ABC11 Eyewitness News - Eyewitness News at 11pm - October 10, 2026

Episode Date: October 11, 2026

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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. All new tonight on eyewitness news, gun violence in Fayetteville. Police are searching for answers after a man was shot and killed. And a Chapel Hill family pleading for answers tonight after they say their son was detained by ICE agents. New tonight, that young man sharing a message with the triangle community from inside the facility in Georgia. I didn't know if the building was going to topple over. I was really, really scared. And we're hearing from a North Carolina woman rattled by that massive earthquake while visiting Panama.

Those stories ahead, but first, we are alerting you to the severe weather that's moving in the Doppler net. Active tonight as some storms are heading our way. A level one severe weather risk is in place for tomorrow as those storms are heading our way. The first alert forecast team, warning of the possibility of some damaging winds as well as the possibility of tornadoes. You're watching eyewitness news at 11. Thanks for joining us on this Saturday night. Tomorrow, a first alert day, Central North Carolina, getting ready for the remnants of Hurricane East IES. Heavy rain and flash flooding all on the table. Governor Josh Stein says the state emergency response team has positioned resources that are ready to mobilize as they need them. Governor Stein urging people across the state right now to take precautions.

Meteorologist Cruz would be joining us right now from the first alert forecast center. Cruise, I know you've been tracking this all night. What do we need to know tomorrow? Well, the timeline for us to see the storms tomorrow. Tom is going to be between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. North Carolina, the central portion of the state under a level 2 out of 5 right now, and this could be increased in time. It really all depends on how all the ingredients come together tomorrow, but we'll break this down even further. So we're talking a damaging wind threat here within the strongest storms and tornadoes are not off the table.

So it's not out of the question for us to see one or two of those spin up tomorrow within the strongest storms. Anytime you get a landfalling tropical system like Isayas and you're on the right side of that storm like we are, there is definitely pockets of rotation that we'll be watching out for throughout the day tomorrow. For tonight, just expecting some light showers. You can see a bend of those moving through the triangle right now. These are lifting north toward the Virginia border. Looks like we're going to have some clearing for a while, but more showers and storms can develop down in South Carolina. These will track to the north and so that means by the time that you're heading out the door, especially for you early risers, if you're up around 5 or 6 in the morning, there could be some showers around.

Tipters will be in the 60s heading out the door on your Sunday. Aside from that, looking pretty cloudy. There could be some breaks in those clouds, though. That could help to destabilize the atmosphere, and that will allow some fuel to develop for these storms to work with during the afternoon hour. So again, that is 10 a.m. to about 5 p.m. We have to be on guard for the threat of severe weather. during that time frame, they will be scattered in nature. So not everyone gets strong storms tomorrow, but this threat should be ending by the time we go into the evening. And that sets us up for a nice week ahead. We'll be talking about a warm up on the way with highs in the 80s coming up in your seven-day forecast.

Back to you. All right, thanks, Cruz. And as we get ready for the impacts of Hurricane East IES here in Central, North Carolina, down in the Gulf, at least four people have died in that storm. Some new video from ABC News showing the damage that was left behind as cleanup efforts began in that region. Here's ABC's Nicole D. Antonio with a look at that damage. Oh, there goes. Oh, tonight from Florida to Mississippi, Hurricane Isayas leaving behind flooding and damage after making landfall with winds of 105 miles an hour.

Our ABC cameras alongside the Coast Guard capturing the damage left behind in Alabama and Florida from capsized boats to damaged homes. The first hurricane of the Atlantic season, bringing torrential rain to parts of the Florida Panhandle and southeastern Alabama. Florida Governor Ronda Santos says crews are working to restore power as the cleanup continues. Right now, I think clearing those trees, clearing the debris, that mission continues. Our utilities are working hard to get everyone reconnected back on the grid. Tonight flood watches remain posted across parts of the southeast as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power. One restaurant owner in Panama City Beach, Florida, fearing for his business after the power outage. There's only certain things you can do.

Keeping everything iced, keeping everything closed doors. You know, what we did is just packed it all in and hope for the best. Several airports along the Gulf Coast shutting down operations ahead of the storm, major airlines offering waivers for travelers to rebook. Meanwhile, on the West Coast, Tropical Storm Rachel will sweep across northern Baja, California, overnight. Its remnants are forecast to fuel a dangerous flash flood threat in the southwest through Sunday. Nicole De Antonio, ABC News, Washington. All right, a lot to stay prepared for. And right now is a good time to download the ABC 11 mobile app.

