this country? but it s not just the mass murders. there are so many other reasons for the constant fear and dread that we re all feeling. one of those reasons, the latest case of police overkill. a 25-year-old black man named jayland walker, killed in akron by 60 bullet wounds as he ran from police. also tonight, a major development in fulton county s investigation in trump s efforts to find enough votes to steal georgia. new details about the next jap 6th hearing. we begin with this very strange place that we find ourselves in on the day after july 4th, independence day. a day that turned out to be tragic and violent for the community of highland park, illinois. where seven people died and almost 40 were injured in approximately the 319th mass shooting so far this year. on our way to another record. the young white male shooter, who previously posted creepy videos seeming to set the stage for his act of terrorism was charged tonight with seven counts of first-degree murder
the bodies were removed and taken to the medical examiner s office. and we confirmed what we were able to see visually that there was absolutely no trama to either of the bodies. with no indications of gunshots, stab wounds, or strangulation, they think the women may have been killed by a lethal dose of a drug, perhaps laced into their drinks. one week later and two blocks away, police are called to an almost identical crime scene. this time it s a 28-year-old and a 24-year-old. left in the trunk of a car, set ablaze. when you look at that situation, very quickly we decided this was very potentially a serial case. chief godbee is quick to point out that the toxicology results confirmed what they suspected.
a serial killer is on the loose hunting and killing two women at a time. there was a connection between three of the four deceased to a website called backpage and the aha came very quickly. on december 26th, chief godbee calls a press conference to alert the community of the clear and present danger to alert the public of the backpage killer. there is someone praying on women of a certain age that have utilized that page or maybe other similar websites. this tie for us is disconcerting. from a clear investigative standpoint, we could have sent that person underground. but it would have been
either of the bodies. with no indications of gunshots, stab wounds, or strangulation, they think the women may have been killed by a lethal dose of a drug, perhaps laced into their drinks. one week later and two blocks away, police are called to an almost identical crime scene. this time it s a 208-year-old ad a 24-year-old. left in the trunk of a car, set ablaze. when you look at that situation, very quickly we decided this was very potentially a serial case. chief godbee is quick to point out that the toxicology results confirmed what they
suspected. a serial killer is on the loose hunting and killing two women at a time. there was a connection between three of the four deceased to a website called backpackage.com and the aha came very quickly. on december 26th, chief godbee calls a press conference to alert the community of the clear and present danger to alert the public of the backpage killer. there is someone praying on women of a certain age that have utilized that page or maybe other similar websites. this tie for us is disconcerting. from a clear investigative standpoint, we could have sent that person underground.