dave faherty has more. >> reporter: scott, the two were charged with murder. they were found right here. this their car was stuck here, and police found drag marks leading off into the woods and it was behind the old shed that they made the gruesome discovery. you can see one of the suspectings, tony hearne. he talked openly about what happened and that he got into a fight with his uncle, robert herame who he called rico. he said that his uncle pulled a and when he came to, his uncle was dead. someone driving past the old home spotted the two. hearne said it was a case of bad luck. >> i never wanted to hurt my uncle. he came at me with a knife. i tried to defend myself. he was choking me. i was choking him. >> reporter: hearne told us that he had never been to the property before and deputies are searching that car which was towed over to the alexander county sheriff's office and they are trying to determine where the murder happened, possibly here or in another county. reporting live, i'm dave faherty, inn channel -- channel 9, eyewitness news. >> and we will

you can stay on top of stories he covers by following faherty@w faherty@wsoctv9. a security guard told police he was on rozzelles ferry road when a man shot him in the arm and leg and carjacked him. the man went to several homes in the area looking for help this morning. police are still looking for the car he was driving. that shooting adds on to the all ready violent week that we've seen here in charlotte. >>> on tuesday there were four shootings that stretched from west to east charlotte over the course of eight hours. six people injured. police don't believe any of those were connected. yesterday a man was shot and killed on parkland circle. city council members say the violence has to stop. tonight at 6:00, jenna deery breaks down how that could cost you. >>> as soon as we learned about the shootings we sent out news alerts to viewers on their telephones. app. >>> in our vote 2016 coverage, we found out nearly 39,000 early votes have been cast ahead of tuesday's primary. >>> new tonight, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton's campaign announced t

. >> reporter: dave faherty. police tried to calm the man but all fell to the ground and 6 people were cited yesterday. >>> wall street is watching the primaries with key states of florida and ohio up for grabs. this as the fed will gather again to talk about raising interest rates. the dow was up 22 and the nasdaq down 21. >>> the north carolina board of elections is investigating scattered problems with voting. machines in lumberton weren't accepting ballots and there was no power at a north raleigh polling site earlier in the day. otherwise, voting was going smoothly with some locations reporting a high turnout. have seen a steady stream of voters since this morning including in dilworth. a live look at that location right now. you can see a couple people sitting outside. one woman told us that she has a specific reason for voting in today's primary. >> coming off the economic cries we had in 2008, it's important to make sure that ourselves as well as our children are taken care are in the long run. >> again,

dave faherty, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> the federal reserve will keep interest rates unchanged for now because the global pressures. but the u.s. economy is growing and most economists believe that the fed will raise rates twice this year, most likely beginning in june, and that helped to boost stocks on wall street. the dow gained 74 points and the nasdaq, 35 points. >>> they save lives but some helicopters have put them tens of thousands in debt. >> if i knew them when i know now, i would have said no. we are not going for the ride. >> channel 9 investigates the aggressive tactics that one company is using to get patients to pay the bills. >> and boy, did the temperatures rise, shattering an all-time record of 86 degrees. it's more like midjune. i'll tell you when we'll cool >>> right now, we continue to stay on top of the breaking news for you in the middle of uptown charlotte. just minutes ago, police took down the crime scene tape in the area at the scene of a shooting. medic and about a dozen officers are still on the scene along south brevard. officers found a man shot i

now look at these big flakes, eyewitness news reporter dave faherty captured while in lenoir. just a few moments ago. we just got video of snow if you look closely, you can see it there in statesville. closer to charlotte. we're seeing clouds and rain from our lake norman camera. i'm allison latos. >> and i'm scott wickersham. steve udelson is in severe weather center 9 tracking all of it. >> there's a lot going on. as the small vibrant storm really lit up our facebook and twitter feeds this afternoon. about 4:00, we started to receive reports in northern gaston county of snow and is that spread northeast through the charlotte area over the last hour or so. the area of concern, the oranges and reds on the radar. typically, this time of year especially, you see radar look like that, and you'd say heavy rain, that's not the case. that's actually falling as sleet and snow across lake norman thorough juan county, it's history. the same thing developed near lake wiley. it's sliding quickly to the northeast into portions of rowan county. the shades of yellow mixing albemarle. then i

