WCBI NEWS AT SIX - APRIL 12\, 2019

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Winona police make an arrest after a shooting leaves two people injured.

Our rylie livingston talked to investigators about the incident.

She joins us in the studio with more.

Imagine this... friends hanging out enjoying a cookout.

Then someone shows up and starts firing a gun.

According to investigators that's what happened last night in winona.

What started out as an evening of hanging out with friends turned into a nightmare.

Just after seven, on academy st, the atmosphere changed, shots were fired, and police called.

"when they arrived on the scene there was actually nobody there, no victims or anything they were there for about 30 seconds and that's when they received a second call stating that a shooting victim had arrived at the emergency room at tyler holmes hospital so of course they go up there that's when we began our investigation" that investigation led officers to 28-year-old eddie green.

He's now accused of shooting two people.

One victim was treated and released from tyler holmes memorial hospital.

The other was flown to jackson.

"it appeared that the one that was flown to jackson that he was a shot in the back just to the right side of his left shoulder."

Chief investigator dan herod says the accused shooter and at least one of the victims know each other.

"in the past there's been some issues between them."

Eddie green is charged with two counts of aggravated assault.

According to herod they aren't expecting any more arrests to be made, but they are continuing to investigate.

" we are still trying to gather details on what led to the shooting we are still talking to a couple people who were involved with both sides and we have gathered some evidence of coarse that we have a from the crime scene.

Some other evidence is going to be sent to the crime lab we will actually have some ballistics done on firearms. we will just await results from the crime lab and see which way that leads us."

Green is being held on a five hundred thousand dollar bond .

Take vo off top columbus police are investigating two thursday night shootings... the first was just after eight last night.

Police were called to 15th avenue and 22nd street north.

Investigators found multiple shell casings... police interviewed witnesses and searched the area..

Chief fred shelton, says they're still trying to determine, exactly who fired the gunshots and why.

Officers are looking into another incident.

A shots fired call came from the country air apartments on north lehmberg road.

No one was injured there either.

No arrests have been made.

Thirty law enforcement officers from across northeast mississippi will soon get a potentially life saving piece of equipment at no cost to themselves or taxpayers.

As allie martin reports, the officers will get custom made bullet proof vests, and it's all thanks to a group of "wives of warriors."

For years, baldwyn police department corporal has worn a bullet proof vest made for men nats but soon, she will have a custom made vest.

"i'm really anxious about that, they are more comfortable, if they're comfortable, you will be more apt to wear if it fits properly."

Corporal ward is one of thirty law officers being fitted for custom made bullet proof vests.

Each kevlar vest costs about 600 dollars.

With limited resources, some smaller departments simply can't afford the gear.

But that's where a group called "wives of warriors" steps in.

The organization is made up of wives of police officers and each year, they hold a 5 k.

Called "blessed are the peacemakers.

" proceeds from the event pay for the vests..

"these officers put their lives on the line so we can be safe in our homes, while we sleep they're out there, while we're at work they're keeping us safe, and so we want to keep them safe, we want them to go home to their families at the end of their shift."

Standup bridge while 400 people took part in the most recent blessed are the peacemakers 5k, there wasn't quite enough money to meet all of the requests for body armor.

Rushing is hoping to get more runners and sponsors for the upcoming run and make sure no officer is without the potentially life saving vest.

"it's always a great , memorable and wonderful day to let law enforcement know that you appreciate what they do, you support them, you're behind them and the funds go to keep them safe, so it's a double benefit."

Registration is open for the blessed are the peacemakers 5k... that takes place september 28th in fairpark.

In tupelo, allie martin, wcbi news for information on how to register for the event, you can go to races online dot com and look for blessed are the peacemakers 5 k vo off top fifth graders across winston county take a pledge to keep drugs out of their lives and make responsible decisions.

275 students graduated from the "dare" program today.

Each school in the county participated in the drug and alcohol prevention program over the course of the semester.

Officers from the louisville police department teach the classes and cover topics like stress, bullying, the effects of drugs, and consequences of risky behavior.

Former mississippi state football player grant harris was the guest speaker.

First look stinger first look overview: saturday isn't looking like a washout but keep an umbrella on stand by.

A round of strong to severe severe will push through saturday evening/night.

Additional strong storms are possible by the middle of the upcoming work week.

