Wdbj7s Christian Heilman is live on scene at electric road in Roanoke County. Christian, what have you learned . This is still a very active scene out here as officers are still piecing together what happened here earlier. Roanoke county Police Confirmed that a male was shot by police. Police say all this information is preliminary. At 7 15, they recieved a call that a black man wearing a bandanna and hoodie was waving a gun off route 419. We spoke with a witness who says he made that call. He was driving when he saw the man. Thomas gill, witness i saw his gun in the right hand. So he was waving it at cars and he turned around and he was waving it at me so i turned around and took a left and i called 911. Amy whittaker, Roanoke County spokesperson officers then arrived on scene and they confronted the suspect which is just up the road from walgreens parking officer involved shooting that took place. The suspect was transported to the hospital. We do not know the persons condition right
Direction and usher the kids around but nicole just jumped right in. Kids looked up to her and she was respected. Sunday, the church held a special service to remember her life. People on social media and throughout the new river valley are also remembering lovell by wearing blue or posting this blue ribbon. Her dad and friends made their profile pictures of her favorite animal a panda. The search began for lovell wednesday after her mother reported her missing from her blacksburg home. She left without her daily medication after having a liver transplant. Over the weekend the investigation led police to David Eisenhauer charged with murder and abduction, and natalie keepers, charged with disposing of a dead body and being an accessory after the fact. Her body was found in surry county, North Carolina, not far from grayson county. Its now at the medical Examiners Office in roanoke. Josh blankenship these teens are just emotionally broken. Its something you dont mccoy funeral home in bl
Has to get in there heres what were seeing that the Roanoke River latest observation has about 5 1 2 feet above flood stage is a ten feet and the cross looks like its getting at six and half thats enough for folks to just be aware of how the rivers reacting in whats going on now as g mentioned the heaviest rain is moved out there it is along the coast right now it takes out cold air cakes and maybe a few flurries in the mountains coming up with an extra days utopsy results to determine the cause of death of an infant found inside a dumpster. Police found the body at the blackwater refuse collection site on route 220. A woman who was admitted to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital last night prompted the investigation. She had symptons similiar to giving birth to a third trimester infant, but she denied giving birth. Police got a search warrants for her home and personal belongings. Interviews with Family Members and the woman revealed a Family Member had thrown soiled linens and bedding
Middle east. Thats what a group of local National Guard soldiers is preparing for. Its their first major deployment in almost six years. Wdbj7s tim saunders is live at the National Guard armory in campbell county. Handling weapons is a big departure from the civilian life Douglas Harris lives in lynchburg. In that world he manages insurance policies, but hes putting his career on hold to serve his country. Spc. Douglas harris virginia National Guard im actually excited. I have a great group of leaders to deploy with and fall under. Harris is one of 450 soldiers in the 1st battalion, 116th infantry who are preparing for deployment. Theyll be serving in the persian gulf country of qatar, where theyll be protecting other members of the military. It will be the fifth deployment for sergent first class James Bartels. Sfc James Bartels virginia National Guard each one presents its challenges and its fun working through those challenges. Perhaps the biggest challege, personally, is preparing
Days and it was happen two times, three times, maybe more. Then about two and half weeks ago, it went down completely. The routers working, theres just no signal coming in to the router tom gordons restaurant, jakes place has not been able to process payments from credit cards. Tom gordon and so weve had money sitting in this equipment for the last two weeks. That we cant have access to. Weve got power and weve got a dsl line which means theres connectivity but weve got no internet light and Jim Shauberger as halesford harbour inn cant use his reservation system or take phone calls. Jim shauberger the phone, it buzzes but does nothing, so wdbj7 contacted verizon for answers to this communitys connectivity problem. Turns out, there is a capacity issue with verizons dsl network. And now, the company is working to relieve the congestion. John omalley weve got to add some new equipment into the location, weve got to run some new fiber, theres actually three separate locations that we need