the suspect was working on a car and fired first but it is unclear who fired the fatal shot. the suspect later died at the hospital and no officers were injured. the activity had a lot of residents on edge. >> to determine why he was in south carolina. >> it was scary more or less. we locked all of our doors to make sure there was, like, nobody escaped or anything since we are in the middle. we have been fine. >> reporter: his identity and details of the investigation are expected to be released tomorrow morning. the richland county sheriffs are taking the lead on the case. i reached out to the houston police department and am waiting to hear back. we will keep you updated online and on air. >> thank you. a boulevard is shut down both ways.

reports of somebody in the water. details are limited at this time. we have a crew on the scene. we will bring you more information as it becomes available. >> reporter: police are looking for the second suspect involved in an armed robbery at next up barber shop. last friday two armed masked gunman entered demanding cash from everybody in there. the place was filled with people however a customer pulled out a up with start -- weapon and started shooting, the barber pulled out a weapon and started shooting as well. one gunman was shot and the other got away. >> kids were in here, screaming and crying. stuff like that.

i was waiting for them to do something wrong, slip. you know. >> the identity of the suspect is expected to be revealed tomorrow. no charges will be filed against the customer or the barber who fired the shots. concealed weapons, december was the busiest month for gun sales. the fbi says 50,000 south carolinians bought guns or concealed weapons. the president indicated he would seek to tighten gun control measures this year. some people's requests are refused and some people buy more than one gun. 4 months since the flood damaged pierce creek church road in richland county, it appears there is progress being made to fix it. news 19's mary sturgill has more.

the road should be and that has people who travel that route concerned. he is one of 10,000 people who before the october flood used that road every day. >> emergency services. police, fire, ems that can't get through, school buses. i thought i would see what i could do. >> reporter: they held a meeting with community members, dhec and d.o.t. >> the good news is, everybody was in the room that could do something. >> plan was made to get the flow of traffic back open. she in charge of all the road prepares. [ indiscernible ] the purpose of the pipes is to carry the water underneath the road into the creek. >> reporter: that is in addition to the culvert that is already there. four contractors have come out to assess how to make the repairs and they will give their bids to d.o.t. on wednesday.

will issue an emergency contract. >> they know in the future our road will be repaired. >> reporter: mary sturgill, news 19 wltx. >> we are told whoever the contractor is could begin working next monday. the road is on the list of roads to be widened with the penny sales tax money. a family affected by the flood received a gift today. cool care heating and air donating a new heating and air system. they are working together to help families who are in need of getting new systems. they will provide six in the midlands with new units. they expect all to be up and running by next month. now, the midlands most accurate forecast with meteorologist daniel bonds. >> we started off cold. 28 degrees columbia. but we warmed up this

a high temperature of 60 degrees. normal high temperature for today is 57 degrees. records will be safe, 81 and 11 set in 2014. mid-40s tonight. with the exception of columbia, 51 degrees. for tonight we are expecting lows into the middle 30s. mostly clear tonight and then tomorrow we are expecting more clouds across the area. a nice breeze at 5 to 10 miles per hour. it will warm us up to the middle 60s. a great day for tomorrow. we will look that forecast inclueding the seven-day forecast coming up in a few wants -- including the seven- day forecast coming up in a few minutes. cadets pictured wearing white pillowcases over their heads have been dismissed or receiving punishment tonight. some felt the images resembled the kkk.

they were ordered by upper classman to sing while addressed in the out-foots. the group -- outfits. they plan to increase training for the cadets. the jury trial for jack parker and his business partner wrapped up two hours go. parker is the father of the man convict offend killing his wife and his partner. they faced charges in 2013. he was convicted but it was over turned because of misconduct sending the case back to district court. jurors heard from 10 witnesses today and they will hear from three tomorrow and then closing arguments. schools would have more people with guns protecting their children, that is

but not everybody thinks it is a good idea. >> the bill would create new school protection officers to add another layer of protection to help school resource officers. school protection officers would be teachers or any school employees who go through a training program. they could carry guns if they had concealed weapons permits. >> the crooks have guns so we have to have them too so i think it is a good idea. i hope it passes. >> reporter: but he worries about having guns in schools. >> at the end of the day or in between classes teacher can lay their pistol down anywhere, in their drawer, kids could get a hold of it. anything could go wrong like that. k-12, kids are curious. >> reporter: he introduced a similar bill in 2012 that would have allowed teachers to carry on campus if they wanted.

