this go around, unlike last week, the heaviest weather is going to pass south of us and move through the atlanta metro to wind damage, heavy winds and the midlands. that's not going to move into the charlotte area. what we are seeing more of a rain. some of it fairly heavy. you saw some heavier rain a short time ago. that's all sliding to the east. it is now through monroe and indian trail. 10:15, about 10:25 or so. north of west of charlotte, lincolnton, down toward shelby, moderate to heavier rain. the heaviest rain on the map over iredale, alexander, rain rates here upwards of an inch an hour. that is sliding to the east through conover and harmony. the good news is, it's a one and done. this rain moves out by 2:00 a.m. by the time we get up in the morning, we're clear. i'll show you what kind of chill we'll face. >> breaking news, graphic new details on a triple homicide investigation involving a well known political consultant in

>> police say that his wife confessed to killing him and two others found naked at the couple's home. new tonight, eyewitness news reporter, jenna deary learns more about the couple's past. jenna. >> reporter: erica, crystal remains behind these doors tonight at the gaston county jail. neighbors i spoke with told me the couple had a relationship, but never could they imagine the story police have revealed tonight. tonight, gaston county police are standing watch over house where police found a gruesome murder scene yesterday involving a praise gop political consultant. giovani gambino. crystal appeared in court today. hours after confessing to police she shot and killed her husband and two other people. all found dead and naked. two bodies reportedly found in a bedroom, another dragged outside.

other two victims as 33-year- old, stephanie sanchez, and 39- year-old, jeffrey gillion. investigators told our news partners the three victims met online and crystal gambino found them together before she went to her gun. the details are not only scandalous, but shocking to those who knew giovani. >> she was a personal friend of mine. i don't know what to think about that. certainly does not change my opinion or my higher regard for gio. >> the candidate, albert expressed his disbelief by phone. she was working on his campaign before he was killed. >> i don't know what he did in his private time. i don't know what he was doing on that evening of his death. as i said, he's my friend. >> police say they are still sorting out all of the relationships between everyone involved in this investigation.

there was a history of domestic issues between the gambinos. this investigation will continue to evolve and we will continue to follow it. reporting live in gaston county, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> thank you, jenna. breaking news out of indianland tonight. an 8-year-old riding a bicycle has been air lifted to cmc after getting hit by a car. this happened just after 6:00 tonight on glenn laurel drive in indian land. authorities say the child who was not wearing a helmet went through a stop sign and collided with the car. we're asking how they are doing and if the driver will face charges. tomorrow, the leader of grass roots coalition wants to meet with cmpd's chief after seeing this video. an officer throwing punches at a suspect on the ground. we showed you this first at 5:00. and community leaders told eyewitness news reporter, they certainly want answers. >> i don't like to cast a stone until i have questions answered. i did have three areas of

>> robert spent time today watching the video, which shows 17 pd officers and a trooper surrounding hit-and-run suspect, malcolm glenn elliot. in the 9 second video, you can see one officer hit elliot several times. >> it escalated to the use of force, punching the person 7, 8, 9 times. why that was needed. >> he is with safe coalition north carolina. he worked with cmpd for three years of criminal justice reform. he is concerned this may be a case of excessive force. >> i didn't see anything that showed deescalation. >> the video was taken by a neighbor at the apartments at matthews. cmpd says the suspect was involved in a hit-and-run near independence boulevard and village lake drive. a trooper went after him and cmpd responded to assist. officers say they found his blue mazda at the apartment complex and that elliot ran and

him in handcuffs. now internal affairs is investigating whether they used excessive force. >> got seven cops there. one person. is it that hard and difficult to take down one person? >> if that person is guilty, he wants swift action taken against him. a spokesperson says internal affairs is investigating. reporting from cmpd headquarters, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> and we did reach out to several city council members to see what they think about that video tonight. so far, they decided not to comment. >> breaking news tonight in just the past two hours, a judge found this woman guilty of squatting in a large south eyewitness news reporter was there in @ courtroom tonight as make her case. >> right before the judge made his ruling in just the past couple hours, we had a chance to hear on the stand. should she represented herself

today, much of the time was spent with the judge questioning her on what right she had and what proof she had to be in that home. >> i have superior knowledge on a lot of things. ultimately, the judge never got the proof he was looking for. she was found guilty on six of the seven charges against her. they stem from her arrest at this 5200 square foot home in the piper glenn neighborhood. it was a foreclosure from the bank, but she claimed there was a private agreement between the bank and something called the international indigenous trust. this case has gotten identified because she identifies as a national. they are often tied pho squatting cases as well as lengthy lawsuits against authorities. but tonight, prosecutors say this was about woman who was given a chance to leave, but refused. >> had never write whatsoever to be in that house.

