there, who say crime has gone up. one woman told us she was afraid to talk to the media because she feared she would be the next victim. another neighbor told us it's time to move. we have continuing coverage tonight. >> reporter: barrington drive was lit up with flashing lights tuesday night. police arrived on scene, shortly after sierra ferguson says she found her boyfriend shot and bleeding on a sidewalk. we spoke with ferguson today by phone, she was at the hospital where brown is now recovering. >> they told me the surgery went great. >> reporter: several people we talked to today were so afraid for their lives they did not want to go on camera because they were afraid of some sort of retaliation against them. that's the sense of fear we kept finding in the communities. in fact, one woman told us today because of the violence in her neighborhood, she's ready to move. >> it's time for me to move. move from over here. because it's rough wherever you

>> reporter: like the other shootings tuesday, the gunman at brooktree drive has not been arrested. caldwell has a message for the shooter. >> get your life together. get it together and turn it over to god. that's the only way you're going to get it together. these guns, shootings, carrying on needs to stop. >> that was brody o'connell reporting. go to wbtv.com to read more about the investigation into the shootings. you'll also find our interview with a mother of five who was shot in the hand. the bullet still lodged in her hand tonight. why the woman says she lives in fear. new on prime time, an accused m.s.13 member pleaded guilty in court today. danielle navarro was one of 16 men rounded up by cmpd officers, fbi and investigators with homeland security last may. their charges range from re-entering the country after being deported after a conviction and others include

navarro faces seven counts and a maximum of life in prison if found guilty. when navarro last june, he said he was inspect. another accused gang member caesar perez entered a plea deal. both men's pleas will now have to be approved by the district judge. tonight a very troubling case of a teenager allegedly lured into a group beating. even worse it was caught on camera. police say other teens pulled out their phones and recorded it. snowflake -- some of them heard in the background laughing. i want to warn you, the video it's hard to watch. wbtv on your side anchor brigida mack has the story new on prime time. >> reporter: the cell phone video is grainy, but police say it shows a 16-year-old girl attacked by what appears to be another teenage girl. moments later two other girls join in on the beating. >> this is the first time in her life she's ever been in a fight. she had no idea what was going

family friend of mattie , the girl who suffered life-threatening injuries in the fight. he's speaking on behalf of mattie and her family as she recovers from a ruptured spleen, fractured ribs and internal bleeding. >> there's a community responsibility here. parents aren't pay attention to what's going on with their kids. kids have the wrong impression that violence is okay. and if you get facebook likes you're more popular than somebody else. >> reporter: this is the alley way, an area where police say the fight took place. gallon's police chief says multiple people recorded the incident on their cell phones. he calls the fight disturbing on many levels. >> everybody had the cell phone in their hand and was willing to videotape it, but not one of them was willing to call 911. there were plenty of people there to stop it and they chose not to. >> reporter: thris -- police are still trying to identify the participants and the roles in the fight. the family is doing whatever

>> the physical scars will emotional ones do. recovery. >> reporter: brigida mack, wbtv on your side for prime time. >> mattie's mom says she's hopeful she will be able to week. in a statement, she said society has reached a point where everyone wants to be the first to get something on social media, instead of being the first one to get help. there are consequences for actions, but there should also be consequences for inaction when someone is in danger. new on prime time, charlotte-mecklenburg police are looking for a man accused of punching a 250e7b and a 3-year-old child. -- a teen and 3-year-old child. patio court. we're told another teen was pushed in the attack and the man phones. we checked with police today and we're told the suspect and the victims knew each other. new on prime time, blue cross blue shield could soon

our news partners at the "charlotte observer" report state insurance commissioner wayne goodwin plans to send the maximum possible fine to the insurer for administrative failures. goodwin says his agency has gotten over 8,700 calls and 1,900 formal complaints against the insurance company. goodwin is now asking anyone who has experienced problems this year to contact his office, so he and his staff can come up with a financial penalty against blue cross and blue shield. a live look through our h.d. towercam on this wednesday evening and i keep focusing in on the little temperature at the bottom of the screen. is it still really in the low 70s? >> yes, it is, maureen. now we've just hit 69 out at the international airport. we'll show you that coming up in just a minute. but have a look at your doppler radar as we wait for this system out over the middle of the country to come towards the