Stay weather aware during and be sure to have multiple ways of getting warning information.

Friday night-saturday morning: a band of showers and storms may develop as a warm front pushes from south to north across the area.

No severe weather is expected at this time but lightning and locally heavy downpours are possible.

Lows friday night should be in the upper 50s to lower 60s.

Saturday afternoon: a relative lull may take hold of our area even though there is still the chance of a few showers and storms. we're hopeful that outdoor events that are scheduled can still take place.

Just stay mindful of the weather.

Highs top out mainly in the 70s as southeasterly winds increase between 10 and 25 mph.

Saturday evening/night: a bigger batch or line of storms is going to move in from the west during the evening.

It will have the potential to produce damaging wind gusts, isolated tornadoes, and heavy rainfall as it moves across the area during the night.

We expect any severe threat to be over by sunrise sunday.

Temperatures will hold in the 60s all night long.

Monroe county residents will be able to use that school district's storm shelters if severe weather hits this weekend.

The monroe county school district will open domes in smithville, hamilton and hatley, along with shelters in becker and one near the monroe county airport.

Superintendent scott cantrell says his office makes the buildings available for the public whenever the need arises.

"i was at the one in hatley back about a month ago we had over 125 people there that night.

Really good, an unfortunate situation, where people had to come, but a fortunate situation where they had somewhere to go."

Those storm shelters were built after the devastating tornadoes of 2011.

Thanks to some state funding downtown winona could soon have a new look.

Plans are in the works to build a clock tower in the middle of downtown.

State senator lydia chassaniol has been working with the city to raise money for the project.

During the legislative session the state agreed to help out.

Now the is waiting for the funds to come in.

The tower will use the old court house clock to tie together old and new.

"it's going to be pretty tall.

T will be tall enough actually for a big transport truck to drive under and then we will have a reviewing stand.

It will have an area where we can have bands, or have events take place.

We are hoping it's so attractive people might want to come there and propose marriage.

The city is still waiting for some additional funding before starting construction.

Stinger technology is opening up a new world of research for msu students... we look at the new tools when we welcome back... you probably associate virtual reality with video games, but the msu college of education is exploring its use for training teachers.

The department hosted a research forum today focused on using virtual reality for educational research.

Faculty, students, and educators attended sessions that highlighted research opportunities in simulated environments.

They also explored practical applications for virtual reality in the education sector and health care industry.

What we're starting to see more and more often is this technology being l being leverad for training education purposes as well as research.

That's the most important thing we're trying to highlight here.

We want to expose faculty and students to the context of the technology and introduce them to ways it could be used out in the field and out in school systems in k thru 12 education.

Participants also learned about available resources in the region to allow businesses and educators to get hands-on experience.

Wipe to vo this weekend mississippi state university and the shackouls honors college will celebrate 50 years of honors education.

The honors college was founded in 1968 as the stephen d.

Lee honors program.

It was renamed in 2006 for judy and bobby schackouls of houston texas..

The program specializes in study abroad, undergraduate research, and supplying msu students with the best platform to reach national and international goals.

"the kind of advisement that the schackouls honors college gives really prepares our students to be able to go to some of the top graduate schools in the nation."

"i am at harvard right now and i'm studying for a ph.

D., and m studying literature from people in mississippi... if it s not for the honors college, there's no way i would have gotten the rhodes scholarship."

Over the past 7 years the program has produced a rhodes scholar, 3 truman scholars, 4 goldwater scholars, and a gates-cambridge scholar... stinger weather open overview: saturday isn't looking like a washout but keep an umbrella on stand by.

A round of strong to severe severe will push through saturday evening/night.

Additional strong storms are possible by the middle of the upcoming work week.

Stay weather aware during and be sure to have multiple ways of getting warning information.

Friday night-saturday morning: a band of showers and storms may develop as a warm front pushes from south to north across the area.

No severe weather is expected at this time but lightning and locally heavy downpours are possible.

Lows friday night should be in the upper 50s to lower 60s.

Saturday afternoon: a relative lull may take hold of our area even though there is still the chance of a few showers and storms. we're hopeful that outdoor events that are scheduled can still take place.

Just stay mindful of the weather.

Highs top out mainly in the 70s as southeasterly winds increase between 10 and 25 mph.

