That denkins was reaching for a weapon in his waistband. Officer twiddy then also feared that den kips was reaching for his duty weapon. To that point, officer twiddy stepped back and fired several shots at mr. Denkins. The handgun according to this january 31st, 2016. As a result of that, people have been asking, well, what about dash cam video. According to this report, because this incident took place away from the car, because the chase happened away from the car, there is no dash cam video that police can rely on so that is why they are encouraging nip would saw this incident from start to finish, they are asking those folks to come forward because right now, they have some people who have seen some part of this incident. They are hoping that anyone who has seen the entire incident from start to finish will come forward and help police out with this investigation. Officer twiddy suffered minor abrasions during the encounter. He remains on administrative leave pending the outcome of this investigation and, of course, akiel denkins funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. Hopefully, they can piece this together and let everyone know what exactly happened. The today, man wrongly imprice oned for almost 24 years enjoyed his first full day as a free man. Howard dudley opens up to our brian mims about what he has gone through. Reporter today, there dudley was visiting with family and friend and reacquainting himself with kinston. The wrong of convictions clinic at Duke University took up his case. He is 59 years old nod and says he is not angry with anyone. To quote him now, life goes on. All this is new. Reporter new sweatshirt, Howard Dudley sees the world through a whole new lens. Everything shines standing here in the sun right now. Feels great. No shackles. Reporter we are talking with him along u. S. 07out side of bo jangles. He had hair chicken for his first meal. He spent nearly 4 years on prison grub. Reporter how did you function . What did you do day by day . I would get up every morning around 4 00ment i would pray. I would read my bible and i talked to god. Recover in 1992rbg he was convicted of sexually assaulting his then 9yearold daughter amy moore seen here in court. Only evidence, her word against his. He spent all those years telling everyone he is innocent. The only thing that i had to fight with was truth. And truth has prevailed. Reporter his daughter told the judge her soree was fiction. Mental Health Experts testified illance and was easily led to make fall statements. The judge said the system utterly failed Howard Dudley. What you talk with amy, what would you tell her. I say i love you and i forgive you and i hope im going to be slow about this. He could have avoided prison if he pleaded grilt in 199it 2 but then he said he would have lie. Now, has the freedom to roll walmart. For him is world has never look sewed shiny and new. Mr. Dudley is eager to speak about his experience because he believes there are other innocent people serving prison time or would felt pressured to plead guilty. He says he plans to live a normal life and do as did he in we wish him all the best. Thank you. Teachers, School Board Members and supporters plan to mail more school work today to a durham teenager in a georgia detention facility. They also plan to announce a complaint to the u. S. Department of education. Immigration officials took the young man into custody in january as part of an effort to target teens would recently crossed the u. S. Mexico border. His mother says he left hour to escape gang violence. His supporter are filing a come lant with the department of refusing to accept homework mailed to him. The immigration Officials Say they have not received any mail for him. The Durham Police department wants more of its officers to live within the city limits. This push for residency is one of several recommendations suggested by the human relations commission. The city is considering incentives to get more officers serve. A major option being considered, allowing more officers to take their patrol cars home. Sanford Police Officers will soon carry a new tool with them at all times. The City Council Approved the purchase of 100 body cameras. The department is one of several in the area considering these cameras including raleigh, durham and fayetteville departments. A headstone at the center of debate in chapel hill has been removed. Town leaders placed the stone there to honor more than 300 africanamericans buried at the old chapel hill cemetery. However, many people disagreed with out it was done. They didnt appreciate that it seemed to be done quietly. Some also found the wording on the stone to be offensive. The town will start the process of adding a new stone soon. Early voting is under way in North Carolina for the march 15th primary. It is off at this busy start. Voters were lined up whether the doors opened at the howard Young Community center in carey. The site supervisor says so far there havent been any problems with the new voter id requirements. Saturday, the 12th. Can you find information about times and locations online at wral. Com. Just search