New details released after armed, barricaded suspect was arrested (2024)

FIVE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. NOW HERE’S CAROL AND MICHAEL WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. ONE DAY AFTER FIRE RIPS THROUGH BUSINESSES IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN CLINTON, MAGE GAMEco*ckS COACH CREWS STILL ON THE SCENE WATCHING HOTSPOTS SKY4 SHOWING THE DAMAGE AS CREWS NOW WORK TO LEARN WHAT SPARKED THE FLAMES. THIS IS OUR HOME. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY. I’M REY LLERENA WITH MORE ON HOW THE CITY IS COMING TOGETHER AFTER THE FIRE. ANOTHER DAY WITH INTENSE HEAT MOVING OUR WAY. COMING UP, I’LL SHOW YOU HOW LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS SHAPING UP AND A COOLDOWN IN SIGHT. BUILDING UP STUDENTS AND A NEW SCHOOL. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE NEW PLANS FOR AN UPSTATE MIDDLE SCHOOLS REPLACEMENT. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES TONIGHT INTO A MASSIVE FIRE THAT RIPPED THROUGH SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN CLINTON. FLAMES BROKE OUT AT HOUSE OF PIZZA ON MUSGROVE STREET YESTERDAY EVENING. FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO GET THE FLAMES UNDER CONTROL FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS. FOUR BUSINESSES ARE DESTROYED. SKY FOUR OVER THE FIRE LAST NIGHT AND THE AFTERMATH. EARLIER TODAY, WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT FROM THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND. OUR REY LLERENA WILL JOIN US LIVE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT FIRST, LET’S TURN TO WEATHER THIS EVENING. A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM OUR LAKE HARTWELL SKYCAM. IT IS ANOTHER LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT DAY DUE TO THE HEAT. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTICE IS HERE AND CHRIS COOLING OFF ANYTIME SOON. UNFORTUNATELY, NO, BUT WE DO SEE IT OFF IN THE FUTURE. ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, IT’S GOING TO BE FEELING NICE AGAIN. LOW HUMIDITY, HIGHS IN THE 70S. GOODBYE TO THE 90S FOR A LITTLE WHILE, RIGHT? I DON’T THINK WE COMPLETELY SAY GOODBYE TO THEM, BUT AT LEAST WE’RE GETTING IN THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE WE’RE GETTING SOME COOLER DAYS RIGHT TO AT LEAST LOOK FORWARD TO. BUT IT’S HOT, RIGHT NOW, LIKE THE THICK OF SUMMER. ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS WE’VE HAD ALL SUMMER LONG RIGHT NOW. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR DRY FOR US. WE DO HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT WITH THE WINDS BEING LOW AND THAT HEAT BEING SO HIGH, THE AIR QUALITY IS SO, SO POOR. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW IN GREENVILLE IT JUST LOOKS HOT. 91 FEELS LIKE 93. THE HUMIDITY IS IN CHECK RIGHT NOW, BUT CLIMBS A LITTLE BIT. TOMORROW WE PEAKED AT 98 TODAY IN ANDERSON AND CLEMSON. YOU’RE DOWN TO 95 RIGHT NOW WITH THE SUN GETTING A LITTLE LOWER IN THE SKY. FEELS ABOUT LIKE 95 TO 96 DEGREES OUT OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS, ONLY SLOWLY COOLING DOWN WITH DRY CONDITIONS TO THE LOW 70S COMING UP, I’LL MAP OUT THAT SECONDARY COOLDOWN INTO NEXT WEEK AND HOW LONG IT WILL STICK AROUND. THIS TIME. CHRIS. THANK YOU! A TOTAL OF FOUR FIREFIGHTERS WERE TREATED FOR DEHYDRATION AND MINOR INJURIES AS THEY BATTLED A FIRE AT THE HOUSE OF PIZZA IN CLINTON. NOW THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO IN SUPPORT. REY LLERENA HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ALL DAY. RAY, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? WE’VE LEARNED THAT AROUND A MILLION AND A HALF GALLONS OF WATER WAS USED TO PUT OUT THIS FIRE, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A DAY AFTER THAT FIRE STARTED, THE COMMUNITY SAYS THEY’RE HOLDING STRONG. THESE GUYS REALLY JUST GOT HIT WITH A MAJOR GUT PUNCH. THE SMELL OF BURNT WOOD FILLS THE AIR. A DAY AFTER A LARGE FIRE AT THE HOUSE OF PIZZA IN CLINTON, THIS WAS THEIR LIVELIHOOD. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? I KNOW THEY ALL HAVE INSURANCE, OF COURSE, BUT THAT’S NEVER GOING TO MAKE YOU WHOLE. SKY4 WITH AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE FLAMES TUESDAY THAT MORE THAN A DOZEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS WORKED TO PUT OUT, CAUSING SOME ISSUES WITH WATER PRESSURE. WHEN YOU HAVE A FIRE LIKE THIS, YOU NEED ALL HYDRANTS OPERATING AT MAX, BUT IF YOU’RE DOWNSTREAM USING ONE AND UPSTREAM TRYING TO GET ANOTHER, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET THE MAX FLOW THE NEXT DAY. THIS IS ALL THAT’S LEFT OF THE FORMER RESTAURANT AS FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT HOTSPOTS, CITY OFFICIALS SAY FOUR BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. WE’RE A COMMUNITY. WE STICK TOGETHER. PEOPLE ALSO ASK WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT. WHEN YOU GO TO THE EYE DOCTOR HERE WE GO FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. WE GO TO THE LITTLE JEWELRY STORE. GOD, WOULD YOU JUST GIVE THEM COMFORT AND PEACE DURING THESE MOMENTS? BY THE AFTERNOON, DOZENS OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN A PRAYER CIRCLE, HOPING THAT THEIR COMMUNITY CAN EVENTUALLY REBUILD. MAYBE THIS OUT, OUT OF ALL OF THIS BADNESS, MAYBE SOMETHING GOOD CAN COME FROM IT AND I JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THAT’S THE CASE. RAY, ONE ASSUMES THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR FIREFIGHTERS. ABSOLUTELY. CAROL. AND THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS THEY HAVE LEARNED THAT THEY WANT TO ENCOURAGE BUILDING OWNERS TO HAVE BETTER SEPARATION IN THEIR BAsem*nTS, INCLUDING IN THEIR BAsem*nTS FOR FIREWALLS THAT SORT OF SEPARATION TO PREVENT A SIMILAR FIRE FROM HAPPENING. REPORTING LIVE IN CLINTON RAY ARENA, WYFF NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU. RAY. RIGHT NOW THE COMMUNITY IS GATHERING FOR A PRAYER SERVICE FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING FIRE IN CLINTON. A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM DAVIDSON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. THE SERVICE STARTED AT 6:00. WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT ON WYFF NEWS FOUR AT 11. AND AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CLINTON FIRE, WE WILL BRING YOU UPDATES ON AIR AND ON WIFE 4.COM. AS GREENVILLE COUNTY EXPERIENCES UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THE NEXT STEP IN BUILDING A BRAND NEW SCHOOL. OUR PEYTON FURTADO IS LIVE AT NORTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL IN TRAVELERS REST. PEYTON. EDUCATE US ON THE PLANS. YEAH. NIGEL CARROLL, THIS SCHOOL RIGHT BEHIND ME, THIS IS NORTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT’S TAUGHT GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS FOR DECADES AT THIS POINT. BUT THAT’S ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE, AT LEAST IN THIS BUILDING. LAST NIGHT, GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS VOTED TO PURCHASE LAND FOR THE NEW AND IMPROVED NORTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE’RE TOLD WORK SHOULD BEGIN ON THE PLOT VERY SOON. OPENING