footage? there is really only about a second, we understand, by the time police showed up, and shot him. police say that he was waving the gun around. that he didn t comply. but how can that happen, in one second? that s absolutely correct. he was given less than half of a second, it was actually approximately a third of a second before they shot and killed mr. crawford. they came in the store and shot and killed him on sight. there s absolutely no justification for this shooting at all. mr. crawford was posing no threat to anyone. he was facing the shelves, talking on his cell phone and was shot and killed on sight. there s absolutely no justification and can you see through the video, mr. crawford was not even aware that these officers were in the store. and it s interesting, at one point he sort of is walking around, you see him what
gun when he was shot and killed. in september, a grand jury decided not to indict the officers involved in the incident. this, as new video is released showing police aggressively interrogating crawford s girlfriend after he was killed. cnn s ana cabrera has more. where did you get this gun? sir, i don t know. i don t know where, sir, i swear do god. i don t know. can you give me a lie detector test and everything. just released video from inside the interrogation room. beaver creek police detective rodney kurt grills tasha thomas, the girlfriend of john kraucraw iii, minutes after police open fire, killing crawford inside an ohio walmart. why would he have a gun in the store? i don t know. is he this is the incident caught on camera, surveil video in august shows crawford wandering the aisles, talking on the phone and carrying what looks like a rifle.
a concerned customer called 911 and police responded. walmart [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] police say crawford failed to obey commands from police, but crawford s family argues crawford never had a chance. they say the video shows he had his back to police and was on the phone when they approached. and that the officers opened fire just one second after they confronted crawford. one of these is a real gun, one of these is the gun mr. crawford was carrying that day. as you can see, it s very hard to tell the difference. it turns out crawford was holding a pellet gun he had picked up from a store shelf. not a rifle. in september, a grand jury chose not to indict the officers on any charges. the family is now filing a federal lawsuit against police and walmart. saying the pellet gun should have been locked up and police should have done due diligence before opening fire. the city responded with this
christiane amanpour, never apologize for making us better and teaching us to a situation we now seek to control. thank you very much. as christiane was referring, it s very important to understand what happened in the past and what could be the future. the man we ll be interviewing exclusively here may be both. future president, former president? of pakistan, pervez musharraf. alisyn? we ll look forward to that also a young black man killed by police, because he was holding a toy gun inside a walmart. his family now suing police and walmart, after a grand jury decided not to indict the officers. that man s family joins us live. a bose bluetooth speaker! and.cut. the not-so-good-more alright honey, this time face towards the light. is take two. were you naughty? were you nice? that s the tension i need to see. alright, we re losing light, people. action! wow. cut. i m not feeling it, sweetheart. we re gonna have to go in a different direction. doug?
distractedly talking on his cell phone. you see him standing to the side. when the police arrive on scene, he drops that gun, the toy, and scrambles away from it. obviously concerned. john, when you see those moments, they re critical moments, what goes through your mind? let me just answer what you just asked. when mr. crawford dropped the b.b. gun, he was shot at that point. he was shot. so he didn t drop it and scramble away. he was shot. that s why he dropped the b.b. gun. how many times was he shot? the shots had already been fired? he was shot twice. so he had already been shot twice. before he dropped the b.b. gun. at that point he was scrambling, he was fighting for his life. he was in the process of dying. he was shot. mr. crawford, we also understand, mr. crawford, that your son s girlfriend was out in the parking lot, waiting for him in the car.