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♪ ♪ >> WE BREAK IN THE PROGRAM
RIGHT NOW TO TAKE YOU TO A
TENSE SITUATION THAT IS PLAYING
OUT ON SAN ANTONIO’S WEST SIDE.
IT ALL CENTERS AROUND POLICE
OFFICERS SHOOTING A MAN WITH
FELONY WARRANTS. THAT’S
ACCORDING TO POLICE. THE POLICE
CHIEF WILLIAM MCMANUS, NOT FAR
FROM THE WOODLAWN LAKE AREA.
YEAH, THIS IS HAPPENING WITH
SPECIFICALLY AT NORTH HAMILTON
AND CALAIS BROUGHT OFFICERS
THERE ON PATROL CAME ACROSS
THIS MAN.
>> THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED.
BUT TENSIONS ESCALATING.
YOU CAN SEE A LINE OF OFFICERS
NOW IN BETWEEN A PATROL UNIT
THERE AND THE CROWD THAT HAS
GATHERED. OUR LEIGH WALDMAN HAS
BEEN AT THE SCENE SINCE THIS
REALLY ALL BEGAN KIND OF GIVING
US A PLAY BY PLAY OF HOW THINGS
HAVE ESCALATED THERE. IT IS A
TENSE SITUATION. LEE, WHAT WE
>> IT’S VERY TENSE, YOU KNOW,
AND THINGS HAVE ESCALATED
WITHIN THE LAST 10 WHEN THE
POLICE SHE WAS OUT HERE
EARLIER, THERE WERE SOME FAT,
SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS
CONFRONTING OFFICERS, BUT IT
WASN’T THIS BUSY OF A SCENE.
NOW MORE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE TO
SHOW UP. MORE OFFICERS SHOWED
UP TO THIS SIDE OF THE CRIME
SCENE. IT IS A RATHER LARGE
CRIME SCENE AS WELL. YOU SEE
ALL THE OFFICERS IN THE LINE
HERE IN FRONT OF US. THAT’S
BECAUSE ONE OF THE SERGEANTS ON
SCENE SAID STAY IN THIS LINE.
DON’T CROSS THIS LINE EARLIER.
THEY’RE TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE
OUT OF THIS AREA. OFFICERS WERE
SHOWING RESTRAINT, BUT PEOPLE
STARTED CONFRONTING STARTED
TRYING TO PUSH OVER ONE OF THE
UNITS THERE. WE SAW SEVERAL
WATER BOTTLES BEING THROWN AS
WELL. THAT’S WHEN WE SAW
OFFICERS STARTING TO USE PEPPER
WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT THE
VICTIM FROM THIS OFFICER
IVOLVED SHOOTING HIS MOTHER
WAS ALSO PEPPER SPRAYED.
AND THIS FAMILY MEMBERS VERY
UPSET ABOUT THAT. THAT IS OFTEN
WHAT THEY’RE SCREAMING HERE AT
OFFICERS ABOUT. WE HEARD A JUST
DOWN THE STREET WITH THOSE LINE
OF VEHICLES THAT YOU SEE ON
YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW
ONE OF THE TIRES AND ONE OF
THOSE POLICE UNITS WAS SLASHED
A FLAT TIRE. THIS POINT THAT’S
WHEN THEY BROUGHT OUT A PADDY
WAGON AND STARTED TAKING PEOPLE
INTO INTO CUSTODY HERE. VERY,
VERY TENSE. LOTS OF BOTTLED
WATER MILK BEING USED ON PEOPLE
WHO WERE PEPPER SPRAYED HERE.
I’M NOT SURE THE EXACT NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WITH PEPPER SPRAY,
BUT I DO SEE SOME OFFICERS.
THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS ON THEIR
TASERS RIGHT NOW. READY FOR
WHATEVER’S GOING TO HAPPEN.
PEOPLE JUST CONTINUED TO
SCREAM, CALLING THE OFFICERS
GANG MEMBERS. YOU SEE A WOMAN
THERE JUST THROW WATER ON THOSE
OFFICERS HERE. THERE’S PEOPLE
A CROWDED BEHIND US AS WELL
TAKING THEIR TIME TO SAY WHAT
THEY WANT TO SAY TO OFFICERS
HERE. IT’S IT’S A VERY TENSE
SITUATION. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY
EXPLICIT LANGUAGE THAT YOU’RE
HEARING ON SCENE. BUT OBVIOUSLY
TENSIONS RUNNING VERY, VERY
HIGH FAMILY MEMBERS UPSET ABOUT
THEIR LOVED ONE BEING KILLED
HERE TODAY. ALL RIGHT, LEE AT
PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE IS
MITT. YOU’RE RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF WHAT YOU SAID IS A
VERY TENSE SITUATION.
