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The Fulton County Sheriff's Office
is searching for the person who shot
and killed one of their deputies.
How the department is
remembering him this morning.
Plus increased security and curfew for kids.
More on what Atlanta police are
doing to keep you safe during
New Year's Eve celebrations.
Right now the
search continues for a gunman
more than 24 hours after a Fulton
County deputy was shot and killed.
Yeah, the 24 year old was found
dead in his car. Now police.
They're trying to piece
together exactly what happened.
Molly Yoke has more.
Police are still trying to track down
leads and say if you know anything
that could help, give them a call.
The 1st 911 call came in
around 4:30 yesterday morning.
Someone reported a shooting on Bolton Rd.
Near Peyton Rd.
That's where Atlanta police found a
crashed car with a man shot dead inside.
That man was a 24 year old
Fulton County Sheriff's deputy
originally from Mississippi.
The Fulton County Sheriff says the deputy
just worked to shift the night before.
He was on the force for less than a year. And
so whether it was community engagement,
whether it was working hard at Grady,
it was he. Was what you would
want in a in a. Deputy police
say one person told them they
were involved in the accident.
However, police say they don't
believe that person is directly
involved with the shooting. Guys.
Time now 649 here's what's
happening this morning.
We have new details after
a teenage boy fell into a
partially frozen lake and died.
The incident Wednesday
involved 2216 year olds.
Rescue crews say they got a call about the
teens playing on the partially frozen.
Like Allison and Kennesaw,
they were able to rescue
one of them right away.
Who's updated us,
seeing that the second teen was in that
water for more than an hour and a half.
Paramedics they tried to resuscitate him,
but ultimately he died. The
family of a teen killed in a shootout
at an Atlanta apartment complex will
say their final goodbyes today.
16 year old Justin Powell was one of
five teens shot at the retreat at
Greenbrier Apartments early last week.
His funeral is taking place at
wings of Faith Church today.
Powell's family says he was
someone who was so funny in love,
video games and TV.
The FBI is hoping a $10,000 reward
will point them in the direction of
finding a group of people who vandalize
the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church.
The feds are looking for 10 people
accused in July 3rd incident.
Now someone painting the message
on the church that Rick quote if
abortions aren't safe, neither are you.
Continuing our 11 minutes of nonstop news
with an update on a water outage
that we have been talking
about now for nearly a week.
Yeah, today there is some good news,
Clinton County, where we've seen
most of those outages, says.
Most of those problems are resolved.
Officials there say water pressure
might still be low for some people,
but that's expected to
increase throughout the day.
They also say many of those businesses
that we've been talking about all week
may actually be able to reopen today.
If you still need water, there's another
giveaway in Jonesboro this morning.
It starts at 10:00 AM and runs until five or
for as long as they have water available.
You need to use the address you see
right now on your screen to get there.
Even though things are improving,
the Clayton County Fire Marshall is
sending a strong message do not burn.
Any leaves or debris in your yard.
A burn ban now in effect.
Because of all the recent water issues.
Officials say they're concerned
abnormal pressure will make it
tougher for them to fight fires.
If you are dealing with bursted pipes,
we do have some helpful tips on our website,
elevenlive.com.
We can also send them to your phone.
Just text the word water to that
number you see on your screen.
Tomorrow, the New Year's
Eve festivities will begin.
The City of Atlanta is expecting huge
crowds not only for the Peach drop,
but also for the Peach Bowl
at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Liza Lucas is here with a closer
look at how Atlanta police are
working to keep everyone safe
as we bring in the new here.
Good morning, Lisa.
Good morning. Yes, those security
preparations are already underway,
so we expect to see tightened
safety measures downtown now.
More than 50,000 people are expected
to gather in underground Atlanta
Saturday as the Peach drop returns
and efforts to keep you safe.
Include increased surveillance
and extra officers,
LAPD telling 11 alive.
They're also bringing in the help of other
police departments in anticipation of
those huge crowds we're talking about now.
Police say kids 16 and under must
adhere to the city's curfew rules,
so that means they must have an
adult with them after 11:00 PM
and a clear bag policy will also
be enforced now to avoid traffic,
police say to use those ride shares and
Marta and no matter where you celebrate,
police remind everyone not to participate.
In celebratory gunfire.
It's illegal and it is dangerous.
Liza, thank you.
The showdown for this year's Peach
Bowl was about 37 hours away.
The dogs are taking the lead the
Ohio State Buckeyes at the bins.
The game starts at 8:00 tomorrow night.
Ahead of that,
there is a parade to kick off downtown,
and that starts at 1:00 o'clock.
The stadium will open up
at 6:00 for the big game.
If you are planning to go,
there are still some tickets.
We're sending the Bulldogs some good luck.
Coming up on today,
back to normal operations.
Well, that's what Southwest
Airlines is promising.
After days of an unprecedented
travel meltdown,
the airline now says that it is ready
to get back to normal starting today.
I'm Blaine Alexander coming up on today.
We will now look at what comes next,
including reimbursements for many
passengers who had to shell out hundreds,
even thousands of dollars.
We spoke with the Transportation secretary,
who says they've got the
airline under a microscope,
and what he's planning to
do if they don't pay up.
That's coming up on today.
And last Saturday we had a low of
eight and a high of 27 tomorrow.
Take a look at this,
56 for the low, 63 for the high.
We are going to have some
showers early on in the day,
the afternoon looking drier though
Sunday temperatures rising up
into the mid 60s going to be a
great first day of the New Year.
We continue on with the warmer conditions.
Look at this 72 on Monday,
70 on Tuesday.
But we are going to get some showers
and storms in here associated with
the cold front and temperatures
back down to 40s for lows,
50s for highs on Thursday.
That is just above average for this
time of year. Atlanta drops
a Peach once again on New Year's
Eve for the first time since 2019.
But let's check out what
other cities dropped. Yeah,
here's a look at some of the interesting
things other places drop on the big night.
In the past, the city of
Perry has dropped the buzzer.
What a big old gigantic fake bird.
Then in Villa Rica,
they lowered down a gold nugget.
Ariana wants it dipped in BBQ sauce.
The city of McDonough drops a
big ball of geranium flowers.
And get this,
the city of Tallapoosa.
They're going to send down
a live possum at midnight.
A possum. Yeah,
my brother has been to that one.
He says it's it's actually a lot of fun.
Great. So we'll take his word for it.
You know what they drop in Miami?
A big orange.
And I'll take pictures of it.
Bye. Alright, crash.
Clark.
He's outta here.
Bye, crash.
This year.