RIGHT NOW. A MASSIVE AID PACKAGE BECOMES A DONE DEAL. WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION? A PLUS PREPARING TO PERFORM HOW MUSICIANS ARE GETTING READY AHEAD OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST LOCAL MUSIC FESTIVALS. BUT FIRST, HERE AT FOUR GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS HAVE REVEALED HOW A GREENSBORO MAN WAS ABLE TO GET INTO A SCHOOL WITH A GUN. THEY SAY JONATHAN COLEY MANAGED TO GET INSIDE BECAUSE HIS SIDE DOOR WAS UNLATCHED. MARIA DEBONE JOINS US LIVE OUTSIDE DISTRICT OFFICE TONIGHT WITH NEW DETAILS. SCHOOL LEADERS JUST REVEALED ABOUT THEIR INVESTIGATION. MARIA. WELL, MIKE RICCI, THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTEN OF SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS, SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS ABLE TO GET IN A DOOR THAT WAS NOT FULLY LATCHED ON APRIL 13TH, MEANING IT WAS NOT FULLY CLOSED. IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHY THAT OCCURRED AND HOW LONG IT WAS LEFT UNLATCHED FOR NOW, THROUGH SECURITY FOOTAGE REVIEWED ON TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH, WHEN IT WAS AVAILABLE, GREENSBORO POLICE OFFICERS DETERMINED 26 YEAR-OLD JONATHAN COOLEY IS THE PERSON WHO BROKE INTO IRVING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND TRIGGERED THE ALARM. HE HAS SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING BREAKING, BREAKING OR ENTERING AGAINST HIM. NOW, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS ONCE COOLEY WAS INSIDE THE SCHOOL, HE JUST WALKED AROUND WITH THE LONG GUN BEFORE LEAVING, THEY CONFIRMED HE HAS NO CONNECTION TO GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS, AND A MOTIVE HASN’T BEEN DETERMINED BY POLICE YET. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DID SAY THAT THEY UPGRADED THE SECURITY CAMERAS AT IRVING THE DAY BEFORE COOLEY ENTERED THE BUILDING. THEY SAY WITHOUT THE CAMERAS, THEY WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN ANYONE HAD BROKEN IN. RICHIE SAYS THEIR TEAM IS GOING TO MAKE SURE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND LOCKS ON EVERY BUILDING ON EACH CAMPUS ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND THAT THE STAFF MAKES SURE EVERY DOOR IS LOCKED COMPLETELY AT THE END OF EACH DAY. BUT IT IS NOT NATURAL IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A DOOR TO EVERY TIME, MAKE SURE THAT IT TURNS AROUND AND LATCH LATCHES SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE’RE DOING IS REMINDING PEOPLE, YES, WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A SCHOOL SYSTEM AND YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS, IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. TURN AROUND AND MAKE SURE IT LASTS. AND RICHIE DID NOT ANSWER WHETHER OR NOT HE KNOWS WHO LEFT THE DOOR UNLATCHED, BUT DID SAY THEY HAVE REVIEWED EVERY MINUTE OF THAT SECURITY FOOTAGE LIVE IN GUILFORD COUNTY TONIGHT. MARIA DEBONE WXII 12 NEWS. MARIA. THANK YOU. A MAN IS FACING A LIST OF CHARGES FOR A DEADLY CRASH IN A WALMART PARKING LOT. IT HAPPENED EASTER SUNDAY IN MOUNT AIRY. BONNIE HENNINGS DIED ONE DAY AFTER SHE WAS HIT WHILE WALKING IN THAT PARKING LOT. MOUNT AIRY. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER, JERRY SPEAKS, IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND CARELESS AND RECKLESS DRIVING. ABSOLUTE MAYHEM ON NORTH PATTERSON AVENUE IN WINSTON-SALEM. THAT’S HOW WITNESSES DESCRIBE A FIGHT THAT UNFOLDED LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO. WINSTON-SALEM POLICE SAY WHEN THEY TRIED TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION, SEVERAL PEOPLE STARTED JUMPING ON A PATROL CAR. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS JUST SPOKE WITH INVESTIGATORS AND JOINS US LIVE NOW ON NORTH PATTERSON AVENUE WITH THE DETAILS. IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT THAT GATHERING WAS FOR, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THERE WERE ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT WINSTON-SALEM POLICE ACTUALLY HAD TO CALL FOR BACKUP. NOW THEY DIDN’T MAKE ANY ARRESTS. THEY WERE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE PEOPLE GOT HOME SAFELY. WINTON-SALEM POLICE SAY ON TUESDAY EVENING THEY RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT SOMEONE DISCHARGING A FIREARM ON PATTERSON AVENUE AND ENDED UP FINDING A GATHERING OF ROUGHLY 200 PEOPLE AND AN ONGOING FIGHT AS MULTIPLE UNITS WERE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK THINGS UP. POLICE SAY SOMEONE STARTED JUMPING ON A POLICE CRUISER AS OTHERS FILMED. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE YET, BUT CAPTAIN MICHAEL KNIGHT SAYS PEOPLE WILL BE CHARGED. THEY PRETTY MUCH TOOK OVER THE STREET JUST THE CROWD SIZE TOOK OVER THE STREET AT THIS POINT, WE DON’T SEE ANY OTHER CHARGES, SUCH AS THE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. THE DAMAGE TO THE PATROL CAR WAS VERY MINIMAL AT THIS TIME. THEY STILL DON’T KNOW WHY FOLKS GATHERED ON PATTERSON IN THE FIRST PLACE. A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENS IN THE CITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO WE’RE ASSUMING THAT’S WHERE IT CAME FROM. BUT AGAIN, IT’S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER, SOME NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE ALONG THE ROAD, INCLUDING BISHOP ANDRE AND NASH, SAYS THEY’RE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE SUCH BAD BEHAVIOR DISAPPOINTING. VERY FRUSTRATING. AND IT’S NO NEED FOR IT. THEY CAN GATHER TOGETHER FOR THE WRONG THINGS INSTEAD OF THE RIGHT THINGS. I WISH THEY WOULD GATHER TOGETHER AND FAST AND PRAY TO MAKE THIS PATTERSON AVENUE A BETTER AREA. WE’RE GOING TO GO TO THE TO THE END TO MAKE CHARGES SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS THIS IS. SO FOR THE COMMUNITY, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING AGAIN, THEY NEED TO SAY SOMETHING. IF THEY SEE A LARGE CROWD GATHERING WHILE THEY’RE AT THE PARK, GO AHEAD AND CALL US AND LET US KNOW BEFORE IT GETS TOO BIG. KNIGHT ADDS THAT POLICE, AS WELL AS OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, WILL BE STEPPING UP THEIR PRESENCE AROUND WINSTON SALEM TO DETER ANY MORE INCIDENTS LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING. I ALSO REACHED OUT TO WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY, WHO SAID THAT THIS EVENT HAD NO RELATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OR ANY OFFICIAL RAM FEST CELEBRATIONS IN WINSTON-SALEM. I’M JOSHUA DAVIS FOR WXII 12 NEWS. JOSHUA. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SIGNING A $95 BILLION NATIONAL SECURITY BILL. IT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN. IT ALSO MEANS UKRAINE WILL FINALLY RECEIVE FRESH WEAPONS SHIPMENTS. IT’S ALSO A CONTROVERSIAL BILL THAT INCLUDES ANOTHER HOT BUTTON ISSUE, A PROVISION THAT COULD LEAD TO BANNING THE POPULAR APP TIKTOK. ALICE BARR HAS MORE FROM WASHINGTON. REPORTER IT’S A GOOD DAY FOR AMERICANS. PRESIDENT BIDEN TAKING A VICTORY LAP TODAY AFTER SIGNING A BILL INTO LAW THAT COULD HELP UKRAINE AVOID DEFEAT. ITS FORCES HAVE BEEN LOSING GROUND AGAINST RUSSIA, WAITING FOR LONG DELAYED WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION FROM THE U.S. I’M MAKING SURE THE SHIPMENTS START RIGHT AWAY. THE $95 BILLION PACKAGE INCLUDES $60 BILLION FOR UKRAINE $26 BILLION FOR