if we re going to choose between maybe we ll let him go a little farther and see what happens, or we re going to take him out now and eliminate any opportunity that he has to hurt somebody we re going to err on the side of in favor of the incident people. valencia was taken to the hospital in serious condition, released on custody two days later. he faces 15 charges including aggravated assault and armed robbery. new details in the actions of officer michael slager in the shooting in south carolina. investigators say slager refused to speak to investigators who it arrived at the scene an hour later after he fatally shot officer scott when scott was trying to flee. cell phone video shows slager firing eight shots at scott as scott runs away. slager was fired from the force and charged with murder. robert bates, the deputy who fatally shot a suspect after
custody two days later. he faces 15 charge including aggravated assault and armed robbery. new details in the case of michael slager. investigators say slager refused to speak an about hour after. cell phone video shows slager firing eight shots at scott as scott ran away. slager was fired from the force and charged with murder. robert bates the deputy who mistakenly shot a man with his gun testify hisinstead of his taser. prosecutors accused bates of negligence. his attorney claims the deputy made a split second mistake during a frantic arrest scene. it took almost three months but a jury has been seated for the trial of james holmes accused of killing 12 people and
man down. if we re going to choose between he maybe we ll let him go a little farther and see what happens. or we re going to take him out now and eliminate any opportunity that he has to hurt somebody you re going to err on the side of in favor of the innocent people. valencia was taken to the hospital in serious condition and released into custody two days later. he faces 15 charges now including aggravated assault and armed robbery. new details about the actions of police officer michael slager after the fatal shooting in north charleston sc sc. investigators say slager refused to speak to investigators an hour after the incident. cell phone video shows slager firing eight shots at scott as the man runs away there. slager has been fired from the fore and has been charged with murder. roberts bates, the tulsa
nbc s sarah dollif has more. reporter: calls for police reform in charleston south carolina. a day after dash cam video was released showing the initial traffic stop that brought officer michael slager and walter scott together. at first, their interaction is routine. then scott gets out of the car and runs. there s a gap in between what happens after that and where eyewitness cell phone video begins with slager firing eight shots. the state agency investigating the shooting says they saw inconsistencies right away including what appears to be gunshot wounds in scott s back. a statement reads in part we believed early on there was something not right. the cell phone video shot by a bystander confirmed our initial suspicions. slager has been charged with murdered and fired from his job. his mother has yet to watch the video but offered an apology to the scott family. i just want them to know i am sorry that this happened. i know their family is grieving.
inside that brutal country and about her amazing escape. first, we have breaking news on a major story we have been following all week in the united states. the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer in south carolina. new dash cam video just released to cnn shows officers arriving on the scene after walter scott was shot. you can see what appears to be officer michael slager. he s there standing over scott s body and then a glimpse of the man who recorded the actual shooting. that shows officer slager firing at scott in the back as he s running away. the video may be disturbing and jason carol is outfront from north charleston with the latest. reporter: walter scott s loved ones and supporters coming together for wake this evening as his family prepares for his funeral tomorrow. this as investigators at the