but what has changed is lewiston itself.he town of 36,000 is now home to about 6,000 refugees who have revived downtown. >> i believe we're better off having a community where it's acceptance that people trust one another. >> some people just need to be educated and ask questions. >> reporter: just get to know you. >> just to get to know us. >> reporter: high school senior abdi shariff's family moved here when he was nine. last year, the lewiston high soccer team, which sla reef captained, won the state championship, the first in school history. and how many players on the team are somalis? >> we have about 26 players on the varsity team, and i want to say roughly about 21 of them were non-native americans. >> reporter: 4500 people turned out for the championship game to cheer on their school, their community, their kids. ( cheers ) don dahler, cbs news, lewiston, maine. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by

here is don dahler. >> reporter: lunchtime at lewiston high school.hallways fill with a boisterous diverse crowd of students. >> see the spindle fibers there. >> reporter: what is remarkable this school used to be almost entirely white. now nearly 25% of the kids are east african refugees. how is that working out? >> it is working out really good in our schools. >> the principal shawne chabot. >> you see kids interacting. all one big school. >> reporter: wasn't always so idyllic. when the refugees began arriving 15 years ago many long time residents were resentful. lewiston's economy was tanking. businesses were closing. jobs were scarce. the newcomers were seen as welfare freeloaders. >> they say why you come here, go back where you come from. >> store owner, shukir abasheikh fled. attitudes changed when people saw how hard the immigrants were willing to work. >> when we come here just we need education and peace and work. >> reporter: in fact the public assistance spending remand unchanged since 1990. but what has changed is lewiston itself. the tow

their initial interview of more than 10 witnesses supports their contention that the victim, ,45 lewiston gora, was armed with a knife in his hand and advanced towards officers prior to the shooting. >> witness three saw the suspect running toward the officers with a knife in his hand. the knife was raised up as he ran towards the officers. >> police say of the witnesses they interviewed only one had a different take on the incident. >>> a phone warning tonight the department of emergency management says somebody is pretending to be a police officer and calling residents telling them they are being investigated. the color is using the name edward johnson or jeffrey johnson. he tells the victims he is investigating them for sending nude pictures to a woman. officials advise those who received the calls to never send any money. and if a voice message is left say that and file a police report. >>> new, milpitas police arrest someone who tried to kill a dave and buster's security guard. ronald teodoro martinez was located by officers inside his vehicle with three other men. after a surge he w