thieves tried to break into a popular west charlotte gun store. then moved on to a nearby family dollar. now we're asking if those two could be related to a third break-in. eyewitness news reporter brittany johnson is in west charlotte for us right now outside of one of those scenes. >>reporter: john, there's still heavy police presence. their cars are park outside of the shopping center. there is a family dollar here and also hyatt gun shop. police believe the thieves tried to break into both this morning. we were on the scene around 3:00 this morning when the call went out. cmpd officers were at the gun shop where they tell us thieves went around the back, tried to break into that store through the back with a car, but instead hit a gas line. so charlotte fire crews were also here to turn off that gas. they say the same thieves also tried to get into the family dollar store, but they were unable to get into both of these stores. now, the owner of hyatt gun shop is here. we also just talked to police on the scene. they told us that they're lookin

. >> christine: now to more breaking news happening in west charlotte, an amtrak train hits an suv near old dowd road. this was the scene when we arrived near charlotte douglas international airport around 1:00 this morning. ashton pellom was the first reporter on the scene and also broke the story on social media, so ashton, what can you tell us about the crash? >> reporter: hey, good morning, christine. as you are about to see from the picture as dramatic scene this morning. police are still looking for the driver of that suv who left that vehicle unoccupied there on the tracks. let's take you to the video, amtrak officials tell me at 1:00 this morning the crescent line train that travels from new orleans to new york city hit an unoccupied suv left on the tracks on old dowd road. there were 160 passengers on the train at the time of the incident and no injuries to the riders or the crew members. after crews removed the suv continued their way here to charlotte around 4:00 this morning. nearly three hours after their scheduled arrival time. i spoke with a couple of riders who were upse

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reporter mark becker is live in west charlotte. and mark, this is charlotte's sixth shooting in just a week. >> that has really had an impact on the community here, stephanie. but this incident happened about 3:00 this morning. in fact, it was about 3:30 that the victim in the case was walking up along roselyn avenue, knocking on doors, looking for help. he told police he had been driving on rozzelles ferry road when he was shot and carjacked and police are still looking for his car and that suspect. our camera was there early this morning as medics wheeled that victim who works as a security guard into a ambulance. he had been shot in the arm and the leg. and he's expected to be okay. he told police he was driving in the neighborhood along rozzelles ferry road when a man flagged him down claiming he needed help. then the security officer said the suspect shot him and took his car. earlier this morning collecting evidence in this case. but so far they have no suspect. the key missing piece is that security guard's car. a silver toy

it's over in west charlotte. the other is a nearby family dollar store. eyewitness news reporter brittany johnson is live right in front of that family dollar store. this is on wilkinson boulevard. and, brittany, police are also investigating another break-in, that one at a gun store about 12 miles from there. >>reporter: they are, john. a very, very busy morning for cmpd. you can see there's still an officer staked out in this shopping center on wilkinson boulevard right outside the family dollar. police believe thieves tried to break into this store and the hyatt store which is right next to it in the same shopping center around 3:00 this morning. we haved video of officers on the scene of both. around 3:00 a.m., police say car to break into the back of the store, but instead they hit a gas line. that meant that fire crews were on the scene. they were working to cut off the gas here. they say that the thieves were not able to get inside of both, but they also tried to get into the front of both of these stores. now, as you just mentioned, police are inv

charlotte. a woman shot late last night on brooktree drive. then drove herself to a home on darby avenue less than ten minutes away. from there, taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. there is no word on any arrests in the shootings, no names released. as soon as we get more details, we'll update you on air and online at wbtv.com. >>> that shooting is one of several charlotte-mecklenburg police are investigating. hurt in a string of shootings yesterday. our alex giles continues our coverage with two shootings in east charlotte. >> reporter: violence kept officers on this side of the city busy tonight. mall off the plaza. >> had no why, had no idea, saw a string of cops. >> two people shot at the location, one taken to the hospital with serious injuries, the other transport in critical condition. >> we pray for their family, think of the lives been hurt and just offer prayer. >> more prayers needed minutes away. officers responded to another shooting off milton road near an apa

found details in an early morning shooting in west charlotte. it happened about two hours ago and in the last 30 minutes we learned the victim is a security guard. we just learned he was shot in the arm and leg. these are live pictures of the crime scene. police believe he was shot and then walked here to roseland avenue trying to get some help. police are collecting evidence here on roseland avenue. eyewitness news reporter joe bruno is there for us as well trying to talk to investigators about the search for a suspect. he also has evidence markers there in the road. joe is going to have a live break. >>> the charlotte budget committee will discuss the impact for trash pick up. >> the city has considered the move for the past four years. it's an opportunity to save money by turning services over to contractors but residents them to pay more fees on top of taxes. committee leaders will meet at 10 at the government center and will be presented to city council membersth a later date. count on channel 9 to bring the details starting at 5. >>> a gro

