the shootings happened over a five hour time period at various locations around kalamazoo county. seven people . including a 14- year-old girl . were shot killed and police say another person is in serious condition. shortly after midnight police said they arrested 45- year-old jason dalton . who they have strong suspicions of being the shooter. the kalamazoo county undersheriff gave a chilling description of what happened. undersheriff paul matyas/kalamaz oo county sheriff s office we ve had several shootings here in the county and the city of kalamazoo. they all appear to be related. we have multiple people dead. in summary, what it looks like is we have somebody driving finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks. police have not yet released the names of the the victims. french authorities publish video instructions on how to react in the event of a terrorist attack. this comes after 130 people were killed during an attack in paris the video is a simple step-b
gigantic trees just snapped in half. it goes for 12 to 15 miles which i was just amazed at the length and the width of this tornado that struck here. the governor handed his personal number to victims in case they need assistance. he says he s asking the federal government for money to help with cleanup costs. wsls 10s rachel lucas was there during his walking tour- and spoke with several families who are left with nothing. she joins us now live from evergreen. rachel? it wasn t until daylight after the storm the people of evergreen could really grasp the devastation. the governor said in his fly over today that the path of the storm is 12 to 15 miles long. he walked across these fields where homes used to stand talking to homeowners looking for anything they have left that wasn t destroyed. one of those was tracie morgan- the day after- families here in evergreen search the rubble of their homes - looking to salvage anything they can. many houses were leveled. it s now hard
we will rebuild. this is who we are as a country the community of evergreen stands together the day after a violent ef3 tornado devastated the community. 08-16 on over in the community it s three or four houses that are totally gone. there s nothing left on them only the foundation. scattered throughout the destruction though are signs of hope. a sign that reads pray stands in the second story of susan harris family house. that s our message to everyone that has texted or called and asked what can we do. we don t even know what to tell people to do 24-31 the people of evergreen were looking for hope whether it was from above or from strangers that became friends on the ground. 37-41 it broke my heart. i do believe that when we see problems in the world we are the solution, these friends walking along 460 they came across an american flag intertwined in the debris. 54-59 notice there was an american flag tangled up in the power americans we re strong. while the stor
and i m dawn jefferies. this is the strongest tornado to ever hit appomattox county. according to the national weather service .. the e-f-3 tornado . covered 13 miles . killing one person in its path. state police say 78-year-old edward harris was thrown from his home. he was found last night in an area nearby. 7 others were hurt. now the community is pitching in . to help those impacted. wsls ten s duke joins us now live from appomattox county. duke . you spoke to the coach of the appomattox county high school football team. what is he saying about his players supporting the community? football coach doug smith is very proud of his players on the team giving back and helping the community aww work work he says there are about 25 members helping to clean the debris left behind from the storm. some have been out removing of the churches impacted by the storm. the coach is glad to see his players volunteering. doug smith/appomatto x county high school football coach - it makes
like being here. my photographer and i when we arrived in appomattox we were speeches, the for one hour and 20 minutes we were talking about fun things and then you get to evergreen and silent. peer and utter silence because we are touched by the devastation among the folks impacted by the tornado that hit on wednesday, was renessa mccormick. here s what she had to say. you don t see this or you don t think this will happen to you. just praise god and think god we wasn t in the house and we made it through a life. reporter: just echoing what renessa mccormick said my family lived in kansas for many years in kansas you see devastation like this. you simply don t see this in virginia. we saw it in appomattox. again, it is hard to put into words just what you are seeing here. brick homes completely off their foundation you re seeing windows completely blown off of humongous trees that have to be three or 400 years old on their side. one of the things jeff and i noticed on our