has happened in our town and it is a reality. >> lieutenant quattlebaum was authorities charged grayson ferrall with shooting lieutenant quattlebaum. ferrall is charged with assault on a government official. his next court date is june 2nd. >>> a former north carolina hundreds of thousands of hundreds of thousands of >>> charlotte fire department recruits got firsthand >> they practiced on this home on stafford circle in south charlotte yesterday. the county purchased the home because it is in a flood plane near mcmullen creek. charlotte fire says burning the home saves money on demolition and provides valuable training if fire recruits. >>> a new study put charlotte in the top ten cities in the country for families. apartments.com looked at four factors important to families. safety, housing costs, school quality and child friendliness. it found charlotte ranks seventh among metro cities. dallas, texas took the top spot. >>> let's check in with traffic team 9's mark taylor. >> reporter: we are keeping tabs on this fatal crash under investigation on brookshire near 485. the outbound lanes still

police say 16-year-old grayson ferrall shot lieutenant his bullet proof vest and fellow officer jeffrey heinz saved his life. >> this has become a reality. it happened in our town and it is a reality. >> reporter: lieutenant quattlebaum was awarded a police purple heart. officer heinz received a police medal of valor. ferrall is charged with attempted first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon on a government official. his next court date is june 2 believed. >>> weather and traffic every 10 minutes. here's meteorologist christine rap with a look at the temperatures we are dealing with just before the sunrise. >> reporter: it is cool out there this morning. 35 right now in charlotte. we have completely clear skies and that is something that will stay with us throughout the a today. now we are going to see much in the way of cloud cover. temperatures in the mid-50s by lunch time. mid-60s this afternoon. make sure you have sunglasses on hand. 43 by the midmorning hours, we are off to a cool start this morning in shelby by the afternoon. highs making it back into the mid-60s. we a