he was indicted for a criminal offense, manslaughter. reporter: witnesses say the teen had his hands in the air in a gesture of surrender at the time of the shooting. thelma: it s proven evidence. he surrendered. that s murder. he just shot him when he gave up. paul: listen, this was a tragedy, but phillip was a kid who had a gun who shouldn t ve had a gun. gervonn: it just didn t fit the narrative of a young boy that grew up in this community. i mean, this was teaneck. walter: to me, the facts in the case are so obvious, at least in this instance. we re going to get justice (music) reporter: we reported this morning defense lawyer robert galantucci surprised everyone in the courtroom, especially the prosecution team, by calling the defendant himself to the stand. let s go to the courtroom now live, where gary spath is testifying in his own behalf. mike: we didn t know that gary spath would testify as the trial began. there was some concern on the part of spath s defense atto
courtroom for the trial of new jersey versus police officer gary spath. mike: it is extremely rare for police officers to be put on trial. this was a police officer who claimed he was doing his duty. and in the course of doing his duty, he was indicted for a criminal offense, manslaughter. reporter: witnesses say the teen had his hands in the air in a gesture of surrender at the time of the shooting. thelma: it s proven evidence. he surrendered. that s murder. he just shot him when he gave up. paul: listen, this was a tragedy, but phillip was a kid who had a gun who shouldn t ve had a gun. gervonn: it just didn t fit the narrative of a young boy that grew up in this community. i mean, this was teaneck. walter: to me, the facts in the case are so obvious, at least in this instance. we re going to get justice (music) reporter: we reported this morning defense lawyer robert galantucci surprised everyone in the courtroom, especially the prosecution team, by calling the defendant
They found one man with gunshot wounsd. He died. Right now theres no word on all suspect. Good morning, everyone. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eunion. Lets check in with meteorologist chuck bell. 70s one more time. Thats the good news for todays forecast. The bad news is rain chances sneaking up. Obviously well be talking more than in a bit. For now its 43 in new market, maryland, 52 nguywinchester, 50 degrees in maryland. Planning out your day hour by hour 40rkss and 50s. Up to near 60 by 9 00 a. 68 by 11 00 and youll spend mohs of your thursday afternoon sitting in warm sunshine. Temperatures today, mid70s. More clouds late this afternoon into the evening and we might get a sprinkle or two. Thats not going to worry anybody at all. I know me personally ill be in bed. Amelia segal has that. Speaking of being in bed early, heres melissa mollet. We dont have any problems northbound or southbound. A big look at the beltway, rolling along just fine. Taking a look at the top of the beltway, 9
Join us live at the scene in just a few minutes. Im Tisha Thompson at the live desk. We are just getting details about wizards star john wall being kicked off a flight in las vegas this week. This youre about to see is a picture from walls twitter just a few days ago, showing him in vegas as they were headed back to d. C. On tuesday. Someone from walls group allegedly threatened another passenger. According to tmz sports. Police were called and boarded the plane. The victim told them he didnt want to press charges, but the pilot reportedly asked the officers to remove wall and his fellow travelers from the plane. They were escorted off without any further incident. Im Tisha Thompson at the live desk. Former reality show star is now officially charged for making threats against our metro system. Dreadstone coleman just wrapped up a Court Appearance in d. C. About an hour ago. Police say he made multiple threats against trains and buses in the last silver months, some of which actually p
thelma: my son, he got shot in that backyard over there with his hands in the air. we endured this pain for 30 years. now we re back here again. christine: i was in eighth grade when phillip pannell was murdered, and a lot of my friends knew phillip pannell. so i try every year to teach the students about phillip pannell, because too often they come to school and they don t know his story. so i m always trying to make sure that his name is remembered and we never forget what happened. protestor: (shouting) 30 years. not again. natacha: i ve been fighting for 31 years because even now, today, teaneck is trying to sweep it under the rug. jim: hall meeting, all right. that is the black lives matter mural, council member rice. gervonn: i know that we did discuss it at our last council meeting and just wanted to make sure that it was brought up again.