THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M JACKIE PASCALE BREAKING HERE AT NOON. WE’RE JUST LEARNING ABOUT AN EXPLOSION FROM GREENSBORO POLICE. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS HAPPENED AT THE ASSOCIATED ASPHALT YESTERDAY ON SOUTH CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD. THE GREENSBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS NO ONE WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY WERE CALLED JUST BEFORE 3 P.M. AGAIN YESTERDAY. SAY THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING HOW THIS EXPLOSION HAPPENED. WE ARE ALSO JUST NOW LEARNING ABOUT A FATAL CRASH FROM OVER THE WEEKEND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. HIGHWAY PATROL TELLS US SUNDAY EVENING. ALEX SNOWBERGER WAS CROSSING FRIENDSHIP LEDFORD ROAD ONTO MOTSINGER ROAD AND FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN, TROOPERS SAY HE HIT ANOTHER CAR THAT WAS GOING NORTH THERE ON FRIENDSHIP LEDFORD ROAD. BOTH VEHICLES WENT OFF OF THE ROAD AND OVERTURNED. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THAT WAS HIT, THAT IS CAROLYN BENNETT, DIED. TROOPERS SAY SHE WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT AT THE TIME. SNOWBERGER IS NOW CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR DEATH BY MOTOR VEHICLE AND FAILURE TO YIELD AT A STOP SIGN. TODAY, A 19 YEAR OLD IS FACING NEW SEX OFFENSE CHARGES. THE RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS ITS OFFICE BEGAN INVESTIGATING CLAIMS AGAINST JEREMIAH CHENEY BACK IN JANUARY. DEPUTIES ARRESTED HIM MONDAY ON TEN FELONY COUNTS. THIS MORNING. THE COURT SERVED HIM ADDITIONAL CHARGES. THOSE INCLUDE SEX, OFFENSE AGAINST A CHILD EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN 15 YEARS OLD. HE NOW HAS A $25,000 BOND AND. DANVILLE, VIRGINIA FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF A FIRE TODAY. THE DEPARTMENT REPORTS A MOBILE HOME CAUGHT FIRE OVERNIGHT ON OLD PINEY FOREST ROAD. CREWS SAY FIRE AND SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE BACK DOOR AND PORCH AREA, ESPECIALLY THE LAUNDRY ROOM. FIREFIGHTERS DID NOT FIND ANYONE INSIDE AGAIN. THE CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. GREENSBORO RESIDENTS IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS AFTER MORE THAN 70 GUNSHOTS WERE FIRED IN JUST ONE NIGHT ON THEIR STREET. THIS HAPPENED SUNDAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BERRYMAN AND CULVERT STREETS. WXII 12 KARA PETERS SPOKE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND BRINGS US THIS STORY. WE’RE JUST LIKE, THAT’S WHAT IT SOUND LIKE. IT’S LIKE SOMETHING YOU SEE ON TV. THAT’S HOW NEIGHBORS DESCRIBE WHAT THEY HEARD AS SHOTS WENT OFF JUST A FEW FEET FROM WERE THEY LIVE ON BERRYMAN STREET, ACCORDING TO POLICE. AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT GUNS WERE USED TO FIRE MORE THAN 70 SHOTS SUNDAY NIGHT. THREE HOMES WERE HIT BY GUNFIRE, INCLUDING THIS ONE. I’M TOTALLY SHOCKED THAT DIDN’T GO IN OUR HOUSE, RIGHT? OR ANYBODY’S HOUSE AROUND HERE. IT WAS SO MANY ROUNDS. I FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS FIRECRACKERS. SOMEONE DOING SAINT PATRICK’S, AND THEN I WAS LIKE, LET ME OPEN A DOOR. AND I THOUGHT, WHAT? WHAT? AND I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, DO WE NEED TO GET ON THE FLOOR? RESIDENTS TELL ME IT’S COMMON TO HEAR GUNSHOTS ON THEIR STREET. ONE BIG WORRY THEY HAVE IS THE NUMBER OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE AREA. CHILDREN PLAYING ON A PLAYGROUND. IT’S JUST IT’S JUST NOT NORMAL. THE GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING RESIDENTS TO HELP THEM IN GETTING ILLEGAL GUNS OFF THE STREETS. GUN STOPPERS PAYS A MINIMUM OF $250 TO ANYONE WHO ANONYMOUSLY REPORTS AN ILLEGAL GUN, AS LONG AS THAT TIP LEADS TO AN ARREST OR HELPS POLICE FIND THE GUN. HOLMES SAYS SHE SUPPORTS ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE AGAIN. IF YOU HAVE A GUN AND YOU’RE LEGAL, YOU KNOW THAT’S GOOD. BUT IF YOU’RE NOT LEGAL, YEAH, YOU NEED TO TAKE THE GUN AWAY FROM THEM BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO HURT SOMEBODY. AND I’M TOTALLY SHOCKED IT DIDN’T HURT SOMEBODY OVER THERE YESTERDAY. IT WAS SCARY. AND THAT WAS KARA PETERS REPORTING. NOW POLICE STILL HAVE NOT TOLD US ANY INFORMATION ON A SUSPECT YET AGAIN FOR THAT SHOOTING ON SUNDAY. WELL, CAN FEEL LIKE CRIME IS RISING EVERYWHERE, BUT NEW DATA FROM THE FBI SHOWS CRIME RATES ARE ACTUALLY DECLINING NATIONALLY. SIGNIFICANTLY. NEW FOURTH QUARTER NUMBERS SHOW A 13% DECLINE IN MURDERS IN 2023, COMPARED TO 2022. THERE’S ALSO A 6% DECLINE IN REPORTED VIOLENT CRIME AND A 4% DECLINE IN REPORTED PROPERTY CRIMES. THIS DATA COVERS 13,000 AGENCIES, AND EXPERTS SAY THE DROP IN MURDERS IN 2023 IS LIKELY THE LARGEST ONE YEAR DECLINE EVER RECORDED. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MARK ROBINSON IS REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A NORTH CAROLINA MAN’S ARREST, WHOSE NAME IS ON THE FEDERAL TERROR WATCH LIST. LAST WEEK, HAGOS WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, AMONG OTHER CHARGES, AND THIS WAS BY THE GATES COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THEN REACHED OUT, SAYING NOT TO RELEASE HAGOS BECAUSE HE WAS ON A TERRORISM WATCH LIST. ROBINSON HAS NOW SENT A LETTER TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ASKING FOR MORE DETAILS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. ELECTION BOARD OFFICIALS ARE CURRENTLY RECOUNTING A HOTLY CONTESTED SEAT IN THE TRIAD, THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS REVIEWING BALLOTS FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER RACE, JUST THREE VOTES. SEPARATE REPUBLICAN KEVIN BERGER FROM CRAIG TRAVIS AND JUST 23 VOTES SEPARATE TRAVIS FROM GREG ZEIGLER. BOTH ZEIGLER AND TRAVIS REQUESTED THIS RECOUNT THAT STARTED AT 10:00 THIS MORNING AT THE GOVERNMEN