our under 21’s this year will be over 21 next year and need to take up places out of the 25 All the players born in 1990 will have to be included for the first time – Szczesny And Botelho if he’s finally allowed to play in the UK but biggest certain impact will be Szczensy and Ramsay who are current first teamers who will need to be included I know there are 2 spaces left for homegrown and it could be they qualify as would most of the others but there need to be spaces first Szczesny and Ramsey both qualify as homegrown So as it stands right now those two can be included at no cost to anyone else’s squad place From the rest I think Lansbury and Botelho are the only ‘maybes’ but even they are unlikely to be held onto at this stage It could get even trickier in the seasons after as room must be found in the 25 for the 1991 group (Coquelin Alban bunjaku is the one to watch for but arsenal dont know how to treat the youth team one off most talented player on u21 in all the league hope he will play for ALBANIA forza alban prove this guys wrong for letting you go Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value"