Police investigate after shots fired into home occupied by children

THIS IS WYFF NEWS FOUR TODAY. COMING UP ON WYFF NEWS FOUR. DONATIONS CONTINUE TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. HOW ONE PASTOR TURNED FOUR CASES OF WATER INTO HUNDREDS. PLUS A COFFEE CHAIN IN THE CAROLINAS. GIVING BACK TO THOSE IMPACTED BY HELENE. AND THEY’RE INVITING YOU TO HELP. GOOD MORNING. I’M PEYTON FURTADO. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON YOUR SATURDAY MORNING, 701. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER. THIS IS FROM OUR LAKE HARTWELL SKYCAM. RIGHT NOW I WILL SAY I’M USED TO SEEING THE SKIES STARTING TO LIGHT UP A LITTLE BIT BY NOW, BUT WE’RE NOT SEEING THAT AT THIS POINT. 48 DEGREES OVER IN ANDERSON. WAHOO! CHILLY MIGHT NOT WANT TO BE OUT ON THE BOAT, AT LEAST AT THIS TIME OF DAY. WE HAVE SYDNEY SULLIVAN IN THE STUDIO WITH US. A SELF-PROCLAIMED LAKE GIRL. SYDNEY. HOW’S THE WEATHER? LOOKING FOR THE REST OF TODAY? YEAH, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU POINTED OUT A GOOD A GOOD THING THERE WITH THE FACT THAT TYPICALLY SPEAKING, SUN SHOULD ALREADY BE UP. I KNOW WE’RE TRYING TO WALK THE DOG YESTERDAY AND WE’RE LIKE, OH, WE HAVE TO GO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. SO YES, OUR HOURS OF DAYLIGHT ARE SHIFTING AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE FALL SEASON, AND IT’S FINALLY FEELING LIKE FALL, THOUGH TRULY A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND AHEAD FOR US. WE’VE GOT HIGH PRESSURE STILL LOCKED IN, SO THAT’S GOING TO KEEP US NICE AND DRY TODAY. MOVING ON INTO TOMORROW, TEMPERATURES ARE STILL VERY MUCH ON THE CHILLY SIDE THOUGH. WE’RE SITTING AT 51 DEGREES IN GREENVILLE, 47 IN ANDERSON, 45 IN SPARTANBURG. NOW DROPPING INTO THE 30S IN ASHEVILLE. ASHEVILLE’S BEEN A LITTLE BIT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THAT 40 DEGREE MARK AND NOW IT IS SITTING BELOW 40 DEGREES, SO IT’S CHILLY NONETHELESS. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING, YOU DO NEED A JACKET, MAYBE A FEW EXTRA LAYERS. BUT AS WE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IT’S GOING TO FEEL FANTASTIC. ONCE THE SUN IS UP RIGHT AROUND 730, WE WILL SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THAT WILL COME WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY GETTING INTO THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWESTERLY WIND. IT’S LIGHT TODAY WILL BRING IN SOMEWHAT WARMER WEATHER THIS WEEKEND, SO IT MIGHT BE THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT IS ACTUALLY IMPACTING OUR WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND. HOWEVER, IT’S ALSO GOING TO BRING US A COOLDOWN NEXT WEEK AS WE SHIFT OUR WIND DIRECTION. SO WINDS VERY IMPORTANT WITH OUR FORECASTING HERE ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY AHEAD. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70S. BUT COMING UP I’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AS TO WHERE TEMPERATURES GO FROM HERE AND HOW LONG THE SUNSHINE STICKS AROUND. PEYTON. THANK YOU. SYDNEY, WE’VE GOT SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY THIS MORNING WHERE TROOPERS HAVE RELEASED MORE INFORMATION AFTER A MAN DIED IN A CRASH. THAT CRASH WAS AROUND 730 LAST NIGHT ON FORT FORREST BRIDGE ROAD AT THE NORTH HARBOR DRIVE ENTRANCE. TROOPERS SAY A RAM PICKUP TRUCK AND A CHEVY PICKUP WERE BOTH TRAVELING NORTH ON FORREST BRIDGE ROAD WHEN THE RAM TRUCK STOPPED TO TURN LEFT. THE CHEVY TRUCK HIT THAT RAM PICKUP IN THE BACK, AND THEN IT RAN OFF THE ROAD AND OVERTURNED. ACCORDING TO TROOPERS, THE CHEVY’S DRIVER DIED IN THE RAMS. DRIVER HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. A CHEVY DRIVER WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS 54 YEAR OLD PAUL GARRETT, THE SECOND FROM EASLEY. THIS ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AND WE’VE HAD SOME BREAKING NEWS. THIS MORNING. BUT GOOD NEWS RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE LANES ARE BACK OPEN ON INTERSTATE 85 NORTHBOUND NEAR MILE MARKER 67. WE HAD A CRASH INVOLVING AN 18 WHEELER. IT LOOKED LIKE EARLIER TODAY. ALL THE LANES WERE BLOCKED OFF. WE. IT