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Impact segment tonight. another terrible police shooting in america. south carolina this time. viewer warning there is some disturbing video coming up. 33-year-old north charleston police officer michael slager being held without bail tonight charged with murdering a fleeing subject on saturday. man 50-year-old walter scott had been broken for a broken taillight. apparently he panicked because he had some child support issues. he had been arrested 10 times prior. mr. scott ran from officer slager and what happened next was captured on videotape. [gunfire] >> shots fired. subject is down. he gr...

That mr. scott ran. it also tells us that maybe he didn't have appropriate papers in the car. but none of that is a justification for what in fact happened. so this may not be a piece of evidence that has a large bearing or a lot of weight. >> i also want to hear the enhanced microphone the recording from this dashboard camera. i think that would make a difference if you could enhance the audio, if we could hear it better what happened from the time we see him running and then pick up from where mr. santana shot his video. >> and that other witness. we need -- someone's got to speak to the oth...

South carolina, wasted no time firing police officer michael slager after he was charged with murdering an unarmed black man. slager's termination comes as new information is now revealed about what happened before the camera started rolling. the man who recorded the video tells nbc news that there was a struggle between officer slager and the victim, walter scott. both of them on the ground, then once slager had control of the situation, scott ran to get away from the taser. we'll keep you posted on new developments. let's go to some extreme weather. lots of us are facing it across the coun...

Correspondent joy reid and eugene odonald, professor of law and police study at john yaijay college of -- thank you both for being here. >> we now know the ending of the event, but between this initial pullover and the fatal shooting that appears to be a piece that's unaccounted for at this point. >> eugene who should the officer have done after he ran, after scott ran? >> well you know it has all the appearance of an ordinary traffic spot. it doesn't seem tore a heightened alert, so therefore no backup. he certainly could radio for assistance. this is a 50-year-old guy. he's not exactly sprin...

Murder. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the shooting occurred on saturday morning, after slager pulled the 50-year-old scott over for a traffic violation. scott's mercedes had a broken taillight according to police reports. scott ran from the scene. slager pursued on foot. slager said he fired his weapon after scott took his taser. >> 220, shots fired, subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> shots fired. he grabbed your taser, subject is down. >> reporter: it's unclear from this video which man was actually in possession of the taser at the time of the shooting. but you can see the chord from the st...