next on eyewitness news...a fayetteville neighborhood rocked by two shootings in one day. how it all began with a homeowner defending his property. plus-- and a gas leak forces businesses to evacuate in raleigh. eyewitness news starts right now. a gas leak in a congested area of raleigh... sending rush hour traffic into gridlock... and businesses into evacuation. and it will impact the morning commute. good evening i'm tisha powell. and i'm joel brown. around 12:30... work crews hit a gas line in the five points area... closing down a number of roads. some areas are still closed tonight.

from raleigh... any word yet on when everything will reopen? no word on that. so for the morning... know that part of whitaker mill...in front of hayes barton baptist church...is still closed. along with part of glenn avenue... near yadkin bank. everything else opened a few hours of traffic headaches... and lost business. chopper 11 hd... giving us a bird's eye view of the mess that was the five points area. crews working to stop a gas leak on whitaker mill road.. digging several holes in the pavement...to do it.... and forcing businesses to evacuate. "around one o'clock or so an at&t construction crew was boring through to lay some fiber optic cable, and inadvertently hit a

through the man hole covers, the crew had to run away and the fire dept showed up and started evacuating all the buildings." marcotte's wife owns a store in the area... and had to close. "today is a huge loss of revenue." ...while businesses at the edge of the evacuation zone sat empty.... fighting to stay in business. "we've been putting out on facebook and instagram yes we're open come on in!" anne downey is the manager at 'nofo at the pig'. she says while those evacuated from businesses nearby came here to eat... it wasn't the same. "we didn't get our usual influx of people because they couldn't access to us. getting into the five points area were closed... for hours. chopper 11 hd showing traffic backed up... and cars even turning around. ....as the work to fix the leak that caused this...continues. underwood elementary school... is less than half a mile from here. wake county schools says there was no trouble with dismissal... but the manager at nofo... said buses that usually come through the area from the school...

so... just a messy day for all in this area. new tonight... a raleigh police officer is 'out' of the hospital, tonight... after being shot and wounded in a case of 'friendly fire'. authorities say officer 'c-n chandler'--was shot by a fellow officer yesterday afternoon on 'university court' off 'lake dam road'. they were responding to a 'burglary' call... when rp encountered kennedy-madueke-- who was armed with a 'knife'. the 28-year old was shot during the incident. he 'remains' in 'critical' condition at wake med. according to a 9- 1-1 call... madueke was 'evicted' from the apartment and refused to leave. we're also learning maduekewas arrested, last year in cary... and charged with

as for the three officers... they have all been placed on administrative leave. you can read much more about this story right now on abc-11 dot-com. it's all right there on the homepage. tonight -- a pedestrian is seriously hurt -- after being hit by a car. fayetteville police posted this video to 'periscope' -- late this afternoon. it happened on 'morganton road' near the 'murray fork drive' intersection. the driver s not hurt. a 'johnston county' mother is dead... and her 8-year- old son 'recovering' this hour... after they were 'hit' by a car in 'benson'. it happened on around 8-30 this morning. our crew on the scene says the mother was walking her son to the bus stop... when they were by a kia... and were 'trapped' under the car. 34-year old maria-suarez was killed. her son, juan- almanza is being treated at wake med. charges are currently pending against the driver of the kia. tonight -- firefighters chasing down 'hotspots' in the smoky mountains. the threat not tirely over -- despite the rain. at least 'eleven' are dead after the fast- moving fire swept through gatlinburg this

people still missing... and firefighters are searching for them now. that fire coming dangerously close to dolly parton's theme park -- 'dollywood'. dolly promising '1- thousand dollars' a month to each family affected. new tonight in the governor's race... the state is giving county board of elections until 'monday'... to 're-count' 94- thousand ballots. the state board of elections made the ruling late this afternoon. plans 'detailing' the recount-- will be finalized tomorrow. this all dates back to election night... and technical problems with durham voting computers. republicans have raised 'questions'... about how those votes were tallied. as it stands now-- democrat roy- cooper currently 'leads' governor mccrory by over 10,000 votes. that's exceeds the threshold for a mandatory statewide recount.

