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Not only is Lee a school counselor, she's also a licensed therapist and a first-generation college graduate with a master's degree. For the past several years, she has dedicated herself to helping and empowering young girls.

Sharing lessons about mind, body, self: Counselor focuses on empowering middle school girls

Body camera video released Wednesday shows the moment a man shooting at Raleigh officers in March was fatally shot by police.

FOR THE NEW MODEL SHOW. THE HEAVIEST RAIN COULD BE. AND NOW A 4 O'CLOCK NEW BODY CAMERA VIDEO FROM RALEIGH. POLICE SHOWS OFFICERS TAKING DOWN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M LENA TILLETT AND I'M DAN HAGGERTY. THIS SITUATION UNFOLDING NEARLY GUN MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL BACK IN MARCH. >> THE SHOOTER DIED. WRAL'S JOE FISHER LIVE FOR US RIGHT NOW. OUTSIDE OF OUR PD IS DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND JOE, ALL OF THIS REALLY HAPPENED SO QUICKLY. DAN, THESE WERE SOME PRETTY TERRIFYING MOMENT. A DOZEN PEOPLE CALLED 9-1-1. >> ON A MONDAY MORNING IN MARCH TO REPORT A MAN FIRING SHOTS AT OCCUPY CARS. THIS NEWLY RELEASED BODY CAMERA VIDEO. YOU CAN HEAR AT LEAST 13 SHOTS BETWEEN THAT SHOOTER IN OFFICERS FOR THE SUSPECT IS SHOT AND KILLED. >> BUT THE CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS RPD OFFICERS RACING TO LOCATE A MAN WHO WAS FIRING SHOTS AT OCCUPIED CARS. NEARLY GUN MAGNET. MIDDLE SCHOOL JUST OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. I WORK AT SCHOOL ABOUT THE CODE ON THE ROAD IN THE SHIRE. MCCALL, POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER HIT 2 CARS AND TRIED BREAKING INTO ANOTHER JUST BEFORE 7 IN THE MORNING. MARCH 27TH OFFICERS GOT TO THE SCENE IN 4 MINUTES AND FOUND THE SUSPECT ON CUMBERLAND STREET 9 MINUTES LATER. STAND BY. WE'VE GOTTEN >> THIS AD OPEN ON. SHOTS FIRED. SHOTS FIRED. SUSPECT THE SHOOTING. >> POLICE TAKING COVER AND RETURNING FIRE. >> SUSPECT IS NOT REALLY FIRING OUT AS WE HAVE NO ONE IN SIGHT. >> THE EXCHANGE LASTED JUST 45 SECONDS. BEFORE THE FATAL SHOTS. >> SHOTS FIRED. SUSPECT IS DOWN. >> I NEED EMS, 10, 18 DASH CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS OFFICERS WEAPONS DRAWN APPROACHING THE SUSPECT SHE TOO, HAD AGAINST POLICE SAY JORGE, THEY DIED. THE WHOLE SITUATION PLAYED OUT JUST A QUARTER MILE FROM LIGGETT MIDDLE DURING THE MORNING DROP-OFF SHOTS FIRED. SHOTS FIRED AND THIS WAS JUST A QUICKLY EVOLVING SITUATION FROM THE TIME POLICE RECEIVED. >> THAT FIRST 9-1-1, CALL TO THE TIME THEY GOLISANO WAS SHOT AND KILLED. JUST 14 MINUTES. DAN, CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL CLOSE TO A LOT OF THOSE HOMES AND PEOPLE IN THAT AREA. WHAT A FRIGHTENING SITUATION

Raleigh police body cam video: Officers take down shooter firing at officers

Body camera video released Wednesday shows the moment a man shooting at Raleigh officers in March was fatally shot by police.


Body cam video shows Raleigh police take down shooter firing at officers near Raleigh middle school

Shots fired in southeast Raleigh

Wake County Public School System officials are reviewing the steps administrators took to notify parents of a lockdown at Ligon Middle School while police searched for an active shooter on the streets surrounding the campus. 

