they found shell casings in the road. they learned the same car left the scene, drove a couple blocks north. and parked in front of a house. inside the car, they found a teen dead. they found the driver of the car shot in the leg. and a third man was interviewed by police this afternoon. friends and neighbors we talked there. they were devastated to learn who was killed. >> he was just a baby. he didn't deserve this. we just want justice to be served that's all. >> this is the first homicide of the year for the city of rock hill. we've been given the name of the victim. but the coroner's office hasn't officially released it yet. three houses were shot in two not far from this area. police are trying to figure out if that is connected to what happened today. live in rock hill, greg suskin, channel 9 eyewitness news. greg has been keeping

with new developments. follow him at gsuskinwsoc9. charlotte fire and charlotte mecklenburg police searching a pond right now on albemarle road. i want to go straight to jenna deery. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it's activity that captured the attention of neighbors who live across the road next to the pond. we have divers in the water. it's not a big pond. neighbors say it's not deep. it's about four feet deep. we have charlotte fire in the water along with medic on stand by. but we were told that any information about this has to come from gaston county police who we have not gotten in touch with yet to get additional information. what we have gathered here taking a look at chopper 9 sky zoom from the aerial view is that these divers are in the

in the water they're looking for. no car. no weapon. but this is a police matter led up by gaston county police. so a very curious situation. neighbors have been asking us if we foe what's going on. we're trying to get answers now. they've been out here since noon. all day in the waters looking for something. we're here on scene to be here as divers come out of the water to ask additional questions and find out what they're looking for. but a lot of time and manpower and resources spent on a search here. but we have to get to the bottom of what it is they're looking for now, jenna deery, channel 9 eyewitness news. thank you. now to our other major story, flames took over a warehouse at this farmers market in page land causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. >> it caused so much smoke that chopper 9 sky zoom could see it

eyewitness news reporter ken lemon refuged new information about what started this fire. >> it started from burning debris just yards away from what you see now. the son of a man who owns part of what used to be a 20,000 square foot warehouse was working in an office inside. he had no idea the building was on fire until he smelled smoke. he stepped outside and faced a wall of flames and ran out the back door. you can see the flames shooting through the roof of the warehouse at the page land farmers market. four large trailers were destroyed. one was filled with tires. another filled with pallets. randy johnson owns part of the building and all the items destroyed. he was a few minutes away when someone called to tell him about the fire. he stepped outside. smoke. i knew i was in trouble. >> from chopper 9 we could see the smoke from uptown charlotte

firefighters say the enormous fire that forced them to shut down highway 601 started from these flames. someone was burning trash. they believe a strong wind drove a spark from the debris pile over to the warehouse. there was a lot of card board inside. and enough produce to prepare for the opening market in april. randy johnson had trouble putting a dollar value on the loss. >> a lot. >> he said to make matters worse, none of this is insured. >> start over as fast as you can and forget about it. >> the head of the farmers market says the building alone is probably worth $200,000. it was a graphic design business inside of that shop. it's also destroyed. he said the building is old. and that's why they weren't able to get it insured. fortunately the rest of the farmers market, the farmers

ken lemon, channel 9 eyewitness news. ken, thank you. now we put more video of the firefighters battling those flames at wsoctv.com. look for it inside ken's story on the home page. we have more breaking news on a shooting right in uptown charlotte. one person was rushed to the hospital. but we're told they'll be okay. chopper 9 flew over the scene in the past half hour. you can see police and medics helping that victim. police don't have any suspects in custody. tonight police are continuing to get in reports from women who say they were sexually assaulted by a south charlotte doctor. detectives charged dr. mario hernandez with assaulting three patients at his clinic on arrowwood road. since then they've heard from two dozen other women who also say he fondled them. prosecutors haven't filed charges in those cases at this time.

practice during the investigation. we're asking police if anyone is facing charges after a shooting in a noda driveway. two people shot at each other outside on north davidson street near seigle avenue. we learned six people, including a 13-year-old boy were standing nearby. they weren't hurt. but the bullets hit multiple houses. the leader of north carolina's transportation department will head to texas after a major shake up involving the toll lanes there. it could impact the controversial toll lanes here on i-77. eyewitness news reporter jim bradley confronted him about what he plans to learn during that visit. jim? >> erica, top state transportation officials say they still support the idea of putting toll lanes on i-77 here going north of charlotte. but there's no question that centra's bankruptcy filing in texas and the pr problems that poses for north carolina have

