traveling toward the gaston county area now, as we are traveling from mecklenburg to gaston county. tell us what you have been seeing on the ground. >> we exit i-85, and arrived in mount hollywood, getting clouds. there certainly are very heavy winds. you can kind of feel it hitting against the truck we are in. you may actually be able to hear the rain beating against the windows. the rain is so heavy, it is kind of tough to see even a few feet in front of the truck. no funnel clouds. i will be sure to keep you updated as soon as we see anything. >> anchor: thank you. that tornado warning no longer in effect for our area, it is just severe thunderstorm warning we are watching for you now. we have more details. >> that is the good news. no active tornado warnings. we are not out of the woods yet. statesville to charlotte, is south toward headache wiley and 77, all of the areas in yellow, these are still severe thunderstorm warnings, so here in the charlotte area, we have severe weather. fur to the south, it continues. this is i-85, mount holly to headache wiley. anywhere where you ar

the group claims that cpd officers shot and killed gaston because he was black. the group is reacting by releasing personal information on cpd chief eliot isaac and his officers. last week, cincinnati police chief isaac said officers fired nine shots at paul gaston, 37, after he refused to lie flat on the ground and raised up, appearing to reach for a weapon from his waistband. isaac described the pistol as "a very realistic-looking firearm." in a video released by the group, an toyota billboard at humana, we know when you have your health... ...great things are ahead of you like seeing old friends or making new ones, learning some moves or showing off your skills and being free to keep on ex ploring. choose a humana medicare plan for the care you need... to h elp you have better health for everything that's ahead. humana. start with healthy. (vo) shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood... all with worry-free ownership. head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles your next one. week with sunshine and temp

tom mckee, nine on your side, live in cheviot. 9 on your side dug into gaston's past.we've learned gaston does have a history of domestic violence.the hamilton county prosecutor's office says he threatened to shoot his ex and her children. we're told he had to be taken out of his vehicle at gunpoint. this happened in october. breaking now in brown county - a husband and wife attacked by their own dog.both suffering arms.9 on your side's jason law is live outside the animal shelter, where that dog is quarantined, jason? one of the pit bulls will remain here at the brown county animal shelter to be tested, the other pit bull is staying with the family. the dog warden told us this afternoon the two dogs were fighting inside the house. the husband and wife tried to break up the fight when one turned on them. we're told the wife suffered bad cuts and bites to her face and head. the husband suffered cuts on his arm. the attack happened *inside* their home on new harmony salem road. we talked to a neighbor who has seen these dogs many times, he says they've always been friendly to him. "one's ab

the gaston. paul gaston's girlfriend. nine on your side's john genovese just spoke with him. john joins us live. that woman is still trying to understand why this happened. she can't bring herself to watch the video of the shooting-and asked us to disguise her voice . 10:31:18"i didn't believe it - i still don't believe it" despite several commands-- police say 37-year-old 'paul gaston' was reaching for a gun -forcing officers to shoot 10;31:08"i think the shooting was senseless "gaston's girlfriend she asked us to change her voiceand not to show her face "he wasn't a bad person - he had a few issues here and there with drinking - i do believe that played a role int he incident yesterday - but overall he wasn't a bad person" what we now know was an airsoft pellet gun recovered at the scene 10:33:07 "he had just got it a couple weeks ago -" in this picture- and in the heat of the moment- police and city officials say it's nearly impossible to tell consistent message that when our officers are faced with a situation where their lives are in danger and someone is not listening t

the deadly turn comes when gaston does not lie flat as commanded. he raises up and his right rand reaches into his waistband. what police say he reached for was an airsoft pellet gun that looked like a real gun. >> he raises up with his right hand, reaches to his waistband. you see the reaction of the officers. mike: three cincinnati officers fired nine shots. >> don' t go for a gun against a cop. you will be shot. and our officers have a really tough job and we need to stand with them when they make tough decisions. mike: so what led up to the shooting? why were police called in the first place? sheree: wlwt news 5' s tammy mutasa spoke with the girlfriend, of the man who was shot and killed. tammy joins us with that part of the story. tammy: he was playing with one of her kids and hit them with a pellet gun. she called police. >> i don' t think he deserved to be shot. tammy: paul gaston' s girlfriend called 911 not realizing less than an hour later he would be dead. she says gaston hit her daughter with a pellet gun. >> they were scared so the pol

and it appears *police* saw gaston more than once before yesterday... we've been digging into his past. past.and this evening -- we have *three* perspectives of that shooting... cell phone video capturing the confrontation that turned deadly. and police say this video proves that the officers were justified in pulling the trigger.they say gaston ignored repeated commands -- then reached into his thought was a handgun.it pellet gun. folks along glenway avenue this happened. happened. nine on your side's john spoke to them...he's live with what they had to say. gaston was in the process of doing some construction work for this hair salon off glenway avenue. he was told to leave around 3-30 than two hours later police say he reached for what looked like a real gun. before crashing into this pole on harrison avenue-before police say despite several commands airsoft gun that looked like the real thing"i don't look at him as no crazy nut he was just under the influence" 37-year-old 'paul gaston' was doing construction work at the 'house of shears' hair salon