because i have two aunts, yes, it's frightening. >> police say the west charlotte shooting was not a random act of violence. there have now been eight homicides in the city of charlotte in 2016. reporting live from cmpd headquarters, elsa. >> the increase in violence has the police chief asking for more help on the streets. asked city council for 125 additional police officers and 80 support staff positions. it's a $17 million request, city council members are putting together a budget and haven't been able to determine how to pay for it. we sent out a breaking news alert as soon as we learned about both homicides in charlotte. you can find up for those on >> we are following a couple breaking news stories right now. within the past 45 minutes, charlotte mecklenburg police say they are searching for an attempted murder suspect who they say cut off his electronic monitor. officers are looking for christopher. they say he cut off his monitor around the university city boulevard area. he was ordered to wear it on a condition of a pretrial release. along with the attempted first- degree

east charlotte, the other in west charlotte, in the 1700 block of donald ross road. our reporter has been keeping track of both shoots and joins us live and how is the community reacting? >> reporter: well, steve, i spoke with a neighbor who lives close to the scene of the west charlotte shooting. he can't imagine what either of the victims' families are going through right now and the violence needs to stop. >> sad. near the scene of the shooting that killed davis on saturday. he isn't related to the victim. in fact he doesn't know anyone in the family. but he can't help be emotional as he watched the family mourn of death of a loved one. >> i don't know what to say. a young man laying over there and hast his life lost his life for nothing. >> reporter: that was the second shooting death of the day. the first one happened in east charlotte killing jeffrey johnson. >> i'm used to seeing it. it's sad. too many young people out here dying. >> reporter: both shootings are still under investigation. detectives don't believe they are connected to each other. with the shoo

eyewitness news reporter brittany johnson is live at hyatts guns in west charlotte to explain what we know at this point. so they weren't able to get inside? >>reporter: they were not, john. we spoke to the owner of hyatt gun shop just moments after he surveyed the damage caused when thieves tried but failed to get into his gun shop here on wilkinsburg road this morning. police say they used a car to smash into the back of the shopping center on wilkinson and they ended up breaking a gas line and causing thousands of dollars in damage, but they did not get inside. investigators believe the same people tried to break into the family dollar store which is just right next door, but, again, they also did not steal anything. an hour earlier police were on miles away, this time on north tryon and east way at gun outlet and pawn. the owners there told us that someone tried to ram the back door. they did not get in, but police were towing away a jeep cherokee. now, hyatt told us that he knows that gun stores are a real target right now and that's why they go through such great lengths to secu

thieves tried to break into a popular west charlotte gun store. then moved on to a nearby family dollar. now we're asking if those two could be related to a third break-in. eyewitness news reporter brittany johnson is in west charlotte for us right now outside of one of those scenes.

an active crime alert in west charlotte. police searching for a shooter connected to a homicide investigation. that happened 2:45 this morning, on park fair drive, not far from allen brook elementary school. police say the man was driven to the medical center where he died. we talked to people who live nearby, who say they heard the gunfire. >> like a shotgun, like bam. >> i could not imagine, we were going to work or school. so i -- it is an awful feeling. >> if you have information to add to the investigation, call crimestoppers. another crime alert, this out of rock hill, police are searching for a man they say hit a woman in the face before stealing her zone. sonic. police say the woman was taken to the hospital with incomed out teeth and bruised face. person searching for the person who left an s.u.v. sitting on tracks in west charlotte, causing amtrak train with 160 passengers to hit the unvoupd vehicle. no one was injured. it happened 1:00 this morning. officials say the train was traveling from new orleans to new yor

green conditions 85, 485 west charlotte, 77 and 85 both free and clear. if you are coming up from rock hill this morning northbound 901 dade is about 6 minutes and heading up from the state line stephanie? >> i'm in the breaking news center as police investigate the 6th shooting in charlotte this week searching for the gunman who shot and car jacked a security guard about three hours ago. joe? >> in the past 30 minutes police cleared the scene here e on roseland avenue. police were investigating around this house where they help. if you check out this video we shot earlier the victim was found nearby and we were there as police loaded him into the ambulance to take him to the hospital. the victim was a security officer and was driving when the suspect flagged him down. when he stopped the suspect car jacked him and shot him twice. the victim is going to be okay but he was shot in the arm and leg. markers on turner avenue between roslyn avenue but it's still unclear where the shooting actually took place and they are still looking for the suspect's car a s

. >> breaking news, we've learned three passengers in a deadly crash in west charlotte were all west mecklenburg high school students. one of the passengers killed and the driver and two passengers injured it happened at 9:15 this morning on windy grove road. >> a developing story, a woman was chased by a man with a knife while jogging near a local police released footage of the man they are looking for in this case. wbtv's michael clark is following this story he is going to have those images coming up in a short time. again, there is new images released in this case. this happened near winthrop university in rock hill. and michael clark has been following the story. here is the image we want to show you right now. this is the person that police would like to talk to in connection with this case. the jogger was followed on one of the trails near campus and ran off and was able to get away. you saw the image of the person they are looking for. michael clark working the story and he will have much more on later editions on wbtv. in the meantime neighbors in cleveland county coming tog

