I heard people screaming their shooting
and that's when I began to run
another deadly mass shooting,
this time at Michigan State University.
Overnight, police confirm a suspect
is dead hours after a manhunt.
The search for answers this morning
as students and the community are
rocked by this horrific violence.
A weather alert for the day ahead.
Gusty winds coupled with rain
will walk you through when the
worst of the weather will move.
Through today, plus another
round of thunderstorms tomorrow night,
Lamar Johnson could be released
from prison today if his murder
conviction is overturned.
I'll tell you what three decisions
Circuit Court Judge David Mason could
announce this afternoon at 1:30.
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This is today in Saint Louis focused on you.
We begin this Tuesday morning
with a live look at Lambert
International Airport. I don't
think the rain is here as of yet,
although someone needs to go up
there and clean that camera off
because it's a little foggy.
Yeah, well, it worked when Anthony
called out the dierberg sign.
We'll see what happens with this camera up
here. Good morning, everybody.
It is Tuesday, February
the 14th. Happy Valentine's Day
to one and all. I'm really not.
Hi, Michelle Lee,
so great to see you. We want
to say thank you for joining us
including those of you who might
be watching us on five plus.
Of course, we are joined by two
wonderful meteorologists as we are
waking up in a weather alert day.
We've got Gary and Anthony.
Yeah, so rain and wind expected for today
and that could make driving a little tough,
but right now we're dry area wide
at least in the metro area. Showers
are working from the Ozarks and
Rolla and those should be here
after 7:00 o'clock this morning. So
the Valentine's Day forecast is a
little damp and also very windy.
Especially by lunchtime those
gusts today could top 45 mph.
The reason be it this area of low
pressure sliding off the Rockies.
It's picking up rain and dumping
it across parts of Texas,
Oklahoma and even across
Western and Central Missouri.
Now you can see those first
showers working into Rolla parts
of our far Southern counties,
iron Reynolds County.
This will be working northeastward as
we go through the morning and after
7:00 o'clock should be here in the metro.
The heaviest rain comes down this afternoon.
That's when the dustiest winds
will move through as well.
And then?
As we head towards tomorrow night,
another round of rain possible,
we'll talk about that and show
you the futurecast coming up.
Let's head over to Gary and talk some track
this morning. Gary, what's
happening on the roads out there?
Well, not much right now.
Good morning. We're waiting for
some of that rain to settle in
and of course the wind to pick up.
And you know, like last week's wind,
it was very difficult to drive
any sort of vehicle in that wind.
I think that's the wind gust
that we're going to see later on.
Right now as we look on 44 where some
of that rain starting to show up,
some of this not reaching the
surface just yet has not impacted us.
North County even coming in from
the Metro East, it's still.
Quiet at this hour.
But this is where that really
heavy rain starting to
settle in from Rolla and
closer to Cuba. And that's what we're
gonna monitor as that gets closer,
probably right at the same time everybody
is up and moving through the 7:00 o'clock
hour. So we'll keep a close eye on that,
how the wind impacts us and of course,
how it impacts our traffic
the rest of the morning.
I heard people screaming they're shooting.
Yeah, and that's when I began to run.
We are following breaking news this
morning as chaos erupts overnight on the
campus of Michigan State University.
You could see here students running
for their lives in the country's
latest mass school shooting.
Three people are now dead, five more
people are listed in critical condition.
And just hours ago police said that
the suspect is also dead this morning.
And this all started just after
8:00 o'clock last night.
The gunman's first.
Opened fire inside of Berkeley
Hall that is an academic building.
He then moved to the Michigan State
Union building where he started
to shoot again around midnight.
Police found the 43 year old
suspect dead of a self-inflicted
gunshot wound off campus.
As you can imagine,
students in the community
are rocked by this violence.
Here's
just some of the reaction from
students inside the building
as the shooting unfolded.
It's terrifying, man.
It really is. We don't. We don't
know what to do at all.
We're just listening to police scanners,
hoping for the best.
You never think it's gonna
happen till it actually happens.
You know? You think you're safe.
And then we all thought we were
safe on the 2nd floor in the
cafeteria, but. Obviously
we weren't. We were told to evacuate.
We all ran out, was terrifying.
It's pretty scary. This
morning, all campus activities are
cancelled for the next two days.
This means no classes, no sports,
and no activities are happening
right now. Of course, you know,
just still a lot of unanswered questions
we are working to find out from paulines.
First, we know we don't know the motive.
Police have not released any information
about why they think the man opened
fire or seemingly random strangers.
We also don't know his name or
anything about his background.
And we are working to find critical
information about those eight victims,
including their names.
And ages police will hold another
briefing at 8:00 o'clock this morning.
We're going to stay on top of this
story all morning on air and online.
Once we learn new information
about the shooting.
Of course we're going to bring
it to you as soon as possible.
Right now we are just hours away from
learning if a Saint Louis judge will overturn
Lamar Jackson's murder conviction conviction.
