wow, let me set the scene for you today.

first of all, i was supposed to be off...that didnt last! i got a call from my newsroom a little after 7 am...they were hearing that chapel hill pd had made an arrest in the eve carson murder investigation. we already had a reporter and photog at the police department so i headed to the jail in hillsborough to wait around 8:30 am. around 9:30 one of our photogs, brad, showed up with the livetruck.

the other stations start rolling up to the jail around 11:30 ish...we waited all morning for the police to bring the suspect to jail. of course, the reason we were there was to get video of the guy after he was arrested.

the hours go by and we are all STILL waiting at the jail for the cops to show up with the suspect. around 2 pm, we heard that the police are on the way over to the jail with him.

meanwhile, we have a reporter in Durham (just the next county over from here) at a home police are searching...that turns out to be the home of a SECOND suspect's grandmother (he lived with her). here's a little FF (or fun fact for those of you who dont watch Dane Cook's stuff!), that home was also a day care! all the schools are getting let out early and apparently things were just crazy.

around 3:30, the cops show up at the jail where me and brad are. we (media) are all waiting at the point where the police pull up to walk the suspect in from the car...well, it turns out they make a pit stop at the courthouse so they can get this guys first appearance over (that's not always standard procedure...sometimes, they wont to the first appearance in court until the following day...probably just wanted to get this guy done as soon as possible). so we all start running over to the courthouse to get the guy in court so we dont miss it (first appearance's literally last about 5 mins so we had to get their quick to get video of him). brad got some great court video so that was good...then we all run back over to the jail to get video of the perp as the police are bringing him into the jail to process him...also got some great video there. can you believe this kid is only 21? unreal.

all the while, police have yet to find the second suspect that was in durham...they are still looking. but he's a 17 year old. how incredibly sad is it how young they are.

tomorrow, im sure we will be camped out at the jail again waiting for the arrest of the second suspect..will probably be another long day!