LOOKS LIKE ACCORDING TO SCDOT, THAT CRASH HAS NOW BEEN MOVED OFF OF THE ROADWAY. SO THAT IS GOOD IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT AND ABOUT THIS MORNING AND AN UPDATE FOR SPECTRUM CUSTOMERS, I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT ALL WEEK. THE COMPANY SAYS IT’S WORKING TO RESTORE INTERNET SERVICE TO ALL ACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS BY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH. IN A STATEMENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, SPECTRUM SAYS CREWS ARE REPAIRING OVER 300 MILES OF NETWORK. MORE THAN 2500 DAMAGED LOCATIONS FOLLOWING HELENE AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM, 395,000 SPECTRUM CUSTOMERS WERE OFFLINE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE COMPANY SAYS IT RESTORED SERVICE TO NEARLY 80% OF THOSE IMPACTED. THE MOST OUTAGES ARE IN GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN FIND SPECTRUM’S FULL STATEMENT ON WYFF4.COM AND SPARTANBURG COUNTY SHERIFF CHUCK WRIGHT IS REACTING AFTER A VIDEO WENT VIRAL OF HIM TALKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL RESPONSE FOR HALLOWEEN. THE VIDEO WAS POSTED EARLIER THIS WEEK BY SARA CARTER, A FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR. WHEN WRIGHT WAS ASKED ABOUT HOW HE THINKS THE WHITE HOUSE HAS HANDLED THE SITUATION, HE SAID, QUOTE, IF YOU’RE GOING TO DO THE THINGS YOU’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING, WE JUST AS SOON HAVE YOU STAY OUT OF THE WAY AND LET THE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN AROUND THE MOUNTAIN AREA AND FOOTHILLS TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A BOAT ANCHOR. END QUOTE. WYFF NEWS FOUR SPOKE WITH SHERIFF WRIGHT FRIDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT HIS COMMENTS. LOOK, I’M NOT GOING TO BACK UP AND MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR ANYTHING. I SAID. I WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHOEVER’S IN CHARGE, WHETHER IT’S DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN OR WHO CARES? I JUST WANT THEM TO BE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND I DON’T THINK THAT’S WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN FIND THE FULL VIDEO OF SHERIFF WRIGHT. POSTED BY SARA CARTER AND THE FULL INTERVIEW WE DID WITH HIM ON WYFF4.COM AND THE WYFF4.COM MOBILE APP. AND MEANWHILE, NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR ROY COOPER IS CALLING OUT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. THIS IS AFTER TRUMP POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL. QUOTE, IT HAS COME OUT THAT DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON AND THE DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF NORTH CAROLINA WERE BLOCKING PEOPLE AND MONEY FROM COMING INTO NORTH CAROLINA TO HELP PEOPLE IN DESPERATE NEED. GOVERNOR COOPER LATER POSTED IN PART ON X QUOTE THIS IS A FLAT OUT LIE. WE’RE WORKING WITH ALL PARTNERS AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET HELP TO PEOPLE. THE FULL POST CAN BE FOUND ON WYFF4.COM. AND SOME GOOD NEWS THIS MORNING. THIS TIME OUT OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY, AS THE IMPACT FROM HELENE CONTINUES TO BE EXAMINED, MORE THAN 1000 MISSING PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. THAT’S ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS. CREWS WITH SEARCH DOGS HAD BEEN SCOURING WESTERN, NORTH CAROLINA. WITH SO MANY AREAS CUT OFF BECAUSE OF DOWNED TREES, WASHED OUT ROADS AND LITTLE OR NO COMMUNICATION, AND 15 DAYS AFTER HURRICANE HELENE, SOME COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ARE STILL WITHOUT WATER AND POWER. THE CHURCH IN THAT REGION IS STILL SEEING A GROWING NUMBER OF DONATIONS. OUR NATE STANLEY REPORTS. THE PASTOR HERE AT PILGRIM’S WAY BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, SAYS HIS DONATIONS STARTED WITH A FEW CASES OF WATER ONLY ABLE TO GIVE TWO BOTTLES OF WATER AWAY PER PERSON WHO VISITED. AND NOW WEEKS LATER, HIS OPERATION HAS EXPANDED WITH DONATIONS FROM PEOPLE, EVEN STATES AWAY. WE’RE JUST TRYING TO SHOW CHRIST’S LOVE ONE TOWARD ANOTHER. NO