>> AGAIN, WHAT WE HAVE
WITNESSED SINCE THE END OF THE
5 O’CLOCK NEWSCAST.
>> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS OR
NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE WHO WERE
TRYING TO TIP OVER A POLICE
WE ALSO KNOW THAT TIRES WERE
SLASHED ON AT LEAST ONE POLICE
UNIT. AND I THINK THE VIDEO
THAT WE SAW THE LIVE PICTURE WE
SAW JUST BEFORE WE CUT AWAY WAS
ACTUALLY THE MOTHER WHO WAS
PEPPER SPRAYED EARLIER, WHO IS
COMING BACK TO TRY TO CALM DOWN
THE SITUATION IS WHAT IT LOOKED
LIKE TO ME. THERE BEEN AN ID.
YEAH. THE WOMAN THAT YOU SEE
RIGHT THERE IN THE BLACK TANK
TOP, I BELIEVE IS THE MOTHER
OF THE VICTIM. THAT’S WHAT
WE’RE HEARING FROM THE SCENE.
SHE WAS PEPPER SPRAYED AS THEY
CROSS THE LINE OF THE POLICE
LINE. I THINK SHE IS TRYING TO
CALM THE SITUATION DOWN.
WE’RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT’S
GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT ONCE
PEOPLE STARTED TO BE ARRESTED
ON THE SCENE, THAT’S WHY WE
DECIDED WE WANTED BRING THIS TO
YOU AT HOME TO LET YOU KNOW
WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE.
YOU SEE THE MOTHER NOW
ADDRESSING THE POLICE OFFICERS
AGAIN, WE BELIEVE IT WAS HER
SON THAT WAS SHOT BY SAN
ANTONIO POLICE JUST MOMENTS
AGO. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A VERY
TENSE SITUATION OUT THERE.
AND WE HOPE FOR IS RESTRAINT ON
BOTH SIDES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE,
OFFICERS AND THE CROWD THAT
SCATTERED, THEY’RE HAVING A
FACE-TO-FACE CONFRONTATION.
>> THIS IS A LOT CALMER THAN
WHAT WE SAW. JUST 30 MINUTES
AGO WHEN THERE WAS
THAT CROWD REALLY YOU KNOW,
ALL AS ONE AS STEVE MENTIONED,
OUR CAMERAS SAW THE CROWD
TRYING TO PUSH OVER ONE OF THE
OFFICERS VEHICLES. LET’S
EXPLAIN WHAT LED UP TO THIS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY
THE POLICE CHIEF WILLIAM
MCMANUS WAS THAT THIS AFTERNOON
IN THE AREA OF NORTH HAMILTON
AND CALAIS BRUH ON THE 1300
BLOCK OF CULEBRA OFFICERS THERE
WERE ON ROUTINE PATROL. THEY
CAME ACROSS A MAN THEY SAY IS
KNOWN TO THEM BECAUSE OF A
FELONY WARRANTS, 2 FELONY
WARRANTS THAT WERE OUT FOR THIS
MAN FOR CHARGES OF ASSAULT ON A
POLICE OFFICER AND FELONY
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
THE CHIEF SAYS THOSE OFFICERS
TRIED TO STOP THAT MAN. THAT
MAN REFUSED TO STOP FOR THEM.
AND AT SOME POINT PULLED A GUN
FROM HIS WAISTBAND. THAT’S
ACCORDING TO SAPD. THAT’S WHAT
THEN LED TO 3 OFFICERS ON THE
SAPD FORCE FIRING OUT OF THAT
VICTIM WHO HAS NOW BEEN SHOT
AND KILLED. AND OF COURSE, ALL
OF THIS HAPPENING VERY FAST
IN A SITUATION WE’RE GATHERING
INFORMATION AND THAT’S WHAT
THESE PEOPLE AS WELL AS THE
OFFICERS ON SCENE ARE TRYING TO
DO RIGHT NOW. OBVIOUSLY
EMOTIONS EXTREMELY HIGH AS
PEOPLE REACT TO THAT. YEAH, AS
WE WERE. SO THIS IS ALL PLAYING
OUT AS YOU SEE IT HERE ON THE
CITY’S WEST SIDE. AGAIN, MAYBE
4 BLOCKS AWAY FROM WOODLAWN
LAKE ITSELF.
