3 we start with some overnight developments out of easley a 17 year old is dead and four others are behind bars charged with murder following a shooting at a Bowling Alley. This was the scene at the tri city lanes Bowling Alley on calhoun highway just after nine oclock wednesday night. Easley police say when they arrived on the scene kejaun brown had already passed away from a gunshot wound. 3 police say Pickens County deputies caught up with the suspects a short time later at this spinx on 183. Jamari fair, dennis gibbs, Albert Taylor and a 15 year old were all taken into custody and charged with murder. Investigators say they believe the suspects knew the victim and this wasnt a random act. As soon as we learn more about the case well pass it along. 3 3 the republican primary in South Carolina is now two days away. And the candidates are using a National Stage to reach out to voters. During wednesday night town hall hosted by cnn at the old Cigar Warehouse in Downtown Greenville ted cruz, ben answered questions from moderator anderson cooper. The candidates all took the stage at separate time and were also asked questions from local voters. Among the topics whether to take in refugees, Political Correctness and their stance on gun control 3 3 so, my point is well always be a country thats open to refugees but in the 21st century if we dont know who you are, and we dont know why youre coming. We are not going to be able to allow you to come in because the threat we face is so significant now and so real. Real. 3 i dont think the military should be governed by political rrectness should be used for social experiments. So for example if im elected president , we will not be drafting our daughters into combat on the frontlines. Frontlines. 3 carson it is the fundamental right that we have to be able to protect ourselves, but we also need to take safety into in a reasonable way, i think your right, my right, all of our rights should be preserved. 3 tonight cnn will host another town hall event in columbia. The rest of the republican candidates. Donald trump, jeb bush, and john kasich will be there. 3 many of the candidates will be here in the upstate again today as we get down to the wire ahead of saturdays primary. Primary. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live in the morning to give us a rundown. 3 kick off bright and early here in the upstate 3 senator marco rubio at the swamp rabbit crossfit. Doors open at 8 event kicks off at 9 senator tim scott will be there. Coming off a big night endorsement from governor nikki haley now has the backing of the states most popular gop leader. Still isnt on top in sc. In anderson at 12 30 for a town hall at the Hilton Garden Inn front runner donald trump clear lead in the polls hes making stops all over sc tonight before his cnn town hall tonight in columbiain the upstate trump heading to a at Broad River Electric cooperative. That begins at 5 30 this evening eveningand tonight a big event in greenville at the well conservative review conventionstarts at 7confirmed candidates include senators ted cruz and marco rubio, dr. Ben carsonseveral congressmen including tim scott, trey gowdydo have to register, event costs 10 dollars 3 coming up gov. John kasich and sen. Ted cruz also going to be making stops in the upstate. Find out where in our next half hour hour 3 the Democratic Candidates are focused on the nevada caucuses right now where Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are neck and neck. Neck. The caucuses are this saturday and according to a new cnnorc polldemocratic voters in nevada are split almost evenly between clinton and sanders. 48precent of voters support clinton while sander trails behind with 47 precent. Clinton has a strong lead with women while sanders is ahead with voters under the age of 55. 3 here is a look at the Democratic Candidates who will face off in the South Carolina primary next saturday, february 27th. Will be on the primary ballots this saturday. Polls are open from seven until seven. For more information on the candidates leading up to the primaries head to foxcarolinadotcom 3 and just a reminder if you are going to vote bring a photo id. Which can be any one of these a South Carolina drivers licenseor an id card issued by the dmv. A Voter Registration card with photo or a federal military idor a us passport. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 thursday will be sunny and seasonably cool with highs in the mid50s for the upstate and near 50 in the mountains. Tonight lows drop into the 20s and 30s. Friday brings more sunshine with highs warming to 3 now to chris 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold hold 3 were watching this this 3 youre taking a live look at 3 3 3 its. Coming up, one man is in jail after deputies say he tried to pose as an officer. How investigators say he was bustednext. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Clemson youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole papay, chris scott with pit crew traffic 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Usc upstate 3 3 covering our counties. In buncombe county we are learning more about a High School Student who was shot to Death Outside of his apartment. 3 police say kyri logan died wednesday morning at mission hospital. Logan was a junior and played football for erwin high school. He would have turned eighteen on friday. Friday. Investigators saythey have identified persons of interest in the shooting. But been released. 