today secretary of transportation nick tennison was here in charlotte. the governor asked him to look at what happened. today secretary tennison told us his marching orders are clear. >> the governor said to me, i want you to look into this. i want you to make sure we're protected. the citizens of north carolina are protected in every way we can be. and that you give me a report about exactly what the choices are. just yesterday toll one opponents were telling us they hope to use that bankruptcy down in texas to pressure governor pat mccrory to cancel the state's contract. but today secretary tennison gave us little indication he'll recommend that. more on what he told us at 6:00 tonight. live in north charlotte. jim bradley, channel 9

today governor pat mccrory was in catawba county celebrating a community staple. he helped united sewing machine companies celebrate 30 years at its plant in con over. he touted the jobs it brought to the area and partnership with schools and technical education programs. after that event channel 9 spoke one on one with the governor about charlotte's controversial lgbt ordinance. coming up at 5:00, the expectations he says this regulation takes away. and the reason he says critics feel betrayed by it. republicans getting in last minute attacks aimed mostly at donald trump. today dual donald trump rallies in michigan served up what's become standard. calling out protesters. >> get out of here. >> hitting the media.

they're worse than rubio. and they're worse than cruz. >> the day after mitt romney laid out the case against him in salt lake city. >> will he talk about our policy differences or will he attack me with every imaginable low road insult. >> mitt said donald trump will ruin our economy. he's a stupid person. >> marco rubio echoing romney's concerns. >> it will split the republican party and it will be the end of movement. >> with trump winning 10 out of 15 states so far, can he be stopped? some suggested a brokers convention. the chairman of the republican national committee said the odds are small. >> i would suggest it's better to win. >> he spoke to a conservative gathering in washington where trump was expected to appear tomorrow but told them today he was canceling. ted cruz today in maine was asked whether he'd consider uniting with marco rubio on a joint ticket. >> there's only one campaign

donald trump and there is only campaign that can and will beat donald trump. >> tomorrow four states hold republican primaries while three states host democratic primaries. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will debate on sunday in michigan and just in the past hour, we also learned that donald trump will be in concord on monday at noon. count on channel 9 to follow the weekend primaries and bring you the results on air and on wsoctv.com. there you will also find complete coverage of the race for the white house. on wall street today, stocks climbed again. it was the fourth straight day of gains. the dow gaining 63 points. nasdaq also up 9 points today. president barack obama is firing back at republicans who claim that the economy is suffering by saying that he believes it's quote, pretty darn great right now. the labor department released a report today that showed another strong month for job growth.

240,000 jobs with the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.9%. in other words, the numbers, the facts don't lie. and i think it's useful given that there seems to be an alternative reality out there. >> the president says we should be talking about fixing education, roads, and bridges, rather than quote pretending that the economy is worse than it is. local economists john said just yesterday we don't have to worry about america falling into another recession. he also said the nation is close to being fully employed. he said that one down fall we'll see in the next few months is an increase in gas prices. the governor just told channel 9 he's not backing down over charlotte's non- discrimination ordinance. >> that expectation of privacy is being invaded by this ordinance. >> the new stage in the battle between charlotte and the state. then police say a 15-year- old attacked a 73-year-old shopper, grabbing her purse.

thinking witness came to her rescue. it wasn't too bad to be outside this afternoon. all you had to do is take a

cam. rlotte towe the war of words over charlotte's controversial lgbt ordinance is still flying between charlotte and raleigh. today governor pat mccrory reiterated to channel 9 that his opposition to it has not changed. we caught up with the governor as he made a stop in hickory to address a sink hole issue there. pat mccrory called the ordinance that restricts discrimination against the lgbt

he says this provision that allows people to use the restroom of the gender they identify with is invasive. >> a locker room and a restroom are areas that you have expectation of privacy which even impact your feeling of security and it stretches the bounds of common sense and government over reach. >> some lawmakers still want to hold a special session to try to reverse charlotte's decision. but pat mccrory maintains that would be too costly. last night mayor jennifer roberts defended the ordinance charlotte's economy. the ordinance is set to take effect april 1st. one of charlotte's most high profile missing persons the spotlight. next week the show crime watch daily will feature the disappearance of kyle fleischmann. surveillance video showed the

buckhead saloon in uptown after a night out with friends in 2007. he hasn't been seen since. search teams scoured the area for weeks but never found any sign of him. >> if he just wandered off, you know, that doesn't jive well with me. i feel like kyle was -- if he was walking somewhere, it was to try and find a cab. >> police never made any arrests in the case. on monday night on tv 64. crime watch daily will dedicate an entire hour-long episode to this unsolved case. it'll feature interviews with kyle's parents and the investigators about search efforts. tonight the los angeles police department is doing tests on a knife found on oj simpson's old property. they're investigating claims that an off duty officer working in the area for a movie job says a construction worker gave him that knife and said it was found on simpson's old

they're not sure when the knife was found. oj's house was demolished in 1998. >> no matter what this knife turns out to be, it won't lead to oj simpson getting prosecuted again. >> the weapon used to stab oj's ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman in 94 was never found. new tonight, two rock high school schools are helping families who lost everything they own in an apartment fire. chopper 1 flew over the charred damage at the eagles landing apartments on tuesday. several families with five children lost their homes. their schools are checking gift cards, cash, and other items to help them out. clouds, on our friday. but hey, we're headed into the weekend.

