Eyewitness news. attack on a college campus. Tonight, we hear from a North Carolina woman near the horror. Frustration at a Community Meeting why at least one woman stormed out. And a woman jumps out of an airplane right on to the tarmac. Eyewitness news starts right now. We have new local perspective tonight as investigators try to determine the motive behind an Ohio State University students rampage. Good evening im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. The attacker has been indeitified as Abdul Razak Ali artan. Investigators are now trying to decipher an antius Facebook Rant believed to be linked to him. It was posted just minutes before the attack just before ten this morning. After he used his car to plow into with a butchers knife and then was shot and killed by a Campus Police officer. 11 people were rushed to the hospital in columbus one is in critical condition. Tonight were hearing from a u nc graduate now studying at ohio state. Joel brown has her story from raleigh tonight. We spoke to erin oehler on skype, tonight. Shes from tabor city, a small town about 80 miles south of fayetteville. She spent 4 years in chapel hill as an undergrad at unc. But now, shes at ohio state. Studyingl amid the chaos. Erin was looking for somewhere to hide. My instincts were just go somewhere safe, call my family. Erin was inside the law school at ohio state. When that buckeye alert cross her phone. Active shooter on campus. Run. Hide. Fight. Confusion and rumors spreading fast. Initially we were thinking there were 3 of them. That there were 2, one had a gun, one had a knife. It was a lone attacker armed with a butcher immediately breaking news. We begin with that breaking news at Ohio State University. Both my parents actually my entire family lives in North Carolina, so i knew if the news broke they would feel uneasy. I called my mom and the first thing i said was i need you not to panic. The attacker turned out to be about 7 blocks away from where erin was at the law school. But the initial alert never mentioned a location. So erin led her classmates to a locked location where they could shelter in place. Suite on the 1st floor, protected by key card access. So i was walking down the hallway just kinda grabbing people and telling them ill let you in the journal suite and we can just hang out there. Football nats up shock on campus went right up to the schools vaunted football program. Tyquan lewis, the football standout from tarboro tweeting. Everybody on alert. Shooter on campus. Then later. Crazy world we live in man. Back inside the law school, erins together since their days at unc. He texted, i would feel much better if you could get home. But dont dare move unless its safe. Erin didnt move. She and her classmates keeping themselves distracted with homework. Just distract ourselves and just take the situation minute by minute and not try to overanalyze every thing. Erin told us after she phoned her folks back in tabor city. She turned the ringer off on her phone. If the attacker was i she didnt want him to hear her cell phone going off. Just a small picture of what it was like on campus at ohio state, today. New tonight a serious crash under investigation in raleigh. This was the scene at about seven oclock on capital boulevard at starmount drive. A car woundup under a big rig. Our crew on the scene says at least one other car was involved. It took hours to get capital cleared. Police say there are serious do not appear to be life treatening. Watch for the latest on this tomorrow morning on eyewitness news. Tonight the nccu community is remembering the life of chancellor debra saunderswhite. Students sang and wore their School Colors in honor of her. Saunderswhite passed over the Holiday Weekend after losing her battle with cancer. After the service on campus, the Campus Community held a candlelight vigil. Saunders made history as the schools First Permanent e students say she personified eagle excellence, a term she coined. Former students told us she inspired them to follow their dreams. A celebration of life tribute will be held on friday at 2pm at the mcdougald mclendon arena. In durham tonight dialogue and frustration. During a chat session involving the police and residents of the mcdougald terrace neighborhood. The meeting unfolding one week after a dpd officer shot and killed frank clark. But the shooting was just a small part of the discussion. Angelica alvarez joins us live from the bull city where the meeting was off limits to the media. Angelica what did you learn from those allowed inside . Some told us they wanted to hear more concrete answers from the chief. Others walked away feeling positive. Directed their anger at the community itself. Durham police chief cj davis. Not stopping to talk to media for her take on how the closed Community Conversation went inside the ta grady rec center. Others however. Did stop. Eva Allen Mcdougald terrace area resident 18 47 38 my son got gunned down in april, he almost lost his life. There were several people that seen it, but nobody said nothing. Eva allen speaking from tragedy. Saying the Community Needs to change from the inside out. Allen 18 47 50 were not going to see effort or nothing until everybody works together. Others. Believe change needs to come from the top. They want the city to invest in their neighborhood. And they want more Community Friendly officers on patrol. Mel claiborne mcdougald terrace resident 19 07 00 why bring officers who work in cary to durham when they dont know anything about the city or the people of the city of durham. Residents tell us talk about last weeks officer involved shooting of 34 year old frank clark. Was brief. Cynthia hawley 18 28 25 the three police officers, theyre still on leave but she hadnt said too much about it. The conversation inside. Were told wasnt just one sided. While some wanted to hear more concrete answers from the chief. Others say she gave more than they expected. Joseph cherry durham resident 18 17 45 