Afternoon. Dnr responded to the river road scene around 1230. Captain Robert Mccollough says brinson waded into the waters to recover some drifting property and never resurfaced. An autopsy is set for saturday. Law enforcement is working to prevent tragedy as we head into the new year. They have a warning for those of you planning to head out and celebrate. Abc columbias jennifer ready joins us live in the newsroom to ll us their plans for keeping the roads safe tonight, jennifer . Eric. With many new years parties going on tonight as people begin to ring in the new year. State and local Law Enforcement Officials Say they will be out in full force off the road. As you get 3 in addition. If 3 you are out on the roads tonight and do see a drunk to dial star hp. And as alalys if a Family Member or friend tries to drive after drinking. Officials ask you to take the keys away. From the newsroom. Jennifer ready. Abc columbia news. Keep those tips in mind if youu heading downtown where things
Candidate in the race for the white house will likely have smssomething to say about gun control when he visits South Carolina this week. Donald trump will address voters on friday at win thrown university. Winthrop university. According to the recent polls, trump holds a 27point lead. Alicia a state judge ruled a former North Charlotte Police Officer accused of shooting an unarmed man can be released on bond. Bond was set at 500,000 for michael slager. He was accused in the april shooting death of walter scott. According to the terps of his release, slager will be under house arrest and cannot have any contact with the fam live of the victim. Family of the victim. His trial is set for october 31st. Ben armed protestors continue to occupy a Federal Building in oregon, two days after taking it over. It began saturday as a rally to support two local ranchers, set to begin sentences for arson. It expanded into a wider protest against the federal government when protestors broke into a Nat
Was called to a bomb threat inside a home there around 8 tonight. Deputies say a suspect at the house is refusing to come out to speak with authorities. And claims he does have a bomb. Now deputies confirm there are no hostages inside that house. Right now crisis negotiators and the bomb squad are on scene working to get him out safely. Tonight we spoke with one neighbor who says he has kids. And was told by police to get to a safe place. He says seeing cops on his street is not an unusual site. Now again this is a very active scene but we will continue to follow this developing story 3 in Laurens CountyClinton Police say theyre investigating a shooting. It happened on north broad street. Very little is known victim was shot in the ankle. And another victim took off running and jumped over a fence when officers arrived. Arrived. And in 3 Spartanburg County dispatchers confirm that theyre responding to a reported shooting. Its near the River Hills Baptist Church on reidville road. Very
Ahead of a cold front, breezy, high near 56. Rain chance 60 . Showers will end early sunday with clearing skies as it turns windy, highs mid 60s. Richland county authorities are trying to figure out what killed a man found outside a home in columbia 34yearold mario kelly was found dead this morning on the front porch of a relatives house on queen street. The coroner says kelly died from a deep cut in his head. But its unclear how it happened. Department says a small print on a car door handle led to the arrests of two men for a murder at a columbia gas station last month. Our mike desumma joins us now with more on the breakthrough that cracked the case. Judi, Authorities Say they had access to other evidence in this case. There was Video Surveillance at the gas station showing the attack as it unfolded. The problem with that video taken from the spinx gas station off Hard Scrabble road was that nobody could identify either suspect. Thats because the men authorities believe are in that
Deputies work to unravel the mystery surrounding the murder, searching for signs of a breakin or anyone targeting the owner. I contacted a close friend who lives out of town like the rest of campbells family. This is mind blowing that Something Like this happened to such a great guy. Hes a huge part of the community in charlotte. Hes been in charlotte forever. Hes touched countless lives. Campbells greenhouse has been in dilworth for at least 30 years. Deputies say the 64yearold was supposed to meet a friend here wednesday but never showed. Im really still in shock. George works next door, saw him three days ago. He just stopped by to say heheo and just joked around a little bit like normal and said, okay, jesse, see you on monday. When campbell didnt show up to work wednesday, a friend called deputies to check his home. They found him shot inside. Its just a sad day. Deputies say they havent been called to this home before, and Police Reports show only one flower theft at his greenhou