(NEW JERSEY) — Six people were injured, including three teenagers, in an apparently targeted acid attack in New Jersey, police said.

A juvenile has been arrested in connection with the incident, with charges pending, a police spokesperson said Tuesday.

The incident occurred Monday night in a residential area of Jersey City, officials said.

The victims were outside when “individuals riding in a vehicle drove up and threw what is believed to be sulfuric acid at them,” Kim Wallace Scalcione, a spokesperson for Jersey City’s Department of Public Safety, said in a statement.

“The incident appears to have been targeted and may have stemmed from a dispute between a large group of people earlier in the day,” she said.

The victims were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, including skin burns and peeling. One of the victims, a 21-year-old woman, was transferred to a burn unit on Tuesday to be treated for second-degree burns to her face and scalp, Wallace Scalcione said.

Jersey City Mayor James Solomon said he has directed police to “use its full resources” on the investigation, which remains ongoing.

“My thoughts are with those hurt in this horrific attack, and I want our communities to know that violence like this has absolutely no place on our streets,” Solomon said in a statement.

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(WASHINGTON) — The FBI disrupted an alleged plot targeting the “UFC Freedom 250” fights at the White House on Sunday that included explosive drones designed to target buildings in the area to spark a mass evacuation, according to authorities.

Five people are in custody as of Tuesday morning, authorities said, and one person has been formally charged. The suspects were allegedly in Signal chats discussing preoperational plans, according to court documents, with some of those involved in the plot allegedly traveling to Fredericksburg, Virginia, on June 12 or 13.

FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials warned in a bulletin earlier this month that the fights were “attractive symbolic targets.” There were no credible threats listed in the bulletin at the time.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship event was held in the evening on Sunday, June 14, on the grounds of the White House. Billed as a celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, it also coincided with the 80th birthday of President Donald Trump, who was in attendance.

The alleged plot involved explosive-laden drones, according to court documents, which were designed to hit buildings in the area to spur a mass evacuation.

A “second wave” targeting a security checkpoint was then planned, authorities said.

In a statement to ABC News, FBI Director Kash Patel praised the “rapid action” of the FBI and its partners, that involved a “a multi-state operation.”

Federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal complaint on Tuesday charging 19-year-old Tycen Proper, of Ohio, with conspiring against the United States, attempted murder of an officer of the U.S. and firearms charges in connection with the alleged weekend plot.

Officers with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and Danville Police Department were dispatched to Proper’s home on June 10 after his mother raised concerns about his recent actions including firearms purchases and communications with certain individuals online, according to the complaint.

When officers spoke to his parents, they said Proper had recently met people online and had been planning “recons” with them. They also said he had plans to leave to meet up with them the weekend of June 13, according to the complaint.

Proper’s father told investigators the 19-year-old had recently acquired camping gear, food, ballistic plates, a new shotgun and rifle and “lots” of ammunition, using roughly $3,000 of money he had received for graduation, the complaint alleges.

Proper’s mother told investigators he “had recently begun interacting with a group online that was comprised of individuals who claimed to be ex-military and Christian-based” who had “expressed ultra-religious and antigovernment sentiments, specifically citing grievances about government corruption, the handling of the Epstein files, data centers taking up all the water in communities, and other government actions,” according to prosecutors.

The suspect’s mother also told investigators she had observed him engaging in physical training and that she had overheard recent conversations her son had allegedly been having with this online group, the complaint said.

Proper allegedly told his mother he couldn’t tell her exactly what they were planning but described “recon” and “hit and run” missions which she believed meant conducting shootings and leaving, according to the complaint.

Prosecutors said Proper also allegedly quit his job recently in preparation to meet the individuals he was interacting with online.

During an interview on June 11 at the medical facility, Proper allegedly admitted to planning a coordinated attack at the UFC event held at the White House, according to prosecutors.

Proper told investigators that members of the group he was communicating with “believed that the United States needed to be torn down so that it could be rebuilt” and that their coordinated attack would help bring about a revolution, according to the complaint.

He told investigators he was allegedly planning to drive to Fredericksburg, Virginia, to meet up with other members of the group — taking his weapons, body armor and ammunition including an AR-15, according to the complaint.

“PROPER said that although he was not going to the protest in order to shoot people, several other members of the group were intent on violence,” the complaint alleged.

The complaint alleged that a review of Proper’s cellphone revealed Signal chats aligning with the alleged plotting and members specifically discussed escape and evasion resources for the attack, a location of a potential “safe house” and other plans — one of which included members of the group planning to travel from the White House to the Potomac River to escape.

In one of the chats, Proper allegedly identified Sen. Marsha Blackburn as a target for her support for Israel and then sent other images of politicians including Sen. Jim Justice, Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, Rep. Carol Miller and Rep. Riley Moore, according to the complaint.

Proper was transported to the local hospital after the interview where they submitted an application for admission based on “homicidal ideations,” the complaint said.

Proper has not entered a plea yet, according to court records. An attorney for Proper did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment.

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(NEW YORK) — Gulf Coast states already dealing with massive floods are bracing for even more extreme weather as the first tropical storm of the season could form as early as Tuesday night.

Tropical Storm watch issued for 2 states

The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch on Tuesday for the Gulf Coast from southeast Texas –including the cities of Brazosport, Galveston and Port Arthur– to parts of southwestern Louisiana. 

Potential Tropical Cyclone One, the name of the low-pressure system developing, is forecast to become a tropical storm later Tuesday or early Wednesday along the Gulf Coast.

If it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Arthur, the first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. 

A hurricane is not expected to form, according to the latest forecast.

Very heavy rain is forecast for New Orleans as early as Wednesday evening or as late as Thursday morning, depending on how quickly the storm develops. New Orleans is under a flood watch. 

