COMING UP. BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT, TWO PEOPLE ARE IN JAIL FOLLOWING A SHOOTING AND POLICE CHASE IN THE TRIAD. CHRISTINA EVANS IS FOLLOWING THE BREAKING NEWS. CHRISTINE, HOW DID THIS ALL START? WELL, DEVONTE, AUDREY, WE KNOW THAT WINSTON-SALEM POLICE SAY THAT THIS ALL BEGAN WHEN OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A SHOTS FIRED CALL THAT WAS OVER ON SALEM GARDENS DRIVE. NOW WE’VE BEEN TOLD THAT OFFICERS FOUND AN APARTMENT IN TWO CARS THAT HAD BEEN HIT BY BULLETS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT A THREE YEAR OLD AND TWO ADULTS WERE CURRENTLY LIVING INSIDE F THAT APARTMENT AT THE TIME. BUT THANKFULLY THEY WERE NOT INJURED. WITNESSES DID TELL OFFICERS THAT THOSE SUSPECTS WERE DRIVING A BLACK HONDA CIVIC, WHICH WAS REPORTED STOLEN AROUND 11:00 LAST NIGHT. OFFICERS THEN SPOTTED THAT CIVIC ON WAUGHTOWN STREET. POLICE DID TRY TO STOP THAT DRIVER, BUT THEY DID REFUSE TO STOP. OFFICERS CHASED THE CAR INTO CARTERSVILLE, WHERE THE SUSPECTS TURNED AROUND AND THEN HEADED BACK TO WINSTON-SALEM. THIS PURSUIT ENDED UP ON HIGHWAY 52 NORTH, WHERE THE SUSPECTS HIT ANOTHER CAR, BUT THEN CONTINUED TO DRIVE OFF. THOSE SUSPECTS THEN GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AT LIBERTY STREET. THEY LATER HIT A POLICE CRUISER AT THE INTERSECTION OF 17TH STREET. AND OFFICERS SAY THAT THREE PEOPLE IN THE CAR THEN JUMPED OUT AND RAN. OFFICERS ARRESTED THE DRIVER, 23 YEAR OLD CALEB THOMPSON, AND PASSENGER 18 YEAR OLD DAVION WILLIAMS AFTER A FOOT CHASE. INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT YET SAID IF THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THAT THIRD PERSON. BUT POLICE DID SEIZE STOLEN THE STOLEN CAR AS WELL AS TWO HANDGUNS THAT WERE ALSO FOUND INSIDE. BOTH SUSPECTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE IN IN COURT TODAY. AT 604 THIS MORNING, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY REMAINS IN A STATE OF SHOCK AS THEY MOURN THE VICTIMS IN A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING. SOPHOMORE BRIAN FRAZIER AND JUNIORS ARIELLE ANDERSON AND ALEXANDRIA VERNER WERE KILLED WHEN A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE ON CAMPUS MONDAY NIGHT. FIVE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS WERE CRITICALLY INJURED. MSU POLICE SAY THE 43 YEAR OLD GUNMAN WHO YOU SEE HERE, ANTHONY MCCRAY, SHOT HIMSELF DURING A CONFRONTATION LATER THAT NIGHT AND DIED. BUT ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES IN EWING, NEW JERSEY, HE MAY HAVE BEEN PLANNING EVEN MORE ATTACKS. A NOTE FOUND IN HIS POCKET MADE REFERENCE TO TWO SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA. AND A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE INVESTIGATION SAYS THE TWO PAGE NOTE MENTIONED PAST SHOOTINGS. MEANWHILE, CLASSES, ATHLETICS AND CAMPUS RELATED ACTIVITIES AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ARE ON HOLD UNTIL MONDAY. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS URGING PARENTS TO SECURE GUNS BETTER AFTER WEAPONS WERE FOUND AT TWO NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS. WENDELL POLICE SAY A STUDENT AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWED A GUN TO A CLASSMATE, BUT THEY SAY HE DID NOT MEAN TO CAUSE ANY HARM. STAFF MEMBERS CONFISCATED THE WEAPON AND CALL POLICE. AND THAT STUDENT’S MOTHER IS NOW BEING CHARGED WITH STORING A FIREARM IN A MANNER ACCESSIBLE TO A MINOR. AND IN ROCKY MOUNT, POLICE THERE SAY A SIX YEAR OLD HAD AN UNLOAD DEAD HANDGUN IN THEIR BACKPACK AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. STAFF COMPENSATED THE GUN FROM THE STUDENT AND TOOK THE CHILD OUT OF CLASS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CHILD NEVER SHOWED THE WEAPON TO ANYONE. AND POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO HOW THE STUDENT CAME INTO POSSESSION OF THE GUN. LOOKING AHEAD THIS MORNING AT 605 TODAY, THE CITY WANTS AND SALEM WILL OFFICIALLY WELCOME IN ITS NEWEST POLICE CHIEF. WILLIAM PENN JUNIOR WILL BE SWORN IN AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON, NOON DURING A CEREMONY IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. PENN TAKES OVER FOR FORMER CHIEF KATRINA THOMPSON, WHO RETIRED LAST YEAR. PENN SAYS IT IS A DAUNTING TASK TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE. BUT HE PLEDGED TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY THROUGH A CHALLENGING PERIOD MARKED BY VIOLENCE. IN A STATEMENT, PENN SAYS, QUOTE, ALTHOUGH I’M HONORED AND EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO LEAVE THIS