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There. >> did they see him selling drugs, or just suspect he might have been selling drugs? >> he was observed in a hand-to-hand transaction, small item in exchange for currency. at which time they approached mr. gray and the other individual and at which time they both fled. a foot pursuit was called out. mr. gray was stopped. the other suspect was stopped in the block of fulton i believe. >> so the reason they chased him is they thought they saw drugs. was that put in their report? >> not that...

Direction. for other people for people to just see this is wrong. for a person to be murdered in police custody is wrong. >> all right. well i can tell you that sybrina fulton does have a meeting set with the gray family. shes meeting with them face to face. i asked her what would she tell them. she said what she said there on camera which is the lord sits high and he looks low. shes going to speak with them with a spirit of encouragement. all of that happening as the celebrations continue out h...

Could have been prevented at least in part. after the mayor imposed a curfew that does not begin until tomorrow. welcome to the kelly file. were live tonight, folks. scenes looked like something out of a war zone. people fanning flames that stretch across city streets. others have seen cars presumably stolen. and others see frustration after the death of freddie gray the 23-year-old who died from injuries believed to be sustained while in police custody there are real questions about what is bei...

Is in baltimore. >> reporter: were at the scene of the massive fire that destroyed a $16 million senior center that was being developed here along with 60 units of affordable housing for seniors. the pastor of the church building this place says he believes its arson. a man was seen running away before it went up in flames. more than 144 cars were torched, some 15 buildings. it was a wild scene as police and firefighters are being attacked with bricks and cinder blocks and bottles. i want to sho...

There are riots and policy failure. >> stand by. >> what are you seeing and hearing? >> were at the corner of riggs and fulton. and fire trucks are just rolling up to the scene here. there are heavy flames now. we roll by here its just thick black smoke. and there is a fire blazing. and then once flames started we had more trucks arriving.

Theyre just trying to get a town back to normal. its not going back. lesson from ferguson is plan ahead. former governor at the correspondent dinner. someone at the table said hes getting texts from his son. there are riots and policy failure. >> stand by. >> what are you seeing and hearing? >> were at the corner of riggs and fulton. and fire trucks are just rolling up to the scene here. there are heavy flames now.

People walking out with mac books. weve seen three fires. shortly after that police surrounded north and fulton. thats what we just saw. for those tuning in, thank you so much for watching. >> and our thanks to tim poole reporting for fusion there. well, theres been so much talk overnight about the violence in the streets. we were talking about the mayor. a lot of criticism she didnt do enough to get things under control. a curfew now in place. >> shes having to explain some words. she made some...

Public high schoolers decided to do a purge movement via social media and got the word out and they were going to meet in a mall in west baltimore and the police met them and confronted them and it turned out of hand. unfortunately, i think that we just werent prepared the way that we should have been prepared for what took place on the streets. about 4:40 yesterday i got stuck on the intersection of north and fulton and, you know, i saw police cars completely pummeled with rocks. i seen a car s...

There is a group moving north towards this direction. i dont know if they were marchers or rioters. there wasnt much order on the street as we saw moving toward this area. im not sure if those were the people who started looting this mall. they may have been because of what direction they were moving and the timing of when this was looted. they may very well have been the group traveling here to loot this mall. that was eight to ten blocks away from here. we got reports earlier of -- i heard the...

Others have seen cars presumably stolen. and others see frustration after the death of freddie gray the 23-year-old who died from injuries believed to be sustained while in police custody there are real questions about what is being accomplished by the lawlessness were seeing tonight. rick levnithal is live with more. rick what can you tell us? >> were at the corner of fulton and rigs. you can see the police have set up care bayeds and theyre own lines. there are cars burning. we came under atta...