3 and wake up with fox carolina. Weve got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 ill have much more,coming up up3 thanks kendrawe continue tonight 3 the mountain snow has some schools closed Madison Mitchell and Yancey County will all be off tomorrow. Remember for the latest School Closing information just head to fox carolina dot com the link is right on our home page. 3 only on fox at ten 3 an upstate lawmaker wants to get rid of cwps. So everyone in South Carolina can carry a concealed gun without 3 senator lee brights proposed bill is sparking a lot of debate. 3 Fox Carolinas shale remien joins us live in the newsroom with what this means for gun owners. 3 diana this bill was proposed about a year ago and was amended several times, but never passed. Senator bright says hes trying again because he thinks it will help People Better protect themselves. But others are saying it might do more harm than good. 3 3 3 3 tons of people come in and out of Sharp Shooters every day for target practice. Practice. Some of them holding cwps. But through a proposed bill, senator lee bright wants to do away with the requirements to the concealed carry law. Law. Many people including myself believe that the fact that you have to go to government to ask for a permit to defend yourself, is not what the founders intended. Senator bright says his bill has passed the house. Now its in a senate subcommittee. Sharp shooters in greenville says the idea of no required cwps is a scary thought. Someone to drive car without training, would you want to go to a doctor thats not licensed . All of the different aspects in life right now, require some type of certificate. Right now, cwps require a 6 to 8 hour class with a test. The proposed bill would no longer require training courses of any kind. I think people will still take the classes, it is encouraged, but i think its not something that we should demand. Debby edwards with moms demand action says Current Training courses just hit the surface of what gunholders need to know. Know. I think theres a difference between knowing how to shoot and knowing whether to shoot or when to shoot. We do have a right to bear arms, but at the same token there should be some training aspect to go along with that to teach people the legalities of what theyre stepping into. Sharp shooters would be difficult to carry in other states without a we can carry right now in fl, nc, tn, kt, va, all of those states we have reciprocity with. If we do away with the South Carolina conceal and carry permit, reason to have reciprocity with it. Edwards says moms demand action views this as a Public Safety concern. If you want to have gun near our children and our families, ourselves then we want to know that youve had training, and that youve had your background checked. 3 senator bright says the concepts of the proposed bill have been implemented in places like phoniex and tucson. He says there have been little to no increase in gun violence since. Diana . 3 now to a fox carolina investigation 3 just take a look at these pictures. Its the mess left behind after someone broke into homes in southern Greenville County stealing and vandalizing properties six homes hit in two days. 3 violated angry and scared. Those are just some of the emotions victims of the breakins arefeelings tonight. Similarities in the burglaries and theyre trying to find whoever is doing this. 3 Fox CarolinasSharon Johnson joins us live tonight. Sharon any leads . 3 there are a few leads tonight but no arrests. Victims say in some of the breakins there were witnesses and finger prints from some of the breakins. But in all cases the families in southern Greenville County say they have never seen their community targeted like this. 3 3 3 the pictures tell the story. Drawers, and everything everywhere. 3 02 27 kimberly black ransacked the whole house, empied drawers, turned them over, openedcabinets, the mattresses, slid them off the backsprings, pulledeverything from under the bed, the closets, literally everything offthe shelves onto the floor. 3 02 44stealing valuable and irriplaceble items in this honea path home. From family jewely to an ar15 Assault Rifle her husband got 3 3 02 52 they opened the safe, and thats where they removed 16 guns that my husband had. Some were my fathers who has passed away. Some were my husbands grandfathers. Now those guns are somewhere on the streets possibly in the hands of criminals. The breakin also took away the security of being in her home. So shes added cameras. But security failed this family the handys are also victims of the breakin spree. kelvin handy and troylene handy 3 22 56 i cant stay here by myself, its a wakeup call. Umhmmmotion detectors with their Security System didnt alarm when someonethrew horseshoes smashing through this window. Window. 3 9 29 15 troylene only i had to leave my mom in the hospial and come home deal with this. You know, after getting the news that my mom had lung cancer i come home to this. She found out someone had broken into their home, tore through their belongs and taken their stuff. A tv,gun and jewelry. 3 25 13 i want my stuff back especially my replaced. Stealing the calm of this Rural Community in at least 7 homes within about 15 miles of each other 6 of the breakins in just one week. Week. 12 13 09 the level of meanness and viciousness in these breakins is very disturbing moreso than weve seen most 3 anywhere else. They are joining together to fight these crimes. handys 3 27 41 we always look out for each other, like hey we noticed yourgarage door is up or is that you over there . Were always looking outfor each other. In their case, no one saw anything but fingerprints were left behind. 