before a fatal shooting, 9-1-1 calls came in about paul gaston.gaston's girlfriend reported that gaston was armed. " 2868 durham report of man waving a gun there are kids out there"it was the first in a series of calls about the 37-year-old.in westwood... callers reported a man with a gun.they were talking about gaston.he wrecked his pick up truck minutes before.he exited the car, stumbled out, dropped a gun, and then picked up the gun and took offofficers surrounded gaston ... ordering him to get down. witnesses had cell phone cameras.one woman pleads with gaston to comply with their officers' orders.please do what you're asked, please as you can see as he initially starts to go to the ground he rises up and with his right hand reaches to his waist bandanother driver is recording and you clearly afterwards.gunshots. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. oh my god my granddaughter was with me. she's 10 years old and she was traumatized by the whole incidenti'm so scaredlater officers found gaston had an airsoft gun which shoots soft pellets ... but it looked real. plus, 911 callers had reported a man with a

this, after the shooting death of paul gaston by cpd. police say gaston didn't comply with commands to lie on the ground after reports that he was waving a gun. police say he reached for a gun from his waistband. dozens of protesters gathered across the street from western hills high school demanding justice for those they say were harassed and or killed at the hands of police. they let their voices be heard as they made their way to district 3. "we're not here simply for show, where fight so that these families can get justice and find out the truth and find out facts" one case protesters focused on today was melvin murray, jr. he died after a police say he after a police car him. he then sped the protesters also addressed other police involved shootings that made national headlines. nats "i'm out here today to demand that police stop killing black folks in our neighborhood. im out here to demand that mayor cranley police killings of paul gaston were justified." district three officers confronted gaston in the 3300 block of harrison ave

eastern gaston county, this is where the storm starts. it's now working its way over to charlotte mecklenburg airport, excuse me, into the western part of the city. so this is going to cause some significant delays at the airport here momentarily as that line works on through. working its way into the southern part of gaston county, western meck county. south out of lake wiley. a lot of heavy rain, strong wind out of highway 49 out of the steele creek area. i'm concerned for wind damage in lake wiley in steele creek toward the carowinds vicinity. one last stop here further south into tega cay. strong winds are coming on through. not just tega cay but the north side of rock hill. the indian hook community as you work your way around lake wiley, seeing big rain bursts with heavy rain coming through this, let's get back to stephanie for another update of wind damage information coming in. >> we're going to go to reporter dave faherty who is live near the burke county line near hildebrand. you tweeted out about a tree down across i-40. what a

but when police got to her home gaston had already taken off. the girlfriend wanted her identity protected so we' re not showing her face. and we' re distorting her voice. >> he had been drinking and he just had an accident, i' m not trying to justify him not listening but i' m pretty sure , that played a major role in it. mark: the 3 officers who fired their guns are from district three. and, are on paid administrative leave until the investigation is complete. lisa: viciously attacked in their home by their own pets. a brown county couple is recovering this morning after breaking up a dog fight. the dog warden was called out to a home on new harmony salem road in mount orab thursday afternoon. he says it' s unclear what started the fight between the two dogs. trying to pull them apart. a 5-year-old male and a 2 to , 3-year-old female. the dog warden says the female is new to the family. >> they didn' t seem like they were vicious dogs when they were outside at all. but i don' t know, you don' t know what happens inside. lisa: both victims were

the cell phone video shows paul gaston, to go before his pocket, before he was shot and killed by cincinnati police officers. investigators say it was an airo soft gun. >> before that, investigators called, to say he had a real gun. and seconds before the officers shot the 37-year-old. >> and the first call to 911 was to paul gaston's girlfriend. he showed up at the baby-sitters. >> 2868 dearham avenue. there's a man out there waving a gun and his kids is there. >> the girlfriend's sister actually had the children there. he was threatening her and the children. received. >> other 911 calls mentioned a gun, including one that came in >> he exited the car, stumbled out and dropped the gun. and then picked up the gun and took off. >> and no one thought it was an aerosoft gun including the police officers that confronted him on harrison avenue. they told him to get on his knees and then lie down. this woman who shot cell phone video from her car, apparently heard some commands. >> please do what you are asked. please. >> gaston did get on his knees. here's what happens next. >> as you could see,

it captures of paul gastons life. here's a picture of the air soft gun gaston had. the officers at the time didn't know the gun was fake. and the chief said it was a very realistic pistol. - you leave them where we can see them take a look and listen to the cell phone video captured by witnesses as police confronted 37- year-old paul gaston. get on your face here's another cell phone video of the same incident from a different view. listen to how worried the witnesses are. please do it please do it. please do what your asked he's another view. look at the officers guns pointed. they are giving gaston commands. he is listening at first. but things go get on your face right keep your hands where we can see them what they say back up and then we hear this. keep your hands where we can see them. go all wow, let me see them don't do it after police say he police later airsoft gun. during a news conference police made it clear that all three officers who fired a total of 9 shots were justifed in their actions. they were giving him mutiple commands to lie flat on the groun

