NEW
NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON 4@WHAT LED TO A DEADLY SHOOTING 4@
NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON 4@WHAT LED TO A DEADLY SHOOTING AT A SEVIERVILLE OUTLET MALL.4@
TWO PEOPLE...INCLUDING THE
SUSPECT...LEON JONES
JUNIOR...DIED AT THE
SCENE...AND ONE MAN WAS HURT
BUT SURVIVED.
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SCENE...AND ONE MAN WAS HURT BUT SURVIVED. @
SCENE...AND ONE MAN WAS HURT BUT SURVIVED. THE SHOOTING AT TANGER
FIVE OAKS MALL HAPPENED LAST
MONTH... AUTHORITIES HAVE
FINISHED THEIR INVESTIGATION.
AND THEY BELIEVE THE
SUSPECT.. WAS ALREADY
SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS... AND WAS FIGHTING
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND BEFORE HE
OPENED FIRE.
10 NEWS REPORTER
STEPHANIE HAINES JOINS US WITH
THE NEW ELEMENTS IN THE
INVESTIGATION
4@ROBIN AND JOHN,
INVESTIGATORS SAY JONES AND
HIS GIRLFRIEND DROVE TO THE
MALL TO GO SHOPPING. THEY
GOT IN AN ARGUMENT. AND
INVESTIGATORS ARGUMENT.
THEY GOT IN AN GO SHOPPING.
JONES AND HIS GIRLFRIEND DROVE
TO THE MALL TO GO SHOPPING.
THEY GOT IN AN ARGUMENT. 4@
AND INVESTIGATORS SAY...SHE
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS ARMED.
BEFORE POLICE RUSHED TO THE
TANGER OUTLETS TO RESPOND TO A
SHOOTING ON APRIL 16TH..;..
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE
SUSPECT...21-YEAR-OLD LEON
JONES JUNIOR...WAS IN THE CAR
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND...HEADED
TO THE MALL TO GO SHOPPING.
THAT'S WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAY
THEY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT.
THEN THEY SAY JONES GOT
OUT...AND SHOT TWO COMPLETE
STRANGERS...THEN HIMSELF.
SOT/TAPES: ONE DEAD ON
ARRIVAL, IT LOOKS LIKE A
MURDER SUICI4@DE. 24-YEAR-OLD
OLIVIA CUNNINGHAM DIED AT THE
SCENE ALONG WITH JONES.
SOT/TAPES: SHOOTER IS DOWN, WE
DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER
SHOOTER, STANDBY. 75-YEAR-OLD
JOHN MARR SURVIVED. SOT/TAPES:
75 YEAR OLD WHITE MALE SHOT IN
CHEST AREA. INVESTIGATORS SAY
MARR WENT INTO THE AMERICAN
EAGLE STORE...WHERE AN OFFICER
FOUND HIM AND GAVE HIM FIRST
AID. INVESTIGATORS SAY JONES
USED A SEMI AUTOMATIC
HANDGUN...AND FIRED THREE
BULLETS...AND TWO MORE WERE
FOUND IN THE MAGAZINE.
AUTHORITIES DON'T KNOW WHERE
JONES GOT THE GUN...AS HE IS A
CONVICTED FELON AND DID NOT
LEGALLY OWN IT. DETECTIVES SAY @
JONES'S GIRLFRIEND DIDN'T KNOW
HE WAS ARMED OR PLANNED TO
BECOME VIOLENT. INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE JONES BECAME SUICIDAL
AFTER THAT FIGHT...AND THAT IN
THE PAST...HE HAD REPORTEDLY
EXPRESSED SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.
WHILE THIS WAS ALL
HAPPENING....PEOPLE NEARBY
CALLED POLICE CONCERNED THAT
THEY WERE IN DANGER.
SOT/TAPES: THIS IS NOT AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER, 4@EVERYTHING IS
CONTAINED.
4@
ACTIVE SHOOTER, 4@EVERYTHING IS CONTAINED. @
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AUTHORITIES @4@4@4@4@4@4@
AUTHORITIES SAY @4@4@4@4@
AUTHORITIES SAY JONES @4@
AUTHORITIES SAY JONES 4@WAS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED BURGLARY IN 2016 AND THEFT OF
MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
IN 2015. MARR SPENT A FEW DAYS @
AT UT MEDICAL CENTER AND WAS
RELEASED. HE IS FROM
MASSACHUSETTS AND CUNNINGHAM
IS FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
WE'RE FEELING THE HEAT IN
EAST TENNESSEE TODAY. 4@
TEMPERATURES ARE SOARING
FROM CROSSVILLE TO ALCOA. 4@
YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE
THERMOMETER THAT WEVE
OFFICIALLY HIT 90. AND
THERE ARE MORE OF THOSE HOT
TEMPERATURES TO COME.
