the outbound lanes of brookshire boulevard remain closed. we're on your side with a live report and check of how this is affecting your morning commute right now >>>. brody o'connell with more breaking news. >> brody: 13 people are killed new information in this hour. >> john: a special session to fight the charlotte non-discrimination ordinance. the action they plan to take. >>> welcome to wbtv news this morning at 6:00 a.m. i'm john carter. >> christine: i'm christine sperow. start with charlotte's most experienced morning meteorologist, here is al conklin. >> al: thanks, christine, big story how cold it is this morning. temperatures area-wide are at or bow low freezing for most of us. we have the freeze warning in effect until 9:00 this morning for much of the piedmont and foothills. east of charlotte, a frost advisory, chester, lancaster, stanley, cabarrus and union. as far as charlotte goes, as low as 34, now at 35 in the queen city. freezing mountain island lake, below freezing tega cay, arboretum and harrisburg. a very cold start. out

we're keeping you updated with breaking news on brookshire boulevard, a fatal accident overnight has shut down a portion of brookshire boulevard, those are the lanes heading away from city of charlotte, northbound lanes closed down and you can see this horrific accident scene there, the accident investigation team is on the scene there, so if you're coming inbound toward charlotte, those lanes are open away from charlotte, lanes are blocked. so you can still get on i-485 inner loop but you are not able to make it on i-485 outer loop if you're coming northbound. it is a mess right now. you may want to think about rozzelles ferry as an alternate that is as live look we'll bring you the latest as we get it in the newsroom and a quick live look at i-77 northbound at nations ford, volume of traffic here is relatively light and keep an eye on that as we head toward the rush hour. john and christine, over to you. >> john: thanks, chris. more history being made during president's trip to cuba. itinerary with a variety of fresh-made seafood meals starting at just $4.99, no one does seafood li

wbtv was first to report the crash on twitter, the outbound lanes of brookshire boulevard remain closed at this time. ashton pellom has been live at that scene bringing us updates throughout the morning. so ashton, have you been given a time frame on when the road will reopen? >> reporter: hey, good morning, christine. investigators out here tell me this portion of brookshire boulevard will be closed for the better half of the morning commute, probably around 7:30 until 8:00 as they investigate this fatal wreck that happened earlier this morning. i'm quickly going to step out of still very much so an active scene out here. i'll zoom in now that we have a little bit more light out here we can get a better look at the damage that was really done out here this morning. you can see right there that is the car involved in this wreck. investigators out here on scene tell me the driver from what it appears to be a nissan maxima, as i zoom out, rear-ended the back of the dump truck, that driver of that nissan, the passenger car died on the scene. take you to video i shot when i first got out he

you can see they have this entire section of brookshire boulevard blocked. right now they are focusing much of their attention on the stretch of road just before you get to the overpass. you can see right there in the with their flashlights, looking at a field of debris between a black vehicle and a dump truck. video earlier you can see much, much closer the damage to the black car, significant damage to the front end, the windows have smashed in and there is a dump truck to the right of the car. right now police tell us it appears the car hit the become of the dump truck but they are actively investigating. they told us they expect that to take some time they are going to be out here for hours. it is already having an impact on drivers as we can see traffic picking up a bit. anyone trying to turn in this direction or go straight they are being sent in another direction. we'll continue working to get details on this investigation. >>> traveling through the area right now as britney mentioned it is the outbound lanes that

a live picture of that scene on brookshire boulevard. this is a gas station where something happened involving a gunshot fired. several squad cars on scene from the cmpd and you see the crime tape. and we know one person was shot taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuriesment another person detained in connection to the shooting. we are not sure what happened there. and we can show you pictures we have from the other crew on mcginn drive and the other street where another shooting happened and squad cars there as well. another person was shot taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. again we don't know if they are a mile apart. as soon as we get new information we will bring them to you. >> thank you. >>> new at 5:00 deputies are looking for a thief with a wolf mask. investigators sent us the pictures of a break-in that happened yesterday morning at the convenience store on highway 27. look. the wolf mask crook pushed an air-conditioning unit and got away with money. authorities will not say how much. >> the two te

this crash happened just before 3:00 this morning in the northbound lanes of brookshire boulevard, this is just after the on ramp to 485 inner, but just before the on ramp to 485 outer. so in between the stage. both these lanes are closed right now. police haven't told us much about the identity of the deceasedded on scene,deceased on scene. the driver of the car died, the driver of the truck is doing okay. one fatality, police tell me the road will be shut down for at least three more hours here out here on the scene, as soon as we you on air and online at wbtv.com. but we do have lanes shut down on brookshire and one person is dead this morning. we'll keep you updated. reporting live, ashton pellom, wbtv on your side. >> christine: thank you for that live update. let's go to meteorologist al conklin with early first look at the forecast. >> al: thanks, christine. biggest issue is cold temperatures, we had the freeze watch in effect across the metro area and frost advisory to the east of us. of course temperatures will continue to fall this morning, right up until about sunrise, 7:30.

