Ill try to step behind the camera and zoom in and give you a better look at what is going on at the scene. You can see evidence markers as i zoom in right here. They are putting those evidence markers down right there. They are trying to get the story stightraetween the victim and what really happened this morning. Police are telling me that the victim was flagged down by the suspect and that is when the suspect, what police tell me, shot the victim twice. Once in the arma0, once in the leg and drove off withhe9f victims r. Ca that victim taken to the hospital with nonlaife thre ening injuries. Like i said you can see this is very much an active scene, investigators out here, still trying to get the story nailed down with the victim. Hes currently at the hospital. As soon as weet more details well update you on air and online at wbtv. Com. So far, police dont have a description of the vehicle or the suspect right now things aretill rocking and roing,ll very fresh, still trying to get nailed down. Update you on air and online at wbtv. Com. Reportingive in charlotte, ashton pellom, wbtv on your side. John well check back with ashton throughout right now first alert weather with meteorologist al conklin. Al thanks, john. Out there this morning a bit of oud cover, much like yesterday morning. Again, a lot of this is high clouds but may lower as we go through the morning. That is something well w1atch. No fogut b again there is some cloud cover, no rain this moing. Rn dry conditions in center city, under mostly cloudy skies, likely dry in your neighborhood as well. Also likely mild. Look at the numbers, 60 in boone, statesville, 64 monroe, rockingham, gastonia, rock hl, 63 charlotte, lerst salisbury. 59 right now in morganton. A very mild start to the day we may hit 80 this afternoon evenwith increasing cloud cover and very small chance for late shower this afternoon. Ill talk about better showers chance over the weekend and what about a cooloff coming our way . Couple minutes, back to you. John more breaking overnight, Police Investigating after a car overturned north of uptown charlotte. Happened around 2 30 on dalton avenue. Take a look, when police arrived, they say no one was in the vehicle. The search for the driver still ongoing. We are working to learn more about theheft tf a medic ambulance in charlotte. Charlottemecklenburg Police Arrested a person around midnight on albermarle road and denver drive in north charlotte. No word on the name of the suspect, where the ambulance was stolen or how it was stolen. It was not damaged. A Group Fighting the toll lanes being built on i77 up veils new research on the potential problems could doom the project. Widen i77 showed people in cornelius the research it did on managed lanes across the u. S. Including the bankrupt toll road in texas. Sarah blake morgan has more. Reporter standing room only the i77 toll lane project. Lots of numbers, this group belies points to nothing but a big mistake. Very few people who dont think this is a bad idea. They may say it in different ways. You have to be a foury7oearold to look at this information and see it doesnt make sense. Reporter everyone here agrees toll lanes have no place on their interate. St we see they are time and again a failure. Weve seen that in texas. This one is also set up to be a reporter texas is exactly why the meeting was called by theiden i77 group. Stop saying that the taxpayers are protected. Reporter after a toll project spearheaded by cintra, the same Company Building i77s lanes went bankrupt. `4 2016 was0 the filing on march 3rd, 2016. They were surprised. We are in a different boat over the same river or the reporter nk tennyson flew to texas to meet with officials. Wbtv was there, too. The state of North Carolina project. He went to texas, he went ere to look for reasons to cover up the problem or reasons to cancel the problem. Reporter many clearly angry. Why is there any penalty to breaking a fraudulent contract to begin with . Reporter the Research Suggests toll cost cost upwards of 15 a day. A price tag this group is not willing to pay. My hope is to be ablez to travel freely, go to target when i want to go to target. Reporter despite the controversy, n cdot says it has noeffect on North Carolina. Reporting in cornelius, sarah blake morgan, wbtv on your side. The project for years. See all the reporti ng at wbtv. Com. Police have not sai if charges have been filed in a deadlyhooting in etnk charlotte. Officers spent hours on the scenof the shooting yesterday, happened noon at an apartment complex. Three people shot including michael jeffrs, jr. , killed. We found his picture inw the Mecklenburg County office arches. Charlottemecklenburg schoolo leaders released the 1 rests of the Student Assignment survey taken b thousands of parents. More than 200 pages long. That information could determine where your child goes to school in the future. Ou coleen harry is breaking down the details. Reporter the end result to give students the best educatio parents, student and community did talk when they completed the Student Assignment survey. Which do youf prefer . Results are in. Here is a break down htzow many people answered the questions. Responded. District 2, 3975. Ink2k district 3, 4787. District 4, 6052. District 5, 919395. In district 612,667 responded. The district in any way from your Expert Opinion chan howge we should look at this. I didnt expect the numbers to be as widely divergence in terms of the number of people from each district that took the time o do the survey. Rorter the answers are also getting attention. Is diversity important . 