The way he went out was not
my perspective of him.
Tonight on Connecticut's News station,
the family of a man killed in a deadly police shooting is demanding answers.
We'll hear from them in an interview you'll only see here on
Fox 61 as the state's inspector general continues to investigate what happened.
An address to the nation.
Tonight, the president sat in the oval office discussing Israel
and Ukraine
and telling Americans what he'll be asking from Congress.
But with the house and chaos,
we'll look at the tough road ahead for Biden's national security plans.
26 years later in one Connecticut community is coming together to honor a teenage
girl taken far too soon how her friends and neighbors are remembering her tonight.
Now at 10, this is Fox 61 Connecticut's news station
and we begin tonight on a Fox 61 exclusive.
Just one day after state officials released new
video footage from a deadly police shooting.
The family of the man killed is speaking out. Thanks for joining us here at 10.
I'm Brent Hard
and I'm Sarah Sanchez.
They're calling on the state to release all
the video footage from Monday's shooting in Hartford.
They argue what we've seen so far does not tell the entire story.
Fox 60 one's De Andrea Turner joins us live from
Hartford police headquarters tonight with more from that exclusive interview,
De Andrea.
Well, I talked to the family today and his daughter tells me that
they just want the entire body cam video released because they just want peace
of mind to know what happened from the beginning to the very end.
The way he went out was not
my perspective of him. This is just so shocking to me. Liliana
Spence is one of Jamie Grant's daughters.
Grant was killed in an officer involved shooting in Hartford Monday
on Westland and Barber street.
Surveillance video released by the inspector general shows
Grant exiting the passenger side of the car
at a routine traffic stop raising a gun
in the direction of Officer Brian Solomon and firing
Officer Solomon responding by pulling out his service weapon and firing back.
My dad wouldn't just do that for no reason. You know,
he's not that type of person. So obviously something you know, triggered him or
I don't know
the video then shows Grant trying to run away while Officer Solomon fires his
weapon multiple times hitting Grant and causing him to fall into the street.
There really shouldn't have shot him so many times seeing that like
he was no longer trying to shoot back, he was more trying to get away.
Bobby mcdonald is a retired secret service agent and a lecturer
for the criminal justice department at the University of New Haven.
He gave his analysis after watching the video,
obviously,
he's in a neighborhood,
he pointed the gun at the officer that just
tells us that he's going to continue to point
that gun either at another officer that's coming in
to help the situation or people in the community.
You know, we train under certain situations and trying to handle things.
But when things happen in real life,
there really is no playbook.
Fox 61 obtained new surveillance video from Grant's
family who got it from a nearby store.
This video shows a different angle from the shooting.
After Grant fell,
the ground.
Officer Solomon can be seen running towards him in the intersection,
running back to his car to retrieve something
and then back to grant the video released
by the inspector general doesn't show this.
Now,
Grant's daughter says their family wants the
body cam video released in its entirety.
Oh, they definitely cut the camera short and
they're not showing it all. I never would think this was my life. You know what I mean?
Like this is stuff you see on TV. This is stuff like
not like anything I expected.
Like literally the day before this happened, I was just with my dad
and you guys,
we did also reach out to the inspector general's office to see
what their protocol is on releasing the entirety of body cam video.
We're waiting to hear back
in Hartford de Andrea, Turner Fox 61 Connecticut's news station
de
Andrea. Thank you.
Well, tonight,
President Biden made his case to the American people explaining why
the United States is backing Israel in its war with Hamas
in a live televised address to the American people.
The president spoke from the oval office about his
trip to Israel about the October 7th attacks.
The outrage that American Jews feel
and the attack on a Gaza hospital that has
claimed Arab nations.
President Biden denounced anti Semitism,
islamophobia and anti Palestinian sentiments
including the murder of a six year old American Muslim boy in Chicago.
The president also announced he is sending an urgent budget request to Congress
for $100 billion to provide relief funds for both Israel and Ukraine.
As a matter of us, national security
is a smart investment that's going to
pay dividends for American security for generations.
Help us keep American troops out of harm's way,
help us build a world that is safer,
more peaceful and more prosperous for our Children and grandchildren.
Ok.
In his 15 minute uh address,
the president talked more about the ongoing war in Ukraine than he did about
Israel and why it's important for the American people that Russia not win.
