Were watching at this hour here in charlotte, involves a fire at a restaurant in east charlotte. Kristen miranda getting details first in the alert center right now. Kristen christine, on albermarle road in the 5800 block of albermarle road. Ive been watching the charlotte Fire Departments twitter feed. Good news sounds like the fire is under control. Take a look, this is a twoalarm fire, heavy fire showing at a restaurant and the fire department, Charlotte Fire Department came out pretty strong, 50 firefighters, took them 30 minutes to get it under control. I want to give you an idea maybe youre familiar, el paisano restaurant. Were trying to get pictures from the scene, as soon as we get them well bring them to you right away. Christine we are working to learn the names of the two charlottemecklenburg police they were on the way to a call on lanecrest drive. They heard the shooter near the intersection of milton and barrington drive. One person shot in the air, before crossing the st
Began a a 44month long prison sentence. His promised release date is january of next year. On top of breaking news. A shooting in the heart of uptown charlotte. Crime scene tape in a parking lot across from the Transit Center and close to Time Warner Cable arena where the hornets play tonight. One person was hurt and another person is in police custody. And coleen harry is live in uptown. Police still on the scene there . Yes, except for one police cruiser. Most officers cleared the scene. The officers and the detectives converged on this area. The call came in at 3 30 for a shooting on brevard street and police found a young man lying in a parking lot he had been shot several times. Medic transported him to the hospital and an hourandahalf ago we were told he was lifethreatening. Condition. Police found the suspect being questioned. Found the weapon also. The victim was in a dispute with another person and police say this is not a random shooting. When he shot him he took off running
Reporter charlottes former mayor who admitted to taking bribes in office is halfway through his sentence. He pleaded guilty to a reduced victim charge today and was sentenced to a single day in jail to be served concurrently with his federal time. Cannon said little in court but stood briefly to address the judge. I want to thank you for the student. I hate to come here under these circumstances. But i want to apologize to the court for doing so and thank the court for undialinging indulging me. Reporter pat smile and another conviction on his resume. Now, admittedly, the states voter fraud case may not be as sexy as the for the agents finding him taking bribes but they felt it was important to bring the case to court, and patrick cannon told me he is reflecting on his future. More on that at 10 00. Jim bradley, channel 9 eyewitness news. We have been following the case since he was indict inside 2013 and a year later, he was sentenced to 44 months in prison after he pled guilt and is
Federal prison in november of 2014. He is serving a 44month sentence for corruption. Cannon appeared in court wearing a suit different than the mug shot posted online. He smiled as he shook hands with his lawyer. He admitted to voting in 2014 as a felon. He was convicted of corruption then. His lawyer says cannon never tried to hide his identity he went to vote with his wife because he did not think it was illegal at that time. We spoke with a local attorney not connected with this case to get his take how things went cannon pled guilty to i aclass one misdemeanor and gave him one day in jail to run with his sentence. Everything went as called by the da and the defense lawyers and he is on his way back to West Virginia. We did speak with cannons attorney and he told us he back to West Virginia in the next day or two and he seemed healthy. Cannon apologized to the court and the judge. More at 5 00. All right, thank you. Charlottemecklenburg schools say there is no connection between its