Reporter this is one of many areas across town where heavy winds knocked down massive trees. Check out the root of that tree. Road. This is edge hill drive. We watched as crews wrapped up trying to clear this tree. Minutes. But they had been here for about four hours. We talked to homeowners and neighbors across charlotte. A tree fell on a condo in the will more area. It caused so much damage inside, that structure has been deemed unsafe. We saw crews working to clear a tree that fell on a vintage seen Power Outages, two gas leeks, and trees down within a three block radius. A nearby homeowner told us the impact knocked down one of the trees in her yard and damaged her fence and she described the moment it happened. He started barking. We heard a loud rustling. It wasnt even a boom. It was a big rustling. This. Reporter you can see that area right there where that tape is still blocked off. Damage occurred. She told us that a woman was driving and got right in front of that area before
And saw this van. It was peppered with dozens bullet holes, gunshots that woke her up early this morning. It is just too bad that someone really doesnt guard life enough to just spray all of those bullets. Reporter not long after this interview, cmpd announced they arrested these three men. Police say they saw one man jump into a car after firing the shots. They stopped the alternative ma a mile away here on west 5th street. One suspect, wright, got out and ran. He was arrested inside a parking deck. Police said he was armed with an an ak47 and a pistol and that the weapons found on him as well as two others seized from the cars matched shell casings found at the scene. He was sitting there and one there and one there. This van helped the woman sitting in the red car when the shooting happened. He is president of the hoa for sky condominiums. She didnt get hit. She is probably one of the luckiest. Police said up to 50 shots were fired during one of the busiest weekends with the ciaa to
Lower, the furnaces and heating units inside are working harder. I dont know about you guys, but i like it pretty warm. So right now this apartment where were at we have the temperature set to 75 degrees. We rode around with a acosta heating and air conditioning and weve been going with them to the calls they had for broken heating units. This resident says his mothers house has not had heat for a week. Shes been away from home because she had surgery, but her son called a repair company because shes coming home soon. Acosta heating and air says most people are surprised when it gets cold that the heaters dont work. When we have a big cold snap, someone might not know that their unit is not working correctly until it gets this cold. Reporter thats why they say it is a good idea to get routine maintenance on your unit so you have it when you we did check overnight with several companies. They have been getting a steady stream of calls for service because of broken units. They are answer
Weather advisories for several mountain counties right now. You can get Severe Weather alerts for your neighborhood sent straight to your phone. Sign up under the weather tab on wsoctv. Com. Well, this midday the panthers are sticking up for their quarterback cam newton and theyre also cleaning out their lockers after a devastating super bowl loss. In the past half hour, panthers head coach ron rivera spoke to the media for the last time this season. Eyewitness news anchor Brittney Johnson was there as the coach thanked fans and says hes all ready looking forward to next year. Reporter certainly looking forward to just wrapped up the press conference here. Entire team. Including cam newton. And the players told me its bittersweet for them as they clean out their lockers after loss. And we were inside of the locker room a little earlier as they signed one anothers season. They told us its tough to wrap up the season with this loss but they showed a lot of pride for season theyve had. An
And even though no one was injured, he says an incident like this will make him think twice about staying in town during next years tournament. About 7 00 a. M. , we got up and took the dog for a walk and came out to a crime scene. Is it was a rude awakening for charlie and just hours after he brought his dog for a walk, the police say that south, calwell street, blocked off, they fired, 50 shots in the two cars and the front doors of the hotel. The glass was shot out and four window pains and they had little bullet markers all over the floor. But even more shocking than the front lobby of his condo was the state of the cars parked out in front. It looked like a Truck Driving around in iraq. They arrested them, and booked them on three weapons charges. Wright was arrested after trying to run away from the scene with an ak 47 no one was injured in the shooting but his i live here and i could have been coming down in the middle of night and coming home and i could have been shot. Write,