keyword vote. Beginning tonight, we are profiling some of most competitive races for statewide offices. One close contests is the republican fight for state attorney general. Wral Capital Bureau chief laura leslie is live in recally with a look at those candidates. Reporter were here at the chavez Community Center where early voting is steady, about 400 voters already on this first day. One of the races on their ballots is the attorney generals race. That seat will be wide open later this year because incumbent democrat roy cooper is running for governor. Two republicans are hoping to turn that seat red, one a state lawmaker and the other a prosecutor. State senator buck newton is an attorney from wilson. He has never been a prosecutor but says his three terms as a legislator have given him insighing into the agencys needs. Im fully aware of budget situation, of the budgeting situation having been a chairman of that. One with the experience who is ready, able and willing to stand up and fight for the people of the state in this position. Reporter jim oneill has been District Attorney of for signature county since 2009. He has been a prosecutor for 20 years and he says that experience is crucial for the states top law enforcer. I want to know that that person has been in my shoes an they know how to protect victims and keep people safe like of a done for 20 years. So the next attorney general has to be a prosecutor, somebody would knows and understand victims an victim rights and can stand up for the little guy. Reporter newton spoarked legislation in 2014 that took the sbi away from the treblings from the attorney General Office and moved to under the governors control. It is a very important agency, the lead agency and it is important we remove politics from it. Oneill says if he is elected he will try to convince i was one of the few people would stood up and said this is is wrong thing to do. The attorney general needs to have the sbi underneath them to help them conduct investigations. Reporter i asked about the biggest challenge facing the next attorney generalment oneill said it is reducing the backlog ever cases at the state crime lab while new son said it is fighting against federal overreach and protecting religous freedom. And josh stein is phaging off against Marcus Williams on the democratic side. New details in the investigation of Hillary Clintons private email server. Well find out who is bringing new information to the fbi after hiding behind the firveg amendment. Plus, the new medical of Rare Diseases. Amateur video shows russian planes ham aring a small town with rockets. That is a violation of the agreement that russia helped broker between russia, the assad regime and syrian rebels. U. N. Observers confirmed at least 15 viling as in the last 24 hours. Syrias five year civil war has killed a quarter of a Million People an forced million more to flee the country. The new World Trade Center transportation hub opens to the public this weekend. The project has been 10 years in the making. This hub will connect all the one say lines in Lower Authority and ferry lines. It also includes 57,000 feet of food and retail space. There is a retraptable skylight as well. The cost for the entire project, more than 4 billion. We kick off with this picture tweeted by thing by the organizers of this years iditarod race. They are taking snow to the starting point of the dog sled race in anchoragement it is so warm there that there isnt enough snow on the ground. Organizers also shortened the first leg of the race because of that snow shortage. Ate a new development in the investigation into Hillary Clintons email server. The former staffer who helped set it up accepted an immunity offer from the fbi and the justice department. Last fall, he invoked his fifth amendment rights and refused to speak with congressional investigators. The fbi is working to figure information found on the email server stunts a crime. And this tweet from the International Olympic committee. This is announcing the creation of an olympic team made up entirely of refugees. The team of about 10 athletes will be treated just like every other team at the rio olympics. You will get to watch them compete this summer when we show the olympics here on wral. That is what is hot on todays social scene. Thank you. It can take years for people with Rare Diseases to get a diagnosis and it can be even longer to treatments. Our health teams dr. Alan mask found a new network that is successfully cutting down that university ahead. We are following breaking news out of downtown raleigh. This is near shaw university. These are students protesting the shooting death of akiel denkins. He was the young man shot by a Raleigh Police officer earlier this week. We have told you that the autopsy has come out showing that denkins was shot four times. None of those shots were in the back as some people first mentioned. Report from the chief. Well have a complete wrapup of what happened today in in case coming up on our news at 6 00 on wral. Many people get sick with a disease that can be diagnosed way the symptoms or with simple tests. With