. >>> a major west charlotte road will be closed after a car hit a utility pole. chopper 9 flew over the scene at freedom drive and wesley village road. you can see crews working on the lines this afternoon. police say two cars collided at the intersection. one hit and damaged the pole and brought down the power lines. woman's home in gaston county. she initially told dispatchers she couldn't get out of the house on oak run court. but she managed to escape through the back door. neighbors could see the home filling up with smoke. >> we was taking my brother to the bus stop. and next thing you know you hear six or seven loud pops and then you just see smoke. >> firefighters say it started in the back bathroom of the home. but they haven't determined exactly what caused it. the woman had to be treated for smoke inhalation. >>> this week south carolina senators will consider a bill that could discourage foreign refugees from resettling in the state. the bill would require refugees to register with dss and for sled to track them. it would also ban any state or local m

out of west charlotte, a live look a t roslyn avenue near johnson c. smith university, police just cleared the scene oftr a carjacking and shooting investigation. ashton pellom first bke tro ory,ste will have a live report in a moment. plus -- >> very few people who don't think this is a bad idea. >> john: renewed opposition to the i-77 toll lane project. widen i-77 details similar projects. >> welcomeo wbtv news this morning on friday, march 11th, it's 6:00, i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. kristen miranda is in the alert center. >> kristen: watching coverage out of memphis and parts of losiana they are still dealing with rain and flooding, i'll show you pictures coming up from the the alert center. >> john: let's get started with charlotte's most experienced morning meteoroclogist, al conklin. not much in the way of rain. chances are you won't need the umbrella or rain gear today. you have rain up to the north of us over west virginia, rain back across alabama and eventually the frontal system will have an impact on our weather ov

we have a developing situation in west charlotte. let's get to alex giles. >> live in the alert center. wilkinson boulevard? >> heavy police activity. we have sky3 over the scene and they have been on the move today. what we have seen is officers detain one suspect this is by a quick trip on wilkinson boulevard. it's right up the road from our studios in west charlotte. we've seen one person detained and police searching around the railroad tracks. we will keep watching the scene and see what is going on with this investigation. we'll let you know if we get new information back to you. >> thank you. next, imagine losing your rent money down a storm drain. >> happened to a charlotte woman, the people who jumped in >> and then coming up new at 6:00... >> crime is up within charlotte-mecklenburg schools and the district tells us the on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> a charlotte dot crew was in the right place at the right time and made an expensive rescue. >> hundreds of dollars in cash blew into a storm drain. kristen hampton has toni

look for pray for brussels. >> we have breaking news from west charlotte. police are investigating a murder. here's a map of the scene off west ridge drive near freedom drive about two hours ago. police say they found a man shot and killed at a home here. we're asking them what led up to this and if they are looking for that killer at this point. they did tell us they don't we'll bring you updates as they come in. hundreds of people poured into a meeting demanding answers about the safety of their drinking water. >> neighbors told liz photter they are worried about how state leaders are handling a nearby coal ash pond. debra baker considers the outcome of when and how the coal ash pond at duke energy's station is closed, a life or death situation. six years after moving to belmont and near the coal plant, she says her husband, jack, became very sick. he was eventually diagnosed with lung disease. although he never smoked. he died eight years ago. >> i feel it was definitely something that had to do with our water. >> the state says well water in the area is

alexa ashwell is in west charlotte with more. alexa? >>> well, here at jcsu bill clinton labeled his wife hillary as the change maker, the only person who can reach across parties and get things done. the former president spoke before a large crowd of supporters for about 30 minutes here. key things he touched on, voter rights, gun laws, mentioning the shooting at the charleston church, college tuition, making it free for some, more affordable for others. the refinancing of college loans. he touched on prison reform, specifically for nonviolent offenders, immigration reform. and the need for more women in the work force. as you may know, johnson c smith university is an historically black college. political experts stress hillary clinton is relying heavily on the african american vote to win the democratic nomination for president. bill clinton said his wife has a track record for helping all people succeed. >> what i want you to believe is that we can all rise together for the first type. >> i want somebody who knows how to navigate th

a woman shot in the leg around 11:30 on brooktree drive in west charlotte. three hours earlier, a person suffered minor injury in a milton road. at 5:30, two people shot on the plaza, one seriously hurt, the other in critical condition. then around 4:30 a person shot, suffered injuries on brookshire boulevard. wbtv's mark davenport live in charlotte from police headquarters with more on that afternoon shooting and mark, it involved more than one scene, didn't it? >> reporter: it involved two different scenes, one at a busy gas station, the shell gas station off brookshire boulevard. the other one less than a mile away in a neighborhood. i'll get to both those in a minute. the video to show you that busy gas station where the first shooting took place. where police taped off the entire area, trying to figure out exactly what happened out there, you see evidence markers all over the ground out there. police found a gun in a cardboard box, wasn't the only scene. less than a mile away, a car was shot into at the gas station. that car ended up on mcginn like the

