JOhn Carter

1 week ago | wvlt.tv | Kelsey Graeter |JOhn Carter |John Carter

SHELBY, N.C. (WBTV) - Police officers in Shelby, North Carolina, joked in 2015 that a 21-year-old who murdered nine people at a church 250 miles away would come through their small town. Sergeant Mike Myers, Sergeant Dan Bernat, and officer Scott Hamrick did not anticipate, however, that they’d be the ones to take Dylann Roof into custody. “Anytime anything goes on, we say, ‘Well, they’ll come through Shelby,” Sgt. Myers said. “I don’t know why, but it’s attractive.

1 month ago | wbtv.com | Kelsey Graeter |JOhn Carter |John Carter

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Easter Sunday in 2018 is a day Olivia Chambers remembers like it was yesterday. She was at church when she received the heartbreaking news: Her only child had been shot and killed. Earlier that morning, 29-year-old Sasha Wall was found dead in the driver’s seat of her parked car in a rural area in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. She had been shot several times at close range. Her killer has never been found. “Sasha was my only child,” Chambers said.

1 month ago | wbtv.com | JOhn Carter |John Carter

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S.C. (WBTV) - On Easter Sunday in 2018, a mother was pulled out of Church and told her only child had been shot and killed. The mother of 29-year-old Sasha Wall, who was shot to death in Chesterfield County in South Carolina, believes she may know the person responsible. WBTV’s John Carter got an exclusive look at the evidence in the case of Wall’s killing. Could a missing phone unlock the truth? Tune in to WBTV at 11 p.m. on Monday, May 19 as we take a look at the case.

2 months ago | wbtv.com | Kelsey Graeter |JOhn Carter |John Carter

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Brittney Young was just 4 years old when someone murdered her father, but that hasn’t stopped her from wanting to know who did it. Early in the morning of Oct. 23, 1992, Byron “Monty” Wisecarver, 26, was shot twice at close range outside his home on Sherills Ford Road in Salisbury. “Who would want to do that to a father who is just trying to raise his kids?” said Brittney. That’s a question the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office believes it’s close to answering.

2 months ago | wbtv.com | Kelsey Graeter |JOhn Carter |John Carter

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - WBTV has learned new details about the killing of a 6-year-old boy in Stanly County that happened more than two decades ago. Chance Smith, 6, was reported missing in Locust, North Carolina in December 2003, and was found dead hours later. His death has never been solved. WBTV recently obtained an autopsy report for Smith, which lists the cause of death as a traumatic brain injury. The autopsy shows there were “multiple injuries” to the right side of Smith’s head.