shes giving us true emotional responses, shes taking the badge off however shes still keeping it in her political frame of mind work. Still some residents fear tonight may have fallen on deaf fallen on deaf years. But a dpd spokesperson said their goal was to have a constructive conversation. And they believe they accomplished that. A durham man pleads guilty to murder at an ihop restaurant five years ago. jerry lee adams. Pleading out to Second Degree murder and other charges. Linked to the shooting death of 46 year old delia allen. Two others were injured in the shooting at the i hop on north pointe i october 2011. Authorities say the violence erupted after two offduty deputies told a group of people they couldnt sit in a ropedoff section of the restaurant. Adams. Is headed to prison for 24 to 31 years. Tonight state lawmakers have found a new way to crackdown on gang violence. A legislative Committee Held a special meeting today talking about a bill to increase prison sentences for crimes committed by gang members. It passed out of the committee and it could become law next year. The bill not only gangs the kkk and other groups. Taking part in organized crime. A judge today granted dylan roofs request to act as his own attorney. Roof is the man accused of ambushing a church in charleston, South Carolina in 2015 a shooting that left nine people dead. These are sketches from todays court proceedings. Jury selection is now underway in the federal trial potential jurors were questioned after a district judge ruled roof can represent himself on hate crime obstruction of religion and other charges. His defense team standby as counsel. In cuba the grieving process continues three days after the death of fidel castro. lines stretched for hours outside revolution plaza today. This is where castro delivered fiery speeches to supporters in the decades after he seized power. There and across the country people signed condolence books as well as an oath of loyalty to castros socialist ideology. On wednesday his ashes will begin a journey to Santiago De Cuba the birthplace traveling to cuba this week. Our special coverage begins on wednesday. Here on eyewitness news. Plus digital coverage at abc 11 dot com. And follow me on Facebook Steve daniels w tvd for a behind the scenes look at our historic journey to havana. New tonight the state board of elections issuing an order that dismisses several election protests filed by governor pat mccrorys campaign. Coopers Campaign Manager in a statement called tonights news a devastating blow for mccrory adding theres no path to victory supporters sent a message to governor pat mccrory. Theyre asking him to concede. The State Capitol played host to a moral monday rally earlier this evening. State ndouble acp president reverend William Barber asked mccrory to give up his battle to challenge the election results. Barber added the naacp plans to file a motion countering a lawsuit filed last week that questioned same day registration voters. Attorney general roy coopers vote count lead over governor pat mccrory has votes. The official from the state board of elections is now at ninethousand 716. If coopers lead balloons to more than ten thousand mccrory will lose his right to demand a recount. Some people in fayetteville are upset about the idea of spending 33million bucks on a baseball stadium. The city council is now one vote away from approving a deal to build a stadium for the Houston Astros minor league team. Greg barnes is where critics made one final pitch against the stadium proposal. At least one resident at tonight public hearing told city leaders the money they want to spend on building a new baseball stadium here, would be better spent helping the citys homeless citys homeless and poor. Thats a couple of the speakers at tonights public hearing. Tonights public hearing. The city wants to build a 33 Million Dollar stadium in downtown for the Houston Astros minor league team. At tonight they want a Downtown Baseball stadium, but others raised concerns about parking, and traffic congestion. Several said the stadium should be named for babe ruth. And the city is expected to sign a a deal with the astros next astros next month. They hope construction on a new ball park begins in the spring or summer of next year. Tomorrow marks the end of an era religious figure here in the triangle. The location of Bishop Michael burbidges last mass. Scare in the air. What happened that had more than 230 people on this flight counting their blessings. And snake in a toilet. A snake handler tries to corral an eight foot long serpent. But this case is far from closed. Its part of tonights must see videos. The Raleigh Eyewitness News Center here in raleigh and beyond. Bishop Michael Burbidge will celebrate his final public mass in the diocese of raleigh. A mass of thanksgiving will be held tomorrow evening at Saint Michaels in cary at 6 30. Burbidge becomes the bishop of the diocese of arlington, virginia later next month after ten years in our area. A scary flight for dozens of people late this afternoon. A United Airlines jet returned to san franciscos airport after one of its engines caught fire. Flight 837 had just taken off bound engines failed. Eyewitnesses tweeted that there was an explosion and flames shot out of the engine. There were 237 passengers and crew members on board. No one was hurt. Now to a strange story in texas. A woman jumps off an airplane passengers say she didnt say anything when she got out of her seat. She walked to the exit opened it stepped on the wing and jumped off. It was about a 15 foot drop to the tarmac. She managed to get up and start she was quickly detained and ems checked her out. Theres no word on where she is tonight. Now to the big board and the mustsee video of the night. We begin with a video that may put a slight chill up your spine. Snake handlers in a South African town were called to this apartment complex after someone found this eight foot snake in their toilet. And thats