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Forrest Tucker

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 27, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Forrest Tucker

    Family of 4-year-old killed in northwest Charlotte shooting holds vigil, pleads for answers (opens the original)

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    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The family of 4-year-old Caleb Flax, who was shot and killed while asleep in his northwest Charlotte home, said the community needs to come forward with information as police continue searching for multiple suspects. No arrests have been made nearly a week after gunfire sprayed four homes and three vehicles on Grassy Patch Lane around 3 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20 Flax and an adult woman were both struck by gunfire. Caleb was rushed to a local hospital with life-threatening

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Forrest Tucker

    Second parent says their child also wandered off from Charlotte elementary school (opens the original)

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    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A Charlotte mother says her autistic son wandered away from Long Creek Elementary School in May after an incident during lunch in the school’s cafeteria. Brittney Gooding’s 6-year-old son, Luka, also has ADHD and ran out of the building towards Beatties Ford Road after he felt unsafe. This is the second incident of a student wandering off at the school that WBTV has reported on. “I was told that they were in active pursuit of my son. My heart sank,” said Gooding, who rus

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Forrest Tucker

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg police mark National Day of Remembrance for Murdered Victims (opens the original)

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    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - As Charlotte sees it’s 66th murder of 2026, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are marking a National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims by hosting a gathering for families impacted by homicide. A few dozen Charlotte families showed up to mourn their loved ones and support one another. That includes Mark Raley, who is a vigil organizer for Mothers of Murdered Offspring or MOM-O. He showed up with pictures of Charlotteans lost to gun violence pinned on his shirt. “This keeps

  4. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Forrest Tucker

    Charlotte civil rights activists remember Keith Lamont Scott shooting death 10 years later (opens the original)

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    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Ten years after Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed by then-Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer Brentley Vinson, activists gathered at Reedy Creek Park for a vigil in Scott’s honor. On the afternoon of Sept. 20, 2016, Charlotte police were looking for a person of interest in an apartment complex near Old Concord Road, when they allege they saw Scott with a gun inside a car. When Scott got out of the car with the firearm, police approached him. Police say officers dee

  5. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Forrest Tucker

    Charlotte dermatologist speaking out against Medicare payment cuts to doctors (opens the original)

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    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a massive cut to Medicare payments to doctors. The proposal has one Charlotte dermatologist sounding the alarm on how it could negatively impact access to life saving care. In July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed cutting reimbursement for same day treatment related claims, called Modifier 25, by 50% in a measure to reduce overall spending. The potential change has drawn widespread

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