On record for suspected opioid deaths in the city. Griffith. Shelley and im shelley walcott. American medical response responded to 60 overdoses this month in manchester. 14 of them were deadly. And the mayor says the governor isnt doing enough to deal with the epidemic. Wmurs mike cronin joins us live from manchester. Mike . Mike mayor ted gatsas is frustrated appoint a new drug czar. Governor Maggie Hassans office says shes interviewing people to find the most qualified candidate as soon as possible. This morning manchester set a troubling record. There have been 14 suspected opioid related deaths the most for one month in the queen city. American medical response says the addiction crisis is getting worse. Ive been doing this my whole life. Ive never seen it like this before. Mike monday manchester mayor ted gatsas called out governor Maggie Hassan for not filling the drug czar position. And start challenging this at the top. Mike the states former drug left his role earlier this wh
Here it is right here. This is 1939 two seater airplane that had to make that Emergency Landing. It was flying from the direction in which were standing through here when it was trying to make the direction this direction and clipped the tree with the wing on the front of the plane and spun around to the position you currently see it sitting in. An 18yearold pilot and his dad had taken off from lake land this afternoon and lost engine power in south saint pete while heading to manatee county. Albert airport. But they couldnt. They had to make that Emergency Landing here on the twelfth fair way of the golf course. They landed safe, a miracle no one on the plane or the ground was hurt. I was concerned. When i seen the plane. From the damage you would think somebody got injured. Injured. Reporter no fuel did leak from this plane at all. Investigators have been to the out. What their doing right now, wing off the crashed plane. Theyre taking the second wing off now so it can be loaded on t
The epidemic. Wmurs mike cronin joins us live from manchester. Mike . Mike mayor ted gatsas is frustrated with how long its taking to appoint a new drug czar. Governor Maggie Hassans office says shes interviewing people to find the most qualified candidate as soon as possible. This morning manchester set a troubling record. There have been 14 suspected opioid related deaths the most for one month in the queen city. American medical response says the addiction crisis is getting worse. Ive been doing this my whole life. Ive never seen it like this before. Mike monday manchester mayor ted gatsas called out governor Maggie Hassan for not filling the drug czar position. And i think its important that somebody needs to step up and start challenging this at the top. Mike the states former drug czar left his role earlier this month. While on the job, he faced criticism over his performance. Gatsas who is considering a run for governor says more we need to start telling people that if you are c
Police shooting just seemed to be the tipping point. It was a vigil announced at 7 00. The protesters were too angry to wait. From 6 30 on, an outpouring of outrage over the death of a man now memorialized on protest signs, 24yearold akiel denkins. Amid the chants of black lives matter, there were young and old, white and black, many of them asking why elected officials werent here, why here. The crowd of hundreds demanding accountability for what many saw as a case of Deadly Police force against an unarmed man running away from officers. We need to understand that when you take a life of a young man or a young girl, you may be killing the next president. Joel aware they may be emotion, leads urged calm. You got to know what were marching for. Fight they will on their level. And it dont involve burning the buildings, burning that down. Joel were you concerned at all about the threat of anger prevention to get back somehow . Of course, of course, because were dealing with anger. Were de
Joel the word from community activists, we bring you out live at the streetside memorial where local ministers and activists were urging peace. The nation of islam offering security and crowd control for the impromptu march which seemed to serve as a way to let the young protesters blow off steam. Were live in southeast raleigh, im joel brown, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Tisha joel, thank you, tonight Raleigh Police chief brown is asking for prayers and patience. She expects to have a written report of the initial findings ready for the city manager in the next five working days. Anjelica alvarez is live outside the Police Department with more. Angelica. Angelica tisha, the investigation and internal affairs are part of that investigation to the shooting death of akiel denkins. That will take time. The police chief is asking the public to pass their patience and prayers for the family and city of raleigh. Emotions running high and anger. Mixed with tears. Thats in the crowd finding out fro