Emily ray raimundi is tracking the investigation which started as the search for another man. Ray tensions boiling over through the night on the streets of charlotte. Protesters outraged igniting fires. Shutting down a major highway and attempting to overturn this police car. Even looting stores. Over a dozen officers injured. The mayor of charlotte pleading for calm. To please wait until all information is available. Ray police said there were searching for a suspect with outstanding warrants yesterday when they saw 43yearold Keith Lamont Scott who they were not looking for. Authorities say scott got out of his car holding a gun. The officers gave allowed, clear, verbal commands to drop the weapon. As the officers continued to yell at him to drop it he officer Bentley Breton fire. Scott later. At the hospital. Scott family gives a different scenario. They said hands up. Hes got a gun. Thats it. He had no gun. Ray the Police Officer who fired the fatal shot is on paid leave. The chief
If we have a criminal Justice System that says the minute youre victimized everything about your prior sexual history is open for public interpretation, public smear, all of that, then we will have victims who do not come forward. Reporter advocates say what this Court Decides could have National Implications on crime victims rights. The court took this case under advisement. Im Andy Hershberger, wmur news lawsuit filed by the parents of the st. Pauls School Student who was sexually assaulted by owen labrie. Court paperwork says they are seeking in excess of 75,000 in civil damages, claiming the school was negligent. Wmurs amy coveno is live at federal court where lawyers for both sides met this afternoon. Amy . Reporter good evening, jean. This was a closed door session in judges chambers. Telling news 9 it was just a scheduling met. The next step is discovery, that could take a year. After the civil lawsuit was filed against st. Pauls school this year, the school pushed back asking t
An africanamerican police officer. Reporter tension remain high as crowds gathered in charlotte to protest the shooting death of scott. Less than 24 hours earlier these demonstrations erupted in violence. Some threw rocks and bottles. Police used tear gas to control the crowd. 16 officers were injured, five people arrested. Scotts daughter live streamed the aftermath of the shooting on facebook. His family and Police Telling conflicting stories he was sitting in the car reading a [bleep] book my daddy aint got no [bleep] gun. Thats what the [bleep] you all do. I can tell you a weapon was seized, a handgun. I can also tell you we did not find a book. Reporter the officer who fired the deadly shot was not wearing a body camera. His friends quickly came to his defense. I know the officer is torn because he had to take ive never met any individual, any officer that goes out on a daily basis and says hey, im looking to take someones life. City officials are now asking for unity. Were a comm
Making much progress towards shore. You might get maybe a sprinkle but most of the rain is just offshore and not pushing closer to shore. Thats why i left in the 10 chance this morning. In fact, with some drier air in the upperlevels of the atmosphere, the rain chance only goes up to 30 after 2 00 p. M. Not as much rain as the past few days. And still going to be hot, last full day of summer. Im expecting 90 degrees today which is a degree above average. At 6 08 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i am tracking the tracking the roadways. Im getting a birthday present today because traffic has been really light. I hardly happy birthday to you. Yeah, hardly have anything to talk about. Hillsborough avenue, great drive into downtown. And busier but overall, its still very good. And lets look at the travel times across the bay area bridges. Six minutes across the Howard Frankland bridge. Looking at about 10 across the Courtney Campbell causeway. And that takes you from memorial highway to Pi
Police used tear gas to control the crowd. 16 officers were injured, five people arrested. Scotts daughter live streamed the aftermath of the shooting on facebook. His family and Police Telling conflicting stories of how events unfolded. He was sitting in the car reading a [bleep] book my daddy aint got no [bleep] gun. Thats what the [bleep] you all do. I can tell you a weapon was seized, a handgun i can also tell you we did not find a book. Reporter the officer who fired the deadly shot was not wearing a body camera. His friends quickly came to his defense. I know the officer is torn because he had to take someones life. Ive never met any individual, any officer that goes out on a daily basis and says hey, im looking to take someones life. City officials are now asking for unity. Were a community that reporter as activists call for transparency. They need to be able to inform us of exactly whats going on. If its still an investigate its not going to be good enough. Im andy rose report