Smaller outages are underway in botetourt. Campbell and pulaski county. We have Live Team Coverage with what you need to know. But first lets check in storm team ten meteorologist Kristina Montuori. Winter storm warning in effect until noon today today morning rain showers. After noon clearing with highs in the middle to upper 40s tonight isolated showers possible mix of ice rain. Lows in the lower 30s possible in the morning. Gradu al clearing with highs in the upper 40s thursday mostly sunny with highs in the middle 40s friday mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s saturday mostly sunny with highs in the lower 60s sunday isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s bound in lynchburg. In the allegheny highlands. The snow was lighter than expected the area ended on the lower end of the forecast, getting about six inches overall, but packed snow on roads and ice are still making driving treacherous. Wsls 10s rob manch is in covington this morning. Rob, tell us what its like
Joining us for wsls 10 at seven. Im lindsey ward. And im dawn jefferies. Its been two days since the e f3 tornado touched down in appomattox county. Bringing with it winds up to 165milesper hour. The damage is extensive. And today. Families. Emergency crews. And volunteers are lending their support to those in need. Storm team ten chief meteorologist Jeff Haniewich is on the ground in evergreen toured the devastation today. He has the latest on the Public Safety agencies like the National Guard are planning their roles in the cleanup after Governor Terry mcauliffe declared a state of emergency wednesday following the tornadoes that touched down across the commonwealth. Wsls tens rachel lucas has more on how soldiers are helping in appomattox county. There is still a lot of work to be done, a lot of debris, downed trees. Its going to take a while l but i can tell you we have been here since early yesterday morning and in that time a lot of progress has been made. And the National Guard
Center received a call from a citizen reporting a black male with a bandana around his face was waving a gun and pointing it at cars. Taking a look at these pictures from patrol car video. It shows Kionte Spencer holding what turned out to be a bb gun in his right hand. Officers ordered spencer to drop the weapon. He refused and thats when two officers deployed their tasers. When that failed, shots were fired striking spencer in the collarbone and hip. I dont know at this point if this was a situation that could have been quote de escalated. This was a deadly force encounter despite the fact that we know know that this handgun was an air gun. After the News Conference we spoke with spencers brother carl. He says they were close and talked about four times a week. They even spoke the day of the shooting. Thats what makes it so crazy. And, thats another reason why i came here, because this is not sitting right with me. Ill never be able to get over him until i find out what happened. Spe
At les cheveux tonight. Harrington was here as well continuing the work shes done since her daughters death more than 6 years ago. Harrington started the organization after matthew allegedly murdered her she said she needed time before going on camera, but was the phone. She says finally closing the book on this case would be family. Gil harrington, morgan harringtons mother we have spent six and a half years pushing the stone up the hill to find justice for morgan and anticipating another years worth of motions hearings and a big trial was not something weve been looking forward to. Were getting tired. At this point the commonwealths attorney isnt releasing any actual details of that plea agreement until matthew appears in court on wednesday. Coming up on your wsls 10 at 11. Well hear reaction from the family of Alexis Murphy who was killed in 2013. Her working tirelessly since then to try and prevent these tragedies from ever happening again. In roanoke, rob manch wsls 10. Roanoke co
We do not know who the suspect or who the killer is. Reporter Alison Parker, photojournalist adam ward both widely respected. Each deeply in love and on the verge of beginning new lives with the ones they loved. Well focus heavily tonight on those stories. We will also bring you new details about the killer who took his own life. What we wont be doing is turning this hour into his story. Well be mentioning his name and showing his picture as little as possible. His stated motives and violent history matter giving him any further publicity even in death certainly does not. With that we begin with brian todd in this awful timeline. Reporter its 6 45 a. M. Wdbj reporter Alison Parker is giving a live interview. Adam ward is photographing. Then shots ring out. Both parker and ward are hit as well as the woman being interviewed. Wards camera films the shooter, gun raised in the air as he laid dying wards last living act capturing an image of his own murderer. Alison parker, age 24. And adam