FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. COMING UP, LAINEY, THANK YOU. MORE THAN 30 MILLION PEOPLE FROM TEXAS TO GEORGIA SPENT MOST OF THE DAY UNDER A SEVERE STORM THREAT. AND TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES IN MISSISSIPPI REPORT ONE STORM RELATED DEATH AND WHILE CLEANUP BEGINS ACROSS THE REGION AS EMILY SCHMIDT REPORTS, THE THREAT MAY NOT BE OVER YET. BUT GUYS, THIS IS THE REAL DEAL IN SLIDELL, LOUISIANA ON WEDNESDAY, THERE WASN’T TIME FOR SMALL TALK. THE WORST IS YET TO COME WITH THIS WEATHER. THIS IS NO JOKE. BASICALLY IT WAS ZERO VISIBILITY AND UH, AND IT IT RAIN WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. MY CAR WAS SHAKING. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPREAD NEWS OF POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE THROUGH QUICK SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. OFFICER RODNEY WEST, A MILITARY VETERAN, SAYS IT LOOKED LIKE BAGHDAD IN 2004. WHAT I SAW WAS JUST BUILDINGS WITH THE WINDOWS BUSTED OUT, CARS ON THEIR SIDE, OTHER VEHICLES WRECKED, POWER LINES DOWN. WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE, THESE FOLKS HAD OWNED THIS THIS BUSINESS HERE AND THIS, THIS CHURCH HERE, THIS BUSINESS OVER HERE, AND THESE 50 RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE PLACE BEHIND ME. IT’S CATASTROPHIC TO THEM. SAINT TAMMANY PARISH OFFICIALS SAY MULTIPLE PEOPLE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES. OTHERS HID AND PRAYED. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WIND STARTED BLOWING. I RUSHED HER TO THE TUB FOR SHELTER, SAFETY. THE STORM SYSTEM SPUN OFF A TORNADO IN KATY, TEXAS, OVERNIGHT AT ANOTHER IN PORT ARTHUR, WHERE AN EF TWO. THE MAYOR SAYS DESTROYED A BAPTIST CHURCH AND A NUMBER OF HOMES IN NEW ORLEANS. BOURBON STREET EMPTIED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNED DAMAGE, QUOTE, COULD BE CATASTROPHIC IN SLIDELL, WORK IS BEGINNING TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE FROM THE KIND OF STORM THEY COULDN’T IGNORE. THE NEVER LISTENED TO ANYTHING BEFORE. LISTEN TO THIS STAY HOME AND THEY’LL BE TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS TO COME. EMILY SCHMIDT, WXII 12 NEWS. AND NOW’S A GOOD TIME TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE WXII 12 NEWS APP. YOU CAN CHECK THE INTERACTIVE RADAR AND GET WEATHER ALERTS ANY TIME RIGHT ON YOUR PHONE. TONIGHT IN 12 INVESTIGATES HIGH POINT. POLICE SAY THEY PLAN TO REVIEW THE FORCE THEIR OFFICERS USED IN AN ARREST TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT. BEFORE WE PLAY THE VIDEO, WE DO WANT TO WARN PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE IS VIOLENT. IT MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME MULTIPLE OFFICERS WERE RECORDED ON VIDEO PUNCHING AND HITTING A MAN WHILE HE’S PINNED TO THE GROUND. ONE OFFICER TAKES HIS BATON AND STRIKES THE SUSPECT AT LEAST TEN TIMES. WXII 12 DAVONTE MCKENITH REPORTS. I KNOW IT WAS EXCESSIVE FORCE. THAT MAN WAS BLEEDING, ALMOST UNCONSCIOUS, AND THEY WERE STILL BEATING HIM. HIGH POINT POLICE SAY THIS USE OF FORCE HAPPENED 1130 MONDAY NIGHT, WHEN OFFICERS FOUND 33 YEAR OLD KEITH MCCLAIN AT THE INTOWN SUITES POLICE SAY HE WAS A LARCENY SUSPECT, ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM THE NORTH MAIN STREET WALMART. THE 911 CALLER TOLD DISPATCH THAT HE WAS STEALING FOOD. JUST STOP SOMEBODY FOR STEALING AND HE DIDN’T. VERY AGGRESSIVE AND ARGUMENTATIVE RIGHT NOW. EVEN IF HE WAS, IT SHOULDN’T EVEN GO TO THAT. I SHOULDN’T EVEN GO TO THAT BECAUSE THAT’S LIKE SO HE SHOULDN’T EVEN GO TO THAT. SO YEAH, IT’S CRAZY. IT SHOULDN’T EVEN BE THAT WAY. STRONG WORDS FROM EMMANUEL RANDOLPH. HE’S IN THE GRAY JACKET IN THIS VIDEO. