Authorities need your help. And the holidays are here. And perhaps the biggest gift already. Can you guess our person of the week . Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with the bombshell from the jury in a South Carolina courtroom. Walter scott, running off, the Police Officer chasing after him, then firing eight times. Scott was not armed. The officer saying he fired until the threat was over. Just a short time ago, the jury revealing its deadlocked. One of the jurors saying i can not without reasonable doubt convict the defendant. Heres steve osunsami. Reporter it is very possible tonight that this former Police Officer, seen on cell phone video shooting a black man in the back, could go home to the welcome arms of his family. Michael slager needed only one member of the nearly allwhite jury to see his side. To agree that he fired those eight bullets because he was afraid. Even though his victim had already run nearly 18 feet away. The judge read a
Lavanchy. Sara im sara underwood. Gloomy tart to the day with fog out there and shiri spear in the Stormtracker Weather Center with the awful conditions that seem to be sticking around. Shiri ugly conditions out there. Blanket and light to couple pockets here of moderate showers, anywhere worcester area and central mass to bedford and boston and northward. This is primary north of the mass pike traveling into Southern New Hampshire and then you will find the damp roadways now. Im not going to totally dry over the southeast either because when it gets really misty, when you get the really fine little pieces of mist, it sneaks under radar, so with a little bit of fog on the cape, wouldnt be surprised you feeling the damp forecast early on this morning. Beverly we got fog, portsmouth we got fog, worcester starting to see improvements last half hour, victoria has dropped again down to half a mile. So kind of in in and out of the forecast this morning. Boston looking mostly cloudy today and
Cape and even through boston. Points north and west. Lawrence 3mile visibility. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 5mile visibility. Worcester talking dense fog and the hourbyhour forecast in boston have morning sprinkles, mostly cloudy skies in the afternoon with highs getting into the mid70s there. I just want you to be prepared for a couple of ongoing spotty showers here through your wednesday. Julie is up now live drive time traffic this morning taking us out to the expressway. Are starting because things are moving along nicely from the braintree split to columbia road. As we shift north, no issues on route 1 or 93 south. Here are your live drive times. 23 minutes on the pike eastbound. Single digits on the expressway. 9 minutes as you approach the exit to the pike. 19 minutes on 93 south from and overdown to the leverett connector. Back to you. Warning for parents in one local town about a sketchy snapchat account. Reporter police say teen boys were asked for naked pictures from a user t
Can you guess our person of the week . Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with the bombshell from the jury in a South Carolina courtroom. The trial of former Police Officer Michael Slager in the Fatal Shooting of walter scott. Running off, the Police Officer chasing after him, then firing eight times. Walter scott was not armed. The officer saying he fired until the threat was over. Just a short time ago, the jury revealing its deadlocked. One of the jurors saying i can not without reasonable doubt convict the defendant. How did the judge respond . He sent them back. Heres steve osunsami. Reporter there was drama in the jury room. At one point it was looking very possible that this former Police Officer, seen on cell phone video shooting a black man in the back, could go home to his family. Michael slager needed only one member of the nearly allwhite jury to see his side. To agree that he fired those eight bullets because he was afraid. Even though