39 in charlotte, 37 rock hill, 39 in salisbury, 38 over to statesville, 35 hickory and morganton, 33 in boone. Shake off the 30s and wind up well in the 50s today. Cooler than yesterday but again this is sunshine. When we warm up and next rain chance is in a couple minutes. John this morning, police need your help finding the person who robbed employees at a popular restaurant in south end. An armed man went in the phat burrito before 10 00 last night. Wbtvs alex giles has the details. Reporter several cmpd officers responded to phat burrito. Officers were inside and outside looking for evidence. Employees tell us the suspect came in the business and put a gun to the managers head demanding money, then fled the restaurant and got a getaway vehicle. Officers were searching for evidence and piece together one employee described the frightening situation. Im in line making a burrito, some skinny dude with a hoodie, backpack and gun decided to run up in there and put a gun to the managers
The wind was strong i did not realize it would be blowing down, you know huge old trees. This was not the only one the red cross called in to help out a family after the winds took down the street. Neighbors saw the aftermath, we have been here ten years and nothing like this ever happened to us, the strong winds. They are still blowing tonight. Police have notified us that the lanes will remain closed because of the downed free. Alex giles. Im live with eric thomas. Can you see, the winds are strong. They continue to howl. I could not believe it. We had wind gusts at 45 Miles Per Hour. At this hour this is unusual, this a guy who watches us every single day. This is why. Over the ohio valley. Showers outside of the mountains. Look at this we have the snow back with the wind, excuse me the advisory in effect for avery, mitchell and yancy. Notice well get into the accumulations but it is the advisory, this will be in effect until midnight. There could be scattered outages. You will see
Next round of wet weather, looking ahead to the weekend. Christine, back to you. Christine we have been following breaking news for you this morning, charlottemecklenburg police have spent the morning on the scene of a swat situation in northwest charlotte. This is happening at catawba plantation subdivision on Pointer Ridge drive. We have brand new information just in. In the last few minutes. That swat situation has just ended. And our Ashton Pellom is getting images from the scene that youre looking at here, is being told by cmpd the man has been arrested in this swat situation and that he was wanted for murder in halifax county. The man surrendered without incident. Well continue to ask questions at the swat scene but again, the swat situation ending minutes ago, a man wanted for murder has since surrender to police. Well update you throughout the morning. City Council Members approved an expansion of the toed a pro ten shuns for Lgbt Community. Seven Council Members vote in favor
And alex giles is up town where the police are working to keep everyone safe. Very busy tonight, alex. Reporter it is busy and there are a ton of police out here. You cannot go a block without seeing an officer. We saw the crowds here. And and a lot of people in the ciaa tournament. And standing by the crowd for the most part. Security is tight around the ep pi center. Guards were not letting them in while they cleaned up before the night crowd came out dozens that poured in around 10 p. M. There was a shooting on ciaa weekend at one of the clubs at the music factory. And this year i saw the cmpd was there with the Crime Stoppers vehicle. One fan told me thats a good the city this weekend. There is crazy stuff going on and without the security and police. No telling it will be wild and crazy out here. It is under control. Everyone is having a good time. And an officer i spoke with on the street out here told me earlier tonight they did not have major incidents here. It wrapped up. Live
Thank you. And you can track Severe Weather right on your smartphone or your tablet. Download the free wbtv weather app it has the forecast and live radar and alerts to warn you of any problems or lightning in your area. Right now, what some are calling a victory for charlottes lgbt others are calling a threat to public safety. The city Council Passed an ordinance that would allow transgender people to choose bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Wbtvs Pamela Escobar is on your side with how the ordinance could be enforced and what it means for you. What can you tell us . Well, i wanted to speak to the City Attorney about this updated ordinance that goes into effect in april but he did not want to sit down. I was able to review memos that he wrote to city councilmembers answering their questions and sat down with two lawyers asking to me if there is a lesson from the Civil Rights Era the statutes need to have teeth and if they dont have teeth you are not going to have bro