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4 Americans in North Carolina-plated car kidnapped in Mexico, FBI says

4 Americans in North Carolina-plated car kidnapped in Mexico, FBI says
GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY MONDAY. HOPE YOU GUYS HAD A PHENOMENAL WEEKEND. I’M DAVONTE MCKENITH AND I’M JACKIE PASCALE. AUDREY BIESK HAS THE MORNING OFF, BUT WE WANT TO GET RIGHT OVER TO OUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. LET’S START WITH SOME GOOD NEWS HERE ON A MONDAY. LET’S GET OVER TO BRIAN SLOCUM WITH OUR FORECAST. IT’S ANOTHER SUNNY DAY ON TAP, BRIAN. I’M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THAT’S REALLY NICE. COMING OFF ONE OF THE BETTER WEEKENDS WE’VE SEEN IN RECENT MEMORY, AT LEAST WE GOT BOTH DAYS WITH SOME GOOD WEATHER. RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN START TO SEE THE FIRST FEW RAYS OF DAYLIGHT STARTING TO PEEK ABOVE THE HORIZON HERE. HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY, WHERE IT’S CURRENTLY 41 DEGREES. FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS, BUT NOT MANY. A LIGHT BREEZE PRIMARILY OUT OF THE NORTH. DO POINTS ARE IN THE THIRTIES. I WOULDN’T BE SHOCKED IF WE GOT SOME REPORTS OF FROST IN SOME OF THE RURAL AND OUTLYING AREAS THIS MORNING WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE TRENDING COLDER. REIDSVILLE 33 KIND OF JUMPS OUT, DOESN’T B HAVE TO BE AT 32 FOR FROST TO DEVELOP. 35, EVEN 36 DEGREES. IT IS A POSSIBILITY ON SOME OF THE SURFACES THAT CAN TEND TO RUN COLDER THAN THE AIR TEMPERATURE. WE’RE TALKING CARS AND MAIL BOXES. COLDER SURFACES LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY WESTMOUNT AREA, IS AT 32 DEGREES, ALONG WITH NORTH WILKESBORO AND TEMPERATURES IN BOONE. NOW SLIP BELOW FREEZING THIS MORNING. FEW HIGH CLOUDS, THAT’S ALL. AND WE’LL BE BATTLING SOME OF THESE TODAY. OCCASIONALLY THEY COULD THICKEN UP THIS AFTERNOON. I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE DAY AS A WHOLE, WE’RE LOOKING AT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER THE AREA. LACING UP THE SNEAKERS IS PRETTY COOL. THIS MORNING, BUT WE’RE NEAR 50. BY MID-MORNING ON A WAY TO A HIGH NEAR 70. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON SOME BIG CHANGES TO YOUR FORECAST THIS WEEK. THAT’S COMING UP SOON. BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING AT 602, A BUSY HIGHWAY WINSTON-SALEM IS CLOSED AFTER A PURSUIT OVERNIGHT. VICTORIA LUCAS JOINS US LIVE FROM THAT SCENE. VICTORIA, WE’VE GOTTEN SOME NEW INFORMATION FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. CAN YOU BRING US UP O SPEED. YEAH. THIS IS NOW AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. WE’RE NEAR A HIGHWAY 421 WHERE YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW NORTHBOUND LANES ARE CLOSED AT NORTH PEACEHAVEN ROAD. THEN FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A VEHICLE PURSUIT HAS ENDED IN A CRASH. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS JUST TOLD US AFTER 2 A.M., A DEPUTY TRIED TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP ON A DRIVER ON LEWISVILLE CLEMMONS ROAD, TAKING THE EXIT ONTO HIGHWAY 421 SOUTHBOUND. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE DRIVER REFUSED TO STOP AND DEPUTIES CHASED THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER SHOT AT PATROL CARS. MULTIPLE TIMES. WE’RE TOLD THE PURSUIT ENDED IN A CAR CRASH AGAIN RIGHT HERE NEAR U.S. 421, A NORTHBOUND AND IT CONCLUDED AT APPROXIMATELY 2:21 A.M. AND THE DRIVER CONTINUED TO ACTIVELY SHOOT THE DEPUTIES, RESULTING IN WHAT WE JUST SAID. AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. AT THE LAST TIME WE KNOW A DEPUTY WASN’T INVOLVED IN AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING WAS BACK IN MARCH OF 2020. SO THE THREE DEPUTIES INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. NOW, WE DON’T KNOW MUCH INFORMATION ON THE SPECIFIC, BUT WE’RE TOLD THE D.O.T. ESTIMATES THE ROADS TO BE CLOSE UNTIL 9 A.M. M THIS MORNING. AND POLICE ARE ASKING DRIVERS TO AVOID THE AREA. SO THIS IS YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. THIS IS INVOLVED IN YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. YOU’LL HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME ALTERNATE ROUTES THIS MORNING. LIVE IN CLEMMONS, VICTORIA, LUCAS WXII 12 NEWS. VICTORIA, THANK YOU. HAPPENING NOW IN ALAMANCE COUNTY, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF ESCAPING POLICE CUSTODY. 