DATE SET FOR SOMETIME IN AUGUST 2027. NOW THE SCHOOL WILL SIT JUST OFF OF HIGHWAY 25 AND NORTH TRAVELERS REST BY BELLEVUE AND ROBERTSON ROADS. THE AREA IS SURROUNDED BY WOODS, HOUSES, A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES, ONE EMPLOYEE SAYS THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THEIR MORNING COMMUTE AND ROAD SAFETY. THIS ISN’T A TWO LANE ROAD AND TRAFFIC BACKING UP ON 25 IS CLEARLY NOT AN OPTION. WE SPOKE WITH THE HEAD OF FACILITIES AT GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS. THEY TOLD US THEY’RE WORKING WITH SCDOT TO IMPROVE THE ROADS AND PLAN TO HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR VEHICLES ON THE 30 ACRES OF LAND. NOW, THIS FACILITY IS ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO GROW WITH TRAVELERS REST AS THE AREA CONTINUES TO GROW. IT’S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE 1000 STUDENTS IN IT AT ONE TIME. INSTEAD OF THE 800 THAT THIS BUILDING CAN HOLD. LIVE IN TRAVELERS REST. I’M PEYTON FURTADO FOR WYFF NEWS FOUR. PEYTON. THANK YOU. FUNERAL PLANS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR ROBB PITTS, GREENVILLE NATIVE WHO STARRED IN THE NETFLIX SERIES TEX MEX MOTORS. PITTS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE RABBIT, DIED OVER THE WEEKEND FROM CANCER. HE WAS 45 YEARS OLD. HIS FUNERAL WILL BE HELD FRIDAY AT ROCK SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH IN EASLEY. VISITATION AT THE PUB AND A PUBLIC CAR SHOW WILL BE HELD FROM 9 TO 11 FRIDAY MORNING. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE PUBLIC FUNERAL SERVICE THAT IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL 1:00 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. VERY EXCESSIVE SPEED. THAT’S WHAT POLICE AND TRAVELERS REST SAY CAUSED A WOMAN TO CRASH HER CAR INTO A BICYCLE SHOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE CRASH HAPPENED AT FREE HUB BICYCLE SHOP ON SOUTH MAIN STREET. THE WOMAN WAS ISSUED A TICKET FOR TRAVELING OVER 25MPH GREATER THAN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT. WE ARE TOLD THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE BUILDING SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DUE TO THAT CRASH. IN ASHEVILLE, WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF A MAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD AFTER AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. POLICE SAY SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE CALLED AND CALLED 911 AROUND 5:00 TUESDAY EVENING, SAYING A MAN POINTED A RIFLE AT THEM. POLICE TELL US THE MAN ALSO ASSAULTED A CITY CONTRACT WORKER WITH A SHOVEL. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY ORDERED THE MAN TO DROP HIS WEAPON, BUT HE REFUSED, POINTING THE RIFLE AT OFFICERS. THEN SHOTS WERE FIRED. OFFICERS SAY CHAD HERMAN THEN BARRICADED HIMSELF IN HIS HOUSE ON CHATHAM ROAD, WHERE HE WAS LATER FOUND DEAD. DEPUTIES IN LAURENS COUNTY SAY A TEEN IS ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER A SHOOTING AT A GAS STATION. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AT THE CITGO AT HIGHWAY 72 NEAR NORTH MAIN STREET IN CROSS HILL. DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD JAY TAYLOR WAS ARRESTED. WE’RE TOLD MORE CHARGES COULD BE COMING. TWO FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A PERSON THEY SAY USED FAKE CASH AT A GAS STATION LAST WEEK. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE MOBIL GAS STATION ON SOUTH BROADWAY STREET AFTER A MAN USED COUNTERFEIT MONEY TO MAKE A PURCHASE. THEY SAY HE WAS A PASSENGER IN A NEWER MODEL GRAY NISSAN SEDAN.