‘Dangerous’ juvenile suspect at large after fatal shooting in Gainesville, Georgia
NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN. WYFF NEWS FOUR TODAY STARTS RIGHT NOW. OUR COUNTRY CAN NO LONGER DELIVER BASIC SERVICES IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY. AS RECENTLY SHOWN BY THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA. WE’VE BEEN TREATED SO BADLY. JUST DAYS AFTER HIS INAUGURAL SPEECH, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS COMING TO NORTH CAROLINA TO GET ANOTHER FIRSTHAND LOOK AT THE RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER HURRICANE HELENE. MIXED RESULTS. FOLLOWING A FLURRY OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS. I’M AMY LOU IN WASHINGTON. WITH THE WINS AND LOSSES OF TRUMP’S FIRST WEEK IN OFFICE. FROM WINTER WEATHER TO TEMPERATURES TRENDING ABOVE AVERAGE, WHEN YOU CAN EXPECT THIS WARM UP AND HOW LONG IT STICKS AROUND THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS HOSTING THE LSU TIGERS TONIGHT IN COLUMBIA FOR A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SEC SHOWDOWN. WE’VE GOT A WARMER WEEKEND AHEAD, AND IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY BELIEVE SYDNEY SULLIVAN. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF SOME FREEZING TEMPERATURES READY TO DEFROST. YEAH, I’M GOING TO GO OUTSIDE BY THE POOL. IT’LL BE 40 DEGREES OUT THERE. IT’S GOING TO FEEL DRASTICALLY WARMER. SO I DON’T KNOW ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE, BUT WE’RE EXCITED FOR THIS WARM UP AND IT IS GOING TO COME WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. NOW, WHEN WE SAY WARM UP TODAY, THAT’S RELATIVE. IT’S STILL VERY COLD THIS MORNING WE ARE SITTING AT TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE TEENS AND THE 20S. 21 DEGREES IN GREENVILLE. IN FACT, THAT’S ONE OF THE WARMER SPOTS ACROSS OUR REGION. 19 IN ANDERSON, 21 IN SPARTANBURG, 15 IN ASHEVILLE. AND OUR TEMPERATURES RIGHT TOWARDS FRANKLIN HAVE NOT WARMED UP AT ALL. THEY HAVE REMAINED THE SAME, SITTING RIGHT AT 11 DEGREES. SO VERY COLD START TO THE DAY. BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT WARM UP AND IT WILL COME WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE ONCE THE SUN IS OFFICIALLY UP. AS WE LOOK AT OUR LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR, WE’RE NICE AND DRY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. NOTICE A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS FOR OUR FRIENDS RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. THEY COULD USE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE WARMTH TO HELP DEFROST FROM THE WINTRY WEATHER THAT THEY SAW THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. BUT HERE AT HOME, WE ARE LOOKING AT A BEAUTIFUL DAY AHEAD. NOTICE RIGHT TOWARDS THE TENNESSEE, NORTH CAROLINA LINE A FEW FLURRIES, TRYING TO WORK ON IT. YOU SEE A FLURRY OR TWO. THAT SHOULD BE THE EXTENT OF IT. ELSEWHERE, NICE AND DRY. SO OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS, ALTHOUGH A CHILLY START, TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY RISE INTO THE LOWER 40S. STILL BELOW AVERAGE, BUT WARMER THAN THE LAST FEW DAYS. AND THAT WILL COME WITH A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS BEGINNING TO DRIFT ON IN. SIMILAR SETUP FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT MOST LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE 30S. BUT IF YOU’RE ANXIOUS FOR THAT WARM UP, WE’VE GOT IT AHEAD. COMING UP, I’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT JUST HOW WARM OUR TEMPERATURES GO AND HOW LONG THAT TREND WILL STICK AROUND. SYDNEY, I’M GOING TO BREAK OUT MY JACKET INSTEAD OF MY COAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW. I-85 SOUTH NEAR HIGHWAY 14, IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. ROADS ARE LOOKING GOOD IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT AND ABOUT THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, YOU’RE DOING OKAY SO FAR. TRAVEL TIMES HAVE BEEN IN THE GREEN, BUT WE’RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SOME NEWS NOW. FIVE DAYS INTO OFFICE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS COUNTING HIS WINS AND LOSSES AFTER ISSUING A FLURRY OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS. AMY LU IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE NEW TERM. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE ROAD TRAVELING TO DISASTER HIT STATES. NORTH CAROLINA AND CALIFORNIA TODAY AND THEN HOLDING A RALLY IN NEVADA. WHILE IN WASHINGTON, DEVELOPMENTS OVER HIS IMMIGRATION POLICY AND CABINET CONFIRMATION. ALL IT DOES IS COMPLICATE EVERYTHING. FEMA HAS NOT DONE THEIR JOB FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. IN AN INTERVIEW ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL’S HANNITY, TRUMP FLOATING FEMA REFORM. I’D RATHER SEE THE STATES TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN PROBLEMS AS THE PRESIDENT TAKES OFF. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. IN WASHINGTON, HIS CIA DIRECTOR GETTING SENATE APPROVAL, SETTING UP A VOTE TONIGHT FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY NOMINEE PETE HEGSETH. HE’S NOT BEHOLDEN TO THE STATUS QUO, AND HE’S OPEN TO NEW IDEAS. BUT AT LEAST TWO REPUBLICANS. I JUST DO WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT. JOINING ALL DEMOCRATS AGAINST HIM, THOUGH UNLIKELY TO SINK HIS CONFIRMATION AS DEEPER VETTING RAISES CONCERNS OVER ALCOHOL USE AND A $50,000 PAYMENT TO A WOMAN ACCUSING HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. IS THIS THE MAN WITH A MILE LONG LIST OF ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSING, DEGRADING AND HARASSING WOMEN? WHO YOU WANT TO BE LEADING ARE MEN AND WOMEN? THERE’S NO SURPRISES WITH THAT JUDGE. WHILE A REAGAN APPOINTED JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKED TRUMP’S ACTION ON DENYING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, CALLING THE ORDER BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL. ALSO ON IMMIGRATION, 1500 TROOPS ARE NOW ARRIVING AT THE BORDER IN BOTH CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS, PUTTING INTO PLACE TRUMP’S PLANS TO DETAIN AND DEPORT THOUSANDS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND CONSTRUCT BORDER BARRIERS. IN WASHINGTON, I’M AMY LU, AN NBC NEWS TELLS US TRUMP WILL BE GETTING A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS IN NASHVILLE. DETAILS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT, INCLUDING THE VENUE AND ARRIVAL TIME, HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY MADE AVAILABLE. BUT WE’RE TOLD PEOPLE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT TRAFFIC DELAYS BETWEEN 11 A.M. AND 2 P.M. TODAY, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST VISITED BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN OCTOBER 2024. HE SPOKE IN SWANNANOA CRITICIZING FEMA’S RESPONSE TO THE STORM AND PUSHING DEBUNKED RUMORS ABOUT THE AGENCY AND THIS NEW TERM. TRUMP APPEARS POISED TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE EMERGENCY RELIEF AGENCY. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING YOU COVERAGE FROM THIS VISIT THROUGHOUT OUR NEWSCAST TODAY. OUR SYDNEY SHADRIX WILL BE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON WITH MORE ON THE PRESIDENT’S REMARKS. AND THE CORONER HAS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM OF A DEADLY SHOOTING IN ANDERSON COUNTY. THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON MARCHBANKS AVENUE. THE CORONER SAYS 46 YEAR OLD BRUCE BELL DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY A JUVENILE SUSPECT HAS BEEN DETAINED, BUT NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. WE’RE TOLD THE SHOOTING STEMMED FROM A DOMESTIC DISPUTE AND AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO A FIRE THAT BEGAN IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT IN OCONEE COUNTY. THIS HAPPENED AT CLAROS AROUND 945 YESTERDAY MORNING. WE’RE TOLD IT WAS UNDER CONTROL BY 1015. CLARIOS MANUFACTURES LOW VOLTAGE BATTERIES FOR THE MOBILITY INDUSTRY, AND THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED IT’S EXPANDING OPERATIONS IN OCONEE COUNTY. LAST MAY. AND HEY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MAY BE LURKING IN THE WOODS THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT IF YOU’VE BEEN HEARING MORE YIPPING SOUNDS, IT COULD BE COYOTES OR ISABELLE MARAK. SHE’S LOOKING FOR THOSE COYOTES RIGHT NOW IN GREENVILLE WITH SAFETY REMINDERS FOR YOU AND YOUR PETS. GOOD MORNING ISABELLE. HEY PAYTON. GOOD MORNING. WELL, YOUR PETS MIGHT BE OKAY IF THEY’RE ANYTHING LIKE THE ROADRUNNER AND CAN JUST BE THEMSELVES OUT OF THE WAY. BUT JUST IN CASE THEY’RE NOT, YOU’LL WANT TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THOSE WILY COYOTES. THAT’S BECAUSE COYOTES ARE IN THE THICK OF MATING SEASON RIGHT NOW, SO YOU’LL PROBABLY SEE THEM OUT AND ABOUT MORE THAN YOU TYPICALLY WOULD DURING THE YEAR. THE MATING SEASON ALSO FALLS DURING A LOW PERIOD OF FOOD AVAILABILITY, SO COYOTES ARE MORE ACTIVE AND LOOKING FOR UNCONVENTIONAL FOOD SOURCES. UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE YOUR FURRY FRIENDS, EXPERTS SAY OFTENTIMES, COYOTES CAN MISTAKE YOUR SMALL PETS AS PREY AND YOUR LARGER PETS AS COMPETITION, BUT IT’S VERY RARE FOR A COYOTE TO ATTACK A HUMAN. BUT YOU SHOULD STILL BE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW HOW THEY WILL REACT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SMALL PETS, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS SUPERVISE THEM AND KEEP THEM ON A LEASH OR IN A FENCED YARD. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER A COYOTE, YOU CAN BACK AWAY FROM THEM. YOU CAN PICK THE ANIMAL UP IF IT’S SMALL ENOUGH, AND ESPECIALLY IF IT’S SMALL, YOU WANT TO PICK IT UP. BUT LARGER ANIMALS, YOU JUST KIND OF BACK AWAY, JUST LIKE YOU’RE YOU’RE ENCOUNTERING ANOTHER STRANGE DOG BECAUSE THAT’S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT COYOTES FROM MAKING IT TO YOUR YARD, EXPERTS SAY YOU SHOULD REMOVE ANY FOOD, INCLUDING TRASH AND HIDING SOURCES LIKE BRUSH. INTERESTING FACT FOR YOU THIS MORNING AS WELL. COYOTES HAVE ONLY BEEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA FOR A LITTLE OVER 45 YEARS, BUT THEY’RE IN ALL OF THE COUNTIES HERE IN THE STATE REPORTING LIVE IN GREENVILLE, ISABELLE MARAK WYFF NEWS FOUR. GOOD INFORMATION THERE. ISABELLE. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT SHE HAD HER HEAVY JACKET ON. YOU NEED IT THIS MORNING. IT IS A COLD START TO THE DAY, BUT TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON TAKING A SLIGHT RISE, VERY SLIGHT. WE’RE ONLY GOING TO BE TOPPING OUT IN THE MID 40S ON AVERAGE ACROSS THE UPSTATE NORTHEAST GEORGIA, UPPER 30S, LOW 40S ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SO STILL WELL BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY. SO CERTAINLY BUNDLE ON UP. BUT COMPARED TO WHERE WE’VE BEEN LATELY, YES, THIS IS A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT. NOW TYPICALLY SPEAKING, BY LATE JANUARY WE SHOULD BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S, NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE JUST YET, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED SATURDAY. WE’RE INCHING CLOSER TOWARDS THAT 50 DEGREE MARK SUNDAY. RIGHT ON TRACK FOR WHERE WE SHOULD BE INTO NEXT WEEK. STILL LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S, EVEN PUSHING THE UPPER 50S BY TUESDAY. CLOSE TO 60 DEGREES, EVEN LINGERING ON INTO WEDNESDAY. SO IT DOES LOOK VERY LIKELY THAT AS WE CLOSE OUT THOSE FINAL FEW DAYS OF JANUARY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE OUR TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. SO