reporting live in west charlotte, elsa gelis, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> and neighbors in west charlotte had been working together to protect their community from crime. in january, we told but the group one love. and they mostly help elderly neighbors who are scared to come outside each day. the group helps with tasks like outdoor chores and makes sure that locks are strong. eyewitness news reporter elsa gilis will stay on top of the latest homicide and she's tweeting updates when we're not on the air and you can follow her at elsawsoc9. >>> and another homicide discovered hours earlier today. this is in east charlotte. police say a man was shot and killed and found in some woods off of central avenue right behind a restaurant. tonight as police try to piece together the case and find the shooter. type a. >> reporter: police say that they found that man's body in the back corner of this parking lot here and just yards away from several restaurants and dozens of neighbors who want answers tonight. it's a bustling area full of restaurants behind one of them, police made a chilling discove

the west charlotte shooting happened where families were >> i was like going into the building and a lot of police started showing up in the area. >> they could kill an innocent child. it is bad. >> reporter: area residents tell us they want the violence to stop. >> it is a continuous thing. >> reporter: does it scare you? >> yes. it is frightening. >> reporter: police say the shooting in west charlotte was not a random act of violence. there have been eight homicides in the city of charlotte in 2016. elsa gillis, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> >> the increase in violence has the police chief acting for more help on the streets. he asked for 125 additional officers, 80 support staff positions as well, a 17 million doll last request. city council members are putting together a budget. they have not determined how they will pay for that request. news alert as we heard about both homicides. >>> cmpd is searching for an attempted murder suspect that cut off his electronic monitor. officers are looking for nais man, christopher crittenton. they say he cut off his electronic monitor around

. >> she said she was limp, motionless, unresponsive but ok enough for trips outside their west charlotte motel. >> sleeping. >> she never called the doctor. >> i didn't know what was wrong so i didn't want to take her to the doctor because i did not want dss to get involved. >> and when she testified about finally calling 9-1-1 she and bodrick discussed what to say. >> i told him that her sisters had dropped her off the bed. >> was that the truth? >> no, sir. >> under the cross-examination, the minutes and pauses dragged on reflective of the four years taken to bring this case to trial. and symbolic of inaction those days that the baby was dying in she tried to explain her thoughts. >> i thought i was in love. >> that is what she said about him not their daughter. >> i think that everybody walked out of the courtroom today just feeling disturbed and upset. you just you don't know what to do. every case of abuse we talk about there is always so many layers to it. the action and the inaction and we see all of that here in a very ugly, ugly way. live outside the courthouse, sharon smith wbt

>>> coming up at the top of the hour, continuing to follow breaking news in west charlotte, an amtrak train hits an suv, wbtv was the first to report this, we're now hearing from passengers on board that train. al? >> al: chilly, 30s and 40s right now but get set, we have a warm week of weather ahead of us, what about rain chances? ahead. chris? >> chris: al, tracking the monday morning commute. right now looks pretty good, most of the major highways no problems. brody? >> brody: starting off the week remembering the legacy of nancy reagan, plus north korea making nuclear threats, all of that coming up here in the alert center. >>> this broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. wbtv news starts right now. >> john: breaking news coming out of west charlotte an amtrak train hits an suv happened on old dowd road and wbtv was the first to report this. this morning we're hearing from train passengers. >> christine: charlotte getting attention from the presidential campaigns today, who is stopping by as the north carolina presidential primary nears. >> john: welcome

. >> john: the woman shot around 11:30 on brooktree drive in west charlotte. she then drove herself to a home away. from there taken to the hospital. injuries. >> christine: one of four shootings that happened in the one person shot at 8:00 near barrington drive and milton road. that person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. around 5:30, two people were shot on the plaza an hour earlier than that, a person shot in a shooting on brookshire boulevard. >> john: mark davenport is live at charlotte-mecklenburg police headquarters with more on the shootings in east charlotte. mark, do police believe they are connected? >> reporter: john, i got off the phone with police, they told me they do not believe the shootings are connected. we asked the question because these two shootings. the ones christine talked about were one mile apart. i want to get you video to show he you the first scene, this crime scene spanned a shopping mall. two people shot, both rushed to the hospital. one in serious condition. the other in critical condition. a few hours later a mi

the west charlotte shooting happened next to a ymca where families were coming and going all day. >> i was like going into the building and a lot of police >> they could kill innocent child or somebody trying to get their child. it is bad. it is bad. >> reporter: area residents want the violence to stop. >> i have two. it is frightening. >> reporter: police say the shooting in west charlotte was not a random act of violence. >>> reporting from cmpd headquarters, elsa gillis, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> >> the increase in violence across charlotte has the police chief asking for more help on the seeds. the chief asked the city council for 125 additional police officers and 80 support staff positions. it is a $17 million request. city council members are still putting together a budget. they have not determined how they would pay for it. >>> they are searching for an attempted murder suspect that officers are looking for this man, christopher crittenton. he cut off his monitor last night. he was ordered to wear it on a condition of his pretrial release. along with the attempted first

