do investigators think they re getting closer to good leads? yes. ironically they re dealing with too many leads right now. so many people saw things you think it would be obvious, well you saw the muzzle fire who was holding it? it was dark people were scattering. but the idea of people hiding who did it we don t see any evidence of that on the ground and we re not hearing that from investigators. they re dealing with a lot of information, they did take some people in for questioning. they are looking for two others right now. they re moving along and there s going to be an answer. the question is just when. they ve got their work cut out for them. great context for us to see that we ll get back to you shortly. meanwhile president obama s secret service detail under fire again. two high-ranking agents suspected of perhaps being drunk reportedly drove a government vehicle through an area where colleagues were investigating a suspicious package at the white house. one of the age
direction of the cops which myself and jennifer roller and an deand another crew from nbc affiliate were standing in line next to the cops and bullets went right past our heads there. and i heard you say earlier, brad, that you could see the muzzle fire. tell me about that. you were looking towards the hillside, is that correct? after the first gunshot went off, we heard it was like a firecracker, we looked into the direction of where the noise came from. and we saw the muzzle flash, flash of the muzzle we could clearly see the flash of the muzzle from our perspective down the hill. since the hill was dark you could obviously see the light from the gun going off. from what i could tell from the way ron allen was directing our camera panning up there, that hill is not where the protesters had been. the protesters had been on the other side of the police
residential area it could be someone in a vehicle who got out, took a few shots and drove off. it definitely did come from that area. where the cops are now, definitely came from that i that area. when the shots were fired, i imagine people got on the ground trying to avoid getting injured? i wouldn t say it was noisy but it wasn t quiet. but it got silent when the gunshots went out. when people realize what did the gunshots were. it got silent and all you heard was police officers having their shields bumping the ground and getting out rifles and telling people to take cover. how many shots did you hear? at least four shots, at least four shots i heard. okay. at least four. myself and another gentleman saw the muzzle fire as well. at least four shots. at least four shots up on a hill that is 500 to 700 feet
being fired from some press accounts suggest it was on a hill across the street from your vantage point. can you tell where the shots were coming? i saw the muzzle fire from the top of the hill. okay. that s where i saw the muzzle fire coming from. and that s where the sound was coming from. yeah. bradley, it s willie geist. i want to have you about the tenor of the protests last night. a couple accounts i read from on the scene, largely celebratory that the chief had resigned but also there was a faction that still wanted ferguson to go further and ask the mayor to resign and other folks. what did it feel like last night before the shooting? it was definitely a celebratory feel to it. at the same time it was like also they wanted to exercise the fact that they just didn t want him just to resign, they wanted the whole ferguson administration completely. so if you re nar with the
the top of that hill. you couldn t see who was shooting it because it was so dark but you saw the muzzle fire coming towards the police officers. how far away is that hill? how long is the distance of that shot? i want to say at least 500 to 700 feet, 700 at least that. this person would have to be a pretty good shot to hit two police officers at that distance, would you say. right i m thinking it was more so shooting towards the officers, not sure if it was aiming towards anyone draektly but at least four shots fired and two made their marks. we are understanding that two police officers have been shot. one in fact was shot in the face. again we do not know. we have not confirm the the extent of the injuries. we understand this occurred as protests were taking place.