two in the brookshire boulevard area. and one on mcginn grove road. police and medic telling us that the victim here on mcginn grove road was injured by that were in was shot at a location on brookshire. so we do know there is a connection to the brookshire boulevard and the mcginn grove road locations. we will continue to follow this. back after there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. steve: today is your lucky day. woman: (surprised) oh, my goodness mark: you've just won - a thousand dollars! woman: that'amazing! that' amazing! (shrieks) woman: ok, nice job. mark, way better than yesterday. maria, that delivery felt a little forced. and steve, steve: yeah? woman: i am

one person shot here at the shell off of brookshire boulevard and another person shot too far mcginn drive is a mile up the road not far at all. but we are hearing both of those were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. one person according to police is in custody. but, of course, still a lot of unanswered questions about what led to all of this and if those two shootings are connected. we will stay on it and bring you anymore information as it develops. reporting in charlotte, sara-blake morgan wbtv on your side.

this crash happened just before 3:00 this morning in the northbound lanes of brookshire boulevard, this is just after the on ramp to 485 inner, but just before the on ramp to 485 outer. so in between the stage. both these lanes are closed right now. police haven't told us much about the identity of the deceasedded on scene,deceased on scene. the driver of the car died, the driver of the truck is doing okay. one fatality, police tell me the road will be shut down for at least three more hours here out here on the scene, as soon as we

police say someone shot into that car on brookshire boulevard. the second and third shooting plaza and taken to the hospital. we will continue to learn more as new information comes in and we will bring it to you on air and on-line. >> maureen: breaking news out of rowan county. a motorcycle driver airlifted with life-threatening injuries after this crash on stokesbury road. the car pulled out in front of the motorcycle we do not know the person's condition and we will update you as we get that in. >> maureen: dale russ, junior is off the job accused of assaulting a student. we first told you about this last night and now we are hearing from parents with kids at that school. wbtv's brody o'connell has their reago new on "primetime. >> reporter: union school leaders are keeping tight lipped and they told wbtv said all questions about the alleged assault on a student should be directed to the monroe police department. but parents want to know more

police found one person shot at a gas station off brookshire boulevard and another victim at his home on mcginn grove drive.

. >>> earlier in the afternoon, gunfire broke out at a gas station on brookshire boulevard in northwest charlotte. investigators had that area roped off with crime tape for hours. wbtv's sarah blake morgan talked to one witness who heard seven gunshots. >> it's surprising. >> angela huntley had no clue her spot looked like this. >> it was all over my car. >> came spewing from what looks like a bullet hole in the fuel hose, possibly from just one of the many shots witnesses say they heard around 4:30 this afternoon at the shell station on brookshire boulevard. >> this is a good area, very >> police tell wbtv two people were shot, one of them picked up by medic and the other, not far away on mcginn grove drive. where the victim showed up in a car shot into at the gas station. police spent hours looking at evidence including this gun found in a box. >> i don't know, it don't have to be this way because i can remember a time it wasn't. >> reporter: neighbors say the area now has them constantly looking over their shoulders. >> we lost a lot of sleep over it, i tell you that. >> that was sar

an accident at brookshire boulevard by 485. notice the congestion on brookshire boulevard. valleydale bell haven great alternate routes but stop-and-go traffic a mile. as we head over to highway 27 freedom drive that area a stranded motorist at alfred alexander boulevard creating congestion. and let's head to gaston county. i-85 southbound and mcadenville an accident and stop-and-go traffic as well. wilkinson boulevard is a great alternate route. molly back to you. and you look lovely in your red. >> so do you, i love the dress. >> next we will introduce you to peaches the emieux. she is undergoing a surgery. and a local organization is making this happen. >> and for you new at 6:00 charlotte city council leaders are looking for whoever leaked a and they are questioning how much should you know about certain paperwork. on wbtv news is sponsored by... >> breaking news we are going to the alert center with alex giles there is a shooting. where is it? >> off 27 west in lincolnton. emergency officials and firefighters are telling us they thought this was a traffic accident. turn

then around 4:30 a person shot, suffered injuries on brookshire boulevard. wbtv's mark davenport live in charlotte from police headquarters with more on that afternoon shooting and mark, it involved more than one scene, didn't it? >> reporter: it involved two different scenes, one at a busy gas station, the shell gas station off brookshire boulevard. the other one less than a mile away in a neighborhood. i'll get to both those in a minute. the video to show you that busy gas station where the first shooting took place. where police taped off the entire area, trying to figure out exactly what happened out there, you see evidence markers all over the ground out there. police found a gun in a cardboard box, wasn't the only scene. less than a mile away, a car was shot into at the gas station. that car ended up on mcginn like the person shot at the gas station, both of those people non-life threatening injuries, that what is we know from police. while we're trying to get more update, we'll get them to you. we talk to neighbors in the area who told us things are g