the victim was standing at this cats bus stop on ashley road in west charlotte saturday night. that's when the robber tried to take her purse twice. he forced her to the ground. kicked her in the face several didn't end up stealing it. we found her at the same bus stop today. >> he should feel ashamed of himself to take advantage of a pregnant young lady like that. she didn't deserve that. she said this is a busy street. and she wonders why someone didn't stop to help the pregnant woman. >> she's a human being and deserves to be protected. >> i don't understand why anybody would do something so vicious to anyone much less a pregnant woman. >> reporter: everett is disgusted the woman was attacked steps away from a church. it wasn't open at the time. but everett said it's a symbol of love and what the attacker did was pure evil. >> why would you attack somebody so helpless, so obviously pregnant. that could have been your mother, your kids. >> reporter: that woman lives a it's a walk she won't make soon. she's getting much needed rest for herself and her child while police try to

. >> as crime scene tape was unraveled in west charlotte, officers were breaking it out across town on the east side and seeing it all unfold left some neighbors feeling hopeless for safety. >> i don't know. don't have to pay this way. >> others were so scared, they didn't want to show their face when venting about their concerns. >> we hear a lot of shootings. we didn't think nothing of it. >> the hour apart. one person shot outside this gas station off brookshire boulevard and another victim injured at his home less than a mile away. he drove there after bullets the shooting, shattering the glass and cutting him badly. the scene on mcginn grove drive. his grandfather once owned the land where officers stood tonight. >> we lost a lot of sleep over it, i'll tell you that. >> the second scene was off the plaza at this shopping center where neighbors were told a man and a woman were shot in a car. they don't know what led up to it and they say it doesn't matter. they just want this violence to stop. >> i don't know what's going on. >> the same that it used to be. >> so we have three shoo

olivia is recovering from scrapes, bruises, and stitches tonight after that attack in west charlotte. i'm erica bryant. >> and i'm scott wickersham. reporter, alexa ashwell spoke about that terrifying attack. >> it's horrible to hear about anyone being attacked, but a woman, a pregnant woman. that takes this crime to another level for many people. tonight, the mother to be told me she wants others to keep an eye out while police continue to look for the suspect. >> i had to get six stitches right here. >> tonight, olivia, who is just days away from delivering her first child, showed us the outside a local hotel. she and her boyfriend are staying here after a brutal attack at this bus stop in west charlotte saturday night left her shaken. >> he could have had a knife. could have had a gun. >> the 25-year-old mother to be said she was standing at this bus stop when a man, possibly in his 30s, walked up and started somewhat of a conversation. one that didn't last long. >> he came up and was like, i'm waiting for the bus just like you. i'm like okay, he smacked me on grabbed my purse. fou

. >> and right at the top, we have breaking news coming out of west charlotte. a car just crashed into a home. take a look at your screen. this is a live look at the scene out of honey wood avenue. you can see the front half of that car is smashed right into the side of that home. >> police, fire, and power crews are out there on the scene. we're still working right now asking questions, trying to find out if anyone has been hurt and what led up to this incident. out the results of a controversial student assignment survey to a packed room. >> it was slightly skewed, to say the least. >> new at 11:00, we've been digging through hundreds of pages and we learned what is most important to cms parents. >> thousands of people took the survey hoping their voice will be heard when it comes to student assignment. i'm scott wickersham. >> and i'm erica bryant. dug through those survey results in just the past few hours. d ashawn. >> reporter: erica, a huge part of this meeting was making sure community members had a chance to see those survey results for themselves. more

. >> john: get back to breaking news in west charlotte that wbtv first broke, police are investigating a shooting that happened in connection to a carjacking. the victim was found on rozzelles ferry near johnson c. smith university. ashton pellom was theirst to report this story on socl media, and he joins us now live from the scene. ashton, what can you tell us? what i can tell you right now the victim is recbdovering in the hospital. he was shot twice, once in the arm, once in the leg earlier this morning. that is what police tellw me. currently on the corner of roslyn and turner where police cleared the scene, they believe the shooting happened in this area and that victimmu ended uptw walking toozzelles ferrytw road. take you to video i shot eaier. around 3:00 this morning the victim thankt you can see right there in the video, was flagged down by the shooter in the case. they sayf+d when the victim stopped to help or do whatever to help the shooter, that i^zs when he was shot twice. once in the arm, once in the leg. at that time the shooter then rjaccad the vicm and took off. that

of course former president clinton just took the stage for his campaign stop here in west charlotte. >> we are watching the pictures from johnson c. smith university as he gets into the meat of his speech and we will bring you watch it right now on wbtv.com. back to the breaking news, former president clinton at the podium at johnson c. smith university. >> therefore we don't need it anymore. throw it out. i used to teach constitutional law. somebody giving me that answer i would have flunked them. [laughter] and we know what happened. look at north carolina. look at texas. look at state after state saying we can restrict voting rights. we need a supreme court that will expand voting rights not restrict them. and a supreme court that will expand labor rights not break and we need a supreme court that will expand the rights of all americans without regard to their race, gender, sexual orientation, faith, the country belongs to everybody who work hard and play by the rules. it belongs to everybody and we need a supreme court that will reverse citizens united and take that for sale sign