. >> and he spoke to eyewitness news reporter dave faherty. >> reporter: scott, the 16-year- old, as you mentioned, grabbed his baseball bat and made it very clear to the intruder that he needed to go back out the window he had come through. cody lane showed the shattered glass through his bedroom window when he found william lefeever inside his home. >> i flipped out and took my bat and said i could not let him be here. >> reporter: lane said that lefeever told him he was trying to hide but he told think this. >> i could not let him be in here. >> reporter: get out? >> yeah. >> reporter: police say that home for his lunch break just as lefeever ran, chasing him down. police and neighbors are crediting the 16-year-old for his quick thinking to keep from being hurt but exercise caution when confronting a suspect. >> most 16-year-olds couldn't know what to do, wouldn't think to do that, maybe. he was smart. >> you have to be careful as to what type of a threat the person is posing towards you when someone breaks into your house. >> reporter: about 10 minutes ago, i checked at the cataw

dave faherty has seen three people taken into custody as two sides clash back and forth. he says there are two dozen officers out there now. many people holding signs. also hillary clinton is in chicago right now. she's speaking at a rally there. this just getting under way a and it's also worth noting that bernie sanders will be in -- hillary clinton's coming tonight at 9:15, bernie sanders will be here at 4:30. doors open at 1:30 at pnc music pavilion. all the major candidates will be in our area today. a lot going on. we'll have it all covered for you. this week the ncaa men's basketball tournament tips off with unc as a top seed. the tar heels beat virginia saturday to win the acc tournament. kansas is the over all number one, unc is in the east region with game one thursday night in raleigh. it's a record 15th number one seed for the heels, unc last won in 09. coach is confident his team can make a deep run. >> we pass the ball, we defend, we can rebound the ball. we're pretty good on the back boards. so it's a basketball team that we as coaches have appreciated and

eyewitness news reporter dave faherty talked with investigators and the witness would led them to the scene. >> reporter: erica, that witness is telling me where the body was found was at one time an old police training ground. that witness was a former deputy. when he spotted the couple's >> i guess it's the old cop in me. >> reporter: we ask we not show his face or hughes use his name but this sheriff's deputy may have solved the murder. >> it didn't seem right. iltd have called if --i would have called if it was an old farm truck in there because years and years of passing that location never seen a vehicle in there. >> reporter: that led deputies the arrest of toni hearne and limsey lentz. deputies say that the couple got their car stuck on the property after dumping the body and likely didn't know that the house used to be used for swat training. yesterday, hearne told me that he killed his uncle in self defense. you are not a killer, then? >> no, sir. i never wanted to kill him. knife and he was choking me and i was choking him. >> reporter: the should haves looked for evidence

dave faherty channel 9 eyewitness news. walked away from a rock hill facility has been caught in georgia. zachary reeves escaped in late january. hours later he broke into a school and stole a gun. yesterday officers say they caught him south of atlanta. he'll be extradited back to south carolina to face escape and other charges. >>> today the state is expected to release the latest numbers on mumps cased in the area. there are 14 probable and confirmed cases total now. that includes three confirmed in mecklenburg county. and two in iredell. mumps is a mild virus. but it's hard to prevent the spread because it can take 25 days for the symptoms to appear. count on channel 9 to bring you the latest numbers as soon as they're released. >>> lawyers for governor pat mccrory's reelection campaign argue that they didn't break any laws when the governor appeared in an online ad. the ad supported the 2 billion- dollar connect nc bond on the ballot. governor pat mccrory is also on the ballot. with bond committees. progress nc action

eyewitness news reporter dave faherty has done several the years. tonight he's breaking down the mayor's new request, dave? >>> that old sink hole was causing flooding along u.s. 70. let me step out of the way real quick. you can see where the d.o.t. prepositioned these signs. the mayor told me earlier today that right now $25,000 is being spent each month to keep the flooding from happening. we could see water in the hole that sits deep from highway 70 nearby. pumps have been in to keep the hole from filling up and flooding the highway. >> our hands have always been sort of tied because we haven't had anybody who wanted to turn it over to us. and we didn't want to own it. because that means you own the liability. >> today mayor rudy wright and the governor met to discuss the sink hole that first opened in 2002. a storm drainage pipe big enough to walk through collapsed under the property. but the pipe is clogged under seventh street southeast. the cost to fix it, $4 million. >> i don't think the state will. >> do you think the city will? >> i doubt

dave faherty channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> today the charlotte mecklenburg school district took the first steps to finding a new superintendent. channel 9 was there when the board created a three person committee to search. board member rhonda lenon told us they'll skip the community engagement part and go right to the search. >> we are more than happy to hear from anybody that wants to share. but i don't think we need to spend the taxpayer dollars or time to reengage and ask the same questions we've asked for the last ten yearar >> father or motherrer school as a consultant for the search. early primary voting started at poling locations across north carolina. >>> in gaston county, we've seen people lining up throughout the day and voting officials say many of them are switching parties so they can vote for donald trump. overwhelmingly the people we talk to tell us they're here for donald trump. and they're not bothered by the negative attention he's getting. even from members of his own party. here he's getting attention and votes from traditional democratics. >> 64 coming up. >>

