THAT RAIN CHANCE COMING UP. DYLAN. THANK YOU. TURNING TO SOME OF OUR TOP HEADLINES THIS MORNING, WINSTON-SALEM POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT. OFFICERS SAY THEY RESPONDED TO CALLS OF A SHOOTING ON PLAZA HOLLOW DRIVE AROUND 1149 FRIDAY NIGHT. INVESTIGATORS SAY 20 YEAR OLD BRIAN ALMAGUER GUTIERREZ WAS FOUND SUFFERING A GUNSHOT WOUND. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED AND IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. NO INFORMATION ON A SUSPECT OR ANY POSSIBLE SUSPECTS OR ANY CHARGES HAVE BEEN RELEASED YET. STATE OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT LED A SURRY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY TO SHOOT AN ARMED MAN. THIS HAPPENED AT A HOME ON ALICIA LANE, SOUTH OF MOUNT AIRY. DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE RESPONDING TO A CALL ABOUT A MAN EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WHO WAS FIRING A GUN IN A HOME. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT MAN, IDENTIFIED AS 78 YEAR OLD GASTON GOLDING, FLED TO A GARAGE, THEN AIMED A SHOTGUN DIRECTLY AT DEPUTIES. THAT’S WHEN A DEPUTY FIRED THEIR SERVICE WEAPON. GOLDING WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. A DELAWARE MAN IS BEING HELD IN THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY JAIL ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 12 YEAR OLD IN EDEN. POLICE CHARGED 63 YEAR-OLD LAUREN DAVIS WITH INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH A CHILD AND SEXUAL BATTERY. HIS BOND IS SET AT $50,000. A GREENSBORO MAN CHARGED IN A FATAL SHOOTING IN THOMASVILLE THREE MONTHS AGO IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. INVESTIGATORS SAY CALEB MITCHELL SHOT DONTE WISE AT AN APARTMENT ON CHURCH STREET ON FEBRUARY 2ND. HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 11TH. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED THE AUTOPSY REPORT FOR FALLEN GREENSBORO POLICE SERGEANT DALE NIX. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN A GAS STATION PARKING LOT ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2023. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS NIX SUFFERED GUNSHOTS TO HIS ARM, CHEST AND HAND. FIVE NINE MILLIMETER SHELL CASINGS WERE FOUND AT THAT SCENE. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS SPENT 41 MINUTES TRYING TO REVIVE HIM. INVESTIGATORS SAY NIX WAS OFF DUTY WHEN HE REPORTEDLY TRIED TO STOP TWO MEN FROM STEALING BEER FROM A CONVENIENCE STORE. THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR HIS KILLING. SERGEANT NIX SERVED WITH THE GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 23 YEARS. YOU CAN FIND MULTIPLE STORIES ABOUT THE LEGACY NIX LEAVES BEHIND, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH HIS FATHER AND WIDOW. RIGHT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE AND OUR FREE MOBILE APP. THE LIVES OF 13 FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED TODAY. THE NORTH CAROLINA FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION IS HOLDING ITS ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE THIS AFTERNOON AT NASH SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. AMONG THOSE LIVES BEING REMEMBERED IS LEXINGTON FIRE CAPTAIN RONNIE METCALF, WHO DIED IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR WHILE FIGHTING A HOUSE FIRE. THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF PETER, YOU HAVE CALLED ME TO CARRY THAT CROSS AND TO BE BLESSED WITH THAT MISSION. AND I KNOW I CAN RELY ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO WALK WITH ME. AS WE CONTINUE AS A CHURCH, AS A COMMUNITY OF FRIENDS OF JESUS, AS BELIEVERS, TO ANNOUNCE THE GOOD NEWS, TO ANNOUNCE THE GOSPEL. THAT IS POPE LEO THE 14TH, LEADING HIS FIRST OFFICIAL MASS AS PONTIFF. THE MASS WAS HELD IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL, WHERE JUST DAYS AGO, CARDINALS ELECTED HIM TO BE THE NEXT POPE. THE FIRST TWO BIBLE READINGS WERE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, A REFLECTION OF THE NEW POPE’S PERSONAL HISTORY. IN HIS FIRST ADDRESS, HE URGED CARDINALS TO MAKE THEMSELVES SMALL, ECHOING THE HUMBLE APPROACH OF HIS PREDECESSOR, POPE FRANCIS. HE ALSO PRAYED FOR PEACE. ON MAY 18TH, HE WILL BE FORMALLY INSTALLED AS POPE DURING A SPECIAL INAUGURAL PUBLIC MASS HELD AT SAINT PETER’S SQUARE. HIS FIRST GENERAL AUDIENCE PUBLIC MASS, WILL BE ON MAY 21ST. SINCE 2007, THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS IDENTIFYING AS CHRISTIAN HAS DECLINED, AND THAT INCLUDES CATHOLICS. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER’S RESEARCH. OUR SARAH SOWERS SPOKE WITH A LOCAL PRIEST WHO SAYS THAT COULD ALL CHANGE THANKS TO POPE LEO. THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SELF-IDENTIFY AS CATHOLIC IS GOING TO CHANGE. THE ELECTION OF AN AMERICAN POPE CAME AS A SHOCK FOR FATHER PETER TREMBLAY, WHO PREACHES TO STUDENTS AT ELON UNIVERSITY. BUT HAVING THE US CONNECTION MAY INCREASE. DWINDLING NUMBERS OF FAITHFUL AMERICANS. A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT WELCOMED BACK TO THE CHURCH UNDER POPE FRANCIS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT HE DID THINGS. WHAT HE SAID, THE SYMBOLIC GESTURES THAT HE ENACTED. IT SEEMS LIKE POPE LEO IS GOING TO CONTINUE IN THAT DIRECTION. ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER, 58% OF CATHOLICS IN THE U.S. ARE OVER 50 YEARS OLD, WHICH POSES A CHALLENGE FOR THE FAITHFUL BASE IN THE COUNTRY. TREMBLAY SAYS THE NEW POPE MAY INSPIRE YOUNGER CHRISTIANS TO RECOMMIT TO THEIR FAITH BASED ON HIS MESSAGE FOR UNITY AND PEACE. I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AMONGST OUR YOUNG STUDENTS. THINK ABOUT GENERATION Z, WHO ARE RECONSIDERING FAITH FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS, AND MANY ARE LOOKING AT CATHOLICISM FOR A LOT OF WONDERFUL REASONS. AND I SUSPECT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, THE ELECTION OF POPE LEO MIGHT HELP TO GROW THOSE NUMBERS. PEW RESEARCH DATA ALSO SHOWS THAT 29% OF CATHOLICS IN THE U.S. ARE IMMIGRANTS. TREMBLAY SAYS POPE LEO THE 14TH WORLD EXPERIENCES MAY ALSO SEND A MESSAGE TO BE ACCEPTING OF FELLOW CATHOLICS FROM VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF IMMIGRANTS COMING TO THE UNITED STATES BRING THEIR CATHOLIC FAITH WITH THEM. AND SO VISITING A CATHOLIC CHURCH, ESPECIALLY HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE OF DEVOUT, BEAUTIFUL FAITH. AND THEY’VE THEY’VE IMMIGRATED, BUT THEY’VE BROUGHT THEIR CATHOLIC FAITH WITH THEM. THAT WAS SARAH SOWERS REPORTING. YOU CAN FIND MUCH MORE ABOUT POPE LEO RIGHT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE AND FREE MOBILE APP, INCLUDING HIS BACKGROUND, HIS HISTORY WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND MOR