BREAKING NEWS. FORSYTH COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ON THE SCENE OF A SHOOTING IN WALKERTOWN. AND THIS HAPPENED ON OAKLEY COURT NEAR CANE FOREST DRIVE. THAT’S WHERE WE FIND OUR KARA PETERS LIVE FOR US NOW WITH THE LATEST DETAILS. KARA. HEY THERE, LINDSEY AND CHRISTINE. YES, IT’S STILL A PRETTY ACTIVE SCENE. WE CAN STILL SEE SOME DEPUTIES HERE. FORENSIC SERVICES ARRIVED NOT TOO LONG AGO. AND LIKE WE MENTIONED, THIS IS ON OAKLEY COURT IN WALKERTOWN. THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 1:00 WHERE DEPUTIES FOUND SOMEONE SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. THEY DID CALL EMS WHO RESPONDED AND TRANSPORT THAT PERSON TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. NOW, WE ARE STILL LIMITED WITH INFORMATION. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT LED UP TO THE SHOOTING OR ANY OTHER DETAILS, BUT AGAIN, THEY HAVE BEEN PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THIS CUL DE SAC AS WELL AS A HOME THAT IS STILL TAPED OFF. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE SEEN DEPUTIES GOING IN AND OUT OF THIS AREA. SO AS SOON AS WE GATHER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AGAIN, WHAT LED UP TO THIS SHOOTING, WE WILL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN FORSYTH COUNTY, I’M KARA PETERS TO BE WXII 12 NEWS. KARA, THANK YOU. NOW TO OUR STATE CAPITOL. THE STATE HOUSE APPROVED SPORTS GAMBLING, CONCURRING WITH THE SENATE BILL PASSED LAST WEEK. A FINAL VOTE TAKES PLACE TOMORROW IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THE BILL HEADS TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK, BILL O’NEILL REPORTS THE GOVERNOR HAS ALREADY VOICED SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL. AND THAT MEANS SOMETIME OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, SPORTS BETTING WILL BECOME LEGAL IN NORTH CAROLINA WITH NO DEBATE. HOUSE MEMBERS ADOPT NORTH CAROLINA’S GAMBLING BILL BY A WIDE MARGIN. CLERK WILL LOCK THE MACHINE AND RECORD THE VOTE. 68 HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, 41 IN THE NEGATIVE, THE HOUSE DOES CONCUR WITH A SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE TO HOUSE BILL 347 GUILFORD COUNTY DEMOCRAT PRICEY. HARRISON, AN OPPONENT OF SPORTS WAGERING, MADE ONE LAST DITCH EFFORT FOR DEBATE. BUT THERE ARE NEW PROVISIONS IN THIS IN THE BILL THAT WAS SENT OVER TO US. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO DEBATE THIS BILL, PERHAPS TOMORROW? YOUR REACTION TO THE VOTE? WELL, VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO DEBATE ALL THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IN THE SENATE BECAUSE THEY WERE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT. THE HOUSE BILL ENJOYS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. ONE OF THE SPONSORS IS ANOTHER GUILFORD COUNTY DEMOCRAT, ASHTON CLEMENTS. THE BILL ALLOWS BETTING ON PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE AND EVEN AMATEUR SPORTS, PLUS PARI MUTUEL BETTING ON HORSE RACING. MORE THAN A DOZEN NORTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITIES WILL RECEIVE MONEY FOR THEIR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. BUT THE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH MONEY NORTH CAROLINA WILL GAIN FROM SPORTS GAMBLING IS UNCLEAR. SPORTS BETTING JOURNALISTS SAY YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THE DEMAND MAY BE. I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH PROJECTIONS. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IF YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE LEGALIZED THAT ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE TO NORTH CAROLINA, YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF WHERE PERHAPS THE STATE’S GOING TO LAND WHEN IT COMES TO THE AMOUNT OF WAGERING THAT’S GOING TO BE DONE. REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON SAYS SHE APPRECIATES THE SENATE INCREASE PASSING THE TAX RATE ON SPORTS BETTING TO 18%. BUT STILL DOESN’T THINK THE TAXPAYERS WILL END UP WITH A BIG PAYDAY. BASICALLY, IT’S A HANDOUT TO THE GAMBLING INDUSTRY AND THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. BUT IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH OF THAT’S GOING TO GET TO THE TAXPAYERS UNDER THIS BILL. NORTH CAROLINA PLANS TO PUT AWAY $2 MILLION A YEAR FOR GAMBLING ADDICTION IN GREENSBORO, BILL O’NEIL WXII. 12 NEWS. SOME HAZY SKIES HERE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE DEALING WITH AIR QUALITY ALERTS. AND THIS COMES FROM WILDFIRES IN CANADA. LET’S CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE KENNEDY. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE WILDFIRE CONCERNS WERE UNDER AN AIR QUALITY CODE ORANGE TODAY. WE HAVE LOTS OF CONCERNS FOR THIS WILDFIRE. SMOKE AND OF COURSE, WE’RE LOOKING AT THE HEAVY SMOKE COMING IN FROM THOSE FIRES THAT ARE SITTING IN SOUTHERN CANADA. THAT’S IN THE QUEBEC PROVINCE. AND SO WE’RE LOOKING AT THOSE LEVELS IMPACTING FOLKS TODAY WHO ARE IN THOSE SENSITIVE CATEGORIES. AND WE’RE LOOKING AT FOLKS, FOR INSTANCE, WHO WORK OUTDOORS, YOUNG CHILDREN. THIS ALSO INCLUDES TEENAGERS AS WELL AS SENIORS, BECAUSE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE THREAT FOR LUNGS. RIGHT. BREATHING IN THIS PARTICULATE MATTER. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND EVEN SMALL CHANGES IN THIS LEVEL CAN REALLY IMPACT FOLKS. YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS HERE IN THE REDS. THIS IS WHERE WE’VE GOTTEN ALL OF THAT HAZE GOING. AND IT DOES LOOK SMOKY OUT THERE. I EVEN TOOK SOME CALLS EARLIER THIS MORNING, FOLKS ASKING IF SOMETHING HAD BEEN ON FIRE NEARBY. THEY WERE CONCERNED. BUT THIS IS COMING IN FROM HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY. AND WE, OF COURSE, HAVE SOME CONCERNS FOR AIR QUALITY THAT WILL MIX IN NOT ONLY WITH A SMOKE, BUT ALSO SOME POLLUTION COMING IN FROM OTHER CITIES THAT WILL BE MIXING IN WITH THIS AIR. THIS IS COMING DOWN TO OUR SURFACE AND LEADING US INTO A CODE ORANGE TODAY. AND NOW TOMORROW WILL BE A CODE RED. SO THAT MEANS IT’S UNHEALTHY. ACTUALLY FOR MORE RESIDENTS AND ALL OF US WILL HAVE TO REALLY PREVENT OVEREXERT ING OURSELVES OUTDOORS AND TRYING TO LIMIT OUR TIME OUTDOORS AS WELL. NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE DO HAVE A COLD FRONT COMING IN. THIS CAN HELP TO SWITCH THE WIND PATTERN A LITTLE BIT. ALSO HELP TO WASH OUT THE AIR SOME AS WE GET SOME OF THAT AIR QUALITY CONCERNS. GOING THROUGH. THURSDAY, THOUGH, IT’S BACK WITH US. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE YOU’VE GOT A POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS TO VERY UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY LEVELS, AT LEAST IN THIS NEAR-SURFACE SMOKE FORECAST THAT WE’RE SHOWING YOU HERE. SO, YEAH, WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE DAYS TO DEAL WITH AIR QUALITY CONCERNS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE’LL BE LOOKING AT THIS CAREFULLY. OUR TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 80S THOUGH, ALONG WITH THE SMOKE. AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THE UNHEALTHY PARTICLE POLLUTION, WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES THAT ARE SITTING FINALLY IN THE LOWER 80S AGAIN, WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT YOUR FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND AND A LOOK AHEAD TO THE BEACHES TO. ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MICHELLE. AND AS SHE JUST MENTIONED, IT’S A CODE ORANGE ALERT DAY WHEN IT COMES TO AIR QUALITY IN THE AREA. I SPOKE TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST THIS AFTERNOON TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS THIS CAN HAVE ON ALL OF US. YOU MAY NOT SMELL THE SMOKE, BUT THERE ARE PARTICLES IN THE AIR. MASSIVE WILDFIRES IN CANADA ARE IMPACTING OUR AIR QUALITY HERE AT HOME, CAUSING A HAZE ACROSS THE TRIAD AND ALONG MUCH OF THE EAST COAST. THE SMOKE AND THE HAZE THAT YOU’RE SEEING IN THE AIR IS ACTUALLY WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM CANADA, MAINLY QUEBEC, CANADA. THERE’S SOME REALLY MASSIVE WILDFIRES OUT THERE. AND THE WEATHER PATTERN WE’RE IN IS DROPPING A LOT OF THAT SMOKE ALONG THE EAST COAST. THERE ARE THREE MONITORING SITES ACROSS FORSYTH COUNTY TO MEASURE AIR QUALITY INDEX, WHICH CAN GO FROM CODE GREEN ALL THE WAY UP TO COLORS LIKE BLACK AND MAROON. RIGHT NOW, FORSYTH COUNTY IS IN A CODE ORANGE, WHICH IS AN ALERT LEVEL. CODE ORANGE IS UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS, SO WE’LL CONSIDER SENSITIVE GROUPS AS ELDERLY CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY AND OR CARDIO ILLNESSES. THOSE WITH BREATHING PROBLEMS, INCLUDING RESPIRATORY AND CARDIO ILLNESSES, SHOULD REDUCE ANY OUTDOOR EXERTION. AIR QUALITY AND WEATHER COEXIST. AND SO WHEN THE WEATHER DOES CERTAIN THINGS, AIR QUALITY FOLLOWS AND VICE VERSA. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IS WEATHER DRIVING THE POOR SMOKE OR THE POOR AIR QUALITY INTO OUR REGION, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE SMOKE? SO TRIAD RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES CAN HELP PREVENT LEVELS FROM RISING EVEN FURTHER BY DRIVING LESS AND STAYING HOME, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THE USE OF GAS POWERED LAWN EQUIPMENT SHOULD ALSO BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE CODE ORANGE IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT HAPPENING NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A PRIVATE PROPERTY ON AVERAGE ROAD NEAR GRIFFITH ROAD. THIS IS VIDEO FROM THAT SCENE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, WINSTON-SALEM POLICE SAY THEY’RE CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION, BUT THEY HAVE NOT SAID WHAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING, SAYING WE’VE SEEN OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF A FORENSIC UNIT, AN EXCAVATOR AS YOU SAW THERE, IN A DRONE AS WELL. DISTRICT ATTORNEY JIM O’NEAL TOLD US HE MAY RELEASE MORE INFORMATION AS EARLY AS TODAY. WE WILL, OF COURSE, LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE LEARN MORE. A SECOND PERSON IS NOW IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING IN FEBRUARY IN BURLINGTON. OFFICERS ARRESTING ZION CORBITT MONDAY. HE IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. POLICE BELIEVE CORBITT AND JAMAL GARRETT SHOT ANOTHER PERSON ON AVON AVENUE IN FEBRUARY. GARRETT HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED IN THIS CASE. COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS ARE SHARING THEIR CONCERNS AFTER REPORTS OF CARS DOING BURNOUTS IN PARKING LOTS ON ROBIN HOOD ROAD. THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND AS WXII 12. S MARIA DEBONE REPORTS, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE TIRE MARKS EVEN TODAY. WELL, HERE AT THE YMCA ON ROBIN HOOD ROAD, YOU CAN JUST SEE THE PARKING LOT FILLED WITH THESE TREAD MARKS AND THEY ALL APPEAR TO BE IN A CIRCLE PATTERN FROM SECURITY CAMERAS AND PEOPLE E-MAILING IN TO US. THIS HAPPENED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THIS PAST SUNDAY. VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YMCA NORTHWEST OF NORTH CAROLINA, JOE PEEL, SAID THEY’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN BEFORE AT THIS LOCATION. AND ALTHOUGH THE YMCA AND SURROUNDING BUSINESSES WERE CLOSED AT THIS TIME, PEEL SAID IT’S A SAFETY ISSUE AND HAS A MESSAGE FOR THOSE LOOKING TO DO THIS. THERE ARE BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR TIME THAN COME TO AN OPEN PARKING LOT AND DO DONUTS IN IT FOR A LOT OF REASONS. FOR THE MAIN REASON BEING, IT’S JUST FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, FROM SOME OF THE QUICK VIDEO THAT WE SAW, THERE WERE THERE WERE SOME DEFINITELY SOME SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT PEOPLE WOULD WOULD FIND OTHER THINGS TO DO AT THE TIME, PEELE SAID THEY’RE NOW FIGURING OUT HOW TO FIX THIS VISUALLY AND GET RID OF THE MARKS, THE ACE HARDWARE NEXT DOOR ALSO HAS THE SAME KIND OF TREAD MARKS AND THEY’RE LOOKING INTO THEIR SECURITY FOOTAGE OF IT AS WELL. IN WINSTON-SALEM, RIA DUBON, WXII 12 NEWS. IN A SHOCKING TURN OF EVENTS, RIVALS PGA AND LIV GOLF ARE MERGING. THE DEAL WILL COMBINE THE PGA TOUR AND LIV GOLF’S COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND RIGHTS INTO A NEW YET TO BE NAMED FOR PROFIT COMPANY. THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES THE EUROPEAN PGA TOUR AS PART OF THE DEAL, THE SIDES IMMEDIATELY ARE DROPPING ALL LAWSUITS INVOLVING LIV GOLF FROM THE GOLF SIDE, IT’S STILL TO BE DETERMINED HOW PLAYERS LIKE BROOKS KOEPKA AND DUSTIN JOHNSON CAN REJOIN THE PGA TOUR. THERE’S BEEN MIXED REACTION AMONG GOLFERS. PHIL MICKELSON ON TWITTER TWEETED, AWESOME DAY TODAY WITH A HAPPY FACE EMOJI. WESLEY BRYAN TWEETED, I FEEL BETRAYED AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRUST ANYONE WITHIN THE CORPORATE STRUCTURE OF THE PGA TOUR FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE COLLEGE BASEBALL SUPER REGIONAL SCHEDULE IS SET FOR TOP SEEDED WAKE FOREST AT THE DEACS WILL HOST ALABAMA IN GAM ONE OF THE THREE GAME SERIES AT DAVID FIELD IN WINSTON-SALEM SATURDAY. FIRST PITCH IS SET FOR NOON. YOU CAN WATCH IT ON ESPN IN GAMES TWO WILL BE PLAYED SUNDAY IF NECESSARY. GAME THREE WILL BE PLAYED ON MONDAY AND TIMES FOR THOSE GAMES HAVE NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO GO TO THE GAME THOUGH, HOPEFULLY YOU ALREADY SECURE