Are coping with the loss. Dedrick jumps on the telephone with us. Dedrick, certainly a tough day there . Certainly jamie, a cuff day for students and staff here at west meck high. Six counselors were at the school to help with the loss. Students are expressing their grief outside the school. There is a rock decorated in memory of heaven. One wrote you are an angel. And police said heaven was in speed with three students and we went by the crash scene and a makeshift memorial is there and we spotted friends there. And heaven was fun to be around and they are shock he had she is shocked she is gone. The counselors started with hef veps class to talk to dlas mates and teachers about dealing we are told that the counselors say one way people can help and cope with them is to talk to their parents and family and friends that support them and talk to people that can help them walk through this. Counselors will be back at the School Tomorrow morning. We will have much more on the story coming
More about what happened moments after a South Carolina deputy was shot. 911 calls show how a Good Samaritan kept her cool and called police. After finding Deputy Kimber gist injured in berklee county. I have an officer here and she was shot officer 144. Harbor lake drive. The officer behind me in an s. U. V. He has her laid on the ground. Gist was shot while trying to detain a man. The suspect travis smith was found dead later that morning after taking his own life. Gist is recovering from injuries in the hospital. He was hit by a car at a bus stop while pushing a classmate out of harms way and that teen is home from the hospital. Junior gonzales injuries are improving. A driver hit him and never stopped. No arrests have been made in the case. Now to the wbtv alert center and alex giles is following another accident involving a school bus. School bus. This one not as serious. Sky3 over the accident in south charlotte on providence drive. And the school bus several police cars were the
Low 60s. We did 60 but it clouded over and it started to feel cooler but today it will be in the low 60s. So it should feel a little warmer today. Were starting out this morning in the 40s. Were going to be 44 around 8 00 oclock through the Early Morning hours. By noon up to 61 and even if you do wake up to cloudiness to start things off this morning west of charlotte you may thats going clear out pretty quickly. So weve got the afternoon through the early evening full on sun. So its going to feel really nice and then we get warmer from here. So weve got 60s and 70s for most of this week. Well talk about that in just a few. Right now lets get to headlines. We start with a crime alert. Were working to learn more about a robbery in charlotte. There was a foot chase possibly drugs involved at the scene well stay on top. Police are searching for who shot two brothers and killed one of them. They were called out to the post yesterday morning. When officers arrived they found 29 year old and
We feel like we have complied with all of the Campaign Finance laws. All of the election laws. And we expect that all of our supporters have done so also. Now, in some cases the court has said referendum votes could be invalidated if public money was used to advocate for its passage. We will keep watching. If you would like to see a breakdown which public universities contributed institutional funds to the connect nc committee we have it posted on wbtv. Com. North carolinas Coal Ash Commission has been disbanded according to our partners at the Charlotte Observer. The commission was formed to oversee state regulators while toque Energy Closes coal ash ponds. Governor mccrory challenged the legislatures appointments to the commission and won. The Charlotte Observer mentioned an email quoting the commission is no longer a legal entity. Two boys 13 and 14 years old are facing charges after shots were fired at charlottemecklenburg police. The 14yearold fired at officers last night on milto
All too familiar with the fear and uncertainty that is soon to follow. One time we have to go back to the day and realize but on the other side we have to be careful. He is the french ambassador to the United States and his message to people in charlotte tuesday enemies like isis are going after young people and recruiting them to syria. Its happening in america and overseas. They are militarized and trained and they are radicalized. We have not identified all of them. So we do know that there are some sleeping cells and that the people are ready to strike again. He says the attack is not surprising. And believes more are possible for those who think closing french borders is the solution the ambassador offers this warning. Its very difficult to do it. Try to imagine closing the borders between North Carolina and south carolina. Its impossible. The people can cross the borders everywhere else. The frontlines of war on terror start in europe. Where some travel can be less restricted. An