shootings it s the police in arizona who say they have the man who started it all. last night a swat team arrested this man 21-year-old leslie alan merritt jr. at wal-mart in glendale, arizona, outside of phoenix after he tried to pawn the gun used in the first four of the shooting. well, news of the arrest came as a relief to drivers throughout phoenix. police are urging the public not to let their guard down because it s not clear if merritt was the only shooter. investigators say it s possible that copy cats could be involved on the other seven shootings that they are still investigating. the 21-year-old s father says his son is a family man. there is no way that he did this. has just been accused of the i-10 shooting. oh they are so [bleep] stupid. would you like to tell me about hum or say anything on his behalf? yeah. i will say plenty on his behalf. whoever said he is the u-10 shooter is a [bleep] moron. have a good knight. merritt hasn t been
unit? and clearly this individual has ignored all the protocol, all the training that he was given, and he acted in a reckless and a rogue manner. this is a reflection on this police commissioner. 30 seconds left here. one, two, three, four, five, according to wnyc, we have those complaints. we have the two open civil rights cases. at what point does the flag go up? the flag should have went up after the first incident. and especially after those cases were thrown out. so this is a problematic officer, this is a rogue officer who is evidently not being properly supervised. former nypd sergeant noel leader. appreciate it. in other breaking news this hour as well, investigators detaining two people in connection with a string of arizona freeway shootings. they say they re questioning one of those people right now. so far they re not saying much about who these people are or why they were stopped. a frenzied search for the shooting suspect or suspects has unfolded near phoenix in
good morning to you. it is thursday, november 17. ali velshi has the day off. i m carol costello along with christine romans. happy one last day until friday. welcome to american morning. up first this morning, new developments in the penn state child sex scandal. jerry sandusky s tv sbrir this week where he said his behavior with young boys was not sexual abuse, just horse play, may have been the last straw for some of his alleged victims. sandusky s words led new people to come forward. sandusky charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse involving eight boys he met through the charity, on 360 last night, anderson cooper spoke to the mother of one alleged victim, victim number one in the indictment. she says it was hard for they are son to watch the sandusky interview. he was very upset about it. he said i watched it after that. he said he cried. i said, why with s he crying? he said because i m afraid he might go free. he is afraid sandusky might go free? yes. the
good morning to you. this is your a.m. wakeup call for thursday, november 17th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. new questions about what police knew and what they knew about it in the penn state child abuse sex scandal. a coach who s taken a lot of heat for witnessing the alleged sexual assault on a little boy and not reporting it says he went to the cops years ago. but two law enforcement agencies are now saying that s not true. the secret service catching up to the man accused of shooting at the white house with an ak-47 that he left at the scene. one bullet was lodged in a bulletproof window facing the south lawn. and severe weather that ripped across the southeast has killed at least four people. the concern now there could be more victims beneath the rubble of some homes. let s check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf. the southeast getting pounded the last 24 hours. a very intense line of storms th
arizona freeway. they now have this man in custody. when he was arrested, they said you he said you got the wrong guy. we ll continue to follow this case as it develops and bring you more details as they update us. i m kelly wright. you ve been looking at a live fox news alert