Deputies investigate alleged teacher-student relationship at Upstate high school

DEVELOPING STORY COMING UP AT SIX. WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. THE ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK. YESTERDAY WAS A TRAGIC DAY FOR AMERICA. WHAT WE KNOW TONIGHT ABOUT THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE. AS REACTION CONTINUES FROM ACROSS THE NATION. YOUR BRAIN FREEZES WHEN THERE’S SO MUCH COMING AT YOU. YOU CANNOT PROCESS. AN UPSTATE COUNCILOR DISCUSSING THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF THE ASSASSINATION. HOW SHE SAYS PEOPLE CAN MOVE FORWARD WHILE PROCESSING WHAT HAPPENED. A MAJOR WARM-UP ON THE WAY. WE’RE TALKING 90S BEING POSSIBLE. I’LL SHOW YOU HOW LONG THIS LASTS. IT’S A DAY TO WHERE IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE VULNERABLE AS A COUNTRY. REMEMBERING NINE OVER 11. AS PEOPLE REFLECT ON THE HEARTBREAKING MOMENTS THEY SHARE THE LESSONS IT BROUGHT. LET ME EXPRESS THE HORROR AND GRIEF SO MANY AMERICANS AT THE HEINOUS. ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK HAVE FELT. OUR TOP STORY AT 6:00 TONIGHT IS THE ASSASSINATION OF CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK. KIRK SHOT AND KILLED YESTERDAY DURING AN EVENT HE WAS HOSTING AT UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY. AUTHORITIES SAY THE ALLEGED SHOOTER STILL ON THE LOOSE TONIGHT. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THE ASSASSINATION, THE MANHUNT UNDERWAY FOR THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE. LAWMAKERS MESSAGE ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND HOW THIS VIOLENCE IMPACTS OUR MENTAL HEALTH. FIRST, WE BEGIN WITH RASHAD WILLIAMS, WHO HAS MORE ON WHO AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING, AND RASHAD, THE FBI SAYING THIS PERSON JUST KIND OF BLENDED INTO THE CROWD. THAT’S CORRECT. THE FBI RELEASED PHOTOS OF A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF CHARLIE KIRK, WHO HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS APPEARING TO BE COLLEGE AGED. IN ONE OF THE PHOTOS, YOU CAN SEE THE PERSON WALKING UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS WEARING DARK JEANS, A BLACK LONG SLEEVE SHIRT, A BLACK HAT AND BLACK SUNGLASSES. THESE IMAGES I’M DESCRIBING NOW ARE ON YOUR SCREEN. AUTHORITIES ALSO SAY THEY HAVE RECOVERED THE FIREARM THAT THEY BELIEVE WAS USED IN THIS SHOOTING. THAT RIFLE WAS WAS RECOVERED IN A WOODED AREA WHERE THE SHOOTER HAD FLED. THE FBI LABORATORY WILL BE ANALYZING THIS WEAPON. INVESTIGATORS HAVE ALSO COLLECTED FOOTWEAR IMPRESSION A PALM PRINT AND FOREARM IMPRINTS FOR ANALYSIS. MEANWHILE, LAWMAKERS ACROSS THE U.S. CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST POLITICAL VIOLENCE, INCLUDING SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT. OUR VERY OWN JANE ROBELOT JOINING US NOW WITH HIS MESSAGE TO ALL AMERICANS. AND WE’LL HAVE THAT IN A MOMENT. IN THE IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK, SOCIAL MEDIA WAS FILLED WITH PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN AN UPSTATE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR SAYS THIS SURGE OF INFORMATION COULD HAVE IMPACTED THE MENTAL STATE OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR REY LLERENA JOINS US FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH THE DETAILS ON THIS IMPACT. YEAH, UPSTATE THERAPIST SAYS EARLIER TODAY THAT ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS THAT PEOPLE SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA COULD HAVE ACTIVATED THEIR FIGHT, FLIGHT OR FREEZE IN THEIR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. AND RUGOLO SAYS THIS THIS IS LIKELY BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW QUICKLY THESE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS WERE DISSEMINATED, AND HOW CONNECTED SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BECOME SINCE IT FIRST STARTED, NARANJILLA SAYS. MOVING FORWARD AFTER TRAGEDIES SUCH AS THE ASSASSINATION