9 28 28 kelvin only i would love for whoever did these break ins tobe caught. 3 ashmore says Greenville County council has approved giving the Sheriffs Office additional funds to hire more deputies. He says two of the new hires would patrol southern Greenville County. Diana . This inevestigation what are deputies looking for . For . Fingerprints and eye witnesses may help deputies find whoever isbreaking into these homes. Theyre also on the look out to see where the stolen items turn up. 3 covering our counties at ten 3 the Spartanburg CountySheriffs Office is asking for your help to locate a missing endangered adult. Jimmy bunn was last seen leaving his house on goldmine road around 9 30 this morning. Morning. His family said bunn was headed to the chesnee flee market but never returned. Bunn was also recently diagnosed with alzheimers he was driving a teal green 1994 ford f250 pickup with tag number fm59405. If you see him or have any information, youre asked to call 911 or 3 the Greenville CountySheriffs Office is investigating shooting at a night club. Club. Around 2 this morning witnesses say two men were arguing with a Security Guard outside club la roka on south pleasantburg drive. Emergency responders found one person had been shot no word on that victims condition so far no charges have been filed. 3 and this incident has a local activist speaking up about gun violence in the county jack logan with put down the guns young people headed to the club earlier this evening in hopes of standing up against crime he sees as senseless and that is hurting the community. 3 this all can be prevented if we take the first step in taking every Violent Crime serious we dont need another case like this 3 anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact the Greenville CountySheriffs Office. 3 a northeast Georgia Student is facing charges after allegedly posting a Terror Threat on social media. Sheriffs office says they received information the threat was directed at the high school during midday activites. Deputies, School Administrators and a School Resource officer collected digital evidence of the threats and identified a single suspect. Officials said the high school had received a report of the threat posted via the kik app. The student was arrested and charged with terroristic threats and acts 3 kendra has the forecast forecast3 well see snow in the mountains and bitter cold in the upstate. Ill have details details3 tonight, a fox carolina investigation. This greenville man was badly burned. When his ecigarette blew up in his pocket hear his warning. And what the ecig industry is saying about safety. Safety. Plus as one brother is buried another heads to court, accused of causing the tonight only on fox we hear from their mother, at the center of this tragic case. Plus a proposed overhaul to the Pickens CountySchool Distrcit as budget woes weigh heavily on the school board tonight theyre looking to shut down three schools. Americas heroes have a message. If youve fought. You know picking a commander in chief is no small thing. And guts. We looked at each candidate. We studied their record. We know. Looked them over. We checked them out. And we chose one. Theres only one. Jeb bush. Hes got a plan. Hell keep us safe. Hes a president a commander in chief. Jeb bush. Best prepared to be commander in chief. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. 3 new tonight 3 a Greenville County man is behind bars without bond. Accused of stabbing and killing his brother. Ryan mcbrides charge was upgraded to murder tonight after facing a judge less than one hour ago agothis after his brother sean mcbride died friday from the injuries sustained during 3 now the upstate mother at the center of this terrible tragedy is speaking out only on fox Pattie Burroughs talked with Adrian Acosta and she says she was there when it all happened. 3 Pattie Burroughs says her son fought for a month but finally died from injuries he suffered in an attack by his own brother. And burroughs says she saw the entire thing happenif you ask Pattie Burroughs about her son sean mcbride. You can see her swell up with pride pride 3 his smile, his laugh, his goofy personality, he ws so tender hearted, he was my heart he really wassean is the middle child of three brothersback on january 4th burroughs says the youngest of the mcbride brothers, ryan, came knocking at burroughs home it was awful, i was already on the phone with 911, to get ryan out of here, he was in a rage, high on something burroughs says ryan came asking for money. She thinks to likely feed his drug habit sean confronted and told him we are not giving you money we started hitting on sean, and he saw me in the living room calling 911he headed towards me, and sean saved my life because he pulled ryan down the next thing i knew he was 3 stabbing sean right there in the living room and i was screaming to 911 to please get out heresean suffered multiple stab wounds to his legs and back. And hung on to life for nearly a month before passing this fridaywith one son in jail and the other about to be buried. Burroughs says she relies heavily