Not own a gun, that he did not a bittally carry habitually carry a gun. Reporter this comes after the police chief said he would allow the family to see the video since they requested. However, the police chief said he is not releasing idespite calls from people to rele and the videos must leased we release this when we believe it is a compelling reason but m not going to jeopardize the investigation. Right now even though were investigating, it probably wont be long term because a request has been made that an objective party, the fbi, move forward in the investigation. We stand here as clergy that there should be a decision to release those tapes. Reporter the attorney tells us the family is asking for peace. Reporting live in charlotte, david hurst, cbs North Carolina. Were learning more about the Police Officer who pulled the trigger. Right now Brentley Vinson is on paid administrative leave for his father was a Police Officer in charlotte as well and a friend of vinson said he is
Transparent and inform us of whats going on. Reporter the two narratives, police say, are causing confusion. I can tell you the stories are different as to how its been portrayed so far, especially through social media. Reporter as for any potential protests police are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. My plans are appropriately. Hopefully well have peaceful protests and do things the charlotte way. Reporter and back here in uptown charlotte, many businesses let their employees go home early for the day and in anticipation of protests. David hurst, cbs North Carolina. Theres a call for an economic boycott. For an independent investigation. Were standing up for our black manhood, black people. What were calling for is an economic boycott of the whole city of charlotte. Since black lives do not matter, then the black dollar shouldnt matter. He said its a form of modern day the aclu is calling on the charlottemecklenburg to release any dash cam video. Video of Police Shooti
As we like. We also learned today for the very first time that scotts wife saw the Police Officer shoot and kill her husband earlier this woke, something she week, something she will never forget. The police said scott was armed and the family said scott didnt own a gun and didnt regularly carry a gun. When we look at what whats happened across the country we cant talk about those incidents in isolation because we have to look to the root problems. Reporter and looking forward top tonight, city leaders are bracing for what could be another chaotic night. It has the scott family calling for a peaceful protest. This family does not does innocent individuals being injured or killed but they do support spit zens and citizens to voice their frustration and anger. Reporter the governor said hes brought in the National Guard as well as hundreds of state troopers. Reporting live in charlotte, david hurst, cbs North Carolina. The National Guard as well charlotte as the city prepares for more de
Time for many people to head home. Meteorologist Kristin Ketchell has an update on the commute. How is it right now . Very messy around the triangle. Right now were on i95 sowfnlt i will put camera around. We have some moderate rainfall, a little bit of ponding and spray coming up from other trucks and cars so. A lot of roads around the area will be very slippery for that evening drive, even in the stopped, expected to see lingering puddles and off to the side, some of the side roads may have water on them as well. So traffic on 95 southbound is moving okay at this point. We have no major issues here but, again, definitely a wet ride home for many people around the area. We are still seeing some light to moderate rainfalling along i im Kristin Ketchell. Back to you. Be shower to download the weather app to keep up with the weather here as well as in the tropics to get latest warnings and watches. You can submit your video to us. I want you to look at this. This is video of a man who is
Hinting at the last 24 hours. When we look at the computer models we look at the cluster and what the trends are. Ill put this in motion the computer models have been trending toward a westerly push. You can seat clusters. Theres two of them but the bigger one is right over us. So it made sense at 5 00 when the National Hurricane center shifted their forecast track over us. Expect it to make landfall first in florin slowly move up while weakening through south and North Carolina. That moans we have to talk about more rain and wind, again, later this week. Ill go through both of those situations. The family of 3yearold Leslie Ramirez is calling her death a tragic accident. Ramirezs mother, grandmoth are translator. Derrick lewis is at the familys home to walk us through what happened. Reporter we are learning more about what happened on monday. Leslie ramirez was left inside that van for at least four hours. Her mother said it was not on purpose. Family members are holding on to whats l