killed a man yesterday afternoon. good evening, everyone. police -- >> police chief, elliotizer, paul gaston of north fair mount refused orders to lie on the ground and went for a weapon on his waistband. the officer and the man killed and joins us live from the newsroom. jeff. >> less than 24 hours after the incident on harrison avenue, cincinnati officials released phone calls, dispatched traffic and cell phone video, all are part of ongoing investigation. >> on ron smith's cell phone video, you could hear the gunshots and shock >> oh, my gosh. >> my granddaughter was with me also. she's 10-year-old. she's basically traumatized by the whole incident. shot and killed, by police officers late yesterday afternoon on harrison >> and there's a man out there waving a gun and his kids. >> the suspect, gaston, jumped in his vehicle. there's a 911 call after that. >> exited the car, stumbled out. and dropped the gun. took off. >> and officers surrounded gaston, ordering him to get down and other motorists, cell phone camera, too >> initially starts to go to the ground, raises up. >> turns out gasto

but when police got to her home, gaston had already taken off. the girlfriend wanted her identity protected, so we' re not showing her face and we' ve altered her voice. >> he had been drinking and he just had an accident. i' m not trying to justify him not listening, but i' m pretty sure that played a major role in it. mark: the three officers who fired their weapons from district three. they are on paid administrative leave until the investigation is complete. proposed budget cuts in kentucky could result in some college students paying more for tuition. governor matt bevin will be in northern kentucky today talking about the issue that has several college presidents frustrated. with the story. andrew, good morning. andrew: governor matt bevin will be at gateway community college later this morning and his visit comes as he is being criticized for his proposed budget and the education. governor bevin' s try to balance a budget for the state that has a $30 billion shortfall in pension programs. things. estates humidity college president says the

shooting paul gaston on february 16th. black lives matter activists say the nine shots fired by police... are murder. they demanded that officers be indicted. brian taylor: this is institutionalized racism. this is one of the sharpest, can't make it up, examples that you see. black lives matter also demands answers for the family of melvin murray, a man who died on september 4, 2015, after striking a tree. the group says police rear-ended murray's car. brian taylor: "we have to understand as a society that that they're not going to stop doing this, until we make them stop we spoke with family members of paul gaston about this this afternoon... the family said they were not contacted by black lives matter activists about this rally, but gaston's uncle, lawrence williams give me this statement: "i think the mayor, the police chief, and the city manager have already made an assumption. they just left us in the air. the police wanted to shoot him. he didn't have a real gun." we also reached out ot cincinnati police for a comme

the towns are billed at the end of the month for the time they use from gaston county. since november the sheriff says belmont has paid around $7,000 a month for gaston county deputies. >> the most important thing is we're providing a service to the people and protecting the people and that is our job. no matter the cost. >> reporter: the gaston county sheriff's office have seen their fair share of shortage, too. last yearner lost 30 deputies but the sheriff says he wants to help out in any way that he can. we'll follow the story for you right here on wbtv. reporting live, mark davenport, wbtv on your side. >> john: looking ahead the charlotte-mecklenburg police department hopes to prevent auto thefts by rewarding drivers who follow the rules. police say since november there have been 85 vehicles stolen with keys left in the ignition. so officers will be at four to reward drivers to show officers their keys. drivers who show the keys to officers will get coupons for free drinks. police will be out from 6:30 until 9:00 this morning. >> christine: it is 5:33, get over to

gaston was charged with violating a protection order... and failing to comply with a police officer's order. we're hearing this morning from three more republican presidential candidates following a c-n-n town hall... taking questions from south carolina voters ahead of saturday's crucial primary. among them... g-o-p frontrunner donald trump. during the sitdown with c-n-n's anderson cooper... trump admitted that he *may have* back the invasion of iraq back in 2002.it follows his attack last weekend on george w. bush's handling of i could have said that. i wasn't a politician. it was probably the 1st time anybody asked me that question. by the time the war started, that was quite a bit before the war, i was against the war. war.today is the final full day of campaigning in the palmetto state before south carolina voters go to the polls on saturday.trump still holds a double-digit lead in most polls. trump...is getting *support* this morning from a g-o-p rival after some harsh words from pope francis. francis.the pontiff blasted trump's call

lisa: new witness cell phone what we' ve learned about gaston of paul gaston' s life. what we' ve learned about gaston and what the girlfriend is saying. mark: and dueling town halls across the country. what presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle touched on last night. >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, news 5 today. m , mark hayes. lisa: and i' m lisa cooney. kyla woods is here with a check on the traffic and randi rico is here with the forecast. the weekend? we will take it. we are talking temperatures tomorrow. mark: nice. i look out not bad. -- kyla: not bad. randi: the winds are coming out of the south. today. 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., winds hour. that is a decent breeze. at times this afternoon, we could get gusty with wind gusts in the 30 to 40 mile per hour range. it is going to be windy hand-in-hand with the warm air. council rolling out of greater cincinnati. we have about a 50 mile per hour sustained winds. look at the state of illinois. sustained 20 to 25 miles per hour, and that is what we will be contending with through the afternoon. windy and warm f