looks like it will be here perhaps over the weekend. but it is devastating down there right now. they could see up to 20 inches of rain, which is the equivalent of a landfalling major hurricane. now where is this going to be in the next few hours? very little progress, so the carolinas in the clear. the number at metro school is 71. your weather net, we had a nice sunset and there's your hour-by-hour forecast, 69 at 9:00 and 62 at 11:00. all right. we'll track that system that is out over the middle of the country. let you know when the worst of it gets here in your first alert forecast. >> okay. we'll be watching for that, eric. up next on prime time, a dad wants further punishment after his teen daughter was recorded changing her clothes in a school locker room. plus, a tiger, yes, that is a tiger caught in traffic. we'll tell you where this happened. and he's 4 years old but only been communicating half his life. hear what final inspired him to speak just ahead.

we're back in just 90 seconds. >> now on prime time, a look at today's most notable video in the big three. this is what you think it is. it is a tiger in traffic. drivers in qatar got it all on video. they were, of course, shocked to see the tiger cub on the loose walking in between cars.

caught, but we do not know how this little guy got loose. >> good morning. keep pounding! >> charles johnson posted this video to twitter after resigning with the panthers this week. this is the defensive end's son showing his excitement. johnson tweeted that he had a late night, including some apple juice and he missed the signing. this is a look at a solar eclipse from nasa. it happens when the moon moves directly between earth and the sun. the next total solar eclipse is expected to happen in august of 2017. some people in the u.s. will be able to see it, according to nasa. still to come on prime time, hear from a dad who is just outraged tonight after his daughter was recorded changing her clothes in a locker room. even worse that video was then shared on social media. why he says the punishment doesn't fit the crime.

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>> maureen: more about a county. 15 unvaccinated students will have to miss school for nearly a month. five children at pop

have the chickenpox virus and all had been vaccinated. the county health director has ordered unvaccinated kids to stay out of the school and in quarantine for 21 days. time now from a look -- time now for a look at what's trending tonight. today a man and woman are in jail after deputies in alexander county say they were spotted trying to bury a body. scie 3 -- sky 3 flew over the scene in the ellendale community. deputies say a neighbor saw a car on the property of an abandoned house. when they responded, they found the man and the woman there. a father is demanding harsh punishment after a video of his daughter undressing is posted on social media. police in decatur, alabama, a middle school student recorded the 13-year-old while she was changing in the locker room. then that child posted that on snapchat.

that's not enough for the victim's dad. >> anything that could happen. that child could shove my daughter through a window, anything could happen. there's kids that have killed themselves for stuff like this. and it's serious to me. >> no criminal charges have been filed in the case. but student resource officers we are told are investigating. the now former president of charlotte's lgbt chamber of commerce resigned after coming under fire by the conservative group n.v. values coalition. the group made note that he is on the sex offender list. our news partners at the "charlotte observer" report chad severance was arrested in 1998 at the age of 20 and charged with a lewd act, committing or attempting a lewd act upon a child under 16. those were the charges. the scrutiny came around the time charlotte city council passed the city's

what many people have called the bathroom bill. for more on these stories and others, go to our facebook page, make sure to "like" the page and click on the links. here's a look at our prime time pick and this comes from andrea with the caption, downtown morganton, #smalltowncharm. certainly a cute town it is. post your picture on instagram with the #wbtv and me and we could use yours here. make sure to follow us. we're on instagram wbtv on your some parents might get a little frustrated when a child cries too much or talks too much. but one woman could only pray her son would make any kind of noise. 4-year-old a.j. has autism. and for the first half of his life, he didn't communicate at all. his mother says that has changed now and wait until you hear what she says changed it. chris incident hample -- kristin

>> reporter: how autism affected a little boy for more than half of his life. a.j. didn't speak, he didn't even make sounds. >> i so desperately wanted to just hear what he sounded like. >> reporter: his mom tried everything for her son. then one day during a therapy session, something changed. >> >> he was having a bad day. wasn't really getting much out of it. and so the therapist said let's just take a break and we let him play basketball. >> reporter: the therapist watched a.j. for a few minutes and then decided to continue while he was playing basketball. >> i'll tell anyone he loved basketball before he was born. >> what color is this? >> red. >> red. high five! >> you just start to see his personality start to wake up as he's playing. >> reporter: his mother says the game of basketball has helped her find her son.

emotions going on inside. and playing basketball kind of made it all come to center. >> i want the number four. >> look here. >> reporter: today his five-word vocabulary has exploded. >> him being able toexpress his wants and needs is big. >> reporter: for his therapist it's huge. for his mother, it's the whole world. >> most parents are like hey, be quiet, be quiet quiet. to have him talk, you can ask my family. never once have i once said a.j. be quiet. i'll never say that because i quiet. >> i know. we're going to leave. >> reporter: in lancaster county with the good news, side. >> >> maureen: and you can see what a great mom she is and hats off to that therapist, too. who helped him. kristin is always looking for good news to share.