ISRAEL AND HUMANITARIAN AID IN GAZA. AND $8 BILLION TO HELP TAIWAN COUNTER CHINA. IT’S GOING TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFER. AND IT CONTINUES AMERICA’S LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD. REPORTER. THE SENATE OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED THE BILL OVERNIGHT FOLLOWING HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSTON STALEMATE BREAKING MOVE TO LET THE HOUSE VOTE DEFYING FAR RIGHT MEMBERS WHO OPPOSE UKRAINE AID AND THREATENED HIS JOB ON THE FAR LEFT. A FEW DEMOCRATS OBJECTED TO SENDING ISRAEL AID DURING THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA. AMID GROWING COLLEGE CAMPUS PROTESTS OVER GAZA’S DEVASTATING DEATH TOLL, SPEAKER JOHNSON MEETING TODAY WITH JEWISH STUDENTS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY RAISING THE ALARM ABOUT INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM, ALSO TOUCHING OFF CONTROVERSY. A FOURTH PROVISION IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY PACKAGE THAT COULD LEAD TO A BAN OF THE HUGELY POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA APP TIKTOK, UNLESS ITS CHINESE OWNER, BYTEDANCE, SELLS WITHIN NINE MONTHS. FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY TELLING NBC’S LESTER HOLT EXCLUSIVELY ON TUESDAY. TIKTOK FOR US REPRESENTS A NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERN, AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT THAT TIKTOK’S PARENT COMPANY IS IS BEHOLDEN TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. THE BAN WILL LIKELY BE DELAYED IN COURT, AS TIKTOK VOWS TO FIGHT IT IN WASHINGTON. ALICE BARR, NBC NEWS. NORTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS ARE BACK AT WORK TODAY. AMONG THE ITEMS ON THEIR AGENDA FOR WHAT TO DO WITH MORE THAN $1 BILLION SURPLUS, SENATE LEADER PHIL BERGER SAYS SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL LIKELY BE SPENT ON EXPANDING SCHOOL VOUCHERS, A RECORD NUMBER OF FAMILIES APPLY FOR TAXPAYER MONEY FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS THIS YEAR. THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY REPUBLICAN SAYS SOME OF THE SURPLUS WILL GO INTO THE STATE’S RAINY DAY FUND. SOME MAY BE RETURNED TO TAXPAYERS AS A ONE TIME PAYMENT IN AN INTERVIEW, MR. BERGER ALSO ADDRESSED THE FUTURE OF DI DIVERSI EQUITY AND INCLUSION, GOTTEN OURSELVES INTO A SITUATION WHERE, IN THE NAME OF NONDISCRIMINATION, WE ARE ACTUALLY PROMOTING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INDIVIDUALS AND I DON’T THINK THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE SUPPORT. AND THERE ARE MEMBERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE’S SOME LEGISLATION THAT WE CAN, UH, PASS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. AS SENATOR BERGER SAYS, HE DOESN’T EXPECT CASINOS TO COME UP DURING THE SHORT SESSION, BUT ADDS, THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS WHO WANT TO ADD VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS. THE NEXT VERSION OF VIDEO POKER. HAPPENING NOW LOCAL HEROES ARE IN WASHINGTON, DC PARTICIPATING IN TRIAD HONOR FLIGHT. HERE’S A LOOK AS THEY VISITED SOME MEMORIALS TODAY AND SOME OF THE SPECIAL MEMORIALS THEY GOT TO SEE INCLUDE THE WORLD WAR TWO MEMORIAL, THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL, AND THE KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL. THIS EVENT IS PUT TOGETHER ALL THANKS TO OUR VETERANS OR TO THANK RATHER, OUR VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICES. AND BEFORE THEY TOOK OFF TO DC, A VERY SPECIAL SENDOFF CEREMONY DID TAKE PLACE AT PTI AIRPORT. OUR STAR CONNOR WAS THERE FOR THAT AND SPOKE TO EXCITED VETERANS AHEAD OF TH