shots fired across charlotte. we are following several breaking stories right now. first, a tow truck driver shot a man while on the job. plus two people shot and taken in east charlotte. we are live on the scene asking police what led to the shooting. >> we'll see a mix of sun and clouds today with highs in the upper 50s, but i'll tell you when you can see 70, next. when you can se we are following two breaking news stories. the first, brothers shot early

in south charlotte, a tow truck driver shot a man while on the job. what we are learning that led to the shootings and what police are telling us about the victims. thank you for joining us. i'm britney johnson. our saturday is off to a chilly start but we could have a warmup coming our way. >> that's right. we started in the low 30s and we are in the 50s now here in in already. more clouds build in the upper 50s. we have some changes on the way. tracking this system about 200 miles northwest of charlotte that's approachingment the storm threat will stay low. which neighborhoods have the best chance of rain, coming up in the next half hour. we begin with new

morning shooting in south charlotte. police confirm one man was shot after an argument with a tow truck driver. >> reporter: neighbors say it a boot on it. you need a permit to park in this lot but no one expected this to end in a shooting. police say the tow truck driver shot the owner of the red truck but hasn't said what led up to the confrontation. one woman said she saw the tow truck driver pointing the gun at the man after he shot him. the man who was shot went to the hospital on his own.

now that somebody's gotten shot, i think it's going to happen. >> reporter: police say they are talking with that tow truck driver and haven't yet announced any charges. also breaking in the last 30 minutes, police confirm two people were shot in a yard on carriage drive circle off central avenue in east charlotte. you're getting a live look at the ongoing investigation. you can see police are all over the scene with that area blocked off. we are asking officers what happened and if a suspect is in custody. count on channel 9 to stay on the scene and bring you more details as they develop. breaking in the last hour, two brothers shot just before

police say antoine mcghee in critical condition and his brother died this morning. investigators say there was an altercation before the shooting and they are searching for a suspect. new details about a shooting in north charlotte. a group of men fired shots into a home and a woman was shot in the leg, suffering nonlife- threatening injuries. drivers, before you head out avoid west 3rd street. it will reopen before rush hour monday. following a major story on

will be traveling to texas and nick tennyson said he doesn't feel bankruptcy is the reason to pull support for the project. critics say the i-77 toll lane contract should be canceled but tennyson disagrees. >> i don't think there's anything wrong with the concept and we are to the stage now where there is such heightened sensitivity. >> the governor wants reassurances that the state's contracts protect taxpayers. we'll continue following this story as it happens. today police are working to figure out if a series of shootings are connected. it started thursday night when bullets hit three homes. then yesterday afternoon an 18- year-old was shot and killed. witnesses say he was in a car

man outside fired shots at the vehicle. >> he was just a baby. he didn't deserve this. we just want justice to be served. >> police say this is the city's first homicide of the year and they are still search, for the person responsible. justice for charlotte hosted this rally last night. the group said cmpd has a history of using excessive force. this is the video that prompted that rally. seven officers pinned this hit- and-run suspect down and one was seen punching him.

the department is investigating. community leaders are pushing for davidson, huntersville and cornelius town boards to show support for neighborhood schools and school choice. the mayor says they want to deliver the resolutions to the cms school board on tuesday. cms board members are reviewing the student assignment plan to be sure students have equal opportunities. some worry it would require their children to move to schools outside their neighborhood. on monday donald trump will be in concord for a rally at noon at the convention center. he'll then leave for mississippi. today is being called super saturday because voters in five states will cast ballots. both parties vote in kansas and louisiana. republicans caucus in kentucky and maine, and democrats caucus

there will be one less candidate on the ballot after dr. ben carson announced he'll no longer run. a thief accused of stealing thousands of gold bars is finally behind bars. the steps of the elaborate plan revealed, and what's next in the federal case against him. plus students asked to imagine

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copper creek court where it started. the victim was taken to the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. they have not released the person's name or if a suspect is in custody. police are searching for a suspect who drove a car through a rite-aid around 4:00 a.m. yesterday morning. police say the driver stole 20 packs of cigarettes and caused $30,000 in damage. they are reviewing surveillance video from the store but don't have a suspect right now. a farmers market preparing to open in april suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage after a major fire. we could see the flames shooting through a warehouse roof and even spotted the thick smoke from uptown charlotte, nearly an hour's drive away. firefighters believe someone was burning trash and strong winds caused the fire to spread.