. >>> a fatal crash shut down part of brookshire boulevard i' >>> right now we are following multiple breaking news stories from overnight. first cmpd is if he scene of this deadly crash at the brookshire and 485. >>> and right now, airports and rail operations shut down in brussels after two explosions at the airport and another in the city's metro station. we are monitoring all of the overseas developments as officials work to find out who is responsible. god tuesday morning to you, i'm stephanie maxwell. >> and i'm john paul. drivers are going to face serious delays on the morning drive. eyewitness news reporter britney johnson is live along are police making any progress reopening that road? >> reporter: they are still actively working on this scene right now. in fact more officers have made their way closer to where it appears this crash happened. i'm going to move out of the way, but i'm not going to zoom in because they appear to be doing sensitive work near one of the efficacy involved in the crash. we have video to show you it is a black car. there is significant damage. the

one person shot outside this gas station off brookshire boulevard and another victim injured at his home less than a mile away. he drove there after bullets the shooting, shattering the glass and cutting him badly. the scene on mcginn grove drive. his grandfather once owned the land where officers stood tonight. >> we lost a lot of sleep over it, i'll tell you that. >> the second scene was off the plaza at this shopping center where neighbors were told a man and a woman were shot in a car. they don't know what led up to it and they say it doesn't matter. they just want this violence to stop. >> i don't know what's going on. >> the same that it used to be. >> so we have three shootings so far, but we're told that only one person has been detained and that's in connection to the shooting off the brookshire in west charlotte earlier today. we've asked police if these shootings are connected in any way at all. we are waiting for an answer tonight. live at cmpd headquarters, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> all right, thank you. we are watching some fog that will be moving in overnight. is track

the first happened at 4:30 yesterday afternoon near brookshire boulevard. then there were three others. the latest happened overnight on brook tree drive. a woman was shot in the leg, she then drove herself to darby avenue and then to the hospital. she will be okay. the other shootings were spread across the city. four victims from the shootings were taken to the hospital with major injuries. and this morning, we're continuing to ask police if any of the shootings are connected. back to you. >>> another big story we're following throughout the day, a man accused of shooting and killing a pregnant teen will >> it was an arrest the family of the girl had been waiting for four years. angela hong is live outside the courthouse with more on this. >> reporter: john, darnell brown has been connected with the case. police say he's the last person to speak with the victim, the 17-year-old, four years ago. now, brown was already in the custody of police on unrelated charges when they brought him in to headquarters for questioning, that's when he was charged with murd

traffic has caused confusion for drivers trying to get down brookshire boulevard. we are going to send it over to traffic team 9's mark taylor. >>> also looking from our scene. roadway. we are making progress with outbound lanes of brookshire still closed at 485-6789 starting to see this minor delay on 16 as well. >>> bait tis ford is closed between dunn and tate street north of the brookshire. and from uptown. you can take 16, inbound is open. take i-77 no delay there or statesville avenue as alternate routes. >>> cool conditions as you head out the door and start your tuesday morning. clear skies overnight tonight with the past couple of hours noticing a few clouds starting to fill in north of i 406789 warmer in the mountains this morning. 35 in boone. 33 in monroe. 32 in rock hill. 29 in lincolnton. we have a freeze warning that continues the next couple of hours but the sun officially coming up at 7:24 this morning temperatures. we are still at number one for the driest march on record. we are going to see a couple of changes in the 5-day forecast, i'll let you

. >> reporter: yeah, john, two different scenes but originated brookshire boulevard. a person that was shot there and found there was rushed to the hospital. we know that person this morning has non-life threatening injuries. i want to get you video to show you what the scene looked like at the busy shell gas station. this is where police were investigating the shooting, evidence markers that littered the ground there at the gas station. police also found a gun in a cardboard box that was found on the ground. this wasn't the only scene less than a mile away, police found a car shot into at the gas station, the car showed up at away. the person was taken to the hospital but we don't have a condition update on that person at this time. we spoke to neighbors who live out there. they say things in the area are getting out of hand. >> i don't know, it just don't have to be this way. because i can remember a time it wasn't. we lost a lot of sleep over it, i'll tell you that. >> reporter: i talk to cmpd this morning, got off the phone with they told me they have not gotten a

one person was shot at a gas station off brookshire boulevard and another victim at

the first happened after 4:30 yesterday afternoon on brookshire boulevard. an hour later two people were road. around 8:00 p.m. there was another shooting nearby on barrington drive. and then three-and-a-half hours later, a fourth shooting on brook tree drive. brody o'connell spoke with neighbors who are concerned for their safety and joins us live with more. >> maureen spending time in the communities i have to tell you it's sad. you have the victims dealing with their injuries trying to recover and the rest of the neighborhood living in fear just praying that the violence will come to an end. barrington drive was lit up with flashing lights tuesday night. police arrived on scene after sierra ferguson found her boyfriend harry brown shot and bleeding on a sidewalk. we spoke with ferguson byhone she was in the hospital where brown is now recovering. >> they told me the surgery went great and put a rod in his leg. full recovery but with a gunman on the loose ferguson fears there could be another attack. >> i'm praying and hoping that with everything going on

