police have permanently disbanded the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit, the unit associated with officers involved in the killing of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old man beaten after a traffic stop. the videos we re about to show you are graphic and disturbing, but of course they are critical to understanding what happened to this 29-year-old man. as you can hear in the video, nichols cries out for his mother, who was just a few blocks away. officers continued to hit and spray nichols, struggling with him on the ground. more footage appears to show inaction by deputies and officers and paramedics on the scene. five officers are facing multiple charges, including second-degree murder and kidnapping. two sheriff s deputies at the scene were placed on leave pending an investigation and cnn s shimon prokupecz is live. we ll talk about the horrific video in just a moment, but we do have new breaking news, information coming in this afternoon, and that is that the memphis police department has
drove them to the scene. also today, the police department revealed that a sixth and then a seventh officer had been, quote, relieved of duty. as you know, five have already been fired and charged with second-degree murder. their specialized scorpion unit is now disbanded, and there could be more charges to come. we re going to talk about that tonight with a local district attorney. also our legal team on the potential difficulty of getting convictions under tennessee s hurt statute, and our law enforcement experts weigh in on effect or lack of one body cameras had on their behavior, including one suspended officer who came on to the scene shortly after mr. nichols had been pulled over. this is part of his camera s recording, and a warning, it is graphic, both on what you see and what you hear. get on the floor. get out of the car. i didn t do anything! i didn t turn your ass around. all right, all right, all right, all right. on the ground, on the ground. all r
. there s new details tonight in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh. he s accused of killing his wife and youngest son in an attempt to cover his alleged financial crimes. today marked day six of the trial as prosecutors played interviews. murdaugh s defense floating a new theory that there could have been two shooters involved in the attack. randi kaye was watching the trial today. here s her report. i m sorry. a wonderful wife, and she was a great mother. an emotional alex murdaugh in the second interview with investigators. first he cries about his wife maggie murdaugh, then at one point, he says this about his youngest son paul. it was just so bad, they did
him so bad. reporter: the interview with s.l.e.d., the south carolina law enforcement division took place on june 10th, 2021, three days after the murders. investigators asked alex to walk them through what he did that day. alex said he left work early and he and paul went target shooting on their hunting property. what gun? yeah. a .22 magnum. that .22 magnum is not one of the weapons used in the murders. alex also told investigators he wasn t at the kennels earlier in the night. i know that maggie went to the kennels. i don t know exactly where paul went, but he left the house too. what did you do once maggie and paul left? i stayed in the house. zp reporter: keep many mind alex murdaugh is heard on the phone at 8:45 p.m., and that was recorded at kennels. he told investigators twice now in separate interviews he didn t
murdaugh without an answer? at 9:29 p.m., there s a one-second outgoing call. at 9:42 p.m., there s a one second outgoing call, and at 9:57 p.m., there s a four-second outgoing call. reporter: when the caller, a friend couldn t reach paul, the special agent said he texted maggie murdaugh. what does he say? tell paul to call me. reporter: neither paul nor maggie ever responded. randi kaye joins us now live. does the e evidence show that maggie and paul murdaugh were dead by the time that person was trying to reach them by text? reporter: if you look at the evidence, prosecutors say that the murders took place between 8:30 p.m. and 10:06 p.m. now, we know they were alive at 8:45 p.m. because there is that video, which has audio on paul mur murdaugh s cell phone. that shows you can hear alex talking to his wife and son on