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WJZY Fox 46 News March 9, 2016

Said after reviewing the officers body camera footage the body strikes me some a video wraps would justify. David sentendrey is joining us live the cmpd headquarters with the latest on the investigation. Hi david. Like you said cmpd said no charges are coming against the officer. Body camera footage was reviewed paper and i love reviewed paper and i love to see that the body camera footage apparently shows the officer in question was just doing his job. This video shows a cmpd officer repeatedly striking at 26yearold suspect. Police say the man pled a hitandrun scene on independence boulevard last monday police. This is where the scene ended and police have been investigating whether or not this use of force was excessive. We reviewed everything in over this video. Some calling it a race issue. A group of white officer surrounding that we now know is an africanamerican suspect Malcolm Glenn elliott the second. This less than a year after protesters flooded the streets of charlotte following a mistrial of former cmpd officer Randall Kerik to gun down an unarmed africanamerican man. The cheapo police says he knew this video would not sit well with the public. There is no way we can use force against the citizens. So the department invited us to his Police Academy for a lesson and in the video a demonstrator license down hands crossed resisting arrest. I volunteered to try and break her arms free to handcuff her and i failed. Please say many times they do too. Pressure point maneuvers but when that doesnt work again this video they are taught to strike their hands. Police say the suspect lying face down on the ads to the scary situation. Around the corner ill know whats going on around the waist area. Classic many were upset with this use of force. A lot of things down from bruce petallides and africanamericans being killed by police over the country. When certain segments of the community see officer striking a person is a problem. As problematic. So far in this video he said the officers just doing the job. When theres a criminal suspect that cops have to go get them. Earlier i went to the home of a suspect the one on the receiving end of those punches. Said they had no comment. They forwarded us to our attorney and their attorney is and their attorneys might call the specter raised reporting live in uptown David Sentendrey fox 46 wjzy. Bill cmpd said the body camera footage will not be made public. Those videos will only be released when officers charged with a crime. New at 10 00 its certainly been a very violent night in charlotte as five people have been injured in four separate shootings this evening. The most recent one happened on dearington driver one person is being treated for potentially lifethreatening injuries. Cmpd said one person is in custody after shooting on brookshire boulevard at a show gas station but one person was taken to cmc with nonlifethreatening injuries and another shooting happened on mcginn grove were a victim was hurt by shattered glass. On top of all of this to other people were shot in the 6200 block of the plaza. Believe any of the shootings are related. Developing tonight an amber alert for missing 15yearold girl pictured right here. Police say Dixie Mae Bailey was last seen in brevard North Carolina which is just outside of asheville. Bailey is 5 feet 4 inches with blue hair blue eyes and brown hair excuse me. Her hair is police to have please have orange trees. She was last seen wearing a peach pullover and cowboy boots. Call 911 immediately if you have seen her. If you are like me and you been waiting for spring to get here this is the perfect week for you. Looking like we are going to be in the mid70s for most of the week. For more ascended to chief meteorologist brian basham. I want to mention we are still in winter and their seasonal average for this time of year is 61. While we have had a long streak of seven week or degree tempters if somewhere down the road things change it we see temperatures drop to cooler. Nonetheless we will enjoy the warm weather while we have it. They certainly are now. 61 degrees outside. Winds have slowed a touch in the South Southwest as 6 miles an hour and we do want to take a look at your headlines over the next several days. We will stay steady for a bit. Now i want to mention the rest of the workweek will be dry. Thats essentially through friday so another few days. However as we get into the weekend it will be on prelate time one more time and we have got pretty significant, pretty good chances of rain moving through this weekend. Well talk or about that coming up later on in the show and we will show you just how toasty it will get. Bill thank you. This could be a defining night for the presence of candidates. Donald trump has won the republican primary in michigan and mississippi and hillary primary in mississippi. Ballots are so being counted in idaho. Ted cruz has printed delegates to marco rubio 151. Clinton stays ahead with a 196 delegate lead over Bernie Sanders though at last check tonight sanders has a slim lead over clinton in the state of michigan. Gop present a candidate ted cruz took center stage in kannapolis. As thats where he spoke to a church filled walltowall with voters. Our own Emily Collins was there. She is live in the studio to know let us know what he and his supporters had to say. Him archer today will be North Carolinas chance. There was a statement they buy donald trump is a packed house at Central Baptist Church in kannapolis this evening with hundreds lining up hours before the rally to hear the gop cruz spent an hour touching on several of his Campaign Points but those who struck a chord were to repeal every word of obamacare as well as religious liberty and the 2nd amendment all of