. >> reporter: sherry and rebecca were working in a tax office on brookshire boulevard when the shooting started at 4:30. police found one victim here and another in his car in his home less than a mile could have been worse. >> this parking lot is crowded. people are fortunate they did not get shot or hurt. >> reporter: the next shooting on the other side of the plaza where two more people were shot, and then a woman was in the shooting on brooktree, the bullets were flying and several were found here where there were four children and a mother inside. the woman here said that she and her children are safe and she didn't know who was shooting or where. but the girlfriend of a 24-year- old man shot on barrington drive around 8:00 last night told me he may have been shot by someone trying to settle a score. sierra ferguson said her boyfriend was going to the gunshots. >> i went to go check on him and he was laying on the side of the road. >> reporter: she told me that her boyfriend was shot in the leg and had surgery and should be being. but if there is one commonnallity, it's the ages of

it happened on brookshire boulevard. it was about 3:00 this morning and police say he was not wearing a seatbelt. they also believe speed and alcohol played a role in that crash. nobody else was hurt. >> maureen: we are on your side with a consumer alert. it is costing more to fill up your gas tank if you haven't noticed. the charlotte region and across the u.s. say the charlotte observer reports that it is all thanks to an increase in demand and scheduled oil refinery maintenance that disrupts production. the average price for a gallon of regular gas in the charlotte metro area has risen 6 cents over the last week according to triple-a. average costs climbed 5 cents in north and south carolina. the average went up 3 cents. it always seems to go up just road for spring break. >> eric: we will need to reach a little deeper in the pockets. >> maureen: we are wondering about the spring weather. will it come back dism -- will it come back? >> eric: 40s today, 60s -- what will we be in tomorrow? 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s tomorrow

camera keep in mind there is an accident at brookshire boulevard at i-85 creating congestion as well. back to you guys. >> thank you. next new at 5:00 we are learning more about four people accused as young as four years old. >> is your computer giving criminals a way into your life to spy? we'll look next. >> and we are on your side with number on the screen... >> a 16-year-old charged in a case involving nude pictures. leann arthur says the male student stole the pictures she intended forward her husband and spread them around school via text messages. computer crimes and aggravated voyeurism. the voyeurism charge comes after an investigation showed the teen's phone had the pictures stored in a separate pass code protected file. >> new information about four people assaulting two four-year-old children. police say all four people charged have village pasts, drugs, shoplifting and one is a convicted sex offender. in 2008 he was convicted of molesting an 11-year-old girl for three years. and we have learned some of the alleged abuse involving the four-year-old children happened at a g

for life-threatening injuriesment and the other less than a mile away in the 5600 block of brookshire boulevard we have crews heading to the scenes. police say the scene on brookshire one person was shot and one has been detained. the shooting victim has been transported to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. more information of the incidents we will bring it to you. back to you. >> all right thank you. a community is heartbroken after a local mother is killed in a crash while taking her children to school. her two children were hurt in the crash but they are expected to be ok. and it happened on highway 150 at old mill road in lincoln county. pamela escobar spoke with one of helm's close friends is live outside the family's church. and such a difficult time for the entire community? and shocking. this church is going to have a special prayer service tonight at 6:30. it's hard for everyone to understand how a 32-year-old mom of two boys is gone. candace helm's minivan was struck head on tuesday morning. >> she was doing the normal mommy thing taking the kids to school. something tha

injured in the shootings that started when two people were shot outside of a gas station along brookshire boulevard. the next shooting happened on the plaza in east charlotte. a woman was shot in the happened. police say they do not believe that the shootings are connected. >>> police are still looking for a suspect in a stabbing in north suspect charlotte. chopper 9 was over the scene during eyewitness news at 5:00, since then, police told us that suspect and the victim know each other, that they they argued, and one stabbed the other. >>> we spoke with city leaders tonight, and they're telling us, there are no plans for any disciplinary action in an investigation into a city council woman's choice to use a charlotte fire leader as her intern. she warned claire fallon the against policy about council employee interaction. he called it unlawful and a conflict of interest. claire fallons says puckett is working with her in his off time, and that this should not be an issue. >> tried to bully me and tell me i can't have this, and i can't do this. oh, yes, i can, people elected me. >> city officials s

the crash happened on honeywood drive off brookshire boulevard caused. we're told there was a man in the house at the time. but he was not hurt. >>> a man is facing charges accused of having child pornography inside of a registered charlotte daycare. we're asking police how they uncovered this all and what is next for that facility? >>> tree pollen continues to cause misery all over the carolinas. i'll show you how soon we'll wash it out with welcome rain. >>> a family pet found dead on this rowan county road apparently shot in the back. >> sick, twisted person. >> tonight, how that family is leading the charge to find this is a letter from someonetwho's here. she has to take a brand name drug. been taking it since the early 1980's. at that time it cost approximately $180 for 10 shots. the latest refill was $14.700 for the same 10 vials and the company is calledvaleant pharmaceuticals. i'm going after them. it is stopped. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. if you're doing everything rightbut find it harder and harderto get by, you're not alo