"eyewitness news" reporter dave faherty is live out there tonight is it safe for you to be out there? >> reporter: well erica after hearing the one person had to get stipes on their head igrabbed this fire helmet -- grabbed this fire helmet and it's not just helmets like these people are reaping for items to keep themselves from being hurt out here. we could see fred griffin carry a rake out to the mailbox and he doesn't have plans to do gardening but is trying to keep two hawks from hitting him in the head. >> hold the rake over my head to make myself look bigger roz and he he is not the only -- >> reporter: and ease not the only -- he is not the only one with eye to the sky his neighbors carry an umbrella or wear a bike helmet. >> he was weeding and saw a shadow and kept on and pretty soon it came and nudged at his head. >> hit me by the creek and the bird was not damaged. it was like i had been hit with a basketball. >> reporter: north carolina wildlife says they have laid eggs and are taking turns protecting the nest. this is the 6th year they returned to the area of northeast hic

reporting live from hickory, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> all right dave. on the democratic side, bernie sanders is well behind hillary clinton in the north carolina poles. but the senator from vermont is still making a big push here in charlotte. eyewitness news reporter liz foster is live in university city where sanders wrapped up speaking to about 6,000 supporters minutes ago. liz? >> that's right, scott, bernie sanders just finished speaking about 20 minutes ago and nearly all of the seats here inside pnc pavilion were full. he addressed people of all ages, ethnicities, backgrounds, and spoke about issues that directly effect them and others. the big topics he covered, universal health care for all americans raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, cracking down on trade agreements, paid family leave, immigration reform, expanding social mostly the young crowd really cheering, making public universities tuition-free by taxing wall street brokerages. >> when wall street was in trouble, they got bailed out. now it is wall street's time to help the middle

reporting live from hickory, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> we'll see you tonight. this story has been a top trending story on our website, wsoctv.com. we also posted it on facebook. you can share the story by liking our page. >>> right now lincoln county sheriff detectives are looking for a catawba county man accused of shooting at a vehicle while there was a woman inside. right now they're looking for this man, bobby lee fish jr. the victim told deputies that she went to buy gas wednesday night in vail and noticed a man staring at her. she left the gas station but says fish followed her on to highway 274. eventually she says the truck passed her and the man fired a shot at her. no one was injured. >>> right now a trial is under way in charlotte for a man accused of killing a six-month- old daughter. tom requested a judge decide his fate instead of having a jury trial. himself and decided against giving an opening statement this morning. police found broderick's daughter not breathing at a motel on tuckaseegee road in 2012. >>> three men accused in a shooting that

we start with eyewitness news reporter dave faherty at donald trump's event today. six people were taken into custody there, right? >> reporter: that was over the course of several hours. the vast majority scott, of protests, were peaceful. there were times when police had to step in to keep people safe. before donald trump arrived at the pe monroe auditorium, we could see clashes between several groups. who oppose him and support him. >> he's not racist. there's nothing racist about him. >> protests weren't always peaceful. including this incident half way through his speech. on the ground. wrestled by police. >> they're just trying to bully their bernie sanders crap on me and i ain't gonna take me. >> they just grabbed me. >> most of the morning it was a peaceful exchange of ideas as protesters lined the sidewalk in front of grace chapel at lenoir rhine university. >> build a wall. build a wall. >> this student told us the message she wanted to share with trump. >> i would tell him that we love him. and that we hope that he changes. >> the auditorium for the rally

dave faherty, eyewitness news. >>> you can see more from >>> a group fight being the i- 77 toll lanes will present their findings into how the toll lanes operate. the widen i-77 meeting comes after a company filed for bankruptcy in texas last month. the group there was separate from the one that state leaders took. widen i-sphefnt i -- i 77s that it would hurt traffic. count on channel 9 to have the latest in cornelius at 10:00 and 11:00 on eyewitness news. >>> within the past hour, councilwoman alma adams announced she is running for re- election with a big surprise. >> not only am i running for re- election but i started the process of moving to the queen state. >> adams currently represents district 12 which was when lawmakers re-drew the congressional map. >>> a man accused of breaking into firefighters' vehicles across our area is facing new charges. johnny bing is facing breaking and entering charges in iredell county. deputies say that he broke into a car while firefighters were sleeping. bing was already facing charges in charlotte, rock hill, and rowan counties. police first

