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First, this morning we have brand
new video showing a deadly shooting
near an Atlanta restaurant.
Police want you to take a close
look and help find the gunman.
And first, this morning we are
tracking rain moving into the metro.
It will last for much of your Saint
Patrick's Day. We'll time it out.
The rush hour is upon us,
even without the rain.
A wreck 85 S at Indian Trail.
But that rain is on its way.
March Madness tips Off and today
a big day for Georgia teams.
Everything you need to know about
the games and how you can watch.
First, a developing story.
This morning we have been going
through new surveillance video showing
a deadly shooting at an Atlanta
restaurant 11 lives. Jerry Carnes
is here to walk us through it.
Two surveillance cameras at 2
separate gas stations were watching
as 22 year old lenorris McFadden
lost his life to gun violence.
Police now have video of two cars pulling
up to the American deli on Hill St.
four men go inside the deli.
Moments later you can see
people fleeing the business.
A camera at a gas station next
door captures a man walking
with a gun in his hand.
Family members identified
Lenorris McFadden as the victim.
Police have not said anything publicly.
So far about any suspects.
Sticking with your 11 minutes and
nonstop news today, family and
friends will gather to remember
a Clark Atlanta baseball player,
Dutan Sterling,
was shot and killed near campus.
He was 20 and today family and
friends will have a viewing
in his hometown of Chicago.
The celebration of life is tomorrow
at 2:00 PM It will be streamed so
friends in Atlanta can watch right now,
a 25 year old is facing charges,
accused of killing Sterling more than
two weeks ago in the parking lot of the
Catholic Center.
A controversial sex education proposal
for Gwinnett County schools is on hold.
Members of the school board decided not
to vote on the new curriculum last night.
The current curriculum focuses
heavily on abstinence.
This new class would also teach
kids about consent, gender identity,
and sexual orientation,
plus sexual abuse and assault.
There won't be a vote until
next month at the earliest.
Today is your last chance to
vote early for special elections
in Clayton County and the City of Mableton.
Voters are deciding on new
leadership from the next Clayton
County Sheriff to the mayor.
And council members of Cobb's newest city.
If you live in one of the places and
don't vote today, you'll have to
wait until Election Day on Tuesday.
Polls open soon.
Check elevenalive.com for all the details.
The countdown to tip off in Greensboro
is on with under 6 hours to go.
KSU looking to be a Cinderella
team in the NCAA tournament.
They take on three seed Xavier
at 12:40 this afternoon.
So if you weren't able to make the
trip to Greensboro, don't worry.
Back here at Home,
Kennesaw State is hosting a watch party
for the Owls for their first ever NCAA.
Early appearance.
All fans are welcome.
The doors at the Convocation
Center on campus open at noon.
The Lady Bulldogs have
their dancing shoes on too.
They are opening the NCAA
tournament later today in Iowa City.
The dogs are a 10 seed.
They'll face off against Florida State.
It is a sold out game if
you're watching at home.
It starts at 1:30 on ESPN 2.
And that was a look at your top
headlines on a rainy Friday,
Saint Patrick's Day.
Melissa,
plenty
of green on the map for the
Saint Patrick's Day. Yes,
we're tracking showers moving in right now.
Look at this day part for the day.
This morning, midday afternoon,
there's going to be showers that I'm
tracking on radar across North Georgia.
Now, it may not be raining steadily at
your House for the entire next 12 hours,
but there's been plenty of rain to come.
So grab the rain gear,
send the kids out the door
with the rain jackets,
and give yourself some extra time
and distance in between you and the
person in front of you on the roads,
still dry at the moment in Atlanta,
the atmosphere is moistening though,
so it's only a matter of about an
hour or so we start before we start
to see a lot of that rain reaching
the ground inside the perimeter.
As you travel up 75,
that's where the rain is reaching the
ground from Calhoun down to Adairsville,
Cartersville.
If you're trying to travel down from
Bartow County into Cobb County into Atlanta,
the rain showers kind of wrap up and
the dry weather resumes as you get
into a Cobb County Acworth area.
But lot of rain to come today.
So what are we expecting?
Mild temperatures to start showers moving in?
Rain does not clear out altogether
until we get past sunset this evening.
Currently 56 in Atlanta, 54 in Duluth,
Peachtree City.
56 as well so it's a very mild
breezy start to the day.
The showers move in this morning
during the commute lunchtime.
Today there's gonna be numerous
showers across North Georgia,
but these showers around the morning hours,
midday gonna be on the lighter side as
we go our way into the late afternoon.
