Transcripts For KGAN CBS2 This Morning Early Edition 2016110

KGAN CBS2 This Morning Early Edition November 3, 2016

Celebrations of the chicago turning tragic in iowa city. While thousands riot in chicago hundreds flood the pedmall but celebrations quickly came to an end. Cbs 2 News Reporter mitch fick was there and watched the scene unfold, he joins us now mitch what new this morning, Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a shooting near johnson avenue and 32nd street northeast. Police were called to an apartment just before three this morning on reports of shots fired. Officers tell cbs 2 news shell casings were found near the scene and a car was hit. So far no word on whether anyone got shot. Stay with cbs 2 news and well keep develops. Still developing this morning authorities are still trying to find out exactly . Why a man shot and killed two Police Officers in the Early Morning hours yesterday. Yesterday. Des Moines Sargeant Tony beminio and urbandale officer Justin Martin were both ambushed. Officer martin killed first police say at least 15 rounds were fired at him while driving. Minutes later and less than two miles away beminio was shot at a stop sign. The suspect scot greene arrested hours later. He was walking down a gravel road in Dallas County which is just west of urbandale. Greene flagged down a dnr employee showed his id and told him to call 911. As questions remain on just why the shooting happened cbs 2 learns more about the suspect scott greene. Greene. Cbs 2 news Stephanie Johnson joins us now at the breaking news newsdesk. Stephanie what do we admitted that they have had several runins with 46 yearold scott greene. Greene. Back in 2014 he was charged when he refused to be searched for weapons. Days after that he was accused of threatening to kill a man at his apartment complex and pleaded guilty to harassment. Harassment. Right now officers are trying to figure out if the man in this image from youtube is the suspect. The posting claims the man in the video got into an altercation with some African American fans at a High School Football game because he carried a confederate flag. Police later removed him from School Grounds after several co. Complaints. Still developing authorities are looking at the video and whether it may have sparked wednesdays violence. Cbs 2 news spoke to several of the suspects neighbors who in talking with him, he didnt seem to have any ill will towards Law Enforcement or anything like that im not sure what set him off reall really. Right away its just like why why kill an officer why kill two officers why do these things. Things. And jenee thats the latest we know on the suspect in about 30 minutes well here from cbs 2 News Reporter now back to you jenee. Digging deeper into this tragedy into this Digging Deeper into this tragedy were also learning more about the two officers themselves. Cbs 2 News Reporter kevin barry has their story. Long before the sun rose, police in central iowa wednesday were already living a nightmare. In urbandable and the worst thing we could expect to respond to so we poured everything we had into helping them. Both officers played football at Simpson College in nearby indianola. Criminal justice professor Fred Jones Urbandale officer Justin Martins advisor. The 24 year old officer had only been on the urbandale force since he graduated about a year ago right now i mostly feel angry that somebody with a gun could do something Moines Police Sergeant Tony beminio was 39 and has been a des mlines officer for more than a decade. In 1996 he won a state championship in wresting at iowa city west high school. Christophe trappe played football with him where they won a state championship together the year. Before. He was a captain but he was a leader for sure. It took a lot of character to get those teams togetehr and just keep moving forwardthe accused killer is scott greene seen in mid octobe Police Officers are escorting him out of a High School Football game after he was waving a confederate flag. Hes had multiple recent runins with the law, and des Moines Police say he was known to be armed. He surrendered without incident around 9 am, eight hours after the officers were shot and killed. Kevin barry reporting. Its been a deadly year for Des Moines Area Police departments. Just months ago they lost two other officers in a headon collision on transporting a prisoner when a drunk driver hit them while going the wrong way down the highway. All four people involved in the crash died. Then in august a West Des Moines officer died on duty while driving his motorcycle back to the department after testifying in a hitandrun case. According to the officer down memorial page 114 officers have lost their lives in the line of duty this year alone. Like we saw back in april for state is showing the outpouring of support for our men and women in blue. Blue. All throughout the day countless people came out to leave flowers and balloons or just simply to show other Police Officers their gratitude. Gratitude. Urbandale pd hired 24 year old officer martin just last year. Sergeant beminio a tenyear veteran with des Police Police leaves behind a wife and kids. 8 34 on the dsmpd side that was sgt. Tony. 8 43 . Flash . 8 52 great guy, good friend to a lot of us, fantastic family man. Its really hard to lose tony. 9 00 22 29 justins hometown is in rockwell city, iowa 22 33 . Flash . 