and domestic gaston threatened to kill her.. and her children.. and showed her the bullets he was going to use.gaston was charged with violating a protection order... and failing to comply with a police officer's order. all of those happened within about past two years. a man who pointed a fake gun at police officers calls it a misunderstanding. ing.cincinnati police say *christopher laugle* pointed the gun while they investigated another case in mount healthy. one officer says the fake gun was pointed at his face.laugle is charged with menacing. he's being held on a two-thousand dollar bond. a brown county woman left with cuts to her face and head -- after trying to break up her fighting dogs! it happened at this home on new harmony salem road.the county's dog warden says two pitbulls were fighting.that woman and her husband tried to break up the fight -- when one dog turned on them. the wife has bad cuts and bites to her face and head the husband suffered cuts on his arm.both of the dogs are fine. it's a cincinnati landmark that's lured *preside

runs :16 :16 gaston does have a police record. the mayor says this investigation isn't over just yet. those three officers will remain on leave until further notice a wrong way driver in court this morning.. accused of causing a deadly crash.now 911 calls show she may have been driving the wrong way on the opposite side of the interstate half an hour before the crash. crash.that driver.. taryn chin.. had her bond set at 300- thousand dollars on the aggravated vehicular homicide charges against her.right now police are trying to piece together what happened.but 911 calls show other drivers reporting a minivan going south in the northbound lanes starting at the montgomery road exit. minivan just got on exit 12 rolling southbound in the northbound lane on 71." 71." it's a white minivan and actually you know now i'm up to montgomery road so they were going pretty fast." fast."by the time of the fatal crash chin had gotten to the other side of the interstate.. police say she was going north in the southbound lanes when she hit and kill

they believed the cincinnati police handled the incident with paul gaston and christopher laugle. vince demasi: "we were never contacted." in fact... mt. healthy connection had been made... until we brought it to his attention. vince demasi: " to endanger their families and to endanger them in such a manner to me is callous and irresponsible." shawn lanier: "the group's message about a double-standard actually showed up two days after this headline in the new york daily news... which leads demasi to wonder if that's where "anonymous" got its false information in the first place. in the newsroom shawn lanier fox19 now. we will continue to provide clarity on this story as it develops.. on all of our platforms. we also have the full video of both incidents... the cincinnati and mount healthy police chiefs' explanation of those respective incidents... and the video the group claiming to be anonymous posted. all of it.. on fox19now.com. what do you get when you put together 150 pounds of weed... money... and guns? you get arrested. we'll tell you about this major bust.. next. plus.. na

. >> we have gotten the identity of the victim and it happened in gaston county. this is 37-year-old shemarry lewis from north carolina he was the father of a five-month-old child. lewis had been shot outside of a mount holly and gaston county near the extension. police think it happened during a large party. christian flores spoke with neighbors and authorities and we will have more on wbtv news at 5:30. back to you. >> thank you. right now for the second time in less than a week, a local school has closed due to possible noro virus. faculty members became sick with noro virus like systems. faculty members attended a catered lunch. 50-70 people came down with the symptoms. so far noro virus has not been confirmed and the health department is awaiting test results. metro school of charlotte closed last week due to a posible noro virus outbreak. >> unc charlotte student diagnosed with mumps and this is the third case of the illness in mecklenberg county. steve crump is on your side with details. any concern now for any of the other students at unc charlotte? >> wel

tom mckee, nine on your side, cheviot." 9 on your side dug into gaston's past.we've learned gaston does have a history of domestic violence.the hamilton county prosecutor's office says he threatened to shoot his ex and her children. we're told he had to be taken out of his vehicle at gunpoint. this happened in october. we're learning more about a mother of two- facing charges- after she went the wrong way on i-71, killing a man yesterday. 9-1-1 calls are giving police a beter idea of the events leading up to that crash. dispatchers received calls from drivers- saying they saw a driver- who police believe is 22-year old taryn chin- heading south on the northbound lanes- starting at montgomery road. somwhere- they say- she crossed over and drove north in the southbound lanes. that's where police say she hit jose arenas head on- killing him- in the construction zone between dana and taft. yes, i'm coming down, i drive a truck, i'm coming down 71 right past exit 11 going northbound and there's a car driving south in this direction on 71 northbound." northbound."i think we have that that pro

but paul gaston's family says officers should have done more. gaston's family to use deadly force. the believe gaston was not thinking clearly after wrecking his pickup truck a couple of blocks away.. they are also questioning why officers fired nine shots. that's ridiculous. i'm sorry but you know, thats' ridiculous. they can call it what they want justified, justified homicide or they tried to even say something about suicide by cop. i don't believe that. oh know, he had too much to live for." <"i don't know what this is going to do to her. for her never to be able to see her father again. she loves him. that's all she talks about...my daddy, my daddy, my daddy. kara wipe fscg we'll continue to follow this story as it develops on air, online and on the fox19 now mobile app. the entire video of the incident on our website. hap today rob hort if you're grabbing lunch in over-the- rhine today, you might see cincinnati's new streetcars in action. all three are being tested today. over-the-rhine with details. live vo that's right the testing will be right here on elm street between 14