34 YEAR OLD CAMERON MEYER MARKLE IS WANTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES STEMMING FROM A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE ON GLEN OAKS DRIVE. INVESTIGATORS SAY MARKLE MADE THREATS TOWARD THE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE ON SATURDAY. SOMEONE LIVING AT THE HOME TOLD POLICE THERE WERE SEVERAL FIREARMS IN THE BACK BEDROOM LAYING ON THE BED AND INVESTIGATORS SAY ONE OF THOSE WEAPONS WAS STOLEN. POLICE SAY MARKLE PHYSICALLY RESISTED BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, BUT WAS EVENTUALLY HANDCUFFED AND PUT IN A PATROL CAR. THEN, WHILE OFFICERS WERE STILL ON THE SCENE, POLICE SAY MARKLE KICKED OUT THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW OF THE PATROL CAR AND ESCAPED. IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS, CALL HALL RIVER POLICE OR ALAMANCE COUNTY CRIMESTOPPERS. THIS MORNING, INVESTIGATORS SAY A FIRE IN A CHIMNEY AT A CONDO COMPLEX IN KERNERSVILLE LEFT SEVEN PEOPLE WITHOUT A PLACE TO CALL HOME. THAT FIRE BROKE OUT OVER THE WEEKEND ON BROOKSIDE COURT. OFFICIALS SAY FOUR CONDO UNITS WERE DAMAGED. THANKFULLY, THOUGH, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS HELPING THOSE WHO ARE NOW DISPLACED. LOOKING AHEAD, GOVERNOR ROY COOPER WILL GIVE HIS FINAL STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING. THAT’S SET FOR 7:00 TONIGHT. GOVERNOR COOPER IS EXPECTED TO LAY OUT WHAT LEGISLATION HE WOULD LIKE THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PASS THIS SESSION. HE COULD ALSO GIVE HINTS ABOUT WHAT WILL BE IN HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MARK ROBINSON WILL GIVE THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNOR’S SPEECH. THE CHOICE OF ROBINSON IS UNUSUAL, SOME WOULD SAY IS TYPICALLY LAWMAKERS FROM THE MAJOR PARTY OPPOSITE THE GOVERNOR DELIVERING THE RESPONSE. OVER THE WEEKEND, ROBINSON MADE SOME OF HIS STRONGEST STATEMENTS YET THAT HE’LL RUN FOR GOVERNOR NEXT YEAR. HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, D.C. I’M NOT SAYING THAT I’M ORDAINED TO BE THE GOVERNOR, BUT IF IT’S HIS WILL FOR ME TO BE, IT WILL BE NO. ONE TO STOP IT. I DON’T WANT TO BE THE GOVERNOR. YOU SEE, THAT IS THE PROBLEM IN THAT STATEMENT. AND THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CRITICIZED ROBINSON FOR EVEN ATTENDING THAT EVENT THIS WEEKEND. A PARTY SPOKESPERSON SAID IN A STATEMENT, QUOTE, YOU ARE THE COMPANY YOU KEEP. AND MARK ROBINSON CONTINUES TO PROVE TO N
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4 Americans in North Carolina-plated car kidnapped in Mexico, FBI says
Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said.The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. They were traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates.Related: US citizens missing after being assaulted and kidnapped in Mexico were targeted by mistake, US official says Top StoriesForsyth County Sheriff's Office: deputies, driver fire shots during pursuit following attempted traffic stopWilkes County Pastor once declared dead, now alive, back homeFirst cases of rabies in the Triad this yearThe FBI San Antonio Division office said in a statement Sunday that the vehicle came under fire shortly after it entered Mexico.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here“All four Americans were placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men,” the office said. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of the victims and the arrest of the culprits.Matamoros is home to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel.Shootouts in Matamoros were so bad that the U.S. Consulate issued an alert about the danger Friday.Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsTamaulipas state police said people had been killed and injured Friday, but did not say how many or give details of the violence.Authorities believe the group were targeted by mistake and were not the intended victims in the attack, a U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |Trending Stories Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.

Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said.

The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. They were traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates.

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The FBI San Antonio Division office said in a statement Sunday that the vehicle came under fire shortly after it entered Mexico.

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“All four Americans were placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men,” the office said. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of the victims and the arrest of the culprits.

Matamoros is home to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel.

Shootouts in Matamoros were so bad that the U.S. Consulate issued an alert about the danger Friday.

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Tamaulipas state police said people had been killed and injured Friday, but did not say how many or give details of the violence.

Authorities believe the group were targeted by mistake and were not the intended victims in the attack, a U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.

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