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from bayer. we are following a shooting in east charlotte, where two people were shot just about an hour ago. we have learned a man drove by the scene and saw two men on the ground and called police. we have been on the scene all morn and we are there on carriage drive circle, asking police what happened and if they have a suspect in custody. right now it's too early in the investigation, we were told. we'll bring you new details as soon as they develop. new details about a major heist in north carolina where thieves stole nearly $5 million in gold bars from an armored truck. it happened last year in wilson

traveling from miami to massachusetts pulled over because of a gas smell. investigators say alberto perez rigged pepper spray inside the truck and used gps to track its location. >> perez was arrested this week in florida. he's expected in federal court on tuesday. agents are still looking for his two polices. there is a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest. parents are concerned after they say a fourth grader brought a gun inside a mt. pleasant elementary school on friday. we spoke to parents who say the student had the gun all day long. the school confirms a student alerted a teacher about the

contacted the school resource officer and administration. >> just frightened for my child's safety. you know, planning on putting my child on the bus monday morning and i don't know if this child is going to be at school, if it's going to happen again. >> the school says they will use the situation as a teachable moment to reinforce the importance of speaking up when there is a dangerous situation. counselors will be available there on monday. one columbia school dropped an assignment that asks third graders to imagine their lives as slaves. students were told to write about being kidnapped, sold at auction and their life with slave owners. the richland county school district says teachers assignment. >> it's not easy, especially for children as young as third

>> the district deemed the lesson insensitive. next week a plan to bring 300 town homes and a 170-acre subdivision. several neighbors say the rural site should stay that way. the planning board will decide at the end of the month. it is still a little chilly out there. >> it is cooler and we are seeing clouds moving in. still enough sunshine here on the tower cam, but we have some changes heading toward the second part of the weekend. right now in charlotte 52 degrees, winds coming in from the south at 8 miles an hour. that will shift throughout the rest of the afternoon. 53 in university, 51 in belmont. you may want the long sleeves if you're heading out.

are going to warm into the upper 50s. this will be a little cool for this time of year. the mountains will be in the mid- to upper 40s by 4:00, 5:00. if you have plans this evening, i told you we have a threat for a few isolated showers. it's not going to last very long. if you're heading to the checkers game, grab the rain gear just in case. not everybody will see that rainfall. this is still act 200 miles northwest of charlotte. this will continue to approach as we go throughout the afternoon and that could mean showers in the evening. starting to see the rain arriving in the mountains by 5:00, 6:00. then it will make a line toward charlotte closer to 8:00, 9:00 tonight. as it approaches, it will fall apart.

through the overnight hours, clearing out. by 6:00 tomorrow morning, you might be waking up and not even realize we had rain passing through. that's how fast this system is approaching. it's going to be even warmer with highs in the lower 60s and winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 miles an hour. over the next several days, this is the warmup, highs in the mid-70s, well above average. and we don't have the threat for rain till the end of next week. if you're like me and you've been sneezing more recently, could be thanks to allergies. pollen counts are starting to go up, especially maple trees. the end of next week will be our next chance of rain, other than tonight. with that in mind, download our weather app and track the showers as they approach tonight, especially if you have

we'll have highs today in the upper 50s, later tonight that system rolls through and clears early tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon a great end of the weekend, more sunshine and low 60s as we head toward tuesday and wednesday, looking at highs in the mid-70s. next weekend is when we set the clocks forward an hour. >> 70s, nice. thank you. in hickory, mayor wright is asking for a permanent fix to a decades old sinkhole. the hole first opened up in 2002 and sits just feet from highway 70. mayor wright says he's confident the state will help in some capacity. officials are making progress on the journey to

in flint, michigan. today crews replaced the first lead service line with a copper pipe. the national guard are helping replace more than 13,000 lines. this is new video of the progress. flint's water crisis began after the city switched to water from the flint river in 2014 to save money. replacing all the pipes is expected to cost about $55 million. the mayor appealed to the governor and federal officials for funding help. we have all changed our password to be sure our information is secure. now experts are saying that may make it easier for hackers to get our information. the chief technologist at the consumer watchdog said the more often we change the passwords, the more likely we start coming up with bad ones. >> because people will change their passwords in predictable

know your old password, it's easy to guess your next password. >> experts say first come up with a sentence that's not a famous song lyric, then take the first letter from each word. and don't forget to add upper and lower case symbols. thieves use to truck to

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f the complete breakfast a bold robbery in houston, up to ten thieves rammed their pickup truck through the window and used chairs to rip down the bars. in two minutes they stole up to 50 guns. the owner of the hyatt gun shop here in charlotte called that frightening and beefed up

windows, adding high end security cameras. we told you about gun shop robberies across the area earlier in the year. we have reached out to see if they have made any arrests. one of charlotte's most highest profile missing persons cases is back in the spotlight. next week the show crime watch daily will feature the disappearance of kyle fleischmann. the 24-year-old was seen walking out of a saloon after a night out with friends in 2007. he's not been seen since. search teams scoured the area for weeks and never found any sign of him or made any arrests. monday night crime watch daily will feature interviews with kyle's parents and investigators about their search efforts.

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we are nice for this time of year. >> it's a good day for a walk or run, highs in the upper 50s. more clouds build in and we have the threat for showers. staying dry this afternoon but by about 9:00 this evening we'll the best chance of showers here. we'll have more updates at 6:00 and this clears in time for tomorrow.

increasingly warm up day by day till next week. thank you for joining us this midday. >> tune in at 6:00 for the latest local news, weather and

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