not just any ordinary snake its called a snouted cobra. Likes to put up a fight. Unfortunately for all involved the serpent was able to escape the snake handlers grasp and slithered back down the toilet. Residents of the apartment complex are being warned to keep the lids of their toilets closed. And they may be the new abbott and Costello Bert and ernie or batman and robin. A woman in British Columbia capturing this playful moment in her brothers backyard over the weekend. An affectionate licking the cat who didnt seem to mind the attention. And these folks were rolling down the street minding their business when they got uncomfortably up close and personal with a lightning bolt. You saw the flash just before the camera user lost control of it. This scene was captured during extreme weather conditions earlier this fall in canada specifically after a beautiful weekend, skies turned overcast today as moisture over the deep south began to move our way. Temperatures will hold steady or even rise a bit as and warmer tonight as a front approaches from the west. Then, expect clouds and a bit of rain tomorrow as the front stalls to the west and north of the triangle. It will be unseasonably warm tomorrow with highs into the 70s. A wave of low pressure along that front will pass by to the west and north midweek, but will steer moisture into the area on wednesday and wednesday night. Will stay west of the appalachians where Drought Conditions make it most needed. Our weather will be quite warm again on wednesday with highs in the mid 70s. The record is 77, set in 2006. A cool front associated with the wave of low pressure will swing through our region late on wednesday night and then move to the east on thursday with drying and a return of sunshine. The air mass behind so it will be only a little cooler, but still comfortable on thursday. High pressure will build to our west on friday and saturday, causing a cooler northwest flow, but there will be some sunshine each day. Some sick sea turtles getting some much needed help. Details, next. Foundation making big strides. The big name in town. Just ahead. The countdown is on to the abc 11 together food drive. 9 days until the big dropoff event. And the need remains very high. In the wake of hurricane matthew. Many people. Still trying to recover. 7th. All the details are online now at abc 11 dot com slash food. Some sick sea turtles getting some much needed help. Details, next. Plus the v foundation making big strides. The big name in town. Just ahead. The countdown is on to the abc 11 together food drive. 9 days until the big dropoff event. And the need remains very high. In the wake of hurricane matthew. Many people. Still trying to day is december 7th. All the details are online now at abc 11 dot com turtles rescued in cape cod. Are now in South Carolina getting nursed back to health. They were found cold. And stunned in frigid waters. Its a condition similar to hypothermia. The south sea turtle recovery center. So the timing was just right. Biologists named the turtles after star wars characters including leia. Kylo. And luke. The smallest of the bunch is yoda. Weighing a pound and a half. It could take up to a year for them to recover. The v foundation is celebrating a record year. One of the Board Members of the wake county based foundation is George Bodenheimer a he was the longtime president of es pn. He was at the espys in 1993 when nc state coach jim valvano gave that iconic speech. Bodenheimer tells us the v foundation has 23 Million Dollars in grants its given to researchers sports. A banner day for nc central athletics. Plus the acc big ten challenge gets underway but first monday night football. The packers are clinging to a four point lead in philly y25esy yi0y its acc title and lock up a spot in the College Football playoff this saturday in orlando vs virginia tech. The tigers landed nine players on the allacc first team, announced today tech by comparison, got one. Speaking of ryan switzer is the only player from our three triangle make the cut for first team. He was the third receiver behind Mike Williams of clemson and syracuses amba ettatawo. Switzer set a new carolina record for receptions this year with 91 catches for 1027 yards and five scores five triangle players showed up on the allacc second team, headlined by nc state running back matt dayes. Center tony adams was the other pack player. Tar heels tj logan, jon heck and Lucas Crowley were also second teamers jerry mack is the meacs coach of been a travesty after the season the eagles put together. Undefeated in conference play with a demolition of archrival a t. Mack has won 24 games his first three seasons, a school record. He was certainly helped by the likes of qb malcolm bell who was one of six eagles named first team allmeac today so a great day for central football and what a night for the hoops team. At missouri to battle the tigers. Patrick cole is having a season bangs a 3. Eagles were up 4 at the half 2nd cole clinical the breakdown then whips it to pablo rivas for the easy layup. 12 pt lead then its rivas turn to make things happen. Leaves his defender for dead finishes plus the foul. He had 16 patrick cole had 17 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists the eagles win decisively 6252. What a win acc big ten challenge kicking off tonight. Wake forest on the heres something you dont see every day. A Dino Mitoglou dunk. Kickstarted an 80 run capped by this pretty john collins turnaround. Northwestern stormed back w a 100 run of its own gavin skellys three made it 2624 keyshawn woods likes the deep ball himself. Wake led by 1 at halftime. Earlier tonight Florida State handled its business at home vs minnesota. Noles freshman join us tomorrow morning on abc11 for the latest eyewitness news. Well see you again tomorrow . Think of your fellow man. . . Lend him a helping hand. . . Put a little love in your heart. . . Take a good look around. . . 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