over concerns of a lack of training so this bill adds the training. he says if this passes no one would know who might have a gun at school which would make them less of a target but it will face opposition. >> what about the students who may decide they have a gun i am going to get it. that is a huge concern of mine as a parent. >> reporter: robert kittle news 19 wltx. >> school boards would have to have hearings to decide. teachers or employees would have to volunteer for the responsibility. on your side tonight, ask a lawyer phone bank, ready to answer your questions. joyce koh is standing by with attorneys and those phones they have been ringing non-stop. >> reporter: ringing non-stop. they are on the phone constantly. as soon as they hang up they

i am joined by cal. what kind of questions are you getting? you said there are a lot of property questions? >> property questions, domestic questions. insurance questions. all sorts of consumer type questions. it is been an interesting day. >> reporter: how many questions have you gotten? how many callers? >> about 15 calls of 5 or 10 minutes each. it is been interesting. >> reporter: sometimes legal advice could be expensive and this is a way for people to call and not have to pay, getting legal advice for free. what is the benefit for you doing this? >> we are all in the same law firm and this is our 20th anniversary. we are doing 20 service projects and this one is of them. we feel like the community has been so good to us we want to give back. we make a small dent in the legal needs tonight.

awareness for the need for more pro bono. >> reporter: thank you so much. they will be here for another half hour. you have till 7:30 p.m. to give them a call. they are hear till 7:30 p.m. back to you. >> all right. thank you so much. still ahead the panthers getting ready for super bowl 50.

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over as they are now getting ready for the broncos. in preparation for the super bowl. ron rivera spokoktoday saying it is important for the guys to remember why they have worked so hard all season. >> they have earned it. they deserve it. but the focus -- what we are playing for, that is to win it. not about getting there. about winning it. >> panther nation is fired up. send us your pictures showing your support. wearing a t-shirt or a hoody, we will post the pictures on our website www.wltx.com. by the way, if you are thinking about going to the game, the price for a super bowl ticket was over $5,300 after the game last night. according to ticket tracking website. the price for a seat dipped to

tickets, who needs a ticket? we have the best ticket for you. you can watch the game right here on news 19 wltx. last night a fan got to meet one of the players after luke kuechly's pick six, he celebrates by high fiving spectators and that is when one fan falls over the stands. it wasn't that bad. luke kuechly did help him back up and as we mentioned we have the best ticket for you for the super bowl, it is right here. we have all the pre-game coverage and the game itself. it is less than two weeks away on sunday, february 7. daniel bonds, i know you are rooting for the carolina panthers? >> i think i will. i remember their first season back in 1995. as far as weather is concerned, a great day tomorrow.

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(phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates, answer the call already. now, the midlands most accurate forecast with meteorologist daniel bonds. >> good monday evening to you. a pleasant day. made it to the upper 50s to 60 degrees in the city. sun has gone down. 48 degrees sumpter. the cool spot right now orangeburg 45 degrees. we have high pressure off the north carolina coast. keeping our weather dry and we are seeing a southwest flow. going to notice it tomorrow. winds out of the southwest will

we will watch the system towards the west. that will bring us a chance for rain mid-week. high pressure off the coast, we expect dry condition for tomorrow. you can see right now, a few clouds across the area. not expecting rain tonight. rain chances will be croon creasing -- will be increasing. clear skies now. tomorrow partly cloudy skies. into the over night hours of tuesday clouds build in and tomorrow night there will be small chance of isolated showers. better chance of rain wednesday and wednesday afternoon. temperatures tonight, warmer than this morning. looking for lows falling into the mid-30s. this morning 28 degrees. we will be warmer than what we saw to start off monday. tuesday afternoon temperatures warmer. highs in the middle 60s or so. 65 degrees columbia and lexington. 64 aiken.

this is what we are expecting. pleasant day tomorrow. rain likely wednesday. 55 degrees. continuing to see a few learning showers on thursday. 47 degrees. once the rain ends the weather improves. 59 degrees friday. partly cloudy skies. and the weekend, right now pleasant 64 degrees on saturday. even warmer by sunday. 66 degrees. and maybe by monday we will be in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. very mild conditions on the way. get outside and enjoy it. >> thank you. tomorrow molina healthcare is giving away blankets and guvs to keep people warm and will be talking to people about winter safety. kids first will also be on hand. at st. johns baptist church from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or till supplies last. all right. still ahead, when we come back, your favorite artists from the

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