Plus, what were learning about the College Football season. Saved by a viewer. The tv news anchor undergoing surgery today thanks to what a viewer spotted on her neck. Close call, new details on Simon Cowells bike crash and how bad it could have been. Grab and go, the viral video that has this sneaky little seagull on one stores most wanted list. Good Tuesday Morning, everyone. We begin with that shooting outside the white house. President trump was briefly evacuated from a press briefing after he learned about the shooting and overnight we received new video of the chaotic scene outside the white house grounds. Were also learning more about the suspect. He and a secret Service Officer were taken to the hospital. Abcs reena roy has the new information. Reporter this morning, new details in the officer involved shooting that sent the white house into lockdown. The suspect approached the officer and told the officer he had a weapon. Reporter police say a 51yearol t suspecturd around, ran
There, the sheriff says the suspect shot one person in the parking lot before going into the facility and shooting 15 people. The gunman was an employee. The sheriff addressed how officers ended the violence. Gunfire was exchanged between Law Enforcement and the shooter. And Law Enforcement shot and killed. Again, the shooter is among the dead. The Sheriffs Office has not identified him. They say he used an Assault Rifle in the attacks and also had a pistol on him. Well keep you updated as new details come in tonight. We are following breaking news out of uptown charlotte where in the past 90 minutes, channel 9 was there as police took this man to jail on charges that he killed his 82 yearold mother. We first reported erwins since then, Charlotte Mecklenburg police have been questioning him about this two yearold case. An Eyewitness News reporter, Dashawn Brown was outside Police Headquarters when Police Brought him out. Police say there are a will the of moving parts in this investiga
Employees here some very serious instructions. The important thing is to check your vaccination record. Know the status of your vaccine. If youve had one, get a second. Its recommended if youre exposed. The vaccination, it will not help if youve been exposed. But itll help in the future. And anyone that gets vaccinated. If you contract it, your symptoms are so muchchmore mild. In an effort to keep this from spreading, the Health Department is warning people who think they have symptoms and work at the facility to not come to work. Well tell you about the other cases that are being investigated by Health Care Workers here in Iredell County and in other areas near charlotte. Reporting live from mooresville, tina terry, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Even if youve had the mumps vaccine, the cdc says you can still get the virus. People who have received two doses of the vaccine are nine times less likely to get it than somebody who has not been vaccinated. About the mumps and what you wsoctv.
About the incident which surprised them. When there were robberies at 7 11 or walgreens, we would still get notifications. Officials told channel 9 they werent told about it either. Its not known if the victim was a student but she told police she exercised in the area all the time. You dont expect a man to run behind you at 2 00 in the afternoon when youre running down the street. The suspect tonight is described as a tall black man about 63 wearing a black jacket and a panthers cap. The Surveillance Video from the Family Trust Federal Credit Union shows the suspect and the victim walking in the business a few moments apart. Rock hill police told me earlier today theyll have to go to court and get a subpoena to get that Surveillance Video. I talked to family trust this afternoon. They told me theyre not going to do that. Theyll release the video as soon as they can. Greg suskin, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Another major story that were following. The tragedy at a factory in kansas wher
State trying to pass the same type of nonDiscrimination Ordinance and lawmakers are working to reverse it in charlotte and stop it from happening any where else. All those in favor raise your hand. With that vote, Charlotte City leaders made it against the law for businesses and taxis to discriminate against members of the Lgbt Community and use the bathrooms of their choice. They also went against the governor. What are you going to do now. As i warned and as i expected, we all ready have state legislators working on legislation for april to reverse what the city council did. In a one on one interview, governor pat mccrory said he believes allowing trans gender people to use the bathroom of their choice is a violation of privacy and over reach so hes stepping in. I think they cross the common sense threshold of sense of privacy and security. That we all expect. We learned the state could take four routes. Strike the entire ordinance, strike part of it. Pass a conflicting law or put it