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NOW LIVE LOCAL BREAKING NEWS. THIS IS WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX. A MOTHER FOUND DEAD IN HER LAURENS HOME. THE SUSPECTS IN THAT MURDER STOOD BEFORE A JUDGE TODAY. BOTH OF THEM WERE DENIED BOND. CARLOS FLORES WAS IN THE COURTROOM AND JOINS US LIVE IN LAURENS COUNTY WITH THE DETAILS. CARLOS. WELL, NIGEL AND CAROL, 42 YEAR-OLD. GERALD HARRIS AND 33 YEAR-OLD ADRIANA SIMMONS ARE BOTH FACING CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO A MURDER THAT HAPPENED BACK IN MID-APRIL. NOW, TODAY, THEY BOTH STOOD BEFORE A JUDGE. THEY DIDN’T SAY MUCH OF ANYTHING THROUGHOUT THAT BOND HEARING, BUT THEY DID HAPPEN. THEY DID HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE VICTIM’S FAMILY. NOW. POLICE SAY 46 YEAR-OLD PATRICIA OWENS WAS FOUND SHOT IN A HOME ON CAMP CIRCLE ON APRIL 10TH. NOW, ACCORDING TO OWENS FAMILY, OWENS 11 YEAR OLD SON FOUND HER DEAD IN HER BEDROOM AFTER HE CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL. NOW, SIMMONS AND HARRIS WERE ARRESTED SIX DAYS LATER IN MICHIGAN. BOTH SUSPECTS ARE FACING MURDER AND WEAPONS CHARGES, AND WHILE BOND WAS DENIED, THE FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE STILL LEFT PICKING UP THE PIECES. NONE OF THIS WILL BRING PATTY BACK OR EASE OUR PAIN AT LOSING HER IN THIS WORST IMAGINABLE WAY. BUT MAYBE KNOWING YOU ARE BEHIND BARS WITH NO FREEDOM WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE JUSTICE AND FIND A LITTLE BIT OF PEACE. NOW, HARRIS IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN COURT AGAIN IN JULY. NOW WE’LL BE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THIS STORY AND UPDATE YOU HERE AND ONLINE ON Y. FOR.COM. BUT FOR NOW, LIVE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. CARLOS FLORES, WYFF NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU. CARLOS. LET’S TURN TO THE FORECAST NOW. A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR SPARTANBURG SKYCAM. BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY. AND IT WAS WARM TODAY. TODAY WAS AMAZING. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTICE IS HERE AND CHRIS CAN WE KEEP THIS WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS? WE ARE. YOU GET A GIFT AT NIGHT. WE’VE GOT SUNSHINE FOR EVERYBODY AND COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES IF NOT TOASTY TEMPERATURES AND CLEAR SKIES, HOWEVER, CHANGES DO COME OUR WAY BY THIS WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW WE’VE GOT NOTHING BUT CLEAR SKIES. IT’S TOASTY OUT, THOUGH. 84 IN GREENVILLE AND ANDERSON. IT’S 81 IN SPARTANBURG. WE’VE BEEN IN THE MID 80S MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS HERE. OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO LEVEL OFF AROUND THE UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60 DEGREES. BUT CHANGES YES. CHANGES COME OUR WAY. LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH REGARD TO RAIN, I’LL HAVE BRAND NEW TIMING OF WEEKEND IMPACTS FOR YOU COMING UP HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU CHRIS TO CHARLOTTE. NOW WHERE GRIEF CONTINUES AFTER EIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE SHOT, FOUR OF THEM WERE KILLED. A U.S. MARSHALS TASK FORCE WENT TO SERVE A WARRANT TO TERRY HUGHES, JUNIOR, WHEN GUNFIRE ERUPTED. 100 ROUNDS WERE EXCHANGED DURING THE SHOOTING, OFFICIALS SAY. HUGHES WAS ALSO KILLED, AND THE BILLY GRAHAM LAW ENFORCEMENT MINISTRY IS PROVIDING COMFORT AND PRAYER FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN CHARLOTTE, THE CHAPLAINS TRAVELED THE WORLD MINISTERING TO OFFICERS DURING THEIR TIME OF NEED. THE TEAM HAS BEEN SERVING COMMUNITIES SINCE 2014, WHEN PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO VISIT CHARLOTTE TOMORROW. FOLLOWING MONDAY’S DEADLY SHOOTING, HE WILL MEET WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE OFFICERS WHO WERE KILLED. THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO VISIT WILMINGTON, WHERE HE IS SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS HIS INVESTING IN AMERICA AGENDA. IT APPEARS SPEED IS GOING TO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE DECEASED AND MULTIPLE PATIENTS TAKEN TO GREENVILLE MEMORIAL IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY CRASH THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED. WE ARE TOLD IT HAPPENED ABOUT 1:00 ON OLD SPARTANBURG ROAD NEAR SCOTSWOOD