the officer involved wouldn t be charged. we have the video there. that teenager s name is zachary hammond. the teenager says they are angry. they are disappointed. nick valencia is following this story. you have to look very quickly t. video happened quickly amount 19-year-old on a date with a woman the target of a drug sting. the newly released dash-cam video shows according to him and parents, the officer acted overly aggress i and their son did not have to be shomt we want to warn you, some of this video can be considered graphic. reporter: you can hear the tires screech as the leiutenant pulse into the parking lot. in less than a few second, gunfire. the two shots killed the driver, 19-year-old zachary hammond. vrths say he had drugs in his system and packaged cocaine in his pocket. listen as leiutenant tiller describes why he opened fire.
he hit me. the police camera show what they say was a drug sting, the target the passenger of the car, 25-year-old tracy morgan. she was on a date with hammond at the time of the shooting. her sobs can be heard as an officer stand over hammond. the video was released this week, days before leiutenant tiller is cleared of wrongdoing. after a careful consideration of the fact of the case the solicitor writes in her ruling, i have zermd that no criminal charges should be fired against leiutenant mark tiller at the state level. she continues, this has been a very difficult case. no parent should ever are to bury their child. we are more disappointed by investigation that seemed more focused on attacking the victim than investigating the shooter. at a press conference thursday, hammond s parents and attorney say the blame for the fatal shooting rests solely on leiutenant tiller.
describes why he opened fire. he got ahold of me. the police video shows what was a drug sting. the target, 25-year-old tracy morgan, on a date with hammond at the time of the shooting. her sobs can be heard as an officer stands over hammond. the video was released this week, days before he is cleared of wrongdoing. after a careful consideration of the facts of the case, i have determined that no criminal charges should be filed against lieutenant mark tiller at the state level. she continues, this has been a very difficult case. no parent should ever have to bury their child. we are more disappointed by investigation that seemed more focused on attacking the victim, which was zach, than investigating the shooter. hammond s parents and attorney say the blame for the
all right. there are lingering questions about a fatal shooting of a teenager by a south carolina police officer. newly released police car dash cam video shows this picture right here, as to what happened in july, as officer mark tyrrell approached the car during a drug sting and you see right there, tyrrell says 19-year-old zachary hammond behind the wheel tried to run him over. and now the local prosecutor has determined the officer should not be charged. but a federal investigation is underway. cnn s nick valencia is covering this case, joining us with more on this. nick? hey, there, fredricka. what we can hear ourselves and from what the hammond family alleges, lieutenant mark tyrrell never identified himself as a police officer when he approached zachary hammond. cnn has obtained that raw dash cam video and we ll let you decide for yourselves. we do have to warn you, though. some of the video you see may be
up her mind even before she leveled her ruling that there would not be any charges filed against lieutenant mark tiller. they are pushing for federal charges. the video you are about to see could be considered graphic by some. he pulls into the parking lot. in less than a few seconds, gunfire. the two shots killed the driver, 19-year-old zachary hammond. he was unarmed. investigators say he had drugs in his system and packaged cocaine in his pocket. listen as lieutenant tiller described why he opened fire. the police dash cam video shows what seneca south carolina police say was a drug sting. the target, the passenger of the car, 25-year-old tracy morton, on a date with hammond at the time of the shooting. her sobs can be heard as an