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WSOC Eyewitness News Sunday February 28, 2016

Police say two officers were involved in that shoot. Witnesses add many people became upset over that shooting and started throughing glass and rocks at officers. Also breaking this morning a Police Officer shot and killed in virginia last night had just started on the job friday. Police say officer ashley was killed yesterday while responding to a Domestic Violence call. Two other officers were also shot and taken to the hospital but their conditions are unknown this morning. Over night we learned more than 100 patrol cars lined the roads out of outside of that hospital stood vigil. We learned a shooting that injured a 14yearold in west charlotte was an accident. It happened last night. Police say the teenagers injuries are not life threatening. They told us they are not sure if the teen shot himself or if police used a canine to search for any possible suspects. President ial candidate Hillary Clinton had an astounding victory in the South Carolina primary. You can see clinton had a 73. 5 share of the votes yesterday while sanders had 26 . And clintons speech last night was a very positive one. She talked about working rocket for a Better Future and she also hit on two major points that two major groups she needs to vote for her youth and women. Here is a little bit of that speech from last night. Despite what you hear, we dont need to make America Great again, america has never stopped being great. Now clinton has been accused of being robotic during her speeches but last night it was different. She quoted the bible and said we need more love and kindness in the world. Despite a landslide primary win for clinton, her rival bernie sappedders is not giving up. Last night he addressed a crowd of supporters in rochester. He was not in South Carolina for yesterdays primary. Heres what he had to say. Its about thinking big and the the kind of country we want to become. Sanders will be in oklahoma and colorado today heading into super tuesday. A group told channel 9 they were not surprised by clintons win. The campus has been a hot bed for politics in the recent months. Many of the president ial candidates visited including sanders and clinton. Pretty much expected at this point in South Carolina since Clintons Campaign moving forward it means she has weight now. Establishment as far as her base. For sanders that will let to him walking more. We are a few days away from super tuesday where all of the candidates will push for voters in 13 states including South Carolina. Both rubio and cruz rallied in parts of georgia yesterday. In atlanta cruz said he doesnt think its good to see president ial candidates behaving like school children. Rubio said trump is not a great businessman and added he has but i will address little rubio. This guy has a fresh mouth. Hes a very nasty guy. And i actually thought that ted cruz was a liar but rubio is worse. Newly released z poll numbers show trump and cruz are tied if in texas. Trump took home the primary last weekend. Early voting for North Carolinas primary begins thursday. Polls open at 8 00 that morning and there are several polling locations including bay to find out where you can vote early in your county, just click on information. Channel 9 is your complete source for the 2016 president ial race. You can read abdomen the for those polling places and much more information, you can find all of it on our website wsoctv. Com. 6 59 right thousand. Officials have we bag the gym was supposed to be used as an early voting site and precinct site. Brand methodist church. The event is expected to bring in millions for the city of charlotte. Majority of the fans traveled more than 50 miles to attend. We come here every year from the d. C. Area and we come hang out with our friend right here who lives in the charlotte area and we enjoy the time we have with each other. This is the 11th Straight Year the city of charlotte has hosted the ciaa tournament including in 2014 when they saw 47 million from the tournament. Congratulations to Virginia State for pulling off the title this year. We expect to fete that full report today at noon. You the updates on air and online at wsoctv. Com. Police are still trying to figure out what caused a deadly crash in lancaster county. It happened around 2 00 yesterday afternoon on unity church road north of lancaster. A driver went off the wrong side of the road on the left and then over corrected and went off the the road on the right hand side of the road. The man was thrown from the car and died. This man camden price is charged with statutory sex offense and taking indecent liberties with a child. He is in the Gaston County jail this morning with no bond. Cmpd is looking for someone who shot two people. When we arrived on the scene several patrol cars were in that area. It was roped off with crime scene tape. Offices say the two people involved say someone shot at them on belmont avenue and took their car. Teachers will have their chance to voice their opinion about what it takes to this is months after the state legislature granted teacher raises but not as much as the teachers unions wanted. The average is among the lowest in the nation. We have put the results on our website wsoctv. Com. Check those out. the unc thomist new president its not coming out opposition. The ncaacs make the group claims several members of the board secretly recruited spellings last year. Opponents criticized her background. Taking a live look outside from our lake norman cam. You can see the sun starting to creep up there. Beautiful sunrise there. Starting off, however, cold this morning. Vicki graf has more on the warmup coming our way. The sunrise gets under way at 6 . Were in the upperred from it is going to be a little breezy from time to time. You tonight have to worry about rain. Highs in the mid 60s. Well keep the warmup under we are