CHARLOTTE, N.C. —
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are investigating after an officer killed a man outside the Burger King on Beatties Ford Road at I-85 Monday morning. It happened around 9 a.m. when employees called 911 saying a man had a gun and was pointing it at workers.
CMPD Chief Kerr Putney said that officers encountered the armed suspect, identified as Danquirs Franklin, in the store and repeatedly ordered him to drop the gun. When Franklin came outside and refused to drop the weapon, an officer perceived a lethal threat and shot him. Putney said detectives recovered a gun at the scene.
Some witnesses offered conflicting accounts to what CMPD said happened. City Councilman Braxton Winston was on the scene and said it's important to get the truth.
"We need the facts to come out and I think that's the most important thing right now," Winston said. "The community is quite concerned.
The officer, Wende Kerl, was placed on administrative duty. She has been on the force since 1995.
A military veteran says he's lucky to be alive after he was shot in the leg Sunday evening at the AMC movie theater at the Concord Mills mall.
"He aimed at the my leg. POW! And then took off running," said the victim William Weldon in a video posted to his Facebook page from the hospital.
Weldon says he went to the theater to see the move Us with his mom. He says he purchased reserved seating and when they walked into the theater, Weldon says a man and a woman were sitting in his seats.
"The girl that he was with, was like, 'come on. Let's just go. These are his seats. Let's just go.' So she stood up and grabbed him by the wrist," Weldon explained.
The two got up from the seats and he started to walk off. Weldon said the man reached inside of his pants, pulled out a gun and shot him.
March 3, 2019 will forever be a day in the minds of Alabama residents who were impacted by the storm. Officials described it as the deadliest day of tornadoes in the U.S. in nearly six years. A total of 23 people, including four children, were killed.
But there's one story of survival that has gone viral online. Jason Smith said he went to the areas affected by the storm as a Chaplain with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team.
He was shocked when he came across a home that was completely obliterated by the storm - but there was one thing still standing.
"It's the grandmother's prayer closet, and the whole family survived." he added.
A driver in Lenoir County is lucky to be alive after a tire smashed through the windshield of her Jeep.
According to North Lenoir Fire and Rescue, a truck hauling a large boat was traveling eastbound when a wheel came loose from the boat trailer. That wheel rolled across the median and struck a vehicle in the westbound lanes.
A Facebook user said a sign that reads "No longer serving military personnel and guests" was seen at a hotel bar of a DoubleTree Hotel after staff members shut down a military event earlier in March.
This same sign was shared again on Facebook days later, supposedly at a Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Texas.
The general manager at their Colorado Springs branch, Daniel Kammerer put a statement on Facebook apologizing for the staff members that excluded those military guests.
He also said those employees that created the sign, have since been terminated and that DoubleTree Hotel properties "Welcomes all, especially the men and women who serve our country."