3 trying to figure out how an easley man got a hold to one of their badges. 3 the Sheriffs Office says alan gunter is behind bars accused of posing as a Greenville County deputy and trying to steal a car. They say when they interviewed gunter he actually showed them a Greenville County badge. 3 investigators say it started at a home on pope field road over the weekend when gunter told a man to give up his car. Were told the victim called the Sheriffs Office and gunter was arrested on scene. Hes charged with attempted police officer. 3 if you live in pendleton listen up. A boil water advisory is still in effect this morning. Water pressure was lost after water main breaks on lebanon road. Micasa drive and west main street. Residents are advised to vigorously boil water for at least a full minute before drinking or cookingofficials are waiting for test results before lifting the advisory. 3 time for traffic and weather 3 thursday will be sunny and seasonably cool with highs in the mid50s for the upstate and near 50 in the mountains. Tonight lows drop into the 20s and 30s. Friday brings more sunshine with highs warming to near 60. Partly cloudy skies and mild air start the weekend saturday with highs in the mid 60s, followed by increasing clouds and highs near 68 by monday clouds and rain move in, with wet weather lingering into tuesday and wednesday. Daytime highs stay in the 50s and low 60s through midweek. Thursday will be sunny and seasonably cool with highs in the mid50s for the upstate and near 50 in the mountains. Tonight lows drop into the 20s and 30s. Friday brings more sunshine with highs warming to near 60. Partly cloudy skies and mild air start the weekend saturday with highs in the mid 60s, followed by increasing clouds and highs near 68 by sunday. Sunday night into in, with wet weather lingering into tuesday and wednesday. Daytime highs stay in the 50s and low 60s through midweek. 3 weather hit 3 now to chris with traffic. 3 hold 3 were watching this deer accidentss pine st southgate rdus hwy 221 old switzer rd powdersville accident no details sc hwy 81 sc hwy 153 153 3 youre looking live atpit crew traffic sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet kevin traffic 3 sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 news you need to know. The search continues for two men in Anderson County after a clerk was shot during robbery at the Hickory Point bp wednesday morning. Deputies say the suspects were caught on surveillance. The victim is in stable but critical condition. 3 cliven bundy and four others were indicted by a federal grand jury in connection to an april 2014 standoff with officers at his nevada ranch. Bundy as well as his sons were indicted on 16 felony charges. 3 governor nikki haley has made her choice and is endorsing marco rubio for president. She made the announcement wednesday just days before the primary. Haley said there are a lot of good people running for president , but her job was to find one who could do it best. 3 with the South Carolina primary just two days away a new poll shows senator ted cruz is leading the republican president ial field over donald nationally. A new nbc news wall street journal poll reports 28percent of Republican Voters asked are backing cruz. Trump is close behind with 26percent support. Its a big change from the same poll last month, which gave trump a wide 13point lead over cruz. Pollsters say its too soon to tell if the shift is permanent or temporary. But cruz and his supporters were celebrating the news here in the upstate. 3 3 its time . Coming up, one mans Student Loan Debt landed him in handcuffs. The details are straight ahead. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Downtown easley. Youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 youre watching the morning hi dad. Uh huh. Yeah. Sorry about that. Think about it there must be higher love down in the heart what do you think . And in the stars above hi ted, glad you could join us, we think youre going to like these numbers. Bring me a higher love 3 welcome back to the morning news on fox carolinawere taking a live look at. Usc upstate 3 a texas man says hes just now finding out about some Student Loan Debt he has from us marshals showed up at his home. And arrested him. Him. Paul aker says the marshals forced him to the ground and it wasnt until the ride to jail where he finally learned it was for an outstanding loan. Aker says he paid off two previous loans after graduating in 1987but had no clue he still owed 15 hundred dollars. Aker says he was taken directly to court where we was ordered to pay 12hundred dollars for the cost of his arrest and agree on a payment plan for the loan. The us marshall says they only brought out weapons after aker told them he had a gun and he was arrested because he 3 now to weather with nicole 3 thursday will be sunny and seasonably cool with highs in the mid50s for the upstate and near 50 in the mountains. Tonight lows drop into the 20s and 30s. Friday brings more sunshine with highs warming to near 60. 3 weather hit 3 chris is in the traffic center. 3 hold watching this 3 3 youre looking live at 3 coming up tonight at 10 do sled background checks paint a complete picture of a persons criminal history . 3 when the state Law Enforcement division sent us the rap sheet for accused Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter robert dear we found it didnt include all of his past arrests in South Carolina. Sled and its former director both weighed in on whos ultimately responsible for inputting that information. And why in some cases its missing. 