john berman here in for anderson. take a look. there they are. both back when they wore memphis police department uniforms, and now in their booking photos. justin smith, emmett martin iii, desmond mills jr., demetrius haley all five now ex-cops charged today with killing tyre nichols, who died three days after a traffic stop and violent arrest on the 7th of this month. all five facing identical counts, official oppression, unauthorized exercise of official power, aggravated kidnapping while possessing a weapon, aggravated kidnapping causing bodily injury, aggravated assault, and second-degree murder. today in addition to the charges, we learn more about what kind of officers they were, along with details from the timeline of tyre nichols deadly encounter with them, which tennessee s top state law enforcement official says are appalling to him. sadly, there will be more tomorrow when video described in excruciating terms by those who have seen it is made public. cnn s sara s
to do. yeah. they go down the hall and leave one of the shields behind, which supposedly was what they were waiting on, was all this equipment. but they still weren t making entry. that s right. they just heard additional shots fired. they still are not making entry. remind you, there have been 37 minutes between the last time we heard gunshots to now. the idea if they thought it was a bierarricaded situation or no longer an active shooter that is triggered, right? and it will be another half an hour before they make entry. i just want to talk about one of the victims, because i spoke to one of the mothers of the kids who survived. she told me her son remembers someone hearing a police officer say, hey, are you inside, do you need help? the kid answers back, yeah, we re in here. then the gunman shoots and kills him. that is happening now. it could have been in this moment. we just don t know. it s very hard to get that kind of specific information out of the c
37 minutes between the last time we heard gunshots to now. so the idea of if they thought it was a barricaded situation, or no longer an active shooter, that has now been retriggered. and it will be another half an hour before they make entry. i just want to talk about the victims, right? because i spoke to one of the mothers of one of the kids who survived. and she told me that her son recollects, remembers someone hearing a police officer say hey, you inside? do you need help? and the kid answers back yeah, we re in here. and then the gunman shoots and kills him. so that is happening. now it could have been in this moment. we just don t know. we don t know. and it s very hard to get that kind of specific information out of the children. but i think law enforcement has some idea, because actually, it was fbi forensic. type of ert. who deals with interviewing kids. to try to elicit specific information. that s what s going on. there are more people being shot. that s
gear on their feet? i saw you put gloves on. but did they put anything to insulate themselves from contaminating the scene? on their feet, no. reporter: the defense also cried to cast doubt that alex murdaugh was the only who had accessed the property that night, given the multiple sets of tire tracks. what did you do to preserve those? the tire tracks? nothing. and you certainly are not an expert in tire tracks? i am not. on the issue of blood on the defendant, prosecutors were able to get three law enforcement witnesses to say they never saw any blood on alex murdaugh. that s significant because he had told the 911 operate he touched the bodies to see if they had a pulse. and if you had to manipulate the body, and if you were going to try to check his pulse, be it wrists or neck, with what you saw that night, would your hands be bloody? if i had attempted it would have been, yes. reporter: the defense