Very limited details right now but they say they got a call around 7 15 and say they saw a black man with a bandanna and a hoodie waving a gun near the walgreens parking lot. When officers arrived they say there was a shooting that took place and the suspect was taken to the roanoke memorial hospital. Can not say if the unidentified man has died or how many shots has been fired. Amy whittaker roan oke county pio 0008 the call was from a person calling into 911 and said they saw an individual in the parking lot with a gun. Thomas gill witness 09 i saw his gun in his right hand he was waving at cars he turned me but i took a left and called 911. Police dont know how many shots have been. We have been told by county Police Spokes person no officers have been injured. No word on when the roadblock will be cleared. Live in Roanoke County dc wsls ten we will continue to follow this developing story and bring you the latest information as it becomes available. When were not on the air make su
Will stafford for more. Wilson Wilson George see will will, see if we can pull up the model. There it is. We will see what we can give new the form of a forecast overnight tonight. Again that massive thing that developed will be making its way toward the east. Not affecting us. We will keep a stray shower in generallygenerally improving conditions as we make it throughout overnight hours tonight. Tomorrow look like a quieter day on tap and our sevenday forecast looking a little bit on the quiet side as well. A look at our hourbyhour forecast. Temperatures barely down into the 50s tonight. Back down into the 40s. And it will not arrive and already arrived and moving out of the area as we make our way through the rest of the period. We are going to attempt to build some graphics to get ready for our 5 00 show, georgeready for our 5 00 show, george, because we have been walltowall the last couple of hours. Take you back down to danner at the desk. Danner thank you, will, you guys get to w
People without homes. Ive been with the Sherriff Office 32 years. This is the worst ive ever seen our very own brie jackson is live tonight in appomattox county. Brie we are in evergreen where its likely a tornado hit. We wont know for sure until tomorrow. What we do know is that Severe Weather caused whatanu are saying is the worst damage heres a look at the destruction after a likely tornado ripped through appomattox. The central baptist church, once a Community Gathering place, is now destroyed. Its signature steeple blown nearly 200 feet away. Ralph cheatham appomattox 12 24 15 its upsetting there is a lot of damage that happened to people i know reports are in of nearly 45 homes damaged, this one a total loss. Police say the homeowner got out safely but their belongings are ruined. Brie standup we are getting a closer look at the damage that this storm has left behind. Im standing in what was once someone kitchen. The shelves have been destroyed the bricks are on the ground and we
The northeasterly breeze will lock temperatures in. About the best for the upstate will be low 50s this afternoon for highs and upper 40s for the mountains. Stormy weather starts overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. Allyson thank you. A live look now outside. Be careful on the roads this morning. If you come across water and all, give yourself 20th of time to make your commute. Geoff surprised to see how many people are on the road already. Now, to a deadly crash in spartanburg. A moped collided with a tow truck. The coroner says the wreck happened yesterday afternoon at the intersection of north pine street and east Daniel Morgan avenue. Keith harrelson was killed in the wreck. He was riding a moped. Police say a tow truck stopped in front of him to make a turn. They say harrelson rearended with the tow truck. Allyson to Pickens County now, the autopsy results were released on a woman whose body was found by fishermen. Near saluda lake off buckskin road. Officials now say afte
The city to commit to funding the construction of the project just wants to know that it is on the right timeline on schedule with buying just the light rail cars. Now i spoke to me are well set since today he said he was on the phone all day with secretaries lane yesterday and this morning to see if they can figure out a way to make this working here he said he is just so happy to see that the referendum is not going to jeopardize this funding. So now the city has just over two months to figure out how much these light rail cars will cost us and said the city manager is already crunching the numbers hes going to meet with him in the next few days to discuss in twenty years from Virginia Beach and hit the roads do not have a true multi modal Transportation System of belief will be left out in the cold and we will fail at our young people theyll bring in new businesses. So what happens if this issue does end up going to referendum in light rail does go to the ballot in november and the