we were investigating a shortage of police officers in two local communities with the gaston sheriff's office pitching in to cover the gaps but the decision is not met without controversy. wbtv sarah blake morton with this story new for you at 11:00. >> there is a book that sits on the edge of the desk of this sheriff. >> in the bible, bless ready the peacemakers. >> that is the reason we're in belmont and stanley. we want to help those citizens. local police departments, from belmont followed by stanley and needed the gaston county deputies to fill the hole. >> any timely local law enforcement agency needs help, the sheriff's office is there to help. >> he has 15 to 20 filling in for their neighbors mostly on their offday and incurring overtime play. >> they're full-fledged police officers and they know what they're doing and are there to help the citizens. >> the town will be billed each month for the time used in gaston and he has received criticism for people worried they won't be compensated for that time but he's not worried about that. >> the most important thing is protecting t

the suspect killed was paul gaston. mark: wlwt news 5 ' s andrew setters is outside police headquarters. good afternoon. afternoon. this is a situation where police have a good understanding of what yesterday because of a citizen cell phone recording at range. paul gaston was shot by three chief isaac speaking at district one short time ago. police received a call about a man with a gun in westwood yesterday afternoon. several more calls were made after that man crashed his pickup truck. one 911 call was clear that she saw a man with a weapon. he dropped it in picked it up as he stumbled away from the crashed vehicle. she called 911 to report it. several officers responded, and citizens recorded the encounter on their cell phone. at first, paul gaston followed orders. he dropped to his knees. he ordered him to drop to his stomach. that is when he removed the gun from his waistband and three officers fired upon him. the chief says the weapon was in airsoft with officer mcmanis, officer kohler, and one other fired shots.

and earlier this month the death of paul gaston in cheviot. they are stories we've covered extensively here at 9 on your side. in september, the death of melvin murray jr. and earlier this month the death of paul gaston in cheviot. that rally starts at 3 p.m. reporting live....kristen two people are recovering this morning.. another is fighting for their life after a k-k-k rally in california ends in violence. several dozen protesters showed up to confront a small group of klan memebers at a park in anaheim.a fight broke out between the protesters and the klan and that's when at least one protester was stabbed ... two others also stabbed. not clear if they were also a part of the protest.another 13 people were arrested. it's a miraculous story of survival ...a dog saved from death's doorstep by a good samaritan ... he was discovered freezing outside, with broken teeth and a mangled leg ... 9 on your side's rose anne aragon is following the incredible recovery of "blue"... all because of the generosity of a community of caregivers. nats"he's so

and earlier this month the death of paul gaston in cheviot. you may remember this scene....the officer involved shooting that started with a wreck and ended with gaston dead after police say he reached for what turned out to be an airsoft gun. the department, including chief eliot isaac, expressed regret at the outcome of that incident but said that the shootings were justified. but black lives matter cincinnati argues the deaths of both of these men are a "testament to the double standard that black men face when dealing with police in the u.s." ...they go on to demand the officers who shot him be held accountable. reporting live....kristen swilley...9 on your side. this morning the search is on for the person who opened fire in broad daylight in mt. airy yesterday, leaving a 24 year old man critically wounded. shot in the head and shoulder. shoulder.the shooting happened in the parking lot of a vacant building near the colerain food mart... one shot grazed the victim's head-- the second went through his shoulder.one witness tells nine on you

chapel grove elementary in gaston county closed. kristen miranda getting that in severe weather elsewhere a (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> john: good morning, 6:21, we select few, of all the school closings and delays. avery, mitchell and watauga county schools are closed. ashe county is on three-hour delay. alleghany on two-hour delay. if we get more we'll let you know. >>> get over to kristen miranda she is live in the alert center with details just in on two more school closures. >> kristen: very important if your kids go to school in gaston county. we got word from gaston county schools i want to read it to you so i get it right. power outages in this area here that have closed two schools. chapel grove elementary school and stanley middle school in gaston county, both closed today for students. because the schools don't have power. these are the only two schools gaston county says in the school system without power. s

and this is into gaston county. and this is also pushing to the east and this is going to move to charlotte. bowling green, clover, crowders. through the evening that rain ramps up. tomorrow a break and then the major part comes through wednesday with thunderstorms i have all the details coming up. >> thank you. to keep up with the changes in the weather make sure you have the manitoba eel app -- mobile app and it's free. >> news in the alert center that has to do with the mumps cases. >> we got the most recent update from the local health department in our area there are now three conconfirmed mumps cases and 9 we have been updating the number regularly. the health department says the numbers include some cases where people have recovered so they wanted to note that for us. and said the number of confirmed and probable cases will be updated on mondays and thursdays. back to you. >> thank you. >> first at 4:00 tonight city council will vote on an ordinance designed to protect people from discrimination based on sexu

gaston truck would slam into a pole on harrison avenue in westwood. he was drunk he had been drinking he had just had an accident. nor tyring to justify him not listening but that played a role his girlfreind asked us not to show her face and change her voice. she did call 911. she tells she called because gaston had shot her daughter with the gun. she tells fox 19 even though he shot her daugfhter he was not a violent person. despit the fact that she filed a domestoic complaint. she told of course we're gonna keep following this story as it develops on air, online and on fox19 now dot com. weather now animation turning now to weather... looks like we've got an awesome weekend ahead of us steve. steve cam overnight. typically at night as heat escapes from the surface and the air cools temperatures fall. tonight as winds begin to shift gradually becoming southerly by dawn warmer air will move into the fox19 now viewing area. if night-time cooling is balanced by warm air advection weather speak for the movement of warm air into an area temperatures will