34 of parents in low income district 2 say it is extremely important but in district 6, where there is a higher income, diversy is extremely important. One parent said he belves the vair w poorly designed. It forced difficult responses that made peopl uncomuxfortable. Reporter when it comes to neighborhood schools and not0d taking long bus rides, less than half of district ii parents say it is extremely important to have schools close to home and again, that is a low income area. Whereas, 78 of parent in district 6 look at neighborhood schools as extremely iortant. Those are a couple of responses members of the policy Committee Say obviouslyhe entire survey needs more analysis. In charlotte, coleen harry, wbtv on your side. John there is a lot of information revealed in the survey. If you like to look at the results, go do our website, wbtv. Com and look for the link under this story. Good news for duke Energy Customers, why the company may 4 38, 2 minutes before 5 00. john 4 41, wbtv always on your side bringing you the latest headlines and breaking news from around the world. Kristen miranda is solely dedicated tofhe alert center throughout the show. She can bring you news first unlike anyon e else. Stay with us, well check witht1 kristen a little bit. Investigator in alexander claims he kille his uncle in selfefense. Authorities arrested tony hearn and linsey l intz for trying to bury the body. Thoneyssed he and his uncle got in a fight. In photos and video we took it didnt lk there were markings orruis b on hearn. Nothing and abnormal. No evidence of a fight to the death . No. Tony ander r hearn lived in albermarle. Investigators spent hours going through the home yesterday, were told they found substantial evidence, but investigators would not give us further details. < charlottemecklenburg police are looking for two people who robbed a popular restaurant in plaza midwood. Two robbers went in the smokehouse on central avenuexfat midnight yesterday, investigators say they pointed a gun at two employees and told them to open the safe. No one was hurt. Officers s the robbers got away with cash. Help police in the investigation, call crimestoppers at 7043341600. Good news for yourower bill. Duke Energy Customers in North Carolina could be paying less next year. If a new proposal is approved by the state,ou will savetwok about 3 on your monthly bills. Duke says it could be lower because of lower projected coal and gas fuel prices. Still ahead on wbtv news this morning, republicans make their push to be voters ahead of the primaries in several states next week incdingluorth carolina. Highlights from last nights gop c\ debate, coming up. 4 43, 17 minutes before ke`2f g o lemme get a7p mcpick 2 check out the brand new mix on Mcdonalds Mcpick 2 menu lemme get a mcpick 2. Now, choose \\\\hany 2 delicious mickey ds classics for just 5 bucks. Mix n match ssj9 s re n savor 2 for 5 name your fl or pick any 2 iconic tastes a big mac made with 100 beef, flaky filetofish, seared on the grill quarter pounder with cheese or crispy 10piece chicken mcnuggets for just 5 bucks. Grab your crew today. Hurry in and say j \ lemme get a mcpick 2 fg; qjs rut john 14 minutes before 5 00. The republican president ial candidates facing off in the 12th debate in what was bled as more serious discussion. As wbtv anchor\s Molly Grantham report, there is a lot at stake as candidates head toward several primari nexes tuesday including North Carolina. Cannot believe how civil it has been up here. Reporter thursday nights debate delivered onhe p tmise to be a kinder, subsequent here company that Companies Use to hire foreign worke. If they abuse the process should not be allowed to use it again. Donald trump, who admitted using nnw the visa law, agreed. Im a businessman i have totf do what i have to do when it is sitting there wa < iting for you but it is very bad. When trump accused of ted cruz on supporting ethanol, he responded. If you have a candidate funding the washington establishmt and liberal democrats it is hard to imagine how sudden think candidate is going to take on washington. Trump defended his earlier comments that islam hates america. You can be politically correct if you want. I dont want to be so politically correct. Rubio sd tait is not the way to defeat radical islamic terrorists. We have toork with people in the muslim faith. John kasich touted successes in his home state. Whether i went to ohio, eight billion in the black, credit is strong, up 400,000 jobs. The primaries include North Carolina and winner take all states of ohio and florida. That was Molly Grantham reporting. Former republican president ial cdidate dr. Ben carson is expectedoiallyn endorse donald trump this morning. Sources say carson was torn between trump and cruz but went for trump because of a rumor circulating duri the Cruz Campaign carson dropped out. In a fox news radio interview carson said there are two donald trumps, the one on tv and the one he h gotten to know behind the scenes. A trump supporter is charged with assault and disorderlily conduct after he sucker punched a protester at a rally in fayetteville. Take a look at the video, police escorting