really going to be key. because keep in mind this was essentially the last individual to speak to scott before he made the decision to run away from the vehicle. and, of course we now know how that ended. but really the main key here will be to try to hear from that individual. he would potentially be able to paint a picture of what was happening inside that mercedes before officer slager gave chase and fired those eight shots, five of which hit mr. scott. but at this point, after repeated attempts by cnn to try to track that individual down we have not been able to find him. and really we re told he s only been or at least he s only spoken to police investigators. he did it as recently as yesterday and also he was able to speak to them just in the moments following that shooting that happened a week ago today, fred. and so polo is anyone saying they find that a rather unusual, that by now perhaps police department might present that public report that report that
female walmart employee had been assaulted. investigators say when police arrived, suspects were attacking another store worker. in the end, police shot and killed one member of the family. another was wounded. and a police officer was shot in the leg a second arrest made in a plot to set off a car bomb at a u.s. army post in kansas. alexander blair is accused of fail to go report the plot to authorities. they arrested john thomas booker of topeka kansas. he told an informant he wanted to commit jihad on behalf of isis. they might be motivated by ava right of reasons to take extreme and terroristic steps against our folks. a muslim cleric said he is mentally ill and was acting strangely in the weeks up to his arrest. a defense of freedom
kansas man s alleged plot to bomb a u.s. army base. the justice department says that alexander blair knew about john booker s plan to try and detonate what would be a suicide car bomb at ft. riley. booker was arrested as he made his final attempts to detonate the bomb. the bomb actually turned out to be a fake. it was a decoy planted by the undercover feds who thought who he thought were his co-conspirators. joining me to talk about the bob bear cnn intelligence analyst and former cia operative. when you look at this this is just another example of the lone wolf threat. the threat that homeland security secretary jeh johnson said is of such concern and that is really the toughest thing for law enforcement in this country to go after. how do you tackle something like this? i mean thank goodness there were undercover agents in this case. but there aren t always. well poppy, i think we ve gotten very lucky. these kids and they are young, go up on social media and you can see the patte
when the army learned and the fbi notified the army of what this was about they terminated his entry a month ago. so once that happened he decided that s it i m going to assemble a bomb and put it in the trunk of my car and be a suicide bomber and crash the gate and blow it up. the other subject arrested in connection with it knew that s what he wanted to do helped him rent a garage space where he could store the explosive that he was going to acquire and provided significant help to him. it was more than just he knew about it and didn t inform the authorities. he knew about it and was helping him go forward with this even though he wasn t going to be a bomber himself. this 20-year-old john booker arrested second arrest of 28-year-old alexander blair, in your view might there be others? not that i know of. i think this had gone and i m not aware or they would have probably already been arrested.
clinton s announcement tomorrow and host a roundtable discussion with political insiders about the challenges that she may face in her battle for the white house. in other news a second arrest has been made in a plot to set off a car bomb at a u.s. army post in kansas. alexander blair is accused of failing to report the plot to authorities. the fbi arrested 20-year-old john thomas booker of topeka yesterday. prosecutors say he told an fbi informant he wanted to kill americans and engage in violent jihad on behalf of isis. we face a continued threat from individuals within our own borders who may be motivated by a variety of reasons to take extreme and terrorististic steps against our folks. a muslim cleric says that booker is mentally ill and was acting strangely in the days before his arrest. it seems of late there has been a number of wrongly convicted people finally winning their freedom and here may be another case. in hartford connecticut, a 69-year-old man walked out of p