>> IT DOES LOOK AS IF OFFICERS
ARE TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH SOME
OF THE PROTESTERS TO TALK TO
SOME OF THE PROTESTERS. SOME
OF THE OFFICERS LIKE THIS ONE
THAT YOU SEE HERE AGAIN, IT
SEEMS AS IF THAT IS THE MOTHER
OF THE VICTIM THAT WE’RE SEEING
IN THE FOREGROUND THERE.
AND YOU SEE OFFICERS TALKING TO
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE
OUT THERE, SOME OF THE OFFICERS
TRYING TO CALM THE SITUATION.
THERE’S ANOTHER OFFICER TALKING
TO PROTESTERS TRYING TO CALM
THE SITUATION. EXPLAIN EXACTLY
WHAT IS HAPPENING. BUT YOU CAN
SEE THE LINE BEHIND THEM.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY WHAT WE
HAVE WITNESSED SO FAR
>> IS IS.
>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY
CONFRONTATIONS REALLY BETWEEN
POLICE AND THE PROTESTERS.
JUST A LOT OF YELLING. THERE
WERE SOME BOTTLES THROWN AT
POLICE. WE HAVE SEEN WATER
THROWING A POLICE AND WE HAVE
AT LEAST ONE PERSON PEPPER
SPRAYED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS.
AND IT LOOKS TO ME IS IF THE
MOTHER OUT THERE
IS CALLING FOR SOME OUR LEIGH
WALDMAN IS OUT THERE. I KNOW
THAT SHE HAS TALKED TO FAMILY
MEMBERS ABOUT THIS ENTIRE
THING. WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW
IS WHAT POLICE ARE TELLING US.
POLICE ARE TELLING US. BUT THIS
WAS A MAN WHO HAD FELONY
WARRANTS OUT FOR HIS ARREST
THAT THEY TRIED TO MAKE AN
ARREST. HE TOOK OFF RUNNING
AND THE CHIEF SAYS HE PULLED A
GUN ON OFFICERS AND ONE OF THE
FELONIES HE’S WANTED FOR HIS
ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER.
SO WE KNOW THAT THOSE THOSE
THINGS ARE WHAT SEEMS TO BE
DRIVING THIS WHOLE SITUATION
HERE? I’M A LITTLE CONCERNED,
TOO, BECAUSE WE’RE SEEING MORE.
PEOPLE ARRIVE ON THE SCENE THAT
WE SAW THAT WE’VE SEEN EARLIER.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE THOUGH THIS
LINE OF OFFICERS THAT HAS
FORMED WITHIN THE LAST 10
MINUTES OR SO. IT DOES LOOK
LIKE.
>> THINGS ARE CALMER, AS YOU
SAID, STEVE. I MEAN, YOU CAN
SEE LEE THERE ON THE SCENE
TALKING 2 PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT
THERE AND WHAT WE BELIEVE THE
WOMAN SPEAKING IN THE BLACK
TANK TOP THERE IS THE VICTIM’S
MOTHER WHO WAS PEPPER SPRAYED.
WE’RE STILL GATHERING A LOT
OF INFORMATION M AS I’M SURE
EVERYONE IS AWARE, THINGS CAN
CHANGE AS AS THINGS DEVELOP
HERE, BUT SHE WAS PEPPER
SPRAYED. WE SAW HER ON THE
GROUND AT ONE POINT, SOMEONE
POURING MILK INTO HER EYES TO
HELP WITH THAT. SOMEBODY WHO
SAID THAT THEY WERE THE
VICTIM’S SISTER AT THE SCENE,
TOLD OUR CREW THAT THIS MAN
WAS SHOT 9 TIMES. HOWEVER,
POLICE CHIEF WILLIAM MCMANUS,
WHEN WE ASK HIM THAT QUESTION,
HE SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE HOW
MANY TIMES THIS PERSON WAS SHOT
AT THAT MOMENT. BUT IT DOES
LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW AS PEOPLE
ARE STILL HAVING THAT
FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION,
CONFRONTATION WITH OFFICERS
AND OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH THE
EMOTION. YES, SOMEONE HAS BEEN
SHOT AND KILLED HERE.
THINGS ARE CALMER THAN WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN WHEN REALLY YOU JUST
SAW A CROWD MOVING CROWDS.
