from his house, a wooden outline marks the spot where harris was found. ricky harris took us there. harris: police told us to mark the area, so we did. off camera harris grandson said his grandfather died in a spot that he loved: the farm where he had spent so much of his life. he grew up in evergreen, the son of a sharecropper. when his father died, he took up the farming himself as a way to support the remaining family. juanita milstead/sister: he stayed there and worked the farm so my mother would have a place to live until the siblings were all grown. evergreen is where he spent the rest of his life. when he wasn t on the farm, he was serving at a nearby church that s damaged but still standing following the tornado. milstead: he was a good christian man. that was the main thing. he loved his lord. and he loved evergreen, a community that mourns him with a makeshift cross in the spot where his home once stood. milstead: this was home and no other place would be ho
wdbj7 s christian heilman is live on scene at electric road in roanoke county. christian, what have you learned? this is still a very active scene out here as officers are still piecing together what happened here earlier. roanoke county police confirmed that a male was shot by police. police say all this information is preliminary. at 7:15, they recieved a call that a black man wearing a bandanna and hoodie was waving a gun off route 419. we spoke with a witness who says he made that call. he was driving when he saw the man. thomas gill, witness i saw his gun in the right hand. so he was waving it at cars and he turned around and he was waving it at me so i turned around and took a left and i called 911. amy whittaker, roanoke county spokesperson officers then arrived on scene and they confronted the suspect which is just up the road from walgreens parking officer involved shooting that took place. the suspect was transported to the hospital. we do not know the person s
roanoke county police are still piecing together what happened after confirming that a man was shot by an officer. at 7:15 last night, they received a call that a man wearing a bandanna and hoodie was waving a gun off of route 419. we spoke with a witness who made the call to police. he says he was driving when he saw the man. thomas gill, witness i saw his gun in the right hand. so he was waving it at cars and he turned around and he was waving it at me so i turned around and took a left and i called 911. amy whittaker, roanoke county spokesperson officers then arrived on scene and they confronted the suspect which is just up the road from walgreens parking officer involved shooting that took place. the suspect was transported to the hospital. we do not know the person s condition right now. that witness tells us he heard at least five shots but it s not clear who fired all of them. danville police are investigating a robbery that happened last night in the 100 block of
when i was posing as a child, i ve had a predator within 30 minutes sending me pornography, talking about meeting, trying to set up a time to meet to have sex. the internet helps the world stay connected.but the digital universe also has a dark side. just this year alone local investigators have arrested 2 men who allegedly abducted teenager girls they met online. most recently `13-year-old nicole lovell was stabbed to death by a man friends say she met on the internet.there is a local law enforcement agency that strictly focuses on cyber crimes against childrenas wfxr s sophia borrelli reports- - the group is trying to keep more kids from becoming targets and investigators say it starts with parents 1:432:23 - 2:343:24 - 3:29 nat of phone message going off in this day and age, kids and teens can communicate with anyone in the world, but unfortunately some say that is not always a good thing. laura lathem/mother of 11 year old boy: mindboggling. laura lathem is the mother
citing virginia case law - finch noted the - quote - difficulty in seating the jury .. and the fact that a large percentage of jurors had knowledge or connections to the case beforehand weighed heavily in his decision that white receive a fair trial. after the ruling.. prosecutor mike fleenor asked for a bench trial. white and her attorneys agreed. prosecutors expect to bring in some 20 witnesses to testify at today s trial which begins at 9 this morning. stick with abc 13 for updates on this case. 3 3 3 mona tight new this morning. danville police are investigating a robbery that happened at the golden coral on holt garrison parkway.. they say they responed to a call last night that the business s parking lot. there they found two pittsylvania county residents said that a man pointed a gun at them and demanded money and then ran away. police are looking for the suspect. 3 3 3 bundle up today as we re waking up to morning lows in the teens with wind chill values in the teens