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Two officers as a protest was wrapping up outside of ferguson police headquarters early thursday morning. both expected to be okay. the prosecutor says it's possible williams was not aiming at the officers. but they're still investigating. we'll continue to follow the story for you right here upon msnbc. starkville, mississippi, may 12th, 2003. sharon clay bursts into the sheriff's office where deputies are taping their interrogation with her 13-year-old son tyler. i've been in here. >> in the south, we say, don't start any, don't be any.

>> tyler never considers asking for an attorney and despite his arrangement with christy, he tells investigators he knows nothing about the crime. >> there's a deputy saying you did this, your sister told us you did this. and i'm thinking, what? >> they assumed that if they pressured him enough, he'd change his story and change the truth. but what he did was techange hi story to tell another lie to protect his sister. >> you give us this statement, you're telling the truth. we want you to tell it just like it happened. okay? okay? >> yes, sir. >> i think at that point, i felt stuck. if i could...

And say hey come get him and then it will be okay. >> everything you told ounce this tape is the truth to the best that you remember. >> best of my knowledge. >> i think that he believed me. but he essentially said well i want to do more. i'm still going to try to help you. but at this point the district attorney has picked it up and it's out of my hands. and i'm thinking okay what does that mean. he said what that means i just can't let you go home. >> bryant has since retired and declined our interview request. so did the current sheriff's department as well as the district attorney's office...

The sheriff. four days after the confession, the sheriff invites the boy into his office. >> we're very interested in the truth as to what happened the night joey got killed. you want to start over and tell us the whole thing again please and talk to the camera. >> i thought i was about 401-k's everything. i was being honest. i had nothing to be ashamed of. i was saying exactly what happened. >> tyler tells the sheriff about his final visit with his sister and joey, a volatile couple that clash over christie's infidelities. on the night of may 10th, 2003, though, tyler says he notices few sign...

And i'm crying then. i remember the moment very clearly. >> what's wrong buddy? hmm? i told them i did it. >> okay. >> tyler? tyler? tyler wayne. son, look at me. did you for real do that? or are you just telling them that? >> we both did it. >> and at that point, i just became sick. i was just sick. i said, tyler, do you know what this means? and he said, yes, ma'am.