AND BREAKING
>>> AND BREAKING TONIGHT AT
11:00, A HIGH SPEED CHASE
THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS ENDS WITH A
POLICE OFFICER SHOOTING AND
KILLING A MAN AS HE STREAMED THE
SERIES OF EVENTS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS OUR
COUNTRY WATCHED IT ALL UNFOLD ON
FACEBOOK LIVE.
MANY OF THEM RECORDING THE
STREAM BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN DOWN.
HERE'S A SNIPPET OF WHAT WAS
RECORDED.
THE POLICE CAR CHASING AFTER
HIM.
MINUTES LATER HE GETS OUT OF THE
CAR AND STARTS RUNNING.
A SHORT TIME AFTER THAT YOU HEAR
SOME GUNSHOTS ON THE RECORDING
AND THEN IT ENDS.
WE'RE NOT SHOWING THE END OF
THIS FACEBOOK VIDEO TONIGHT
BECAUSE IT FEATURES THE END OF A
MAN'S LIFE AND THERE'S NOTHING
CAPTURED ON CAMERA.
ONLY GUNSHOTS ARE HEARD.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HOLD
ALL PARTIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW
THIS ENCOUNTER TONIGHT ENDED.
HERE'S WHAT POLICE THOUGH ARE
TELLING US.
THEY SAY OFFICERS INCLUDING THE
CHIEF OF POLICE RANDAL TAYLOR
SPOTTED THE MAN DRIVING
RECKLESSLY ALONG I-65 NEAR 30TH
ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM WORK.
AFTER A SHORT CHASE OFFICERS
WERE TOLD TO STAND DOWN FOR
SAFETY REASONS.
THEN THE CAR WAS SPOTTED BY A
DIFFERENT OFFICER NEAR 62nd AND
MICHIGAN.
THAT'S WHERE POLICE SAY THE MAN
PARKED, GOT OUT, AND STARTED
RUNNING.
THE OFFICER RAN AFTER HIM AND
THERE WAS A CONFRONTATION.
INVESTIGATORS TELL US THE
OFFICER TRIED USING HIS TASER AT
FIRST BUT IT IS UNCLEAR AT THIS
HOUR IF IT WORKED.
THEY TELL US THE MAN SHOT AT THE
OFFICER, THE OFFICER RETURNED
FIRE KILLING HIM.
THE OFFICER WAS NOT INJURED.
NOW POLICE ARE TELLING US THE
MAN AND OFFICER WERE THE ONLY
TWO INVOLVED TONIGHT.
BOTH ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN.
THE OFFICER RIGHT NOW IS
CURRENTLY ON ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE.
THAT'S STANDARD IN THESE KINDS
OF SITUATIONS.
POLICE ARE STILL AT THE CRIME
SCENE.
THEY TELL US THE INFORMATION
THEY'RE SHARING TONIGHT COULD
CHANGE AS THIS INVESTIGATION
PROGRESSES.
TONIGHT OUR MARY MILLS SPOKE
WITH FRUSTRATED AND HEART BROKEN
FAMILY MEMBERS.
>> TENSIONS HIGH AS PEOPLE
GATHERED NEAR THE INTERSECTION
WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED.
AMONG THEM SEVERAL DISTRAUGHT
FAMILY MEMBERS.
>> I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BURY MY
LITTLE BROTHER.
>> JASMINE SAYS THE MAN KILLED
WAS HER 21-YEAR-OLD BROTHER, A
LAWRENCE NORTH GRADUATE WHO
SPENT A YEAR IN THE AIR FORCE
SPLITTING HIS TIME BETWEEN TEXAS
AND INDIANAPOLIS.
SHE AND HIS AUNT LEARNED OF HIS
DEATH ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
>> THAT'S ALL YOU HEARD WAS
GUNSHOTS.
WHEN WE GOT HERE.
>> I GOT HERE, I WENT UP THERE,
RAN THROUGH.
IT WAS A COP STANDING RIGHT NEXT
TO ME.
I THINK IT WAS HIM.
AND I SAID WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
MY LITTLE BROTHER AND HE LOOKED
AT ME DEAD IN MY FACE AND SAID I
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> A HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT
POLICE SAY REACHED SPEEDS OF 90
MILES AN HOUR.
>> I GUESS FOR WHATEVER REASON
HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO DO HIGH
SPEED.
BUT HE GOT OUT AND RAN.
HE'S 21, HE'S DUMB.
HE DON'T ALWAYS THINK BEFORE HE
DO CERTAIN THINGS.
>> STILL THEY SAY HE WAS A GOOD
PERSON WHO LOVED HIS FAMILY.
>> HIS SMILE.
HE WAS A LADIES MAN FOR SURE.
I GOT A 2-YEAR-OLD AND SHE LOVES
HER UNCLE.
>> THEIR ACCOUNT DIFFERENT THAN
POLICE.
THEY SAY HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE.
>> THEY COULD HAVE DETAINED MY
BROTHER.
I COULD HAVE TALKED TO HIM ON
THE PHONE, WE COULD HAVE DONE
VIDEO CHAT.
HE COULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND BARS.
NOW HE'S GOING TO BE IN A CASKET
THE NEXT TIME I SEE HIM.
IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT.
>> THIS UNFOLDED SO QUICKLY
TONIGHT WITH THE FIRST CALLS
ABOUT THE RECKLESS DRIVING
COMING IN AROUND 6:00.
THEN AROUND 6:15 WE HEARD THE
POLICE RADIO CALL ABOUT THE
SHOOTING.
IMPD IS TELLING US THERE'S NO
BODY CAM VIDEO BECAUSE THEY
DON'T HAVE BODY CAMS.
AS FOR THE FACEBOOK LIVE VIDEO,
POLICE SAY THEY ARE AWARE OF IT
AND ARE PRESERVING THAT EVIDENCE
THROUGH PROPER LEGAL CHANNELS.
THEY TELL US IT WILL BE PART OF
THE INVESTIGATION IF THEY FIND
RELEVANT INFORMATION IN IT.
THE VIDEO ITSELF HAS BEEN TAKEN
DOWN.
NOW WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF ALL