doing it for a tiktok stunt. but he didn t stop. i heard one of the american soldiers said, get inside, run, get inside, to all of us. so we all ran. reporter: he actually had a hard time getting into north korea, wolf. he thought he could go through one of those buildings that straddles the joint security area, the dividing line of the dmv there. there aren t that many north korean guards on duty right now because of covid-19 concerns. but eventually he jumped into a van and was whisked away and he hasn t been heard from since. we don t know where he s being detained. the north koreans are not vaccinated, they re worried about the virus. and then they re going to ask him about his military record. he wasn t in the military very long. he was serving time for an alleged assault and headed back to texas to be separated from the military. now he s in north korea. his whereabouts are unknown, and no official communication happening between the united states and north korea, which means o
cap. cnn speaking with the woman who took this photo. she thought it was a stunt until she heard a soldier on the south korean side yell get him. i thought he was doing it for a tiktok stunt or something really, really stupid like that. but he didn t stop. and at that stage one of the american soldiers said, get inside, run, get inside to all of us. will ripley is outfront live near the dmz. will, what can you tell us about how easy it was for the soldier to make a run for north korea? and do you know anything about where he is right now? reporter: well, we know that he would have driven basically on this exact bridge here, erin, past the security checkpoint. this is the unification bridge. they only opened it to the traffic. and when i say traffic, i mean people who work there, for about an hour and a half in the morning each day. so these cars would have to go through a security check, then drive down about five miles when they get to that joint security
driving. listen. i m talking about yes, so we tried to get him to stop. he didn t stop. he didn t stop. stop, stop, stop. then he drove around, swerved like he was going to hit my car. i m like god damn, what are we doing. he stopped at the red light and put his turn signal on. we jumped out the car and shit went from there. a problem for them, fred, is we have the camera footage, according to their own police officer there is not a shred of evidence that nichols was recklessly driving. they don t know what led to this traffic stop in the first place. nor any shred of evidence of nichols swinging or trying to hit them or grabbing any guns, which we also heard in the body camera footage. we have disciplinary hearing summaries that indicate for haley and martin the claims they made were, quote, deemed untruthful. so sad. thank you so much. still to come, how a california-based organization is sending much-needed medical and
the toxicology reports are still pending. as someone that appears to be a supervisor arrives on the scene, one officer describes the initial stop. he didn t stop. hit the siren. stop. stop. drove. swerved like he is going to hit my car. he pulls up to the red light. we jump out of the car. went from there. reporter: the memphis police chief has told cnn they have found no evidence tyre nichols was driving recklessly. we looked at cameras, body worn cameras. even if something occurred prior to the stop, we have been unable to substantiate that. reporter: as tyre nichols
stop. he didn t stop. we stand there, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. drove around, swerve like he was going to hit my car. and i m like god damn, he stopped at the red light, put his turn signal on, we jumped out of the car. went from there. all right, man.