I do think that the intensity of some
of this rain is going to pick up,
so we'll see some moderate pockets
of the rain for the evening commute.
Some rumbles of Thunder going
to be likely as well,
but I think the main severe weather
threat stays South and West of our area.
Here's 5:00 o'clock showing
rain on top of the metro.
But as we Fast forward
things to 8:00 o'clock,
notice how we're starting to dry
things out north and West of Atlanta
last the showers clear this evening.
As you may be doing some of those
Saint Patrick's Day festivities.
Clouds clear out overnight
and colder air will follow.
Check this out in the forecast track.
The rain clearing out brings in a
cooler air mass that turns even
colder as a pressure away into
the second-half of the weekend.
Tomorrow morning's lows 37 in Atlanta,
Northwest of town,
where the Freeze watch we're going
to be closer to the freezing
mark tomorrow afternoon.
We'll make it into the 50s,
but Sunday morning,
look at that morning low
31 area wide freezes.
Likely we'll do it again Monday
morning before we finally spring up
things a little bit warmer in your 7
day forecast crash. 60s Wednesday 70s
Thursday continuing our 11 minutes
of nonstop news
this morning with a mother who's
bringing her concerns to us here
at 11 alive. She's worried about students
safety near catching their buses in the
morning after seeing so many drivers
illegally going around school buses.
Outside of her home, Liza Lucas
went to Rome to get some answers.
This mom is fighting to keep these kids
safe, and that's right,
safety is the core of this one.
Hannah Freeman installed
cameras at her home and reached
out to 11 alive for help after
she says she was repeatedly seeing
moments like this one. Take a look
right here. Drivers illegally
passing school buses as they load
and unload students outside her home.
She was actually in that video
right there and loading her kids.
Now she wants Rome City
Schools to take some action,
install and install stop arm cameras.
To deter drivers from illegally passing.
I honestly feel like if I didn't
speak out there would be a chance of
a child getting seriously injured.
Now, Hannah reached out to the
district and we did to Rome
City Schools. Says in part that
they take these concerns seriously.
And they are talking
with Rome City police
and city leaders about how to address
the issue. And they're also studying
the need for stop arm cameras.
Now for some perspective here,
Georgia was among the
first states to allow stop armed
cameras. More than a dozen
districts, large and small,
use the cameras to catch drivers
breaking the law. Liza, thank you.
Nearly 30 years after the legendary
R&B group escaped burst on the scene,
their music still inspires.
Metro Atlanta Natives are celebrating 3
decades since their debut album Humming,
Coming at You with the new reality show
the show SWV and Escape the Queens
of R&B follows the journey of Uniting
both 90s groups for performance.
In the first couple of episodes,
viewers have gotten behind the scenes,
look at the ups and downs of what
it takes to make that happen.
And as we know with reality TV,
there's always some drama, right?
With the escape.
We've seen the inner conflict
between the group and their efforts
to get on the same page.
I had the chance to sit down
with them this weekend.
They weighed in on how they're
trying to move forward.
As we look at the series of reality TV,
there are
so many different reality shows.
Me filmed in Atlanta, we're watching
for the entertainment value, right?
But at the same time there is a group
of women out there who are saying,
ladies, we want you to get it together.
We want to see positivity.
We want to see, you know, a resolution.
What do you say to that audience
that's rooting for the positivity,
the positivity I think that we are
now trying to show is that, you know,
we three are still moving along
as in unit and we're still doing.
All the things that we've set out to do,
you know, we are missing the Member,
but we are still moving and we're still,
you know, doing doing big things,
you know, together.
You can watch the latest episode
this Sunday at 8 on Bravo,
and if you need to get caught up,
you can stream it on the Peacock app.
Hey weather wise today
for Saint Patrick's Day,
we've got green on the map.
Showers are moving in this morning.
They're mainly northwest of Atlanta
at the moment, but they're gonna
be creeping into the metro as we
get closer to sunrise for the afternoon.
Rain is likely.
At times that rain could be moderate and a
few rumbles of Thunder thrown in the mix.
We're going to be in the 60s today,
colder but drier this weekend.
Before we go we have to shout out
UGA women in Kennesaw State men,
good Luck today NC Double
Attorney Saint Patty's day,
and if you just need to smile.
Today just say thanks in advance
to Crash Clark. Jackie, shake it.
I like to. I like to sing.
This man loves the holiday.
Loves the holiday.
Have a great day everybody,
and a great weekend.
We'll see you back here Monday morning.
Shake it, shake it.