UPDATE: Coroner identifies drowning victim after man jumps into lake
THIS IS NEWS FOUR TODAY. WE’RE FOLLOWING TWO BREAKING NEWS STORIES THIS MORNING. UPSTATE DEPUTIES RESPONDING TO GUNFIRE AT A MASSIVE EVENT. WE KNOW ONE PERSON HAS DIED. SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. AND THE U.S. LAUNCHED AIRSTRIKES ON THREE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW CALLING THOSE STRIKES A SUCCESS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE THIS MORNING. ON YOUR SUNDAY MORNING, WE’RE STARTING WITH OUR BREAKING NEWS IN ANDERSON COUNTY, A DEADLY SHOOTING DURING A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. IT HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT ALONG SCARBOROUGH ROAD OFF OF DOBBINS BRIDGE ROAD. DOZENS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE SCENE FOR HOURS OVERNIGHT. OUR NATE STANLEY HAS THE LATEST FOR US. HE’S LIVE AT THE SCENE. NATE, YOU’VE BEEN COVERING THIS ALL MORNING SO FAR. WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? WELL, PEYTON, WE SHOWED YOU SOME OF THE CHAOS AND SOME OF THE LEFTOVER MESS. WE HAVE NOW MOVED ON TO THE STREET WHERE WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW EXTENSIVE THIS SCENE EXTENDS. YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE ROAD HERE. THERE’S STILL SOME LEFTOVER POLICE TAPE AND CARS THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT HERE. ALSO, UP AND DOWN THE ROAD THERE ARE STILL BLOODSTAINS ON THE ROAD HERE. WE’VE GOT SOME BOTTLES AND CUPS SCATTERED ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. IT’S DIFFERENT THAN IT LOOKED EARLIER OR LATER. LAST NIGHT. AUTHORITIES TELL US THEY WERE CALLED HERE ON SCARBOROUGH ROAD AROUND TEN LAST NIGHT. DEPUTIES SAID HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE GATHERED FOR A JUNETEENTH EVENT AND THE SHOTS WERE FIRED AFTER A FIGHT BROKE OUT THIS MORNING. WE KNOW ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN THE SHOOTING. TWO PEOPLE WERE SEVERELY INJURED AND SEVEN OTHERS WERE TREATED FOR GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED ON THIS ROAD. WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN EVENT THAT IT SEEMED TO BE RELATED TO A JUNETEENTH EVENT WHERE EVERYBODY WAS JUST TRYING TO GET TOGETHER AND TO CELEBRATE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A FIGHT THAT ENSUED JUST OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT AREA OF THAT EVENT. AND FROM THERE IT WAS JUST CHAOS AS SHOTS WERE RINGING OUT. THE CORONER HAS ALSO IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN WHO DIED IN THE SHOOTING AS 35 YEAR OLD LA’PORSHA COBB. AND WE CAN LOOK OUT HERE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY CLOTHING ITEMS THIS A CHILD’S SHOE THAT WAS LEFT AS PEOPLE WERE RUSHING AROUND AND LEAVING THE SCENE. HERE. THERE IS MANY OTHER CLOTHING ITEMS AND BOTTLES AND STUFF OUTSIDE BY THE THE YARD THERE. WE’LL SHOW YOU THAT COMING UP AT 730. AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. REPORTING IN. ANDERSON, NATE STANLEY, WYFF NEWS FOUR. NATE, WE ARE CERTAINLY PRAYING FOR THOSE VICTIMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS OVERSEAS WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ADDRESSING THE NATION AFTER THE U.S. STRUCK THREE IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES. IT’S THE FIRST TIME THE U.S. HAS ATTACKED IRAN DIRECTLY AND CONSIDERED A MAJOR ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL. NBC’S ALICE BARR HAS THE LATEST DETAILS ON THIS BREAKING STORY. IN A DRAMATIC ESCALATION, PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERING U.S. AIRSTRIKES ON THREE NUCLEAR SITES INSIDE IRAN, CALLING THE ATTACK SUCCESSFUL. OUR OBJECTIVE WAS THE DESTRUCTION OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT CAPACITY AND A STOP TO THE NUCLEAR THREAT. THESE WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS SHOW THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CLOSE ADVISORS IN THE SITUATION ROOM AS EVENTS UNFOLDED. THE TARGETS INCLUDE THE FORDO NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT FACILITY, BURIED DEEP UNDER A MOUNTAIN THAT ONLY U.S. BUNKER BUSTING BOMBS COULD REACH. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD SAID A TWO WEEK DEADLINE LATE LAST WEEK TO ALLOW TIME FOR A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION BEFORE CHANGING COURSE EARLY SATURDAY, IRAN SENT A BARRAGE OF MISSILES INTO ISRAEL. ISRAELI FORCES HAVE BEEN HAMMERING IRANIAN NUCLEAR AND MILITARY SITES, AIMING TO DESTROY THE NATION’S ABILITY TO BUILD A NUCLEAR WEAPON, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING IT’S NOW UP TO IRAN TO MAKE PEACE. IF THEY DO NOT, FUTURE ATTACKS WILL BE FAR GREATER. IMMEDIATE REACTION COMING IN FROM CAPITOL HILL WITH REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS MASSIE, WHO INTRODUCED A BIPARTISAN WAR POWERS RESOLUTION LAST WEEK, SAYING OF THE U.S. STRIKES, QUOTE, THIS IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL. OTHERS, INCLUDING HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, PRAISING THE MOVE FOR PREVENTING THE, QUOTE, WORLD’S LARGEST STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM FROM OBTAINING THE MOST LETHAL WEAPON ON THE PLANET. IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER WARNED LAST WEEK THAT ANY U.S. MILITARY INVOLVEMENT WOULD BRING IRREPARABLE DAMAGE. PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTING THAT ANY RETALIATION BY IRAN AGAINST THE U.S. WOULD BE MET WITH FAR GREATER FORCE. IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC NEWS. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING YOU UPDATES ON BOTH OF THESE BREAKING NEWS STORIES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE LATEST ON WYFF4.COM AND THE WYFF4.COM APP. TURNING TO OUR WEATHER NOW. IT IS A LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT WEATHER DAY. BECAUSE OF SOME OF THIS DANGEROUS HEAT. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE. THIS IS FROM OUR LAUREN SKYCAM. RIGHT NOW IT IS 74 DEGREES IN THE REGION. AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN SEE IT’S A BEAUTIFUL START TO YOUR SUNDAY MORNING. SYDNEY SULLIVAN HAS BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL OF THIS FOR US. WE KNOW THAT HEAT IS ON THE WAY. HOW DO WE PREPARE FOR THIS, SIDNEY? YES, PEYTON. IT’S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE STRETCHES OF WEATHER WHERE YOU JUST WANT TO TRY AND STAY COOL, MAKE SURE YOU’RE TRYING TO DO ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ON THE EARLY SIDE OF THINGS, BECAUSE ONCE WE GET TOWARDS THAT 3:00 TIME FRAME, THAT’S WHEN WE REALLY START TO GET INTO DANGEROUS HEAT TERRITORY. RIGHT NOW, WE’RE SITTING AT 74 IN GREENVILLE, 73 IN ANDERSON, 70 IN SPARTANBURG AND ASHEVILLE, SITTING AT 67 DEGREES. SO IT IS ALREADY A WARM START FOR MOST OF US. NOT TOO BAD IN CULLOWHEE AND FRANKLIN, IN FACT. LOWER 60S. SOUNDS FANTASTIC RIGHT NOW, BUT OUR TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY RISE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NOW, MOST OF TODAY WILL BE DRY. WE’VE GOT A FEW CLOUDS GRAZING PARTS OF THE UPSTATE, BUT FOR MOST OF US, WE’RE LOOKING AT MORE SUNSHINE THAN ANYTHING AND THAT WILL HELP TO SEE OUR TEMPERATURES RISE EVEN QUICKER TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY, MOST OF US DID GET RIGHT NEAR THAT 90 DEGREE MARK, AND WE’LL STILL SEE OUR TEMPERATURES GET INTO THE LOWER 90S. HOWEVER, THE HUMIDITY STARTS TO REALLY BUILD TODAY, SO IT WILL FEEL MORE LIKE 98 TO 99 DEGREES TODAY WITH THAT SMALL POSSIBILITY OF SEEING AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM, MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS. BUT THIS IS ONLY THE START OF A VERY HOT STRETCH OF WEATHER FOR US. SO COMING UP, I’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHERE OUR TEMPERATURES PEAK AND WHEN WE FINALLY SEE SOME RELIEF IN SIGHT. PEYTON. THANK YOU. SYDNEY. BACK AT HOME IN GREENVILLE, DEPUTIES SAY A MAN IS MISSING AFTER JUMPING INTO A LAKE. THEY SAY THIS HAPPENED ON SALUDA LAKE NEAR MOTORBOAT CLUB ROAD. DEPUTIES GOT THAT CALL AROUND 430 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. WE’RE TOLD A 70 YEAR OLD MAN JUMPED FROM A BOAT, AND HE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE. NOW WE KNOW THIS INVESTIGATION IS STILL UNDERWAY. STAY WITH US AS WE WORK TO LEARN MORE. OVER IN SPARTANBURG, THE BOILING SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS A ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO A NATURAL GAS LEAK. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY PARIS BRIDGE ROAD IS CLOSED FROM CARLYLE PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE DRIVING RANGE. DRIVERS ARE TOLD TO EXPECT DELAYS AND TO USE OTHER ROUTES. NO WORD ON WHEN THOSE ROADS WILL BE REOPENED. AND IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, CREWS SAY A FIRE BROKE OUT AT A LANDFILL IN HAYWOOD COUNTY ON INCINERATOR ROAD. THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THAT SCENE. FIRE CREWS FROM BUNCOMBE COUNTY, FROM CLYDE AND FROM CANTON AND NORTH CANTON WERE ALL ON THE SCENE TO BATTLE THAT BLAZE. WE’RE TOLD IT WAS A LARGE MULCH FIRE. PEOPLE COULD SEE PLUMES OF SMOKE IN THE AREA, WE’RE TOLD. BE CAREFUL IF YOU’RE DRIVING THROUGH MOVING TO PICKENS, WHERE A FESTIVAL HAS MADE ITS WAY BACK TO THE HAGOOD MILL HISTORIC SITE, A BIG OLD CROWD AT THE ANNUAL AMERICANA FOLK FESTIVAL, ORGANIZERS SAYING IT WAS A FULL DAY OF MUSIC, TRADITION AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATION. THERE WAS ALSO TRADITIONAL ARTISAN DEMONSTRATIONS, VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS. WE JUST HAVE LOCAL REGIONAL ARTISTS THAT ARE DOING OLD SCHOOL FOLK SONGS AND APPALACHIAN STYLE AMERICANA MUSIC. JUST A GREAT DAY TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY SOME BANDS, PULL UP SOME SHADE HERE AT HAGOOD MILL AND JUST ENJOY THAT. THE HEADLINER OF THIS YEAR’S EVENT WAS THE RESIDENT ROGUES, A BAND FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND AN EVENT THAT BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO THE WORDS OF ICONIC BLACK LEADERS CAME TO THE GREER HERITAGE MUSEUM YESTERDAY. LET’S TAKE A LOOK TOGETHER AT THAT. ONE PERFORMER. JAY DO, USED SPOKEN WORD TO TAKE THE AUDIENCE ON A POWERFUL AND IMMERSIVE JOURNEY THROUGH THE STORIES OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE SHAPED BLACK HISTORY. GREER, LIKE SO MANY TOWNS IN THE SOUTH, WAS BIRTHED OUT OF RECONSTRUCTION. IT WAS BORN INTO SEGREGATION AND THE TOWN’S HISTORY. LIKE ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY, IS FULL OF BRIGHT, WONDERFUL THINGS AND FULL OF STRUGGLES AND CHALLENGES. AND AS THE HISTORY MUSEUM, IT IS OUR JOB TO TELL THE WHOLE STORY OF THE TOWN, ALL OF ITS PEOPLE. AND SO THIS IS A PIECE OF THAT MISSION. ORGANIZERS SAY THE HOPE IS THE AUDIENCE WILL BE INSPIRED TO USE THEIR OWN VOICE TO CREATE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND YESTERDAY IN ANDERSON, PEOPLE WERE TURNING BACK TIME AS PENDLETON HELD THEIR 19TH CENTURY FAMILY DAY. FOLKS WERE INVITED TO BRING THEIR FAMILIES TO THE HISTORIC WOODBURN PLANTATION TO SEE WHAT OLD FASHIONED LIFE WAS LIKE. THERE WERE ACTORS, 19TH CENTURY GAMES, AND SOME. DEMONSTRATIONS. A LOT OF 19TH CENTURY CRAFTS GOING ON, 19TH CENTURY GAMES. WE’RE ALL OUT HERE IN OUR 19TH CENTURY CLOTHES, HAVING 19TH CENTURY FUN. ADVISERS SAY THE GOAL WAS TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORIC PLACE. AND AFTER THE BREAK, AN UPSTATE WOMAN’S WARNING WHEN IT COMES TO DONATING PLASMA. THE SYMPTOMS SHE’S STILL DEALING WITH. SYDNEY. AND TEMPERATURES ARE RISING TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. COMING UP, W
UPDATE: Coroner identifies drowning victim after man jumps into lake
UPDATE SUNDAY MORNING:The Pickens County Coroner confirmed they responded around 8 p.m. Saturday to the Saluda Lake Community Boat Landing for a reported drowning. According to the coroner, Francis Andrew March jumped from his boat around 4:30 Saturday and never surfaced. After a coordinated diving search, March’s body was recovered Saturday night.ORIGINAL STORY:The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office says it responded to Saluda Lake in reference to a missing person.Deputies say they received the call at 4:27 p.m. They arrived on the scene and were advised that a 70-year-old man was on a boat on the lake and had jumped in the water.Deputies say the male has not been seen since he jumped into the water.Deputies say this investigation is in its early stages, and we are working to learn more.
UPDATE SUNDAY MORNING:
The Pickens County Coroner confirmed they responded around 8 p.m. Saturday to the Saluda Lake Community Boat Landing for a reported drowning.
According to the coroner, Francis Andrew March jumped from his boat around 4:30 Saturday and never surfaced. After a coordinated diving search, March’s body was recovered Saturday night.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office says it responded to Saluda Lake in reference to a missing person.
Deputies say they received the call at 4:27 p.m. They arrived on the scene and were advised that a 70-year-old man was on a boat on the lake and had jumped in the water.
Deputies say the male has not been seen since he jumped into the water.
Deputies say this investigation is in its early stages, and we are working to learn more.