the protester out of the rally when a man clocks him in the face. Look at this. That man, 78yearold john mcgraw, told inside edition the man deserved it, said next to kill him. The protest ter is not facing charges more than 1000 invited guests are expected to attend the funeral for nancy reagan. She died earlier this week at her home in los angeles. George. Bush, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton are expected to attend along with former first lady roslyn carter, well bring youxmxp coverage on wbtv. 11 minutes before 5 00. And boy, it is a warm start to the day you won need a jacket as you head out the question is how warm will it get today . Yeah, here is meteorologist al conklin. Al john, i think were going to get darned close t 80 this afternoon. We hit 78 the lt two afternoons. Wouldnt be that much of a retch. 77 was on u wednesday, yesterday 78 and we had a fair amount of cloud cover around, well be close on this. I think we can get up to 80 today, first time9 since last summer, and boy, what a road 40s last week, all uphill. Wonder what about spring, it is about nine days away to be exact. Comes in march 20th at 12 30 in the morning. But boy,as it felt like springgk the last couple days, really nice. We have a fair amount of clouds around this morning but while we have the gray, we dont have the green. T i think youre okay as john mentioned probably wont need the jacket this morning and not going t need the rain gear, either, during the daylight hours. That will be changing deeper in the evening. Our futurecast at 8 00, may be a shower or two in the mountains. Rest of us are dry, frontal system to the north of us. Model is aggressive in trying to bring rain in the i40 corridor late this by late in the afternoon and evening better chance of showers as the front slides through the area from north to south. Sort of what we call a back door front, not from the west but the north. Dry conditions, little bit of close to 60 degrees up in lincolnton. Right nowrcast in charlotte and 63, excellent visibility, fog not an issue but dampness to the air, humidity level, 84 , sohwest wind at 8 miles per hour. Were 63 in concord, 62 lincolnton, 60 boone, 64 lancaster, to monroe, rock hill and 6 i3n salisbury, very mild conditions thi; s morning with that jump start on the day, we get to near 80 this afternoon. Mindful that we have a little bit of rain in the forecast at 4 00, no more than 20 chance. Not a huge deal. If yourej heading to theo hornets game tonight, tipoff temperatu close to 70. Agn that 20 c3\ chance of a shower during the evening hours. Low presse over texas, now High Pressure to the north of us, watch how this pushes the front southward during the night time hours tonight. This is 6 00 this eveni, a couple showers here trying to develop and tomorrow ms orning that front is south of us. We start the day tomorrow with a lot of clouds and rain. Dt then this front gives way, and a that will be the better opportunity for showers and thunderstorms coming in on sunday, in advance of that next front and they will linger in monday, then we should dry out tuesday and wednesday. Rain chances are not that great today, tonight or torrow. Much better on sunday. You can see inhe seven day forecast, i wouldnt rule out a late shower thisb afternoon or tonight. Early rai isossible tomorrow, otherwise clouds give way to some sunshine. You can see forecast going forward. We warm up next week. I y john, that is the frforecast, s you at the top of the hour. John a trip to chickfila a youngdas woman will never forget. What one cashier did, that allowed the woman to do something sheever had done before. Its basketball season. Wbtv is airing the acc tournament from 7 0 to until 11 30 tonight. Amazing raise will air sunday morning at 12 05 a. M. , hawaii bloods sunday at 3 05 a. M. , set nc complete list onb 3 bsa\\\\ shooting this mornitwong sends a man to the hostal during a carjacking. What led to that soting coming up in a live report. Al . Al john, in the 60s right now, but late this afternoon, about 4 00, we may be close to 80 in the metro area. What about rain chances and the weekend . All details straight ahead. Chris . Chris a cool friday morning commute here, no problems across the charlotte area. We do have a few slow dowver on albermarle roa well looxxrsk at all that, kristen, over to you. Kristen got new video of storm damage in places all over the alert center, wbtv news this wvnyminutes. Z6h if youre doineverything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longerours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensurequ payalor women. O im bernie sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all f szq [ba; john now at 5 00, breaking news, a man taken to the hospital after he was shot during a carjacking overnight were live on the scene as police are seahingor the shooter. Welcome to wbtv news this morning it is friday, march 11th im johnarter. Christine im christine sperow, we will have more on the shooting and a live report plus Kristen Miranda getting breaking headlines in the alertenter first. Kristen talking about flooding in texas and louisiana, that is a big story but wait until i he to show you from washington ste as far as storm john a warm start to the morning you wont need a jacket as youcy head out here is charlottes most experienced
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