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Right now, live coverage from your local news leader, preparing you for tomorrow starting tonight and your first alert forecast. Here's what's happening where you live. This is ABC 11 eyewitness news. Game one of the Stanley Cup final, not disappointing from every goal scored to every save to all the heart-stopping moments. The action there on the ice in Raleigh tonight was amazing. But in the end, the Carolina Hurricanes fall short, losing five. to four to Vegas. We have Chopper 11 flying over the Lenovo Center in Raleigh right now, capturing the moments after the game. Cain's fans leaving there feeling a little bit disappointed.

We are going to be hearing from Cain's players in the locker room getting their reaction to game one coming up here in the minutes ahead. Thanks for joining us here for the news at 11. I'm Steve Daniels. And I'm Lauren Johnson. Not the game won this team or the fans had hoped it would be, but we know tonight was just the beginning. We have live team coverage of game one,

our team of reporters in the thick of the excitement with fans as they watch this back and forth scoring nail. bite or play out. Kate Rodgerson inside the Lenovo Center for each dramatic moment. But we start tonight with James Price, who was at the watch party outside Lenovo Center. Jamise, the fans were fired up ahead of the action, wasn't the ending they saw coming, but described the last three hours you spent with him. Lauren, certainly not the outcome. Any of these fans wanted tonight, but it was a lot of energy throughout the night watching those goals and just watching the cane score and you could see the energy here and you can see those fans certainly excited but I can tell you when the Golden Knights made that last goal it really sucked the energy from this a watch party you can see the disappointment in the fans faces right now you have those fans leaving out of the Lenovo center you can see them now you know certainly not cheering as loud as they were throughout the game they were certainly disappointed by this outcome but I want to show you what it was like during this watch party take a look here at all the fans

cheering, screaming, chanting, let's go Keynes. You also heard them saying they want the cup. So we heard a lot of cheering tonight. So the energy at some points throughout this game really high. You also had fans catching T-shirts and just really

cheering, throwing up dreams when the Cain scored. So again, a lot of energy, but just not the outcome these fans wanted. And I'm standing here with one of the younger fans here. This is Lizzie. Lizzie has been cheering on the Cains all night. Lizzie, Certainly not the outcome we were hoping for, but you're still ready for this series.

Talk to me about how you feel tonight? I feel somewhat disappointed. I'm glad that we had a pretty good game. We played hard. We tried extremely hard. It's going to be the 20-year anniversary of us winning the Cup, and maybe the second game might be our lucky. game because it's the 20 anniversary and two might be the lucky number.

All right. So we're hoping that game two we will have a better luck there. So yeah, not the outcome these fans wanted, but I'm certainly looking forward to game two on Thursday. Lauren's seat. Yeah, Lizzie put a good spin on it, right? We like her post game analysis. I do too. Two could be your lucky number. That's what I'm saying. You know, two championships, game two. All right, Jimmy, thank you. Duan Hogarth, also spending the evening with those diehard Keynes fans. He was inside Lenovo. Yeah, you continue our live team coverage. And, DeWan, this has shaped up to be an incredible series based on the action we saw in there.

I know the place was going wild all night long. Yeah, already, Steve, just the energy in the building, absolutely electric. I mean, the only person or persons in here right now who are actually on Cloud 9 are the Vegas Knights fans, the Golden Knights, right? Because they ended up winning this evening of 5 to 4. So certainly, as we've just mentioned, not the outcome that Kani actually. I mean we we had a lot of energy heading into this evening you see one of the one of the golden nights guys over here enjoying himself looks like a house divided he's here with somebody to my left just a little bit with the canes but I talked to a couple of

folks just immediately after that that that final whistle went off at the end of the game and here's what they had to say about about how things went tonight I feel good about it we didn't play well tonight and it was close game so I think we're gonna take the next one and then we'll go from there so I mean, they can come back. It's not like, it's not like we're down three nothing or anything. So we can always come back. You know, I'm still feeling good.

I think the boys have got it. They can pull it together. Yeah, certainly everybody's hoping that they can pull it together again. Look, here's a divided group. It came, see. Never mind him. Never mind him. He's just kind of high off of that win tonight.