DEPARTMENT, THE GRAVITY OF THIS POSITION IS NOT LOST ON ME. THE VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY MUST STOP AND WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE, TO RESOLVE CONFLICT, AND, QUOTE. CHIEF. PENN AND FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF BOBBY KIMBROUGH, SPEAKING OF, ARE BOTH INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO A TALK NEXT WEEK. LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE AN INCIDENT LIKE THE FATAL BEATING OF TYREE NICHOLS IN MEMPHIS DOESN’T HAPPEN HERE. THAT TRUST TALK IS NEXT TUESDAY AT FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. IT STARTS AT 6 P.M. AND THE STRICKLAND CENTER AUDITORIUM. WE HAVE DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN REGISTER RIGHT NOW AT WXII 12. OKAY. A MANHUNT IS NOW UNDERWAY IN HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, FOR A SUSPECT WANTED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR 22 YEAR OLD JARED PRICHARD. PHOTOS ON YOUR SCREEN. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE SHOT TO SHAWN ROSS YESTERDAY AT AN APARTMENT OUTSIDE OF MARTINSVILLE AND THEN RAN AWAY. ROSS DIED AT THE SCENE. DEPUTIES SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED DURING AN ARGUMENT. PRITCHETT IS CURRENTLY WANTED ON A FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. LOOKING AHEAD, A THOMASVILLE MAN IS IN COURT TODAY. HE’LL ANSWER TO CHARGES IN A SEX CRIMES CASE. JOSEPH STRATTON IS FACING TEN DIFFERENT COUNTS IN THE DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS VICTIM INCLUDE A TEENAGER AND ALSO A DOG. THE TEENAGER IS NOW IN THE CARE OF A CHILD ADVOCACY GROUP. AND INVESTIGATORS SAY STRATTON SURRENDER THE DOG TO AN ANIMAL SHELTER BACK IN NOVEMBER. WHEN THE INVESTIGATION FIRST STARTED, STATE LAWMAKERS ARE ADVANCING LEGISLATION TO EXPAND MEDICAID IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THIS WOULD PROVIDE GOVERNMENT PAID HEALTH INSURANCE FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR AND WORKING. LAWMAKERS HAVE DISCUSSED THIS FOR YEARS NOW, AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE ON THE LINE. BUT THE DEBATE IS FAR FROM OVER. JACKI PASCAL JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING. JACKI, TELL US WHAT COMES NEXT. WELL, THE BOUNTY, AUDREY, THE BILL IS SET TO BE HEARD IN THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE AT 1130 THIS MORNING. AND THEN IF THAT PANEL APPROVES IT, IT COULD GO TO THE HOUSE FLOOR AS SOON AS TODAY. SO THAT MEASURE DID CLEAR TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES YESTERDAY, BOTH WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND FORSYTH COUNTY REPUBLICAN DONNIE LAMBERT AS THE CHIEF SPONSOR. THE LEGISLATION DIRECTS THE STATE TO EXPAND MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR ADULTS WHO MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY TO QUALIFY FOR CONVENTIONAL MEDICAID, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO RECEIVE HEAVILY SUBSIDIES. NICE HEALTH INSURANCE. REPUBLICANS HAVE BLOCKED EXPANSION FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT RECENTLY ARE EMBRACING IT. SENATE REPUBLICANS STILL SAY THEY WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS THAT INCLUDES EASING THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED LAWS AND LETTING MORE NURSES PRACTICE INDEPENDENTLY FROM DOCTORS. NORTH CAROLINA IS AMONG 11 STATES THAT HAVE YET TO ADOPT THIS KIND OF EXPANSION. AGAIN, THAT COULD CHANGE VERY SOON. WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THIS BILL AS IT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE HOUSE. WE’LL HAVE THIS MORNING JACKIE PASCALE WXII 12 NEWS. THANK YOU, JACQUI. LOOKING AHEAD NOW TONIGHT, NUCOR STEEL IS HOLDING A COMMUNITY MEETING IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. IT WILL BEGIN AT 530 AT THE DENTON TOWN HALL. RESIDENTS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ASK QUESTIONS TO NEW COURSE LEADERSHIP TEAM. THE COMPANY IS CURRENTLY BUILDING A NEW REBAR MICRO MILL IN LEXINGTON IN. IT’S EXPECTED TO OPEN NEXT YEAR AND WILL EMPLOY AROUND 200 PEOPLE. HEADS UP THIS MORNING. YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DONATE TO A COUNTY FOOD DRIVE IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. IT BENEFITS EIGHT DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND FOR THE NEXT WEEK. HANDS OF GOD MINISTRY IN MADISON IS COLLECTING CLEANINGS SUPPLIES. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THE FOOD DRIVE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MARCH AN