STRING OF COURT CASES. IT’S BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE FOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN A SHOOTOUT IN CHARLOTTE. IT HAPPENED DURING A U.S. MARSHALS TASK FORCE INVESTIGATION. POLICE SAY THEY WERE ALL ATTEMPTING TO SERVE A WARRANT. THE SHOOTING SUSPECT WAS KILLED AT THE SCENE. RIGHT NOW, A MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING U.S. MARSHAL THOMAS WEEKS JUNIOR IS BEING HELD. THE SERVICE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THE DOJ IS ALSO LIVE STREAMING IT. ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND DELIVERED REMARKS AT THE SERVICE, REFLECTING ON THE PASSION AND COMMITMENT WEEKS DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT HIS 13 YEARS WITH THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE. WEEKS WIFE ALSO REFLECTED ON HER HUSBAND’S INCREDIBLE LIFE AND LOVE FOR FAMILY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. I WOKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY TO A MAN TELLING ME HE LOVED ME. YOU’RE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. HOW LUCKY I AM TO HAVE YOU. WHAT? HE DIDN’T REALIZE IS I WAS TRULY THE LUCKY ONE. I HAD HAD MY PROTECTOR ALWAYS WATCHING OUT FOR ME, WATCHING OUT FOR ME SO MUCH THAT I COULD NOT WALK ON A SIDEWALK WITHOUT HIM BEING ON THE OUTSIDE, WHERE THE CARS WERE. WEEKS WAS 48 YEARS OLD. HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE, KELLY, AND FOUR CHILDREN. ON THURSDAY, A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD FOR STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OFFICER WILLIAM ALDEN ELLIOTT THAT WILL BE AT THE DALTON COMPLEX ON THE CAMPUS OF CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN HICKORY. SERVICES FOR DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OFFICER SAM PELOSI HAVE NOW BEEN SET FOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HIM WILL BE ON MAY 13TH AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, CHARLOTTE ON DAVIDSON STREET. IT WILL START AT 1 P.M. ON FRIDAY. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LINED A PROCESSION AS PELOSI’S BODY WAS CARRIED FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE TO THE FUNERAL HOME. YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THE OFFICER’S LIVES AND LEGACY, AND FIND A LINK TO A FUNDRAISER SET UP TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE, WXII 12.COM. HAPPENING NOW. THE FORSYTH COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL SERVICE IS UNDERWAY. IT HONORS POLICE AND SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY. PINEDALE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS HOSTING THE SERVICE ON PETERS CREEK PARKWAY IN WINSTON-SALEM. IT IS A WXII FIRST WARNING WEATHER IMPACT DAY. A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE FROM OUR CAMERA AT THE O.HENRY HOTEL IN GREENSBORO. I’M JOINED BY METEOROLOGIST DYLAN HUDLER. DYLAN. WE DEFINITELY NEED TO KEEP THE RAIN GEAR HANDY LATER TODAY, DON’T WE? YEAH WE DO. WE NEED TO KEEP IT HANDY AND REALLY KEEP IT WITH US IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR JUST ABOUT ALL WEEK. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF RAIN THIS WEEKEND AND WE’VE GOT MORE ON THE WAY. SO CERTAINLY YEAH, A SOGGY FORECAST FOR US JUST THIS WEEKEND. WE GOT MORE RAINFALL AT PTI AIRPORT THAN WE DID DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL. ALMOST TWO INCHES FROM THE RAIN AND STORMS. WE HAD THIS WEEKEND. WE GOT ONLY ABOUT AN INCH AND A QUARTER LAST MONTH. SO CERTAINLY A STAGGERING STATISTIC THERE FOR US. AND IT IS A WARM AND MUGGY DAY OUTSIDE. PRETTY HUMID, BUT WE’VE GOT THE CLOUDS OVERHEAD. IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE RAIN IS IN THE AREA AND YES, IT IS ANOTHER WEATHER IMPACT DAY. WE’LL HAVE SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AROUND, SOME THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON AS SOME SOME STORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP. WET ROADS ARE LIKELY, BUT