there will be a visitation and funeral for gaston... on wednesday. there will be a visitation from 11 to 1... at the gwen mooney funeral home... on spring grove followed by the funeral... and a burial service at spring grove cemetery. shawn live dbl box in may of last year ...the irs said that criminals stole more than 100,000 people's tax forms... well now the federal agency says that number has grown exponentially... details of the breach when we come back. dan traffic cam adlib weather tease toss to catherine molly: if its seven o-clock in the morning and you're wondering where everybody in oxford is, chances are they are here at bottletree bakery. molly: how did you come to open this bakery in oxford, mississippi? cynthia: well, the whole time i was in college, i came here in 1987 from portland, oregon, you couldn't get a good cup of coffee, or a muffin, pie, much less a good latte. oxford just had at that time when i was done with school, had a real niche for something, everything is made fresh on site, every day tell me what we have. molly: thi

. >>> the sheriff's office in gaston county is covering to cover gaps but as sarah blake morgan reports, there is controversy over that decision. >> reporter: there is a book that sits on the edge of sheriff alan cloninger's desk. >> bible says pleased are the peace makers, they become the children of god. >> one he's quick to refer to. >> that is the reason we're in belmont and stanley. we want to be there to help the citizens. >> he says he got the call from two local police departments, first from belmont followed by stanley, both severely county deputies to fill those holes. >> any time any local law enforcement agency needs help, the sheriff's office always there is to assist. >> cloninger has 15 to 20 of his neighbors. mostly on their off days and incurring overtime pay. >> full fledged law enforcement officers, they know what they are doing and out there to help and protect citizens. >> the towns will be billed at the end of each month for the time used from gaston county. he's already received criticism from people worried they won't be compensated for the time but he's not worr

. >> and our weather coverage continues in gaston county. what damage today's storms left behind there. here is eric. >> thank you. i tell you what, the winds are whipping out there no question. we are watching new reports of wind dang coming in. this is with the thunderstorms long gone and it's jostling around our towercam and stay tuned all part of our seven-day first-alert forecast. >> and at 7:00 on primetime a man pinned inside his rv after a tornado leveled the park he was staying in. he talks tonight how he survived and the two things he has left tonight. >> and a live picture from the hd towercam. back in just a on your side investigating the heated transjenter bathroom debate. unc charlotte has had gender neutral bathrooms for a year. that is new tonight on wbtv news at 11:00. >> new video into the newsroom from alexander county. you can see the winds today set in taylorsville. michelle shared this video with us on twitter. we appreciate that. sorry about your swing set. our first-alert weather team is tracking the storm as it moves

but, anonymous anon claims gaston shouldn't have died and pointed to this mount healthy case involving christopher laugle. laugle. "is that a real gun? no? don't go for it. hold on. open the door. hey it's fake." fake." when laugle reaches for the gun, he's shot with a taser and survives. chief vince demasi says there's no connection between the two cases. cases. "it's important to get all the facts before making judgements or assertations that really in my mind are absolutely ridiculous here." fop president sergeant dan hils says the information release is being taken seriously. seriously. "it serves as a reminder that if you're a policeman, if your a family of a policeman, keep an extra eye out because there are small elements that do not appreciate the police and would look to harm us." us." "if the group hacked into the city's computer system to get those documents, it could be a federal crime punishable by up to a maximum of 10 years in prison. tom mckee, nine on your side, the west end." new now at seven -- our first look at the man arrested today because he *looked like the susp

and there are problems from mecklenberg county to gaston county cramerton. slow-moving traffic between cramerton at least 2 miles towards 273 is where the county and in this area more congestion closer to charlotte. at least more buildup around sam wilson road and wilkinson boulevard is a great alternate route. back to you. >> thank you. we were talking about it this weather picture perfect. >> spectacular. made monday more bearable. you did not have to run from your car. over to leigh brock and how long it's going to last. >> this is late day and it's rare that i find myself saying i wish we had an extra day in february. but a day like this we'll take an extra day in february. towercam beautiful. i have looked through the towercams and i cannot find a cloud right now. and temperature-wise 72 . we have a dew point of 36. 27% humidity. light wind out of the west at 7-miles-per-hour. and the temperatures around the region we are falling back a little bit in the farther 68 in statesville and 69 in salisbury and 71 in rock hill and 71 in wadesboro and 73 in gast

