Next night. Pari had to make this announcement. We had a really nice rehearsal with matt roberts last night and this morning he passed away at the hotel. The stunned crowd honored roberts. With ten minutes of silence. We shut the entire stage down except for one spotlight and we put matts les paul on the stage. Roberts dad was in town. And thanked the crowd for their support. This is a hard thing you can imagine. He says he doesnt know what killed his son. But says his son suffered from anxiety his the songs theyd rehearsed together. And i spoke with roberts dad tonight in mississippi. He tells me the people of wisconsin took care of me during the most difficult time of my life. Matt had a dream as a child and made that dream into a reality and lived life as big as he could. He left a great legacy. Roberts was 38. Reporting live in the newsroom. Jenna sachs. Fox 6 news. Mend. Milwaukee mayor tom barrett has canceled the 10 p. M. Curfew for those 17 years old and younger. He says the ea
Charging decision to come fast that it did in the 2014 dontre hamilton case; that took nearly six months. The das office declined to comment today. Ted thanks aj despite todays new details from the attorney general the aclu of wisconsin says many questions still remain unanswered. Fox6s Madeline Anderson is live in downtown milwaukee where she spoke with the organizations executive director. The aclu has been pusing for more transparency from both the department of justice and Milwaukee Police. That includes releasing the body camera footage of the incident. And information on the moments leading up to it. A week after calling for the release of the body camera video in the officer involved shooting death of Sylville Smith. Aclu of wisconsin executive director chris ahmuty is still too long, speculation is going to continue, trust is going to be undermined. During a News Conference on the august 13th incident. Attorney general brad schimel said all critical witnesses have been intervie
The investigation. He says it took longer than usual for doj agents to collect evidence at the scene because initially, it wasnt safe there. He also says reviewing the video is challenging because the first parts dont have sound. I believe its a 30second delay before the audio starts after the incident recording begins. Schmiel does not put a timeline on the investigation but says he;s hopeful a charging decision will come sooner than it did in the 2014 dontre hamilton case, we are very optimistic that this will move much faster. The das office declined to comment on todays announcement. Schimel confirms some of the state investigators on this case are retired from mpd. However, he does not see that as a conflict on interest, saying theres no direct relationship between the investigators and the officers involved. Since the august 13th shooting. The aclu has been calling on the state and Milwaukee Police to be more the attorney general for releasing new details in the investigation. In
Good evening, and thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at six. Im brie jackson. The race for the white house heats up as president ial candidates make last Minute Campaign stope before super tuesday. Republican hopeful marco rubio is making his rounds in the commonwealth today and is speaking at Roanoke College tonight. Wsls 10s ananda rochita is live in salem. Ananda how is the crowd looking so far . People are starting to line up to see senator marco rubio speak tonight at Roanoke College. Theres a big push for candidates ahead of super tuesday. In fact donald trump will be in radford tomorrow. Rubios Campaign Team listed support from virginia leaders this week on his website. Some from our area include Danville City Council member lee vogler and former chair for Roanoke County gop ed lynch. Rubio was at a rally in the richmond area a few hours ago and there he talked about the country needing a strong conservative movement. He also didnt hesitate to talk about Roanoke College a few min