avoid prison time if she supervised probation period. part of that is the demand that she not return to the home. at the mecklenburg county courthouse, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> breaking news in the last two hours tonight, the town council reinstated larry brown. hand. it's unanimous. >> some wearing shirts in you heard cheering. chief brown has been off the job for four months during a sled investigation. the council has not said what he was accused of doing. the chief spoke to channel 9 about what he plans for the future. move forward and make the

make sure ted cruz and bernie sanders picked up wins in a few states. the results now are coming in. we'll continue to stay on top of it over the next 30 minutes. >> thanks, allison. developing tonight, out of raleigh, city leaders there calling for peace after a

a drug suspect. earlier tonight, demonstrators took to the streets calling for change after the death of 24- year-old, ahkeel jenkins on monday. we are hearing police radio traffic from the moments that came after the shooting. >> shot fired right here. on e street. >> raleigh police have turned over that investigation to the fbi. tonight, that officer is on administrative leave. >> new at 11:00. channel 9 spoke with friends of this teenager killed in a crash this morning on windy grove road. cmpd said three west mecklenburg high school students were in the car when this crash happened. >> police say 15-year-old, heaven, was sitting in the backseat of this car when it went off the road and hit a tree. this afternoon, friends posted a cross where her young life ended. they hung flowers and wrote messages of love. >> i see my son suffering a lot because heaven was my son's best friend.

by the crash scene this afternoon to see if what she had heard was real. her son's best friend gone in an instant. >> i can't imagine the pain on the part of heaven's father. >> investigators tell us two other students were in the car, too, and injured along with the driver. investigators say that driver was speeding and lost control and crashed into a tree. >> break my heart. >> two classmates came by the memorial to say good-bye. they felt the need to be here. >> i didn't hang out with her that much and we didn't have a good friendship. but i felt like i needed to pay my respect. >> the school will have counselors on campus to help stints. >> six families are out of their home after a huge apartment fire. chopper 9 flew over the scene on evan port road this afternoon. several people jumped out of the windows to get to safety.

who rushed to help people get out. >> and then i heard somebody beating on the window. i busted it out and grabbed her and yanked her out. >> so far, firefighters have not determined the cause of that fire. a few minutes ago, i showed you the vast majority of the clouds. i'll show you for how long it's gone. >> new at 11:00, a community mourns the loss of a beloved couple killed in an explosion in their home. >> just the biggest loss.

lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for $399 a month only at your lincoln dealer. at your lincoln d still following that breaking news tonight for political candidates. republican presidential candidate, donald trump, and democrat candidate, hillary clinton, taking home big wins tonight after 12 states voted for the super tuesday primaries. a look here at the breakdown. both candidates swept six states. bernie sanders and ted cruz took two states each tonight. we'll stay on top of the results as the last few states wrap up their voting overnight

>> in the past four hours, a community came together to mourn the death of this beloved couple killed in an explosion at their home in cleveland county. >> eyewitness news reporter was there for tonight's vigil honoring their lives. elsa. >> reporter: it was clear from the prayers and thoughts shared here tonight that the newtons were a much loved couple and this is a close knit community. shattered by this loss. >> they were truly good friends. they'll be missed for a long time to come. >> the community packed this church tuesday evening to share prayer, tears, and hope after what has been a devastating loss. >> everybody here loves them. you know, this is a tight community as a town and just a big loss. >> there's a mighty good family, you couldn't ask for anybody to be nicer to you than what j.b. and naomi newton was. >> he lived next door to them for 45 years.

what happened at night. >> board pieces from the house have been blown in the street. >> neighbors tell me there's a huge void emotionally and physically where the newtons and their homes once stood. >> there's a loss in that corner of the place where the newton's lived. >> if there is a silver lining, they went together. >> they died 5 minutes apart. i believe that if they had a wish, they would prefer for it to have been like that. >> reporter: many of the first responders were at tonight's vigil. one firefighter spoke saying his department has already relived that night over and over again. wondering if there was anything they could have done differently. reporting live, elsa gill lis, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> channel 9 learned the community has been pushing the

improvements in that area for years. improvements. warning about a curve, see the sign shortly, but the mayor who lives right across the street from the home wants a flashing light installed there. plan to investigate if more changes need to be mode. >> right now, our chief meet rueings is tracking showers out there tonight. steve. >> while it is a band of showers with thunder, it is a very distant cousin to the system we saw push through last week with all that severe weather. over 550 reports of severe today, 43. there is still some severe weather, but it's not going to be pushing through the charlotte area this time. some light rain in and around the charlotte area. one from morrisville, one along i-50 all the way to lincolnton. you can find that all the way

