Kawanza beaty s family waited 7 months to hear. 26;51 black lives don t matter 28;13 its still not justified to shoot him in the back of the head newport news commonwealth s attorney howard gwynn says the narcotics detective who shot beaty identified as detective gibson was justified in using deadly force. 12;37;39 the facts that we put out in this report aren t contradictory gwynn s Office Released the findings of their own independent investigation today. For the first time the report talks about a confidential witness who was in touch with detective gibson about a man armed with a sawed off shotgun in the Stuart Gardens area. According to the report when detective gibson went to the area he found the man who matched that description kawanza beaty. The report says beaty was also with another man emmanual dargan. The report says detective gibson along with the two officers he called for backup Master Police officer keller and Sergeant Sinclair all saw beaty walking with a stiff arm an
In waverly tonight the story is all about picking up the pieces and healing. Driving around you can still see damage from the deadly tornado. The family of victims 26 year old devine stringfield, 2 year old ian lewis and 50 year old larry turner are planning funerals tonight. Volunteers are coming out to help people with their homes back together. Our First Warning Storm Team coverage continues now neighbors in the oceanview community are coming together again to help those in need. The group first formed to help victims of a massive fire that tore through a Willoughby Spit neighborhood two weeks ago. And now they are taking action to help the tornado victims in waverly. Newschannel 3 s allison mechanic has the story. 20 30 38 they literally have nothing they just have the shirts on their backs is all they had. Week s tornado in the town of waverly hits too close to home. 20 34 41 they are in the same category everything they had is gone, vanished so they can come here just two weeks a
Trump who is leading in a recent cnu poll. That was ted cruz, who is in Hampton Roads tonight. He s speaking at Regent University that s where Brendan Ponton is joining us live with more. Ted cruz will give a speech here at regent. Then will have a discussion with televangelist Pat Robertson and have a q and a with the audience. Cruz is third in the recent cnu poll among voters here in the commonwealth. Trump and rubio lead him. What we ll be looking for tonight is to see how ted cruz comes out after last night s debate. Trump was often fighting with cruz and rubio throughout that fiery debate. So it ll be interesting to see how cruz responds as he tries to close in on those two here just a few days before cruz has been perhaps the most openly friendly to evangelical voters which we expect religion will be a big topic here tonight. This coming up tonight on newschannel 3 at 11. Live at regent, Brendan Ponton newschannel 3. As we said nearly every candidate is making stops in virginia.
For four hours firefighters worked tirelessly to put out these flames that destroyed the dozer port urbanna marina. The fire killed two people friends say it was a couple who was sleeping on their boat. 55 56 it s most devastating because we have lost two friends. 56;44 immediately we knew they were missing. There were only two vans in the parking lot and both of them were there s. We knew right away and everyone was calling them and looking for the and hoping they would somehow turn up but their Worst Nightmare came true the couple had died. And now state police say someone intentionally set the marina on fire. 57;32 it s shocking. I don t know first of all what kind of person would want to do that. Investigators think its arson because of evidence they found at the scene but they wouldnt say what exactly the evidence is. 55 56 it s most devastating because we have lost two friends. The fire started around 430 this morning and it took firefighters 4 hours to put it out. In the flames
Tonight she s trying to get out the vote with an event at Lake Taylor High School in norfolk. That s where Brendan Ponton is joining us live with more. We re expecting clinton at around 8 tonight. She held a similar rally in Northern Virginia earlier and should be on her way here. We talked with some people who started lining up hours ago to wait and see clinton. This is going to be a political rally. You can follow along with the latest information on the visit through a web blog. We ll also be Live Streaming the event on wtkr. Com. Stay with us for much more on the event coming up tonight at ten and at 11. Live in norfolk, Brendan Ponton newschannel 3. Tomorrow virginians will head to the poll for super tuesday and newscannel three the state board of elections says you do not have to be affiliated with one particular party to vote. They also want to remind you that you need to bring a photo id with you in order to cast your ballot. We have all the information you need before you go t