Transcripts For WTVD ABC 11 Eyewitness News 4PM 20160226 :

Transcripts For WTVD ABC 11 Eyewitness News 4PM 20160226

Been following very chopper 11 hd over the scene after bullets rang out. The Shopping Center is located north of buffaloe road south of the capitol boulevard road split. Now live from the scene, what can you tell us . Everything shut down around 1 15 where two men were shot. From here everything to the side basically closed down. A huge perimeter, a lot of police tape. That is as good as it gets. Things get awfully hazy from here on out. You can see blue cones marking evidence where the shooting happened. Police are not saying who the gun belonged to. They also wont say what shortages of eyewitnesses. The action moves to the boost mobile store a half dozen police , rifles drawn in a standoff situation. Finally someone put into a patrol car and taken away. He got down with his gun, called officers to the righthand side and they knew they had somebody trapped inside. They waited. It was a standoff waiting for the guy to come out. Reporter they are alert and talking. No word on their condition but they are mobile and alert. As for the person of interest in custody no arrests made but they are questioning someone and they dont believe the public is in any danger. We will check back over the next couple of hours. Anchor a person of interest in custody. Thank you for that. A carry man who works at the federal Research Agency is charged in a prostitution sting here in raleigh. Anchor he may be a ringleader. Ed crump joins us live. We understand police began this investigation months ago. Ed crump according to Court Documents detectives were monitoring a website known for hookups with prostitutes when they came across an ad featuring a woman at a local hotel. They claim the woman left them to the 55yearold with a phd he works as an Environmental Health scientist. Also charged with promoting prostitution. Both are considered quite risks. Today he is out of jail and back in his carry home. His names neighbors are shocked. We have so many kids in the neighborhood. Id rather not have them around people who think this activity is what they need to earn their living with. While lee did not want to comment extensively, he did tell me this is a misunderstanding, he was trying to help a friend. Everyone is tightlipped saying the investigation is not over. Abc 11 Eyewitness News. Posters are up and people are coming the street with an effort to find a dog stolen out of a car. They are monitoring the frantic search to bring charlie home. She deftly try to find her dog. She has filed a report. The beagle mex was stolen from a car parked outside of the gardner business. She rescue the puppy from the shelter and says she takes the dog everywhere she goes. She and carl coworkers left him in the car. They didnt lock the car door. Door was open and the dog gone. We just started yelling for her. I was upset. Reporter she works up the road. She is pleading with whoever snatched charlie to return her. Im infuriated. I am upset. I dont understand. She was not a stray. She is my dog. If you thought she was in danger call the police or Something Like that. Dont take it upon yourself to take someones property. Reporter we have charlies picture posted. If you would like to share it with on social media and help this owner. Anchor your heart breaks for the woman. Thank you. In the president ial race a big endorsement. Donald trump scored support from he continues to ride a huge wave of momentum, bringing that surge to North Carolina. Greg barnes is live. So far there has been no word from Campaign Officials or volunteers as to whether or not the candidate himself will make an appearance but volunteers say they already feel good he has growing support in North Carolina. Those volunteers began setting up tables here near downtown where a small army of workers will man telephone lines and work up high power strategy for the next two weeks before the primary. We are told several Campaign Offices are set up around the state. In fayetteville and volunteer i believe that having the veterans here in the va hospital , we can get a message to the veterans and get the endusers opinions on what is going on so we can get them better. An official Ribbon Cutting to open the office here will leave tomorrow afternoon. A number of local politicians planned to be here. That should be a site to see. That will be a site. A warning now about the water in durham. Water is disinfected. Ammonia will stop being added starting tomorrow through march 31. That could change the taste and color of the water from your faucet. If the water changes color you need to run it for a few minutes. A similar process starts tuesday. Anchor back in black after a year in red. The states largest provider hosting a slight project profit. Admitted in income last year. It will not knock your socks off but it is improved from 2015 when it took a hit. Obama care costs continue to be a burden. Losses were offset by improvements and other businesses. Happy friday. We are ending the work week with a beautiful day. Today with the blustery wind. Temperatures upper 40s, low 50s. It makes it feel pretty chilly out here. Going to need the heavy jacket. It is 49 now. It will drop into the 30s. About all of us will be in the 20s as we get ready to round out february by monday into march. Just in time for that starting sunday is going to feel like spring around here. A much warmer sunday coming up in just a little bit. We are ready for the warmer temperatures. Anna children are curious prayansas was headed a few hours a house just for teachers. First, lets head back outside friday afternoon. 