THAT'S A LOOK AT SPORTS, LET'S HAVE A HAPPY FRIDAY. RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS ... MURDER CHARGES ... FOR ALEX MURDAUGH. INVESTIGATORS NOW BELIEVE ... HE SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE AND SON. WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH - *EVERYTHING WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THIS COMPLICATED INVESTIGATION ... DATING BACK *YEARS ... AND ... WHAT'S NEXT. DELAY THE VOTE DELAY THE VOTE. WHEN STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL ... SOME STAFF MEMBERS AT ONE GEORGIA DISTRICT ... WILL BE CARRYING GUNS. THE PASSIONATE FIGHT ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE. WE HAD ONE, TWO AND THEN IT GOT UP TO TEN. SENIOR CENTER SHUTDOWN. COVID ... RAVAGING ONE FACILITY ... FORCING LEADERS TO SHUT ITS DOORS. THE WIDESPREAD ISSUE ... IN ONE GEORGIA SPOT. HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT THE HENRY C. CHAMBERS WATERFRONT PARK ... WHERE THE BEAUFORT WATER FESTIVAL IS SET TO GET UNDERWAY IN JUST HOURS. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY, MAINLY AFTER 4PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 86. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 50%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A TENTH AND QUARTER OF AN INCH, EXCEPT HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY, MAINLY BEFORE 7PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 72. LIGHT SOUTH WIND. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 50%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH, EXCEPT HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS LIBERTY COUNTY, EAST OGLETHORPE HIGHWAY AT AIRPORT ROAD NEAR HINESVILLE LIBERTY COUNTY, EAST OGLETHORPE HIGHWAY AT AIRPORT ROAD NEAR HINESVILLE DISGRACED. DISBARRED. CHARGED WITH MURDER. FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY ALEX MURDER NOW FACES MORE THAN *80 CHARGES ... IN 15 INDICTMENTS ... FROM FRAUD ... TO FORGERY ... AND NOW ... MURDER. YESTERDAY... MURDAUGH WAS INDICTED ON CHARGES CONNECTING HIM TO THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE.. MAGGIE... AND SON.. PAUL. MURDAUGH HIMSELF REPORTED THAT MAGGIE AND PAUL HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED IN JUNE 20-21. AND AS SOON AS I ANSWER THE PHONE I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE CASE SAYS ... THERE WERE BLOOD -SPATTERS ... ON MURDAUGH'S CLOTHING. WHICH COULD LEAD AUTHORITIES TO BELIEVE ...HE WAS IN CLOSE CONTACT ... WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE VICTIMS ... WHEN THEY WERE KILLED. THE MURDAUGH FAMILY IS SURROUNDED BY A COMPLEX WEB OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO AND FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF PAUL AND MAGGIE MURDAUGH. OUR SHANNON ROYSTER ... IS LAYING OUT A TIMELINE OF EVENTS... FROM THE DECADES OF POWER .. TO THE MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS... IN THE MURDAUGH MYSTERY. VERBATIM/ALEX: "I NEED THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE IMMEDIATELY. MY WIFE AND CHILD HAVE BEEN SHOT BADLY." JUNE 7TH 2021. PAUL AND MAGGIE MURDAUGH... MURDERED IN COLLETON COUNTY. NOW 13 MONTHS LATER... CHARGES AGAINST THE HUSBAND AND FATHER -- ALEX MURDAUGH. STILL... MANY QUESTIONS... UNANSWERED. SOT WILLIAMS: "WHAT TYPE OF EVIDENCE IS THERE? FORENSIC EVIDENCE, FINGERPRINTS, DNA, BLOOD SPATTER, CELL PHONE DUMPS. I'LL BE VERY INTERESTED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY VIDEO OR AUDIO. THE ARREST IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, AND IT'S NOT OVER BY ANY MEANS. ALEX'S BROTHERS DAYS AFTER THE SURVIVING SON SMITH'S DEATH. SOT SMITH: "I KNOW STEPHEN. HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THAT ROAD. HE HAD HIS PHONE ON HIM. HE WOULD HAVE CALLED." FAST FORWARD A FEW MONTHS... THE SUICIDE FRAUD PLOT. AUTHORITIES SAY MURDAUGH ASKED CURTIS "EDDIE" SMITH TO KILL HIM SO HIS SURVIVING SON COULD GET A 10 MILLION DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE POLICY. ONCE IN CUSTODY... A FLURRY OF LAWSUITS FROM GLORIA SATTERFIELD'S FAMILY. SHE WAS THE HOUSEKEEPER FOR THE MURDAUGHS FOR TWO DECADES BEFORE SHE SLIPPED AND FELL TO HER DEATH IN 2018. WHILE HER DEATH INVESTIGATION CONTINUES... MURDAUGH IS NOW PAYING BACK MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LEGAL SETTLEMENTS TO THE FAMILY. MURDAUGH'S LAWYERS CLAIM ALEX HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MURDERS OF PAUL AND MAGGIE. HE HAS A BOND HEARING NEXT WEEK. HAPPENING TODAY ... THE BUFFALO NEW YORK GROCERY STORE ... WHERE A GUNMAN KILLED TEN PEOPLE ... IS SET TO REOPEN ITS DOORS. THE 18-YEAR- OLD SUSPECT IS FACING *SEVERAL CHARGES ... IN WHAT AUTHORITIES CALL ... A RACIALLY- MOTIVATED ATTACK. YESTERDAY ... MARKED EXACTLY TWO MONTHS SINCE THE SHOOTING. SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVE NANCY MACE ... IS PRAISING ... AN 'ACTIVE SHOOTER ALERT' BILL. THE BILL WOULD CREATE AN ALERT ... MUCH LIKE THE AMBER ALERT SYSTEM ... TO NOTIFY PEOPLE OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER NEAR THEM. IT PASSED THE HOUSE YESTERDAY WITH SOME BIPARTISAN SUPPORT ... AND NOW HEADS TO THE SENATE. DELAY THE VOTE. DELAY THE VOTE. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... STAFF MEMBERS ... AT ONE GEORGIA SCHOOL DISTRICT ... WILL SOON BE ABLE TO CARRY GUNS TO SCHOOL. LAST NIGHT PARENTS ... GATHERED AT A COBB COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING DEMANDING THAT BOARD MEMBERS DELAY VOTING ON THE PROPOSAL. AS MATT JOHNSON REPORTS.. DESPITE THE PROTESTS... THE BOARD VOTED TO PASS THE MEASURE THAT WILL ALLOW SELECTED STAFF TO CARRY GUNS ON CAMPUSES. OUTCUE: ADDING A WEAPON INTO THAT... I DON'T THINK THAT HELPS IN THAT SITUATION. I NEVER HAVE SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT..IT WAS THAT QUICK.. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... SENIOR CENTER SHUTDOWN. OFFICIALS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY GEORGIA SAY ... A FACILITY IS *SHUT *DOWN ... AFTER *SEVERAL PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID. IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS... CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS REPORTED MORE THAN 720 NEW CASES OF THE NEW B-A 5 COVID VARIANT. THE SENIOR FACILITY HAS SEEN A RAPID RISE IN CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS ALONE. THE FACILTY'S DIRECTOR SAYS ... LAST WEEK... THEY HOSTED DOZENS OF MEN AND WOMEN FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. BUT THEN CAME A SUDDEN SURGE OF PEOPLE GETTING INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS. WE HAD ONE, TWO AND THEN IT GOT UP TO TEN. SO, IT WAS A QUICK DECISION I MADE TO CLOSE IT YESTERDAY. WITH THE NEW SURGE.. IT