which many told us brought them to the event. Im a christian and i think we need someone who is a religious person to be in the Presence Office because thats what this country was founded upon and i think it behooves us to have a leader was christian rinse both. I think ted will bring the conservative values we need in this country. I came here to share my support. Cruz several attempts to reach out to those still undecided and he did so both on and off stage. There are a lot of people who like marco rubio and he liked john kasich and they are both good honorable men who i respected either one of them nomination. None neither one of them can get 1237 delegates. Cruz said neither one of them can be donald trump. A poll shows cruz and trump running neckandneck and cruz is beating jump in florida which is where he has had a rally at 10 00 tomorrow morning for a cruise to victory rally in miami. Bill early voting has started in North Carolina. Our primary election is set for march 15. On the democratic side ill president ial candidate Hillary Clinton will be making a stop in North Carolina on thursday. No word on exactly where shes going to be campaigning that Officials Say clinton will be encouraging supporters to participate in early voting. Former president bill clinton stopped by the queen city yesterday when he headlined at early voting rally. Early voting in North Carolina will end on saturday. A group of North Carolina state senators have assembled to work to block or good charlottes nondiscrimination ordinance passed by the city council two weeks ago and would allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they associate with. Senate leader bill berger announced 11 senators are working to block the part of the ordinance as well as attend the governor dan for his third House Speaker tim morris said theres enough support in his chamber to overturn the provision that ordinance which is set to take effect on april 1. There are more charges being brought against two people are 5yearold girl. Rock Hill Police Say on saturday the girl was found unresponsive and was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. 30yearold Philip Gleason was charged with homicide or child abuse abuse. He is now facing additional charges of unlawful conduct towards a child. The girls mom pictured on the right a pro gleason is charged with aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse. Away. Troutman is charge in the murder of a woman and her unborn child. Cmpd says 26 rolled officers found her suffering from a gunshot wound. The medical examiner didnt know she was pregnant before he examined her after her death. Meanwhile brown is being held in jail. In another tragic story we have learned a mother died in a car crash in county. She was killed when her minivan was hit by a pickup truck allegedly driven by david boyd. Officers say boyd was headed west on highway 150 when he slammed headon into helms who was driving her to children the minivan. Boyd in both tumor taken to the hospital and as a result of this boyd is charged with death by motor vehicle. A Good Samaritan struck and killed while trying to help a stranded driver will be. This coming saturday. To rest in Southern Pines and his Memorial Service will be in pinehurst. Mckeon pulled over on my 45 early sunday morning to help other teenager who had a flat tire. As when he was getting killed by another driver. We are told he was wearing dark clothing on an unlit portion of the road. As it stands now there are appears there will be no charges against the driver and alcohol is not to believe to have been a factor. The call bookend to man is been indicted for the murder of two mcdonalds employees. Police say 22yearold eric yount shot and killed richelle lail and cody watts and mcdonalds and agree. Young was indicted on two counts of murder discharging a vehicle vehicle. Last week police say young shot and killed the whale. He then began shooting at watts truck hitting him several times watts would later die in a hospital. Mcdonalds. Restaurants in caldwell and burke counties are hosting a fundraiser to help raise money for their families. Coming up water that was once believed contaminated now declared safe to drink. Being ab bill we have important new information for you tonight the North Carolina department of health and Human Services is now saying belmont resident can drink their water pit might you might remember when your go the Department Said do not drink notification homeowners but today the department announced they are rescinding the gnosis. Sam smith is joining us with more. The director said they wanted to be cautious in the beginning but after researching the quality of the water they obtained a stay. Angela moved into her belmont the neighborhood next to dirk energies allen station. We found out a month after he moved and they sent out they do not drink warning to the neighborhood. She said it was a scary piece of news since she was worried about the value of her house dropping and she wasnt alone. With the department of health and Human Services rescinded but do not drink to this there is a sense of relief among neighbors. The concern was that the wells are being impacted by duke energys coal ash basins containing chromium which is recognized as a carcinogen and and were found water pit state Health Department learned the levels of those elements here are similar to other in the states and are at a safe level. Duke energy has been delivering bottled water to anyone concerned about their drinking water. We brought pallets of bottled water out every few weeks to make sure they had peace of mind on this issue and while the stay state was researching a paper never believed her ash basins were impacting the Water Quality but we wanted them to have peace of mind. Duke said they wont make any water delivery