Roanoke county police are still piecing together what happened after confirming that a man was shot by an officer. At 7 15 last night, they received a call that a man wearing a bandanna and hoodie was waving a gun off of route 419. We spoke with a witness who made the call to police. He says he was driving when he saw the man. Thomas gill, witness i saw his gun in the right hand. So he was waving it at cars and he turned around and he was waving it at me so i turned around and took a left and i called 911. Amy whittaker, Roanoke County spokesperson officers then arrived on scene and they confronted the suspect which is just up the road from walgreens parking officer involved shooting that took place. The suspect was transported to the hospital. We do not know the persons condition right now. That witness tells us he heard at least five shots but its not clear who fired all of them. Danville police are investigating a robbery that happened last night in the 100 block of wesley drive. A
Wdbj7s Christian Heilman is live on scene at electric road in Roanoke County. Christian, what have you learned . This is still a very active scene out here as officers are still piecing together what happened here earlier. Roanoke county Police Confirmed that a male was shot by police. Police say all this information is preliminary. At 7 15, they recieved a call that a black man wearing a bandanna and hoodie was waving a gun off route 419. We spoke with a witness who says he made that call. He was driving when he saw the man. Thomas gill, witness i saw his gun in the right hand. So he was waving it at cars and he turned around and he was waving it at me so i turned around and took a left and i called 911. Amy whittaker, Roanoke County spokesperson officers then arrived on scene and they confronted the suspect which is just up the road from walgreens parking officer involved shooting that took place. The suspect was transported to the hospital. We do not know the persons condition right
Morning and then cleared the scene. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The Virginia House gop is rolling out its education agenda. The plans were announced at a News Conference in richmond this morning. The house gop speaker william j. Howell says he supports a major amendment to the virginia constitution aimed at promoting charter schools. Republicans have previously supported legislation that would provide greater funding and state support for charter schools. Democratic lawmakers say the measure could hurt traditional public schools. Deputies just outside of richmond are looking for a suspect they say kidnapped his former motherin law. The Amelia County Sheriffs Office says olene brooks was taken from her home on thursday. Her husband was killed after the suspect apparently broke into their home. Other people in the home were zip tied, ducttaped, and held hostage at gun point for hours, before the suspect took off with brooks. Authorities say the suspect is dana wil
A man shouting abuse in arabic attacks two gang is released. Also coming up on the show in sports byron continued their charge towards the coveted trouble the bundesliga champions overcame leverkusen in the german cup semifinals last night we have all eight goals coming up. And israel turned seventy today will need an israeli who remembers the fight for a jewish homeland and a palestinian who marks this day as the day of catastrophe. Im sumi so much gonda good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has confirmed that cia director mike pompei all travel to north korea and met leader kim jong il on he tweeted that the secret trip went quote very smoothly the u. S. Leader is currently at his mara lago resort in florida hosting another key stakeholder in the north Korean Nuclear arms race japanese Prime Minister shinzo abi. After welcoming shinzo abbe and his wife donald trump wasted no time in addressing one of the main issues on their agenda north korea the u. S. President reve