. >>> activist group, and after last week's shooting at paul gaston. >> the group posted personal home addresses of cincinnati police officers as part of the protest. joe webb is following the story. he follows us, with more on the allegations the group is making. >> this is the video posted by an anonymous verdict. they posted personal information on police officers, 52 cincinnati police officers, including the names of family members, phone members and addresses. >> greetings word. >> and activist group posted a video from cell phones, claiming paul gaston was shot with his hands up, not reaching for the waistband like the video shown by cincinnati police the next day. the group then makes a direct threat to police. >> we have a message to not only the cincinnati police department but to every law enforcement officer. when you murder a human being, when you have other choices >> the group posted links to data jupgs that were quickly back up in the afternoon. the first name on the list, chief isaac. police don't know if they hacked into records or information using public records. the

gaston's girlfriend says he just got it a few weeks ago. she described him as "sweet" and "caring" -- but admits he had his struggles. she asked us to change her voice. "he wasn't a bad person - he had a few issues here and believe that played a role int he incident yesterday - but overall he wasn't a bad person" she says funeral arrangements will be made later today. a man has been charged with robbery at a middletown speedway speedwaypolice say 31-year-old eli metcalf displayed a butcher knife during the robbery on wednesday morning. he got away with cash and lottery tickets.he was arrested about an hour after the crime...and then charged. he will be in court this morning. an update to a story 9 on your side first told you about earlier this month.the mother and grandmother of two warren children... who *ate* heroin and had to be revived with narcan... are now facing felonies. felonies.18-year-old mother carlisa davis has been indicted on two counts of endangering children.the children's grandmother... lisa davis... is charged with permit

paul gaston initially complies with officer commands to lie on thke ground, but police say he makes a sudden move with his right hand toward his waistband to get a gun and is shot. shot. "based on what we've been able to determine, our officers responded appropriately according to their training." training." the group anonymous anon released a video over the weekend asking why gaston was shot and killed while laugle was tased. in retaliation, they released the names and addresses of dozens of officers along with a threat. "while we release your officers' information, we will hold no responsibility of the actions of those who see the information." information." "i think it's a very cowardly act.." act.." cincinnati fop president sgt. dan hils admitted officers are concerned, but downplayed the postings. postings. "these folks are on the fringe of our community, on our society that i think they're just some voices that to me a woman accused of ramming a u-haul van into a police cruiser later showed some aggression in court.... court....10:53:10 - 10:53:15 needs to be bleeped!!!!!"f*** s

westbound in gaston county, getting word that road is closed because of an accident. as you look at the mapping system, 74, 85 running in the green. but nc-dot saying that 74 westbound over in gaston county is closed down so we'll keep an eye on that. we have a crew on the way to the scene, we'll bring you more as it comes in the newsroom. looking at the charlotte area, the major interstates continue to run in the green, but we do have an accident central avenue at eastway, also an accident up at miranda and beaties ford road. that is a check of the morning commute. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. >> christine: as the temperatures warm up road conditions are improving some but there are other spots that remain slick from overnight rain. wbtv's mark davenport live along i-77 in iredell county and mark, this morning, how are things looking out there at this hour? >> reporter: well, christine when i was first coming up 77 northbound, rain was coming down really, really hard. coming back down 77 southbound afte

they are on leave pending further investigation on cam timyka artist for the now gaston has a police record. mayor cranley says the investigation isn't over. the driver who police say caused a deadly wrong wa crash on 71 south early wednedsay morning may have been going the wrong way in the northbound lanes too.. just 30 minutes before that crash. crash. i'm just calling to let you know i was passing stewart road on 71 going northbound, there's somebody in the fast lane going southbound in the area."the calls say a minivan was first spotted around the montgomery road exit going south on the northbound side of i-71.about half an hour after those calls.. and eight miles further south.. police say taryn chin.. who was driving a minivan.. hit and killed jose arenas. but at that point she was now going north in the southbound lanes. at this point police are trying to figure out how she might have got turned around to go the wrong way a second time.officers say chin had been drinking and they suspect she may have been using drugs as well. in brown county today -- a man and woman were hurt

and earlier this month the death of paul gaston in cheviot. you may remember this scene....the officer involved shooting that started with a wreck and ended with gaston dead after police say he reached for what turned out to be an airsoft gun. the department, including chief at the outcome of that incident but said that the shootings were justified. but black lives matter cincinnati argues the deaths of both of these men are a "testament to the double standard that black men face when dealing with police in the u.s." ...they go on to demand the officers who shot him be held accountable. that rally starts at 3 p.m. reporting live....kristen swilley...9 on your side. this morning the search is on for the person who opened fire in broad daylight in mt. airy yesterday, leaving a 24 year shot in the head and shoulder. shoulder.the shooting happened in the parking lot of a vacant food mart... one shot grazed the victim's head-- the second went through his shoulder.one witness tells nine on your side she was shocked by what she saw. 23-30lutish marti

anonymous anon verdict compared gaston's shooting to another police encounter last week...asking how does one man point a fake pistol at a cop and live while another man doesn't but is killed execution style.they're referring to an arrest in mount healthy last wednesday. that man had a toy gun clearly marked as a toy gun and never directly pointed it at officers. he was tased, subdued and charged with menacing. police say it was a different situation and a different department. the cincinnati incident, the gun was concealed on the person's body. the officers couldn't see the whole weapon. they didn't have time to assess it. 3 joe webb reporting.the hackers posted the video on sunday.the data dumps were taken down early monday morning, but re-leaked yesterday afternoon. now c-p-d's intelligence unit is investigating.. and the group says it'll do this again in similar situations. in more local news ...a new adoption bill is on the way to indiana governor mike pence's desk..it'll give people born between 1941 and 1994 access to their birth records.. reversing a 1994 measure that sealed