@wbtv.com and i had a chance to talk to her about a.j. he's going to be going to the harlem globetrotters game and he is going to be really excited about that when they're at the halton arena. coming up in march. >> eric: they'll throw the bucket of water, which turns out to be confetti. they're hilarious. all right. good story. >> maureen: let's talk about the system, eric. i guess our weekends might have a little bit of an impact? >> eric: yes, maureen. it certainly will weaken and if you've been hearing us at all during the day today, you've gotten a score on this system. it is devastating. the amount of rainfall down here right now is well over a foot. especially in north louisiana and it looks like that this could add up to more than 20 inches of rain. if you look to the south, there's more and more coming in that pipeline. and so it's a very scary situation for the folks down there. we already have reports of fatalities and if they hit say that 20-inch rainfall mark, which is likely, keep in mind

rainfall you might expect with a landfalling major hurricane. so again this is a big, big story that we'll continue to watch. of course, eventually some of that rain, that's pretty clear. so it is going to start working its way towards the carolinas. in the meantime, your scott clark nissan honda h.d. towercam. here it is. it's a quiet evening. we're not going to deal with that rain yet. but we are enjoying this mild weather. how about that 69 degrees. the average high temperature this time of the year is 61 degrees. well, look when we'll hit that tonight. midnight will be our average high temperature. very impressive and you'll see if you're heading out, you unlikely will need a jacket. it's just that mild. all right. meantime, we'll get back to the futurecast. the rain continues to roll over the same states, louisiana, it arkansas, texas. and then working its way into the ohio valley. but you'll see overnight tonight through thursday morning, maybe some morning clouds around, but overall no rain just yet.

fair skies and mild and here's what it looks like. charlotte and vicinity, 59 degrees. boy, what a mild start that is. all right. one more time. your futurecast will start you again. here's your clock. thursday morning just a few clouds around. but the rainfall itself still well off to the west. getting a bit closer now. working its way across northern alabama and also central sections of tennessee. but for our part, just another mild day. we'll call it 73. through the noon hour, we'll take you right back up to 77 at 7:00. now look at this. you'll see the first line of rain that i just pointed out over alabama is really running out of gas. the upper level support is still i think a -- anchored. the lines of showers will be over top us and all of a sudden just evaporate. but eventually we will start to be on the lookout for that rain. it doesn't look like much at this point perform and it's still a ways off, even during the day on friday. but a couple of showers could eject out ahead of it, but the

now of any sustained variety, i until sunday. friday. some showers in here saturday. but the real core of the rain looks like it's in here sunday. the upper level low, then on the way monday and we'll start afternoon. temperatures will be steady in the 70s, all the way across the board. all right. that's the way it is right now. stay tuned.

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>> maureen: two childrenful voluntaried in a crash in lincoln county yesterday are out of the hospital tonight. their mother candice holmes was killed. you see her there with her boy, one of her boys. the crash happened on highway 150 as holmes was taken the kids to school. today we talked to the family's pastor. the two boys are out of the hospital he told us and they are expected to be okay. the driver of the truck that hit the family van was served with a misdemeanor by vehicle charge. new on prime time, a south carolina lawmaker is pushing a bill that would allow guns on public and private college campuses. the bill would allow those with

bring guns on public and private campuses, as long as the colleges give the okay. and we want to take a live picture right now as people look on there in simi valley, california. nancy reagan, of course, passed away and here are people at the visitation as she lies in repose there. this has been going on for quite some time today. obviously they're three hours earlier than us out there. day today. right now it slowed down a little bit. traffic there. but a lot of people paying their respects to her and a lot of the work that she did. >> eric: a historical figure in our country. backbone of president reagan. >> maureen: yep. she worked to hard in the end of her life to work with alzheimer's as he, of course, suffered with it in the end of his life. >> eric: sorry to see her go. >> maureen: let's say good night. we don't have much time for weather. we'll be tracking it on air and

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