AND THE NINE OVER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS. STARTS WITH RECOGNIZING THE LOSS THAT HAS OCCURRED. HOWEVER, SHE BELIEVES SOCIAL MEDIA HAS LIMITED THE TIME PEOPLE HAVE TO PROCESS WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND HOW THIS AFFECTS THEM. SHE RECOMMENDS DISCONNECTING, TRYING TO CHANGE THEIR ONLINE ALGORITHM AND SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE CLOSEST TO THEM. SAYS PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL SPACE AND THEY ARE IN CONTROL AS TO HOW FAR THEY WANT TO PUT OUT THEIR PROPERTY LINES. IF YOU NEED MORE SPACE BETWEEN NOW, THE INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AND YOU NEED MORE SPACE, THAT’S YOUR CONTROL. SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SAY, KIND OF, HERE’S A TIME OUT. CAN WE HAVE A TIME OUT? NARANJILLA SAYS PEOPLE WILL ALSO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH LINKING OBJECTS. SHE DESCRIBES THESE AS THE NINE OVER 11 MEMORIAL IN NEW YORK, AND CANDLELIGHT VIGILS AND MEMORIALS HELD IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING A DEATH. SHE SAYS THAT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SAFE SPACE CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO MEDICAL TO MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, RATHER SUCH AS HERSELF AND OTHERS. SHE ALSO SAYS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL HOTLINES AVAILABLE, INCLUDING NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED MORE HELP WITH PROCESSING THESE TRAGEDIES. BACK TO YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, A TEACHER IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED AFTER THE DISTRICT SAYS IT WAS MADE AWARE OF AN INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ON SOCIAL MEDIA ATTRIBUTED TO THE TEACHER. THE POST WAS MADE FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF CHARLIE KIRK. WHEN BOYACK, WHO TEACHES AT SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, WAS INITIALLY PUT ON LEAVE. THE DISTRICT LATER ANNOUNCED HE WAS NO LONGER EMPLOYED FOLLOWING THE POST. CANDIDATES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR REACTED TO THE TEACHER’S COMMENTS. YOU CAN READ THEIR REACTION ON WYFF4.COM AND ON THE WIFE FOR MOBILE APP. NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS WILL HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK. NEXT, AT 630. LET’S TURN TO OUR WEATHER NOW AS WE GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR ASHEVILLE SKYCAM. LOOK AT THAT. IT’S BEGINNING TO GET DARKER AND DARKER AROUND THIS TIME. IT IS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTUS JOINS US WITH THE AREA’S CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. CHRIS, HOW IS OUR EVENING LOOKING? COMFORTABLE BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH LOWER HUMIDITY. WE HAVE A WARM DAY THAT TURNS INTO A COOL NIGHT RATHER QUICKLY. LET ME SHOW YOU. SATELLITE AND RADAR. WE’RE MAINLY DRY ACROSS AREA. ONE LITTLE SHOWER REMAINS OVER JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THE REST OF US ARE DRY, WARM IN THE LOW TO MID 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS, RIGHT AT 80 DEGREES OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. LOOK FOR THE CLEAR SKIES IN THE LOWER HUMIDITY THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. ALLOW US TO COOL DOWN TO THE LOW 60S. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, WE’LL BE IN THE UPPER 50S BY TOMORROW MORNING. AND THEN FROM THERE WE WARM UP EVEN MORE TOMORROW. COMING UP, I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT THE WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE. CHRIS. THANK YOU. SCDOT IS CLOSING A LANE OF I-26 TODAY FOR BRIDGE DECK REPAIRS. OFFICIALS TELL US THE CLOSURE WILL BE IN THE RIGHT LANE ON I-26 EASTBOUND NEAR MILE MARKER SEVEN. THAT’S OVER LAKE BOWEN, BETWEEN THE EXITS OF HIGHWAYS 11 AND 292, IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THE LEFT LANE WILL STILL BE OPEN, AND SCD