Whole story unfortunately, so its hard to tell from the short clip of video. I know that theyre asking to see if theres any other video out there that anyone else might have to see what happened before the video and, of course, after the video in the van is a question mark as to how this could have possibly happened. Governor hogan says he has spoken with the mayor of baltimore and the states attorney and tried to apply some pressure to complete that gray autopsy as soon as possible. Our Bruce Johnson is live in west baltimore tonight where tensions on both sides are running high. What are you hearing tonight, bruce . Reporter first off we wanted to be in front of the Police Precinct for the Western District of baltimore, but that cant happen. Ill move to show you why. Police have the entire block sealed off with police cars and then a barricade and behind the barricades are dozens of Police Officers for the entire block. Clearly they are set up to keep people from going in front of po
George king who was tased to death at the hospital while he was strapped to a gurney. What we want to happen, we want all those prosecuted for murder. Reporter young people with no jobs and seemingly lots of times are frustrated. Some of the cops on the street also feel they need answers now and want to begin the process of mending fences with the community. This is bruce john reporting from west baltimore for wusa9. A Community Vigil and demonstration to protest freddie grays death are scheduled for tonight and we are there. Baltimore police said five of the six officers suspended with pay for the incident have given their statements to investigators. You can see these officers in the cell phone videos. One shows the officers carrying or perhaps dragging gray into the police van. Another shows them taking them out of the van to shackle his legs a few blocks away. Today marylands governor said it seems no one knows exactly how gray suffered that injury, so hes putting a rush on getting
Surae chinn is live in alexandria with those details. Reporter thats right. Don essex is not just a well known umpire, he is known across the country. He also trains other umps up and down the east coast. Meanwhile Little League games will go on. Theres one here tonight in the fort hunt community. Coaches and parents are angry and devastated. Its just horrifying that somebody in our community this is a great community. This is a great community, great families, great kids and weve been working hard to give them a really great baseball experience. Reporter barry muse, president of fort hunt Little League, has known don essex for years as a current umpire and former chief umpire but certainly didnt know about this alleged dark secret. Almost Everybody Knows don essex. Hes an umpire. Hes a renowned umpire. Hes the go to guy in Northern Virginia for umpire training. Reporter Court Documents say essex pictured here on facebook agreed to meet with a 9yearold girl. An officer posed as the fat
Cash. The why here appears to be money, but the who is still a mysteriful investigators just pulled out mystery. Investigators just pulled out a box with what looks like a piece of charred wood inside, possibly part of a bed frame. Detectives believe the killers tortured the 10yearold boy Phillip Savopoulos in an effort to get money from his father. Firefighters found phillip in his bed cut or beaten doused with gasoline in the burning home. Police believe the killers held their captives for about 10 hours from wednesday night into thursday. Message after message from inside the home to the housekeepers husband, to a second housekeeper to, a nearby school, they all sound suspicious in hindsight, but with the killers likely watching and listening those messages out were all too cryptic for the people who received them to realize the captives greatly needed help. In d. C. Bruce leshan, wusa9. The housekeepers husband went to the house the morning of the fire worried about her. He senned
Because he was also making improper Campaign Contributions to mr. Fenty and that he didnt want people knowing it. Thats it. Thats all the mayor knew. The mayor didnt know the mechanics and there were a half a dozen ways and well show this that Jeff Thompson could have kept his name out of it and legally and properly made contributions to the mayor. The mayor did not know this Shadow Campaign thing, i dont know where this the mayor i categorically say to you the mayor did not know there was a Shadow Campaign if whats meant by that, that the illegal Campaign Contributions would be made for him. Attorney Robert Bennett says he thinks the u. S. Attorney should walk away with a plea deal with Jeff Thompson. The businessman could get as little as six months of home confinement in exchange for that information hes given to prosecutors. This entire interview with bennett will be on ourself www. Wusa9. Com be with as of right now. For people just joining us, is it possible the mayor could be in