Headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. Violent protests broke out overnight, after a black man was killed by police in charlotte, North Carolina. Dozens of demonstrators took to the streets in the northeast section of the city not far from a college campus. Police were injured in the clashes. Lo interstate and a stretch of the highway was closed. Hen aa daniels is here with more. Reporter city official in chart are calling for calm this morning after a Fatal Police Shooting of a black man who sparked violent protests overnight. Relatives of Keith Lamont Scott say he was shot by officers while reading a book inside his car. But Police Maintain he had a gun. Demonstrators knelt down with their hands up along the charlotte roadway overnight, steps away from officers in riot gear. Police fired tear gas and dispersed a crowd. Some protests in attendance kicked the canisters back and others took turns hurling Water Bottles and rocks and damaging
Two people were pinned inside the suv. Theyve been taken to the hospital as well as one person from one of the other vehicles involved. And also break at this hour, a guilty verdict in the 2012 murder of u. S. Army veteran steven perez junior. 28yearold Peter Castillo found guilty by a jury who deliberated for just 90 minutes. Castillo shot and killed perez after an altercation outside a bar in the theater district back in 2012. The sentencing. In the newsroom, im kim khazei, 7news. And were following breaking news in wilmington where police say a pedestrian was hit and killed. The crash happening in the parking lot of the rite aid pharmacy. Witnesses say a driver ran a red light, causing the crash. We have a crew there and will bring you the lightest coming up at 6 00. Also on 7, a disappearing act in quincy where police say a man vanished after pulling off a major ponzi scheme. Police say he stole more than a girlfriend says some of that money was hers. She spoke to just one station.
Closed captioning will resume closed captioning will resume closed captioning will resume will resume into the early hours of thursday with most of the rain well north and east of the las vegas valley. Well pick up gusts to 30 mph overnight, then gusts to 40 mph tomorrow afternoon with a high of 84. Friday well see north breezes to 15 mph and a high of 81. The weekend will feature highs in the mid and upper 80s with plenty of sun and light north breezes. Well warm up to 90 degrees into early next week. North carolina leaders are asking for calm tonight after an officer involved shooting of a man in charlotte. Protests of the killing injured more than a dozen officers and closed down parts of an interstate. Now, both police and the family of the man killed are speaking out. Emily schmidt reports. Facebook live captured the moment a Charlotte Police shooting a daughter learning her father was dead. They just shot my daddy lyric scotts grief and the Community Outrage turned to public prot
Miracle all the time. This time it actually applies. Were live at mihs burn center, the maricopa medical center. This is where the pilot of that plane, 31yearold ryan kilgore is, hes in stable condition, expected to recover. As you said, those four sky divers are okay. The two people in that house are miraculously okay. The house, however, that didnt fair so well. It is destroyed, but the family that lives theyre getting by with a little help from their friends. Its going down. Its falling. Reporter a saturday night that exploded in panic for some in the east valley, who watched the cessna 182 plane hurdling towards a gilbert neighborhood in a fireball. I thought a barbecue exploded. You dont think something is reporter lands right next to the house that the plane slammed into. It is a miracle that nobody was injured. Reporter amidst all of the chaos, she went out and immediately saw her neighbors making it out to their driveway. Now she is rallying other neighbors to help the couple w
Many of us. That means it may not be business as usual for awhile for local business owners. Adam owens joins us live to explain, adam . Reporter debra,ger ald, we know boy now what the yellow bags on the pump handles mean gerald, we know by now what the yellow bags on the pump handles mean. It means they are out of gas. It could be bad for business. Reporter the famous mr. Softy jingle brings out the kids, children cream. But this ice cream runs on gasoline. I am in and out of neighborhoods all day long. Reporter jason owns this truck. He logged a lot of miles. I am usually never standing still. You have to keep moving. If i am standing still i am not making money. Reporter that means finding a gas station that has not run out of gas. We all know how that has been recently. You go to the gas station and there is no gas there. You start sweating a little bit am i going to make it to the next station that has it . Reporter take this station raleigh. We stopped to grab video of people pu