We'll send all the weather headlines right to your devices. Not only can you check out the seven-day forecast at any time, you can also track the tropics. Well, new tonight, Fayetteville Police investigating a deadly shoot. Officials say this happened just after 3 o'clock when officers responded to Maloney Avenue and Lamon Street. When they got there, they found a man who had been shot. He was rushed to the hospital where he later died. Right now, police have not shared his name, no word yet on an arrest. And new tonight, a Rocky Mount Councilman is facing charges after he brought a gun on North Carolina Central University's campus.

That's according to arrest records obtained by eyewitness news. Timothy T.J. Walker Jr. is accused of bringing a gun onto educational property and carrying a gun. concealed weapon on campus. He's out on bond right now and is due back in court again, October 15th. Meanwhile, the Franklin County Sheriff's office investigating a double homicide. Sheriff Kevin White sharing a Facebook post this morning saying crews were searching the area for leads. He didn't share much information other than that this is believed to be an isolated situation. He's asking people to stay vigilant. We've reached out to the sheriff's office for more information. Well, an Orange County family pleading for answers tonight after they say their son was detained by

ice agents during a routine visit in Charlotte on Wednesday. Isaac Gallegos graduated from Orange High School last year. The avid soccer player first came to the U.S. with his mom in 2016 to escape violence in their native Honduras. His parents tell us he has a pending asylum case since 2016. John Dowding sat down with his family and shares the message he's sending tonight from the detention center in Georgia. Isaac and his family came to the U.S. seeking asylum from Honduras after his parents say several of their family members were killed by gang members there. Now tonight his parents are just wondering when their hardworking son who puts everyone else above himself will come home again.

We're our own. In Orange County family broken apart after they say ICE agents detained their son. Isaac Gallego came to the country in 2016. His parents, Maria and Cesar, say he's always worked hard to make a good life for himself and their family. She says he's just an amazing person for someone so young. He's always worried about everyone else. Wherever he goes, he's always thinking about others. He's just a deer. His parents say Isaac has held a job since he was 16 years old.

He's always found a way to make everyone feel loved. He's always found a way to work. And after a car accident seriously injured his father, his family says he didn't hesitate to step up to support them. He said, Dad, I'm going to accept this other position because I know right now you need it. You can't provide right now. You've provided for me, my whole life, and now is my time to do so. For his parents, they say their nightmare began Wednesday when they went to Charlotte

for what they say was an annual routine visit about their asylum case. You were both outside waiting for him, and then he just never came back outside. No. He just called me crying, saying that he was getting detained and that they were sending him to Georgia, that he didn't know what was happening. But I don't know what happened with me. They're going to take me. I have your phone number saved and I'm going to call you as soon as I can.

He said that in 38 seconds. Why they were taking him away and they couldn't tell you why this was happening. You're asking to ask him. He no received any one explanation. His family says he has no criminal record and says he has paid his taxes since he first started working. Now his family is raising money for an attorney and trying to find. find a way to bring him home.

But as they work to free him, Isaac asked to share a message for his village of support in the triangle through a statement read by his friend. I want to take a moment to thank to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for everything y'all are doing. This isn't easy, but I know I have God by my side and the love and support for my friends and friends, family and so many amazing people. To every family going through something similar, I want to remind you to stay strong, continue supporting your loved ones and never lose faith.

There will be hard days, but with God, love and support and hope. anything as possible. We reached out to ICE in the Department of Homeland Security for more details about Isaac's case and asking them why he was detained. We're still waiting to hear back. His parents right now just echoing a message to him to their son sitting in a detention center in Georgia to stay faithful. In Durham, I'm John Dowding. ABC 11. I witness news. John, thank you. Well, new tonight, Durham fire sharing funeral arrangements for 24-year-old Andrew Brookes. He's the firefighter who lost his life Thursday while responding to a fire in Durham. According to Durham Fire, visitation will be held for Andrew on Friday, October 16th from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Lamb's Chapel in Burlington. The funeral

service will be held the following day on October 17th at 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend. We'll still ahead. People in Panama recovering after that major earthquake rattled the country. We're going to hear from one local event planner who says she was in Panama when she felt that massive quake. And Eagle Pride amplified North Carolina Central students, alum. and friends not letting anything rain on their parade today. We're going to take you inside the ultimate homecoming experience. And Cruz is going to be back with a check of the temps outside. Hey, Cruz.