3 3 3 there are very often times when the information that youre seeking is not neatly packed in an arrest, conviction, and disposition on that sentence. Sentence. Tonight on thee 10 what we found out about this man robert dear and what South Carolina courts had to say about some of his prior arrests. Not found in a sled check. Plus details on what the former sled director believes should be done. To make a persons past. More accessible. Its a story youll see only on fox. 3 we head to break with a live look at. Clemson youre watching the morning news on 3 the morning news at 5 30 starts now. Now. The republican candidates are trying to win over South Carolina voters with just two days until the primary. Well show you how some of them faired at last nights town hall in greenville. Greenville. 3 today will be sunny and seasonably cool with highs in the mid50s for the upstate and near 50 in the mountains. 3 good morning. Its thursday, february 18im lauren elise eliseand im ben hill, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. 3 thursday will be sunny and seasonably cool with highs in the mid50s for the upstate and near 50 in the mountains. Tonight lows drop into the 20s and 30s. Friday brings more sunshine with highs warming to near 60. 3 lets send it over to chris. 3 hold hold were watching this in the pit crew center 3 youre looking live at 3 3 we start with some overnight developments out of easley a 17 year old is dead and four others are behind bars charged with murder following a shooting at a Bowling Alley. Alley. This was the scene at the tri city lanes Bowling Alley on calhoun highway just after nine oclock wednesday night. Easley police say when they arrived on the scene kejaun brown had already passed away from a gunshot wound. 3 police say Pickens County deputies caught up with the suspects a short time later at this spinx on 183. Jamari fair, dennis gibbs, Albert Taylor and a 15 year old were all taken into custody and charged with murder. Investigators say they believe the suspects knew random act. As soon as we learn more about the case well pass it along. 3 3 cnn is will have its second town hall in columbia tonight after a successful event last night at the old Cigar Warehouse in greenville. 3 with just two days before the South Carolina primary the republicans are trying to win over those undecided voters. The town hall style allowed the candidates to take the stage separately. They answered questions on race and policing, the president s plan to go to cuba and. And apple being asked to crack into phones for the fbi 3 3 3 but i also know that there are communities in this country where minority communities and the Police Department have a terrible relationship. Relationship. 3 i think its a real mistake. I think the president ought to instead be pushing for a free cuba. Cuba. 3 i think apple and probably a lot of other people dont necessarily trust the government governmentbut were going to have to get over that because right now were faced with jihadists who want to destroy us. Us. Each candidate spoke for about 45minutes to an hour. And took questions from a wide range of people. Tonight donald trump, john kasich and jeb bush will take part in a similar town hall in columbia. 3 if youre still an undecided voter. Or just want to see your candidate of choice in person. Theres a lot of Campaign Events happening across the upstate today. 3 Ashley Minelli is live in our newsroom with a rundown of whats happening today. Ashley . 3 tonightnot only candidates coming together in one spot. But several elected officials will be at the conservative review convention here in greenville greenvilleat the wellstarts at 7confirmed candidates include senators ted cruz and marco rubio, dr. Ben carsonseveral congressmen including tim scott, trey gowdydo have to 10 dollars dollarsand for a more personal event. You can dine with senator ted cruz at mutts barbecue in powdersville. Hell be there at 3 today. After a scheduled with Greenville County republican women at the Poinsett Club at noon. Governor john kasich is also hosting a toto hall today. Hell be in clemson for a 2 15 town hall at the Strom Thurmond institute. Doors open there at 1 15 3 trump, rubio also campaigning, more on them coming upall events online at fox carolina dot com. 3 marco rubio got a key endorsement here in South Carolina governor nikki haley 3 and it could be the boost he needs just days before the primary. Primary. Governor haley made the annoucement wednesday and said she wants someone with passion that will work for all the people. Haley will now be making Campaign Stops with rubio through saturday. 3 3 3 3 i wanted somebody with fight, i wanted somebody with passion, i wanted somebody with conviction to do the right thing but i wanted somebody humble enough to remember that you work for all the people. People. Rubio whos already been endorsed by senator tim scott and Representative Trey Gowdy is polling in at third place in South Carolina, behind donald trump and ted cruz. 3 and these are the republican candidates who will be on the primary ballots this saturday. Polls are open from seven until seven. Seven. Here is a look at the Democratic Candidates who will face on saturday for the nevada caucuses and then here in South Carolina on february 27th. 3 3 covering our counties. In two others are recovering after a deadly crash near easley. Easley. Troopers say the headon crash happene