Rare Diseases, patients right diagnosis and treatment. As dr. Alan mask smains, a network of medical centers hope to speed up that process. They can build a new heart. Reporter 8yearold eye asks mom theresa is his home school teacher. He has always performed better with one on one attention. He was five week premature and he wasnt meeting his milestones. Reporter he had speech delays, gross motor delays and growing faster than most other kids his age. They hocked to so if doctors could find a name for his problem. Im always happy to get an answer. I would rather know something than not know something. Reporter it is possible that he has a condition listed among 7,000 rear diseases defined as occurring in less than 1 in 2,000 people. Seven clinical sites including duke are now part of a todayy. This undiagnosed diseases web family can apply to benefit from the combined expertise of different centers. A lot of what the up diagnosed Diseases Program can provide is hope. Reporter families only need a letter from a referring physician. We review the records very closely to see if the patient would be a good fit for the program and if we may be able to help them. Reporter then the patient may undergo extensive general itsic testing to rule out or rule in a potential diagnosis. The information is shared with the other six clinical sites. They have the expertise through outthe united states. Reporter that has led tie clue for this family a yenette blood sample. There is not yet a name they can attach to it. They can research more now. Mike is here now for some weather. What awe change in the weather from the beginning of the day. Started off really bright. The clouds have rolled in and precipitation, rain on our doorstep. Parts of the viewing area up in southern virginia under a Winter Weather advisory. All those countries highlighted in blue are in that advisory. That includes Mecklenburg County in southern virginia. The potential is for maybe 4 inches of snow but that will be more farther north and to the west you go. There are some pink counties just north of south hill that are under a winter storm warning. The potential is for three to five inches of snow along the bordering counties of virginia. Getting into henderson, warrenton, maybe a rainsnow mix. Radar. Our winter radar, green is the rain, the blue is the snow. West. A lot of the precipitation, the rain you are seeing in Chatham County and getting into the sand hills is the ground woman see rain spotty any nature through the evening but that will increase as we go through the night. Here is a look at the durham bulls athletic park. They are prepared with the tarp out on the infield. It will be raining there shortly. Started off in the 20s this morning with a clear sky. 28 the official low at the rdu airport. 49 the official high and that occurred at 4 24 p. M. , not a. M. 52 in wilmington. There is the beginning of the rain. As we broaden out the view, lots going on with this system. Yesterday, when we showed it to you across the plaindz, it was not well organized. Now, it is. There is a band of snow and then we have the rain and you head south of the the warm front and there is the potential for Severe Weather across parts of alabama and mississippi. Some damaging wind gusts, it is in the 40s in montgomery, alabama. You jumpment over the warm front and it is in the 60s across southern alabama. It is that change in temperatures across the front. So for us, as we go through the evening, you are looking at the rain, the blue is the snow. This is how it all lines up. Temperatures in the low 40s locally with a chance for some light rain. Up in southern virginia and the northern edge, that is where are we aexpecting the snow to fall. The northern border counties could he a wet snow mixed with the rain. As we begin our day with the morning commute, it is cloud cold and temperatures running in the 30s. Since we do warm up tomorrow afternoon and start to see some sunshine, if there is anything that falls up in our Northern Counties that would quickly melt and by afternoon, it would be long gone with temperatures running in the 40s to perhaps low 50s. Your fitness forecast tomorrow morning should be a dreary start with some spotty sprinkles. A breeze from the north at 10 to 15. Ending the day way temperature around 50. It is a chilly weekend with 50s dates of warmth for next week and could be flirting with 80 degrees by the end of next week. So snow for some tonight. 80 for some next week. They say twins have a special bond with each other. They do. Im a twin. I know this firsthand. Our tarheel traveler introduces you to a pair of brothers wouldant joined at the hip but theyre pretty close. Within the past two hours, we have learned several new details about the shooting death of a man by a Raleigh Police officer. 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He knew denkins was wantedded on an outstanding felony drug charge im foot chase started according] to the police report, officer twiddy chased him to the area of bragg and east streets. He caught up with them and they struggled. Officer twiddy says denkins pulled a hand began from his