about an inch an hour, that heavier rain is sliding northeast, the western shore of the lake about 11:30. mountain by a quarter to 12:00. the other band of heavy rain stretches along highway 10. northeast all the way to claire monte. this is the way it looked a short time ago. as the rain came in. wow, and it come in hard. we talked about that was the greatest risk as this came in tonight. briefly heavy rain and some gusty winds. heavier rain through stoney point, that's going to continue to slide through the northeast. taylorsville now. hour. by the time you get up tomorrow morning, it's history. unfortunately, so is the warmth. 20s across the high country and that's not the last of the issues. john ahrens. >> as that cool air moves in t

hurry. all the way through your wednesday, you're talking about wind gusts at least to 30 miles an hour and sometimes higher, up to 45 up in boone. midday, staying pretty steady at 31 miles per hour during the afternoon. we think the biggest difference this is going to make is for the windchills at the bus stop tomorrow. it's going to feel like 6 outside in boone and 10 up in jefferson by 8:00 in the morning. for the rest of the day, we have some sunshine. >> we do. we'll start with the sun first thing tomorrow, lower 40s and unlike the last couple of days, sunshine warmed us up. that is not going to be the case tomorrow. we will see sun, but not a lot of warmth. lunchtime, future cast stops, chesterfield, lancaster, charlotte will likely click 50,

to what we dealt with. davidson, chilly breeze, thermometer may say it's 50 in the afternoon. in gastonia, temperatures in the lower 50s and that gusty breeze, temperatures climb to the lower 50s tomorrow afternoon with that chilly start. next system comes at us on late thursday into friday. this one not quite as much moisture. some blue up in the mountains, there may be wet snow flakes and much like tonight, it's gone by the time you get up. and slowly we will start to warm up after several days in the 50s. 60 on sunday and i had a look at the long range guidance. 70% chance of above average temperatures from now through the 15th. while we have a cool stretch on the way, it won't last. i'm seeing signs of the 70s returning next week.

fairly cool the next few days. >> all right, revenge on winter, thanks, steve. >> breaking news that bernie sanders has won the democratic presidential caucus in colorado. marco rubio won the republican caucus in minnesota. which is his first victory there. >> channel 9 has ex=butqa*xc9 ri@9

s, a bush to ban th state lawmakers will discuss charlotte's controversial antidediscrimination ordinance when the short session starts on april 25. tim moore says six lawmakers are working on legislation that would put a statewide ban on the part of the law that allows people to use the bathroom based on the gender that they identify with. >> new at 11:00, north carolina's department of environmental quality held their first of many scheduled public hearings on coal ash clean up. the residents packed into tonight's meeting focusing on the steam station. they say duke energy is not moving fast enough on this cleanup.

duke says it did so to give resident peace of mind, they are not from the coal ash.

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first quarter, already up 10. kendall walker behind the back, lays it in. a game high 26. 6 seconds to go in the first quarter. over to al jefferson who dunks it. big al with 19. hornets up 26 at the half. when you got it, you got it. loses the handle, turns and chucks it and of course, that falls. take one more look. hornets cruise 126-92. had never before advanced to the fourth round of the playoffs, but they never had a play, many believe is the top freshman in the country. the chargers met robinson at a packed arena. namely lavar. flying in for the layup. he is the state's top junior. he had 19 points. chargers led at the half. maintain momentum.

pulls up, and hits the later, trailing in the 4th. attacking again, he'll miss, get his own rebound, put back plus the foul. the free throw would tie it. moore with 22, but it wouldn't be enough. game high 28. robinson winner 80-69. they get hickory next in the semifinals. a packed house in denver. fans turned away at the door, even former unc quarterback couldn't find a seat. standing room only. he had to get a look at future unc quarterback, flying in for the two-handed dunk. a triple-double. brother sage is the hoop for the family. he coasts in for the fast break layup. what is it with east lincoln in up tempo offenses? 85-53 the final. they stay perfect.

pick this one up late in the fourth quarter. butler trailing orlando robinson. cutting the deficit to 6. under 2 minutes to play, desperation time, nails the 3. it is not enough. pulls away at the free throw line. they get charlotte catholic in the final four. those games on saturday. >> all right, phil, thank you. breaking news, bernie sanders has won the democratic presidential caucus in minnesota tonight. that is his fourth win on this super tuesday. >> we have exclusive video of a wild motorcycle chase. the excuse the rider gave channel 9 as to

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answer t only channel 9 was there as police took this motorcycle rider into custody after a high speed chase caught on dash cam video. >> tried to pull him over for an expired tag and eventually that happened. he wiped out. he told our cameras he only ran

>> they scared me. i thought he was drawing his gun on me. >> police say someone had marijuana on him, they believe that's the real reason he took off.

a last look at our five-day last early spring, at least for a little while. >> from 73 today to 53 tomorrow. the wind blowing, it won't feel that warm. another batch of rain comes at us thursday night, gone by friday morning.

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