trump "kicking off" his thank you tour in ohio. trump held a 'rally styled event' in cincinnati. he won the critical battleground state in november. tonight -- trump doubled down on many of his campaign promises. trump also announced he

james mattis to be secretary of defense. earlier in the day -- trump and vice president elect 'mike - pence' toured the 'carrier plant' in indiana. the two recently reached a deal with the company to keep a thousand jobs in the u-s from moving to mexico. the deal includes '7- million dollars' in tax incentives. expect 'rolling roadblocks' for your morning commute on the triangle expressway. the traffic slowdown will take place from '9-am.. to.. 9:15'... on 'nc-540 south' near the u-s one interchange. during this time-- be stopped on the ramp-- from u-s one north. this will allow crews to safely install three overhead signs. the roadblocks are scheduled to wrap up around one in the afternoon. today is 'world aids day'... a global time to remember those who lost their life to the disease. dozens of people gathered this evening... for a vigil at durham's central park. from there, they marched to the l- g-b-t-q center on 'hunt street'. they are looking to raise

people to get 'tested'. over 18-hundred people are living with the disease in durham county. over 70-percent of new cases from 20-13 and 20-15 were reported in gay men. we're following breaking news in fayetteville. where a neighborhood is rocked by two shootings in one day. the story begins with a 'homeowner' defending his 'house'-- and a man ending up in the hospital. now, fayetteville police are 'back' in the neighborhood on 'catalpa road'-- for a second shooting... greg barnes-- live on the scene with the latest. the same street has rattled neighbors here..police say the two shootings are not connected. earlier this evening, police say a man was wounded by a guman who opened fire in the yard of the wounded man's home. police have

while they look for clues and evidence, they say they don't have a positive id on the suspects or a motive. in the earlier shooting today, police say 31 year old timothy leham, with two gunshot wounds. when he broke into a home on catapla drive. the home-owner was in the residence, shot lehman once in the stomach. police say lehman continued advancing towards the home-owner who shot lehman a 2nd time. they say lehman fled the residence and a short-time later found at cape fear valley medical center seeking treatment. police say the home-owner 58 year old james

facing any charges. we are just we are just getting started here on eyewitness news. still to come -- carolina to cuba. steve daniels is i us the incredible struggles cubans face in their daily lives. plus -- queen city tornado. the destruction left behind when a twister touched down in southwest charlotte. and eager beaver. the mess this little guy made to christmas decorations inside this store. it's our must-see video of the night. but first... a live look outside of the raleigh eyewitness news

so we're here at the mouth of the cave that no one has set foot

look, there's signs of an ancient civilization. let me see if i can translate it. now all this looks like some type of a calendar. hi, just came down here to leave you a little note. new scratch-off tickets come out the first tuesday of every month. new scratch-offs? yea, first tuesdays. first tuesday of every month? echo... echo... fascinating. did you guys bring snacks? weather service confirming an 'ef- one' tornado touched down in 'southwest charlote' night. winds brought down trees... and lifted a home right off its foundation. a tractor trailer driver-- rushed to the hospital... when the tornado lifted his truck and blew it over. damage reports came in from the 'i-85 corridor'-- all the way down to greenville south carolina. when president obama was in havana earlier this year, he said -- his goal of improving relations between our two countries -- was to help the cuban people. steve daniels is in cuba tonight to show us what life is like for cuban families. during our visit

cuban homes -- and i know it really had an impact on a lot of you. so we decided to back... and see if anything's changed. i got a warm welcome back -- from maria de los angeles. last year, maria showed us around her tiny apartment -- with no running water.... this time the old flickers with non-stop news about fidel castro's death. and maria is no longer working as a cleaning lady... 13 13 56 sd no estas trabajando ? instead she says she's getting a government medical benefit --of less than two dollars a month. her husband elvio is making vegetable soup for lunch... and showed us the freezer - packed with meat. --nats -- upstairs... we stopped in on our other friends... from last year. arnagela is now 4. when we first met her last year, she could count to

paying off. she lives with her mom and grandmother -- daisy morales... who told me it's a sad week for her. 13 37 55 - steve: cual es son tus sentimientos sobre la muerte de fidel castro? what are your feeling about the death of fidel castro? 13 38 39 it's a feeling i can't explain. 13 39 45 translation: castro was the father of the father of the revolution and he gave us the opportunity to go to college and free medical care. they're still getting by on her daughter's salary of nine dollars month. ...still getting the same amount of groceries -- in their food ration booklet. 13 44 10 pasa hambre? no. they're not hungry here. 13 44 35 she has chicken and beef and pork and even some ice cream. r and daisy get estas vendiendo fruta fresca? and they can buy fresh fruit from jose luis. 14 15 30 steve: you get this whole thing for 50 cents. despite the austere existence -- maria's house is full of joy. ...she wanted to dance... but we had

during castro's mourning period. i've been reminded here in havana this week, the cuban people are really welcoming... and full of happiness.... and waiting to see what happens between our two countries... in the months ahead. tisha and joel... steve will be in cuba through tomorrow.. for special coverage of fidel castro's death. watch for his report starting at five. it's one of the 'biggest' nights of the year at fort bragg. 'tree lighting' ceremony... the unofficial kick-off to the holiday season. fort bragg's family of the year--army specialist coy- hill-- his wife, and their young son... helped flip the big switch-- lighting up the 30- foot tall live christmas tree at the 'main post' parade field. the tree is decorated with 'unit insignias' of the different commands at fort bragg. this year, many soldiers say this christmas is special... because they are home with their families.