changes without talking with homeowners. Those homeowners admit they are still skeptical over their water being safe to drink. They gave us a do not drink warning in the mexico back. Until the people who received a do not drink notice will get a new notice this week. They said when they get information they will make necessary changes. Bill samp a few. Its a public hearing on march 27 to talk about the future it allen steen station. Neighbors want its closure to be her death. The meeting will be held at gaston college. The governor is asking for public input on the statute he wants to bring to the state State Capitol that would honor africanamericans. Several members from the office in raleigh came to the harvey b. There has been a ban Additional Capital but authorities trying to have them lifted so the statute can be built. A public hearing in charlotte is one of four throughout North Carolina during march. The exact location and is assigned materials are in consideration during these hearings. One of the side effects of this warmer spring like weather we have been having is unfortunately within the next few days were all going to be losing in our sleep because because of daylight savings time. Heres chief meteorologist brian basham. You were saying this has something to do with world war i are two. In an effort to conserve energy the Energy Resource staff did the daylight savings time so folks who were sleeping when it was dark and awake when it was light outside so they didnt have to use extra heat heated oil to light their homes. Thats why we have daylight i find it a complete nuisance in this day and age but its happening regardless on sunday. Your 2 00 a. M. Becomes 3 00 a. M. Essentially your phone will fix fix it for you if you dont have one of those funds set your those funds that two or three could have been the means you will have an hour less of sleep. You may want to go to bed an hour earlier on sunday. Lets talk about whats happening across the rest the area over the next few days. A nice warmup and temperatures today. Tonight than we were at the same time last night in the overnight hours. We will continue to see more anywhere from one to 12degree warmer than at the same time yesterday so numbers hardly in the 60s and upper 50s. A little cooler in boone and jefferson mid 60s that they will take it. Its very comfortable outside still tonight and i wont be opportunity for morning fog area. We are going to seal the next couple of days of the push of moisture from the south. Not enough to warrant rain chances but nonetheless we could see at least a fog warning in the next few days. Rain chances remained very slight over the next several days. Winds blowing out of the South Southwest of 5 miles an hour. We need those wins at 5 miles an hour are less. We wont see that the fog developed. Lets check out the next three days, temperatures 77 wednesday 78 on thursday and 76 on friday. Bill sounds good brain. Change your clocks and change of batteries at the same time with daylight savings time approaching. Officials are reminding folks out there to change the batteries in their smoke alarms. Charlotte firefighters the red helped install smoke alarms and they emphasize the importance of having a working smoke alarm. Over the past several years we know there is a need for smoke alarms and homes. Thats what all of these volunteers are here today to do to provide that forducation and make that family plan. Replace batteries that there is a need. Bill as brian mentioned earlier daylight savings time will kick off at 2 00 a. M. On sunday. A popular row of businesses on the fringe of the campus of cpcc are told to camp up backpack up and go. Where they are headed and why they are asked to go. That reality is not really owning its certainly getting home for these folks after build on what bill a former High School Teacher is the guilty to to having sexual relations with a student. The gaston reports tica helton was given two years probation agreed to give up a North Carolina teaching teaching license but a former south pointe High School Teacher engaged in a sex act with a High School Senior in a car last year. There is yet another shift in the Union County School system tonight. Deputy superintendent mike webb is stepping down effective july 1. Webb announced his retirement at a school board meeting. Webb was involved with a there were some concerns about a potential conflict of interest. Last week alice announced he would be retiring on june 1. Officials say an electrical what sparked the fire at the north Business Center warehouse. Firefighters were called to the scene on north try on. Thankfully nobody was hurt. The damage from the fire investigated to be around 30,000. A popular rural restaurant on the fringes cpcc is being forced outtafter deal has been made between the Community College and the buildings owner. Cpcc converts they want to use the space for future development of their central campus and bought the building for 5. 9 milllln produces on the corner of elizabeth and charlottetown avenue and houses a number of restaurants the student and faculty frequent. Business owners tell us they were given a little more than a months notice to pack up and get out. The Business Owners have hired louboutin relocate and but right now they will have to be out i march 31. Homeowners have paid top dollar to have a scenic you just lost her six month battle to develop. The folks at the next or they will be looking out out on a row of new houses instead of a golf course. Monday night in north york county councilmember said yes to rezoning the 27 acres of it of course which will allow maritime trumps to be built on 60 new houses. We look at now and see the fairway and ponsa now be looking at the back of a twostory house. Homeow

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