>> WXII 12 NEWS AT 6:30 P.M. IN THE TRIAD STARTS NOW.
PEOPLE IN FORSYTH COUNTY SPEAK OUT ON SOME OF THE ISSUES PLAGUING THE COMMUNITY.
HEAR FROM ONE OF THE OFFICIALS WHO ORGANIZED THE EVENT.
PLUS, A TRIPLE HOMICIDE IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PERSON SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING THE CRIME.
AND, BERNIE SANDERS IS NOW THE FRONT-RUNNER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
BUT SOME PARTY MODERATES HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HIM NEW TONIGHT, PEOPLE LIVING IN FORSYTH COUNTY WERE ABLE TO SPEAK OUT ON CRIME AND OTHER ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
MANY TOOK PART IN A COMMUNITY MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, AT UNION BAPTIST CHURCH IN WINSTON-SALEM.
SHERIFF BOBBY KIMBROUGH, WINSTON-SALEM POLICE CHIEF CATRINA THOMPSON AND FORSYTH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JIM O’NEILL HOSTED THE MEETING.
RESIDENTS DISCUSSED SEVERAL ISSUES, INCLUDING GUN VIOLENCE SHERIFF KIMBROUGH WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND START A CONVERSATION ON REDUCING CRIME.
>> WHEN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, IT OPENS UP THE DOOR FOR MANY CONVERSATIONS.
ALL OF US HAVE INPUT IN THIS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT, THAT’S WHEN THE MAGIC TAKES PLACE.
>> SHERIFF KIMBROUGH ALSO ADDRESSED GUN VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY JUVENILES.
TONIGHT, A NEW WOMEN’S HOSPITAL IS NOW OPEN IN GREENSBORO.
AND IT’S ALREADY WELCOMED ITS FIRST PATIENT A BABY BOY WAS -- PATIENT.
A BABY WAS BORN JUST BEFORE 9:00 A.M.
AMBULANCES TRANSPORTED PATIENTS FROM CONE HEALTH WOMEN’S HOSPITAL TO THE NEW CONE HEALTH WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S CENTER AT MOSES CONE.
HOSPITAL LEADERS SAY THE NEW SPACE IS STATE-OF-THE-ART AND RIGHT NEXT TO MOSES CONE HOSPITAL.
MEANWHILE, THEY’RE ASKING PREGNANT WOMEN TO ENTER THE BUILDING AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE, NOT THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
AFTER A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND, SOME CHANGES ARE COMING TO OUR WEATHER.
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LANIE POPE IS HERE TO TELL US IF WE CAN EXPECT THE NICE WEATHER TO CONTINUE.
>> GORGEOUS OUT THERE TODAY, 60 DEGREES IN GREENSBORO.
THE SUN IS GOING DOWN.
WINDS ARE STILL OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST.
IT’S REALLY NICE OUT THERE TODAY.
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID-50’S ACROSS THE AREA.
IT HAS BEEN WARM ALL ACROSS THE CAROLINAS.
AS YOU MENTIONED, VERY SUNNY, BUT THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE AS WE DO HAVE CLOUDS ALREADY STARTING TO MOVE IN JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF US.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE RAIN STRETCHING TO THE SEA IN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA.
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 30’S.
THERE IS A SPOTTY SHOWERS CHANCE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
RAIN RETURNS TOMORROW.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE COLD AIR BACK WITH US AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEW TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A MAN THEY SAY KILLED 3 PEOPLE.
THEY’RE LOOKING FOR THIS MAN, 36-YEAR-OLD TAUREAN JOHNSON.
THIS ALL HAPPENED AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING IN BLADEN COUNTY.
A 911 CALLER SAID A MAN ENTERED THEIR HOME, SHOT SEVERAL PEOPLE, AND LEFT.
FIRST RESPONDERS FOUND THREE PEOPLE DEAD INSIDE THE HOME WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
A FOURTH PERSON SURVIVED AND IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL.
NOW, TAUREAN JOHNSON IS WANTED ON THREE COUNTS OF MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.
LOOKING AHEAD TO TOMORROW, 2 PEOPLE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A TODDLER ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN A COURTROOM.
WILLIAM MCCLOUD AND ANGELA BOSWELL ARE BEING HELD ON AN OUT OF STATE FUGITIVE WARRANT.
INVESTIGATORS IN WILKES COUNTY FOUND THE TWO IN A GRAY BMW REPORTED STOLEN AND LINKED TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF 15-MONTH-OLD EVELYN BOSWELL.
THE 15-MONTH-OLD WAS LAST SEEN IN DECEMBER, AND REPORTED MISSING THIS WEEK.
SHE HAS STILL NOT BEEN FOUND.
NO WORD ON IF THE TWO SUSPECTS WILL BE IN COURT IN NORTH CAROLINA OR TENNESSEE.
THE WINSTON-SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REMEMBERING ONE OF . SERGEANT HOWARD PLOUFF DIED 13 YEARS AGO TODAY.
HE WAS SHOT OUTSIDE A NIGHTCLUB RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR HELP FROM SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES.
HE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL ALMOST A DAY LATER.
SERGEANT PLOUFF WAS A 17-YEA