boulevard in west charlotte, this is video from wilkinson boulevard. a stolen car rammed in the back of hyatt guns off the boulevard and police are now investigating that as well. that vehicle when it was rammed in the building also ruptured a gas line, charlotte fire came out for that. i spoke to the owner, he said nothing was stolen in the store as well. at this point in time police are investigating the two attempted burglaries, all the updates on wbtv.com this afternoon. reporting live, mark davenport, wbtv on your side. >> john: now 6:54, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is al conklin. >> al: not as cold as yesterday morning, lake norman came from thevue.com, sun will be up inle a fewin afew minutes. 39 morganton, 48 hickory, 48 monroe and 45 in lancaster. charlotte up to 71 at lunch time and 77 late this afternoon, should be a mostly sunny day, very nice one. warm temperatures will continue for a while but a couple of opportunities force rain. one comes in late tomorrow and ends ea

tonight's vigil starts at 7:30 in west charlotte. it is being held at camp green >>> police say a man abused a child seriously injuring him. officers sent these pictures to us. they issued a warrant for jonathan earl. it stems from an incident in december. call officers if you have seen him. he is known to change his hairstyle and/or glasses. >>> we are asking charlotte mecklenburg school leaders if two buses will be used to pick up students this morning after a carbon monoxide scare yesterday. we brought you this story on midday. a bus driver taking students to school reported symptoms of being exposed to carbon monoxide. fire and medic crews immediately responded to the school evacuating students and checking over the buses. >> i have faith in cms. they do the job. >> investigators couldn't find a carbon monoxide leak. fire crews checked out a second bus parked nearby. >>> police hope a new search missing teenager last seen more than two weeks ago. that warrant allows officers to search mikaela hutchison's facebook page. they build

shot in the leg on brooktree drive in west charlotte. happened at 11:30 last night. the victim drove herself two miles down the road to darby avenue, she is expected to be okay. >> christine: two separate shootings in east charlotte, the first at 5:30 on the plaza left two people in the hospital with serious injuries. the second at intersection of barrington and milton road one person with minor injuries. >> john: fourth shooting left two people here on brookshire at 4:30 yesterday. a second person was found with injuries on mcginn grove drive after his car was shot into on brookshire boulevard. >> christine: you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. let's check back in with meteorologist al conklin. >> al: all right, we'll take you to lincolnton, 47 degrees in lincolnton under mostly clear skies, haze out there, the courthouse on the square, good looking start to the day. current temperatures are mostly in the 40s and low 50s this morning. so a pretty start to the day, and fairly mild

mid 50s in charlotte. big surge of warm air coming in from the south west. bumping us up to around 80 for this afternoon. most much us starting out in the 50s but won't pocket the cold air in avery county this morning. 40s near beach mountain but while we see the warm stuff for now i'll show you the outcome for temperatures towards the end of the week struggling to get into the 60s by the time we head into this up coming weekend. time now about 20 minutes until 6. mark taylor with construction issues. >> keeping tabs in the blue line construction. more starting tonight for the overnight commuters. harris boulevard and north trion through the university area lots of restrictions turning and we'll see a road closure as well. this is going to be happening overnight at north trion between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. through thursday so if you are traveling west and head through the area between those hours you'll take north trion to jw clay back to harris boulevard and east take harris boulevard to 49 back towards harris so keep that in mind. you can see this on ou

this is our camera from central piedmont college looking to the west. charlotte. turn this around and look to the east. we're 58 degrees overcast right now in charlotte. little bit of low cloudiness that developed. we talked about this the last couple days this would probably happen. upper 60s across the mountains. southerly breezes at 10 to 15 miles per hour that will be the case pushing temperatures well into the 70s. partly cloudy skies for you folks. here in the piedmont, 78 states i will have to ring lincolnton. 81 degrees around wadesboro. partly cloudy skies. rock hill to chester, upper 70s to about 80. before we get too far ahead of ourselves and think, let's get the garden out. the latest snow of in season is april 28, 1978, we had a trace of snow. some of you may recall a big snowstorm late in march in 1983, we had nine inches of snow here in charlotte. point. i'm not saying it is going to snow, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. march is looking great. the high is giving up ground so mostly cloudy skies in charlotte, maybe a shower. into the day tomo

nowhere near compared to areas west of charlotte. hickory and lenore it is a wash out for you. boone into jefferson, yes, sir, that rain is coming your way. showers and thunderstorms for shelby, no doubt about it. highs will be in the lower 70s. morganton, thunderstorms it is areas out to the east that might catch a break here. up in al martial, maybe around lake tillery. i think you'll be all right. we'll have another rain chance coming through on monday as the final piece of that puzzle in the deep south comes through and we'll start to quiet down as far as weather goes. don't forget, we'll move those clocks ahead. morning. five-day forecast. we'll see showers and thunderstorms, chances sunday and monday and we'll quiet down tuesday through wednesday. we might get a little brief amount of rain in the city itself but this is really going to be mountains and foothills kind of storm tomorrow. >> it will be nice to get the allergy relief. >> to get something out there. we'll get something tomorrow. >> thanks, john. >>> it is championship saturday the mistakes that cost east (phon

