Water town. Tamerlan died after he was shot during the gun fight. Police found dzhokhar hours later hiding in a dry dock boat. Inside he scrolled a manifesto blaming america for its wars in muslim countries. Prosecutors described the the bombing as a cold calculated terrorist act, that was intentional and defense attorney judy dark conceded dzhokhars participation but it was tamerlan that built bombs and planned at tax. Her goal has been to keith her client off death row, the the penalty phase face begins sunday. Tsarnaev showed lit follow any reaction to the verdict this same jury will decide if he will face life in prison, or a death sentence. In boston, im chris van cleve, now back to you. Boston cardinals sean omalley and roast man catholic bishops are weighing in on tsarnaevs punishment. It could go against the churchs teaching. Our coverage of the guilty verdict continues on Eyewitness News at 6 00 Investigative Reporter Charlotte Huffman looks at the is what in store for penalty
I had to turn away. I couldnt aint. When youre wrong youre wrong. And if you make a bad decision, dont care if youre behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision. Reporter the video is graphic. Police say slager fired eight shots at an unarmed scott on saturday in North Charleston. Its not nice to say. I dont like to see anybody get hurt. Reporter this neighbor asked us not to to be identified but says the slagers were his friends when they lived in this mt. Laurel neighbor. We moved here when he was about 12. He left about, i dont know, five years later. He went into the coast guard. But he was a nice kid i was the whole time he lived here. Reporter he said slager was friendly and joined the coast guard before becoming a member of the North Charleston police department. Wednesday night a group held a peaceful demonstration in North Charleston supporting Walter Scotts family. If convicted Michael Slager could face 30 to life in prison even the De
High school in medford with new information. David . Reporter chris, used to walk the halls here at lenape high school. He graduated in 2001. Tonight we go back to Michael Slagers new jersey roots and we spoke to a man who knew slager while he was growing up. This class photo from online yearbook shows Michael Slager in 1999 when he was a sophomore at lenape high school. Now the 33yearold is behind bars charged with killing walter lamar scott. When i saw my son running and i saw the policeman behind him i couldnt take it. I had to turn away. I couldnt aint. When youre wrong youre wrong. And if you make a bad decision, dont care if youre behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision. Reporter the video is graphic. Police say slager fired eight shots at an unarmed scott on saturday in North Charleston. Its not nice to say. I dont like to see anybody get hurt. Reporter this neighbor asked us not to to be identified but says the slagers were his frien
Good witch of weather today and tell you it will be sunny and gorgeous today but unfortunately i cannot do that because we have a day very much like today that was like yesterday with the clouds mist drizzle and temperatures way too cool in the 40s but we will break out and we will break out of it pretty soon. We will show thaw with the seven day forecast vittoria. Carol i cannot be as guilty either because traveling out and about on the majors it will be slow already because of the weather because weather is also impacting some situations like accidents and disabled vehicle. This is the the schuylkill eastbound at gulph mills. We have an accident situation on the shoulder starting rush her delays. We will talk about this in my full report coming up. We are learning more about the South Carolina Police Officer caught on video. The officer Michael Slager is charged with murdering walter scott. Eyewitness naus has learned that slager was allowed to stay on the force despite an earlier co
Only the second to the last day of school, teenager opens fire inside his high school. Killing one person, before turning the gun on himself. A fellow student described the alleged shooter. Plus thank you very much, but obviously we came up short. Shocking upset in congress. House majority leader de feed dollars in his primary, mack being history this morning. Another blanket of fog this morning. Weather authority tracking wet wet their could impact your drive. The fog just contributing to all of that humidity out there. Caitlin, what, 84 humidity . And going by percentage, not a scientific thing. Gentlemen very humid out there. We have the muggy, hazy weather us all morning long, also showers, storms, moving into the western suburbs, we get right to t5 on scale of one to ten, temperatures at least going to be cooler later today t wont be raining all day. But, with these unsettled days, comes the risk for rain at any time, like we saw late last night. The heavy showers. Bus stop buddy,