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http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0107/387273.html
Video http://dynamic.wjla.com/watch?s=wjla&i=387273
All caps is from the original webpage.
- WJLA Script -
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ONLY ON 7 TONIGHT: SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT COULD PROVE A DISTRICT TEENAGER DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE SHOT. U.S. MARSHALS OPENED FIRE ON THE YOUNG MAN ONE WEEK AGO. THEY CLAIM HE TRIED TO RUN THEM OVER WITH HIS CAR.
BUT THE DRIVER'S LAWYER SAYS THE VIDEO TAPE SHOWS HIS CLIENT DIDN'T DO IT.
SAM FORD IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY.
Sam Ford on set:
WE'RE WITHHOLDING THE YOUTH'S NAME BECAUSE HE'S A JUVENILE, BUT A MOTHER AND HER ATTORNEY ARE DENOUNCING U.S. MARSHALS TONIGHT. THEY SHOT A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY LAST WEEK WHOM THEY SAID TRIED TO STRIKE TWO DEPUTIES WITH HIS CAR. THE ATTORNEY
RELEASED SURVEILLANCE TAPE TO US, WHICH HE SAYS SHOWS marshals USING EXCESSIVE DEADLY FORCE.
Story:
THE APARTMENT COMPLEX'S SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WERE THERE TODAY, AND ATTORNEY DAVID SHURTZ SAID HE OBTAINED ON BEHALF OF HIS CLIENT THE VIDEO FROM LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN HER 16-YEAR-OLD SON DROVE UP HER TO VISIT A FRIEND. VIDEO SHOWS THE YOUTH GET OUT OF A CAR AND WALK TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING. TWO MINUTES LATER HE RETURNS TO THE CAR. PUNCHES IN THE CODE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AND PROCEEDS TO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY, AND FOR REASONS NOT OBVIOUS MARSHALS RUN UP ON THE CAR.
David Shurtz, Attorney: "Boom first shot, with seconds. We went and did a second by second analysis and he's backing out and they're starting to shoot."
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE INCIDENT LAST WEEK. U.S. MARSHALS ISSUED A STATEMENT DEPUTIES WERE ABOUT TO ENTER A BUILDING TO BEGIN AN EVICTION "BEFORE THEY COULD DO SO AN INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE TWO DEPUTIES WITH HIS VEHICLE."
David Shurtz: "He was not tryingto run them over they're tryingto run him over with their bodies they're literally trying to get on top of the car rather the than out of the way of the car. Some people might say when they walked up on him, whole bunch of bullets."
THE YOUTH AFTER HE FLED THE SCENE. HAPPENED TO DRIVE PAST HIS FATHER ON THE STREET, WHO DROVE THE BOY TO GREATER SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL. HE WAS MEDIVAC TO MEDSTAR WHERE HE REMAINS. TWO SHOTS IN THE CHEST, TWO BULLETS GRAZES TO HIS HEAD. HIS MOTHER AND ATTORNEY ATTEMPTED TO VISIT HIM TODAY BUT WERE TURNED AWAY BY HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES WHO SAID HE'S IN D.C. POLICE CUSTODY.
Cheryl Fenwick, Boy's Mother: "They did not have to shoot my son like that. He's handcuffed to the bed like a dog."
David Shurtz: "The victim's chained to the bed, the criminals are out on the street. Arresting other people and evicting other people."
U.S. MARSHAL SUPERVISOR ROBERT BRANDT CAME TO ABC 7 NEWS TONIGHT AND VIEWED AND ISSUES A STATEMENT; THAT THE MARSHAL SERVICE INVESTIGATES ALL AGENCY USES OF FORCE. IT SAID THE FOOTAGE WILL BE CAREFULLY EXAMINED, BUT until THE REVIEW IS COMPLETED THE AGENCY CANNOT COMMENT.
WE ASKED IF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED WERE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, BRANDT SAID HE DID NOT KNOW.