WE’RE NOT EXPECTING SEVERE STORMS TODAY. SO HERE’S WHAT THE RADAR LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. MOST OF THAT RAIN FALLING IN PARTS OF RANDOLPH AND DOWN INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTIES, BUT ALSO SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG I 77 AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. RIGHT NOW THERE’S MORE RAIN OFF TO OUR SOUTH, MOVING THROUGH THE CHARLOTTE AREA IN THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS BIG SPINNING SWIRL OF ENERGY REALLY WORKING ITS WAY UP THE EAST COAST. AND SO WE’LL HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT ROUNDS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THOSE STORMS COULD HAVE SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SO JUST BE READY FOR THAT. IT’S GOING TO BE HARD TO TIME OUT THESE DIFFERENT WAVES OF RAIN COMING THROUGH. SO CERTAINLY KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. HAVE YOUR WXII 12 APP OUT THERE WITH THE RADAR READY TO GO, BECAUSE WE DO EXPECT SOME STORMS TO BE AROUND UPPER 70S FOR HIGHS. NO RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT LOW CHANCE OF A STRONG TO SEVERE STORM RETURNING TOMORROW. WE’RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT THE REST OF THE WEEK. COMING UP. THANK YOU DYLAN. HAPPENING NOW. THE DAVIE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARE LOOKING FOR WITNESSES IN A DOUBLE SHOOTING. ONE PERSON DIED AND ANOTHER IS HURT. NOW, THIS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT NEAR TANGLEWOOD PARK. YOU’RE LOOKING AT VIDEO SENT TO US OVERNIGHT FROM A VIEWER. THE DAVIE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT BEGAN A TRUIST SOCCER PARK. HIGHWAY 158 FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS THEY GATHERED EVIDENCE. DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING FOR A WHITE DODGE CHARGER AND A RED DODGE CHARGER SEEN IN THE PARK. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE WHITE CHARGER HAD TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN INSIDE. TODAY, A BURLINGTON MAN ACCUSED OF EXPOSING HIMSELF TO MULTIPLE WOMEN WILL BE IN COURT. TYQUAN RODRIGUEZ IS CHARGED WITH SEVERAL COUNTS OF INDECENT EXPOSURE, ALONG WITH SEXUAL BATTERY AND RESISTING AN OFFICER. POLICE TELL US HE EXPOSED HIMSELF TO A WOMAN AT THE HARRIS TEETER ON CHURCH STREET YESTERDAY MORNING. SOON AFTER OFFICERS GOT SIMILAR REPORTS FROM WOMEN AT A NEARBY PLANET FITNESS ACADEMY, SPORTS AND A DOLLAR TREE OPENING ARGUMENTS ARE UNDERWAY IN WINSTON SALEM FEDERAL COURTROOM. IN A TRIAL OVER NORTH CAROLINA’S VOTER IDENTIFICATION LAW. THE TRIAL STARTS MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AFTER THE NAACP SUED OVER THE LAW ENACTED BY THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THE LITIGATION AND SIMILAR STATE LAWSUITS DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REQUIREMENT UNTIL LAST FALL. OPPONENTS SAY IT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST BLACK AND LATINO VOTERS, WHILE SUPPORTERS ARGUE IT ENSURES SECURE ELECTIONS. THE MARCH PRIMARY WAS THE FIRST MAJOR TEST OF THE VOTER ID LAW IN RECENT YEARS. PEOPLE BRINGING THE CASE WILL SAY IT’S NOT JUST THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, 99.9% OF NORTH CAROLINIANS, UH, WERE ABLE TO VOTE USING THEIR ID, BUT IT WAS PEOPLE WHO CHOSE NOT TO GO TO THE POLLS AT ALL BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VOTER ID. NOW, THE TRIAL COULD LAST SEVERAL DAYS, AND NO IMMEDIATE RULING IS EXPECTED. AN APPEAL IS LIKELY, REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY THE JUDGE RULES YOU WILL NEED A VALID PHOTO ID TO CAST A BALLOT IN THE 2024 PRIMARY RUNOFF RACES. THIS IS THE LAST FULL WEEK OF EARLY VOTING FOR TWO REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. ONE IS FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BETWEEN JIM O’NEILL AND HAL WEATHERMAN. THE OTHER IS FOR STATE AUDITOR WITH VOTERS DECIDING BETWEEN DAVE BULLOCK AND JACK CLARK. NOW, IF YOU DON’T WANT TO VOTE EARLY,