HE ADDS THAT AS THEY MOVE IN
THINGS ARE. I’M VERY EXCITED.
YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S ROUGH.
IT’S A ROUGH SITUATION. IT’S
CHAOTIC. BUT AT LEAST WE’RE
SEEING SOME PEACE AT THE
MOMENT. AND THAT’S THE EMOTION
THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.
A LOVED ONE IS LOST FOR
WHATEVER REASON. A LOVED ONE IS
LOST. POLICE ALSO HOLDING THE
LINE. THERE’S A VERY ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION THAT’S HAPPENING.
>> YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW FEET
AWAY. THAT IS WHAT LED UP TO
THIS TENSE SITUATION. AND WE DO
KNOW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE
SCENE OF THE PROTESTERS WERE
TAKEN AWAY IN A SAN ANTONIO
POLICE PATTY WAGON FOR LACK OF
A BETTER WORD THAT SHOWED UP.
AT ONE POINT. POLICE WERE
TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE
STREETS AND PROTESTERS JUST
SAT DOWN. IT DOES APPEAR AS
IF THE SITUATION IS BECOMING
MUCH CALMER OUT HERE, WHICH IS
VERY GOOD AND WE DO KNOW THE
CHIEF WAS ON THE SCENE AT ONE
POINT, WE STILL SEE SOME
YELLING. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE
TAKEN DOWN THE AUDIO LIVE AT
THE SCENE BECAUSE THERE WERE
SOME OBSCENITIES THAT WERE
BEING THROWN TOWARDS POLICE
OFFICERS. SO WE’RE WE ARE RIGHT
NOW HOPING FOR A CALMER
SITUATION AND YOU SEE POLICE
AGAIN ARE TRYING TO DISPERSE
THE CROWD
>> TRUE. TRYING TO GET YOU A
MESS TO THE AREA. I UNDERSTAND
AS WELL FOR SOMEBODY THAT MAY
BE INJURED IT LOOKS LIKELY IS
GETTING READY TO GIVE US AN
UPDATE, PERHAPS OUT AGAIN, THIS
IS A LIVE PICTURE. LEE, CAN YOU
TELL US WHAT’S GOING ON OUT
THERE? THEY TRYING TO MAKE ROOM
FOR AN EXACTLY SO BECAUSE THIS
IS SUCH A TENSE SITUATION.
THERE’S A HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE
HERE. THEY’RE ASKING PEOPLE
BACK UP SO WE CAN GET YOU A
MESS HERE. NOW WE SPOKE TO THE
VICTIM’S ARLENE, AND SHE TELLS
ME THAT SHE HAS BREAST CANCER.
SHE COULDN’T BREATHE EARLIER
AFTER BEING PEPPER SPRAYED.
SO THEY REQUESTED THAT EMS
COMES HERE. THAT WAS OVER 20
MINUTES AGO. BUT AGAIN, TRYING
TO GET DOWN INTO THE SITUATION.
THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT
GOING ON. THEY SAID SHE CAN
MAKE HER WAY TO LEVERAGE TO
GET DOWN TO THAT. YOU MESS UNIT
BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING
HAPPENING. IT’S HARD TO GET.
>> A UNIT DOWN TO HER HERE ON.
BUT I KNOW THAT THE FAMILY IS
VERY, VERY UPSET THAT THEY JUST
KEEP TELLING US THAT KEVIN
JOHNSON, WHO THEY’VE IDENTIFIED
THE VICTIM HE THEY SAY HE WAS
SHOT IN THE BACK. POLICE NOT
CONFIRMING THAT CHIEF MCMANUS
TELLING US THAT HE ASKED TO
REVIEW THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO
HE CAN CONFIRM ANYTHING LIKE
THAT. BUT FAMILY HERE IS
EXTREMELY UPSET. SISTERS OF
OF KEVIN KEVIN’S MOTHER, ALSO
VERY UPSET. THEY TELL US THAT.
>> KEVIN HAD MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES. HE WAS A BIPOLAR
SCHIZOPHRENICS. ACCORDING TO
THE FAMILY. BUT AGAIN, CHIEF
MCMANUS SAYING ALL OF THIS
STEMS FROM OFFICERS PATROLLING
THIS AREA. THEY SAW, KEVIN,
THEY SAID THEY RECOGNIZE AND
GRABBING ACTIVE FELONY
WARRANTS. ONE ASSAULTING A
POLICE OFFICER, THE OTHER
FELONY POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
THAT’S WHAT THE APPROACH THEY
SAID AT SOME POINT, KEVIN
PULLED A GUN AND THAT’S WHEN
OFFICERS FIRED. THERE’S 3
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THAT.
