RIGHT
RIGHT NOW
RIGHT NOW ASKING WHAT HAPPENED AND IF ANYONE WAS HURT. >>> MORE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT,
BACKLASH AFTER THE RELEASE OF
THE ENTIRE BODY CAM VIDEO IN
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF DANQUIRS @
FRANKLIN.
TONIGHT, COMMUNITY LEADERS
GATHER OUTSIDE CMPD HEADQUARTERS
DEMANDING CHANGE FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
>> EVERY OFFICER INVOLVED WITH
THE SHOOTING WHO DID NOT
ATTEMPT TO SAVE THIS MAN'S LIFE
NEEDS TO BE DISCIPLINED.
>> ALL 11 MINUTES OF FOOTAGE
RELEASED THIS AFTERNOON.
>> FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS, WE
HAVE GONE THROUGH IT FRAME BY
FRAME.
OFFICER WENDI KERL COSMETICS
SECONDS AFTER SHE FIRES SHOTS.
MEDIC ARRIVED SOMETHING LESS
THAN FOUR MINUTES LATER.
WHAT IS UNCLEAR FROM THE VIDEO,
DID OFFICERS CHECK ON DANQUIRS
FRANKLIN ENDED THEY DO FIRST
DATE?
KENDALL MORRIS JOINS US LIVE TO
WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: THIS VIDEO GIVES
US BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF OFFICER
WENDI KERL'S RESPONSE FOLLOWING
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US BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF OFFICER WENDI KERL'S RESPONSE FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING AND HEARING HER
SEVERAL TIMES JUSTIFY WHY SHE
SHOT FRANKLIN.
YOU WILL SEE A TIMER IN THE
UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF YOUR
SCREEN GIVING YOU THE MINUTE BY
MINUTE AND SECOND BY SECOND
BREAKDOWN BEFORE, DURING AND
AFTER THE SHOOTING.
BODY CAM ARE ROLLING, 11
MINUTES WORTH OF VIDEO STARTS
WITH OFFICER WENDI KERL IN A
PATROL CAR.
AT A LITTLE MORE THAN A MINUTE
IN, OFFICER WENDI KERL ARRIVES
AT THE BURGER KING.
BEGINNING A SERIES OF VERBAL
COMMANDS TELLING DANQUIRS
FRANKLIN SEVERAL TIMES TO DROP
THE GUN.
WE ARE PAUSING THE VIDEO DUE TO
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THE GUN. WE ARE PAUSING THE VIDEO DUE TO ITS GRAPHIC CONTENT.
>> SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER OFFICER IS
HEARD CALLING MEDIC 13 SECONDS
AFTER THE GUN WENT OFF, IT IS
UNCLEAR HOW MUCH AID IS GIVEN
TO FRANKLIN IN THE MINUTES
FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING.
>> HE PULLED A GUN.
>> YES, HE DID.
>> Reporter: SOMEONE IS SEEN
CHECKING ON FRANKLIN, OFFICER
WENDI KERL HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES
EXPLAIN WHY SHE FIRED THE GUN.
>> ALL I KNOW IS I SHOT BECAUSE
HE HAS A GUN IN HIS HAND.
THIS IS THE GUN, I HAD A TAKEN
FROM UNDERNEATH.
I SHOT HIM.
I DIDN'T -- GOT THE GUN FROM
UNDERNEATH HIM FIRST.
>> Reporter: FOUR MINUTES AFTER
SHOTS FIRED, THE VIDEO SHOWS
+@WHAT APPEARS TO BE MEDIC
ARRIVING ON SCENE.
>> I SHOT HIM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> HE PULLED A GUN.
HE WOULD NOT TOSS IT.
>> Reporter: AN OFFICER TELLS
WENDI KERL TO TAKE A SEAT IN A
PATROL CAR , MINUTES LATER
DISCUSSING WHAT HAPPENED.
>> I HAD TO, HE WOULD NOT DROP
THE GUN AND BROUGHT IT OUT OF
HIS JACKET.
>> Reporter: PASSPORT, WENDI
KERL IS HEARD ASKING ABOUT
FRANKLIN.
IS HE ALIVE?
HEY, HAWKINS.
IF YOU LIVE?
>> Reporter: BEFORE THE VIDEO
ENDS, WENDI KERL SAYS ONE MORE
TIME WHICH IS ON THE PARKING
LOT.
>> HE HAD A GUN AND WOULD NOT
DROP IT.
HE WOULD NOT DROP IT AND
REACHED INTO THIS THING, PULL
THE GUN OUT, WE SIDE IN HIS
HAND AND I SHOT HIM.
>> Reporter: NOW, CMPD TURNED
OVER ALL EVIDENCE RELATED TO
THE SHOOTING TO THE DAS OFFICE
EARLIER TODAY.
REPORTING LIVE FROM CMPD
HEADQUARTERS, KENDALL MORRIS
WITH NBC CHARLOTTE.
>>> WE ARE HEARING FROM THE
ATTORNEY OF OFFICER WENDI KERL
ABOUT THE BODY CAM VIDEO . IN A
STATEMENT, HE SAID OFFICER
WENDI KERL WILL NOT COMMENT
WHILE THE INVESTIGATION IS
ONGOING.
HOWEVER, THE STATEMENT WENT ON
TO SAY, THE WHOLE STORY CANNOT
BE TOLD IN EITHER 8 2:20
MINUTE VIDEO OR THE FULL 11
MINUTE VIDEO.
HE CONCLUDED HIS STATEMENT
SAYING, THEY LOOK FORWARD TO
THE END OF THE INVESTIGATION
AND ULTIMATE DECISION BY THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
>>> A FEW HOURS AGO, WE SHOWED
THE VIDEO TO DOCTOR MELVIN
AARON, A PROFESSOR AT JONATHAN
SMITH UNIVERSITY, HE WORKS WITH
CMPD OFFICERS IMPLEMENTING AND
RUNNING A CULTURAL COMPETENCE
PROGRAM.
HE IS NOT A POLICE OFFICER BUT
SINCE HE WORKS WITH AND TRAINED
LOCAL OFFICERS, HE HAS A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE.
>> I THINK FROM A LAYMAN'S
PERSPECTIVE, A PERSON WOULD SAY
HE SHOULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY, YOU
KNOW, DROPPED THE WEAPON.
AGAIN, IN THE VIDEO, I CAN'T
TELL WHETHER HE HAD A HOLSTER,
WHETHER IT WAS IN A JACKET
POCKET, I CANNOT SEE THAT FROM
THE VANTAGE POINT OF THE VIDEO.
BUT THE LAYPERSON WOULD SAY
YES, MAYBE HE SHOULD HAVE
IMMEDIATELY DROPPED THE WEAPON
AND PUT HIS HANDS IN THE AIR,
THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT IS LESS
ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL SITUATION
, THIS IS MORE OF A SYSTEMIC
ISSUE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS
IF WE DON'T ADDRESS WHAT IS
HAPPENING