two people were shot on the plaza an hour earlier than that, a person shot in a shooting on brookshire boulevard. >> john: mark davenport is live at charlotte-mecklenburg police headquarters with more on the shootings in east charlotte. mark, do police believe they are connected? >> reporter: john, i got off the phone with police, they told me they do not believe the shootings are connected. we asked the question because these two shootings. the ones christine talked about were one mile apart. i want to get you video to show he you the first scene, this crime scene spanned a shopping mall. two people shot, both rushed to the hospital. one in serious condition. the other in critical condition. a few hours later a mile away, off an area on milton road near an apartment complex. our cameras were the only ones there as the victim was being loaded in the ambulance. a car drove by and fired shots at him is what the victim said. >> pray for the families, pray for the lives that have been hurt. offer prayer. >> reporter: now police told me that no one was been arrest in either one of the shootings, if y

this is again a live picture from the scene here on honey wood avenue off brookshire boulevard. >> at one point, another shot we saw the front half of the car, a black vehicle smashed into the side of the home. looks like they might have removed it by now, but we spoke to a neighbor who told us what she heard. >> i heard a big boom and then i looked out my blinds and the next thing you know, i see the mama and son trying to hurry up and push the car up out of the house. >> and we are still working now to learn if anyone was hurt and what led up to the accident. >>> at least four people have been killed by severe flooding moving across the south and tonight, more heavy rain is coming down. 14 inches of rain has already the state of emergency has been declared aid cross northern louisiana tonight. crews are trying to rescue people stranded on rooftops and cars, up in trees. 3500 homes have been evacuated. chief meteorologist, steve udelson said that system is headed our way next. >> we are not going to get the 6 to 10 inches of rain that doused most of the deep south. we will watch the

if you look you can see where cruisers are blocking this entire section of brookshire boulevard at 485. they are focusing a lot of their attention on this stretch of road just before you get to the overpass area. you can see where they are out there between two vehicles. we have video that gets you a little bit closer to the scene where you can see there is a black car with significant damage to the front end. also the windows of the vehicle are smashed in and there is also a dump truck stopped on the scene as well. officers are using their flashlights to pace the scene and gather many clues about what happened out here. they expect to be blocking this section of reasonable doubt for quite some time. right now we are working to get a lot more information about this crash situation. we are going to take you on over to traffic team 9's mark

coming inbound on brookshire, we have a new accident, brookshire boulevard right there at i-85, right now, not seeing any significant delays, we'll keep our eye on that one. the alternate would be rozzelles ferry road. that is a check of traffic, christine. >> christine: kristen miranda back with three big stories we need to watch. >> kristen: the governor of michigan will testify before a house hearing on the flint water crisis. >> president obama's supreme court nominee merrick garland will meet with democrats on capitol hill. >> the big breaking story you will talk about, seaworld no longer participating in captive breeding of orca is what. theiswhales.they really listen to what saying. >> christine: they have been getting push-back, interesting, thanks, kristen. >>> one lucky german shepherd has the navy to thank for reuniting her for her family. >> luna missing five week, assumed to be dead after going overboard off a fishing boat. >> kristen: she manage to swim top san clemente island, owned and operated by the navy and reunited her with the family. >> john: what a story, wow. >

i-77 southbound at brookshire boulevard, volume picking up, running along smoothly. yet to see anything significant gqon interstates showing you down. 9*77, 85, 485 all rning pretty much in the green this morning. now over toward albermarle and wt harris, slow there on albermarle, disabled vehicle just belowhat, t wt harris boulevard there. area interstate, we'll keep an eye on things, nqoothing snarling the commute right now. minutes away from weather and morning. kristen miran getting all the latest news coming in the ale center as6 stories are developing this morning. let's cck back in with more severe weather in louisiana. >> kristen: i think this is going to continue to be a big/c story today. i've been peeking in the live stream of our sister station in the new orleans area, this is all that rain al was showing us a short time ago. the reason i looked at this page, school closures, look at the list of school closures in the new orleans area, it is a very long list. it just keepsdf ongoing and that what i they are dealing with to y. officials in northern louisia

