subdue the 24-year-old. officer randall carrick then allegedly shot ferrell ten times killing him. they discovered he was unarmed. less than a day later, carrick was behind arms charged with manslaughter. carrick s attorney told cnn the use of force was justified. he did not elaborate. it s unheard of. reporter: another lawyer who does not represent carrick but frequently defends police officers says he can t remember a case where an officer was charged within 24 hours of an incident. i have spoken to officers who are saying things like, who s got our back? did they charge too quickly without reviewing all the facts? no justice. no peace. reporter: some in charlotte are questioning the use of force in this case. young black men are shot down in the streets even by police officers where it seems to be
0 allowed to pick their kids names. there are some unusual ones out there that nobody wants out there, but do you want the legal system to decide which names are okay and which aren t? and when it comes to the religious overtones in this case, consider this, the most popular name on planet earth is mohammed. anderson starts now. erin, thanks. good evening, an exclusive look at the historic flooding that s devastated so many homes and lives in colorado. the water that swallowed roads, bridges and houses, the rebuilding will take years. also ahead tonight, a 24-year-old man bruised and bleeding tries to get help after his car crashes in the middle of the night. instead of help, he s shot dead by a police officer. did race play a role? we begin, though, with breaking news. chilling new details about the gun the navy yard shooter used in monday s massacre. the killer apparently etched or carved two phrases into the shotgun. one saying, quote, my elf weapon. the other saying, quote, be
it was my husband. and your little boy, you say he s downstairs. he s in his crib. we just have a one story. oh, my god, he s going to smash in my back window. he won t smash in your back window. he won t. thank god. where are the cops? police say ferrell charged them. the taser didn t phase him. officer randall carrick opened fire with his gun, hitting him ten times. carrick is now charged with voluntary manslaughter. his attorney called carrick s actions justified. but the naacp is saying the manslaughter charge doesn t go far enough. they want carrick charged with murder. coming up next, we re getting word of an interesting moment in a news conference involving families of newtown victims, and it happened when a mother who lost her son to violence in chicago took the stage. stay right here. do not miss this. hing. i had pain in my abdomen. it just wouldn t go away.
we haven t seen. here is what you need to know when you talk about north carolina law. when it om r cocomes to officer deadly force, a court will not look at what we all know to be true, he was unarmed. they ll look at his officer s point at that time. they ll give him deference. police were responding to what they believed at the time was a home invasion, a very dangerous felony. and if in their mind it was reasonable that this deadly force was warranted, then this may be a defensible case. what this will come down to is this gentleman s two brother officers, what they will say at trial. if they say they saw the guy go for something in his waistband, that s a flag that they re on his side. if they go the other way ashleigh they have to have talked already. we ve got a police statement saying the evidence revealed mr. ferrell did advance on the officer and the investigation showed the subsequent shooting of mr. ferrell was excessive. our investigation shows that
278-year-old police officer randall carrick did not have a louisville right to discharge his weapon and shoot ferrell. knowing how it happened, does that make it worse? yes. but i do forgive him. you do? i so forgive him and i pray that god bless him, but i do want justice. over the weekend, 24-year-old jonathan ferrell, former football player at florida a&m was shot a and killed by florida police. an unarmed man seeking help after a car crash over the weekend was shot ten times by the charlotte police officer who s now charged with his death. joining me is my colleague alice wagner and mile wiley, founder and president for the center of social inclusion. what is your reaction to the jonathan ferrell story?