dave faherty, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> friday will be one year since there was a change to improve people's health. >>> and a north carolina sold iev getting a new home after suffering an injury in combat. >>> and you want to go to cuba? charlotte could soon get the next fly. why charlotte is one of the best options for non-stop travel. >>> no lack of blue sky and sunshine. on >>> taking a look at wall street right now, the dow is falling back about 28 points. the nasdaq down about 26. >>> new at noon, in a major reversal, the obama administration said it will to the allow oil drilling in the atlantic ocean. the interior secretary made the announcement on twitter declaring that the next 5-year offshore drilling plan protects atlantic for future generations. it would have opened up sites in north carolina and georgia to oil drilling no earlier than 2021. channel 9 covered the, and the potential impact on the carolinas extensively. communities took part in the environmental meetings. >>> a new york based private equity firm apollo just bought fresh market. fresh market has 190 stores

reporting live from longview, i'm dave faherty, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> and in charlotte's south end right now, police are confirming that shots were fired on south boulevard near chopper 9 is over the scene, and we've count body half a dozen police cruisers in a shopping center here next to the burger king. nobody was hit, and we learned that police have detained two people here. stay with channel 9 for updates. >>> this video of a cmpd officer punching a is the in custody has been viewed more than 90,000 times on our wsoc tv facebook page. at 5:00, we told you that the suspect and his family want to see the body camera footage that captured the encounter close up. tina terry asked if they think the officer went too far. >> reporter: yes, allison, and an expert admits that the video is controversial but he said a lot of questions will have to be answered before police can of excessive force. former federal prosecutor and fbi examiner williams looked at the video and we asked if this is an example of excessive force. >> it's difficult to tell. you do need to interview all the off

follow at faherty, wsoc9. >> breaking now on i-85. this is 85 southbound near dale earnhardt boulevard. you can see there are troopers there on the scene, directing traffic around the crash. trooper says a tractor-trailer we're seeing rire siddual delays in this area. yeah we were looking at traffic flows. and it was southbound out of china grove. still a few leftover delays. boulevard. grove. the good news is, getting ready to clear out. but right now, still slow about six miles per hour. if you want to avoid some of this congestion, jump on 29. >> in the next few hours, republican presidential candidate ted cruz will address supporters in kannapolis. he is expected to speak at central kannapolis church at 5:00 p.m. in the most recent elan poll, trump is leading cruz in north carolina 28-19. >>> and coming up in the next tuesday, take 2. how the front runners are trying to pad those leads. >>> police say kyle moore attacked the girl from behind on west gold street sunday. she screamed and several nearby national guard members rushed

eyewitness news reporter dave faherty spoke with the victim in this case and other tow truck operators about why they carry a gun on their calls. >> jarvis simpson's court appearance lasted only a few minutes in charlotte today. the man he's accused of shooting told me by phone this afternoon that when simpson showed up on the call, he all ready had a gun on his side. in this cell phone video moments after the shooting, you can see the victim run off seconds after police say jarvis simpson opened fire at the park south station. that victim declined to discuss what led up to the shooting where he says he was struck in the side. he did explain his truck was booted earlier saturday morning called rescue tow in charlotte to have it removed. ronny runs a wrecker service where he wears a give up on calls as a precaution. and he showed us his concealed carry permit. >> i hope i never have to draw it. >> deputies and state troopers say there's no law preventing a tow truck operator in north carolina from having a gun. even without a concealed carry permit. some companies don't allow it because

reporting live, i'm dave faherty, inn channel -- channel 9, eyewitness news. >> and we will update you on anything we learn tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >>> new at 6:00, a charlotte city councilmember is facing criticism for using an employee city leaders say that is against the law. he said that his work with councilwoman clair fallon should not be an issue. >> reporter: erica, it's not uncommon for city councilmembers to have interns who are also city employees. he told me he goes to meetings with her and sends out e-mails for her but it was not until this letter was sent out that the two got in trouble. >> i'm not a soldier. i'm not marching in line. >> reporter: fallon was not happy after a phone call on friday. >> and a got a call from the city manager telling me i couldn't have the intern i had. this is on his time, not city time. they try and bully me and tell me i can't have this and i can't do that. oh, yes i can. >> reporter: it was this later that prompted the call calling she said she asked her intern to help her forward it through e-mail to the city attorney and the city ma