cmpd said one person is in custody after shooting on brookshire boulevard at a show gas station but one person was taken to cmc with non-life-threatening injuries and another shooting happened on mcginn grove were a victim was hurt by shattered glass. on top of all of this to other people were shot in the 6200 block of the plaza. as it stands now officers do not believe any of the shootings are related. developing tonight an amber alert for missing 15-year-old girl pictured right here. police say dixie mae bailey was last seen in brevard north carolina which is just outside of asheville. blue hair -- blue eyes and brown hair excuse me. her hair is police to have -- please have orange trees. she was last seen wearing a peach pullover and cowboy boots. call 911 immediately if you have seen her. if you are like me and you been waiting for spring to get here this is the perfect week for you. looking like we are going to be in the mid-70s for most of the week. for more ascended to chief meteorologist brian basham. >> i want to mention we are still in winter and their seasonal average for thi

cmpd said one person is in custody after shooting on brookshire boulevard at a show gas station but one person was taken to cmc with non-life-threatening injuries and another shooting happened on mcginn grove were a victim was hurt by shattered glass. on top of all of this to other people were shot in the 6200 block of the plaza. believe any of the shootings are related. developing tonight an amber alert for missing 15-year-old girl pictured right here. police say dixie mae bailey was last seen in brevard north carolina which is just outside of asheville. bailey is 5 feet 4 inches with blue hair -- blue eyes and brown hair excuse me. her hair is police to have -- please have orange trees. she was last seen wearing a peach pullover and cowboy boots. call 911 immediately if you have seen her. if you are like me and you been waiting for spring to get here this is the perfect week for you. looking like we are going to be in the mid-70s for most of the week. for more ascended to chief meteorologist brian basham. >> i want to mention we are still in winter and their seasonal average for this

taken in custody after a shooting on brookshire boulevard around 4:30 yesterday. two people were hurt in that shooting. rutherford was not arrest in connection to the shooting and there have been no arrests in three other shootings in charlotte in the past 24 hours. police tell us all those shootings are still active investigations. >>> let's get a check of the commute with chris larson. check >> chris: kristen miranda finally got me. taking a live look, i-77 inbound delays continue across 485 this morning. final check of drive times, rock hill to uptown 30 minutes, concord to center city, 20 minute commute and lake norman center city, 23 minutes, 44 miles an hour. slow inbound from 485 up to about tyvola road and we have another accident, this is on south tryon at westinghouse boulevard. quick check of the overall commute, still seeing delays on matthews and providence road. now over to meteorologist al conklin. >> al: thanks a lot, chris, we'll take you down to main street in belmont, gaston county, gorgeous start to the day. you see sunshine and folks out in sh

continue to follow this accident scene on brookshire boulevard after a fatal overnight accident in the northbound lane of brookshire where a passenger vehicle ran into the back of a dump truck that you see there in front of a tow truck. police telling us this involves speed and alcohol. again, they continue to clean up the scene and investigate. so if you were heading north, outbound away from the city in brookshire, you will see delays. a quick look at your mapping where this has happened. northbound 16 up to 45. the slowdowns also heading southbound in toward the city as they work to clear that. now let's get a check of the weather with meteorologist. >> meteorologist: chris, temperatures are in the upper 20s to low 30s area wide. main street in belmont. traffic picking. you clear skies this morning. early sunshine. the sun is just now coming up, and with that we will start to warm-up and pretty cold. charlotte as low as 33. we are at 35. 29 in salisbury. 31 in statesville. 29 in morganton. freezing at hickory. and below freezing around shelby. good morning gastonia at 32. a chilly s

this is brookshire approaching independence boulevard. the closest traffic camera we have to the area. there is a report of an entrapment an injury accident at graham street. congestion is starting to build as well. we look at the approaching i-77 northbound again this is by graham street. congestion building. injuries involved which means police are on the scenement and tryon but traffic is building. we have the accident at central avenue in the plaza. as we check on our mapping system it's been a quiet start to the monday afternoon commute. although we have problems that is the first one that we have on our major roads. your first alert traffic is sponsored by people's bank. back to you. >> thank you. >> a live look from the hd towercam. temperatures stair stepping up. >> it's going to be a beautiful work week. here is leigh brock with another look at the forecast. >> yep, you will like it. right now your hd towercam shows it looks like we have a lot of cloud cover. but they are thin clouds they are not going to produce any rain. even i

that did take down traffic signals up on brookshire boulevard, those have been repaired but the in and outbound delays between with heavy traffic in and around the intersection. also seeing heavy traffic i-77 through center city both north here is meteorologist al conklin conklin. >> al: next round of wet weather coming from the west. snow across the ohio valley, not coming to the charlotte area, there will be snow in the mountains. rest of us rain but will take most of the day for this to arrive. out there this morning, dry, no rain being picked up on any part of our area. this is our lake norman cam, you can see the clouds are are thickening up, as we look down the main channel from thevue.com, brighter sky with early sunshine, temperatures are cold, 27 boone, 34 in charlotte, 33 in rock hill, 33 gastonia. only get back to near 50 this afternoon, early sunshine gives way to increasing clouds. rain late this afternoon. rain tonight, gone the first thing tomorrow morning. mostly sunny, milder in the afternoon. seasonal. 57, seasonal mostly sunny saturday, in the 60s sunday wednesday, m