. >>> an early on morning shooting in west charlotte. >>> a shot est. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. >>> new at noon, a high-speed days in caldwell county ended with a crash and a motorcycle rider in the hospital. the chase started south of lenoir after officers spotted a motorcycle with expired tags. the rider crashed on star crossroad after turning into a dirt drive. witnesses told channel 9 that the rider ran from the scene and was tackled by officers about 100 yards away. >> i thought -- it scared me. i thought he was -- yeah. >> police say charges are pending against the rider, and they are trying to determine if drugs may be involved. >>> tonight accident a cleeferred county community will remember an elderly couple killed after an explosion at their home. yesterday after a truck crashed into their

live in west charlotte, jim bradley, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> the candidates for president are driving people to the poles. 682,000 people across north carolina took part in early voting. that's a 10.5% of the state's population. 6.4million voters. it's up from 7.8% statewide. >>> our eyewitness news coverage of the candidates will continue online at wsoctv.com. we'll be streaming hillary clinton's event live for you tonight. click the link on our home page when the event begins around 9:15. had to say to voters for you tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >>> breaking in the past 90 minutes, former charlotte mayor and current federal inmate patrick cannon will be back in charlotte on wednesday. he'll be arraigned on a charge of voter fraud. county prosecutors say cannon voted in 2014 after he pleaded guilty to corruption. now, tonight we're asking when cannon will be moved from a federal prison in west virginia to charlotte for that arraignment. >>> all new at 6:00, a unc charlotte student says she was robbed at her apartment complex near campus. the 22-year-old says the robber pointed

smith university in west charlotte. hundreds gathered for that event, where he touched on several topics, including voter rights, gun laws and college tuition and expressed why his wife would make the best president. >> yes it would be a good thing to have a president who would be immediately respected and trusted around the world, that's true. but the real reason you ought to be for her is she is the single best change maker i ever saw. >> political experts stress hillary clinton is relying heavily on the african-american vote to win the democratic nomination for president. bill clinton said his wife has a track record for helping all people succeed. >>> today presidential candidates are aiming to win in primaries and caucuses. that includes michigan and mississippi. just head over to our special election page at wsoc-tv.com. >>> a north carolina transportation secretary is back in the state this morning after a trip to meet with texas d.o.t. officials. in an almost 4-hour meeting yesterday nick tennyson questioned off

of charlotte. here's a look at the timeline, a forecast of the heavy rain between 7:00 and 9:00. and charlotte, between 9:00 and 11:00, and it's gone by the morning drive. that's the good news. towards charlotte area again, between 10 and 11:00 tonight. >> thank you, steve. >>> now to a story developing over the past hour, a fire that broke out in an apartment complex in rock hill. >> a lot of people had to run out to escape. greg suskin spoke to a man who was helping people do just that. greg? >> reporter: this was a huge fire. people driving out here could see the flames and smoke and were pulling off to the side of the road to watch. i want to zoom in and show you the fire fire departments i want to show you scenes from the chopper that flew out this afternoon when there was five engines and two ladder trucks on scene. you can see the damage in the roof of the two story apartment townhomes. we're told that four units were destroyed by fire and another two severely damaged. in all, six families w

brian has a son who attends west charlotte high. he thinks cms can do more. >> get them the same opportunity the white kids. >> the struggle continues but cms claims it will only get better if the district had more resources. community needs more. >> that is dedrick russell reporting. cms needs more social workers in the schools to support students. the district tells us resources are distributed based on the needs of each school. parents hope things change so call kids succeed. >>> cmpd animal care and control is hoping to find homes for hundreds of animals this weekend. a special pet adoption, look at that little face, will tall place from 10:00 until 4:00 at southpark mall on sharon road. >>> check this out, several food truck events kicked off. this one we stopped by the friday night festival at unknown brewing, seven food trucks, live music as well. official food truck friday that has been wildly popular will start back in april in plaza midwood, also in south end at sycamore brewing. good time of year. i love food trucks. >> l

she was last seen on doctor carver road in west charlotte. >> we have new information tonight about an international gun smuggling investigation in charlotte. today a judge refused bond for richmond. prosecutors say that he brought 63 guns and lied on federal applications and then came back from a trip to ghana with $30,000 hidden inside a shoe. the judge ruled him a flight had travel plans to go back to ghana in june. >> in the last three hours, a popular south end restaurant dedicated to newly redesigned patio to a worker who was killed in a car accident. a coworker paid tribute to a long-time max speed shop worker tonight. police say a drunk driver hit and killed putnam as she was crossing south boulevard near that restaurant last january. >> everyone knows her. everyone is a supporter of her. we all love her to death. she has been an asset to this business for ever. >> tonight's event included a silent auction and all the proceeds are going to putnam's family. a grand jury indicted greg wheeling, jr., with second- degree murder for putnam's death. he was previously charged with fel

