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Happens. obviously the police department is looking into exactly what played out there. now let's talk about antonio martin. from what we can understand, we see -- and it's kind of hard to see, it's in the corner of the screen but we've blown it up as best we can so we can show you. you see two people approach the car just a few minutes after that. that's where you can tell a person is pointing something at that police officer. we heard just a few minutes ago, ashlei ashleigh, from the mayor of berkeley and he basically described the same thing. he said 80% to 90% of his police officers are pa...

He said look, last night when he was here he said it felt like i was in ferguson. now we understand more about what happened and he says his department is going to look through the details thoroughly to make a conclusion on all of this. >> george howell reporting live from berkeley, missouri. we'll continue to update you on the situation there. you heard george talk about the mayor in that live news conference in which he distanced that town from what happened in ferguson and a missouri state senator named maria chappelle-nadal has been on the front lines of the protests decrying the killing o...

When something like this happens here which is the epicenter of a lot of the unrest obviously that we saw back in august and then the protest that we've seen from new york with eric garner and that case. another case in milwaukee that is gaining attention. you get the sense that when these things happen and especially here, people want answers. they want to know what the facts are. at this point we're just trying to sort through what we're getting and to present those as quickly as possible but the video is very telling when you basically see what police are saying happened. >> i think it's so...

A person pointing a weapon at the police officer. >> george, thank you so much. appreciate it. obviously, get back to us when you are able to talk with the parents, a little bit more about the loss of their son. the mayor of berkeley, missouri, is urging people not to jump to conclusions about a fatal shooting by the police officer. authorities are saying that the officer acted in self-defense after the teen pointed the gun at him. want to get a perspective on the latest shooting of recent tension between the police and the community. missouri state senator maria chappelle joins us and with me...

The officer inside the police cruiser. what do we know about this 18-year-old? >> reporter: we're still learning more. i do plan to speak more with the family to learn more about him. when i did spend a few minutes with them, they were obviously shocked. they were dealing with the news that they just lost their son. and i think that as we go throughout the day, they may want to share more about him. but they tell me that they expected him to be home. they expected him to see his grandmother that he hadn't seen for some time. so all of this is quite a shock and surprising to them if indeed this...