arrested 17-year-old sean rutherford in connection with the shooting that injured two people at brookshire boulevard at 4:30 yesterday. he is facing felony possession of a stolen firearm among the charges. and then there was another shooting off the plaza. then a third shooting at 8:30 last flight and 8:30 -- night and then another shooting at 11:30 injuring a woman. the investigation is ongoing. >>> mark taylor is monitoring the drive in the traffic mark? i-70. heading west from conover, use and in myers park, providence at queens, backing up to randolph to get around that. >>> the temperatures just updating in the weather center, and it's 60 already in charlotte and lincolnton and 61 in concord. we will be warming up very quickly as we go throughout the day. highs near 77, well above average and we are tracking the threat for showers heading into the weekend, and don't forget that we set the clocks forward an hour on saturday night. stephanie? >>> thank you for making channel 9 your choice for news. we'll be back for midday at have a great day, everyone. reat day, everyone. kelly: it's "live! with

this morning no issues to and from the brookshire to independence boulevard. no accidents or stalled vehicles on the secondary roads. >>> an 11-year-old charlotte girl called out president obama after her ncaa bracket outperformed his last year. ahead at 6:30 the president's response then the reason he called her on the phone this year. >> popular sections of the blue ridge parkway were forced to shut down for days at the end of the month. the work crews need to do before the busy season and the >>> a huntersville man will serve 11 years in prison for running a large scale drug operation. prosecutors say he lead the drug ring that trafficked cocaine, marijuana and heroin from mexico to the charlotte area. he will serve four years of court supervision after he is released from prison. involve heading to the blue ridge parkway, take note, you may run into road closures. crews are blocking off small sections for two to three days at a time until the end of the move to remove large trees. they usually do did the cleaning during the winter months. they had to delay

on the outer loop from wilkinson boulevard to the brookshire, as well, as the secondary row. back to you. >>> a teen at the center of a deportation battle will stay in the u.s. for a little longer. ahead, the last-minute decision allowing him to stay, even after he admitted to crossing the border immediately. >>> neighbors opposed to a proposed cell phone tower in clover are suing to block the the unique way one town councilman is trying to show the impact the project could have on the community. >>> troopers are searching for answers after a shelby teen was hit and killed while standing in the middle of the road. >> had i hate to see anybody lose their lives, especially the kids. she came out of 1 >>> 5:42. we have an update on a fire in ardo county. this is live pictures from the scene at mcnealy avenue just off of main street in mooresville. there's the house that's surrounded. in the last few minutes, we learned firefighters managed to get the fire under control. they've got it taped off and they're just kind of cleaning up right now. firefighters tell us no one was hurt

few slow downs down toward south boulevard, provence road and over on north tryon street up in the university city>- area, in center city, 277, thed= john belk and brookshire, no problems there. here is a quick livek look, i-77 west boulevard, still running you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and morning. >> john: the government is about to cash in on a billion dollars because of unfiled tax returns )_gfrom 2012. >> christine: at 6:30, we'll tell you what the deadline is to get that money.+kiwf' in the battle of burgers... ..flk'.jack made a declaration of delicious with the doublejack combo. he formed a perfect union between 100% beef, cheese, andmouth. hyzthe took a stand for hot and salty fries. bp and america ate it up. true story. get the new double jackcombo for just $4.99 'cause on march 30th,this deal is history. there are two mocratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take miions from bibankg and then teltheml hat to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share.qs then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they

boulevard. in center city, the john belk, brookshire running in the green, no problems there, coming in to center city tonight, the hornets taking on the magic, time warner cable arena at 7:00 p.m., expect heavier traffic in and around the arena area. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> john: speaking of traffic, how much time do you spend in affic each year? in the 6:30 half hour, how much the average american does spend in traffic and tell you if shared made thecharlotte made the top ten. >> christine: kristen miranda getting news first as it is happening. the morning is always changing, the break. we built our factories here because of a huge natural resource. not the land. or power sources. it's the people. american workers. they build world-class products. and that builds communities. and a better future. for all of us. because making something in america means so much, to so many. >> christine: welcome back to wbtv news this morning. >> john: 5:51, get over to kristen miranda with new details on tough punishment for an american vi

boulevard. over toward the brookshire no issues here. >>> some drivers with suspended licenses will have a chance this week to get those privileges back. ahead at 6:30, the specific requirements those drivers will have to meet and the reason not everyone qualifies. >>> tonight charlotte city leaders will vote on a plan to site to w mc-- to cms. >>> one south carolina lawmaker wants the motto in god we trust in every public school. the reason some critics say it is setting the state up for a lawsuit. >>> the do she says their names. trayvon martin shot to death. unarmed. sandra bland... did nothing wrong. and makes their mothers' fight for justice her own. she speaks for a city poisoned by indifference. we need action now. and stands with the president against those who would undo his achievements. just like she's always...stood with us. hillary clinton. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. approve this message.if you're doing everything rightbut find it harder and harderto get by, you're not alone. almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultr

