Good afternoon thank you for joining us. This makes 9 different fire stations hit right now in just the last few weeks, terry is live where she just talked to frustrating and angry firefighters, tina. Yeah, that latest theft took place right here in this parking lot as firefighters were in the the building sleeping when they woke up and came outside the windows on all of their personal vehicles were broken and their cars had been tossed through. They are looking for money, cell phones and or expensive items, they believe this case may be connected to several other cases that weve told you about at fire stations in the area. They wake up at moments notice when they are on a call. A fire station number 1 in cornelius had this happen to them last night as well. So police are actively investigating these cases. Firefighters believe they all may be connected well bring you much more on this developing tomorrow tonight live in huntersville, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Two charlotte stations w
Shelby, lincolnton, hickory, statesville, and it will be a couple more hours before the temperatures rise enough that its just rain. Thats not good news. Heres heavier rain pushing up the i85 corridor. Heres the 32degree line. You can see it shaded in blue, and the precipitation is falling. Everywhere you can see the pink, temperatures at or below freezing. 12 00a. M. , finally the steadier rain falls, and temperatures above freezing, and heavier rain through the charlotte area, 3 00 to 4 00 a. M. , and the good news t moves in, and it moves out. Its pretty much done by the morning drive, and as far as additional ice accumulation, its not really focused in the charlotte area this time. The focus is north of town. North of i40 into the foothills and mountains, and we could see at least another tenth of an inch of freezing rain. Thank you, steve. Breaking news for you right now, north of statesville, i77 is now closed in both directions, and we have several reopen until 1 00 a. M. , and
I just got some data in over night that does try to bring a few showers across the area later this afternoon ill pinpoint which neighborhoods have the best chance for seeing that rain thats coming up ahead. We start with sad breaking news, we learned a unc student died in a car crash in virginia. 19yearold austin rainy in the green shirt smiling, learned he died late thursday night on route 13 in northern virginia. Schoolfficials say he was heading to washington d. C. With friends when the vehicle that he was in was hit by a tractor trailer. The impact killed him but the four others are okay this morning. Rainy was the Mens Basketball Team student manager. In just a few hours polls will open for South Carolina voters, they open at 7 00 and deciding today who they think should be the republican president ial nominee. The latest wall street journal poll shows it is a close primary for candidates donald trump has 28 of primary voters while cruz very close with 23 . Marco rubio is third he
Use wilkerson boulevard as the alternate route if you typically head east, take tuckaseegee road to wilkerson and if you head west towards little rock, take Mulberry Church west. Update here, 485 outer loop. We have an accident scene. Minor delay as youre making your way through. It is not blocking any travel lanes. These on looker delays only. Cold temperatures this morning but this may end up being the last morning we see temperatures near freezing. 33 charlotte. Shelby is down to 29. Chesterfield 28 degrees. The chill will be in place to quickly. Later this morning, were in the low 40s by nine. Mid to upper 50s return today. We keep the beautiful sunshine we enjoyed yesterday. This weekend we may start to sunshine. Well show you the new data it but no big rain chances as of yet. Stephanie . Breaking news this morning, everyone inside a duplex in Gaston County got out safely after an overnight fire. You can see the house was smoldering. This was two hours after the fire started. It s
Alexislucia road, for a welfare check. Three adults were dead from apparent gunshot wound. Police believe the other two were visiting. Crystal gambino was arrested later in stanley, was charged with first degree murder in the death without bond. More charges are expected to come after the other two victims have been identified. Ill be out here as soon as i get updates, ill update you on air and online at wbtv. Com. Reporting live in alexis, Ashton Pellom p, wbtv on your side. Christine another breaking news story were watching in North Charlotte after a woman was shot. This is a live look from that scene on griers grove road, our Mark Davenport first to break the story bringing us live learn the womans condition. If police are pursuing any suspects. We will update you on the air and online at wbtv. Com and check in with mark in a few minutes. Right now we want to go to meteorologist al conklin to give you an early first look at the forecast. Al a little colder than yesterday morning, y