A BIG CHANGE OF PACE COMPARED TO WHERE WE’VE BEEN LATELY. BUT TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS MOVING INTO THE START OF FEBRUARY. RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE LOOKING LIKELY THAT WE WILL SEE A SLIGHT WARM UP NOT JUST NEXT WEEK, BUT MOVING INTO THAT FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE ON THE RISE. SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO THERE, BUT COMING UP, WE’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR RAIN CHANCES, AS WELL AS HOW LONG THIS PATTERN WILL STICK AROUND. PEYTON. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY ON THE ROAD, SYDNEY. IT’S COLD OUT THERE, THOUGH. I-85 SOUTH AT MALDEN ROAD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. JUST A FEW CARS, FEW TRUCKS, FEW 18 WHEELERS OUT ON THE ROAD RIGHT NOW. THINGS LOOKING GOOD. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TRAVEL TIMES IN THE GREEN. 13 MINUTES FAIRVIEW ROAD TO DOWNTOWN 35 NORTHBOUND, SIX MINUTES. AIRPORT WOODRUFF ROAD THAT’S 85 SOUTHBOUND AND 26 EASTBOUND. I-240 TO ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY. THAT’S 11 MINUTES RIGHT NOW. A HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, THOUGH THE SCDOT WANTS YOUR FEEDBACK ON A PLANNED BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. NOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE ON CANNONS CAMPGROUND ROAD OVER PETERS CREEK. A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING WILL BE HELD FROM 5 TO 7:00 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH. THIS WILL BE AT ZION HILL BAPTIST CHURCH ON EAST MAI
‘Dangerous’ juvenile suspect at large after fatal shooting in Gainesville, Georgia
Updated: 10:36 AM EST Jan 24, 2025
A search is underway for a “dangerous” juvenile suspect in connection to a murder in Gainesville, Georgia, according to police.At 8 p.m. Jan. 11, the Gainesville Police Department responded to reports of a vehicle crash and shots fired on Hillcrest Avenue.More News: Suspect in Waffle House murder arrested after four-month-long manhuntEMS found 17-year-old Aristo Ramirez of Gainesville, dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Another teen, 16, was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the foot. The ongoing investigation suggested that this was not a random crime. It is believed that Ramirez was shot, then crashed the vehicle. The second teen who was shot, attempted to run away before police arrived.More News: Handyman accused of stealing $175K worth of jewelry from mourning familyOn Friday, officers announced the identity of the suspect in the shooting as 17-year-old Alan Barrera of Gainesville on felony murder and aggravated assault charges.Barrera is considered to be dangerous. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911.
A search is underway for a “dangerous” juvenile suspect in connection to a murder in Gainesville, Georgia, according to police.
At 8 p.m. Jan. 11, the Gainesville Police Department responded to reports of a vehicle crash and shots fired on Hillcrest Avenue.
More News: Suspect in Waffle House murder arrested after four-month-long manhunt
EMS found 17-year-old Aristo Ramirez of Gainesville, dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Another teen, 16, was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the foot.
The ongoing investigation suggested that this was not a random crime. It is believed that Ramirez was shot, then crashed the vehicle. The second teen who was shot, attempted to run away before police arrived.
More News: Handyman accused of stealing $175K worth of jewelry from mourning family
On Friday, officers announced the identity of the suspect in the shooting as 17-year-old Alan Barrera of Gainesville on felony murder and aggravated assault charges.
Barrera is considered to be dangerous. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911.