But five to four, we took game one. We lost game one. But if there's any silver lining, folks here they are. excited than if they win the next four out, they can clinch right here and bring the Stanley Cup here at home. So that's what the Kaniak fans are hoping for tonight, live from the Lenovo Center. Duane Hogan, I-Elevard. I-Witness News. And you look at the Kane's entire playoff run, and there is reason for a whole lot of optimism tonight. Absolutely. Duane, thank you. The Lenovo Center was not the only place to catch the game with the crowd. Take a look at

the turnout tonight in the smoky hollow neighborhood near downtown Raleigh. Dozens of fans watch the game under the stars gathered together. Downtown Raleigh, also the the place to be tonight. Hundreds were packed there in Moore Square to cheer the team on in the heart of the city. Yeah, they had a Jumbotron right there in Moore Square. Michael Perchick is there. An amazing night for fans to be gathered together watching all the action. Yes, you just heard from DeWan plenty of ups and downs in this one. Of course, you had this crowd going to a frenzy in the first period with that 2-0 lead. Thanks to Nicolaise Ieloz. But Vegas responding with three goals, the captain Jordan Stahl nodding things up. You had Vegas getting back on the board to take that four three lead.

Shane Gassasbier right after a penalty kill to tie things up. It looked like this was heading to overtime, a game that probably deserved overtime, but that late goal by Tomas Hurtle giving Vegas that 5-4 win. The Kerala hurricane blew six multi-goal leads in the first half of the season. This was really an area they struggled with. Second half, much different. Only three games they blown with a multi-go lead in the second half of the season and the playoffs since then. brutal timing for that fourth. As you mentioned, huge crowd here at Moore Square. Downtown

Raleigh Line says they estimate more than 2,500 folks packing Moore Square earlier this evening for this game. The bulk of them staying until the end, and you certainly saw those cheers when they were taking that 2-0 lead. A lot of tense moments throughout the second and the third period and a sense of dejection, kind of shock to an extent that the game ended in this way. The good news is we just watched this play out in the Eastern Conference. conference finals. Cain's not showing up really against Montreal in game one. They rebound with four straight wins.

The hope is they have a rebound and really what's going to be a pivotal must win game two. You don't want to go down to at home having to travel out to Vegas. So a sloppy play at times, Freddie's certainly not at his best. The power play continues to struggle. There are certainly some things you can pull away from this one. I thought there was a better performance in what we saw in game one against Montreal. Not a sense that I think there's any loss of confidence here, still feel good about the overall

style of play. We'll have to see if they can rebound on Thursday night. Hopefully they do. We'll certainly be inside and outside the arena once again. Expect more square to be packed, so get here early. All right, an empty more square now as fans went home. They flooded the park earlier today. They did, yeah.

It's great crowd. All right, Michael, thank you. And how's this for a full-circled moment? That's Eric Stahl, sounding the siren before the start of tonight's game. Eric was part of that 2006 Stanley Cup winning team when he was 20, he was 20, he was 20, years old. And his younger brother Jordan, who's the Kane's captain, is chasing the cup 20 years later. He had one of the Kane's four goals tonight. And the energy on the ice was really wild as soon as the puck dropped tonight. The Kane scoring 25 seconds into the game. That was one of two goals tonight for Nikolai

Eilers. Kate Rogers and getting a front row seat to all the action. She continues our live team coverage inside a now quiet Lenovo center with a recap tonight of the action there on the ice. Kate. Steve, a tough result for the Carolina Hurricanes in game one of the Stanley Cup final. After what was such an electric start when Nikolai Elyer scored two goals in the first period, it felt like the roof was going to blow up off of this building. Soon enough that two-goal lead turned to a three-due deficit versus the Vegas Golden Knights. The Keynes fought back, making it 4-4 late in the third period. But Tomas Hurdle putting the dagger in with three minutes and 24 seconds to spare.

Here's a look at his score. Shane Goss of Spare couldn't keep up a third. And he got the puck in the slot right past Freddie Anderson, making it 5-4. Tonight marks the second time this postseason that Keynes have lost. It's the second time this postseason that goaltender Freddie Anderson has given up more than two goals. So the Carolina Hurricanes Trail in this series won nothing to the Vegas Golden Knights. Of course, not the way they wanted to start out the opening game of the Stanley Cup final. There was so much momentum, so much hype and so much excitement coming into this moment here inside the Lenovo Center.

It's also the first time in franchise history that the Canes have lost game one of the Cup final. Good news is this series is not over. It takes four wins to raise the Stanley Cup. And if anything, this proved that the knights and the canes, it's going to be a battle. This thing was so close on both sides of the ice. We're going to see what this thing holds. Trayvon Miles will join me later in the show in sports as he went into the locker room and checked him with the guys to see how they're feeling after this 5-4 loss. We'll see you in a bit.

Back to you. Kate, you sized it up perfectly. This is going to be an incredible series to watch. Yeah, it is. Yesterday, Kate interviewed a woman who says this is going to go six or seven games. So we're in it for the long haul. That's right, yeah. Kate, thank you, and we will have team coverage throughout the Stanley Cup final.