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR RESISTING TWO AFTER POLICE SAW MCCLAIN AT THE MOTEL. THE DEPARTMENT HASN’T SAID HOW RANDOLPH RESISTED ARREST AS HE WAS ALREADY CUFFED IN THE TWO MINUTE VIDEO, KENNETH OLIVER WAS BEHIND THE CAMERA. JUST SEEN HIM ON THE GROUND. AND THEN I SEE ANOTHER GUY JUST BEING STOMPED AND BEAT ON BY THE POLICE. I DIDN’T HEAR ANYBODY TALKING. I DIDN’T HEAR ANYBODY COMPLAINING. I DIDN’T HEAR ANY YELLING. ALL I HEARD WAS STRAIGHT BEATING. MOST OF THE ATTENTION IS ON THE ARREST OF MCCLAIN IN THE VIDEO. MULTIPLE OFFICERS WERE SEEN HITTING MCCLAIN, A FEMALE OFFICER HIT HIM AT LEAST FIVE TIMES WHILE HE’S ON THE GROUND. ANOTHER USED A BATON, HITTING MCCLAIN AT LEAST TEN TIMES, WHILE ANOTHER OFFICER WAS PUNCHING HIS BODY. MCCLAIN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES BEFORE BEING BOOKED INTO JAIL. BEYOND RESISTING ARREST, HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL DRUG POSSESSION AND LARCENY. BEING JUST INCHES AWAY FROM MCCLAIN’S ARREST ON THE SIDEWALK, RANDOLPH SAYS IT WAS TERRIFYING, FRUSTRATING. I WAS TERRIFIED, HONESTLY TERRIFIED. FIRST, I’M OVER HERE THINKING LIKE, ARE THEY DOING THAT TO HIM? SO NEXT IS ME. HIGH POINT POLICE WOULDN’T ALLOW US AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEF, ONLY REINFORCING WHAT THEY RELEASED ON TUESDAY, SAYING, QUOTE, AS IS STANDARD PROCEDURE, A REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR THE USE OF FORCE TO ENSURE POLICY, TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT WERE UTILIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT POLICY. END QUOTE. IT’S A POLICY THAT WILL PUT THE PUNCHES, BLOWS AND STRIKES ALL INTO QUESTION. HE WAS ALREADY HAVING HANDCUFFS. I MEAN, A COUPLE TIMES I THOUGHT HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS, JUST LAYING THERE AND JUST STILL GETTING HIT. DAVON MCKENITH REPORTING. THE INTERIM POLICE CHIEF, CURTIS CHEEKS, SAID TODAY IN A STATEMENT. THE VIDEO ONLY SHOWS A PORTION OF THE ARREST AND DOES NOT PROVIDE CONTEXT REGARDING WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER IT. MEANTIME, THE HIGH POINT BRANCH OF THE NAACP RELEASED A STATEMENT ABOUT THE VIDEO. IT READS IN PART, QUOTE, WE HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT AS THE INCIDENT IN QUESTION IS INVESTIGATED AND A SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION WILL BE ACHIEVED AND ACCOUNTABILITY MAINTAINED. AND THE STATEMENT GOES ON TO SAY, WE MUST DETERMINE WHICH PROTOCOLS ON THE PART OF ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WERE BREACHED. THEN AND ONLY THEN CAN WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE HIGH POINT. THE SAFEST, MOST DESIRABLE PLACE IN THE COUNTRY TO LIVE. JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM TONIGHT, TWO PEOPLE FACE CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO A DEADLY SHOOTING IN WINSTON SALEM BACK IN JANUARY. 18 YEAR-OLD CAMERON POOLE AND 23 YEAR-OLD DANNY GADBERRY ARE BOTH CHARGED WITH MURDER. POOLE WAS ALREADY IN JAIL ON UNRELATED CHARGES. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON DEVONSHIRE STREET ON JANUARY 20TH. OFFICERS FOUND DEVANTE HAYES SHOT SEVERAL TIMES. HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. BOTH POOLE AND GADBERRY ARE BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. A MAN FROM GEORGIA ACCUSED OF KIDNAPING A CHILD HERE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD IS NOW IN CUSTODY. ISRAEL GALBRAITH IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE KIDNAPING AND TWO COUNTS OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. POLICE IN BURLINGTON BELIEVE HE KIDNAPED A FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD FROM THE KNIGHTS INN ON HANFORD ROAD LAST SUNDAY. OFFICERS FOUND THE CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT OF HIS VEHICLE. THE CHILD’S PARENTS TOLD POLICE. GALBRAITH TRIED TO TAKE THAT SAME CHILD PREVIOUSLY. LEE. TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE BIRD FLU. AFTER IT WAS RECENTLY FOUND IN A DAIRY HERD IN NORTH CAROLINA. WXII 12 KARA PETERS SPOKE TO THE STATE VETERINARIAN ABOUT THE RISK OF IT SPREADING AND WHAT BOTH CONSUMERS AND FARMERS SHOULD KNOW. STATE HEALTH LEADERS SAY THIS LATEST OUTBREAK OF BIRD FLU HAS AFFECTED MORE THAN 80 MILLION BIRDS. AND WHILE THIS DETECTION HAS BEEN FOUND IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, HEALTH LEADERS SAY THE RISK OF INFECTION TO HUMANS IS LOW. HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA OR BIRD FLU IS NOTHING NEW, ACCORDING TO STATE VETERINARY DOCTOR MICHAEL MARTIN. IT’S AFFECTED EVERY STATE IN THE U.S. EXCEPT HAWAII AND LOUISIANA. THIS OUTBREAK THAT WE’VE BEEN IN SINCE 2022 IS THE LARGEST ANIMAL OUTBREAK OF A DISEASE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. A LOT OF THE CONTACT AND EXPOSURE OF ANY ANIMALS THAT WE’VE SEEN HAS BEEN EXPOSURE TO DEAD AND DYING, SICK WILD BIRD POPULATIONS. