reporter: the wild scene captured on police dash cam. he just ran into me call service he stole the car reporter: a stabbing suspect on the run from police monday night in one of their vehicles, going 97 miles per hour, officials say, before eventually hitting a van full of children, killing two girls, both just 6 years old. we have footage so call the medic as fast as you can an incredibly tragic event for our city reporter: today police identified the driver as 32-year-old raymond walters, jr., who was released from prison earlier this month. the chase began when walters allegedly stabbed his father in his truck and took off his father was had him in the vehicle with him and was intending to take him to the hospital for mental treatment. walters crashed the truck into a tree and as they responded to the scene, he stole their cruiser. the deadly incident happening just blocks away from the site of a mass shooting three weeks ago. last weekend the city held a
grave nearby that s where they found him reporter: him the coroner soon confirmed it. after two and a half years, here was the body of gavin smith. the clothing was still intact and he had been wrapped in his own blanket that he had in the trunk of his car reporter: the coroner also found the cause of death and it was grim blunt craniofacial trauma, that is multiple blows to his face. he was beaten to death it was repeated hitting in order to do that much damage very violent reporter: there were also fractures to the right forearm possibly defensive wounds. gavin had tried to fight, but clearly he was no match for his killer whoever did this was strong. very strong. powerhouse gym was very gossipy. so if you told the wrong person something, your secret would be all over the gym reporter: lauren, just
had to be gavin smith s. i kissed my partner on the cheek. that s a true story. it was a big piece of evidence we were able to get closer and look at it and saw that our entire crime scene, in our opinion, was inside that car reporter: crime scene yes. suddenly all other theories seemed to fall away. the passenger s seat was completely covered in blood. at one point it was very eerie when you looked at the blood and you could see a hand mark of gavin smith as he died in that seat reporter: soon the news reached gavin s family tara was devastated. there s no going back from that there is no going back. you accepted it you know, you re forced you know, trauma happens to people all the time. you don t think it s going to happen to you but it does. you know when you already expect the worst you think
raised the bar if you were he you d buy them all a car reporter: but it was this candid moment that makes last night s good-bye memorable. i want to thank you, the audience. you folks have been just incredibly loyal. oh, we wouldn t be on the air. secondly, this has been the greatest 22 years of my life. [ applause ] i am the luckiest guy in the world. i got to meet presidents,