BUT IT’S A VERY, VERY INTENSE
SITUATION HERE, ANDERSON.
WE HAVE SOME SOUND FROM POLICE
CHIEF MCMANUS. LET’S GO AHEAD
AND LISTEN TO THAT.
>> WELL, SHE’S TEMPTED TO STOP
HIM. HE RAN AND AT SOME POINT
AND THIS IS WHAT I WHAT I’M NOT
GOING TO.
TALK TO SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN THE
BODY CAM AT SOME POINT. HE
PULLED A GUN FROM HIS
WAISTBAND.
AT WHAT POINT THE OFFICER SHOT?
I DON’T KNOW BECAUSE THE
BUDGET. BUT THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW.
>> HERE IN SAYING HOW
PRELIMINARY ALL THIS
INFORMATION IS THE PROCESS
HERE. HE HAS TO GO AND REVIEW
ALL THAT BODY CAMERA VIDEO THAT
THEY HAVE FROM THAT SCENE.
HE SAYS HE TELLS US THAT POLICY
IS WITH SAN ANTONIO POLICE
DEPARTMENT. ALL 3 OF THOSE
OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE PLACED
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WHILE
THIS INVESTIGATION IS
CONDUCTED. NOW, FAMILY HERE
JUST ASKING FOR ANSWERS, ASKING
QUESTIONS, HOPING TO BE SPOKEN
TO BY POLICE. I JUST HEARD THIS
OFFICER TELLING THE FAMILY EMS
IS WALKING UP THIS WAY TO TO
MEET THEM ON HERE AND PROVIDE
HER WITH SOME CARE THAT SHE
NEEDS. THIS IS ALL BEEN VERY,
VERY IT’S DIFFUSE A BIT THAT
LINE OF OFFICERS THAT WAS OVER
IN THE STREET HERE THAT’S NOW
BROKEN UP. OFFICERS GOING BACK
TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL UNITS.
PEOPLE STILL HERE, VERY UPSET
CROWDS STILL GATHERED, BUT IT’S
NOT AS AN ANGRY SITUATION AS IT
WAS EARLIER. NOW IT’S MORE OF A
SOMBER SITUATION PRYING FOR
THEIR LOVED ONE WHO WAS LOST
THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE OF THIS.
SOMEONE WHO THEY LOVE DEARLY
WAS LOST. NOW EARLIER WE SAW
OFFICERS USING PEPPER SPRAY
ONCE THINGS GOT.
>> VERY, VERY TENSE. PEOPLE ARE
PUSHING UP ON OFFICERS TRYING
TO KNOCK OVER THAT POLICE UNIT
OVER THERE SHAKING IT. THERE
WAS WATER BOTTLES THROWN AT
OFFICERS HERE. WE HEARD A POP
FROM ONE OF THE UNITS THAT WAS
PARKED DOWN THE STREET AND WE
SAW ONE OF THE TIRES DEFLATED.
AND SO THAT’S WHEN THEY STARTED
ARRESTING PEOPLE THAT PEPPER
SPRAY WAS UTILIZED ON AN
SEVERAL PEOPLE. BUT STOOD WITH
THEIR HANDS ON THEIR TASERS.
YOU CAN SEE MOM NOW GOING OVER
TO EMS TO GET SOME CARE THAT
SHE HER DAUGHTER. AND SHE
TELLING US THAT SHE HAS BREAST
CANCER, A MOTHER AND A DAUGHTER
SAYING THAT SHE IS PREGNANT.
SO THEY’RE WANTING SOME CARE AT
THIS POINT. BUT VERY INTENSE
PEOPLE HERE VERY, VERY UPSET.
THEY LOST SOMEONE THAT THEY
CARED ABOUT. THEY SAID THE
OFFICERS IN THE SITUATION WHERE
THE GANG MEMBERS, NOT THE
PEOPLE INVOLVED AND I WERE JUST
WAITING TO GET MORE SOLID
INFORMATION FROM POLICE.
BUT THAT WILL COME AFTER THEY
CONCLUDE THEIR INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION. AND LOOKS ON
THAT BODY CAMERA LE LET LET ME
ASK YOU A QUESTION THAT WE WERE
OBVIOUSLY WHY PLAY OUT?
