Is what this is. A lot of the families have Young Children and they just want a safe source of water. Mona lisa wallace is an attorney represented a number of the families and its about providing protection to the residentsism if there is any daughter as if the water is safe that doubt should be resolved in favor of protection of the families. Duke energy will continue to provide bottled water to the families. David whisenant wbtv on your side. We called the state toxicologist but have not received a response. Over to alex giles live in the alert center with a bad crash on Central Avenue and what is going on . We have been watching the situation. And right now, they are loading somebody into an ambulance after this bad accident. This video taken on Central Avenue and we know the road has been shutdown. Fire crews and Police Officers we are not sure how many vehicles have been involved but at least one. We have seen the officers trying to get someone out of the vehicle. And you see them
To you in the alert center. Alex, thank you. First at 4 00 charlottemecklenburg police still looking for suspects in four separate shooting in the city yesterday. Six people were hurt and officers do not believe the shootings are related. We have a map that shows where this happened. As you expect people who live in those neighborhoods are worried. Wbtvs Brody Oconnell spoke with some who live near the crime scenes and joins us live with the investigation. Brody . Good afternoon, jamie. Yeah, talking to police as you can imagine busy day for them they shooting let alone four. Right now here is what we know. No arrests have been made in connection to the shootings directly. There was one arrest yesterday as you reported from one of the scenes but that was drugrelated. Still, the suspects we are told from police the suspects are still on the loose. Im told by police all of the open ongoing investigations that limit some of the access we have to information. But we know police are doing a
All too familiar with the fear and uncertainty that is soon to follow. One time we have to go back to the day and realize but on the other side we have to be careful. He is the french ambassador to the United States and his message to people in charlotte tuesday enemies like isis are going after young people and recruiting them to syria. Its happening in america and overseas. They are militarized and trained and they are radicalized. We have not identified all of them. So we do know that there are some sleeping cells and that the people are ready to strike again. He says the attack is not surprising. And believes more are possible for those who think closing french borders is the solution the ambassador offers this warning. Its very difficult to do it. Try to imagine closing the borders between North Carolina and south carolina. Its impossible. The people can cross the borders everywhere else. The frontlines of war on terror start in europe. Where some travel can be less restricted. An
Message we need to repeat day in and day out particularly on a day like this. Authorities say the increased security is not due to a specific threat. But out of an abundance of caution. Back to you. Thank you, maureen. And what if your child was set to board a plane connecting in brussels today . That was the reality this father faced. After the attacks the airport was shutdown and the young mans flight was canceled. More now new at 5 00. Molly they tell me they are lucky the flight was not any earlier in the kay. After hearing about the attacks they were mindful of their surroundings. He had a connecting flight in brussels after hearing about the bombings there he cannot help but think what if the flight was there earlier . To know that that could happen and i could be there when it happened, and we are both his dad joined them as he wayed for three hours for another flight to open up. Liberia. His family is lucky they did not have to live out a nightmare. We were thankful that he was
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