23 16 we had High Expectations of his future and its tragically been cut short here 23 21 outside both des moines and Urbandale Police departments growing memorials. All day way to send well wishes to police. We here at cbs 2 were struck by one womans offer to help a grieving officer. Take a look. I couldnt even imagine, this is the only thing i know how to help is to feed, and i want you guys to stay hydrated, and i want you to go home to your families because i want my dad to come home to me and i want my son to me sorrywe thought it important to show this interaction between the woman and an officerboth grieving and both unsure what to do. What you . Can . See happening in this video is Proof Community and kindness all have a bigger impact than any act of hatred. Three young girls also decided to do what they could to help officers. After they heard about the shooting autumn quenntin buy this cake. Workers at hy vee told them theyd get right on it and less than an hour later finished. Hyvee picked up the tab and the girls were able to show support of officesr in thier own way. Closer to home cedar rapids officers mourn their brotehrs in blue lost. Were a family, law enfrocements a family. The men and women of Law Enforcement are dedicated every day. We put our lives on the line to see what happeneed this jmorning is not just tragic, its senseless. Senseless. Chief wayne jerman says the collective heart of the department is with des moines and urbandale this morning. He says the tragedy hits everyone in the profession hard. Family and friends of a cedar rapids man shot by an officer Tuesday Morning demand answers as their loved one remains mitchell started an argument during a traffic stop. The officer fired at mitchell who then tried to get away. He is now hospitalized with serious injuries and friends say he is paralyzed. His niece tells cbs 2 news the family is struggling to understand how this could happen. We need police to release the dashcam video and also coe college release their cam, their video that they have, because its not fair that my uncle hospital, most likely hemight be paralyzed, with a breathing tube, for simply getting pulled over. The Iowa Division of criminal investigation is now handling this case. Cedar Rapids Police tell cbs 2 news a dashcam camera captured the whole thing but the footage wont be released until the investigation is complete. Its and right now in its de. Church is left scrambling now that am intentional fire damaged much of the building. Building. In your cbs 2 weather first forecast we have. Main weather your planner shows whats ahead for the next hoursa now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama a bit of fog in the area this morninga temperatures around the areaa taking a look at regional temperatures we see highs are mild all around iowa the regional satellite radar is keeping conditions quiet lets move ahead in time by taking a look at the midwest surface mapa mong predictor forecast we see mainly quiet conditions todays forecast features clear skies cooler temperatures tonights forecast has us looking for mainly clear chilly conditions the next three days show more dry and cool weather our 7 day forecast does bring more cool weather its now on this morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Still to come. More than a hundred years of hurt gone. After one of the most exciting world series games eve. Ever. I wanna see if it changed. Credit scores dont change that much, do they . Really . Ill take it. Sir, your credit. Is great right . When was the last time you checked . Yeah, id better check my credit score. Here, try credit karma. Its free. All right. No more surprises. Welcome back its now were taking a look at your . . . . . . . Your . . . . . . . Heres a look at some of the other things going on this thursday morning. In alabama one person is in custody and dozens of protesters peppersprayed after a pipe wednesday. The pipeline exploded earlier this week killing a worker and hurting five others. Yesterday the protesters built a bridge to cross a creek to get access to the area near the explosion. Police met them there for the standoff. Local and federal investigators are going through the rubble of a baptist curch police say was vandalized. The church was set on fire but not before the culprit spray painted the the bishop beleives the vandalization was meant to keep parishioners from worshiping. He says theyll still hold mass this weekend but at another location. A number of cedar rapids pastors have been meeting with police for months in response to violence surrounding police. Now several churches plan to gather in prayer for officers safety sound judgement and the communitys responsibility for good citizenship. Services will be held at 3 pm sunday november 20th at each location on your Community Support for iowa officers is pouring out this morning in more ways than you can count. In coralville neighbors waited in line for more than an hour just to get a hurts donut. All of the money raised by these badge inspired Justin Martin and tony biminios families. Owners say each donut is decorated by hand and theyre deeply humbled to be part of a strong iowa family. Good morning again its now right now its degrees in up next well take you live site for two slain police offic. Officers. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning covering the morning. For the first time in more than a century the chicago cubs won the world series. But pure joy turned into choas last night in the corridor. Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im jenee ryan. Ryan. Lets get a check of our cbs 2 celebrations of the chicago cubs world series victory turning tragic in iowa city. While thousands riot in chicago hundreds flood the pedmall but celebrations quickly come to an end. Was there and watched the scene unfold, he joins us now mitch what right now riot police are out in chicago prepared for anything they may have to face. Johnson is at the breaking news desk with the latest developments. Yes jenee right now both the Chicago Police and state Police Officers are monitoring the streets. Around 2 ayem cub officials tweeted picture of Downtown Chicago chicagotake a look at this video people were standing on cars and running the streets updates posted this video on their Facebook Page an indian fan punching a cubs fanviewed more than 200 thousand times the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and communitcations say reports of looting in wrigleyville are right now communities continue pouring out their hearts for the two des moines officers killed. Killed. Cbs 2 News Reporter steffi lee is live in des moines to show us how the officers touched the lives of so many others. Good morning steffi. Were live at the des Moines Police station this morning and you can see behind me just how covered this memorial is here with the police car with flowers, signs, balloons. Balloons. The loss of both des Moines Police Sergeant Tony beminio and officer Justin Martin is devastating officers from des moines and Urbandale Police were visibly upset sharing this heartbreaking news with the public. Beminio and martin were both Simpson College graduates goal oriented, focused and their departments. Beminio had been with des Moines Police since 2005 after working for Indianola Police department martins team says they had high hopes for his future within Urbandale Police. Sgt. Scott dwyer, Indianola Police department 19 42 40 tony was goal oriented and i think thats why he took a step to go to des moines. He was a good family man. Chief ross mccarty, Urbandale Police department enough to hire a very good young man we hired him august 2015 he started his academy shortly after graduating last december from the academy. . Later on this moring there is another press conference thats been scheduled for around ten and well bring you the latest details on this Ongoing Investigation as soon as we get it. Back to you. Heres what the growing memorial at the Urbandale Police department looks like. Flowers draped an Police Members kept coming to the site all day long yesterday to honor the victims and console their fellow officers. One question you might have is how can you help in this crisis. Well there is a way you can support those grieving the fallen officers. Officers. The des moines Police Officers union set up a website to take donations for the families of killed. You can make contributions to one family or both in any amount you wish. To find out how head to our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. One of those officers grew up right here in the corridor. Seargant tony beminio attended iowa city west high where he was a stand out Football Player and wrestler. Cbs 2 news spoke with one of his former west high teammates. Just doenst go away and even today, when i got the text from my wife i teared up quite a bit. It touched me and it touched everybody else. Else. Sargeant beminio was a state wrestling champion at iowa city west in 1996 the next year he helped west win a state championship in football as a captain. While both officers led different lives they also shared several similarities. Graduated from Simpson College in des moines. A lot of people on campus are now in mourning. Professors who knew the men say they were dedicated to their work and thier passion for criminal justice studies showed through their school work. The fact that both of them were our graduates because weve had this program for a lot of years and weve had all kinmds of graduates, the fact graduates has really hit hard. Hard. Staff who knew the men faculty and students say theyre angry but all they can do now is wait for the results of the investigation. This year there have been multiple other instances where Police Officers have been killed in ambush style attacks. Attacks. Back in july following a number of officer involved shootings with black victims a lone gunman assasinated three Police Officers i louisiana. The suspect was later killed but his mother says he was an iraq war vet who suffered from ptsd. Ptsd. And just days before that another gunman in dallas opened fire on Police Officers working at a peaceful protest. The attacker slaughtered five officers and injured 9 others. It was the deadliest day for american law enforcment since 911. 911. Back at home iowans will honor officers today in memory of Sergeant Anthony still to come on cbs 2 this mor. Morning. Preventing suicides for those who serve our country. How one iowan is taking on the fight against putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. When i come home and dinners not ready i go through the roof. Grab em by the p. When youre a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. More accusers coming forward to say they were sexually assaulted by donald trump. Ill go backstage before a show. Yes. And everyones getting dressed. Donald trump walked into the dressing room you see these incredible looking women. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. She ate like

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