Winds will gust over 40 mph at times along the coast and coastal flooding may also become an issue, according to the forecast.

Deadly flash flood threat continues in the South

A woman in Bandera County, northwest of San Antonio, Texas, called 911 on Monday morning, saying her car was being swept away into a creek by floodwaters, the county’s sheriff’s office said on social media.

Within moments, the call dropped, the office said, and hours later the woman was found dead in the vehicle “several miles downstream” of its initial entry point, the sheriff’s office said. The woman was not immediately identified.

In San Antonio, Houston and Waco there were stalled vehicles due to high waters on roads. In Shreveport, Louisiana, there were water rescues and water entering buildings.

In St. Martin, Mississippi, ramps to I-10 and I-110 were closed due to high waters. South of there, at Kessler Air Force Base, several roads became impassible.

More than 17 million Americans remain on Tuesday under a flood watch from Texas to Mississippi. 

Heavy rainfall may lead to localized significant flash flooding from Corpus Christi to Houston to Lafayette and Alexandria, Louisiana, and McComb, Mississippi. A level 3 of 4 threat for flash flooding is in place there. 

The greatest risk is likely along a frontal boundary laid over central Louisiana and into southeast Mississippi — rainfall may be heavy for a few hours in this area on Tuesday and could lead to significant flooding. 

Rains closer to the coast are going to be more difficult to sustain but there is certainly enough ingredients there that if they get going, localized instances of significant flash flooding are possible. 

Tomorrow, the level 3 of 4 flood threat is for Houston, Beaumont, Lake Charles, and Lafayette.

On Thursday, the level 3 of 4 flood threat moves to Baton Rouge through Jackson, MS, Montgomery, AL and Birmingham, AL. 

This heavier rain for Wednesday and Thursday will come from a developing tropical low over the western Gulf. 

The National Hurricane Center gives it a 60% chance of forming into a tropical storm later on Tuesday or on Wednesday. If it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Arthur, the first of the season. 

Severe weather outbreak in the Midwest on Wednesday

About 40 million Americans are in the storm zone where a severe weather outbreak is expected on Wednesday

The greatest likelihood for a destructive outbreak is in Illinois and Indiana, and possible for parts of Missouri, Iowa and Ohio, too. 

A level 4 of 5 moderate risk for destructive storms is in place for central Illinois and northern Indiana on Wednesday. This includes Springfield, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign and Bloomington, Illinois, along with Rensselaer, Indiana.

Large and long-lived tornadoes are possible, along with destructive wind gusts up to 80 mph, and hail up to the size of baseballs.

The level 3 of 4 risk includes Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Fort Wayne.

-ABC News’ Ivan Pereira contributed to this report.

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(NEW YORK) — The death of a Central Park carriage horse that collapsed last week while on a ride with two passengers was caused by a foreign toxic plant, according to a necropsy publicized on Tuesday by the union representing carriage drivers.

The Transport Workers Union of America said the horse, Deniz, was giving a ride near East 90^th Street in Manhattan on June 9 when it paused to eat a shrub along the curb.

A short time later, the 16-year-old horse collapsed and died, according to the necropsy performed by Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, the union said.

Two passengers were in the carriage when the incident happened, police said.

The plant was a Japanese yew, an ornamental that is toxic and deadly to horses, according to the report. 

The union cited the necropsy report to counter growing calls from activists and the Central Park Conservancy to ban carriage horses due to how they’re treated.

“Deniz’s tragic death was not caused by neglect or abuse or the fact he was a carriage horse — as some animal rights activists and elected officials claimed,” Alexander Kemp, TWU’s administrative vice president, said in a statement.

“Poor Deniz died because the people running the Park Conservancy never warned anyone that there were deadly yew plants in the park. This is negligence at the highest level of the conservancy,” he added.

The Central Park Conservancy pushed back Tuesday against the TWU’s accusations and argued in a statement that the union’s “negligence” resulted in the horse’s death.

The conservancy noted that horses are prohibited by city law from eating any vegetation anywhere in the Central Park.

“The same rule requires carriage drivers and operators to attend to their horses at all times in order to keep them safe and healthy. Perhaps if they had, Deniz would not have suffered as he did, and died,” the Central Park Conservancy said in a statement.

There have been seven carriage horse related incidents in the last 13 months within the park’s vicinity, including one in January where a horse dashed into traffic and crashed into cars, according to the Central Park Conservancy.

Some animal activist groups, like PETA, have long protested horse-drawn carriage rides in the park, arguing that the animals are put in danger because of nearby car traffic and forced to work in poor conditions, especially in extreme weather.

Deniz had passed a physical exam conducted by the NYPD’s Mounted Unit veterinarian in March, according to the TWU.

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(WASHINGTON) — A woman was shot and killed on a sidewalk in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning in what police are calling a “tragic” domestic violence homicide, and the suspect was fatally shot by police on a bus nearby.

Several people witnessed the shooting, which unfolded at about 7:10 a.m., and saw the alleged gunman flee on a bus, Metropolitan Police Interim Chief Jeff Carroll said at a news conference.

Officers tracked down the bus, pulled it over and started evacuating passengers, Carroll said.

About five passengers remained on the bus when officers approached the suspect, Carroll said.

When the suspect pulled a gun from his bag and pointed it at an officer, two officers shot at the suspect, who was pronounced dead at the scene, Carroll said.

The suspect’s gun had an extended magazine, “so there was the potential for lots of ammunition to be in that gun,” Carroll said.

The victim and the suspect had a “prior relationship, … so we believe that is probably the motive,” Carroll said.

“This is the second domestic homicide that we’ve had this year,” he said. “Our hearts go out to the families and friends of all the individuals that are involved in the situation. It’s a very tragic situation.”

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