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That i was responsible, i might have killed myself if i thought i was responsible. and i don't say that lightly. >> reporter: no one has been charged in the shooting yet. the da says it could be months before this investigation is over. jon? jon: christina coleman live in los angeles, thanks. a connecticut community is mourning the death of a high school hockey player in a tragic and horrifying accident on thursday. tenth grade grader the teddy balkind fell on the ice, and then his throat slashed by the blade of a fellow player who could not stop in time. charles watson joins us with more. >...

Make that point. we've heard words and speeches. let's see where the actions are. if the da is legitimately dismissing armed robbery cases and putting people in the community at harm, then i think the residents of the community should hold him accountable. if it's more about thoughts and ideas and the default is we're going to see if there's a way, you know, that this person's drug addicted and no one was seriously hurt, a way we can do something other than putting them in prison, okay, maybe that's what we do. but it's all a case by case basis. professional prosecutors look at each case on th...

Dropped to 10 and then it was droped to one when i shouldn't be out right now. that tells anybody that oh, i can go shoot somebody, or i can go attempt to shoot somebody and i'll be fine. >> that is amazing. so a criminal admits the sentence he got could some day cause him to get shot and criticizes the legal system that helped him avoid a hengty jail sentence. maryland mosby, the attorney bhiebd the cock amain plea deal decided a lack of criminal record your first three attempted murders are free. so another progressive da letting criminals out. at least mosby understands criminals need to be...

Progressive da there denies there is a crime crisis. he's gotten backlash for saying that and for lisa commissioner strongly disagrees with him on how to fight crime. take a listen to both of their statements. >> basically we don't have a crisis of lawlessness. we don't have a crisis of crime we don't have a crisis of violence. >> we have people in the community that say, i know i can get away with this or i will be back out again, i mean, it's almost a mockery because they know that carrying a gun illegally isn't prioritized in the same way it is here. reporter: again, this is happening as ma...

Jail more guns and fewer officers indianapolis also hitting an all-time homicide high. >> we're definitely recruiting i want to put those officers on the streets. >> reporter: philadelphia district attorney larry krasner argues that while homicide are up in his city, other crimes like rape and robberies that don't involve a gun are down. >> we don't have a crisis of lawlessness. we don't have a crisis of crime we don't have a crisis of violence. >> reporter: but former mayor michael nutter is slamming those comments as white privilege saying the progressive da has not been tough enough on crim...