It includes pregame specials each game night before puck drops. Chasing the cup will be ahead of game two on Thursday night. Tune in at 730 right here on ABC 11 and wherever you stream. And it's not just the hockey finals, but we've got you covered on basketball tomorrow night. It's game one of the NBA finals, the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks go head to head tomorrow. Tip off in that game is at 8.30. Still to come at 11, we're following several developing stories tonight. at a shooting investigation underway in carry.

Plus, we have a sad update in the death of a two-month-old baby girl. Yeah, the baby's father is now charged with murder and we now know how she died. The details coming up in a few minutes. Plus, a search now underway for this man who police say was behind a scare at a Walmart today in Oxford, what he allegedly did that led to an evacuation.

And Don's checking on some good looking temperatures outside tonight. Yeah, gorgeous out there. Numbers in the 60s, low humidity. Not much to show you on the radar network tonight. But that change is it's gonna warm up over the next couple days. We'll talk about that in your first alert forecast coming on.

We are local news. ABC 11, I Witness News continues now. Now at 11, Chopper 11 is over the Lenovo Center. Optimistic Keynes fans, poor outside, keeping their excitement alive tonight. The hurricanes falling in game one in the Stanley Cup final. Everyone gets a day to rest and regroup. Game two on tap for Thursday. Still ahead tonight, we go back to Lenovo Center. Kate Roderson, Trayvon Miles, are in the locker room after the action,

talking to the team about tonight's performance. New tonight, we're working to learn more about a shooting that happened tonight in Kerry. Police tell us the man was shot just before 930. This is new video from that scene. This is in the 1,200 block of Brickfield Drive. That's right off NC 55 near the Triangle Expressway. Police do not know the extent of that man's injuries. We do know a suspect is in custody.

Investigators say the shooting appears to be an isolated incident, but have not released a motive for that shooting. We have some new details tonight about a story that was breaking news. here last night at 11, the death of a two-month-old baby girl in Harnett County. The baby's father, Terryon Bird, has now been charged with murder in the girl's death. The FBI joined Dunn Police for the investigation, focused on this home on West Broad Street. Authorities say the nine-week-old died at the hospital yesterday, sparking this investigation. The medical examiner concluded the child's cause of death was a homicide due to blunt force

trauma to the head with several rib fractures. The Raleigh Police Department says a man stopped an axe attack just south of downtown. Police say a neighbor shot a man who was attacking another man with an axe this morning on Summit Avenue. This is right off South Saunders Street, a few blocks north of I-40. Police say two men living in a homeless encampment got into an argument leading to that axe attack. Police say the man who fired the shot has been cooperative and has a valid license to own a gun. New here at 11 police in Oxford are looking for a man who robbed a jewelry counter at the Walmart on Lewis Street. Police say he was armed with a crowbar.

Oxford police posting this picture of the suspect from surveillance footage. surveillance footage. You can see him pull up his shirt appearing to show that black crowbar. When police arrived, they could not locate this man. So curious to know if he was hiding inside, police evacuated that entire store, searched the building. Security footage later revealed the suspect left the store before police arrived. If you can identify this man, you are asked to call Oxford Police. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump coming to North Carolina today. He's now representing the woman who was assaulted by a former Shelby police officer. The well-known civil rights attorney held a press conference in Shelby. It happened after the SBI announced charges

against now former officer Carson Hider. Video surfaced showing Hider repeatedly punching a woman during an arrest on Friday. The woman has been identified as 34-year-old Sherry Moore. Court records show Hider and Moore were involved in a previous incident last year. Moore pled guilty in that case to charges of resisting arrest. Moore's family says she is homeless and suffers from mental health issues. They say her nose was broken during the incident. incident. 22-year-old Haider did not enter a plea at today's court hearing. He is currently out on a $10,000 bond. Officials are now investigating the incident as a possible excessive use of force. Happening tonight, we're learning about the death of Grammy Award winning singer Peebo Bryson.

The family of the R&B singer says he passed away this evening days after having a stroke. Bryson contributed his talents to the Oscar-winning Disney duets, Beauty and the Beast sung alongside Celine Dion and a whole new world sung with Regina Bell and Aladdin. He's also known for hits like, if you're ever in my arms again, and can you stop the rain? Peebo Bryson was 75 years old. In Canada, a three-year-old girl has died after an accident involving a bouncy playhouse in Montreal. Authorities say the girl was critically injured with strong winds picked up and tossed this inflatable in the air while people were inside. It happened during a community event on Sunday. 11 people were injured.

Police were trying to figure out if criminal negligence may have played a role in that toddler's death. really a danger of gusty winds and what can happen. I know such a tragedy when kids are out trying to have fun in this gorgeous weather. Absolutely. Yeah, around here, Don says it's good sleeping weather outside. I guess we need to open the windows and let those 60s in, huh? Yeah, I mean, tomorrow morning, if you open the windows in the morning, get some of that cool, dry air and shut the house up, it may save you one more day of air conditioning.

