transparency for the public. >> reporter: representative rodney moore said he may draft ledge sleagz for more transparency but more concerning is the video. >> he was clearly under control and this officer looks like he lost his cool. >> reporter: they are investigating whether the officer used excessive force and until then, they are staying tight lipped until cmpd conducts the investigation. the talking points include that cmpd has demonstrated commitment to holding officers accountable. views on this vary in the court and in public opinion. >> should comply with the rules. today, societies we don't have to. >> just because you get a badge and a gun don't mean you can go

you want to do. you know? >> reporter: we have asked and the department is not releasing any names and have not said whether anyone is involved during this internal investigation. >> channel 9 was there when the suspect malcolm elliott arrived home. he wouldn't talk to us but the father told us that the family hired an attorney. his mother said she was outrageed by what the officer did and she wants to see a could you please -- copy of the body camera. >> the police officers apprehended my son, but my son is very tall but thin. >> a law firm has confirmed that they were retained to look

comment. you can hear what a police expert has to say about that video on our home page. we're following breaking news out of charlotte's south end neighborhood. shots were fired at a burger king on south boulevard at gray stone road. the crime scene has shown up to a burger king. we have brought you pictures from chopper 9 for the past hour. officers have two people in custody. no one was hit. we have asked what led up to the shooting. all new at 6:00, prosecutors share insight into what they think may have led to the deadly officer-involved shooting at the north lake mall on christmas eve. the gun may have been to avenge the shooting that paralyzed his brother. a police officer shot and

fired at others at the mall, targeting the suspect involved here from last november. that shooting paralyzed his brother and left a second man seriously injured. the possible connection to the shooting was revealed during the bond hearing today. he is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder. the 911 calls about a triple murder in gaston county mentioned adultery and covering up the crime. ken lemon has been working on the story all day and he breaks it down for us tonight. >> reporter: i spoke to one man who said giovanni gambino called him and said he was afraid that his wife would kill him. police say hours later, they found gambino and two other people dead.

with the murder of her husband, giovanni, and this morning, she faced the court for the murders of geoffry gilliland and stephanie sanchez. all were found naked and shot. sanchez was found outside of the home. >> it's not common at all. >> reporter: crystal went to tell a relative calmly what happened after the shooting. one of them called 911. the caller said that crystal took sanchez's body outside and put it on a burn pile.

>> reporter: gambino was a campaign director. >> this was not not the man that i knew. >> reporter: the da is not waste anything time and wants to take the case to the grand jury on monday morning. i'm ken lemon, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> and you can listen to the entire 911 call at wsoctv.com. we have posted it with ken's story on the home page. city leaders are considering tackling health issues more and might consider expanding smoking bans to all workplaces and increasing the price of tobacco and cut down on teen pregnancy. the primaries will be the first election where the new voter id law is from effect. if you don't have an id yet, you might be out of luck. it takes 10-14 days to get an id.

can contact the state board of elections. super tuesday is in the books already. donald trump and hillary clinton walked away as the clear winners. david muir will be breaking down how the race is shaping up after our news at 6:00. we reported on monday as breaking news that dr. mary ellis said she would retire days after the fbi and fda closed the investigation into school laptops. she'd not face charges. we were told once the board members decide on a date for a special meeting, they will decide on the next step to find a new district leader. the city of charlotte and firefighter could face a lawsuit. there was evidence that a retaliated against. they investigated the claims

allison, you have more on the findings? >> reporter: erica, they found sufficient evidence to establish a violation of the law may have occurred and tonight, charlotte fire union leaders and a councilmember are responding. crystal eschert claims that the charlotte fire department fired her for voicing concerns over a cfd building, saying she made an inappropriate post online. she was asked to respond through personal e-mail. a review by the department of labor said "quote, this seems extremely unusual and shady. and the dol calls the timing between her concerns and determination, quote, highly suspicious. >> we don't believe she was treated fairly.

other people in the same situation. >> reporter: charlotte firefighters' union worked with her in her unsuccessful termination appeal, the only employee to be fired over social media. >> the city council if they have the purview to look at this and say, hey, we need to look at how this affects taxpayers's money. >> reporter: the city has spend spent $300, -- has spent 300,000 so far. wasn't conchoosive. it didn't guide us that well. we have incurred legal costs. up. >> reporter: leaders say they tried to negotiate but did not reach a settlement. the fire department has not responded. findings like this are pretty rare for the dol.

found merit and issued "right to see" letters in 3% of their cases. erica? >> thank you, allison, and you can read the report on our website at wsoc v.com. mecklenburg county health officials are asking people to stay away away from little sugar creek because the areas are contaminated and the county is investigating what caused this. tonight, we're asking if anyone will be charged in a deadly pedestrian accident in york county that happened yesterday evening south of rock hill on u.s. 21 near marine drive. authorities say that the driver, willie small, hit a person walking. police have not identified the victim. now, an update about a road rage shooting in kannapolis. police have turned over the

county district attorney who will decide if robert andrews will face criminal charms. saturday morning, police say that andrews was rear ended and argued with ryan barrett in the car behind him. barrett is still recovering in the hospital. here comes winter again. we are running about 20 degrees cooler than this time year. when we get the warmth back and the days in between. . >> they lost everything in a house fire and they had insurance but can't build a

