Wdbj7s 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 persons condition right now. That witness tells us he heard at least five shots but its not clear who fired. Police are still out here and will probably be out here for awhile longer. Were live in Roanoke County tonight, Christian Heilman wdbj7. Just over an hour ago, i talked to another witness to tonights shooting. He says he was leaving the cave spring corner kroger around 7 30. Heres what he says happened as he approached 419. As i sat there, a black man walked by the front of my car i heard a loud speaker from one of the cars saying drop the gun, drop the gun. and i noticed he had in his right hand a pistol. As he was going past me then a police car came up right in front of me so i couldnt have gone anyplace. The black man walked up and i dont know where he went but he went far enough where i couldnt see him anymore. And then there were 4 cops on foot who came up following him continued to yell drop the gun drop the gun, then one of the policemeen shot into the darkness. I think it was three shots but im not sure as of right now, the westbound lanes of route 419 near the walgreens on brambleton avenue are still blocked off. Were also following up on the aftermath of the appomattox county tornado. Officials there are working to shelter and care for animals displaced from their owners. Wdbj7s khiree their efforts. Khiree stewart to some people animals are like family. Thats why leaders of this shelter have been working to care for pets affected by the storm. They have no voice, they cant go out and find housing they cant feed themselves so we do have to take care of them and thats what the Animal Shelter is for. Shawne dunham manages the appomattox county Animal Shelter. She says over the last two days theyve taken in more than a dozen animals and handed out food to pet owners. Dunham says support from the community has helped. Weve received horse feed, horse hay. Bottled water, we have it stacked and lined in the hallways. We received so much water. The Community Just overwhelmed us in a wonderful way. Dunham says you should call the shelter if you find a stray animal, and never leave it unattended or chained outside the building. There are bears in the area. There are coyote in the area and if that were to come upon a beagle then the beagle would stand no chance because theyre tied to the animals tied to the door of the shelter. Owners have 5 days to claim a stray dog or cat that doesnt have a collar with identification. They have 10 days to claim one that does. Dunham says pictures of missing animals the shelter is receiving are being posted on its facebook page. Ive never seen devastation from a tornado in person so that was overwhelming and to see the community pull together, is incredible and i cant stress it enough how much thats meant to us, Khiree Stewart you are asked to contact the shelter if youre pet is missing or if you need help finding a shelter for you animal. In appomattox, Khiree Stewart, wdbj 7. County leaders say all volunteer positions they needed have been filled, after the tornado turned lives upside down. Earlier today though, volunteers set up donation tables and food trucks to feed both people and pets. Companies brought in cleaning supplies, boxes and items to help people get rid of the debris and store recovered belongings. Mike comerford Lowes Store Manager im very we help our people where they live. You know our customers are important to us and this is in action what we do everyday only volunteers from Disaster Relief agencies are being sent to the affected areas. Loved ones are telling us more about the man who died during that tornado. Keith harris was one of 18 children. He grew up in evergreen and stayed there the rest of his life, farming a piece of land along twin tunnel lane. A wooden cross now marks the spot where harris home stood. He was found about 400 yards away at the bottom of a hill. Harris family took wdbj7 there today and said he died in a place he loved. Harris leaves behind a wife, nancy, who was injured during wednesdays storm. She was on her way home when a tree fell on her car. Relatives say she was not seriously injured. Many of you want to know how you can help the tornado victims. Go to our website and click on the helping appomattox there youll find information on how to make a donation. Beenits a quiet night in mathematics and its a cold night as well temperatures of drop down to thirty degrees of the high school and its pretty dry out their dew points are only Fifteen Degrees its a pretty big spread between those two numbers so as a result it could 15 thats a pretty big spread between those two numbers so as a result it could be quite a colder tonight this is a really yet easy set up for cold evening skies are fairly clear this is fairweather clouds drifting across beguiling today and it was a windy day there as well fortunately others once it started to die down just a little bit where looking at numbers like 20 other people field in hot springs twenty five in bluefield twenty seven with filling galax and in danville and the sour twenty four degrees in martinsville anticipating a few