Thanksgiving shopping rush. People hitting the stores looking to find those good black friday deals. Plusnew wildfires break out in the North Carolina mountains. And a teacher arrested at a Raleigh High School. Find out what hes accused of doing. Eyewitness news starts right now. First on Eyewitness News Raleigh Police are on the scene of a deadly crash on lynn road. This is a live look at the scene from breaking news one. It happened around 645 near battleford drive. Were told the crash involved three vehicles. A crash reconstruction unit. Is now on the scene. The road is still shut down at this time. Now to our other top story the black friday shopping rush. Is well underway this thanksgiving. 137million people are expected to shop this weekend and retailers are pulling out all the stops to lure people in with good deals. Dejuanhoggard is live at the best buy in brier creek dejuanwhats it like out there now . 11 15 16 22 40 47 16 22 40 47 the first doors were open. Nat pop preblack f
Alyssa this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Its another day where we will be hot and humid but really the heat today for september thats going to be pretty, pretty toasty. 71 degrees right now, partly cloudy to mostly clear skies, a couple of showers northeast of us right by between Elizabeth City and rich monobut the rest of the state looking good with 70s, a few sky and hot. Can you see the temperatures under there . 95 in raleigh, 94 durham, and 96 in fayetteville. Guys . All right, thanks so much. The search has come to an end for a man who killed his sob so his exwife. Earl valentine got and killed hims in a hotel room. He broke into his exwifes yearold son in the chest. Thats according to police. Shortly after the shooting, he used Facebook Live to confess to shooting his exwife. He is still in the hospital and is expected to survive. Police are investigating the most recent case of a reported clown sighting. Around 10 00 tuesday night, Police Received a call from someone cl
Stuff like this makes it dangerous for my kids because now youve got the community mad. The multiple followup investigations that are custom hear in a situation such as this are still in their early stages. As always, these investigations will be conducted thoroughly. The state bureau of investigation is handling the criminal investigation meanwhile the Raleigh Police department is conducting its own internal investigation. An initial written report is going to go to the city managerss office in five business day. Still a very active scene. Thank you. We have Team Coverage of this afternoon shooting. Amy, you talked with witness and the neighbors, how they reacting to this . Reporter well, there is a lot of tension here between the community and police. Michael touched upon that but behind me has since reopened there are a lot of people who are still out here continuing to talk to family members, to talk with one another to try to wrap their minds around whats happened here, and the fi
Evidence regarding what is going on. People who live around here have been out here all day as well. They wanted to see things for themselves. Dozens filled bragg street. They wanted answers. How did this happen. Why did this happen and they wanted accountability. Rolanda byrd telling me her son 24yearold akiel denkins was the one shot by police. He was unarmed and running away. He jumped the fence and they shot him. They shot at him seven times. Byrd saying that is what she has been told by those who saw the shooting. Officers kept the scene closely guarded. Words were exchanged but it stayed peaceful. Byrd spoke with police. She tells me they couldnt identify the man who had been shot and killed but they took down information act his tattoos. She admits her son wasnt perfect but all of this at least right now isnt adding up. Because he did dont go to court they shot my son seven times. At this time police arent confirming that. Among those who are out there a Community Activist said
Could take lunch outside. Temperatures across the region running in the 40s and 50s. 47 roxboro, 49 chapel hill. 49 wilson. 52 sanford, 49 fayetteville. We look at the day ahead 47 an mainly clear. Lunchtime 65 mostly sunny and going home this afternoon 68 degrees and lots of sunshine. Document looks great. Then it gets cooler. Lets tack traffic with amber. Amber good monday morning. Chopper 11 h. D. Just took off from r. D. So they are with us over the crossroads saying good morning to you guys. It is a great day for flying. We have nice clear weather to start and no fog, no precipitation and you can see no problems here around crossroads wake county looking good there. That continues all across our viewing area. Live returns showing the same thing. A lot of green coming back and you dont see any colors from the road weather index this morning. Happy to start the day nice and quiet. New hope and daly. Durham no problems freeway alston avenue fine and we will lets you know the drive ti