on her faith to copeand as for forgiving her son ryan she says at some point there will be but not right nowin greenville Adrian Acosta fox carolina news tonight 3 now to a fox carolina follow up 3 an upstate community is mourning the loss of two Gaffney High School students in york county. County. The coroner says Dominick Galosi died friday in a single car crash. Along with 18yearold shemar byers. Byers. Troopers say rhett boheler. Who was driving the car. And brooke blanton. Who was a backseat passenger. Were both airlifted to the hospital. Hospital. We told you about the crash friday night after troopers say the suv the four teens were in ran off the right side of highway 211. Striking a tree and then a fence. School Officials Say grief counselors and ministers were made available to students today dealing with the loss. 3 3 theres no doubt been some kids who are really upset today of course just given the situation and the gravity of the situation having a hard time dealing with the loss of their former classmates. Classmates. A funeral for galosi is set for tomorrow. Arrangements for byers have not been announced. The collision remains under investigation by highway patrol. 3 developing tonight. 3 a shake up in Pickens County. About closing these three Elementary Schools to save millions of dollars ar lewis Holly Springs and ambler. 3 and you can imagine the parents who have kids at those schools. Have something to say about it. Things got heated at tonights Pickens County school board meeting. A room filled to capacity. And an outcome. That not many people there were excited about closing some schools. And combining others. Others. Fox carolinas Rebecca Atkins was there tonight. She spoke with parents and students about the possible change. Rebecca . 3 diana, i combed the crowded room tonight at the Administrative Office and not one person i spoke with was for the proposed plan to close the schools and make class sizes even bigger. But although the Facilities Committee that met tonight includes four school Board Members. Two of them say they are against it. 3 3 3 so many people showed up at tonights Pickens County school board meeting. They filled the room and the hallway outside. This crowd open. Nats clappingcheers were heard for Board Members opposed to shutting down ar lewis, Holly Springs, and ambler elementaries. Nats the majority of the input ive received was were just ready for a decision, were tired of reading about it. But after the motion passed 31 to send the plan to the full school board, the crowd got vocal. Vocal. 3 im absolutely shocked, outraged upset, theres so many different emotions going through right now. 3 i am very disappointed in the School District that they would be even thinking about doing this. The plan would close or consolidate schools. Kids from ar lewis, Holly Springs, and hagood elementaries would go to School Together from kindergarten to 2nd grade. Students who go to ambler elementary would go to dacusville. Dacusville. 3 as the board looked at all the ways they could cut costs they realized there was no way to cut costs of millions and millions of dollars over several years without looking at school consolidation. The would save the district 11. 8 million over five years. Board member alex siatta disagrees. Disagrees. 3 we just spent over the last few years nearly 10 Million Dollars on those three schools to totally renovate them add classrooms to them now to actually turn around and close them would be a complete waste of money. He says hell keep voting against it. Parent rebecca newman, say this process has moved too quickly. Theyre wanting to close these schools and create a primary and an Intermediate School by this fall. But after spending 9 months on this plan, the committee has a different view. Larger schools perform extremely well, so were not asking for the pickens Community Anything that the rest of the disrtrict already has already enjoys in the larger schools and the opportunities they provide. 3 they say if the proposal goes through, no teachers will lose their jobs. This wednesday, there will be Public Meetings at the three schools. And next monday. A vote by the 3 rebecca, three schools closing all at once, thats a lot of empty buildings. Is there any plan for what will happen to them . Them . The spokesperson for the district told me that has not yet be decided, so at this time they dont know what will be done with them. But if the board does vote to go forward with this proposal they say they want to have teachers, faculty and students placed in their new schools by march 3rd. Reporting live in pickens Rebecca Atkins fox carolina the 10 oclock news. 3 kendra is in the Weather Center 3 3 3 3 the coldest air of the season is moving in, and that will lead to mountains snow and bitter cold air for the upstate later this week. Tonight expect scattered snow showers in the mountains and blustery conditions. The upstate could see a few snowflakes north of i85, but it will stay windy overnight with overnight lows dropping to 28 for the upstate and 22 in the mountains. Tuesday will be cold and windy, as highs only warm to 38 in the upstate with a mix of clouds and sun 3 for weather 24 hours a day, log on to fox carolina dot com and click on the weather tab 3 and make sure to download our new fox carolina weather app. You can get the latest weather info on the go, as well as get alerts on watches and wa