BREAKING NEWS.
BREAKING NEWS.
>>> THAT BREAKING NEWS, TONIGHT.
PROTESTS, OUTSIDE A D.C. POLICE
STATION.
THE CROWD YOU SEE, HERE,
GATHERED HOURS AFTER A POLICE
OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED A MAN,
IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
THE MAN WAS KILLED NEAR 2nd AND
ORANGE STREET SOUTHEAST.
NOT FAR FROM I-295 AND MALCOLM X
AVENUE.
BUT THE PROTESTS ARE HAPPENING
OUTSIDE THE 7th DISTRICT POLICE
STATION.
NEWS 4’S JACKIE BENSEN LEADS OUR
TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT, FROM
OUTSIDE THAT STATION WHERE
PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING
ACCOUNTABILITY.
JACKIE.
>> WELL, DOREEN, POLICE HAVE
SAID THAT TWO GUNS WERE
RECOVERED.
BUT THEY PROVIDED VERY FEW OTHER
DETAILS.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME NEW
INFORMATION FOR YOU, TONIGHT.
SOURCES TELL NEWS 4 THAT
INVESTIGATORS HAVE REVIEWED THE
OFFICER’S BODY-WORN CAMERA VIDEO
FROM THE FATAL ENCOUNTER.
>> IF YOU DON’T RELEASE IT
TONIGHT, WE KNOW YOU GOT
SOMETHING TO HIDE.
>> Reporter: FATAL SHOOTING.
WHAT PEOPLE SEE AS A LACK OF
ANSWERS AND INFORMATION FROM
POLICE IS CAUSING TENSION THAT
BUBBLED OVER INTO A PROTEST
OUTSIDE THE 7th DISTRICT
STATION.
D.C. POLICE SAY PATROL OFFICERS
FROM THE 7th DISTRICT HAD
RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT A CAR
WITH GUNS INSIDE.
THEY SAY, AS OFFICERS APPROACHED
THE CAR, ABOUT 4:00 P.M. IN THE
400 BLOCK OF ORANGE STREET
SOUTHEAST, SEVERAL PEOPLE IN AND
NEAR THE CAR BEGAN RUNNING, AND
THAT IS WHEN THE SHOOTING TOOK
PLACE.
>> I WOULD BE SPECULATING, AND
THAT WOULD BE IMPROPER, IN THIS
CIRCUMSTANCE.
SPECULATE AS TO WHY THE OFFICER
SHOT.
>> COMMUNITY ACTIVIST EXPRESSED
FRUSTRATION DIRECTLY TO THE
CHIEF.
>> 17 YEARS OLD.
17 YEARS OLD.
THE COMMUNITY.
THE YOUNG MAN WAS 17.
A POLICE SHOT AND KILLED A
17-YEAR-OLD.
>> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE WAS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH
FRIENDS OF 17-YEAR-OLD
RISTOPHER BROWN, SHOT AND
KILLED AUGUST 9th, WHEN TWO
GROUPS OF MEN BEGAN FIRING AT
EACH OTHER DURING A BLOCK PARTY
ON DU BOIS STREET SOUTHEAST.
SHE SAID THEY HEARD THE SHOTS ON
ORANGE STREET.
>> WE HEARD GUNSHOTS RING OFF.
WE THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT.
AND THEN, WE SEE TEN POLICE
CARS.
SO WE RUN TO THE SCENE.
>> AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE SOME
TYPE OF UPDATED INFORMATION,
POSSIBLY SOME MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THAT BODY CAMERA VIDEO