//Coroner releases names of Upstate men killed in shooting

Coroner releases names of Upstate men killed in shooting

Two men die in Sunday shooting in Seneca, police say

Shooting happened on Tribble Street

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I’LL GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON THE LATEST WITH THAT COMING UP. GEOFF: ALL RIGHT, PARELLA. THANK YOU. BREAKING NEWS HERE THIS MORNING — DEPUTIES ARE ON THE SCENE OF A DEATH INVESTIGATION IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. TAGGART: DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE ECONOMY INN ON AUGUSTA ROAD JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THAT’S WHERE THEY FOUND THE VICTIM. THE CORONER’S OFFICE WAS CALLED SHORTLY AFTER. WE ARE WORKING TO GET INFORMATION ON THE DEATH AND THE VICTIM. WE’LL UPDATE YOU WHEN WE GET NEW INFORMATION. BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT OUT OF SENECA — TWO YOUNG PEOPLE DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING. GEOFF: INTERIM POLICE CHIEF SAYING THAT OFFICERS FOUND TWO YOUNG MEN AT AN APARTMENT ON TRIBBLE STREET AFTER AROUND 7:00 SUNDAY EVENING. 20-YEAR-OLD FROM PICKENS DIED AT THE SCENE AND A 17-YEAR-OLD FROM SENECA DIED ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE DON’T BELIEVE THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED. NAMES OF THE TWO YOUNG MEN HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. TAGGART: TODAY PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN IS GETTING STARTED ON TACKLING THE FIRST MAJOR ISSUE OF HIS CAMPAIGN, THAT BEING COVID-19. GEOFF: JARRED HILL IS IN OUR EXCLUSIVE WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH WHAT’S SHAPING UP AND HOW PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CONTINUES TO FIGHT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. JARRED: SO, GEOFF AND TAGGART, MANAGING THE PANDEMIC IS SHAPING UP TO BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. BUT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUING TO CHALLENGE THE RESULTS OF THIS ELECTION, THERE’S A MAJOR ROADBLOCK ON THE ROAD AHEAD. A PROMISE THAT WILL SHAPE THE BEGINNING OF HIS TERM. >> I WILL SPARE NO EFFORT, NONE, OR ANY COMMITMEN TO TURN AROUND THIS PANDEMIC. JARRED: PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN IN A VICTORY SPEECH ANNOUNCING THAT TODAY HE’LL NAME A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS TO HIS TRANSITION TEAM. THE TRANSITION WEBSITE ALREADY UP AND RUNNING LAYS OUT A PLAN FOCUSED ON RAMPING UP FREE TESTING AND FURTHER CLARITY FOR SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES. >> THAT PLAN WILL BE BUILT ON BEDROCK SCIENCE. IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OUT OF COMPASSION, EMPATHY AND CONCERN. JARRED: BUT AS TEAM BIDEN PUSHES FORWARD, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE PUSHING BACK. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD NOT CONCEDE. JARRED: STATES STILL HAVE TIME TO CERTIFY THE RESULTS. BIDEN CONTINUES TO LEAD BY, IN THE CASE OF PENNSYLVANIA, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTES. SO IT’S NOT BELIEVED THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A PATH TO VICTORY. STILL, HIS PERSONAL LAWYER, RUDY GIULIANI, SAYS LAWSUITS WILL OFFICIALLY GO OUT TODAY. >> FOR VIOLATING CIVIL RIGHTS, FOR CONDUCTING AN UNFAIR ELECTION. JARRED: THAT STATEMENT UNFOUNDED. OTHER TOP REPUBLICANS ARE GETTING BEHIND THE NEW PRESIDENT. FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH WROTE — WE MUST COME TOGETHER FOR THE SAKE OF OUR FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS. AND SENATOR MITT ROMNEY GETTING BEHIND BIDEN, THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY HIS POLICIES. >> I CONGRATULATE HIM, BUT I’M NOT GOING TO PUT ASIDE CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES. WE’RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE THINGS WE BELIEVE IN. JARRED: IT’S UP TO THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, A NONPARTISAN GROUP LED BY A TRUMP APPOINTEE, TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE BIDEN AS PRESIDENT-ELECT AND PASS OVER SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES TO BEGIN A TRANSITION PROCESS. WELL, SHE HASN’T DONE THAT, AND THERE’S NO INDICATION ON WHEN THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. REPORTING IN WASHINGTON, I’M JARRED HILL FOR WYFF NEWS 4. GEOFF: AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN GET THE LATEST ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ELECTION CHALLENGE, PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN’S TRANSITION PLAN AND THE GEORGIA RUNOFF BY DOWNLOADING OUR WYFF NEWS 4 MOBILE APP. TAGGART: NOVEMBER IS NOT EVEN HALF HOUR AND WE’VE SEEN THE FIVE HIGHEST DAILY INCREASES OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE U.S. GEOFF: HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORTED MORE THAN 100,000 NEW CASES SUNDAY, MAKING IT THE FIFTH WORST DAY SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. OFFICIALS REPORTED 451 DEATHS. WORLDWIDE CASES TOPPED 50 MILLION, MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED, 33 MILLION HAVE RECOVERED. CASES IN THE U.S. ARE SET TO TOP 10 MILLION TODAY. TAGGART: GREENVILLE COUNTY REPORTED THE MOST NEW CASES IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH 120. DHEC CONFIRMED MORE THAN 800 NEW CASES STATEWIDE. 13.1% OF THE 6,300 NEW TEST RESULTS WERE POSITIVE. DHEC ALSO CONFIRMED 20 MORE DEATHS, 12 OF THOSE IN THE UPSTATE DATING BACK TO OCTOBER 30. GREENVILLE COUNTY REPORTED SIX NEW DEATHS. GEOFF: IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1,147 PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR COVID-19. OFFICIALS REPORTED MORE THAN 2,000 NEW CASES. 6.2% OF TESTS REPORTED WERE POSITIVE. IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 3,776 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. NORTH CAROLINA IS REPORTING JUST OVER 4,600 DEATHS AND IN GEORGIA NEARLY 8,200 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. TAGGART: THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU IS WARNING ABOUT FAKE CORONAVIRUS STUDIES. SCAMMERS ARE PROMOTING FAKE CLINICAL TRIALS AND CLAIMING TO PAY UPWARDS OF $1,000. BUT ONCE YOU CLICK ON THE LINK, THE BBB SAYS IT STARTS A MALWARE DOWNLOAD USED TO ACCESS USER NAMES, PASSWORDS AND OTHER INFORMATION. GEOFF: GROCERY STORES ARE LIMITING PURCHASES TO PREVENT HOARDING RESEARCH FIRM IRI REPORTS ABOUT 19% OF PAPER PRODUCTS AND 16% OF HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS WERE OUT OF STOCK LAST WEEK. TAGGART: SAD NEWS THIS MORNING. ALEX TREBEK, LEGENDARY HOST OF “JEOPARDY,” HAS DIED. GEOFF: HE PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME IN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY MORNING. TREBEK ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR HE WAS BATTLING STAGE 4 PANCREATIC CANCER. HE’S SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 30 YEARS AND THREE CHILDREN. FANS HAVE BEEN PLACING FLOWERS ON TREBEK’S HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME STAR. TAGGART: POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING IN GREENVILLE AFTER A CAR HIT AND KILLED A WOMAN ON SOUTH PLEASANTBURG DRIVE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. THE CORONER SAYS 57-YEAR-OLD KIM SHIPPY DIED AT THE SCENE. GEOFF: HAPPENING TODAY, POLICE ARE EXPECTED TO RELEASE MORE DETAILS ABOUT A SHOOTING IN GAFFNEY THAT HAPPENED AT THE WALGREENS ON FLOYD BAKER BOULEVARD. THE CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS IT WAS NOT CALLED TO THE SCENE. TAGGART: UNION COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER THE BODY OF A MISSING HUNTER WAS FOUND IN THE WOODS. THEY STARTED SEARCHING FOR JOHN MICHAEL HOUSER FROM KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY. RESCUE CREWS FOUND HIS BODY SUNDAY. OFFICIALS SAY FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED, BUT THERE WILL BE AN AUTOPSY. GEOFF: WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF THE 23-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS KILLED IN A CRASH IN TRAVELERS REST. IT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 25 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TROOPERS SAY A WRECKER TRUCK SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A U-TURN IN FRONT OF KAITLYN WILSON’S CAR AND HER CAR RAN INTO IT. WILSON DIED AT THE SCENE. TAGGART: LAURENS POLICE AND STATE AGENCIES ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT POLICE ARE CALLING DISTURBING POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE POLICE CHIEF TELLS US THE POSTS MENTION DUMPING BODIES AND DROPPING PEOPLE INTO A 60-FOOT HOLE. SHE SAYS RIGHT NOW THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THERE’S A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY BUT WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY ARE AWARE OF THOSE POSTS. GEOFF: A NEW EXPERIMENTAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CALLED HYPERLOOP HAD ITS FIRST TEST RIDE IN LAS VEGAS. IT’S CALLED THE VIRGIN HYPERLOOP AND USES MAGNETS AND VACUUM TUBES TO MOVE PODS. THE GOAL IS TO REACH 600 MILES PER HOUR WHILE EXPENDING NO ENERGY. THE TEST-RUN WAS MUCH SLOWER BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THE TRACK. TAGGART: PRETTY COOL RIGHT THERE. GEOFF: ABSOLUTELY. TAGGART: FOURTH PERSON EVER AND FIRST WOMAN HAS FREE CLIMBED EL CAPITAN IN UNDER 24 HOURS. THAT IS IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. EMILY HARRINGTON SCALED THE MASSIVE 3,000-FOOT GRANITE FACE LAST WEEK. SHE FACED A LOT OF OBSTACLES LIKE A SLIP THAT LEFT HER WITH A GASH ON HER FOREHEAD. GEOFF: BRITISH BILLIONAIRE RICHARD BRANSON SAYS HE’S GOING TO SPACE. HE’S GOING TO LAUNCH INTO ORBIT ABOARD HIS COMPANY’S SPACESHIP BEFORE ALLOWING CUSTOMERS. VIRGIN GALACTIC IS AIMING FOR A LAUNCH DATE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. FELLOW BILLIONAIRES ELON MUSK AND JEFF BEZOS ALSO RACIN

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Two men die in Sunday shooting in Seneca, police say

Shooting happened on Tribble Street

The coroner has released the names of the two men killed Sunday in a shooting in Seneca.Interim police Chief Casey Bowling said officers were called to Tribble Street about 7:20 p.m.When officers arrived, they found two men with gunshot wounds.Christopher Hunter Todd, 20, of Pickens, died at the scene at 7:10 pm, Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said Monday. Zema Darnell Fling, 17, of Seneca, died at 7:45 p.m. in an ambulance as he was about to be airlifted to a hospital in Greenville, Addis said. Bowling said on Sunday that investigators think the shooting was an isolated incident and do not think another person was involved.

The coroner has released the names of the two men killed Sunday in a shooting in Seneca.

Interim police Chief Casey Bowling said officers were called to Tribble Street about 7:20 p.m.

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When officers arrived, they found two men with gunshot wounds.

Christopher Hunter Todd, 20, of Pickens, died at the scene at 7:10 pm, Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said Monday.

Zema Darnell Fling, 17, of Seneca, died at 7:45 p.m. in an ambulance as he was about to be airlifted to a hospital in Greenville, Addis said.

Bowling said on Sunday that investigators think the shooting was an isolated incident and do not think another person was involved.