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Get a public defender. >> the activists are disputing -- are activists disputing any of the police allegations in any of this? >> most of them don't know what happened, at least those i spoke with. but there is this contention of is he is a protester? has he been a part of this? since august these protests have been kind of community events but as time has gone on you've had kind of a small committee group that will ranges in the dozens or so so folks are saying to make it seem like he's a protester, he's one of the many that can riddle off the demands at once. i asked chief belmer on friday t...

There, which included to the police officers on the ground along that the street where the shots were directed, you know, they looked up that hill they saw a muzzle flash, it was very difficult to see in the darkness who was shooting or whether there were vehicles involved and that's the problem, that much of the venue, people were taking it with their smart phones, is not going to be sophisticated enough photography equipment to capture images in the darkness up that hill. >> all right, tom fuentes, thank you very much. and stephanie elam we also want to bring in a producer who has a little b...

Have a video the prosecuting attorney saying they have clear audio of the shooting, but they have welcoming more video of what may have been taken in that general vicinity to help them fill in the blanks what could they be looking for, or counting on to help narrow the scope of their case? >> reporter: well the video shows where the police officers were standing the kind of chaos that ensued when the shots were fired at that location that's more or less a brightly lit spot in front of the police department. but the shots were fired up that side street up the hill and when you look up that hill...

In the return fire. it's amazing that they had the discipline. they took cover. they were trying to look at where the bullets were being fired from. it's based on the eyewitness accounts of the muzzle flash and then the shell casings that they found. that's what they are basing distance on and that distance gave the elevation as well. now, there are nearby buildings that a person could have been on a rooftop and could be deceptive as to what they saw in the dark as far as muzzle blast. could be deceptive as to echo of the sound of the bullets off the brick buildings, the police station itself....

Very close to where the officers were shot on site that night, looked up and she said that the flashes, the angle of these rooftops is too much to the side compared to looking straight up the street which is what the witnesses said that the shots were fired up the road, a muzzle flash from each shot was seen by a numb of witness behind me up this street at the top of the hill. and the angle of these two rooftops is too much that she's convinced that she and other witnesses would have seen the shooter if the shots came from the top of the buildings that are over here. we'll try to cross the str...