continuing to follow breaking news in up inn this is at south someone ever someone shots out of vehicle. Police tell us they did find three guns in a nearby vehicle. They have not said if they have a suspect in custody. Were told so far no one is injured. But again you can see its a very active scene with that entire block blocked off with police tape. We will continue remaining on that scene. Well have another live look for you in less than five minutes. Mooresville flooring contractor facing a new lawsuit as customers say he took their money and measurements but never started working. At 6 45 the steps you can take mans are lunching news to protect you from South Carolina counties are hesitant to spend road money from the state. Counti channel 9 is continuing to follow breaking news in uptown charlotte. Youre taking a live look at south caldwell street. You can see its still a very, very active scene with police all over that area. Weve been there before 6 00. Police told us someone fired shots out of a vehicle. They may have hit the condominium building. Three guns in a vehicle. They have not said if they have a suspect in custody but we know so far no one is injured. We will continue following breaking news and bring you any new updates as soon as we get them. South carolina counties plan to spend less than half of the 216 million in road money lawmakers set aside last year. Only 4 million of that money from last summers budget has been spent so far. 22 counties have not submitted their plans to the d. O. T. Yet saying they are working to figure out which projects should get the money. Lawmakers send more money to counties in this years budget. Tom davis has been filibustering or blocking a road funding bill. The house passed that bill last year which would raise the gas but the senate and aims to raise tax by 800 million. The the police say kill l shot and kill campbell culled police earl friday and for they say the only survivor was carlsons 12yearold daughter. A community is coming together after a man went on a shooting rampage. Hundreds gathered at a candle light vigil. Authorities identified that man as cedric board. One woman who escaped said ford approached her moments before i saw that he had a big machine gun. I went blank. What do i do . That woman says she slid down inside of her car and managed to if drive off. Ford first fired shots at an intersection hit manage in his car two miles away. He forced another driver off of a road and got this in another vehicle and shot him in the leg and then took that mans car. Ford ended up at his workplace where he shot 15 people killing three of them. Police shot and killed ford. We are starting off again in the 30s but expected to warm up even more than yesterday. Yesterday we made it to 56 degrees but it was feeling good if you were standing underneath that sunshine. Nothing on live Early Warning doppler 9 and well stay that way. Quiet morning but it will be a warm day in the mountains. 40 in jefferson. 39 in boone. 26 in taylorsville. 29 in mooresville. 27 in salisbury. 28 in rock hill and 28 in chester. You will need the layers early on. By 9 00 already warming to the mid 40s. As you head toward lunchtime mid 60s if you are going for a walk or run today. It is Beautiful Day to spend some time outdoors. 66 degrees in the charlotte area. Warmer than average. We warm quickly with highs today in the mid 60s. Its also going to be a little windy as we goal throughout the day today and the winds will pick up as we head through the afternoon and evening. We could see wind gusts up to 30 Miles Per Hour. You will need to hold on to your hats later on today. Comfortable through the afternoon. Your evening forecast low 50s. Highs if for tomorrow get into the 60s. Future cast brings a few showers through the mountains tomorrow morning and brings some clouds through the charlotte area for the first part of the day and by the afternoon more of a clearing. I do believe we will stay dry tomorrow but we are are looking at a better chance of rain by midweek. Tomorrow will be even warmer with highs in the upper 60s. Almost ten degrees warmer than average. Lots of afternoon sunshine. As we head toward wednesday, that is when we track the next best chance for rain. Maybe even a rumble of thunder as well. As of right now it looks to be more of a morning setup. Ly break down when the rain will approach. Taking you through our fiveday forecast. Today, beautiful. Mid 60s. Lots of sunshine. As we head toward wednesday that is when we are tracking our next round of rain. We will hold on to the 60s. And then looking ahead to next weekend a great start and it looks like we should stay dry for both days so a nice weekend. Another opportunity to really get out and enjoy yourselves. Spring preview and spring is 20 days away. Time is 6 20. New this morning some South Carolina [ inaudible ] this is five months after a tornado ripped through their homes. For many people on johns island there is still debris scattered around their homes following that 130 Miles Per Hour tornado. They are still waiting for state farm to help them rebuild. Sent me to another adjustor who said i would have to call and theyed if to several families to speed up the process. No one was injured in that september tornado. Neighbors will have a chance to talk to state officials about coal ash cleanup. River bend has been classified as a high priority site. Which means the coal ash will have to be removed by 2019. The state will have similar meetings in each county where duke has a coal ash pond. Tuesdays meeting will be held at 6 00 p. M. At Gaston College in dallas. The number of taxpayers impacted by a recent irs data breach is bigger than anticipate. Ed. At 6 45 the help. Thief at 6 30 the device they are quickly attack teens. I was walking home. With one swipe, it devoured oneof the croissants. Then jack showed up and took care of the beast, so icould escape. And thats what happened to