MATTER WHAT. A SIMPLE GOAL FOR PASTOR WAYNE STAFFORD AT PILGRIM’S WAY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SAYS HURRICANE HELENE LEFT HIS CHURCH IN NEARBY COMMUNITY DEVASTATED. TOTAL CHAOS. YOU KNOW, AND AND IT JUST BROKE MY HEART. YOU KNOW, I SAID, COME BUY SOME HOUSES. SEEN THEIR TREES ON HOUSES AND JUST DEVASTATION, UTTER DEVASTATION. WITH JUST FOUR CASES OF WATER AND A PRAYER TENT, STAFFORD WENT TO SERVE HIS COMMUNITY. I WAS JUST HOLDING UP A CARDBOARD SIGN AND IT SAID FREE PRAYER AND WATER, AND I WAS GIVEN TWO BOTTLES OF WATER AT A TIME AND NOT EVEN A CASE OF WATER. AND NOW IT’S TURNED INTO THIS FROM TWO BOTTLES TO 50 POUNDS OF WATER AND JUST A MATTER OF WEEKS. THAT TRAILER WAS FULL. THIS TRAILER IS FULL. THOSE TOTE BOXES ARE FULL. AS THE SEASONS SHIFT. STAFFORD SAYS HIS COMMUNITY’S NEEDS ARE ALSO SHIFTING. WE’VE BEEN TAKING UP A LOT OF JACKETS. WE’VE BEEN TAKING SOME TOBOGGANS, SOME HOODIES AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO GETTING READY FOR THE WINTER TIME, WE’RE RUNNING OVER BECAUSE THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND THE GRACE OF GOD. AND PASTOR STAFFORD SAID THE CHURCH IS STILL ACCEPTING DONATIONS. YOU CAN DO THAT HERE AT THE CHURCH’S PHYSICAL LOCATION OR FIND MORE INFORMATION, ON THEIR WEBSITE. PILGRIM’S WAY, BK DOT ORG. A LINK TO THAT CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON WYFF4.COM. REPORTING IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NATE STANLEY, WYFF NEWS FOUR. AND TWO MAJOR RAILROADS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAVE CLOSED BECAUSE OF HURRICANE HELENE. STORM DAMAGE AND FLOODING CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO CSX AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROADS. SOME TRACKS WERE RIPPED FROM THE GROUND, OTHERS HANGING OFF THE MOUNTAINSIDE. RESTORATION TO NORFOLK SOUTHERN’S LINE FROM NEWPORT, TENNESSEE TO ASHEVILLE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE MONTHS. NO TIMELINE FOR RESTORATION FROM ASHEVILLE TO OLD FORT AND IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. OFFICIALS WITH THE BILTMORE ESTATE IN ASHEVILLE TELL US THEY AREN’T SURE WHEN PEOPLE CAN COME BACK ON THE PROPERTY AGAIN. WE’RE TOLD THERE WERE SOME SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND DAMAGE TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE ESTATE THAT WAS IN THE BILTMORE VILLAGE. A LOT OF THAT WAS UNDERWATER. THERE IS ALSO SOME DAMAGE TO THE FARM AND SOME OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. RIGHT NOW, CREWS ARE CLEARING TREES AND MAKING SURE THE ROADS ON THE ESTATE ARE SAFE. WE’RE TOLD THE BILTMORE HOUSE CONSERVATORY WINERY, GARDENS AND HOTELS HAD MINIMAL TO NO DAMAGE. THEY HOPE TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME VISITORS BACK FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. WE’RE STILL ASSESSING DAMAGES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO OPENING SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY. SO WHEN IT’S RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING ALL OF OUR GUESTS BACK TO BILTMORE. I WOULD ASSUME THE BILTMORE VILLAGE’S RECOVERY WILL PLAY A ROLE IN THAT, AS WELL. WE’RE TOLD PEOPLE CAN REQUEST REFUNDS IF THEY PURCHASE TICKETS THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST, BUT OFFICIALS SAY THOSE REFUNDS WILL TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ON THE ESTATE WAS IMPACTED BY THE STORM. THEY’RE ASKING PEOPLE TO BE PATIENT. AND HEY, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YOUR MORNING CUP OF COFFEE COULD HELP PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RECOVER FROM HELENE TODAY. CLUTCH COFFEE BAR LOCATIONS IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA WILL DONATE 100% OF ITS PROCEEDS DIRECTLY TO HELP VICTIMS OF THE STORM. THE COFFEE CHAIN SAYS THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS TRAGEDY IS NOTHING. I FEEL LIKE NOTHING THAT’S EVER HIT NORTH CAROLINA IN MY LIFETIME, AND IT’S JUST REALLY CRAZY THAT IT HIT EVERYBODY. AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE BACK HELP. THE VICTIMS. CLUTCH COFFEE BAR HAS SOME LOCATION