49 degrees. It is still cool. Nice temperatures up ahead. First tuesday new scratchoff tickets from the North Carolina education lottery its crazy out here. Monday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. Its tuesday tuesday very first tuesday, tuesday thats me and yousday usday its big news tuesday its scratchoff you tuesday tuesday vo know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. We didnt really have anything, you know. But, we made do. Vo know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values. Al, how you doing. Hey, mr. Hamilton. Vo know that together you can establish a meaningful legacy. With the guidance and support of your dedicated anchor a Police Officer being called a hero after walking into gunfire to save lives as a shooting spree unfolded in kansas. Four people are confirmed dead. He has a long arrest recanna in philadelphia popular asian restaurant destroyed, flames follow the house of the brotherly love. Flames shooting through the roof. The owner to shaken to talk on camera says he owned the business for 18 years. Heather at home the sun may be out but dont let it for you. It is cold out there. Anna we keep wanting it to be spring but its going to take time. We will see more springlike temperatures. Chris meteorological spring is march 1. Its going to feel like it. A little chilly out there now. Temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50. When gusty again today. We had gusts up to 2530 miles per hour. That will diminish through the evening hours. West, northwest at 8 00. Sunset at 6 07. South hill, 40. A cool day out there. 49 in goldsboro. Wind diminishing. Temperatures fall fast. Pretty quiet weather across the eastern u. S. After the monster storm which has caused trouble up and down the east coast. It continues to move away. It is wet in northern california. Movie stars will not have to worry about messing up their hair as they walk down the red carpet. It looks good in hollywood. Mid 70s for highs with a lot of the sunshine. Chilly this evening. 42 around the start of the game. Heading out this evening, you need the winter coat. Mid 20s triangle northward. Upper 20s fayetteville. Cold and frosty night. 45 at noon. A sunny day, it will not be as windy as today. Wind will lighten up. Temperatures stay cool, around 50 degrees for most of us. Low 30s tomorrow night. Sunday that high is offshore. Southwest wind up the east coast. Temperatures take off, getting higher in the sky closer to official spring. Atmospheric and warm up nice and quick into the second half of the weekend. Mostly sunny skies. Below average of 58. Goldsboro, 53. A nice day to be out and about. First alert, we will take it. Low and mid 60s. Partly to mostly sunny. Turning cooler again by thursday and friday. A goodlooking weekend. Its going to be awesome. Anna spring is trying to push its way through. Chris it is clawing its way out. It is coming. Anna evenflo. A popular company for parents with newborns issues a recall. Heather it seems curious children can loosen the internal harness. The recall targets transitions 31 combination booster seats. Evenflo says the problem only affects them when they are used as safety boosters. Anna another big concern for parents. They are starting to worry about more and more moms finding mold in city cups. School basketball player pulls off on the Court One Day after his dads death. A performance you cant miss. This dock and another were abc 11 is keeping you connected. Get notifications for the latest Eyewitness News updates. Anchor a young player proves to be a winner in and outside the line. Anchor hes inspiration for so many. He might just inspire you. Now a pretty moving report. Anchor this is the story we hate to hear about but love to tell. A senior on the Basketball Team in raleigh, the season is now over. Matt and teammates out having a celebratory meal after a home win when his mother called to tell him, his dad had passed away. Matt was obviously crushed. Two days later he had to take the court for a conference tournament game. He averages 12 points a game. He exploded for 26 points the highlights of his performance have gone viral. Hes my biggest supporter. He always checked up on me and made sure i did the right thing. It is a tough experience. If this was a hollywood movie his team would have gone on to win the state title. They lost the game but the bondi has with his teammates and coaches are hoping him helping him. We have the story and highlights coming up at 6 00. Anchor what great support he has. Anchor an oregon family, the latest highlight a problem with the popular cup, mold in the lid of the cup. Toddlers doing some digging on the cubs. The company is aware of the situation telling customers they will replace the parts. They plan to redesign the product. Anchor this makes me think of the story diane wilson did about the pacifier that broke in the babys mouth. You need to look at that. It is good to be aware of these situations. Food delivery to a North Carolina air force days suspected have something illegal in them. Anchor and where parking is offlimits for the next month. Cleanup begins here in granville county. Im stephanie lopez. I tell you what you need to know anna the terror lasted for a few seconds but the mental scarring may last a lifetime. Heather the process continued 48 hours after a tornado tore through the storm ravaged community. Abc 11 is highlighting the good deeds of neighbors to make sure victims know they are not alone in this recovery. There is a lot of work left to be done. This used to be a sad but now it is a concrete ways. Neighbors have been busy all day. People helping today say it is their faith that compels them to help. Wesley have been blessed. I will bless myself by living a quarter of the road quarter of the mile down the road here. Reporter what goes through my mind is where can i eded most . What can i do for these folks who have suffered this . More help is on the way. Tomorrow, men will be here starting monday. Currently we have the department of agriculture chopping down so glad to see so many people. It is a community effort. Anchor they have a lot of work that they were so gracias. You need that winter coat this evening pretemperatures are chilly. Upper 40s. Its going to be a cold one. Temperatures fall through the 30s. Tomorrow morning many of us are in the 20s. Not as much wind tomorrow. We have some big changes for the second half of the weekend. Anna we are tired of the cold wind. A valuable warning, do not let your guard down about the flu. The latest data shows the state down considerably from last year when 218 people in the state died from the flu. Stephanie lopez discovered we are not out of the woods yet. Doctors with the state department say we are actually experiencing an uptick in the number of flu cases right now. Anchor last year the number of flu cases peaked at the beginning of the year. There is no official end of flu season date and although we are seeing a spike much later it is more in line with the flu patterns of years past. We hope to the peak was going to be it for this season but we are on an upswing. Were hearing about more flu outbreaks and severe flu cases. That is not just true in North Carolina. In raleigh, stephanie lopez. Abc 11 Eyewitness News. Anchor an update on the crash that was breaking at this time yesterday. 