Tonight, Melanie Barden talk to a person trapped inside. We were there about 30 minutes, but in that situation, it feels like forever. Reporter matt jones is remembering the 30 minutes he was barricaded in the back of his store on saturday night. He works at gnc and had never been involved in anything like it. We heard some really loud noises and were not sure where it was coming from. Reporter jones said he and his coworkers knew their best bet was to hide. We saw people running and then we heard more loud banging. Tables were being knocked over. We just jumped into action. Reporter that is one the employees barricaded the door and got as many people inside as possible. We just made sure that nobody could come in and we did not allow anybody to go out. Reporter according to the according to jones, they did he is happy with how the mall has handled the situation and hopes new plans will be put in place in case Something Like this ever happens again. That is Melanie Barden reporting. He
Centre over the weekend. Columbia police say they are continuing to review surveillance video, but at this time they have no material evidence to go on. Officers say they did however locate a book bag while searching a wooded area next to the mall on saturday night. They found several air soft guns inside. At this point they are working to figure out if there is a connection. Witnesses tell police they saw two black males armed with handguns, however they cant confirm seeing the suspects fire. Also, no shell casings have been found. I f you know anything that can help investigators, call crimestoppers at 1888crimesc republican president ial candidate ted cruz is asking for the resignation of his communications director, rick tyler a day afer tyler distributed a video falsely depicting candidate marco rubio discussing the bible. The video misquotes rubio a suggesting the bible does not have any answers Spokesman Says he actually said the bible has all the answers. Heres what senator ted
Happened yesterday afternoon at the intersection of north pine street and east Daniel Morgan avenue. Keith harrelson was killed in the wreck. He was riding a moped. Police say a tow truck stopped in front of him to make a turn. They say harrelson rearended with the tow truck. Ally to Pickens County now. And the autopsy results released on a womans body found by fishermen. Her body was found sunday morning near saluda lake off buckskin road in Pickens County. Officials now say after an autopsy monday that reza khan was shot in the head and killed. The coroner has ruled it a homicide. Deputies are trying to figure out who she was with saturday night. Investigators have not made any arrests as of now. They ask that you call crimestoppers if you have any information on this case. Geoff police now say the reported shooting at Columbiana Centre mall may not have involved any gunshots at all. Police say that they havent found any shell casings and witnesses who originally reported seeing two
The cool, northeasterly breeze at 1015 plus will make it feel cooler. Warm rain jacket is not a bad idea for today. We will talk more about the potential of Severe Weather tomorrow in a few minutes. Allyson a live look now at our woodruff road skycam. And a reminder to be careful on the roads this morning. Use caution if you come across ponding or even flooding on the road ways over the next day or so. Give yourself plenty of time this morning to make your commute. Geoff now to a deadly crash in spartanburg. A moped collided with a tow truck. The coroner says the wreck happened yesterday afternoon at the intersection of north pine street and east Daniel Morgan avenue. Keith harrelson was killed in the wreck. He was riding a moped. Police say a tow truck stopped in front of him to make a turn when he collided with the tow truck. Ally to Pickens County now. Autopsy results released on a womans body found by fishermen. It happened sunday morning near saluda lake off buckskin road in Picke
Morning, here comes a line of heavy thunderstorms a will march across the area. They could be severe, depending on how fast we actually erode this wedge on top of us, the cooler air, because these two friends mean we could see severe thunderstorms across the area, especially south of i85. Nigel donald trump was the clear winner in saturdays gop primary. However, some would say governor nikki haley was, as well. Her late endorsement of marco rubio, as you are about to hear, may have played a big influence in the senators secondplace finish. On saturday night, while marco rubio was celebrating a secondplace win in South Carolina, standing beside him was governor nikki haley. She, just two days before, gave rubio a big endorsement. Politics, much like comedy, is all about timing, and certainly, right before the election, its in all the news cycles. That was a stroke of campaign genius. Groover, the head of the Greenville County gop, is talking about. He was not a rubio supporter. I did en