‘Celebratory gunfire’ on New Year’s Day kills nurse as she watches family set off fireworks

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Authorities in Texas said a woman was fatally shot on New Year’s Day as she watched her friends and family set off fireworks from her driveway. Harris County police responded to a Laurel Oaks residence and found Philippa Ashford, 61, dead at the scene. Officials told KPRC that officers discovered Ashford with a gunshot wound …