plus, two jewish men shot outside of synagogues in los angeles on different days. tonight authorities say they re connected. the victims targeted for their religion. the federal hate crime charges just filed. the outrage in ohio. families waiting in long lines for help in east palestine two weeks after that toxic train derailment and new details on what may have caused this crash. the tragedy on the field. a 12-year-old dying after collapsing at football practice. the family says the ambulance took 30 minutes to arrive. what his mother says could have saved his life. and the book of 125,000 names, the story it tells and the deep connection for our correspondent. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight. they were sworn to protect, but today five fired memphis police officers were in a courtroom facing charges of murder that they beat tyre nichols so badly during his arrest last month that he died
home from a long shift in uniform, guyger says she mistakenly entered the apartment above hers, which was unlocked, and seconds later shot botham jean, assuming he was burglar. officers finding him unresponsive on the floor. can you hear me can you hear me? reporter: the unarmed 26-year-old had been inside his apartment watching tv and eating ice cream responding officers took the stand describing how they fought to keep jean alive in the minutes before ems arrived hey reporter: the defense argued guyger was distracted by work when she returned home, and that her apartment complex is hard to navigate and in the body cam officers appear confused as they try to find their way around it might be on this side reporter: today prosecutors highlighted jean s bright red doormat as one of the many visual cues guyger missed, leading her to fatal error. reporter: there was