That's good. Because you are going to need it later this week. As a matter of fact, that's our next, our one big thing for you to take away from tonight. weather, a late week heat wave. We're talking low to mid-90s in on Friday and those 90s are going to stick around into next week. Look at the seven-day forecast. We're in the 80s tomorrow near 90 on Thursday. Friday, though, mid-90s. We're there Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, 90s, and Tuesday we're back into the mid-80s. Could see an isolated shower or storm. We're not seeing any showers out there tonight. Live look on your first alert, Doppler net. It is dry. Looking live into Durham, mutual tower. sky cam showing 63 mainly clear and an east wind at six miles per hour manning o to murphy tonight showing temperatures down at the coast at 60 55 down at ecu 53 up in chase city 65 down in lumberton 63 in the triad boone checking in cooler at 45 degrees tonight overnight we'll see those numbers going into the 50s and 40s look at those 40s in the northern

tier normal is 62 will be 10 degrees below that tonight in in Raleigh at 52, 47 down in sand for the icebox of the sand hills and 52 in Fayetteville. Satellite radar composite shows a few showers that were over Western North Carolina tonight. Sun went down. We lost the energy of the day. And look at how dry it is from, say, Georgia all the way up into Toronto tonight. Dry high pressure, low humidity, gorgeous conditions that are just going to stay with us over the next couple of days. So your first alert predictor forecast models, we run through.

tonight into tomorrow morning, 7 o'clock. We'll start today in the mid-50s. As we get into the afternoon, we'll see those numbers climbing into the 80s. But it says we go Thursday into Friday, this high pressure builds in. We'll warm up quickly near 90 on Friday or Thursday. And by Friday, we get on the back side of the high. We get what's called return flow. And that's going to return or flow that warm air back to the north.

And look at us, we could be one of the hottest spots on the East Coast, mid-90s working in. Forecast for tomorrow looks like this. temperatures in the 80s, 83 in Durham, 84 Raleigh, 84 in Fayetteville. That seven-day forecast shows those numbers in the 80s for just two more days. And we got awfully close to Thursday 90 degrees, Friday, 94, mid-90s all weekend, Monday, 90 and Tuesday, 85. And if you are headed to the Keynes game on Tuesday, it will be at least 10 degrees warmer. So a lot warmer than it was today. Be prepared. Lots of water. I just found out from one of my friends who the opening act is going to be out on the stage

that Thursday night. So if you're headed out to see that show, it should be a good one. You're not going to tell us? Is it in the newscast or am I didn't say? No. We don't. Dan and Shea, the country duo. Okay.

Going to be making the appearance on Thursday night. That's going to be a big opening show. Yeah. See what you can do about turning off that return flow. We're getting worried about the return flow. It's going to get hotter out there. Maybe you can go back on Thursday and be Big Water on Thursday instead of a big You don't want to see me out in the heat.

It's bad. Yeah, it's bad. All right, Don, thank you. Still ahead. A look at the love of the triangle of showing the hurricanes as their chase for the cup continues to game to. My witness news. We are local news weeknights four to six 30 and 11. Cain Spirit is still on full display despite that loss tonight. Check this out. The state capital is lit up in red again tonight as the Cains were in action trying to win the cup for the second time. And you can feel the support for the canes everywhere you go. The Raleigh Police Department posting a picture of officers waving the rally towels with stormy right there in the mix.

Love that. Lake Forest installed these canes banners in front of town hall to show their support. The light towers on Owen Avenue are also illuminated in red because no other color matters right now in this state. It's red, black and white. We're supporting the canes and the canes only. Yeah, taking you back to the Lenovo Center, UNC football coach Bill Belichick and Duke basketball, John Shire showing their support, both of them at the Lenovo Center tonight for game one. They're on the left side of your screen. That's Belichick chatting with the NHL Commissioner, Gary Bettman.

Shire looks stressed out. He does. Yeah. Super intense. All right, you can win tickets to see game two of the Stanley Cup final to cheer on your hurricanes in person. You can find that sweepstakes page on ABC11.com. Click the link for your chance to win. The winner will be announced Wednesday evening right here on eyewitness news at 5. I'm going to let you say the names because I don't want anybody thinking that I chose those names. We'll have some fun picking those things about this game the first line ahjo jarvie yeah we heard it from them tonight thanks tray and thank you Kate thank you at home for watching and we'll see you back here tomorrow night after the NBA finals good night ABC 11 eyewitness news is sponsored by capital Chevrolet together let's drive shop capital Chevrolet.com