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Someone breaking car windows, fired 20 shots at stephon clark in his grandmothers backyard. police firing after thinking the 22-year-old was pointing a gun at them. instead, only a cell phone was found nearby. >> everybody, take out your cell phone. >> reporter: activists seized on that troubling fact. >> direct the cell phone to the council. does this look, as you point this to our council -- does this look like a gun? >> bottom line, were the officers justified at all in this shooting? >> well...

Does this look like a gun? >> bottom line, were the officers skrufd at all in the shoot something. >> well, that is what this investigation has to come to the conclusion of at the end. until all the facts are in, until we finish that, i cant answer that. >> the police chief pledged complete transparency, the investigation will be overseen by the states department of justice. part of the community anger stems from a puzzling moment caught on the body camera video. >> hey, mute. >> moments after t...

This. >> show me your hands. [ sound of gunshots ] >> reporter: two sacramento police officers, one of them black, responding to a report of someone breaking car windows, fired 20 shots at stephon clark in his grandmothers backyard. police firing after thinking the 22-year-old was pointing a gun at them. instead, only a cell phone was found nearby. >> everybody, take out your cell phone. >> reporter: activists seized on that troubling fact. >> direct the cell phone to the council. does this look...

He takes off running. thats when the officer fires his gun. paula sandeval has been following the story. you have more information. >> i will show you a little more live, my producer a few moments ago speaking to this gentlemans sister antoinette who says she believed her bother suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar and believes he did not mean any harm. her family is pursuing legal action. she is describing being heart broken, seeing her younger brother take his final breasts, on the body cam...

Also tonight we have seen some movement from the police officers. people wanting to get back in here. they had to run for their lives, they were not able to get their vehicles out. the police officers escorting folks in one by one so that they are able to remove their vehicles tonight. >> trace: yeah, and some of those cars had bloodied handprints on them and both the lament blood he footprints as they walked away. caroline shively life for us in las vegas. caroline, thank much. well, a tragedy ...

>> and then nine to 11 minutes, thats a long time to be firing. >> its an incredibly long time and if youre on the receiving end it is an eternity. when you look at the body camera video and see those officers under fire, very much what your other guests were describing of frontline combat there, you have automatic weapon fire. and coming from on high. the shooter there has all the advantage looking down and hes looking down on a ven ny in this case the concert, that is illuminated like broad da...

Also tonight we have seen some movement from the police officers. people wanting to get back in here. they had to run for their lives, they were not able to get their vehicles out. the police officers escorting folks in one by one so that they are able to remove their vehicles tonight. >> trace: yeah, and some of those cars had bloodied handprints on them and both the lament blood he footprints as they walked away. caroline shively life for us in las vegas. caroline, thank much. well, a tragedy ...

Requires action on both sides. >> we cannot give up on each other. police need community. community needs police. and we have to find a way in order to continue to build that trust and build those relationships. >> reporter: baltimore may be taking a step in that direction with commissioner davis promising transparency by releasing the body camera video. the question now, will that transparency translate to perhaps more trust within the community there. that is yet to be seen, fred. in the meant...

Order to continue to build that trust and build those relationships. >> reporter: baltimore may be taking a step in that direction with commissioner davis promising transparency by releasing the body camera video. >> and accountability it sounds like as well as theyre looking into these other cases. but palo, something isnt adding up, because wouldnt have that officer known his body camera was on? >> its a fair question. and the way the body cameras work, especially the one the officer was weari...

And we have to find a way in order to continue to build that trust and build those relationships. >> reporter: baltimore may be taking a step in that direction with commissioner davis promising transparency by releasing the body camera video. >> i want to bring back paolo. so this one incident is now prompting the review of 100 or plus other cases? >> right. the baltimore city state attorneys office is saying they have to review about 100 cases to see if the integrity of the investigations was j...