yourbreakfast croissant. And yours . It survived. Share it with yourself. Freshlycracked egg with ham and bacon,or sausage, ssants forfour b good sunday morning. Take a look at the beautiful skyline there. That is the city of charlotte from our charlotte cam. Your time is 6 24. We are starting off around freezing. Roughly 30degree miss charlotte. But we will warm up quite a bit in fact. Vicki graf will update us on joust how much in a few minutes. Two North Carolina teenagers are charged with threatening mass destruction on social media. The Mcdowell County sheriffs named students and teachers at west Mcdowell Middle School and they also threatened to rape and kill him. What has been tough for us is to sit there and tell them to be patient and let us find out the details. Some parents said they even kept their Children Home from school on friday worried about those threats. Tomorrow Charlotte Douglas airport will demolish the rental car buildings. Demolition is expected to start at 11 00 tomorrow. Its part of an 8 Million Contract that will go toward building that new concourse. It calls for 25 new gates. The first phase will create nine new gates. The entire concourse will take to finish. Cold start to the morning. Roughly 30 degrees. You will want to dress for it this morning. Later today it looks like a fantastic day. Upper 20s right now to low 30s. Going through the afternoon lots of sunshine. Highs getting into the mid 60s. Just ten minutes ago i showed you the hour by hour forecast for today andly take you through tomorrows hour by hour forecast as well as temperatures climb to the mid 60s. That is coming up in the next half hour. A mooresville flooring contractor facing a new lawsuit after customers say he never started working on their projects. At 6 45, the simple mistakes those customers made that could land you in the same position. The number of people impacted by last years irs data breach is larger than originally thought. At 6 45 the assistance the agency is offering victim ifs. But first thieves are targeting atms across the country trying to access your next the accounts. We start this half hour in our breaking news center. Thank you for joining us im brittney johnson. Take a look at this. This is a live look at south caldwell street where police say someone fired shots out of a vehicle and possibly into sky condominium building that is also in that area you see right there. Police remain very active. They have been there before 6 00 a. M. They found several guns inside of a vehicle. So far they have not said anything about a suspect but they are actively looking for clues. Vehicle and what appears to be a large van inside of that vehicle. Police say they are not aware of anyone injured at this time. Of course we will continue following this breaking news for you. We will stay on that scene. Well bring you any new details as soon as we get them. Now lets check in with vicki graf. It will be even warmer today. Were starting the day off a hit bit on the chilly side. As you step outside were in the upper 20s to low 30s be. Grab a jacket you will need it early on. However, we will see lots of sunshine throughout the day. By 9 00 mid 40s. Heading toward lunchtime might be a good afternoon to enjoy that lunch break jut doors. 60 degrees by noon. And heading to the afternoon we will make it to 66 degrees. We dont have to worry about clouds or rain for that matter. But i am tracking our next Hillary Clinton boasted a big win with 74 of the votes. Clintons campaign hoped South Carolina would show strength among minority voters. African American Voters accounted for more than 610 voters. Her opponent Bernie Sanders says he is still not giving up his campaign despite only getting about 26 of the votes. I congratulate secretary clinton top on her very strong victory. Tuesday over 800 delegates are at stake and we intend to win many, many of them. Sanders spent yesterday away state. On the republican side new Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the campaign trail for candidate donald trump. You are looking at video of trumps stop yesterday. All of the president ial candidates are turning their attention to super tuesday. Which includes 11 states including North Carolina. Usa today says many of the candidates are hitting the Early Morning talk shows today in an effort to reach voters. That includes ted cruz, chris christie, and john kasich. They will be on the state of the union. Abc will feature christy, cruz you can learn the latest information on each candidate. New this morning there is a new date for mooresville Election Forum involving republican candidates for Iredell County board of commissioners. Scheduling conflicts forced the event to be moved. There will be eight candidates participating in the forum. The forum begins that night at 7 00. It is at the charles max citizen center. The mayor of matthews plans to meet with people early next week to look into splitting from charlottemecklenburg schools. Last week mayor jim taylor started considering separating from cms. They say they have concerns regarding student assignment. Mayor taylor plans to form a it will take to voice their opinion. They worry the plan will force their children to move from different schools. The project aims to increase diversity in the district and improve student success. Superintendent ann clark told channel 9 we will get a much cooler Brandon Barnet and chastity are facing several charges. Thieves are using skimming devices to target your debt and credit card information. Bank of america is rolling out its first cardless atms this week. Skimming devices on atms in massachusetts, maryland, and new jersey. Those devices collect your information and there is one thing you should do before you swipe your card. This piece fits over the card reader you would find on a normal device. To watch a video and our investigation, you can click on

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