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Powers, he would need them in the murder case against the former police chief and family man chris hall. >> mr. hall on the surface looks like a loving family man. he looks like a good father. he was somebody that had the support of his family. >> so he did. but he wasn't buying the loving father and family man bit. no, when he heard about chris hall's very obvious grief, the wailing that went on after the so-called accident, the phrase that crossed his mind was -- it's an act. >> i think it was a wonderful performance by the defendant of acting like a bereaved husband but when you look at his...

Terms of finding out what really happened because we still have some time that's unaccounted for. >> reporter: north charleston police are facing tough questions about their actions after saturday's shooting. according to the incident report multiple officers witnessed other officers providing first aid. one describes applying pressure to the gunshot wounds. another assisted with first aid and cpr to the driver. a third reports seeing someone administering chest compression. in part of the krel phone video officers are seen attending to scott but he remains on his stomach and no chest compress...

Identified as sergeant habershan. he said i applied pressure to the gunshot wounds but no mention of cpr or chest compressions. several police are on site and one said in a statement, he did perform cpr despite habersham not mentioning it. he said i exited my vehicle and assisted officer with first aid and cpr and continued to perform until ems arrived on scene. still, another officer identified as sergeant webdeclared. i saw administer chest compression to the defendant. the question remains. was cpr ever performed on this man as far as you know? >> i'm going to be totally honest with you.

Or paramedic. the pulse. talking a little bit as if conscious. >> he wasn't conscious. he was already gone. to me, i felt like at that moment was already gone. touched the stomach and didn't move. >> didn't move at all. >> where was your partner? >> we talked, his stomach was moving. >> the final cause of death was homicide as a result of neck compression and chest compression. >> chest compression. how did he get that? because somebody applied pressure. >> jonathan, in terms of where this goes now, obviously, the federal government is now investigating. is that where your focus is? i assume t...

That's not resisting arrest. that's dying. and that -- >> the police though, i'm just wanting to present what they're saying here is that when the officer tried to put his hands behind his back in order to handcuff him, he resisted and broke away with his hands and that's then when the officer moved around his neck. >> that's right. another thing the police are saying is given the fact he was overweight and given the fact he had asthma, he had preexisting conditions that made a normal arrest a fatal event. that's a big part of this. >> the coroner did say the asthma, his weight contributed but...