Saturday evening/night: a bigger batch or line of storms is going to move in from the west during the evening.

It will have the potential to produce damaging wind gusts, isolated tornadoes, and heavy rainfall as it moves across the area during the night.

We expect any severe threat to be over by sunrise sunday.

Temperatures will hold in the 60s all night long.

Sunday: a few peaks of sun are possible early in the day but clouds and scattered showers are going to roll back in.

The chance of rain is 40%.

Morning temperatures may peak near 70 but they're expected to cool into the 60s and 50s as the day wears on.

Low 40s are on track for sunday night.

Next week: mostly sunny to partly cloudy conditions settle back in for monday and tuesday.

It'll be pretty nice with highs around 70 monday and near 80 tuesday.

Lows are going to dip back into the 40s.

Another round of strong to severe storms is possible sometime wednesday into thursday.

Cooler but less active weather returns for good friday and easter weekend.

Follow @wcbiweather on facebook, twitter, and instagram a round of strong to severe severe will push through saturday evening/night.

Additional strong storms are possible by the middle of the upcoming work week.

Stay weather aware during and be sure to have multiple ways of getting warning information.

Friday night-saturday morning: a band of showers and storms may develop as a warm front pushes from south to north across the area.

No severe weather is expected at this time but lightning and locally heavy downpours are possible.

Lows friday night should be in the upper 50s to lower 60s.

Saturday afternoon: a relative lull may take hold of our area even though there is still the chance of a few showers and storms. we're hopeful that outdoor events that are scheduled can still take place.

Just stay mindful one yellowjacket decides that she's not ready to put the bat away just yet...more on the signing from starkville is next in sports take weather school billboard spx open super bulldog weekend has arrived...one of the biggest highlights of the three days is the maroon and white game taking place on saturday although a spring game is beneficial for fans by giving them a first look at what to expect come football season in august it also serves as a huge benefit to the team itself...mississippi state lost plenty of quality personnel from last seasons roster head coach joe moorhead saying what he wants to see from saturday's game is his team gaining confidence as well as developing a team identity moorhead: "it's been a scrimmage like atmoshphere.

When i say that, from a competition level physicality up front and guys getting after it.

When we do team reps during the week its the full arsenal of defensive calls and offensive calls.

The spring is a little bit more vanilla from a play call standpoint.

It becomes about the players and not about the plays.

So more than anything i want to see retention and application of the scheme and clean execution."

With storms looming on saturday, msu athletics did go ahead and make a change to the weekend slate here's the updated schedule for super bulldog weekend...so the only change made was with saturday afternoon's baseball game against alabama originally the game beginning at 3 pm giving fans time to go see the maroon and white game and then watch baseball later but now fans will be forced to choose...game two of the alabama series will also take place at 1 pm definitely not the most ideal but state's best bet at ensuring game action continues the weekend series against the tide will finish up sunday at 3 ole miss hosting a series in oxford this weekend with kentucky the series begins tonight at 6:30 pm..that's available to watch on the sec network streaming service kentucky enters the game against the rebels with a 2-10 record in the sec...the team's last sec win was against missouri on april 5th yellow jacket faithful were on hand today as they watched one of their own choose where she'll continue her hoop dreams at.

Amaria strong decided she'll continue to play ball as a tiger at coahoma community college strong averaged over 9 points per game and was one of the team's best rebounders.

Coach kristie williams is excited to see what the future holds for strong as she'll have a chance to showcase all the skills she has.

"i wish amaria fruitee strong the very best at the next level.

I know she's going to do great things and she's going to represent not only starkville high school but she's going to continue to impress coach murphy with all the skills she has."

"i felt more at home with coahoma.

It's like another home from transitioning from starkville to coahoma.

I'm doing this for my uncle mike and y'all gonna remember 24, fruitee!'

Starkville girls won state in 2017 and 2018.

If there's one thing mississippistate baseballs known for is producing pros mitch moreland one of those former bulldogs and he had a clutch game for the boston red sox thursday night the red sox were two outs away from a loss to the blue jays...until moreland kicked the game up a notch...the red sox came back from a 5-0 deficit and then when the jays pulled ahead again, moreland's hit was what tied the game up moreland currently has five homeruns on the season..and boston improved to a 4-9 record