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every day, for life. a cabarrus county family lost their house in a fire. they had insurance but say they can't rebuild a home like the one they had because of a clerical error. >> we are live in concord with more on what they believe amounts to a $100,000 mistake. jason? >> reporter: scott, this comes down to square footage. apparently, someone without the wrong square footage on the insurance policy. no one noticed. years passed and take a look. this happened, the big fire,

have far less money to rebuild. the family watched as their log cabin went up in flames. >> all of it. >> reporter: the family survived but lost three pets and many memories. gone. you willa the -- all the videos are gone, scrapbooks, everything is gone. >> reporter: amplegy said that the home was 3100 square feet and their insurance policy listed it as just 1800. >> what a lot of people don't realize is when the square footage is wrong, everything else is wrong, too. >> reporter: the company paid out less than she expected. >> we'll have a home but it won't be our dream home like we had. >> reporter: an insurance, not tied -- agent, not tied to the case said there is not much to do.

the time of the loss, the consumer will 9 times out of 10 take the loss. >> reporter: you can't go back and make changes, but right now, you can sue but there is no guarantee you will win. >> the insurance agents will be held to a higher standard in court. >> reporter: the family wants others to avoid the same costly mistake. now, it's easy enough to know your square footage. check your closing papers, county tax records,trulia, or zillow. back to you 52 thank you 52 -- >> jason, thank you so much.

trying to figure out what started this fire moments after people got out of the van on post road this morning. the driver had just let five people out when he noticed smoke coming out of the dashboard. >> the other drivers said get out. get out. get out. it filled up pretty good inside. >> operators say that the van had recently been inspected. charlotte-based duke energy said they are battling a barrage of cyberattacks from around the world. on tuesday, the ceo said that the biggest concern is them shutting down power to 7 million customers. charlotte 1 of the best places to live in america, ranked 15th. denver, colorado came in first and raleigh made the list coming in 4th. the ranking is based on ult qa

and the job market. on wall street -- well, tell us about the stocks, steve. [laughter] >> i don't know if the stocks were as pretty as the weather. i didn't keep track of the numbers but the sunset is in about two minutes, and green city has had a gorgeous albeit winter-like day with temperatures stuck around 50 all afternoon. it hasn't budged. university city, harrisburg and concord and 50. monroe, 50 and as you might expect, you start moving north toward i-40, 41 in hickory and the clouds hung around all day across the high country. the temperatures will fall to the 40s and 30s and we'll be out of below freezing tomorrow morning. 31 in charlotte and 34 in rockingham and looks like 27 should do it in hickory, and low 20s across the high

a lot of sunshine and chilly, freezing early on and grab a coat and maybe a pair of gloves if you are going to be outside for a while, upper 30s for the morning drive and tomorrow, fast changes as the next storm system pushes our way and we'll see clouds in the mountains by lunchtime and filtered sun by charlotte. now, watch how quickly the area of rain rolls in. by this time tomorrow evening, likely tracking at least the start of rain in and around charlotte. the winter weather radar showing snow in the high country and temperatures will be stuck in the upper 30s, one of those wety. >>s - - those wet snows. your neighborhood forecast, gastonia, late-day showers are a pretty good bet and temperatures only hovering

chesterfield, clouds, and showers will likely wait until after dusk. temperatures in the mid-50s. blowing rock, here comes the snow. temperatures in the lower 50s. let's talk about the snow, the accumulation between this time tomorrow and early on friday, generally 1-3" up high and a light dusting in morgan ton and lenoir and maybe taylorsville. on futurecast, the snow moving out quickly in the mountains, charlotte, done on friday morning and left over clouds but the clouds move out and sunshine is back. upper 50s on track for saturday and lower 60s for sunday and we're doing better heading into the weekend for sure as temperatures start to warm. at 5:30, scott talked about the rumor of 70s next week. yes. by the second half, each and every day, wednesday into possibly next weekend, highs in the 70s.

don't worry. >> sometimes, rumors are true. >> thank you, steve. channel 9 is continuing to push for answers over this video that shows cmpd officers throwing punches at a suspect. coming up, the evidence that needs to be determined for the officer to face charges.

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answer the the charlotte hornets put a hurting on the phoenix suns last night dominating from the opening tip in a decisive beat down. they have the worst team in the nba on deck. hard to imagine slipping up against the 76ers on the road

sneak up on them. the second game of a back to back on the road but after last night's win, al jefferson said that the win against phoenix went mine anything if they lay an egg against the 76ers. >> we can't get too comfortable. we have to go out and win the game. every game is important especially this stretch of the season. the 49ers wrap up a two- game road trip this week. the coach is angling to end the conference tournament with momentum. the road was not so good to them. charlotte finished the season with a conference mark of 6-3 at home. on the road? they're 2-5. >> another growing part of a young team but hopefully, we can remedy that this weekend. how many times did you

panthers's historic offensive seasoning, yeah, but, what if benjamin were healthy? we don't have to wait to find out. after a season on the sidelines repairing the acl, cam newton's passing target will be returning to practice. he took a little extra time off, and as enticing as this is, imagine benjamin back in the offense is, the team will not rush him back. >> we'll see calvin at the beginning of the off-season program and ota work and i am not sure how much they will release him to do but he will be around. just excited to see him taking passes. >> i think everybody is. sick of seeing him on the bench. and we are looking at the next storm with chilly rain in charlotte late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night and mountain snow before we get the sunshine back.

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