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And malissa williams both unarmed. the incident known as the 137 shots case because of the number of bullets fired by 13 police officers at the end of a high-speed chase. officer brelo firing the most shots, 49 total, but his last 15 shots resulted in the voluntary manslaughter charges. prosecutors say those shots were fired from the hood of russell's car down into the windshield with the intent to kill since at that point the car was stopped and the occupants did not pose a threat. this chase began after russell's 1979 chevy malibu back fired as it drove past police headquarters. that gave of...

Victims, came from officer brelo's gun. >> okay. scott, stay with us, as we listen to the cleveland mayor, frank jackson, making statements in the case. let's take a listen. >> strong determination, demotion and suspension without pay. in addition there will be rulings in -- on the tamir rice case and the tanesha anderson case in the future. at the same time the city is in continuing negotiation with the department of justice to reach a consent decree to ensure they're greater accountability and transparency in the division of police. we have accomplished great deal as a community we know ther...

Best they could. they thought this was the right way to go by centering on the conduct of the officer on the hood of the car and took it on and went with it. the justice system is always weighed in favor of innocence for every single person even the police. it's always grossly weighted. that's the way we want our democracy in favor of innocence and quite a hill to climb to get reasonable doubt. it's the same doubt officers experience in the field if they can transfer that doubt to the jury's mind it's hard to get a conviction in a police case even when one might be required. >> i'm curious we ...

Believes the bullets are being fired at him and he returns fire, and does so with so many shots, that is reasonable. so, therefore, not guilty. >> what do you make john of this case being tried in front of the judge with no jury? >> well what that suggests to me is that he wants -- he meaning the defendant, wants a professional of the law who is going to be much more impartial, a lot less swayed by the emotion. >> that's not what it means. >> go ahead. >> what it means, as a -- so the defense gets to choose judge or jury. a defense chooses a judge when they know or close to knowing they are go...

Coroner, everybody investigating this, came to the conclusion that these two were already dead, if you will before the last 15 shots were fired. how might that have played into the case if, indeed, that's the truth. >> that's a significant factor because you're talking about that -- and that's why the judge did not find that causation by the state was proved because this officer and the reason why he's the one on trial here for voluntary manslaughter it was his conduct at the very end. he climbed on top of the roof of the car and then started -- the hood of the car and started firing those add...