PEOPLE TO REPORT THE SCAM TO THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. >> TONIGHT, WE COUNTY SCHOOLS CONFIRMS IT IS REVIEWING HOW COMMUNICATED WITH PARENTS DURING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION NEAR LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED MONDAY DURING THE MORNING. DROP OFF THE LOCKDOWN THAT SOME STUDENTS AND PARENTS IN THE PARKING LOT WITH VERY LITTLE INFORMATION. WRAL'S JOE FISHER JOINING US LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL WITH A TIMELINE OF THE RESPONSE. JOE. >> GERALD, THIS WAS A TERRIFYING SITUATION FOR SO MANY PEOPLE ON MONDAY MORNING, A MAN WITH A GUN FIRING AT CARS SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM IN WHILE THE SCHOOL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN IT TOOK THE SCHOOL ABOUT AN HOUR TO NOTIFY PARENTS. >> AT 6.53 MONDAY MORNING. A TEACHER INSIDE HER CLASSROOM WAS THE FIRST TO CALL THERE'S A MAN WITH A GUN ON. YOU CAN BREAK NEAR LEAD IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU WENT TO ANY KIND OF PEACE THROUGH CARD FROM 6.58 TO 703 K 9 MORE CALLS. AND THERE IS A GUY WHO SHOT MY CAR OVER. I WAS DRIVING BY. YOU CAN HEAR THE PANIC DURING MORNING DROP-OFF. I WORK AT THE SCHOOL ABOUT THE CODE ON THE ROAD IN THE SHIRE. MY CORE LEAGUE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WENT ON CODE YELLOW LOCKDOWN AT 07:00AM. THE DOORS WERE LOCKED? NO ONE IN NO ONE OUT OF THE AREA LOOKING FOR HIM. SOME STUDENTS AND STAFF ORDER TO STAY OUTSIDE IN CARS AND BUSES. WHILE POLICE SEARCH FOR THE SHOOTER FIRED SHOTS FIRED. >> SO IT'S LIKE THIS. YOU HAVE. SO ONCE THE DOOR IS LOCKED, YOU KEEP IT LOCKED. DOCTOR AMANDA NICKERSON HELPED WRITE THE BOOK ON LOCKDOWN DRILLS IN THE PRACTICE. IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T LET ANYBODY IN THE BUILDING IN THAT SITUATION. BUT THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO TO GET TO SAFETY WEEK. SCHOOL SAYS THE SUSPECT NEVER CAME ON CAMPUS AT 7.25. CAME THE CODE GRAIN. THE ALL CLEAR IT WASN'T UNTIL 7.50, ALMOST AN HOUR AFTER THE LOCKDOWN BEGAN. WHEN PARENTS WERE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL. IT DOES SEEM LIKE A LONG TIME TO NOT HAVE THE COMMUNICATION AND NICKERSON SAYS IN MOST CASES, COMMUNICATION SHOULD HAPPEN IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. GETTING A SHORT MESSAGE OUT TO AT LEAST LET PEOPLE KNOW THE BASIC FACTS OF THE SITUATION AND WHAT THEY CAN TO WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION, A SPOKESPERSON FOR WAKE SCHOOLS SAID, QUOTE, WE ARE LOOKING THROUGH THAT. WE WILL GO BACK AND EVALUATE. >> ACCURACY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SPEED IN THESE CASES ARE EXPECTED DOWN THERE. >> THE FIREARMS AWAY FROM HIM RPD OFFICERS FATALLY SHOT THE SUSPECT ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM THE SCHOOL. POLICE SAY HE SHOT 2 OCCUPIED CARS AND 2 PATROL CARS. THE MOVEMENT OF THE SUBJECTS SPANNED SEVERAL BLOCKS ENDANGERING MANY LIVES. >> AND WAKE SCHOOLS SAYS THAT THIS WAS A CODE YELLOW LOCKDOWN BECAUSE THE THREAT NEVER CAME ON CAMPUS. THEY SAY IF THAT SUSPECT HAD COME ON CAMPUS AT ALL, THAT WOULD HAVE TRIGGERED A CODE RED LOCKDOWN, WHICH WOULD HAVE PROMPTED AN IMMEDIATE ROBO CALL TO ALL PARENTS. WE SHOULD MENTION THAT REALLY FROM START TO FINISH THAT POLICE RESPONSE TO THE TIME THAT LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED, WHICH JUST ABOUT 30 MINUTES, A QUICKLY EVOLVING SITUATION HERE ON MONDAY MORNING.

Wake Schools reviewing communication during lockdown at Ligon Middle

In calls to 911, a teacher and another employee at Ligon Magnet Middle School were among those who described the terror of shots fired on Monday morning.

Teacher, school employee, neighbors describe fear as shots were fired outside Raleigh middle school Monday

A Raleigh middle school was locked down for about an hour Monday morning after shots were fired in the neighborhood.