All right, temperature sitting right around the 70 degree mark. Tonight, it's going to be in the 60s waking up tomorrow. And you could wake up with some showers as the remnants of East IES continue to move through. We'll talk about the severe threat and when that's over coming up after the break. Tonight, a Philadelphia police officer is dead and another is injured after a shooting. early this morning. Police say the officers were responding to a call about a man armed with a gun on the porch of a house. When the officers got to the scene, the suspect, 35-year-old Eric Lewis opened fire. Police say the 40-year-old officer, Shane Cyber, died after being shot three times. He leaves behind a wife and two kids.

Another officer was shot 12 times. He's in the hospital in stable condition. Lewis is facing a list of charges, including murder. And now to some new details about a mass shooting that happened in Erie, Pennsylvania. Last night when a man opened fire and killed eight people before turning the gun on himself. Authorities say two children and a pregnant woman were among seven family members who were killed. The eighth victim was a friend of the pregnant woman. So far, no word yet on a possible motive. Police have not yet released the names of the victims. They range in age from a one-year-old to a 51-year-old. Well, the woman who survived and attempted execution is now out of the hospital. Krista Pike has been on death row for 30 years. Last month, she's,

survived two doses of a drug that was supposed to kill her and had been recovering at a hospital. Her attorneys now saying she is back at the prison. Her attorneys also say Pike is grateful to the doctors for their care in these extraordinary circumstances. Well, right now, cleanup efforts underway in Panama after a strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the country on Friday. This video shows a hospital in Panama City that was evacuated Friday afternoon. Some transit service had been suspended and Panama's main international airport had to be. be closed temporarily. IWitness News spoke with one local event planner who was visiting the country when that earthquake hit. Bianca Holman has that story. I didn't know what was about to happen.

I didn't know if the building was going to topple over. I was really, really scared. Ilano Walker remembers the moment she was on the 21st floor of her resort in Panama when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit on Friday. The trembling feeling in your body, but then being on the 21st floor and the building no longer feeling stable and swaying and a solid like aggressive sway. I really did not know what was going to happen next. Walker lives in the triangle, but is in the country for work as an event planner, her client, a bride and groom from the Washington, D.C. area. In these pictures and videos, you can see damaged buildings and debris as residents evacuated. Then all of a sudden you see people rushing back out and we all had to rush back out again because

there was a tremor. And so we were back out, back down, you know, to the, you know, far away from the building. And that was pretty much kind of like what happened all day is there were lots of tremors that were felt. Walker says there were tsunami warnings. However, the water has receded and all is clear. She's ready for her client's wedding festivities. But it's a beautiful day. The sun is shining. It's warm. We are moving forward full steam ahead. Plan, you know, as usual. Spirits are high. So we're excited.

A memorable wedding to remember with the help of Mother Nature. Bianca Holman, ABC 11, eyewitness news. All right, well, rain or shine, that was the message for people heading out to North Carolina Central's homecoming festivities today. The Durham HBCU holding its parade this morning. Current and former Eagles gathering today, despite what Mother Nature had in store, we talked with some parents of current students who say,

nothing was going to stop them from getting out here to celebrate. Rain and shine. We're here to support NCCU. My son is on the band, so we're here to support him as well. Come from Charlotte, North Carolina. It's a whole lot of fun, just excited that my son is excited. He's a freshman, so we're just here to support him. And the sound machine. We love the sound machine. Today was the last day of the NCCU's ultimate homecoming experience.

Hey, rain or shine, and maybe some more rain. the forecast. We're not quite out of it yet. I might want to hold on to those umbrellas. Absolutely, especially if you're going to be out early on Sunday or in the afternoon just to be on the safe side. It is going to be a day to stay weather aware of those. So we're not just talking rain for your Sunday. There's the possibility of seeing storms. And of course, with those storms, a few of them could be on the strong side. So we're not expecting a severe weather outbreak per se, but we can't roll out a few tornadoes tomorrow and some damaging winds within the strongest storms that we see in the afternoon hours. Once that threat clears, a front is going to pass to our east. We're back to dry weather and honestly, it's going to feel like a whole different season.

We're going to be in the 80s for most of the upcoming week and then next weekend we'll get another cool down. Highs will drop back into the 60s. We'll have that true fall feel if that's what you've been craving. For tonight, though, first alert Doppler net shows a batch of showers lifting north. That's going toward the state of Virginia. In the middle of that, or to the south, I should say, just a few little pockets of drizzle or some light rain out. We'll see more of those developed through the night. And most of our models indicating that we could see a higher surge of moisture come in off the Atlantic a little later tonight. That could arrive by tomorrow morning. You could see here kind of these bands spinning from south to north and the remnants of East ISA.S back to our west in Tennessee. So that system post-tropical at this point, meaning it still has some tropical characteristics, but it's too weak to be considered a tropical storm or depression. It's going to continue to impact our weather, though, over the next 24 hours. So let me walk you through tonight.

