800 charges filed after raids on several businesses, deputies say (2024)

MORNING, THE CORONER IDENTIFIED THE ARMED SUSPECT SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE AT AN UPSTATE WALMART. JAMIR JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST JAMYA. YEAH, AARON, THE PICKENS COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST NIGHT RIGHT HERE IN THIS WALMART PARKING LOT BEHIND ME. THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS SEAN ELROD OF EASLEY. EASLEY POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE WALMART ON ROLLING HILLS CIRCLE AROUND 7 P.M. THE SUSPECT WAS ARMED WITH A WEAPON. EASLEY POLICE SAY OFFICERS TRIED TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION. HOWEVER, AT LEAST ONE OFFICER FIRED THEIR WEAPON. THE MOMENTS THAT LED UP TO THE SHOOTING HAVE NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. AFTER THE SHOOTING, WALMART WAS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, AND THIS IS WHAT EASLEY POLICE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE SHOOTING LAST NIGHT. ULTIMATELY, WE GOT INFORMATION THAT THERE WAS A WEAPON INVOLVED. OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE. UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND THE SUSPECT, AND THAT’S WHAT LED US TO TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. POLICE SAY NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED IN SLED IS NOW INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING, WHICH IS STANDARD WHEN THEY’RE WHEN THERE IS AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU UPDATES ON THIS INVESTIGATION AS WE LEARN MORE. FOR NOW, LIVE IN EASLEY. JIMMY REED, WYFF NEWS FOUR. JAMIA. THANK YOU. TURNING TO COMMITMENT 2024 NEWS NOW NBC NEWS IS OUT WITH ITS LATEST NATIONAL POLL. AND WHEN IT COMES TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S JOB PERFORMANCE, HIS APPROVAL RATING TICKING UP FIVE POINTS SINCE JANUARY, WIFE FOR AND NBC NEWS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THE LATEST ON DECISION 2024 ALL THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION SEASON. WE’RE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE HISTORIC CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. TRUMP FACES DOZENS OF CHARGES RELATED TO HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS MADE TO ADULT FILM ACTRESS STORMY DANIELS BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION, THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND CLAIMS THOSE CHARGES ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. TRUMP SAYS HE’LL LIKELY TESTIFY DURING THE TRIAL. MANHATTAN’S DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BOTH SPOKE AFTER THE JURY WAS SEATED ON FRIDAY. THE DEFENDANT REPEATEDLY MADE FALSE STATEMENTS ON NEW YORK BUSINESS RECORDS. WHY DID DONALD TRUMP REPEATEDLY MAKE THESE FALSE STATEMENTS? THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW THAT HE DID SO TO COVER UP CRIMES RELATING TO THE 2016 ELECTION. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING THIS HOAX. YOU GOT A DA THAT’S OUT OF CONTROL. YOU HAVE A JUDGE. THAT’S HIGHLY CONFLICT. DID THE WHOLE THING IS A MESS. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO TAKE FROM 4 TO 6 WEEKS. AND IF CONVICTED, TRUMP COULD FACE UP TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON. THE SENATE IS SET TO VOTE SOON ON A $95 BILLION AID PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDES AID TO UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN. IF THAT BILL IS PASSED, HERE’S HOW THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT. $60.8 BILLION FOR UKRAINE $26 BILLION FOR ISRAEL AND 8.12 BILLION FOR THE INDO-PACIFIC, INCLUDING TAIWAN. SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM WEIGHED IN ON THE BILL EARLIER LAST WEEK. MEANWHILE, THE COST OF GAS SEEMS TO BE ON THE RISE AGAIN. TRIPLE A SAYS THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS CURRENTLY SITS AT $3.67 NATIONWIDE. FOR CONTEXT, THAT’S A 15 CENT INCREASE OVER THIS TIME LAST MONTH. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PRICES ACROSS THE UPSTATE IN GREENVILLE, IT STANDS AT 3.32 A GALLON. IT’S A PENNY LESS IN SPARTANBURG AT 3.31. AND IN ANDERSON IT’S AT 332. IT MEANS HIGHER PRICES, BUT ALSO PLANES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MORE FULL THAN THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE. MAJOR AIRLINES BRACING FOR A HUGE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON. AND WITH THAT TRAVEL SEASON MIGHT COME SOME TURBULENCE BECAUSE OF A POTENTIAL SHORTAGE OF PLANES LOOMING ON THE HORIZON. ALL OF THOSE AIRLINES POINTING DIRECTLY TO BOEING 737 MAX PRODUCTION DELAYS. AIRLINES NOW HAVE JUST MONTHS LEFT TO COURSE CORRECT THAT BEFORE THE SUMMER TRAVEL TAKES OFF IN EARNEST. DUKE ENERGY IS LOOKING TO RAISE ELECTRIC BILLS BY NEARLY $18 PER MONTH. AN UPSTATE CUSTOMERS COULD SEE THAT INCREASE STARTING ON AUGUST 1ST, THEN IN 2026, THOSE RATES WOULD GO UP AN ADDITIONAL $10 PER MONTH, DUKE ENERGY SAYS THOSE HIKES ARE AIMED TO HELP KEEP UP WITH THE GROWING ENERGY DEMAND. THE UTILITY COMPANIES HOLDING ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT MATTER TONIGHT. IT’S BEING HELD AT ANDERSON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IT’S SIX AGAIN. THAT’S TONIGHT. AND ANOTHER SET FOR TOMORROW AT SPARTANBURG COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. DUKE ENERGY SAYS THE COMMISSION WILL HOLD A HEARING IN MAY BEFORE MAKING ITS DECISION. YOUR TIME IS 654, AND THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OF PASSOVER STARTS AT SUNDOWN TODAY. PASSOVER OFTEN COINCIDES WITH EASTER, BUT THOSE DATES DO VARY DEPENDING ON THE LUNAR CYCLE. PASSOVER COMMEMORATES THE BIBLICAL STORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE’S ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY IN ANCIENT EGYPT, WITH AN ONGOING WAR IN GAZA AND ACTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE U.S., THIS YEAR MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN THE U.S. MORE THAN DOUBLED LAST YEAR. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE ANTI-DEFAMATIO