<p>ABOUT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER HERE DURING THIS BRIEFING THIS AFTERNOON. &gt;&gt; ALL RIGHT, MARK, THANK YOU. TO OFFICERS ARE NOW ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER THEY SHOT AND KILLED A SUSPECT THIS MORNING IN RALEIGH. IT HAPPENED NEAR LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL. RALEIGH POLICE WERE CALLED OUT JUST BEFORE 07:00AM FOR SHOTS BEING FIRED INTO OCCUPIED CARS. THE SCHOOL WENT INTO A CODE YELLOW LOCKDOWN FOR A SHORT TIME. TEACHERS INSIDE MANY OF WERE MANY OF THE 9-1-1. CALLERS. POLICE SAY A SUSPECT MADE HIS WAY NEAR CUMBERLAND AND HIGHTOWER STREET. WE FIRED AT LEAST 5 SHOTS AT OFFICERS. POLICE RETURNED FIRE, KILLING HIM. &gt;&gt; THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT DURING THIS QUICKLY EVOLVING INCIDENT, THE SUBJECT FIRED SHOTS HITTING 2 VEHICLES THAT WERE OCCUPIED AND 2 POLICE VEHICLES. WHILE THE OFFICERS WERE CLOSE TO THEM. &gt;&gt; THE MAN KILLED HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED YET. THE SBI AND RALEIGH POLICE ARE CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS. POLICE DID HAVE ON BODY CAMERAS. &gt;&gt; THAT SHOOTING PUT LOOKING MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A CODE YELLOW LOCKDOWN FOR ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR. SOME PARENTS SAY THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS NEEDS TO BE QUICKER IN THESE SITUATIONS. WRAL'S MONICA CASEY HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH FAMILIES TODAY AND JOINS US LIVE. MONICA, WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU? &gt;&gt; WELL, IN THE EARLY MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THIS STREET IS FILLED WITH FAMILIES DROPPING STUDENTS OFF AT LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL. USUALLY THAT PROCESS MOVES QUICKLY. BUT MANY WERE LEFT WAITING THIS MORNING. SOME SAY THEY WANT THE DISTRICT TO NOTIFY THEM WITH MORE THAN AN EMAIL. &gt;&gt; AND HARRIS IS THE FATHER OF A 6TH GRADE STUDENT AT LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN HE ARRIVED TO DROP HIS DAUGHTER OFF AT 705. THIS MORNING HE FOUND A LONG LINE AND A TENSE WAIT WHILE THE SCHOOL WAS IN A COMMUNITY LOCKDOWN, STARTED SEARCHING ON TWITTER TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CHATTER ABOUT I FOUND A COUPLE PEOPLE THERE THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT IT CAN CONFIRM THE SCHOOL OFFICIAL LINCOLN CHANNELS AND THINGS AND SAY ANYTHING. THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL SENT AN E-MAIL AROUND 7.50. IT SAYS LAKE AND ENTERED A CODE YELLOW LOCKDOWN AROUND 07:00AM AND ENTERED CODE GREEN AROUND 7.25. HARRIS BELIEVES E-MAIL IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE THIS KIND OF ISSUE. HE'D LIKE TO SEE THE SCHOOL USE ITS TALKING POINTS. SMARTPHONE GOING TO BE SOMEPLACE WHERE AN URGENT COMMUNICATION COULD BE SENT TO ME WHETHER I'M CHECKING MY EMAIL OR NOT FOR THAT, THE SNOWDEN RUNS A CARPOOL WITH OTHER PARENTS ABOUT THE SCHOOL, HANDLED IT VERY WELL. SNOWDEN DID RECEIVE THE SCHOOL'S EMAIL. I THINK PERHAPS MAYBE WE CAN IMPLEMENT F THE TAX SYSTEM THAT WE CAN GET INFORMATION ABOUT QUICKLY. BUT THIS IS A DOWNTOWN SCHOOL. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILY. A DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON TELLS ME THE TALKING POINTS. TEXT MESSAGES HAVE CHARACTER LIMITS AND ARE NOT IDEAL FOR MESSAGES THAT CONTAIN A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT SPOKESPERSON ALSO SAYS WHEN THE DISTRICT NOTIFIED PARENTS OF A SITUATION NEEDING IMMEDIATE ACTION, A PHONE CALL IS MADE. &gt;&gt; PARENTS I SPOKE WITH WERE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENTS WHO WERE WALKING TO SCHOOL TODAY WHEN ALL OF THIS UNFOLDED, A DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON TELLS ME THE STUDENTS WHO WERE OUTSIDE, WE'RE NOT NEAR THE INCIDENT, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF</p>

Alert to Ligon parents came almost an hour after school lockdown

A man fired five gunshots at Raleigh officers and others on Monday before two police officers returned fire and killed him, according to Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson.

Man shot at police, passing cars near Raleigh middle school Monday morning

Ligon Middle School Principal Gary Duvall made a funny music video to bring smiles to his students' faces.



'Welcome back': Ligon Middle School creates funny video for students

Renee Todd is the band director. They will be performing community concerts in November at the Raleigh Little Theater and at Kings in downtown Raleigh. Learn how you can support the band at ligonband.com.

Ligon Middle School Jazz Ensemble visits WRAL

Students, teachers and staff at Ligon Magnet Middle School got together to paint positive messages in the school bathrooms. ​​​​​​​