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this morning gonna walks free.
See what the rappers plea deal means
for others still behind bars
and a massive gang indictment.
City leaders headed back to the
drawing board as they work to curb
violence among kids and teens,
but a strict curfew is still on the table.
We'll break down what you need to know.
And rains moving now.
But when will sunshine appear?
And how cold are the temperatures gonna get?
Tonight? We'll talk all about it coming up
this morning. Gonna is out of the
Fulton County Jail after spending
the last seven months behind
bars accused of St gang activity.
It comes as some other defendants in the
same case are expected back in court today.
Molly Oak has the latest.
While he did make a plea deal with
prosecutors, he says he will not
have to testify against the others.
Gunner was charged with one count of
racketeering in the massive indictment.
He was accused of dealing in drugs and
stolen merchandise along with other
alleged gang members. For context,
Young Thug was indicted on 8 counts.
Gonna pleaded guilty to that one charge,
but it was an Alford plea,
which means he didn't admit to
doing anything wrong even though
he pled guilty to the charge.
Now, more motions hearings are set
for today for other defendants in the
Rico case ahead of next month's trial.
Young Thug will be in court today.
Molly, thank you.
Continuing your 11 minutes of
nonstop news with the latest on the
search for a gunman accused of.
Killing a Gwinnett County
corrections officer?
Yeah, we're getting a look at
the latest photo from police.
They have released this hoping to
get some answers and police are
releasing this take a closer look,
saying they hope someone
recognizes the suspect by his
clothing or by his build tributes.
They continue to pour in
for officer Scott Weiner,
who police believe was shot early
Tuesday morning on his way into work.
They say it's too early to tell
whether he was targeted this morning.
Police believe a missing 11 year
old could be in central Georgia
or as far away
as Texas. They are desperate
to get her back home.
This is raquela Briggs.
She left her home on Mallard Drive
in Clayton County on Tuesday.
Her family says she could be with
an unknown man who she has been
planning to leave with for some time.
If you see her on or anything,
please call police.
Georgia's top elections officials
what lawmakers should do away
with general election runoffs.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger
says the legislators should consider
reforms when it convenes in January.
Georgia is one of four states that.
As runoffs in general elections,
but only Georgia and Louisiana used
them for all races, it's back to
the drawing board for
city leaders who believe a
stricter curfew is needed to
curb crime among kids and teens.
A proposed 7:00 PM curfew will.
That's out. So what's next? 11 lives?
Jerry Carnes is here with some answers.
Good morning. Some parents have
complained that tightening the city's
curfew from 11:00 PM to 7:00 PM would
unfairly punished law abiding teenagers,
so City Council member Keisha
Waites has modified her proposal.
She's now suggesting a curfew for
unsupervised teenagers 16 and under
that would begin at 8:00 PM on weekdays
and slide to 9:00 PM on weekends.
There would be exceptions that would
include working teenagers and those
involved in after school programs.
Keisha Waites says her efforts
to tighten Atlanta curfew is on
behalf of 12 year old Zion Charles
and 15 year old Cameron Jackson,
who were shot to death during
an outbreak of violence near
Atlantic Station in November.
Zion. Cameron. If they're depending on us
to make sure we do something different,
drastic times call for drastic measures.
We cannot continue to allow our young people
to be in an environment that's unsafe.
The proposed curfew adjustment will
have to pass the city's Public Safety
Committee and the full City Council
and another effort to curb violence.
Atlanta Public Schools is taking action
today with its stand with me rally.
The district says this is being put
on by city leaders and being brought
to the community by the students
in an effort to end violence.
It is set to take place at the
intersection of Trinity Ave and
Central Ave at 6:30 Tonight.
This morning the entertainment
world is mourning the loss of.
Steven boss, known as Twitch
in the dance world he his
unexpected death at 40 years old,
his family confirmed he took his
own life for so many, it's hard to
believe someone who brought smiles,
laughter and love on the outside could
have been hurting so much in the inside.
But it's a feeling.
Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry
says he has experience opening
up about his own suicide attempts
after hearing about Twitch's death.
It was all so hard to just move through that.
I thought the only way to make this better,
this pain go away and stay in my life.
Had any of those attempts happened,
I would have missed the best part of my life.
Perry added that he's a living
witness that things can get better.
He says he's not the only one reflecting
on twitches passing this morning.
Boss joined the Today Show last summer as
a guest host of the fourth hour with Hoda
and Jenna during one of those tapings,
Honus Sahota surprise to which with
a visit from his theater coach,
Dr Tania Stewart. She spoke to NBC
News after hearing of twitches passing,
and she said he danced his way
into the hearts of America.
That day was a joy.
A joy and a chance to say to him
how proud I am and how proud we
in Montgomery, AL, are of him.
Coming up this morning on today
his so you think You Can Dance.
Judge Mary Murphy speaks out
on the loss of the father,
husband and friend.
If you or someone you know is in crisis,
you can call the US suicide prevention
hotline that was just launched.
This year. That number is 988.
You can also call the National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
That number is
800-273-8255.
Well, the last couple of weeks have brought
a lot of rain here to North Georgia.
We have a 20% chance for rain and that's
really just for the next hour or so.
And then the rain chances,
they diminish the rest of the day.
Temperatures rising into the upper 50s.
Today, that's the warmest we get all week.
Notice highs only in the 40s
there as we head throughout the
weekend as lows did in the 30s.
And then as we head into next week,
we see nines on the resonator with
highs in the 50s kind of where we
should be for this time of year.