clouds first thing tomorrow morning sunshine starts to work out tomorrows not our warm day will only be in the 40s we can sunday allay that all out for newsroom, roanoke fire crews are putting out a house fire. Its along lynn avenue southwest. We are working to bring you more information now. Many people are dealing with tornado damage, whether it be from this weeks Severe Weather or last weeks ice storm. Now is when people claiming to be in the business of helping homeowners could look to cash in. Some will expect you to pay in cash up front and dont have outlining the work Julie WheelerBetter Business bureau its a time when folks that maybe dont have all the proper authorizations and licenses in place may knock on your door and offer to take care of the problems that you have. Experts say rely on referrals from friends, neighbors and family. Contact the Better Business bureau and your Insurance Company before Going Forward with work or payment. Its been 23 years since a truck bomb weighing more than half a ton detonated undeneath the world trade center. Thousand were injured. The ringleader said he planned the attack to avenge the sufferings palestinan people had endured at the hands of u. S. Ally israel. Tonight, new details in last nights workplace shooting in kansas. Authorities say this womans been charged with knowingly supplying the gunman with the Assault Rifle and pistol in the attack. If convicted, the 38 yearold faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine up to 250 thousand dollars. Police say the shooter was a convicted felon who stormed into the plant where he worked and shot 14people. Three were killed before the suspect was shot and killed by police. An hour and a half before the shooting, the gunman had been served with a protective order involving a former girlfriend. The tornado has county officials changing the polling place for voters in the chap precinct. Because of the damage to central baptist church, moved to Friendship Baptist church on woodlawn trail. Voters impacted by the tornado who need a photo id will be ablle to get a temporary one at the appomattox county registrars office. Ted cruz is the second gop president ial candidate to speak at Regent University in Virginia Beach this week. Its part of the schools president ial candidate forum. Cbs affilliate wtkr reports that among the topics he addressed tonight were foreign policy, ending the nuclear deal with iran, and differences between he and frontrunner donald trump on planned parenthood. In two days Roanoke College will be the site to one of marco rubios campaign stops. Wdbj7s Christian Heilman talked with a group of College Students particularily excited for the president ial hopefuls visit. Nat basketball this may be a gym now, but come sunday itll be the only place sophomore alex boone wants to be. Alex boone, chair, students for rubio, Roanoke College, only a couple more days to go. In fact, he cant quite believe marco rubio will be right in his backyard at the bast center. Alex boone, chair, students for rubio, Roanoke College, sophomore when we found out, i was sitting in class and i probably had about 20 Text Messages and my phone was going off all class long. Dakota tomlin, vice chair, students for rubio, Roanoke College, senior my phone has been blowing up ever since the announcement came for people wanting to know whats happening. Dakota tomlin and alex boone head up the colleges students for rubio group. When they found out, news spread fast on the small campus. Schyler wagner, Roanoke College republicans once i heard he was coming here, it was just all excited. People buzzing all around the school about it. Dakota tomlin, vice chair, students for rubio, Roanoke College, senior personally, for me, i thought it was about time he came close. [laugh] theyre optimistic even though their colleges latest poll puts rubio at 13 percent far behind frontrunner Donald Trumps 38 . Dakota tomlin, vice chair, students for rubio, Roanoke College, senior cause i believe hes the only one that has a viable shot at winning a general election for the republican party. Theyre hoping other people will feel the same way as rubio heads to roanoke on sunday evening. Dakota tomlin, vice donald trump is speaking at Radford University on monday. On the democratic side the two candidates are tomorrows primary in South Carolina. Hillary clinton is expected to easily win there, but shes campaigning there until the very end. Bernie sanders was also back in South Carolina today, but not for long. He finished his Campaign Appearances today in minnesota. Parents, a danger could be lurking in the back seat of your car. Which Child Safety Seat is under recall tonight. And a local campaign has law red. Evenflo is recalling 56thousand Child Safety Seats because kids can loosen the internal harness. If that happens, it raises the risk of injury in a car crash. The recall includes transitions threein one combination booster seats from december 2014 through january 2016. No injuries have been reported. Highway experts say people who run red lights cause hundreds of deaths and more than a hundred thousand injuries every year in the us. The blue