officers say they opened fire on gaston when he reached for what turned out to be an air soft gun in his waistband. in retaliation for the shooting the group released personal cincinnati police officers but that has now been taken down. but the group has threatened to information in the future. we'll be asking police today about their response to the video. reporting live jordan burgess. 9 on your side. breaking overnight... a tri-state man is fighting for interstate.police say 35 year old jeremy williams was walking in the middle lane of westbound 275 at i-71 when he was hit.they also say he suffered injuries to both his head and leg.he was taken to bethesda north... where his exact conditon is still unknown at this hour. breaking this morning - a couple escapes from a fire in their home 'unhurt' ... after something in the garage started burning.the fire started late last night at the home on flintrock bluff in independence, kentucky. investigators aren't sure what caused it right now ... but it's not believed to be suspicious.more good news for the uninjured victims ... the home is

. >> gaston county police released new information about the suspect charged with five counts of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor. the investigation started last year, police got assistance from agencies in the case and that suspect is 24 years old and is in the gaston county jail. 250,000 secured bond. carolina. no further information right now. we'll bring you new details we get coming up in the alert center. >> can we talk about the favorite topic of conversation? >> the weather. >> the weather it was beautiful and it will be warm this weekend. >> absolutely the sun is not going to be out a lot and a chance of rain but we will not worry about that. because the weather is nice. >> we want to focus on the positive which will be the temperatures well into the 60s. it felt nice today. 58 is what we hit in charlotte. which is 2 above the average high of 56. yes, we did have the sun and it will be warmer we will not have as much sun. a trade-off for usch and we are holding on to 57 in charlotte. 54 salisbury. and 54 hickory and morganton 56 and 44 in boone. and evening temperat

reporter: the chief and the city has maintained that gaston' s shooting death was justified. courtis: the group also wants cpd to re-open the investigation into the death of quandavier hicks . he was killed during an arrest attempt in northside last june. police say. he pointed a rifle when officers a rookie police officer died from her injuries. officer ashley wind and was just sworn in on friday. authorities say when the officers arrived, they found a woman killed in connection to the incident. >> i was walking up the street with 3 other people and we heard three to four gun shots, so we started running and then when we got up here we saw all the cops and we were trying to come home. and they told us to go inside so we were like ok. but we tried to come over here and they said no go back go back . courtis: the other two wounded officers are being treated for their injuries. their conditions have not been released. a suspect is in custody. ohio governor john kasich was saying that the only way he will drop out is if he loses ohio. meanwhile on the democratic side, hillary cl

when he had his hands in the air. their video doesn't show gaston reachings for his police band, show. the group compares their video to the nonshooting of a white suspect under saidlar circumstances by mount healthy the group says it will release officer information any time something like this happens. fop president dan hill told properties this morning that officers are aware of the files. overreacting. >> i think an overreaction would be exactly what these folks would like to see. they would like to see me or the police administration upset, yelling, screaming about this. >> now, once again, group released links to that officer information. but when we attempted to access them this morning, they had been removed. it is alarming for police, shawn, but most of the information is already available to anyone who is willing to commit to searching public records. john. >> all right. thank you, joe. and police sweat unit is actually investigating the release of this information. at this point, they were not confirmed they were actually hacked because as joe noted much more of that inform

anonymous says this was a response to the shooting of paul gaston. the group says he was murdered by cincinnati police officers. police leaders say gaston was shot and killed when he reached for a pellet gun in his waist band that looked realistic. new this morning, a house damaged by fire in independence. this happened just before midnight on flintrock bluff. crews believe the fire started in the garage and spread to other parts of the house. this broke out and everyone made it out of the house. two cars in the garage were destroyed. investigators are still working to determine the cause. the family is staying with relatives. mark: also new this morning, a man injured after he was hit by a driver walking down i-275. this happened in the westbound lanes right by i-71. police tell us the 35-year-old man was a patient at bethesda north and he ended up on the , interstate after walking out of the hospital. he injured his head and his leg and was taken back to bethesda. a couple hours earlier, two teenagers were hurt in a crash in crosby township. deputi

city officials maintain police acted properly and according to procedures in the shooting of paul gaston. mark: whirlwind today? -- more wind today? randi: back down to five, 10 miles per hour close to lunchtime. checking in on our weatherbug network, 44 degrees with a 19 mile per hour wind. low 40' s in wilmington and cvg. day. the wind has a couple more hours before they totally die off. some rain along the river through seven portions of adams county. 42 degrees as the kids wait for the bus. as we go through the week, keep your hands and arms inside the ride and all time. the seven-day forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. kyla: at 1.i thought i would go outside and start taping things down. get ready for that. on the roads, pretty clear conditions. 71 towards warren 275 loop, you are clear at this hour. 71, 75 looks good. no problems waiting for you. you can see just a few cars southbound. a very easy start on this monday. lisa: after rising high from last week' s win, the xavier musketeers take a dive sunday. mark: how the cincinnati team struggled to take down seton hall, comi