Here's that surge of moisture that I was talking about. You're gonna be up early tomorrow, heading out to an early morning service or something. There's probably going to still be a few showers out in the morning. We'll get a little bit of a break, and how long that break sticks around is crucial to what type of weather we see tomorrow.

We're expecting a scattered line of showers and storms to develop. This will be moving from southwest to northeast in the middle of these storms. That's where we could see some rotation. So anytime you get a tropical system like this, system like this and you're on the right side, you see some localized spin in these storms. Any of these cells that we see in the afternoon could rotate. Here's 1 p.m. notice there could be a few clusters right along I-95. Once those clear, we should be in the clear going into the evening.

So I'd say that severe threat is over by 5 p.m. and we'll actually dry out for the rest of the evening despite seeing maybe an isolated shower or two. So it's really the late morning afternoon hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. that we're on guard for the threat of severe weather. Again, a level two out of five risks for severe storms. And we could break that down even further here. So this is showing the threat by category. So tornado is elevated tomorrow for most of of Central North Carolina. I'd say from the triangle over toward I-95. And then the wind threat also elevated all across Central North Carolina. So there are going to be dry times throughout the day tomorrow. Not everyone's going to see severe weather. And there will be

some areas that don't even get a lot of rain for tomorrow. But the best thing to do is just have a rain coat or umbrella with you just in case. Tiptures are going to be warm right around 80 degrees. And of course, the warmth and the muggyness that could help to fuel the storms that we see throughout tomorrow. Your first alert, ACU weather seven-day forecasts shows that first alert day for Sunday. And then as we go into next week, it's looking pretty smooth sailing. We could have some clouds around early on Monday. Tiptures in the low 80s, then mid to upper 80s. for Tuesday and Wednesday. Coming back down into the low 80s for the end of the week. Tom, Thursday, the start of the state fair. Yeah. It's looking like we're going to have low 80s, but it cools

down for the first weekend. Is it even fall? It's like it's like the summer fair. I know. Weather can't decide what it wants to do. All right, Cruz, we're keeping an eye on at all. Thank you. All right. Well, next at 11, celebrating the start of the Hindu New Year, community members and and Kerry coming together for the town's annual Diwali event. We're going to take a look at all the fun when we come back. And a reminder you can find eyewitness news live on ABC 11, Disney Plus, and everywhere you stream. In communities across Canada, hourly Amazon employees earn an average of over $26 an hour. Employees also have the opportunity to grow their skills and their paycheck by enrolling in free skills training programs for in-demand fields, like software development and information technology.

Learn more at aboutamazon.ca. All right, the skies and Carrie were lit up tonight all part of the town's Diwali celebration. Diwali marks the celebration of the Hindu New Year and it's known as the Festival of Lights. It was a day full of food, art, dancing. Organizers telling eyewitness news the rain wasn't going to stop the celebration. This is a celebration of Indian culture, dance, and we do it every year around this time, second week of October. And it's been going on for the past 26 years. And we are very proud to represent Indian community, but it also brings different ethnicities.

because it's rainy season, you know, and the weather is such. The best combo is samosa and tea. Samosa and chai. That is the comfort food, like sole food, for this weather. There you go. We need some, we need a chai tea on this rainy day. And Diwali is five days long. People typically wear vibrant colors during Diwali because it's a celebration of light prevailing over darkness.

And in Wake Forest, the town celebrating pride with its annual festival. festival people gathered on East Owen Avenue and Brook Street to honor the history and diversity of the LGBTQ community. There was live music, vendors, and more. This was the third year of the event. All right, let's talk about sports. It is fall. After all, Kate Roderson joining us live in studio with a look at what's coming up in sports. Hey, Kate. A little bit of a messy day on the football field, thanks to Mother Nature and some of the play we saw here in the triangle. UNC picked up their first win, first ranked win under Bill Belichick. NC State had a tough day versus Wake Forest. Duke was on the road. Plus. Plus, we check in with NC Central,

who had quite the homecoming showdown. Sports is right back after this. All right, we continue our countdown to the 40th annual ABC 11 together Food Drive. Tonight we're going to be highlighting efforts by a group of high school kids in Durham, how their record-breaking food drive is still having an impact 15 years later. Plus, ABC 11 together highlighting a record-breaking fundraiser, the new data on the 26 Walk to End Alzheimer's as hundreds of people came out to support the cause. We'll be right back.

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