Officers investigating after 2 teens found shot in hotel room (2024)

NOW HERE’S CAROL AND NIGEL. WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. JOINING FORCES WITH THE PUBLIC. I’M RAY ARENA IN OCONEE COUNTY WITH THE COMMUNITY EFFORT IN A SEARCH DAYS AFTER A GREENVILLE COUNTY MAN WENT MISSING. ANOTHER COOL NIGHT ON THE WAY. COMING UP. I’LL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH LONGER THIS NICE PATTERN WILL LAST. NORMALLY, YOU CAN DISPUTE THAT CHARGE IN THE BANK OR THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY WILL THEN CREDIT YOU BACK. MORE SKIMMERS FOUND ON GAS PUMPS IN THE UPSTATE. WHAT YOU CAN DO TO KEEP CRIMINALS FROM GETTING AHOLD OF YOUR CREDIT OR BANK ACCOUNT. WEEK ZERO. THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON KICKS OFF ALL ACROSS THE PALMETTO STATE TONIGHT, INCLUDING HERE IN LAWRENCE, WHERE THE RAIDERS WILL FACE THE RAMS. IT’S A GOOD MATCHUP. I’LL HAVE A LIVE PREVIEW COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 100 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND VOLUNTEERS ARE CONTINUING TO SEARCH FOR 66 YEAR OLD MARC WAGNER OUT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE SEARCH NOW MOVING TO OCONEE COUNTY ON THE FIFTH DAY SINCE HE WAS REPORTED MISSING, OUR REY LLERENA HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THEIR EFFORTS AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. RAY. ATV’S. DOGS, DRONES. VOLUNTEERS. HELICOPTERS. LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THEY’RE USING EVERY TOOL AT THEIR DISPOSAL TO TRY TO FIND MARC WAGNER. ALL OF THAT. I JUST MENTIONED WAS BROUGHT IN OVERNIGHT AS THE SEARCH INTENSIFIED FOR WAGNER NEAR OCONEE STATE PARK. THERE ARE ABOUT 75 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL LEVEL PARTICIPATING IN THE SEARCH, ALONG WITH 30 VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE UPSTATE. THOSE VOLUNTEERS WERE GIVEN RADIOS AND MAPS SO THEY CAN STAY IN CONTACT WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY HIKE THE PARK’S TRAILS, THE DRONES AND HELICOPTERS WERE CIRCLING ABOVE TO TRY TO FIND WAGNER IN THIS DENSELY WOODED AREA. WHETHER IT’S DOGS, HUMANS, DRONES, I KNOW THERE’S BEEN A HELICOPTER FLYING OVER. YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE AND RESOURCES BECAUSE. AND PERSONNEL SIMPLY BECAUSE. NUMBER ONE, OUR GOAL IS TO FIND MARK, BRING HIM BACK SAFELY TO HIS FAMILY. WAGNER IS FIVE FEET, SEVEN INCHES TALL, WEIGHING ABOUT 170 POUNDS, AND WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLUE COLLARED SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS. AUTHORITIES ALSO SAY HE MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH HIS MEMORY NOW, AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES HERE. AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING PEOPLE IN THE NEARBY MOUNTAIN REST AREA OF OCONEE COUNTY THAT IF THEY SEE WAGNER OR KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS, TO CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY LIVE IN OCONEE COUNTY. REY LLERENA WYFF NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU. RAY. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM OUR PARIS MOUNTAIN SKYCAM AS WE TURN TO WEATHER ANOTHER FALL-LIKE DAY FOR OUR AREA. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS CHASE JUSTICE IS HERE AND CHRIS, HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THIS COOLER WEATHER HANG AROUND? YEAH, I MEAN, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT BEING THE LAST OF THE CHILLY NIGHTS. ENJOY IT. BECAUSE IT’S GONNA BE SO GREAT OUT AGAIN. MAYBE EVEN A TOUCH COOLER IN SOME LOCATIONS TOMORROW MORNING THAN WE’VE WOKEN UP TO. BUT WE’RE CRANKING UP THE HEAT. YOU NOTICE TODAY WE’RE AT 80 DEGREES IN GREENVILLE. YESTERDAY. MANY OF US ARE STILL IN THE 70S, SO EACH DAY WE’RE ADDING TO THAT TEMPERATURE. THIS WEEKEND? YOU BET. WE’RE WAY UP THERE. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR. SCANNING OUR AREA. ONLY A SPRINKLE HERE OR THERE IS ABOUT THE EXTENT OF WHAT WE’RE CAPABLE OF TODAY, BECAUSE THE AIR IS JUST SO DRY. 83 IN ANDERSON, 81 IN SPARTANBURG. IT’S 77 RIGHT NOW IN ASHEVILLE OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. NOTICE HOW QUICKLY WE GET INTO THE 70S. THEN THE 60S TOMORROW MORNING, WAKING UP TO THE UPPER SECONDS TO AROUND 60 DEGREES. COMING UP, I’LL MAP OUT THE WEEKEND WARM-UP AND WHY THAT’S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE’LL SEE NEXT WEEK. CHRIS THANK YOU. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY CORONER HAS IDENTIFIED A MAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD, BUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THAT DEATH CONTINUES. WE ARE TOLD THE BODY IS THAT OF RICHARD DIXON. IT WAS DISCOVERED ON TUESDAY IN THE WOODS LOCATED ON FAIRMONT AVENUE AND MELVIN DRIVE. THE CORONER SAYS HE BELIEVES THE 56 YEAR OLD MAN HAD BEEN DEAD FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. NEW DETAILS NOW OUT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY TONIGHT. DEPUTIES SAY THEY HAVE ARRESTED A 39 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH INVESTIGATION. DONNA DEWEY IS FACING A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. THIS EVENING. DEPUTIES SAY SHE IS THE VICTIM. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE VICTIM, 63 YEAR OLD LORI PALINGER. DEPUTIES HAVE NOT GIVEN ANY OTHER DETAILS SURROUNDING THE CASE. TODAY, SPEAKERS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS CAME TOGETHER TO FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING. IT’S PART OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL BON SECOUR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SEMINAR. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATA FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IN 2023 SHOWS GREENVILLE COUNTY RANKED SECOND IN THE STATE. THE VIP OF MISSION FOR BON SECOUR SAYS IT’S BECAUSE GREENVILLE IS A HOTSPOT DUE TO ITS LOCATION BETWEEN ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE. IF YOU SUSPECT THAT SOMEONE IS BEING TRAFFICKED, LOOK, OFFICIALS SAY DO YOUR BEST TO SEPARATE THE INDIVIDUAL AND DIRECT THEM TO THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE. TODAY, GREENVILLE CITY OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS RALLIED IN HONOR OF UKRAINE INDEPENDENCE DAY. IT’S A DAY OF CELEBRATION AND REMEMBRANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. SOUTH CAROLINA STANDS WITH THE CITY OF GREENVILLE MAYOR KNOX WHITE AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS GATHERED IN FRONT OF CITY HALL TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE UKRAINE INDEPENDENCE DAY. MAYOR WHITE READ THE PROCLAMATION AND PEOPLE SHARED THEIR STORIES OF THEIR UKRAINIAN FAMILY HISTORY. GROWING UP MY ENTIRE LIFE, ALL I EVER HEARD MY DAD SAY WAS, I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO FIGHT THE RUSSIANS AGAIN. AND HE WOULD SAY IT EVERY DAY OVER AND OVER BECAUSE HE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR THIS DAY. UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE TODAY MARKED THE 33RD ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINE INDEPENDENCE DAY. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GETS UNDERWAY TONIGHT WITH A FULL SLATE OF MATCHUPS ALL ACROSS THE PALMETTO STATE. OUR FIRST GAME OF THE WEEK TAKES US DOWN TO LAURENS, AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND OUR CHASE JUSTICE. WITH A LIVE PREVIEW AHEAD OF THEIR GAME AGAINST HILLCREST. HEY, CHASE. HEY, NIGEL. AND CARROLL. WE’RE CLOSING IN ON AN HOUR OUT OF KICKOFF FOR WEEK ZERO RIGHT HERE AT CASEY HANNA STADIUM, WHERE THE LAURENS RAIDERS ARE GETTING READY TO PLAY HOST TO THE HILLCREST RAMS. I’M GOING TO START WITH THE RAMS. COACH BENNETT SWIGER, HEADING INTO YEAR TWO AS HEAD BALL COACH, GUIDING THE TEAM ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE SEMIS A SEASON AGO. WHILE THE LAURENS RAIDERS, THEY’RE UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP. YEAR ONE OF THE GREGG PORTER ERA WHO WILL LOOK TO TURN THIS STRUGGLING PROGRAM AROUND AND IN A HURRY SINCE WINNING A REGION TITLE BACK IN 2021, THE RAIDERS JUST SIX AND 16 OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO SEASONS. WELL, JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES IN A WAY WE GIVE OURSELVES A CHANCE TO WIN. AND AS FAR AS PROTECTING THE FOOTBALL, NO FORCED PENALTIES, SO ON AND SO FORTH, SO WE’RE MORE WORRIED ABOUT HILLCREST GAME THAN OUR OPPONENT NECESSARILY WITH THIS FIRST WEEK, JUST MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE, KNOWING THAT SOME OF THE THINGS I’VE BEEN THROUGH MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I CAN RELATE TO THE KIDS, I CAN RELATE TO THEM. AND I TRY NOT TO SPEAK ABOVE AND TRY TO ACT LIKE I’M ABOVE IT. AND I THINK THAT’S HOW OUR RELATIONSHIP HERE REALLY WORKED. OBVIOUSLY, A BIG MATCHUP FOR BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS LOOKING TO GET THE 2024 SEASON STARTED ON THE RIGHT FOOT. NOW COMING UP IN JUST ABOUT 15 MINUTES, WE WILL HAVE A LIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE MAN OF THE HOUR. THE LAWRENCE RAIDERS HEAD COACH GREG PORTER, AHEAD OF THIS BIG WEEK ZERO MATCHUP. BUT UNTIL THEN, REPORTING LIVE IN LAWRENCE. I’M CHASE JUSTICE WYFF NEWS FOUR SPORTS. THANK YOU CHASE. WE ARE ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE START OF THE FULL COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON, AND OUR SPORTS TEAM WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY. WE HAVE PREVIEWS FROM ALL OUR LOCAL TEAMS. TUNE IN WEDNESDAY AT SEVEN RIGHT HERE O