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Suspect shot by officer has long criminal history
5 hours ago - WCNC Charlotte 2:00 | 33 views
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer shot a suspected robber this morning at a fast food restaurant.
Police have identified that suspect as 25-year-old Zavier…
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Suspect shot by officer has long criminal history
5 hours ago
WCNC Charlotte 2:00 | 33 views
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer shot a suspected robber this morning at a fast food restaurant.
Police have identified that suspect as 25-year-old Zavier Marquis Davis.
Police responded to a robbery at the Wendy’s on Park Road at about 1:30 a.m. Investigators say Officer Orville Payne III, encountered Davis, who was armed, as he was running out of the back of the restaurant.
Investigators say that’s when Payne shot the Davis once in the
Robbery, budget cuts plague local rec center
5 hours ago
WCNC Charlotte 2:29 | 24 views
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A north Charlotte recreation center faces two major problems; high temperatures after air conditioning units were stolen by thieves and the threat of a shutdown due to budget problems.
Every day 70 kids go to the center to participate in the Police Activities League.
“A lot of these kids deal with so many things already in their lives because of situations and circumstances, but to add to that is tough,” says PAL Director, Jeff Hood.
Thursday morni
Workshop to help jobseekers learn about energy industry
9 hours ago
WCNC Charlotte 1:50 | 135 views
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Even with the recession, one look at uptown Charlotte, and there’s no question the city is still a banking center. But there is another section of our economy, the energy business; that is getting a lot more attention lately.
“We have over 200 companies and firms and organizations that support the energy sector,” said Chad Ray, dean of CPCC’s school of Science Technology, Engineering, Math and Sustainability.
Ray will take part in
Accused murderer out on bond arrested again
13 hours ago
WCNC Charlotte 1:52 | 113 views
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A man out on bond pending a murder trial was arrested again this week.
The story began in October 2008. On Oct. 16, Tito Walton was shot in the head. He died 10 days later.
Shortly after Walton died, Shanarid Lawrence was indicted for murder and sent to the Mecklenburg County Jail. Lawrence made his $100,000 bond and was placed on electronic monitoring.
"It's just not feasible, from a practical standpoint, to house them all," says former District Court Ju
Fire forces family from home for the second time
13 hours ago
WCNC Charlotte 2:14 | 89 views
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The family who was forced out of their apartment by fire Wednesday is the same family that escaped flames at another unit in May.
Both fires happened at Boulevard Homes in west Charlotte.
In May, five people in the Moss family were home when a wall in the bathroom started smoking. Two cousins ran out downstairs. A third cousin, a nurse, and a premature baby were trapped upstairs. Then 5-month-old Ty'veon Moss was tossed out the window to neighbors below. The nurse, Kathy,
Coroner to hold rare inquest in 2001 shooting death
Thu Jul 29, 7:08PM PT
WCNC Charlotte 4:14 | 111 views
YORK COUNTY, S.C. -- For the first time in at least 20 years, the York County SC Coroner has scheduled an inquest, allowing a jury to decide how Melissa Huntley Motz was shot in the head just after Valentine's Day in 2001.
At the time, Coroner Doug McKown ruled the case a suicide but police and Melissa's parents believe she was shot by her husband.
According to police e-mails obtained by the I-team under a Freedom of Information request, Rock Hill police first suspected Ms. Motz'
CMS students will have to find rides for school
Thu Jul 29, 3:11PM PT
WCNC Charlotte 2:13 | 88 views
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Thousands of parents are trying to figure out how they’ll be getting their kids to and from school come fall.
CMS budget cuts caused major changes in how kids get to magnet schools and some parents say that it’s making it impossible for their children to stay at these special schools.
Brooke Strayhorn is one of those students and she's used to walking home from the school bus stop.
“It used to drop me off right down the street,” she say
Family wants tougher DWI laws after teen daughter killed in crash
Thu Jul 29, 3:11PM PT
WCNC Charlotte 2:40 | 81 views
DALLAS, N.C. -- 17-year-old Laura Fortenberry was killed Sunday after Howard Pasour hit the car she was driving in head on.
The crash happened on Dallas-Cherryville Highway in Dallas.
Police say Pasour had been drinking and driving.
Court records show Pasour has at least three other driving while impaired convictions.
Now, Fortenberry’s family says they want tougher DWI penalties enacted to ensure the same tragedy doesn’t happen to another family.
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17-year-old DWI victim laid to rest
Thu Jul 29, 11:08AM PT
WCNC Charlotte 1:51 | 396 views
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. -- Friends and family gathered today to say their final goodbyes to 17-year-old Laura Fortenberry, who was killed by a suspected drunk driver Sunday night.
"The people who lost Laura have to suffer because we have now lost somebody because someone was being not too smart, drinking and driving, and it hurts all of us and now we gotta get through all this pain," said Laura's best friend, Joseph Laye.
The man suspected of driving under the influence and