>> AS YOU WERE ICE OFFICERS
ENGAGE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT
HAD GATHERED THERE TO START TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND
MAYBE DIFFUSE THE SITUATION.
I ALSO THOUGHT I SAW THE MOTHER
TALK TO SOME OF THE PROTESTERS
AND TRY TO DEFUSE THE SITUATION
IN MY IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> SHE WAS TALKING TO HER
DAUGHTER’S SHE WAS CONFRONTING
HER ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS RIGHT
THERE BEHIND VERY
AND THIS IS ANOTHER. THIS IS
KEVIN SISTERS. WELL, HERE,
THEY’RE VERY UPSET THAT MY
SISTER AND WE HAVE ANOTHER
SISTER. THERE’S 4 OF US, RIGHT?
AND SO SO FAMILY HEARS VERY
UPSET. YOU SAW THER THEIR MOM
WAS RUN OVER BY THE COPS.
HE WAS SHOT 9 TIMES. COULDN’T
DEFEND HIMSELF. HE WAS JUST
RUNNING. I WAS GOING TO DO WHEN
YOU SEE A BUNCH OF CARS THAT,
YOU KNOW, ARE TRAINED AND
TRAINED TO KILL BLACK PEOPLE.
>> OF COURSE YOU’RE GOING TO
BE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING
WE GO THROUGH EVERY WE’RE GOING
TO SEND THINGS BACK TO YOU ALL
AND LET THIS SITUATION AS
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GRIEF
HERE. LET THEM HAVE THEIR SPACE
TO LET’S LET’S BACK OFF THE
SITUATION A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT
THESE PEOPLE GRIEVE. IT SEEMS
AS IF
>> IT’S DEFINITELY CALMED DOWN.
>> OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE 2 SIDES
TO THE STORY WE’VE HEARD FROM
THE POLICE CHIEF THAT THIS WAS
A MAN WHO HAD MULTIPLE FELONIES
FELONY WARRANTS. ONE WAS FELT
FELON IN POSSESSION OF A
FIREARM.
>> AND ONE WAS WE UNDERSTAND
ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER.
THAT’S ONE PART OF THE OTHER
PART OF IT. OBVIOUSLY, A FAMILY
GRIEVING FOR A LOVED ONE THAT
IS LOST. BUT WHAT I WANTED KIND
OF POINT OUT AS WE SAW POLICE
ENGAGE WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE
THAT WERE THERE GRIEVING.
WE SAW THE MOTHER ENGAGE WITH
HER DAUGHTERS TO TRY TO PULL
THEM BACK THANKFULLY, IT SEEMS
LIKE COOLER HEADS PREVAILED
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I WAS
WATCHING THAT THINKING THE
WHOLE TIME. THIS IS NOT SAN
ANTONIO.
>> EXACTLY. AND AS YOU’RE
WATCHING THAT PLAY OUT AS WE
BOTH WERE IN THE NEWSROOM,
MOMENTS BEFORE WE WALKED OUT
HERE TO THE STUDIO. YOU’RE JUST
HOPING THAT YOU’RE NOT GOING
TO SEE SOMETHING. TAKE A TURN.
ANOTHER DEADLY TURN. SOMEONE
GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. AND
WHEN YOU SEE THAT LINE OF
OFFICERS IT’S ALARMING BECAUSE
THEY’RE IT. THEY THOUGHT THERE
WAS A NEED FOR THAT. BUT IT
IS GOOD NEWS THAT WE HAVE SEEN
LIKE YOU SAID SOME OF THOSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDERSTANDABLY
EMOTIONAL, TRY TO CALM THE
SITUATION DOWN THEMSELVES.
HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
OFFICERS, OF COURSE, TENSE.
BUT SEEING THAT OFF LINE OF
OFFICERS DISPERSED AND THOSE
OFFICERS BE ABLE TO TO TALK
WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE
BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF
PROCESSING HAPPENING AT THIS
SCENE AS OFFICERS ARE DOING
THAT DURING THEIR
INVESTIGATION. IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT THE POLICE CHIEF DID
SAY THAT THERE IS BODY CAMERA
FOOTAGE HERE. SO THAT IS KEY
AND OFFICE. ALL, OF COURSE,
EVERYONE ELSE DEALING WITH
THOSE INTENSE EMOTIONS BECAUSE
THERE IS A LIFE THAT HAS BEEN
LOST HERE. THE CIRCUMSTANCES
LEADING UP TO THAT. CERTAINLY