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL VETERINARY SERVICES LABORATORY, IT’S BEEN FOUND IN A DAIRY HERD IN NORTH CAROLINA, AS WELL AS DAIRY HERDS IN TEXAS, KANSAS, MICHIGAN, IDAHO, NEW MEXICO AND OHIO. BUT STILL, DOCTOR MARTIN SAYS THAT’S ONLY PART OF THE STORY. WE FOCUS IN ON THIS AS A DAIRY PROBLEM. THEN I WORRY THAT WE’RE MISSING THE BOAT. CARL MITCHELL, WHO OWNS MITCHELL’S BUTCHERY, IS A LIFELONG FARMER IN STOKES COUNTY. HE SAYS THE BIRD FLU IS SOMETHING HE’S WATCHING AS WELL WITH ANY TYPE OF INFECTION GOING ON. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL TO MONITOR, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW IT AFFECTS OUR HERDS, HOW HOW BAD ITS TRANSMISSION, HOW MUCH IT TRANSMITS. THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RELEASED THIS STATEMENT WEDNESDAY THAT READS IN QUOTE, THERE ARE NO CONCERNS WITH THE SAFETY OF THE COMMERCIAL MILK SUPPLY AT THIS TIME BECAUSE PRODUCTS ARE PASTEURIZED BEFORE ENTERING THE MARKET. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT CONSUME OR PREPARE FOOD WITH RAW OR UNPASTEURIZED MILK. BOTH MARTIN AND MITCHELL SAY KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON LIVESTOCK AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT IS TOP PRIORITY. FOR US, YOU KNOW, AND ANYBODY WHO RAISES LIVESTOCK, THERE IS, YOU KNOW PRETTY WELL A DAILY INTERACTION WITH THOSE COWS AND ONCE YOU KNOW THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR. IF THERE’S ANYTHING WRONG. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DAIRY CATTLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE’RE SEEING. BUT TOMORROW WE COULD HAVE SICK AND DEAD WILD BIRDS ASSOCIATED WITH A HORSE FARM. WE COULD HAVE SICK AND WILD BIRDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ANIMAL SHELTER, WITH DOGS AND CATS. AND THAT’S WHERE WE THEN NEED TO TO INVESTIGATE IT. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BIRD FLU, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WXII 12.COM IN WINSTON-SALEM. I’M KARA PETERS FOR WXII 12 NEWS. KARA. THANK YOU. AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT SEVERAL PEOPLE WOUNDED DURING A RAMADAN CELEBRATION UP IN PHILADELPHIA. THIS AFTERNOON, CITY’S POLICE COMMISSIONER SAID THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND FIVE, INCLUDING AN ARMED TEEN WHO WAS SHOT BY A POLICE OFFICER, ARE ALL IN CUSTODY AS A RESULT. THIS HAPPENED NOT FAR FROM A MOSQUE, WHERE POLICE SAY ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE HAD GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE END OF RAMADAN. THE FORMER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF A VIRGINIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE A SIX YEAR OLD BOY SHOT HIS TEACHER, HAS BEEN INDICTED AND CHARGED BY A SPECIAL GRAND JURY, ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS. EBONY PARKER WAS INDICTED ON EIGHT COUNTS OF FELONY CHILD ABUSE. THE CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE 2023 RICHNECK ELEMENTARY SHOOTING INVOLVING A SIX YEAR OLD BOY WHO OPENED FIRE ON HIS TEACHER, ABIGAIL ZWIRNER. LATER, IN A CIVIL LAWSUIT, ZWIRNER SAID THAT ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING, PARKER WAS WARNED AT LEAST THREE TIMES THAT THE CHILD HAD A GUN, BUT DID NOT TAKE ACTION. IF CONVICTED, SHE COULD SPEND UP TO 40 YEARS BEHIND BARS. LOOKING AHEAD, JAPAN PRIME MINISTER IS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK. FUMIO KISHIDA AND HIS WIFE WILL HAVE A MEAL WITH GOVERNOR ROY COOPER AND FIRST LADY KRISTIN COOPER. THEY HAVE A STATE LUNCHEON PLANNED. THAT’S HAPPENING AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION ON FRIDAY. THEY’LL ALSO ATTEND SEVERAL EVENTS ACROSS OUR STATE. AND EARLIER TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT HOSTED A STATE DINNER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. MORE THAN 200 GUESTS WERE EXPECTED TO ATTEND, INCLUDING GOVERNOR COOPER AN