Someone else confessed to the 1995
murder last month during a hearing.
And our Alex fees is live this
morning outside the Carnahan
courthouse in downtown Saint Louis
with what we can expect today.
Good morning, Alex.
Running Michelle. Good morning.
Lamar Johnson will find out today if
his murder conviction will be upheld
or if he will be released from from
prison with that conviction overturned,
Circuit Court Judge David Mason
has been reviewing the details
of this case and that conviction.
He's expected to announce the the
results of his investigation and his
decision this afternoon at 1:30 now.
Johnson was convicted of shooting
and killing Marcus Boyd back in 1995.
He spent nearly 28 years in prison.
Johnson has repeatedly.
Denied his role in the murder and
investigation conducted by Saint
Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner,
with help from the Innocence Project,
convinced a gardener that Johnson
is innocent.
As a result,
she filed a motion in August
to vacate Johnson's conviction.
A5 Day hearing took place in December
to determine if Johnson's life sentence
should be overturned or upheld.
This afternoon,
Judge David Mason could make one of
three decisions overturn the conviction,
then find Johnson quote actually innocent,
meaning all the new evidence
proves Johnson is not the killer.
Overturn the conviction on
a constitutional error.
In this scenario,
Mason could side with any number of
constitutional challenges Gardner's
office made about how the lineup
was conducted, or beyond or.
The judge could uphold the jury's verdict.
Now coming up at 6:30.
A deeper look into this case,
including what Johnson claims he
was doing at the time that Marcus
Boyd was murdered.
Live this morning downtown.
Alex,
fees 5 on your side.
Thank you, Alex.
We'll be following this decision very
closely throughout the afternoon.
Our live coverage will be on 5 + K,
ck.com and on YouTube.
It all begins at 1:30 this afternoon.
Saint Louis Sports fans,
the way you watch the games
at home could soon change it.
All depends on whether the owners
of Bally Sports Midwest can come
up with $140 million to make an
interest payment. This week.
Our Sydney Stallworth is live
at Enterprise Center to tell us
more about how this could impact
Saint Louis sports fans.
Good morning, Sydney.
Good morning, Michelle. That's right.
You know the Blues are taking on
the Panthers here tonight and for
them to want to watch at home,
they would typically TuneIn
to Bally Sports Midwest.
But that could soon change.
Diamond Sports Group owns Bally Sports.
That's 19 networks and the right to
broadcast games for 42 professional teams
including the Cardinals and the Blues.
But the company is deep in debt. Now.
We do know this morning from reports
from Bloomberg that Diamond Sports Group
has an overall debt at $8.6 billion.
You Associated Press reported Friday
if the company does not make its $140
million interest payment this week,
Diamond Sports would have a 30 day grace
period to renegotiate with creditors
and restructure its debt or it would
be filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Sports teams like the Blues and the
Cardinals gets rights fees from
Bally's that account for a good
amount of the revenue coming in.
Our partners at the Saint
Louis Business Journal report,
Cardinals President Bill DeWitt
the third says,
quote Cardinals fans can be comforted
that our relative position in the area.
Should be good because of our strong
ratings and our great fan base.
And Blues President CEO Chris Chris
Zimmerman says there's certainly
uncertainty about how this is
going to play out,
and pretending anything
else would be disingenuous.
But the Blues are also confident they can
capitalize on whatever outcome happens.
Now Major League Baseball,
just so you know,
is at risk of losing $1 billion in revenue
if Diamond Sports Group doesn't pay up.
The baseball Commissioner did
tell Associated Press that the
league is prepared to step in.
If that happens,
and the goal would be to broadcast
the games on traditional cable
as well as on digital platforms
reporting live downtown.
I'm Sydney Stallworth 5 on your side.
Alright, thanks so much, Sydney.
Now we want to get to some breaking
news in South Saint Louis County.
This is all live.
Look at a shooting investigation
happening right now at the
QuikTrip on Lemay Ferry in Lemay.
Police say one person was shot.
We do not know that person's condition.
This morning the suspect left the gas
station in a car and then police chased him.
Officers were able to catch a
suspect and take him into custody,
but of course we are working to
get more information about this
incident and we'll keep you posted.
Alright, let's make a shift here and
talk about your weather first forecast.
We do have some rain in the forecast today
and also some gusty winds that we're
expecting through lunchtime today.
Right now we're dry in Saint Louis,
but as we head towards the next hour
we'll start to see showers develop in
the metro by lunchtime early afternoon.
That's when the heaviest rain will
come on through and then it starts
to wind down as we head towards
about 6-7 o'clock this evening.
Tonight we dry out and notice tomorrow
all day long how we are cloud free.
It'll be a warm.
Sunny Day tomorrow and that
will give us the potential for
thunderstorms tomorrow night.
We'll take a look at the threat
that exists with these storms
coming up in a few minutes,