concluded they violated multiple department policies, including excessive use of force, duty to intervene, and duty to render aid. this is not just a professional failing. this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane. reporter: the teessee bureau investigation speaking today. frankly, i m shocked, i m sickened by what i saw. i ve seen the video. you will, too. in a word it s absolutely appalling. reporter: nichols mother unable to watch the full video. he was less than 80 yards away when they murdered him. yes, i said murder. my son died on january 7th the doctors pulled january 10th.
kristen: thanks for joining us for getting answers. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. authorities describing the police video, calling it appalling and criminal. five former police officers now charged with murder in memphis. the officers surrendering to authorities, accused of viciously beating tyre nichols after he ran from a traffic stop near his home. he later died in the hospital. graphic body camera video expected, and the police chief calling it inhumane. tonight, president biden calling for calm and elwyn lopez is in memphis. also tonight, the one-time prominent attorney, husband, and father on trial for the murders of his wife and son. alec murdaugh sobbing in court today. what an officer described when arriving at the house. eva pilgrim in that courtroom. in new york city, the verdict tonight in the terror
pulled over for alleged reckless driving just yards from his home. authorities say he fled, he was confronted again. this is how his parents found him in the hospital. he died three days later. the family says the officers brutally beat him. tonight, memphis authorities say the video will be released sometime tomorrow night. they are urging calm. so is the family of tyre nichols, and so is president biden tonight. abc s elwyn lopez leading us off in memphis. reporter: tonight, five former memphis police officers facing murder charges in the death of tyre nichols. while each of the five individuals played a different role in the incident in question, the actions of all of them resulted in the death of tyre nichols and they are all responsible. reporter: the five former officers charged with second-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and assault, among other crimes. under the laws of tennessee, second-degree murder is a knowing killing. reporter: police say nichols was pulled
elwyn lopez leading us off, thank you. now tonight, the case making national headlines, the first witnesses taking the stand in the trial of alec murdaugh, the once prom innocent south carolina attorney, accused of murdering his own wife and son. the officer on what he saw when he got there. murdaugh breaking down in tears in court today. jurors seeing officers body camera video and difficult crime scene photos. more dag at times appearing at times distraught in court. and abc s e hava pilgrim from sh carolina tonight. reporter: for the first time, jurors in the trial of alex murdaugh saw police body cam from the moment officers arrived on the family s property where murdaugh s wife maggie and son paul had been shot to death. that video shielded from public view, but the first officer describing the grisly scene. the male victim lay on the ground to my left, as well as the female victim on the ground to my right. there was a large deal of blood that had pooled around his body. sa
graphic body camera video shows deputies arriving on the scene, finding a maintenance worker with his arm locked in the tiger s jaws. a deputy heard saying he was forced to shoot the tiger. the worker now facing possible charges. a warning, the images are difficult to watch. here s abc s victor oquendo. where are the tigers at? reporter: new tonight, body camera video of florida deputies rushing into the naples zoo, where a tiger latched onto a man s arm after he stuck it inside the enclosure. it s tough to watch. you got a tranquilizer? no? reporter: the man s arm bloodied, severely injured. he s begging deputies for help. telling them to shoot the tiger. the deputy tries kicking and shaking the enclosure, trying to get the tiger to release the man before firing a single bullet, hitting the animal, who then retreats. i know i had to shoot it. i don t know where i hit it. reporter: the collier county sheriff s office identifying the