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>> tell me. >> the shotgun that i secured in my vehicle on the scene. >> okay. [no sound] marked as exhibit 4. see if you recognize this particular item. >> that would be the shotgun i secured. >> at this time we move exhibit 4 into evidence. >> no objection. >> submitted. >> may i have sergeant green show the firearm to the jury. make sure not to point it at anybody, please. you know how to engage that firearm? okay. all right. sergeant green, ill show you one other document before we...

cant rent a car to go back to boseman. theres no flights back to boseman, no flights to nashville until christmas eve or christmas or like the 26th. so stressed. >> boy, oh boy. thats the situation at the airport. but then out on the roads, people at home with no elect electricity. good morning, it is friday, december 23rd, poppy and kaitlan are off. sara sidner is with me. >> im happy to be here. usually im out there and youre in here. >> but its dangerous and getting worse by the min...

Interstate. >> 459 south, mile marker 10, going to be a child walking on the -- 3 to 4-year-old child walking on the interstate. >> reporter: its believed she then stopped to check on the child and was on the phone with a family member when she disappeared. >> she heard a scream and some type of running type shuffle. >> reporter: russells parents horrified. >> i just felt immediately that she was in danger. >> reporter: video from the interstate where russell vanished shows a car driving slowly ...

>> 4147 or 57? >> 4147. vehicle in the driveway with the flashers on. >> copy, im going on scene. it has a long driveway. the mailbox out front is labeled. he is not at the end of the driveway. he might be by the house. >> the mailbox was 4147mosel and the incident location where you discovered the victims? >> thats correct. >> copy. >> im getting out of the car right now. >> copy.

Neck. what kind of bar was it? >> the french press bar. she was purple. totally purple. her arms were at or sides. >> he said he lifted the bar off her neck, felt her pulse, then tried to give her cpr on the bench. >> i probably shouldve called 9-1-1, but at that time i didnt. i cradled her, picked her up, carried her upstairs. put her up in my truck. >> as he -- >> i had my flashers on, i was driving like an idiot. my wife was in the backseat. she fell onto the floor. and -- its hard to drive a...

He didnt have his flashers on. he wasnt honking. he was doing nothing to notify or even let anybody know he was coming. and then, all the sudden, there was an explosion and a crash and there was a big fireball that went everywhere. um, and it was like a war zone. as soon as the fire, um, receded enough, i jumped out of my car, grabbed my cell phone, and i ran, um, and we were helping victims. we were all helping each other, as many as we could, either get out of cars and we all got across. we cr...

Per hour zone on highway 67 in polasky county, when state trooper rodney dunn activated his emergency lights. [ sirens ] >> reporter: you can see from his dash cam video harper turning on her blinkers slowing down and moving into the right travel lane then dunn appears to bump her suv causing her to lose control. harpers car flipped over. you can hear the distress in harpers voice telling the trooper shes pregnant. >> im pregnant. >> you have to pull over when we stop. >> i had my flashers on. >...

Suv, causing her to lose control. harpers car flipped over. you could hear the distress in harpers voice telling the trooper shes pregnant. >> im pregnant. >> well, maam, youve got to pull over -- >> i had my flashers on. >> reporter: last month, harper, who was two months pregnant at the time of the wreck, sued the arkansas state trooper, his supervisor, and the director of the arkansas state police, c calling dunns p.i.t. maneuver created a substantial risk of physical injury to her. there wer...

Harper is calling the troopers actions reckless and negligent. he said that she was fleeing. what do you see in that video? >> well, i definitely dont see fleeing. we dont see much shoulder for her to pull over, and actually her trying to find a safer place was actually making it safer not only for her, but it appears for the officer also. >> yeah. i dont understand that at all. i mean whenever, you know, if theres an occasion where i am pulled over, i try to go to a safer place. i dont like pul...

I try to go to a safer place. i dont like pulling over on the side of a highway. i try to go to an exit. many people do that. thats not so unusual, is it? >> its not. weve instructed citizens to find a safe place for themselves. and as we know through the country, traffic stops create the biggest risk for officers. so it is good for both sides when we can find a safe place. it looked like she was slowing down. she had her flashers on. theres nothing there that would say she was trying to elude o...