Sumter police search for man accused of shooting into home occupied by adults, children

Updated: 1:47 PM EDT Oct 12, 2024

The Sumter Police Department is searching for a man accused of firing into a home occupied by adults and children.(Video above: WYFF News 4 Morning Headlines)Officers said they are investigating after shots were fired into a home on Robney Drive in Sumter, South Carolina after 7 a.m. Wednesday.A warrant has been issued for 21-year-old Ty’heim Anthony James of Robney Drive.According to police, shots were fired into James’ home from a passing vehicle that sped away before he left his home and began firing shots along the road and into another home nearby.Several people, including adults and children, were inside the home at the time James allegedly shot into the residence, officials said.The police department said no injuries were reported. However, bullets damaged the home, adjacent property and nearby vehiclesAuthorities ask anyone that sees James or knows of his whereabouts to immediately call the Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700. Tips can be given by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC or submitted online at P3tips.com.Officials said a reward of up to $5,000 is offered for information leading to the arrest of a suspect involved in this case.

SUMTER, S.C. —

The Sumter Police Department is searching for a man accused of firing into a home occupied by adults and children.

(Video above: WYFF News 4 Morning Headlines)

Officers said they are investigating after shots were fired into a home on Robney Drive in Sumter, South Carolina after 7 a.m. Wednesday.

A warrant has been issued for 21-year-old Ty’heim Anthony James of Robney Drive.

According to police, shots were fired into James’ home from a passing vehicle that sped away before he left his home and began firing shots along the road and into another home nearby.

Several people, including adults and children, were inside the home at the time James allegedly shot into the residence, officials said.

The police department said no injuries were reported. However, bullets damaged the home, adjacent property and nearby vehicles

Authorities ask anyone that sees James or knows of his whereabouts to immediately call the Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700. Tips can be given by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC or submitted online at P3tips.com.

Officials said a reward of up to $5,000 is offered for information leading to the arrest of a suspect involved in this case.