which led to his charge. nearly four years ago, her body was found at elder park in charlotte. she was shot in the head three times. barely 17 years old, she was two months pregnant with her second child. at the time, police said emails showed that they thought brown could have been the father. warren said he was the last person to speak with her and was supposed to meet the teen the night of her murder but they never met up. this case. we're asking police what new information led to the arrest of brown nearly four years after this murder. reporting live in cmpd headquarters, elsa gillis channel 9 eyewitness news. also happening at 5:00, republican candidate ted cruz is in the area to speak to voters a week before the north carolina primary. he's expected to be on stage in a few minutes. any minute now. he could walk up there. we'll let you know when he does. it's the third presidential campaign in the charlotte area

we learned that donald trump is set to be back here in north carolina tomorrow. and hillary clinton will be in the triangle on thursday. right now eyewitness news reporter alexa ashwell is outside the ted cruz event with more on the message that he's expected to deliver to voters. >> ted cruz is relying heavily on the evangelical vote. it's no surprise he and his campaign chose to hold today's rally at a church. political experts think he'll emphasize his personal faith and strong belief in getting back to the principles that built america. cruz was in raleigh where he canceled a public campaign rally at the last minute. instead he held a town hall style question and answer session with a national news anchor. crews vowed if elected president he'll and pull back on federal regulators.

have incredible economic growth. millions of high paying jobs. wages going up for everyone. >> reporter: some decided cruz has their vote and others want more information. >> the constitution is the document that allows us to have the freedom to live the life that we do and if we don't have a man who will fight for that, we have lost the very thing that everybody wants to live in america for. >> this is a great educational opportunity for our girls to see the election process in action. >> reporter: cruz's campaign said it canceled the rally in raleigh today because they were running late. recognizing north carolina is an important win. especially ahead of upcoming winner take all contests. i'm about to head inside the rally now. i'll have a full break down of his message to voters coming up on eyewitness news at 6:00. reporting in kannapolis, alexa ashwell, channel 9 eyewitness news. now we want to take you

this event in kannapolis. still waiting for ted cruz to take the stage there. you see the crowd all ready seated. and again, we will continue to update you with new developments throughout the next 90 minutes as soon as he begins to speak. voters in four states are heading to the poles in what's being dubbed super tuesday number two. idaho and hawaii holding their gop contests while republicans and democratics are voting in mississippi and michigan. right now the poems show donald trump is expected to win in all four states while showing hillary clinton will win on the democratic side. we have continuing coverage for you of this major election and all the candidates stumping in our area on wsoctv.com. you could also find our updates by following us on twitter and facebook. now to breaking developments on a major story impacting homeowners and their water. the state health department says wells near coal ash ponds

safe to drink from. allison latos has more on the developments. >> this is big news for homeowners who have spent a year using bottled water to cook and to drink. the north carolina department of health and human services announced it's rescinding the do not drink recommendations for hex chromium and vinadium. they said it's welcome news but unfortunate the state took a year to give homeowners certainty the water is safe to drink. the company has been saying contaminants found in the water occur naturally and are not coming from coal ash. the state health department says letters will go out to homeowners this week saying the well water is safe to drink. there will also be a phone number on the letter for homeowners to call if they have any questions. we're pushing for answers in these developments and asking why the health

safe now. we'll have the latest at 10:00 and 11:00. cmpd's chief spoke about cell phone video that captured an officer punching a suspect in custody. why the chief believes the officer didn't break the law. >> reporter: chiefthe chief

anyone by the video. colleen ferreira the use of force was not unreasonable. >> he said he can't release the video because it's an internal investigation at this point. robert dawkins with north carolina safe alliance told me late this afternoon he's satisfied with the chief's explanation but would still like police to look for alternatives. >> i have faith in the chief and his decisions but at the same time, is there a better way to deescalate? >> reporter: chief kerr putney wanted us to see how and why officers may punch someone in that situation. we arranged for a demonstration. you'll see it onuses on

the legal fight surrounding a deadly street racing crash in mecklenburg county is now moving to the north carolina supreme court. the north carolina d.o.t. filed an appeal yesterday. it asked the supreme court to over turn a 3 million-dollar judgment involving a traffic light that was never installed along york road. carlene atkinson and tyler were street racing in 2009 when they hit the car that cynthia was driving. last month, the court of appeals ruled the d.o.t. should have foreseen the dangerous conditions it created by never instamming installing a light in that area. 13-year-old hunter holt was killed in the crash. a monroe psychologist accused of assaulting a 14-year- old is suspended with pay. channel 9 told you about this

since then we learned that dale rust has been with the union county district since 94. he's charged with simple assault. last night we spoke to the 14- year-old's parents about what happened. they ask those details be kept private for now. now to a tragic story out of lincoln county where a mother of two young boys was killed in a crash. >> troopers say she was taking one of her sons to school when she was hit head-on by a pickup truck. the driver crossed over the center line on highway 150 near old mill road. reporter dave faherty spent the day at the scene talking to investigators. a mother killed here with her 7 and 2-year-old son inside a

you can see what's left of the mini van. james witnessed the crash. minutes earlier the same pickup truck struck his vehicle before hitting the mini van. >> i swerved out of the way to give me the room to correct or get out of his way to get many the shoulder. he still nicked the back of me and drove into the van behind me. >> the impact knocked the mini van off the roadway killing candace. her 7 and 2-year-olds would have been hurt much worse but they were properly restrained in safety seats. this state trooper found one of the children's toys at the scene. >> it's a sad day. it's never easy doing this. it's rough when you see little kids whose lost their mother. >> the driver of the pickup truck said he swerved to miss a deer but no one reported seeing the deer. friends stopped by the crash scene telling us she often volunteered at an elementary school.

because they're the age of my grand kids. and i can't imagine anything like that happened. it was just horrible. >> reporter: the highway patrol telling us tonight the driver of the pickup truck david boyd is charged with both misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. but the investigation is continuing. i learned the family is planning to have a vigil at their church. i'm told the vigil starts at 6:30 tonight. reporting live from lincoln county, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. back to two different breaking news scenes we're following tonight. medic is treating a person with life-threatening injuries after a shooting on brookshire boulevard near oakdale road. you see the crime scene tape up as they're investigating that. we want to move to live pictures from chopper 9 sky zoom of a second scene. less than a mile away on mcginn grove drive. medic is on the scene. somebody was shot. we've seen this white car

as you zoom way in. it looks like there's a hole. something broke the glass in the back of the vehicle. medic was on the scene. i believe they've left with the suspect. we're trying to find out if the scenes are connected. we'll bring you new information throughout the news cast. national guards men ran to help after hearing a young girl scream. >> the attack in the middle of the day and why the suspect apologized to the guards men. we're 10 degrees warmer than we were yesterday and our warm up isn't close to wrapping up. who's in for 80-degree weather? that's coming up. salisbury police investigate after a violent weekend, they're also dealing with the need for more officers.