the salisbury da health care system is hosting a town hall at the new facility in west charlotte to help people learn more about benefits and scheduling appointments. the town hall runs from 2:30 to >>> iraqi intelligence officials say that u.s. special forces in iraq have captured the head of the isis chemical isis is believed to have used mustard gas in iraq and syria. >>> and spring allergy escape is in full swing in charlotte. doctors say people are already calling out of work and school. the carolina asthma and allergy center set that tree pollens like oak, elm, and cedar are coming out, and doctors are expecting a harsh season. >> we had a very cold and icy february we like to think held back the pollen, but mother nature is bringing spring and we are seeing it coming out. >> at 5:00, what you can do to keep your symptoms at bay and how charlotte compares to the country with allergies. >>> and spring-like temperatures through the end of the week will keep the pollen counts up, but i'm tracking the relief from rain later this week. when you could see showers in your neighborhood com

live in west charlotte, dedrick russell wbtv on your side. >> thank you. cms responding to this robbery. the school district encouraging parents to have conversations with their children about unacceptable behavior and consequences. >> right now, sunshine, blue skies. but we have cool winds. >> we do but we are getting a little bit warmer as the days progress through the week but the warmer temperatures could mean rain. >> over to chief meterologist, eric thomas in the first alert weather center with the latest. >> all right. right now has built over the southern eastern u.s. and pushing the flow of cold air away to the northeast and that will kick the door open for the sunshine. not a cloud anywhere. 66 and we continue to get milder here. it's been breezy. winds out of the southwest at 15 gusting over 20 in the last two hours. here it is. 56 at 9:00 p.m. and mild. 54 through the 11:00 p.m. hour. outside of that we will be talking about what you can expect going into the easter holiday weekend. we have two systems heading our way. and the rain is part of t

the most recent happened on brook tree drive in west charlotte just after 11:00. joe bruno is live at cmpd headquarters in uptown with the questions we are now asking investigators. joe? ? >> reporter: the past 24 hours have been filled with violence all thoughts charlotte and now police are trying to figure out what led to all of the shootings. we made this map. the first shooting injured two people. one person was shot at a gas station off brookshire boulevard and another victim at

hours later, police were called to a deadly shooting in west charlotte. jacorei davis was found dead. this shooting happened right next to a ymca where families were coming and going all day. >> it is a continuous thing. >> does it scare you? >> yes. i have two. yes, it is frightening. >> reporter: cmpd said davis' death was not a random act of violence. in charlotte this year. the increase in homicides is having the chief asking the city council for 125 additional police officers and 80 support staff positions. it is a $17 million request. city council members are still putting together a budget. they do not know how they would pay for it. it is searching for an attempted murder suspect that cut off his electronic monitor. officers are looking for christopher crittenton. they say he cut off his monitor around the university city boulevard area last night. he was ordered to wear it on a condition of his pretrial release. >>> along with the attempted first-degree murder charge, he faces robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery charles. >>> there are new de

for now live in west charlotte, steve crump wbtv on your side. >> lots of moving pieces here. thank you. remember to stay with wbtv for coverage of campaign 20 steep. and you can find results from the primary on wbtv.com. >> charlotte-mecklenburg schools says there is no connection between its school buses and possible carbon monoxide exposure. this morning a bus driver for alexander graham middle school all students were checked out for carbon monoxide exposure and their parents contacted. cms says no carbon monoxide was present inside the two buses it investigated. >> the weather outside yes, it is' unusual and we are experiencing record-breaking heat. but cooler temperatures are on the way. chief meterologist, eric thomas is in the first alert weather center. >> eric, how warm did we get today? >> 86 . smashed the previous record high of 83 that was set way back in 1945. at the moment stepping out the door 84. temperatures starting to creep into the 70s north and into the 60s in the high country. your hour-by-hour forecast great wednesday evening 69 at 9:00 p.m. and 64 thro

coleen harry joins us from west charlotte. walk us through what police say happened. >> reporter: the woman was waiting at the bus stop on ashley from in charlotte and she told police that a man tried to assault her. and the woman knocked on a neighbor's door and was bleeding. the 25-year-old woman who is tried to grab her purse and the man kicked her in the face multiple times while on the ground. her daughter is due any day now and they want her attacker caught. according to the police report, the suspect got away with a purse and a cellphone. and the woman's mom told us her daughter is home from the hospital. live in charlotte, coleen harry wbtv on your side. you. a house fire in north challenge left five people without a home. sky3 over the scene on rockwell boulevard west. it took 23 firefighters 20 minutes to get the flames under control. the red cross is helping the people who lived there. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> police are searching for the person would left an s.u.v. sitting on train tracks to