He called out President Putin and warned that turning our backs to Ukraine could
embolden other dictators that President Biden said
would endanger Americans and the world.
All right. Turning to the weather now, we hope you made it outside today.
It was another beautiful one out there. I know.
I don't want to take these days for granted.
Certainly looking less beautiful to round out the week though.
Yeah, here's chief meteorologist Rachel Frank with the latest.
Well,
we knew the weekends around the corner so there
has to be more rain coming and like clockwork.
Here it is.
This is the system that will be moving in, bringing us periods of rain for tomorrow.
And also during the day on Saturday,
it's a combination of this storm approaching but also some moisture
that we're seeing off to the southwest of us as well.
And that will be streaming in as we head into tomorrow morning right now,
temperatures are in the fifties to right around 60 degrees and yes,
it was an absolutely beautiful day.
So yes, hopefully you had a chance to take a moment for yourself outside overnight.
Lows will dip into the upper forties to right
around 50 degrees or dry through the overnight hours.
But as we head into tomorrow morning, we'll see rain developing right out of the,
we have a lot of clouds.
High temperatures will be in the sixties and tomorrow we'll see periods of rain.
Some could be heavy at times and I can't even
rule out an isolated rumble of thunder out there,
which is just weird to talk about this time of year and that'll be around morning,
afternoon
and right into tomorrow night
and even part wet for your Saturday as well.
We're going to do our best job at timing that out for you.
Plus talking about the chilly changes after the rain moves out coming up.
Thank you, Rachel
New at 10.
Tonight, it's been 26 years since the kidnapping and murder of a new milford teen. A
case that shook the state.
And tonight a vigil was held to remember 13 year old Mary Anne Measles.
At 60 one's Gabby Molina has the story.
Family and friends gathered here on the new Milford Town Green
for a vigil sharing pictures and memories of Mary Anne Measles.
26 years to the day after she first went missing.
It's said that time heals all wounds.
But 26 years after losing her sister and best friend,
Jennifer Measles Manks
says it still hasn't gotten any easier.
The more time that passes, the more
memories that you didn't make together, the more, um, adventures you didn't share,
you know,
um,
the more things you miss out on in your adult life.
She was only 10 when her 13 year old sister, Mary Ann was kidnapped,
raped and murdered her body found in a lake.
Nine months later,
the time Jennifer has spent without her sister.
Now, twice as long as Mary Anne's life,
I just remember her being a really protective big sister and,
you know, making mud pies with me and riding bikes and rollerblading.
And I just remember her being there like
every day until she wasn't
family and friends forced to grow up without her.
And to remember her as forever 13,
she loved doing hair and makeup
and she loved to sing and we would talk
about like different nineties music artists like Janet Jackson.
We love Janet Jackson and TLC on the anniversary of the day, Mary Anne was last seen,
loved ones found comfort in sharing some of those memories.
Like I missed her really beautiful voice
and her laugh. That was absolutely infectious.
It's semi ridiculous.
Seven of the eight people convicted for Marianne's death are still behind bars,
but the fight for justice is one that's ongoing.
It's not something that ended when Marianne was found.
It's something that's dragged on through all of our lives
because we've had to go through hearings killed by a group of
people much older than her in their late teens and early twenties
that she had been hanging out with
her family hopes others can learn from the tragedy.
You have to do whatever it is to protect your Children
from older groups of people
at
all. Cause
so no parent is left with the questions. Her mom still has decades later.
I
love her and I miss her
and I think about her every
day.
What would she look like for
how she's down? What were kids look like? 13 years wasn't long enough
not nearly long enough reporting in New Milford.
Gabby Molina Fox 61 Connecticut's News station.
Thank you,
Gabby Police in Ledyard spent hours outside a home in Gales
ferry today attempting to serve an arrest and search warrant.
Daniel De
Chico was wanted on three separate warrants. But when the, uh, law enforcement
agents arrived at his home this morning to execute, they found De
Chico dead behind his home.
They are still trying to figure out how he died tonight.
Just a, a tragic ending to what we found when we uh got on scene at the property.
Connecticut State. Police have been put in charge of the investigation into De
Chico's death.
Roads in the surrounding area were closed for hours as police investigated,
those roads reopened around six this evening.