It is hard imagine him doing that. It can happen anywhere. Doesnt matter what kind of neighborhood it is. I feel serve for the family. Molly granthom, wbtv primetime. Maureen he said he took a cab home Early Saturday Morning from a nightclub and the cabdriver and another person came to the door of his home demanding money. He says thats when he got a gun and shot them eight times. We have continuing coverage tonight as authorities try to inned foo the person who attacked a try to find the person who atta ked a pregnant woman. It happened at a bus stop here. The victim said she was waiting for a bus when a man tried twice to grab her purse before pushing her down and kicking her in the face several times. She was taken to Presbyterian Hospital with severe lacerations. We spoke to her mom and she said her daughter is due to have the baby any do i now. Any day now. She is out of the hospital and and the baby are expected to be okay. If you have any information and maybe you saw something
Couple minutes. Right now that is resortcams. Com giving us king street in boone, where we have wet streets, my understanding is that the grass is covered with one to two inches of snow. It is at freezing right now, we have School Delays up there but the roads are essentially just wet in town, back roads could be a little slick. 32 in boone, 34 morganton, hickory, statesville, 38 gastonia and charlotte over to monroe and albermarle. 40 in wadesboro and 39 in rock hill. For today, get rid of the clouds, and eventually see sunshine, process will take a good chunk of the morning for that to happen well wind up at 57, close to average this time of the year and ten degrees above what we could manufacture yesterday when all the clouds rolled in. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, thank you, rst alert traffic is sponsored this morning by toyota of north charlotte. Here we go, rolling in fri
The 70s. 79 right now in charlotte. 76 in salisbury and 79 in rock hill. Temperatures they are still definitely on the warm side through the next several hours. Here is where we are going. Temperatures in the upper 70s. And we will talk about the rainfall and our thunderstorm potential in a little bit. Thank you. Now is a good time to download the wbtv weather app to track rain and storms in the Firstalert Weather Team. There is a feature that will tell you when lightning strikes near you. The app is free search wbtv in the app stores. Six people cited at Donald Trumps Campaign Event in hickory. Charges ranged from Disorderly Conduct to obstruction. Christian flores was at the event and joins us live. Christian what was the general tone of the rally . Well, brigida, as you can imagine there was a lot of excitement. Excitement was not erupted by protestors who disrupted the rally three times. One group sat in front of media row shouting after trumps first reference to building a wall on
We look at providence road near the arboretum at 51 you may get a slight slow down at that intersection but things should be moving smoothly there on providence road, highway 16. A look at interstate 77 at the woodlawn road exit, the traffic light, roads are damp, so keep that in mind. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Looking ahead, early voting for North Carolinas primaries start tomorrow. The new voter i. D. Requirement goes in effect in time for the march primary. A federal judge could still rule against the law. Wbtvs Mark Davenport live in charlotte with more, so mark, what does this requirement mean for voters who may want to vote early and head to the polls tomorrow . Reporter christine, it means voters need to show up with photo i. D. To the polling place. If they dont have it with them, they wont be able to cast their vote. Getting voters to understand this law before they hit their polling place. Local board of Elect
Is a Police Presence in huntersville off of sam furr behind birkdale village and reports of one person injuried with a gunshot wound. You can see the officers on the scene this is a neighborhood right now we are told by Cornelius Police this is an isolated incident not a huge Police Presence but there are officers and they have taped off one house there with crime tape. As soon as we get more information we will bring it to you h back to you. We know you will follow it. The North Carolina primary hours away and voters have a good bit to decide on. Some of the key races include primaries for president , governor, and also state attorney general. Lot to decide there. And voters will have congressional races listed on the ballot. But those will not count. Our Pamela Escobar is live now have not been finalized by the courts but they have ruled the current ones are not valid you will see a spot to vote for the house of representatives but it will not be tallied and a windsor will not be ann