charlotte this morning as folks head out to the roadways on independence boulevard right before the split with john belk and brookshire freeway, not steering any foggy conditions in east charlotte. outbound looking good heading out toward monroe. from union county inbound, looking good from matthews to uptown in 16 minutes. average speed. mint hill it is a 14-minute ride and same on providence road from around highway 51 from the arboretum to uptown. >>> city leaders could vote to sell a portion of the old eastland mall site to cms for a new school. ahead at 5:30 the reason some neighbors believe a school at that property would hinder future growth. >>> drivers in south carolina who have suspended licenses could get driving privileges back sooner. next this morning the specific criteria drivers would have to meet and the deadline to apply. >>> a day before people in north carolina vote in the primary, channel 9 is investigating how much money each candidate is pulling in from vetters here. we found the donations don't necessarily match the recent poll numbers. and who workers at major a 9 investigation into a 9 inves

seeing a few slow downs on highway 74, independence boulevard as you make your way up toward albermarle road. as we come in center city, again, the brookshire, the john belk, 277, 77 through center city all looking good this morning. if you're coming in from providence road from the arboretum area, 16 minutes, 40 miles an hour, concord to center city, 20 minutes at 66. that's the check of the morning traffic, john, over to you. >> john: thanks, chris. >>> next at 5:00, chick-fil-a wants families to spend more time together with no distractions. the challenge that could get you free ice cream coming up. >> christine: wbtv is always on your side, in your community >> christine: now 5:19. >> john: get over to kristen miranda, got new details on an in the alert center. >> kristen: want to show you this picture from turkish media. it shows the scene where this happened, go ahead and take a look. turkish media reporting two female attackers threw hand grenades and opened fire at a police special forces headquarters in istanbul. the same news agency saying that nobody was hurt in the attacks this morning which is good news. no motive for the attac

brookshire freeway to access 277. then we have an accident closer to west boulevard that we were seeing issues with. let's go there, 77 northbound near west boulevard. that's two different accident scenes. coming from south charlesots, use south boulevard or south tryon. >>> wall street futures this morning, the dow is up 28... ... . >>> troopers investigating after two cars hit and killed a shelby teen and hurt her boyfriend. the reason investigators think that pair stopped in the middle of the road. >>> and a sitting u.s. president is waking up in cuba year >>> 6:42 now. first full day in cuba today. >> he arrived yesterday and made his first stop to the american embassy. the building re-opened last year after being closed for more than 50 years. today, he will take part in a wreath-laying ceremony and attend a state dinner. arguably, the most important item on today's agenda is a meeting between president obama and raul castro. david muir is in cuba right now. in a few minutes on "good morning america" the question he's asking president obama after he touched down for the historic visit. >>> troo

boulevard. notice it is in both directions and i have information on some problem on billy graham. we'll check in on that and notice on brookshire by i-85 we have an accident as well. back to you guys. >> thank you. outside, a little bit of a cool day but the sun came out and skies are looking good. >> very pretty. if you were in a spot where you were not in the wind -- >> the sunshine felt great. this weekend is? >> good. >> we hit 57 today just below it was a bit cool and we had a mixture of clouds and sun throughout the afternoon. but heading out, this evening, it will be cool. no question. you will need your jacket as we work through the 40s. again friday night folks are out later. and with that, again, no disruptions prepare for the cool temperatures. as we look at the weather map again these areas of gray that is the cloud cover if we had rain you would be seeing the greens and the yellows and the reds through the morning on saturday just fine overall, quiet start. temperature about 38 here. in the piedmont we take you up into the high country again quiet start but yes it will be cold especially on the morningside of the d

brookshire, both running in the green, no problems there. we'll widen out, take in the travel pattern, 485 looks good, 77, 85, providence road to the arboretum in the green. independence boulevard, a few slow downs up toward albermarle road, wt harris, albermarle looking good. over in the university city area things are running smoothly this morning. the drive times coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour, concord to center city, 17 minute commute and lake

boulevard. still looking good. no big issues heading up to the john belk and brookshire this morning. john? this morning, tonight a local group fighting the toll lane project on i-77 will share its research on private toll road projects across the country. eyewitness news reporter joe bruno is live along i-77 in cornelius. joe? >> reporter: right now the head of the ncdot is reevaluating the toll lanes being built after the governor sent him to texas to find out why a similar project failed. it could be weeks until we fiend out what ncdot secretary found out. but tonight, the group fighting the project will give an evaluation of it. widen i-77 aholding a news conference to discuss -- is holding a news conference to discuss bankruptcy and failures. struck a deal with the i-77 mobility partners to pay up to $12 million per year if the project isn't making enough money. i also obtained report that shows the developers expecting to make $5.1 million in 2018 when the project opens. in 2019, that number jumps to $24.6 million. and in 2020 it goes even higher. $34.5million. toll critics say it wil