>> it's looking up for sure. mean business. but not dropping any rainfall in and around the charlotte area. many neighborhoods, our facebook and twitter feeds were lighting up. folks were reporting snow. that didn't last long. history. low to mid 50s in town. up to university city, ballantyne, waxhaw, same for gastonia, closer to 50 in hickory. in the mountains, in the 30s. but still 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. forecast through this evening, grab a coat. i don't care if you're heading uptown for the hornets game or the checkers game you're going to need it. temperatures will be quickly falling in the 40s toward over night lows back to the mid 30s. in case you're wondering our average low is in the upper 30s to 40s. chillier than it should be. right around freezing in

hickory. in the 20s over the mountains. the next storm system, we're up here over the upper midwest. not a lot of moisture. but diving toward the carolinas tomorrow. tomorrow morning, run jen run for breast cancer at symphony park. race starts at 8:00. it'll be cool. by the time the race is over temperatures are back in the 40s. you'll probably need running tights early on and you can shed layers. as far as the weekend, looks good still. tomorrow afternoon. still looking at upper 50s. and i'm forecasting highs in the lower 60s on sunday with sunshine. pretty much from start to finish. we'll see some clouds building in tomorrow afternoon ahead of that next storm system. but nothing falling from the sky. from the mountains into the charlotte area through the afternoon. but it'll be this time tomorrow evening. first rain drops will be fordhaming in the high country. in one or two wet snow flakes in the highest peeks. we start bright and sunny and then see the clouds filter in as we head through the afternoon. with temperatures managing to

average high this time of year, close to 60 degrees. a few showers very quick in and out of here tomorrow evening. hit or miss. not everyone sees them. a couple snow flakes up in the high country. gone by sunday morning. and of the two weekend days, sunday will be the brighter and definitely the warmer with temperatures back above 60. and how about this as we head into next week. we've been eluding to this all week long. we're forecasting highs to soar to about 70 or better. from tuesday into wednesday of next week. our first real extended stretch of some spring-like warmth. >> something to look forward to. >> the weekend's not bad. but next week, even warmer. thank you steve. massive damage to a busy right aid after an early morning smash and grab. >> i just think it's unfortunate. >> the key piece of evidence police have to help them solve the crime. police are searching for a man who exposed himself and sexually assaulted women in a local park next to a school.

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could still identify any coconspirators. the fbi has been trying to convince apple to help hack the phone to find evidence. gun manufacturer smith and wesen almost doubled their profits. gun sales have jumped after shootings like the san bernardino massacre. smith and wesen sales jumped to $210 million up from 131 million the same time a year ago. the company says some distributors have even run out of some models. we're bringing you all new stories ahead at 5:30, a teenager arrested after police say he attacked a woman outside a local store. one witness told channel 9 how complete strangers came together to help her and capture the suspect. tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars spent on this sink hole that's plagued a local city for more than a decade. >> it's a lot of money.

money on that hole. the plea made to the state for it to be fixed once and for all. police looking for a man who's exposed himself to women and grabbed them in a neighborhood park. what one victim told me he did to her while she had her

police have done to try police have done to try all new tonight, police are desperate to find a man who they believe is targeting women in an east charlotte park then exposing himself or sexually assaulting them. one of those victims told channel 9 today it happened while her 2 you can children were close by, playing at the park. i'm allison latos. >> i'm erica bryant. police say they're patrolling around sheffield neighborhood park. eyewitness news reporter mark becker is here to break down what's being done to find this man. >> erica, those incidents happened over the course of several months here at sheffield neighborhood park. but police believe they are related. and i did speak with one of those victims today. she spoke to us in spanish and she ask that we not show her face. she said she was walking in the park with her 2 small children when the man grabbed her and

she told police he sexually assaulted her. grabbing her backside with both hands. >> i was very afraid she told me because i didn't know what he would do to me or my children. police believe it was at least the second incident in this park involving that same suspect described as a short latino man in his 20s or early 30s. in one other the victim told police he'd exposed himself to her. >> we, you know, of course take this all very, very seriously. >> lieutenant christian wagner told us the suspect was gone by the time officers got here that day but police have since set up cameras here hoping to spot the suspect. no luck so far. but they're still watching out here constantly. >> you officers in this area know what has happened and they're aware that's an area they need to be patrolling and staying in when they're not responding to calls. >> now police tell us so far