ROAD. THAT’S NEAR THE GREENVILLE COUNTY PAVILION. AS THE CORONER MENTIONED, OFFICIALS BELIEVE SPEED MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR HERE. DETAILS SURROUNDING WHAT HAPPENED HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. IN ANDERSON COUNTY, OFFICIALS SAY TWO GUNS WERE FOUND INSIDE A CAR AT WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL. IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. DEPUTIES SAY THERE WAS AN ONGOING HEATED ARGUMENT AND STUDENTS WERE GATHERING AROUND A SPECIFIC CAR. WE ARE TOLD THE STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICER BEGAN INVESTIGATING IN THE PARKING LOT AND FOUND TWO FIREARMS INSIDE A CAR. RIGHT NOW, 216 YEAR OLD BOYS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH CARRYING WEAPONS ONTO SCHOOL PROPERTY. ONE OF THEM FACES AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS. THE TEENS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE IN COLUMBIA. NEW DETAILS AT SIX AFTER ONE MALDEN NEIGHBORHOOD WOKE UP TO CAR BREAK INS AND EVEN THEIR VEHICLE WINDOWS SMASHED, ONE OF THE BREAK INS LEADING TO GUNFIRE. WE ARE TOLD AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. TANIQUA PENNIX JOINS US LIVE. TIA, WHAT ARE POLICE TELLING YOU? WELL, GOOD EVENING CAROL. NIGEL. POLICE SAY THOSE BREAK INS HAPPENED AROUND 440 THIS MORNING. AND HERE IN THE INDIGO POINT SUBDIVISION. NOW, I TALKED TO A FEW OF THOSE PEOPLE, TARGETED SOME OF THEM OR MANY OF THEM, I SHOULD SAY. STILL ON EDGE, NOT WANTING TO GO ON CAMERA FEELING LIKE THEY MIGHT BE TARGETED AGAIN. POLICE SAY AT LEAST EIGHT VEHICLES WERE BROKEN INTO AND I DID SPEAK TO ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. HE SHOWED ME THE DAMAGE FROM HIS VEHICLE. HE SAYS THE BACK WINDOW OF THE TRUCK WAS BROKEN. HIS GYM BAG WAS REMOVED FROM THE INSIDE OF HIS TRUCK JUST SITTING ON THE GROUND. WHEN HE WOKE UP THIS MORNING. BUT HE SAYS THE SUSPECTS DIDN’T TAKE ANYTHING FROM HIM. HOWEVER, POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTS GOT AWAY WITH AT LEAST TWO HANDGUNS FROM OTHER VEHICLES THEY BROKE INTO. POLICE SAY A HOMEOWNER SAW THREE SUSPECTS WHO SHOT AT HIM. FORTUNATELY, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. AGAIN, THE PEOPLE HERE STILL ON EDGE. THIS IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION FOR NOW. REPORTING LIVE IN MALDEN, TANIQUA PENNIX WYFF NEWS FOUR TANIQUA. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER IS ASKING SLED TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS MADE BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA FREEDOM CAUCUS ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY. IN A LETTER TODAY, THE FREEDOM CAUCUS TOLD GOVERNOR MCMASTER THAT SOMEONE WHO SAID THEY ARE NOT A US CITIZEN CONTACTED REPRESENTATIVE ADAM MORGAN WITH PROOF THAT THE STATE MEDICAID OFFICE PROVIDED THEM WITH VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS EVEN AFTER THEY INFORMED THE OFFICE ABOUT THEIR STATUS. THE GOVERNOR IS ASKING SLED TO INVESTIGATE STATE. THE GOVERNOR’S LETTER WENT ON TO SAY, QUOTE, THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS IS INDEED A TOP CONCERN, END QUOTE. TODAY, UNITED METHODIST DELEGATES REPEALED THEIR CHURCH’S LONG STANDING BAN ON LGBTQ CLERGY. THIS REMOVES A RULE FORBIDDING PEOPLE PART OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY FROM BEING ORDAINED OR APPOINTED AS MINISTERS. DELEGATES VOTED 692 TO 51 AT THEIR GENERAL CONFERENCE. THE SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED METHODIST CONFERENCE HAD REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARLOTTE FOR THE VOTE. THE CHANGE DOES NOT MANDATE OR EVEN EXPLICITLY AFFIRM LGBTQ CLERGY, BUT IT MEANS THE CHURCH NO LONGER FORBIDS THEM. WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, THE ISSUE DIVIDED THE CHURCH, WITH MANY WHO DISAGREED ON THE LGBTQ ISSUE LEAVING FOR OTHER DENOMINATIONS MORE FOR FROM TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT CAN BE FOUND ON WYFF 4.COM. TODAY, SIX FALLEN OFFICERS WERE INDUCTED INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HALL OF FAME, INCLUDING ONE FROM THE UPSTATE EASLEY POLICE OFFICER MATTHEW HARE WAS HIT BY A TRAIN AND KILLED WHILE HELPING A PERSON LAST AUGUST. HE WAS ONLY 22 YEARS OLD. NEWBERRY POLICE OFFICER LIEUTENANT MICHAEL WOOD, JUNIOR WAS ALSO INDUCTED. TODAY’S CEREMONY BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICERS WHO ARE IN THE HALL O