4@
THERE ARE MORE OF THOSE HOT TEMPERATURES TO COME. @
THERE ARE MORE OF THOSE HOT TEMPERATURES TO COME. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TODD
HOWELL JOINS US 4@NOW WITH A
LOOK AT THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
TODAY AND THURSDAY: MOSTLY
SUNNY AND HOT WITH HIGHS NEAR
90 DEGREES. A SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS
THURSDAY. LOWS IN THE MIDDLE
60S.TIME TO THINK ABOUT HEAT
SAFETY WITH THE SUMMER-LIKE
HEAT MOVING IN...4@ááDRINK
PLENTY OF WATER, WEAR LIGHT-
COLORED AND LIGHTWEIGHT
CLOTHING AND APPLY SUNSCREEN
IF 4@4@YOU ARE GOING TO BE
OUTSIDE. ááAVOID STRENUOUS
ACTIVITIES DURING THE HOTTEST
TIME OF THE DAY. áá4@AND NEVER
LEAVE KIDS OR PETS IN THE CAR!!@
BE SAFE IN THE HEAT THIS 4@WEEK!
NOAAááMAKE SURE YOUR PETS HAVE
ACCESS TO SHADE 4@AND CLEAN
DRINKING WATER AND DON'T WALK 4@
THEM ON HOT PAVEMENT! A GOOD
"RULE OF THUMB" IS IF THE
PAVEMENT IS TOO HOT TO KEEP
THE BACK OF YOUR HAND ON FOR
MORE THAN FEW SECONDS, IT IS
TOO HOT FOR YO4@UR PETS.KEEP
YOUR PETS SAFE IN THE HEAT!NOAA
FRIDAY INTO MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND: CONTINUED HOT AND
HUMID DAY 4@UNDER A MOSTLY SUNN
SKY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S,
AND NEAR 90 ON MEMORIAL DAY
MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A SL4@IGH
CHANCE FOR A FEW ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND STORMS, MAINLY
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. 4@
LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S.
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4@ TENNESSEE HOUSE SPEAKER GLEN CASADA 4@ANNOUNCED TUESDAY
HE WOULD CHOOSE A DATE TO
RESIGN WHEN HE RETURNS IN
JUNE. BUT TODAY -- WE
LEARNED HE'S STILL HERE.
4@
JUNE. BUT TODAY -- WE LEARNED HE'S STILL HERE. @
JUNE. BUT TODAY -- WE LEARNED HE'S STILL HERE. CASASA DODGED A REPORTER
IN NASHVILLE THIS MORNING.
HE BOLTED FOR HIS S-U-V AND
TOOK OFF. OVER THE PAST
FEW 4@WEEKS - SCANDALS TIE
TO SEXIST TEXT MESSAGES
BETWEEN CASADA AND A TOP AIDE
LED TO CALLS FOR THE SPEAKER
TO RESIGN. 4@ CASADA
DISMISSED THE 4@EXCHANGE AS
"LOCKE4@R ROOM TALK" BEFORE
APOLOGIZING. THEN AFTER A @
SWEEPING VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
FROM 4@REPUBLICANS THIS
WEEK...SPEAKER CASADA AGREED
TO RESIGN HIS 4@POST.
4@
WEEK...SPEAKER CASADA AGREED TO RESIGN HIS 4@POST. @
WEEK...SPEAKER CASADA AGREED TO RESIGN HIS 4@POST. THE SPEAKER WILL GIVE UP
HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE, AND THAT
WILL COST HIM. RIGHT NOW
HE MAKES MORE THAN 6 THOUSAND
DOLLARS A MONTH... 4@THAT'S
ABOUT 73 THOUSAND A YEAR.
COMPARE THAT TO MOST
REPRESENTATIVES... WHO MAKE
JUST OVER 2 GRAND A MONTH...
OR ABOUT 24 THOUSAND A YEAR.
4@
JUST OVER 2 GRAND A MONTH... OR ABOUT 24 THOUSAND A YEAR. @
JUST OVER 2 GRAND A MONTH... OR ABOUT 24 THOUSAND A YEAR. NOW THE QUESTION MOVES TO
WHO WILL REPLACE CASADA AS 4@
SPEAKER. KNOXVILLE
REPRESENTATIVE BILL DUNN IS
NEXT IN LINE TO TAKE THE
POSITION, AND HE'LL HOLD IT IN
THE INTERIM. BUT IT'S
4@
POSITION, AND HE'LL HOLD IT IN THE INTERIM. BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF HE WANTS IT
PERMANENTLY. 4@4@ HE TOLD 1
NEWS IT 4@HAS áNOTá BEEN HIS
DREAM... BUT IT MAY BE HIS
DUTY. FORMER GOVERNOR
BILL HASLAM THINKS DUNN WOULD
EXCELL. 4@
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BILL HASLAM THINKS DUNN WOULD EXCELL. 4@ 1:18:37 BILL IS A PERSON WHO
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.