ridge Transportation Safety board is teaming with local Law Enforcement to reverse that trend. All day today, officers staked out to catch red light runners and raise awareness about this dangerous problem. Officers were spread out in various locations showing their presence because these crashes can happen anywhere. Rick clark Roanoke Police department we want this across the valley. You could be injured or killed at a little single light stop light versus the bigger intersections so this is a valley wide the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that close to 40percent of crashes involing redlight running result in injuries. An accident involving just that happened this afternoon in lynchburg. Warren grooms junior was driving a moped when police say he ran a red light and was hit by a chevy blazer. It happened at the intersection of 12th and church streets shortly after 3 30. Grooms was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The Virginia Employment Commission says the Workforce Center located at Crossroads Mall in roanoke is permanently closed, effective this week. Its location there was damaged from a fire back in june. Plans for a new site for the roanoke Workforce Center are still being worked out. Salem is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Carver School. And today, former students returned to explain the Important Role the school has played in the history of the roanoke valley. Has just over 400 students in kindergarten through 5th grade. But for more than a quarter century during the period of segregation, Roanoke Countys African American students attended the school from first through 12th grade. Marylen harmon Carver School graduate so we had students that came from everywhere, and we did connect to be a family. And i guess thats the Common Thread for all of us. We were friends and family. The city of salem and the Salem School Division have produced a documentary on the school. They will screen the carver project for the first time monday night at 6 30, at the Carver Elementary School gym. A popular summer destination in the new river valley says it had a successful firstever winter season and are now planning for more cold weather activities. Mountain lake lodge provided winter actvities for families, new food and drinks, and an ice bar as part of its winter weekends program. You can check out the full story on Mountain Lakes wdbj7 dotcom. We move away from Winter Weather for a few days starting late this weekend. Meteorologist robin reed is talking 60s. The complete first alert forecast the navy is once nextafter is what we think the clouds look like first thing saturday seaters at fair amount of it then what we think will happen is during the midmorning youll start to see a clear out still some gusty winds were not quite done with that yet and then for lunchtime on perhaps clearing out completely because of that northwest flow its still good to be pretty chilly tomorrow. Probably make it in the mid to the upper forties and thats about yet we are still looking at a country that is settled down very nicely. The lower 48 no huge storms bearing down right now we still have that flow coming off the northwest which is reinforcing our chilly air for now when it shifts on sunday the effect is very dramatic fifteen twenty degree change in the temperature profile like effects those are starting to shut down a little bit after a couple of good days of that patients midsection is the source region for our next hermas and as you can see is quite clear nothing big building here wherein hillsville right now twin twenty seven degrees with the dewpoint of 17 will prevent spread that sixty five percent relative humidity this time at night is a pretty good spread so it looks like temperatures are going to drop off more peak wind yesterday at 38 miles an hour right tonight partly cloudy and pretty cold we look for lows of twenty 22 in blacksburg and covington twenty four in lexington about twenty three degrees in marion we can planners pretty easy thing to do because highpressure sitting here just to the south but it is daytime highs fifty ford chicago fifty three in cincinnati and forty nine in roanoke but if you look back here the colors are quite a bit different and thats the warm air so in order to trigger thats the High Pressure system moves to the carolina coast now the winter coming out of the west and even the southwest with the big jump of sixty five and rhonda sixty five 65 in cincinnati 66 in nashville and seventy three in jackson mississippi thats a favorable but for monday and tuesday as well to have those temperatures continue to be in the upper 50s to around 60 this is our saturday outlook were mostly sunny breeze continues forty nine seems to be a good number for role in lynchburg prize will be in the lower south side then on sunday the big jump up we showed you and will continue that on monday monday as easy as with a morning low forty two will be hard to get to sixty two in all its a tuesday should once again be fairly mild wednesday our next front starts to slide through theres a chance for thunderstorms. 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