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0107/387273.html
Video http://dynamic.wjla.com/watch?s=wjla&i=387273
All caps is from the original webpage.
- WJLA Script -
Anchor:
ONLY ON 7 TONIGHT: SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT COULD PROVE A DISTRICT TEENAGER DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE SHOT. U.S. MARSHALS OPENED FIRE ON THE YOUNG MAN ONE WEEK AGO. THEY CLAIM HE TRIED TO RUN THEM OVER WITH HIS CAR.
BUT THE DRIVER'S LAWYER SAYS THE VIDEO TAPE SHOWS HIS CLIENT DIDN'T DO IT.
SAM FORD IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY.
Sam Ford on set:
WE'RE WITHHOLDING THE YOUTH'S NAME BECAUSE HE'S A JUVENILE, BUT A MOTHER AND HER ATTORNEY ARE DENOUNCING U.S. MARSHALS TONIGHT. THEY SHOT A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY LAST WEEK WHOM THEY SAID TRIED TO STRIKE TWO DEPUTIES WITH HIS CAR. THE ATTORNEY
RELEASED SURVEILLANCE TAPE TO US, WHICH HE SAYS SHOWS marshals USING EXCESSIVE DEADLY FORCE.
Story:
THE APARTMENT COMPLEX'S SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WERE THERE TODAY, AND ATTORNEY DAVID SHURTZ SAID HE OBTAINED ON BEHALF OF HIS CLIENT THE VIDEO FROM LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN HER 16-YEAR-OLD SON DROVE UP HER TO VISIT A FRIEND. VIDEO SHOWS THE YOUTH GET OUT OF A CAR AND WALK TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING. TWO MINUTES LATER HE RETURNS TO THE CAR. PUNCHES IN THE CODE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AND PROCEEDS TO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY, AND FOR REASONS NOT OBVIOUS MARSHALS RUN UP ON THE CAR.
David Shurtz, Attorney: "Boom first shot, with seconds. We went and did a second by second analysis and he's backing out and they're starting to shoot."
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE INCIDENT LAST WEEK. U.S. MARSHALS ISSUED A STATEMENT DEPUTIES WERE ABOUT TO ENTER A BUILDING TO BEGIN AN EVICTION "BEFORE THEY COULD DO SO AN INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE TWO DEPUTIES WITH HIS VEHICLE."
David Shurtz: "He was not tryingto run them over they're tryingto run him over with their bodies they're literally trying to get on top of the car rather the than out of the way of the car. Some people might say when they walked up on him, whole bunch of bullets."
THE YOUTH AFTER HE FLED THE SCENE. HAPPENED TO DRIVE PAST HIS FATHER ON THE STREET, WHO DROVE THE BOY TO GREATER SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL. HE WAS MEDIVAC TO MEDSTAR WHERE HE REMAINS. TWO SHOTS IN THE CHEST, TWO BULLETS GRAZES TO HIS HEAD. HIS MOTHER AND ATTORNEY ATTEMPTED TO VISIT HIM TODAY BUT WERE TURNED AWAY BY HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES WHO SAID HE'S IN D.C. POLICE CUSTODY.
Cheryl Fenwick, Boy's Mother: "They did not have to shoot my son like that. He's handcuffed to the bed like a dog."
David Shurtz: "The victim's chained to the bed, the criminals are out on the street. Arresting other people and evicting other people."
U.S. MARSHAL SUPERVISOR ROBERT BRANDT CAME TO ABC 7 NEWS TONIGHT AND VIEWED AND ISSUES A STATEMENT; THAT THE MARSHAL SERVICE INVESTIGATES ALL AGENCY USES OF FORCE. IT SAID THE FOOTAGE WILL BE CAREFULLY EXAMINED, BUT until THE REVIEW IS COMPLETED THE AGENCY CANNOT COMMENT.
WE ASKED IF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED WERE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, BRANDT SAID HE DID NOT KNOW.