HES BEEN IN THE HOUSE A LONG
TIME. WHILE I WAS GOVERNOR HE
WA4@S A HUGE HELP. SOMETIMES
HELPING THROUGH THE PROCESS
AND SOMETIMES WORTHING THROUGH
THE LEGISLATURE, HES JUST A
PERSON OF INTEGRITY. HES A
PERSON THATS BEEN AROUND A
LONG TIME, KNOWS HOW THINGS
WORK, AND WHILE HES IN THAT
ROLE, I DONT KNOW HOW LONG
ITLL BE, HE'LL DO IT THE RIGHT
WAY.
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REPRESENTATIVE MATTHEW HILL MAY COMPETE FOR THE 4@ REPUBLICAN NOMINATION AS WELL.
HE REPRESENTS
JONESBOROUGH IN THE TRI CITIES
AREA.
4@
JONESBOROUGH IN THE TRI CITIES AREA. @
JONESBOROUGH IN THE TRI CITIES AREA. THE REPORT IS IN ON A
RACIST PHOTO PUBLISHED ON THE
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA'S MEDICAL @
SCHOOL YEARBOOK PAGE...
BUT AS DAN 4@SCHENEMAN REPORTS.
THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE PHOTO
AND WHO IS IN IT.
"WE COULD NOT CONCLUSIVELY
DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF
EITHER INDIVIDUAL DEPICTED IN
THAT PHOTOGRAPH."AFTER MONTHS
OF CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING
THIS RACIST PHOTO PUBLISHED ON
VIRGINIA GOVERNO4@R RALPH
NORTHAM'S 1984 YEARBOOK PAGE..
QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER WHO IS
IN THE 35 YEAR OLD IMAGE."I'M
DEEPLY SORRY."AFTER FIRST
APOLOGIZING IN FEBRUARY FOR
APPEARING IN THE PHOTO..
4@
THE 4@
THE GOVERNOR 4@
THE GOVERNOR REVERSED 4@
THE GOVERNOR REVERSED COURSE A DAY LATER.. AND DENIED HE WAS EITHER OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
PHOTOGRAPH. VIRGINIA - FEB. 2,
2019 :31 - :34"IT WAS
OFFENSIVE, RACIST AND
DESPICABLE."NOW A 36 PAGE 4@
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT BY A LAW
FIRM HIRED BY EASTERN VIRGINIA
MEDICAL SCHOOL DOES NOT PUT
THE MATTER TO REST.FOLLOWING
52 INTERVIEWS THE REPORT 4@
STATES:NO INDIVIDUAL THAT WE
INTERVIEWED HAS TOLD US FROM
PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE
GOVERNOR IS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH,
AND NO INDIVIDUAL WITH
KNOWLEDGE HAS COME FORWARD TO
US TO REPORT THAT THE GOVERNOR
IS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH.
INVESTIGATORS WERE ALSO UNABLE
TO DETERMINE WHO DIRECTED THE
PHOTO TO BE PUBLISHED.4@"WE
COULD NOT CONCLUSIVELY
DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THAT
PHOTOGRAPH."AT THE TIME THE
SCHOOL'S YEARBOOKS WERE 4@
PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS WITH
LITTLE FACULTY OVERSIGHT.IN
STATEMENT TODAY, GOVERNOR
NORTHAM APOLOGIZED AND AGAIN
DENIED BEING IN THE QUOTE
"RACIST AND OFFENSIVE
PHOTO"... WHILE THE GOVERNOR
AND THE MEDICAL SCHOOL
CONTINUE TO TRY AND PUT THE
CONTROVERSY BEHIND THEM.DAN
SCHENEMAN, NBC NEWS.4@
IN KENTUCKY - THE
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STAGE 4@4@4@@
STAGE IS 4@4@4@@
STAGE IS SET 4@4@4@@
STAGE IS SET FOR 4@4@4@@
STAGE IS SET FOR A 4@4@4@@
STAGE IS SET FOR A HEATED @4@4@@ GOVERNOR'S RACE.4@ REPUBLICAN GOV. MATT 4@BEVIN AN
DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY GENERAL
ANDY BESHEAR BOTH WON THEIR
PARTIES' NOMINATIONS IN
YESTERDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION.
