Winston-Salem garbage truck catches fire, road closed

Winston-Salem garbage truck catches fire, road closed

EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATIO.NS GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. WE BEGIN WITH A GREENSBOOR POLICE OFFICER IS FIRED, AFTER BEING INDICTED ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES FOR A DEADLY SHOOTG.IN MATTHEW HAMILTON WAS A 15 YEAR VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT. POLICE SAY 7 MONTHS AGO, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A POTENTIAL BREAK IN BACINK NOVEMBER AND FOUND 2YE9-ARLD-O JOSEPH LOPEZ INSIDE A SH.ED THEY SAY THAT’S WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPED.NE YESTERDAY AN ATTORNEY FOR LOPEZ’S FAMILY SAID, AFTER SPEAKING WITH LOPEZ BRIEFLY THROUGH THE DOOR, OFFIRCE HAMILTON RELEASED HIS POLICE DOG, WHICH ATTACKED LOPEZ OWH WAS SITTING IN A CHA.IR OFFICER HAMILTON THEN ENTEDRE THE ROOM AND FIRED ONE SHOT, HITTING LOPEZ IN THE FACE AND KILLING HIM. THE ATTORNEY FOR LOPEZ SAYS HE WAUNS ARMED. THE ATTORNEY FOR OFFERIC HAMILTON ACKNOWLEDGED LOPEZ DID NOT HAVE A WEAPON BUT SAID IN PART, THE FACT THAT MR. LOPEZ EN DED UP NOT HAVING A N ONGU THIS OCCASION IS IMMATERL.IA HE WAS A DANGEROUS MAN, THWI OUTSTANDING FELONY WARRANTS FOR GUN POSSESSION WHO REFUSEDO T HEED COUNTLESS COMMANDS FROM THE POLICE AND BARRICADED HIMSELF IN A STORAGE SHED ON PROPERTY THAT WAS NOT HIS. HE THEN TURNED ON A POLICE OFFICER WITH A BLACK OBJECT IN HIS HAND AND POINTED IT THEAT OFFIR.CE THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING ETH LOPEZ FAMILY SAYS THAT WASN’T THE CASE. >> THERE WERE A WFE MOMENTS AFTER THAT, HE AND THE OTHER NINE OFFICERS WHO CAME TO THE SCENE STARTED TO GET THEIR COVEUPR- TOGETHER. HEAI SD HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS NDHA. HE DID NOT HAVE ANYTNGHI IN HIS HAND. AUDREY: THERE IS BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF THIS SHOOTING BUT HASN’T BEEN RELEASED YET. WE’RE ALSO HEARING FROM FORMER OFFICER HAMILTON’S ATTORNEY. HAMILTON’S ATTORNEY IS CALLING THIS INDICENTMT, “A FAILURE OF THEYSM S.” >> I YFOU SEE A 15-YEAR-OLD VETERAN GETTING CHARGED WHIT MANSLAUGHTER FOR DOING HIS JOB, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU WILL THINK. AUDR:EY GREENSBORO POLICE SAY OFFICER HAMILTON HAS BEEN ON ADMINISTRATIVE DUTY AND WAS FIRED AS A RESULT OF YESTERDAY’S INDICTME. THE PASQUOTANK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED A 3 MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT, IN LAST YEAR’S KILLING OF ANDREW BROWN JUNI.OR BROWN’S FAMILY FILED A 30 MILLION DOLLAR CIVIL RIGSHT LAWSUIT LAST YEAR, SAYING BRNOW DIED BECAUSE OFFICERS SHOWED “INTENTIONAL AND RECKLESS DISREGARD OF HIS LE.IF” BROWN WAS KILLED LAST APRIL, IN ELIZABETH CITY, BY DEPIEUTS SERVING DRUG-RELATED WARRANTS AT HIS HOME. E DITHSTRICT ATTORNEY CLEARED THE 3 DEPUTIES WHO FIRED THEIR WEAPONS, SAYING THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED. THE FAMILY IS PLANNING TO SPEAK ON THE SETTLEMENT LATER TODAY. AS THE COUNTRY CONTINUES TO GRIEVE, AND SOCIETY CONTINUES TO GRAPPLE WITH EVEN MORE DEADLY MASS SHOOTINGS, WE WANTED TO SPEAK WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCENTME ABOUT WHAT’S BEING DONE TO HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. RACHEL ELLIS JOINS US NOW, WITH DETAILS ON AN ACTIVE SHOOTER REONSPSE TRAINING HAPPENING IN FORSYTH COUNTY. RACHEL: WELL THE FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WANTS EVERYONE AND ANYONE TO GO THROUGH TSHI 1.5-2 HOUR FREE TRAINING SESONSI THATS BA ISED AROUND THREE PRCIINPLES WHICH IS, AVOID, DENY AND DEFEND. CORPORAL BUTCH MOORE WITH FCSO SAYS ’CRASE’ TEACHES A SURVIVAL MINDSET, WHICH HE SAYS HELPS PEOPLE BECOME MORE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGSND A ENVIRONMT.EN MOORE SAYS WHEN YOU START HAVING A SURVIVAL MINDSET, IT BECOMES JUST A NORMAL PART OF YOUR DAILY ROUTE.IN HE DOESN’T WANT PEOPLE TO BE PARANOID, BUT INSTEAD READY TO REACT AND AVOID NOT GETTING STUCK IN A DENIAL MINDSET. MOORE SAYS WHEN IN DENIAL PEOPLE CAN ATTRIBUTE THE SOUNOFUND SHOTS TO THINGS LIKE FIREWORKS AND CONSTRUCTION NOISES AND WHEN IT COMES TO GOING THROUGH CRASE HE SAYS IT CAN HELP YOU , ACT QUICKLY, POSSIBLY SAVE YOURSELF AND OTHERS. MOORE EXPLAINED THAT IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, SECONDS COUNT. >> WE HAVE TWO GOALS. WE HAVE TO STOP THE KILLING AND WE HAVE TO STOP THE DYING. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE HAVE TO GET THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL, RESCUE PERSONNEL, IN THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND WE CANNOT DOHAT, T UNTIL WE HAVE STOPPED THE THRT.EA RACHEL: MOORE SAYS ’CRASE’ WAS ESTABLISHED BY TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY IN 20.04 HE TELLS ME THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST FROM THE PUBLIC EROV THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, FOLLOWING THE MASS SHOOTIN TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE CNT.OU YOU CAN SIGN UP ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. AUDR:EY THANK YOU. HABITAT FORSYTH’S YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM IS HOSTING A PANEL TONIGHT, TO DISCUSS SCHOOL VIOLENCE. WE’RE TOLD THE DISCUSSION WILL NOT BE ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS. INSTEAD, IT WILL FOCUS ON COONMM VIOLENCE ISSUES IN WINSTON-SALEM FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOO.LS THE DISCUSSION WILL BE HELD AT THE CARVER HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

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Winston-Salem garbage truck catches fire, road closed

A garbage truck fire closes a road Tuesday afternoon, firefighters said.Click the video player above to watch other headlines from WXII 12 NewsThe Winston-Salem Fire Department tweeted about an incident alert that closed all lanes of Northwest Boulevard.The portion of this road is between US 52 and Ivy Avenue.The fire has been extinguished.The cause of this fire is under investigation.Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area.This is a developing story, check back with WXII for more updates.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —

A garbage truck fire closes a road Tuesday afternoon, firefighters said.

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The Winston-Salem Fire Department tweeted about an incident alert that closed all lanes of Northwest Boulevard.

The portion of this road is between US 52 and Ivy Avenue.

The fire has been extinguished.

The cause of this fire is under investigation.

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Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area.

This is a developing story, check back with WXII for more updates.

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