, 100 meg internet and phone. Switch today. Breaking news is next on Eyewitness News another night of protest in charlotte. Demonstrators taking to the streets. Were live in the queen city with the breaking details. Plus. A state of emergency in eastern North Carolina. Rivers rising and threatening communities. The local rescue team saving flooding victims. And. A disturbing trend caught on camera. A mother overdosing next to a toddler in the toy aisle. The charges shes now facing. breaking news right off the top at ten charlotte on alert and the mayor establishing a midnight to six am curfew. Good evening from the breaking news center. Im steve daniels. The city tweeting out tonight the curfew will remain in effect until the end of the state of emergency. Or until an official proclamation is demonstrations in response to the shooting death of keith scott. Live look at uptown. Hundreds of people marching through the streets. Its a peaceful night no sign of any violence. Take a look at
Past 15 minutes. Charlotte Mecklenburg Police announced they will be giving a major update on a south charlotte case from 82 years from two years ago. 82yearold ina feldman was hit in the head in 2014. She was discovered by her son. And the case put the neighbor in that area on edge. So far, no arrests have ever been made in that case. And breaking just in the last 30 minutes, the governor has now declared a state of emergency, this after yesterdays storms. Some may not get back on until tomorrow night. Tonight, we is Team Coverage from the strong wind that has been tonling all the trees. First, we start out with all the outages. All over town, we have seen power out all over. Eastwood elementary, closed down for classes today. Because they had no power. Affected as well. The Charlotte Surgery Center on randolph road remains shut down. More than 2 dozen patients had to have their surgeries reschedule. And more could be coming. We are on standby. Theyre telling us maybe tomorrow night,
Police releasing tear gas canisters to try to disperse some of these clouds. Charlotte police say scott was armed. They say they have recovered a handgun from the scene. But scotts family says this father of seven was carrying only a book when he was shot by a Police Officer who in this case is also black. My gosh, yall, look. The police just shot my daddy four times for being black. They tased him first then shot him. Talk about he got a [ bleep ] gun. They just shot my daddy. My daddy is dead. They just shot my [ bleep ] daddy they just shot my daddy hes dead my daddy is dead [ screaming ] what did he do . [ bleep ]. Those harrowing cries, that is scotts daughter. The video there, she live streamed on facebook. That was the moment she learned her father was dead. So joining me now, nick valencia live in charlotte for us. As i mentioned off the top, nick, two wildly different version versions of events. How is the Police Version being received where you are . Well, brooke, there appea
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