officers. the incident happened late loas night. officer sean bolton was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop in the city. right now, we want to check in with erin mcloughlin live on reunion island. what have your learned this morning? reporter: well, what police are calling a metal object of interest was found on a beach not far from here, about 11 and a half miles away from where the original piece of debris was picked up that has since been flown to france. the news agency afp releasing a photo of that object, showing a twisted piece of metal with what appears to be chinese characters that could be some sort of brand name. we know that eight police officers were on that beach earlier today to pick up that object. they ve since brought it away
reunion island. that s where the search for debris for missing malaysia airlines flight 370 is now concentrated in some part. you re looking at the only close-up image we have that s been sent in of this object of interest. you can see it s a twisted piece of metal here. cnn is following this for us on reunion island. what are you hearing about this piece, what s happening to it now and what happens next? reporter: well, it was found on a beach not far from here about 13 miles away from where the what has now been confirmed by malaysian authorities was a flaperon was found. some eight police officers out on the beach this morning to collect the item. photograph released by afp shows a piece of twisted metal with what appears to be chinese characters inscribed on it.
from the location where they found that original piece of debris that has been sent to france. afp releasing a photo of the object. it shows a piece of twisted metal with what appears to be chinese characters on it. we understand that authorities have collected it. they are analyzing it. but so far not speculating about whether or not it is tied to the missing plane. in toulouse france, that s where the plane wing debris is in a laboratory for examination. we re getting confirmation this morning that the debris is indeed from a boeing triple 7? reporter: that s right. the malaysian transparency ministry has issued a statement this morning says that is from a triple 7 aircraft. that is as a result of
the funeral really seemed to take on a new level yesterday. also, breaking news here, another object found off the shores of reunion island. and people are wondering if this could be more debris from mh370. stay close. (music) imagine - these kids won t have to remember passwords or obsess about security. for them, every screen is meant to be touched. and web pages are meant to be scribbled on, and shared.
up. quite amazing. cnn is ahead of the game. this incident over the last 17 months that there has been no debris, now the confirmation that the flaperon was from a triple 7. we ve heard from sources from the investigative side that they identified that this was likely part of a triple 7. but when you get to small parts like this object of interest, how complicated is the confirmation that this is part of a triple 7? i d imagine that many of these parts are used in many different models. not only that. they re also manufactured in several different countries. they re actually making flaperons on behalf of boeing and they ve been doing it since 2004. we thought could it be a reject