on the 'national' stage. president obama, the first lady, and daughter, sasha... flipped the switch on their eighth and final national tree lighting. it's the 94th year of the event. in his remarks, the president said he hopes the season serves as a time to honor jesus' message to 'forgive each other'.. and 'love one another-- even our enemies.' now to the big board and the must-see video of the night. mexico-- with a pretty spectacular volcano eruption. the popocatepetl volcano-- better known as 'el popo'... is spewing law and ash... the volcano belched up water vapor, gases, ash and lava fragments. several nearby towns experienced ash rain... but no one was hurt. this little guy-- having big 'fun' with a giant 'ball'. this is 'basil'-- a miniature horse-- who lives in the united kingdom. he loves his

see-- he's getting plenty of exercise with it... an eager beaver-- wanting to get a jump on christmas shopping in southern maryland... a beaver made its way into a store-- and started pulling christmas decorations from shelves and throwing them to the ground. police and animal control showed up to "arrest" the beaver, but not before snapping some pictures. the beaver is now with a wildlife

continue to build into the region tonight, and the cool dry air will allow temperatures cool back to near normal levels. temperatures will fall into the 30s tonight under a clear sky, and despite plenty of sunshine tomorrow, highs will be in the mid and upper 50s. it will remain dry on saturday, with sunshine and some clouds and highs in the middle 50s. the next storm system will bring some wet weather sunday afternoon or night. high be in the low 50s. have a great

holidays. up next-- the special christmas gift two women in wake county are receiving and what makes this project so unique. two women in ? think of your fellow man. ? ? lend him a helping hand. ? ? put a little love in your heart. ? ? take a good look around... ? ? ...and if you're lookin' down, ? your heart. ? ?put a little love in your heart.? ? in your heart. ? (avo) the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety million dollars

wake county will have homes for the holidays. it's all thanks to habitat for humanity of wake county. this evening, they dedicated homes to omega-smith and ronea-hopkins on 'skinner drive' in raleigh. they're just two of the 60 homes is building this year. to make this project even more unique--both homes were funded 'primarily' by 'women'. construction on the homes began in late august. this is the 7th year that habitat wake has participated in "women build". the carolina

schools'-- affected by hurricane matthew. the panthers say the money was given to nearly a dozen athletic programs... to replace and repair equipment, supplies and athletic infrastructure. two of the schools are in our area---clinton high and lumberton high school. coming up next in sports.... nailbiter in boston and nc central hoops played with a heavy heart tonight but first - acc big ten challenge in women's hoops... nc state handled its business tonight vs indiana... dominique wilson scored 18 of her 23 before the half as the pack won by 14... the other scores... duke romped and

boston tonight trying once again to shake off a come from ahead loss vs the rangers on tuesday... the way they play - goals are at a premium... so leads need to be locked down... to td garden we go... the hometown boy would make good...noah hanifin having an up and down season so far we'll put this squarely in the up column... pp - hanifin w/ the slapper... beats former cane anton khudobin... look at hanifin's family going nuts - that's awesome.. canes led 1-zip

and you know where this is going... torey krug punches it past cam ward.... ot - bruins try to end it... but ward makes a great stop in the shootout... jeff skinner needing a goal... he didn't get a goal bruins win it 2-1 in the shootout... n-c central honored their late chancellor debra saunders- white with a tribute before the game.. heavy hearts at the started -- patrick cole knocks down the spot up three from the corner. later -- good pressure on defense by c-j wiggins to get the steal. he finshed the one-man fast break with the bucket. and then wiggins dishing out a beautiful no look pass to pablo rivas for the easy deuce central with the blowout... 92-55 time now for your c-w 22 game of the week. jamie:

round of the playoffs, and there are several big games this friday involving area teams, including a rematch between crosstown rivals wake forest and heritage. wake forest coach reggie lucas: i always say the cap-8 is one of the strongest conferences in the, in the state. and i think we're seeing that in the playoffs with us left and heritage in there. but also it tells you about the talent of kids we have around wake forest. the kids are familiar with each other so they're gonna come out with great emotion, great intensity, and it should make for a great ballgame. jamie: in his second year wit dewayne washington has led the huskies to their first two playoff wins. heritage coach dewayne washington: you know, i think our guys have earned the right to be here, and we'll go out friday and give it our best shot. that's for sure. oh, they're the best around. there's no question about it. you know, they've been to two out of the last three state championships for a reason. they're an excellent, excellent football team. they're familiar with us, we're familiar with them. but it's still gonna come down to execution at the end of the day. jamie: go to raleighcw.com for extended interviews. we'll see you next

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