our eyewitness news reporter dave faherty spoke with the victim's family members. >> reporter: one of the family members fought back tears as she described to me how she cries to self to sleep every night when she thinks of her sister who she says was killed execution style five years ago. take a look at some of this video. hue et is charged with three counts of murder. the murders happened in 2011 just south of con over inside a mobile home. from the beginning deputies suspected robbery as the motive. in court the attorney argued that notes were never taken by deputies when prosecutors wanted to charge an important witness in the case. authorities learned that witness didn't want to testify because he was fearful for his life. investigators never did end up charging him after he agreed to show up in court. the murder scene drawn by an eyewitness and a deputy along with a taped interview done years ago but not turned over to defense until last month. we spoke with beverly can whose sister was one of the three killed. >> i want to know why. i haven't got no answer yet. it's hard. i hav

reporting live from hickory, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> now dave was tweeting pictures from the scene all morning long. you can follow him,@fahertywsoc9. a breaking story out of greenville south carolina. killed in the line of ty. earlier at 5:00 we told you the shooting happened while the officer was out serving a warrant. the suspect later shot and killed himself. we have new information right now about that warrant. greenville's police chief saying that his department has been focused on violence and gang activity in that community. and that this particular officer took that challenge head-on. the officer and suspect's names have not been released tonight. >>> we're staying on top of this developing story for you. we'll bring you any new information ahead tonight at 6:00. >>> governor pat mccrory's office says it will handle coal ash clean up from now on. a state coal ash management commission over sees duke energy's closure of coal ash ponds. but the governor sent a letter this week disbanding that panel. it comes after the governor won a court battle where he accus

eyewitness news reporter dave faherty has some new information about the suspect tonight. dave? >> yeah, he's in police custody now. we're being told that sheriff deputies were close by when all this unfolded. training about a mile in this direction. deputies say it's understandable why that mother was so terrified. the barrel of the pistol in all of this was nearly eight inches long. >> i'm going to take my daughter to school. >> she showed us where the man approached her car. she was getting ready to take her daughter to the bus stop. >> i was so scared. he said get out. get out. i got a gun. >> he was yelling at you. >> he was trying to pull my door open. >> with the door's locked, she backed out of the driveway and got on her daughter's school bus telling the driver someone was trying to kill her. >> i didn't do nothing man. >> didn't do anything. weren't out there. >> didn't have a gun. >> i'm not answering your questions. >> deputies arrested wesley wright. they put him in handcuffs and placed him in this chair sitting near a curb in front of a home. he's charged with felo

this is the vote that dave faherty sent us along fairway acres drive. investigators say the suspect stabbed a woman inside of her home. they say a toddler was injured and airlifted to the hospital. investigators say they were checking a younger child at the scene for possible injuries. >>> throughout the morning on daybreak, channel 9 will push for more information about both of these breaking news stories. we will bring you new developments as we get them on air and online at wsoctv.com. >>> a company connected to the for bankruptcy. joe bruno is live on i-77 in corn knee use to explain the situation. >> reporter: the governor ordered a review of the contract. the order comes after a company that build an austin, texas, toll road declared bankruptcy. that company falls under sentra, the same company that overseas the mobility partners. head of the ncdot is flying to texas monday to meet with that state's transportation leader to talk about legal and financial options with i-77's contract. on tuesday, i uncovered how much money the i-77 mobility partner

john, dave faherty is currently on the scene, he's gathering more information. but what we've learned is this was a head-on crash. there was a fatality. there was four people hurt. including two children. we're working to gather more information on who the fatal was this morning if you're traveling in the area, and you typically use 150. it's closed near old mill road. this is east of downtown lincolnton and east of u.s. 321. today mark. fast. check this out. we're at 61 degrees in concord. we're not fall from 60 in 57 in the mountains at jefferson. we're going to warm things up significantly today. close to 70 all ready by noon. the high today, at least around 74. beautiful weather hangs on for the week. all leading up to a rain chance for the weekend still. scattered showers saturday back in the low 70s. we're following breaking news in huntersville. police say roberts crashed through a van in a jewelry store. it happened here at berk dale commons. you can see the front of the store. it's smashed out. investigators are reviewing surveillance video now. they sa

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