53yearold driver of that red car died after failing to yield on mitchell road. Her 74yearold passenger was injured. A 17yearold was his 14yearold sister when he struck the car. Anna a woman was making more than food deliveries at Seymour Johnson air force base. Shes charged with selling narcotics to airmen. Officers arrested her earlier this week. She was selling drugs while delivering food to the base. Heather a deputy saved a dog from a horrible life months ago. The dog was reunited with his rescue were. Lori rodriguez was there to reporter this is what marty did when Sheriffs Office deputy dakota back found him in deplorable conditions last july. They were standing in urine and feces in a durham home, full of mats, dehydrated and you may see a dip. Authorities charged the owner with 28 counts of animal cruelty. Three dogs died. The club took in marty and another dog and nursed them back to health. The deputy jumped of the opportunity. They made the trek from michigan back to North Carolina to reunite marty with deputy back. I like his temperament. He has been through the worst conditions known to animals. It is inspiring a dog can go when he went through and be so positive. He was a part of the group that was taken and dimple is looking for a good home. If youre interested go to my Facebook Page for the information. Anna dimple in marty are gorgeous. Hope they find a good home soon. Tampa police gives us an inside look at the drama officers had to deal with from time to time. The tampa police chief posted the video today. He says police by the camera video can capture rare tragic incidents involving officers. 20 of officers were assaulted in 2014. 341 were hurt. The video and the Police Officers are working to rescue people. Headed to rdu. Level of the garage are closed for maintenance. Officials tell us they are Power Washing the areas. Offlimits until april. Anna for teachers only, six strangers picked to live in the house. But they are coming up with creative ways to teach kids in the classroom. Its the first house of its kind and it is here in durham. This is what new teachers talk about when they get home from school. Anna the duke teach house, six teachers living under one roof, getting the support and encouragement to navigate a career in the classroom. Your first year is the crazy roller coaster. When those things have come up here i felt supported. I felt positive and moving. We are all thinking how can we fix and improve upon that . I like to think im in the business of growing little humans. The social aspect is huge. I think that is an incredible role to take on. Anna the network with top educators in their field. The goal is after two years these teachers are innovators, risktakers and leaders in the they are connecting with their students and making their lives better. I love the love the kids give me. Ive grown to care deeply about a lot of them. Right now this house is for people who graduate from Duke Universitys education program. Heather what a great idea. It is good to see teachers getting support. And getting excited. They are passionate. You want that to last as long as possible. Anchor macys is changing thfirst, here is amber rupinta. Reporter how would you like to go to a free yard sale . In the money saver. Heather lets go back outside the raleigh Eyewitness News center. It is windy out there. Youre going to need jackets. Folks are still wearing their scarves. Anchor abc 11 is your oscar headquarters. We are looking forward to the show sunday night and the red carpet anchor . Eight films are up for best picture. People are buzzing about chris rock as the host. Anchor live at the preparations underway. Reporter this is the oscar red carpet now. Its underneath this large thing of plastic. Its going to look at different. Celebrities, media from around the world, everyone jammed packed like sardines. The revenue not leads the pack. Mad max behind it with 10. This is the second time hosting somany cant wait to see what chris rock is going to do with his monologue. Chris rock completely throughout his original monologue and has rewritten it. Heather there is also buzz about best actor, best actress. Are you hearing of any favorites . Reporter definitely. Most people say this is dicaprio year. He has taken home so many awards, it is an outstanding performance. Many believe this is his year. Brie larson who has been winning a lot of awards for room, it is an independent film. An amazing performance. She is a shooin for best actress. Anchor in a lock on best picture . Best picture. Early on everyone thought it was the revenant. A lot of other awards. Closer to the oscars, we saw spotlight takehome the Screen Actors Guild awards. Then recently also the big short one the Producers Guild award. Guess. It is likely between those three films. I have a feeling its going to be the revenant. It was so beautifully shot. More fun to watch. Heather so many great movies to choose from. We look forward to sunday night. Anna Robin Roberts is hosting journey to the oscars here on it will feature nominees bryan cranston, brie larson and sylvester stallone. Anna we will have you covered online and on tv with the

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