NOW THEY WILL 4@SQUARE OFF I
NOVEMBER IN WHAT IS EXPECTED
TO BE A DRAMATIC FACE-OFF.
WE'LL BE WATCHIN4@G THAT RACE A
IT DEVELOPS.
DOCUMENTS FROM THE STATE
SHOW FEWER WOMEN ARE HAVING
4@
DOCUMENTS FROM THE STATE SHOW FEWER WOMEN ARE HAVING ABORTIONS IN TENNESSEE.
4@
SHOW FEWER WOMEN ARE HAVING ABORTIONS IN TENNESSEE. @
SHOW FEWER WOMEN ARE HAVING ABORTIONS IN TENNESSEE. IN 2017...86-HUNDRED
PEOPLE TERMINATED THEIR 4@
PREG4@ANCY ACROSS THE STATE.
SIX HUNDRED THIRTY SIX WERE IN
KNOX COUNTY. THAT'S A
DECLINE OF 4@MORE THAN 35
PERCENT. BUT ADVOCATES
ARE SPLIT ON THE REASON FOR
THE DECREASE.
WILL BREWER/TN R4@IGHT TO LIFE
THERE'S A VERY STARK
DIFFERENCE IN ABORTION
STARTING TO GO DOWN AND I
THINK THAT THAT PROVES THAT
THE LAWS THAT WE'RE ENACTING
IN THIS STATE ARE WORKING.//
MAX CARWILE/PLANNED PARENTHOOD
IT'S SO HARD TO SAY WHY THOSE
NUMBERS GO IT'S SO HARD TO SAY
WHY PARENTHOODMAX
CARWILE/PLANNED //THAT WE'RE
ENACTING IN THIS STATE ARE
WORKING.//MAX CARWILE/PLANNED
PARENTHOODIT'S SO HARD TO SAY
WHY THOSE NUMBERS GO DOWN, WE
DO KNOW THAT SINCE 2012 ACCESS
TO BIRTH CONTROL HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED 4@THANK
TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.4@
AFTER A STATE LAW AGAINST
ABORTION PASSED IN TENNESSE4@E
IN 2014....THE NUMBER OF
PROCEDURES DECLINED 10
PERCENT. COMING UP4@ AT
SIX...WE'LL DIVE DEEPER 4@INTO
THAT DATA. HOW NUMBERS
FROM 4@KNOX COUNTY COMPARE TO
OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE.
TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER
A SINGLE CAR CRASHED ON EMORY
ROAD IN KNOX COUNTY.
IT HAPPENED NEAR BELL
ROAD AND MAYNARDVILLE PIKE
THIS MORNING. WE DON'T
YET KNOW THE ID'S OF THOSE
KILLED -- OR WHAT CAUSED THE
CRASH. 4@ THE KNOX COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IT'S
INVESTIGATING.
4@
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IT'S INVESTIGATING. HIGHWAY 321 IN BLOUNT COUNTY
HAS REOPENED AFTER CREWS
BATTLED A FIRE INVOLVING 18
CARS.4@THE BLOUNT COUNTY FIRE 4@
DEPARTMENT SAYS THE FIRE
STARTED THIS AFTERNOON AT A
SALVAGE LOT ON SOUTH CARVER 4@
ROAD.NO ONE WAS HURT.CREWS ARE
NOW SPRAYING FOR HOT SPOTS.THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS
INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE
FIRE.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH ED 4@RUPP
FOR A LOOK AT YOUR EVENING
COMMUTE.
COMMUTE.
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KNOXVILLE @
KNOXVILLE IS DIGGING 4@INT THE FINAL PHASE OF 4@AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY.
LEADERS BROKE 4@GROUND ON
THE LAST PORTION OF THE 5
POINTS REVITALIZATION PROJECT 4@
THIS MORNING. THE COMPLEX
WILL CREATE 82 UNITS NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF 4@KENNER AVENUE
AND MCCONNELL STREET.
THOSE RANGE FROM 1 TO 5
4@BEDROOMS. BUT MAYOR
MADELINE ROGERO SAYS THE VALUE @
REACHES WELL BEYOND THOSE WHO
WILL LIVE THERE.
IT HAS ADDED A LOT OF 4@VALUE T
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND HERE
BECAUSE OF THE ENHANCEMENTS.
THE SIDEWALKS THE
INFRASTRUCTURE... SO ITS
REALLY A BEAUTIFUL
EHANCEMENT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.4@ THIS FINAL PHASE WILL COST THE CITY ABOUT
14 AND A HALF MILLION
DOLLARS... MUCH OF WHICH WILL
COME FROM THE TENNES4@SEE