Brian bolt was walking home from the king fish pub saturday night. Its a two mile walk. And he was half block away when shot. 7 News Reporter melanie has more. Brians family now here from florida investigators who have spoken with the family say that obviously they are devastated. I spoke with several neighbors today. They all tell me that they heard a gunshot and one neighbor says she immediately rushed outside and saw brian on the ground. Flowers candle mark the spot where 30yearold brian bolt died. He was a Health Data Scientist with a p hd from georgia tech. Family now here from florida. They are being completely rocked. World is turned upside down. Just after midnight sunday neighbors say they heard a loud bang. He was clearly gone. He had a gunshot wound in his forehead. Neighbors say he was walking home from king fish bar approximately two miles await a minute he was shot less than half block from his house. Did somebody come and kind of search out an opportunity to rob some one
After that, thats when the first shot went. I took cover. I looked up. I saw a flash. Reporter im told you did wrap a towel around his head . I did. Reporter thank you very much. Were short on time. I appreciate the fact that you can tell me about that. Once again, this man, hes a witness here. Police confirmed there was a witness out here as well that he did wrap a towel around the kids kid. More on this as it continues. Harry hairston, nbc 10 news. Now to a developing story. The group isis claims to have beheaded another american journalist. A video released today allegedly shows the execution of Steven Sotloff. He disappeared in syria last year. Im jacqueline london. Im keith jones. This comes two weeks after jam foley was executed by the terror group. Any word on what motivated this. Isis is saying that it beheaded him as retribution for continued u. S. Air strikes in iraq. We will show you a picture that was taken from the video of the alleged execution. Here it is. Isis had threa
These kind of acts of senseless violence or terrorism. I pledge as always to make sure our National Security teams coordinate very closely, given not only is canada one of our closest allies in the world but theyre our neighbors and our friends. Obviously theres a lot of interaction between canadians and the United States where we have such a long border. In a press conference earlier today, police in canada would not confirm if it will was a second suspect on the loose. Was there more than one gunman . Were still in the process of investigation right now. Were treating this very seriously in identifying. Downtown ottawa was put on lock down and police are asking the public to report any suspicion activity. The motive of this attack is not yet clear but came days after canada raised its terrorist threat level. On monday a radical muslim killed two canadians with his car. Isis has not been linked to todays shooting in ottawa. In United States, dhs has this to say. Officials in ottawa sa
and hack bull la mehsud. would you take that together as threats against the homeland? it s really hard to evaluate. what al qaeda has done or whatever terrorist group may be behind it is taking people like we arrested in times square, if they are willing to go, we re willing to send them. let s throw them out there and see what sticks up against the wall. that may be what we re seeing. and we need that tremendous vij lance he has admitted he was involved in this but he can always plead not guilty in a court of law. do you think they ve got a solid case against them? it sounds like they do. it doesn t sound like he s pleaded guilty but he is cooperating. it sounds as though they have a
escaping. when agents approached him on the plane he looked up and said, i was expecting you. this morning we re getting a clearer profile of shahzad and the financial problems he was facing when he allegedly turned on a country that had just honored him with citizenship. deb feyerick where police have been collecting a good deal of evidence from the suspect s foreclosed home. what s the latest? reporter: first we ll start with the investigation. after all of that planning to build a bomb and try to create chaos in times square. faisal shahzad is talking. he was interviewed at jfk when he was first arrested but also been spending much of the day talking to investigators. so much so they waived his hearing. he was supposed to appear in federal court. he did not, so investigators could find out good information. how did he get to the region? who did he meet? not only the leaders but people who may have been training along with him and likely plots. that s key. this is the fir