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With a bullet wound had been shot by his threeyearold nephew who just scene the gun placed under the seat before him. At some point, the threeyearold child got loose from his car seat, got hold of that weapon and fired it. One round was fired and it went through the driver. Reporter the bizarre story plays out this way. The gun owner an off duty Housing Authority cop has business in city hall. Not wanting to bring his personal 9millimeter pistol in, he places it under the passenger side front se...

In boon began receiving an order of 800 tons of salt for watauga county. There has been little rest. And more snow could fall both tomorrow and monday. We will be here with the storm and trying to keep track of moving as much as we can. Reporter the pofocus will be on the main roads, leading to the main resorts at appalach ski mountain. The recent cold weather has allowed hem to build up a 6 foot base of manmade snow. It is a drastic difference from this picture i took on december 31st. But skie...

Toward denver this afternoon. Mooresville, just south of statesville. Light rain into the southern part of Iredell County. I77 between troutman to mooresville. Youre going to be pretty soggy the middle of the day today. Well see light showers building in. Mid 50s in salisbury and statesville. To mid 60s in charlotte. Cold front is slowly pushing south. The showers are developing north of us now. On the drive home, i expect more rain to build in. What the Severe Weather threats will be coming lat...

If you look at the car, thats a sheet of ice up here in troutman. Thats the situation on the roads, the longer the time they have to ice over, the more of a danger certainly. Up on i77, we found wrecks all over the place between statesville and troutman. Its going to take a while for this to warm up and relieve the situation here. John ahrens, channel 9 Eyewitness News. All right thank you. Breaking news on i485 in huntersville. All outer loop lanes near i77 are closed after an eight vehicle cra...

For the morning drive. Rain later monday. At least for tomorrow morning the showers kept across the mountains. I want to draw your attention to what will be going on across greensboro and triad. Northeast winds taking over, clouds thickening. Thats the carolina wedge, cooler air moving through that gets stuck over charlotte. When you have the cooler air masses battling each other with warmer air to the south, thats the recipe for strong thunderstorms. Thanks, john. Well be monitoring conditions ...

Video from the 485 back up. People started telling me they thought it was an eight car pile up ahead. Chris waited patiently. A spokesperson told us heavy freezing rain kept the 40 contracted crews out treating roads busy. They were putting down salt to help break up the icy patches. The difficulty in that was when we had heavy rain move through, it could wash the salt off the roads. Jenkins admits it wasnt fun waiting in traffic but understands why Highway Patrol needed to make the call. I coul...

Been here since 10 00 this morning when we got here. This event is going on behind us. These are people that are against the ordinance. At an event against the ordinance. There are also people supporting it inside as both sides try to get their message out hours before this crucial vote. Faith and Business Leaders supporting the lgbt ordinance met outside the Government Center this morning. Equipped with boxes of petitions and letters ready to hand deliver to council. We need to step up to the p...

Very heavy rain. A couple minutes ago we werent able to see that far ahead of us because of the rain. Were just to the north of the strongest part of the storm. I mentioned just north of high sholes, very heavy rain and strong winds. Its moving very fast. The storm is under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 12 45, its moving at 60 to 70 Miles Per Hour. So it will be here and gone but we had to really slow down our speed, both hands on the wheel because of the winds that were so strong. Weve be...

Boulevard, where we are now, it was coming down a few minutes ago. We just passed the heaviest. It caused ponding on some of the roads. A little slip and slide out there all ready up and down wilkinson. This is now 277. The next couple days, well add more rain to this and well have a Severe Weather threat and a flooding threat. Meteorologist john ahrens, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Remember you can track the rain in your neighborhood right alongside our team of meteorologists by going to wsoctv. ...

Risking of ponding on the roads, but still umbrellas and raincoats a must first thing tomorrow morning. Tracking this system overnight, watch his updates tomorrow on Eyewitness News daybreak starting at 4 30 a. M. Breaking news, just in the past hour, Charlotte City leaders voted to approve a controversial nondediscrimination ordinance. Tonight, we have a team of reporters breaking down the vote, the heated debate and whats next. Lets start with blake hanson, he was there when nearly 140 people ...