on friday the dallas county sheriff's department arrested and charged roy oliver with the boy's murder. he was a six-year veteran of the balch springs police force. >> i'm saying after reviewing the video that i don't believe that >> reporter: oliver fired a rifle into the back of a vehicle. edwards was struck in the head. >> they searched the car for weapons. none were discovered. the kids don't have any history with weapons, no gun ownership, no run-ins with law enforcement before. >> reporter: police initially said oliver opened fire because the car was reversing toward officers. body cam footage showed the car was moving away. edwards' brother was driving. former officer oliver, who is out on bail, will have to move he acted reasonably. independent defense attorney peter schulte. >> a reasonable officer probably wouldn't have pulled out an ar-15 assault rifle at a call for a loud party with a bunch of teenagers. >> they were nothing but cool kids. everybody liked him. >> he had this aura about himself that everybody liked. >> we send our prayers over to the family. >> reporter: fri

roy oliver was released on $300,000 bail. oliver's family says the army veteran may suffer from post- traumatic stress disorder after serving in iraq. here's tony dokoupil. >> reporter: a funeral was held today for 15-year-old jordan edwards at the mesquite friendship baptist church. ils grieving family asked for a pause in protest over his death. "we need time to exhale," the family said in a statement, "to allow jordan's death to be our own loss before we share this ress with the world." on friday the dallas county sheriff's department arrested and charged roy oliver with the rry's murder. boiver was a six-year veteran of the balch springs police force. >> i'm saying after reviewing the video that i don't believe that it met that standard. >> reporter: he was dismissed d.st week, after oliver fired a rifle into the back of a vehicle. edwards was struck in the head. >> they searched the car for weapons. none were discovered. ehe kids don't have any history with weapons, no gun ownership, no run-ins with law enforcement befor

who shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder. 37-year-old roy oliverned himself in to the parker county jail friday night. the fired officer is out on a $300,000 bond. meanwhile, heartbroken friends and family were in mourning today at the funeral for jordan edwards. the mesquite skeeters started their spring practice without jordan edwards, a freshman who was excited to compete for a spot on the team. his life was cut short on a weekend night leaving a crowded house party. the straight a student athlete was shot and killed in his brother's car by a police officer. faculty at mesquite high school mourn edwards' loss and describe him as one of their best. >> you see and hear of a student always smiling, happy, the energy that he brought into the room, you know, when you ask his teachers what they thought about him, every one of them said he was awesome. >> reporter: edwards loved football and became friends with the school's new coach. >> we knew he was one of our best athletes but even more, just one of our best all-around kids. he was a coach's dream.

. >> i have made the decision to terminate roy oliver. >> the shifting story and how body cameras led to an officer being charged with murder. >>> under water, heavy rain flooding the east coast from parking garages to subways and the roads. drivers stranded. >> and the water just got so high. >> plus, the big cleanup in the south. the damage delivered by at least nine tornadoes. >>> and crown controversy. the college senior named miss black university of texas. >> contestant number five. rachael malonson. >> now facing a backlash over the color of her skin. >> it's definitely been a mix of emotions. >> and answering her critics and where she found support for her sash. >>> hey, good morning. and let's get right to our top story. president trump waking up at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, this morning basking in the glow of his party's victory on health care. >> but the pushbacks have already begun as members of congress return to their home districts where we're expecting a bunch of town hall meetings starting today. now, we've already seen protests. voters angry in particu

leaving a house party when the 15-year-old football star was shot in the head by texas police officer roy oliver i was just shaking his jacket to see, still breathing. pretty sure he was shot he was dead. >> reporter: the department initially defended officer oliver saying the car was backing toward him in an aggressive manner. after reviewing the body cam video the department could see the car was actually driving away from him. officer oliver was promptly fired and is now facing a murder charge. >> we send our prayers over off to the family. >> reporter: the edwards' family asking the community for peace as they pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the police depart citing multiple incidents in the officer's record, the suit claims oliver's violent temper led to edwards' death. officer oliver out on bail but could face life in prison if convicted. >> all right, thanks there for the latest. also hearing from a brave 10-year-old who managed to escape from the jaws of an alligator. >> she says she was in a foot of water ein a florida lake when a gator attacked her, the 9 foot long animal clamp

will live in dallas bureau with more, hi, will. >> hey, there julie, former officer roy oliver turned himself last night and posted a 300,000-dollar bond, oliver was a 6-year veteran with the balch springs police department and accused of shooting jordan in the head. oliver responded to house party and thought they heard gunshots in the area and saw a car filled with five teenagers leaving party. after reviewing body camera video the chief said the car was actively driving away from the officers, that resulted in oliver being fired tuesday and charged one day before edwards is set to be layed to rest. >> a little bit of the burden is starting to lift because it's a complicated situation. you're battling losing a child, having to prepare the arrange noapts lay him to rest yet in the back of your mind you're still wondering what's going to happen to my child's killer, what is going to happen to him. >> oliver isn't the only officer making national headlines this week, on tuesday south carolina police pled guilty of shooting unarmed black man in the back and wednesday the department of j

roy oliver fired a rifle into a car as it drove away from a party saturday night.he bullets killed jordan edwards. oliver has been fired the shooting. country music legend loretta lynn has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke. the singer-songwriter was admitted to hospital, she was doing well, and has been advised by doctors to stay off the road while she recuperates until her upcoming shows are postponed. more news at noon eastern. back to cavuto on business. >> that was a little upset, with donald trump for insulting a friend of mine. the end of that monologue i had some choice insults for the president in return. i don't prevent that. i would do it again. i would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be. >> with that an apology? i couldn't tell but i had a chance to ask the chairman of the federal communications commission if he is looking in to the comments he made about the president. past 11:30 at night eastern time and anyone on broadcasting, a little looser with the language. >> the framework we apply before 10:00 pm, seen language i

roy oliver was briefly suspended in 2013 following a complaint about his conduct while serving as a witness in a drunk driving case. he was ordered to take training courses in anger management. he opened fire at a car leaving a house party in the dallas area , killing a high school freshman jordan edwards with no charges filed so far but oliver has been fired. delta airlines says it is sorry for kicking a family often overbooked flight. the airline is offering refunds and compensation to the family after they were forced off of a plane. they were threatened to be thrown in jail for refusing to give up their two-year-old baby 's seek. it was caught on camera and congress is intervening, looking at several bills looking to overhaul airline policies hoping no family has to go through this. lot of families. -- the skies for a lot of families. doug: heavy room -- heavy rain has moved out. maybe sunday afternoon, some sunshine. not the greatest forecast in the world but the heavy stuff is over. you see the green polygons indicating flood warnings that are in effect, the largest area to the north

that officer, roy oliver, has been fired.dwards was in backed down a street aggressively towards officers. but their investigation found the car was actually driving away from the police officers. a criminal investigation into the incident is under way. >>> two white baton rouge officers will not face charges in the fatal shooting of alton sterling. a source tells abc news the justice department could announce it as early as today. sterling's death was captured on video and led to protests nationwide. police say sterling was reaching for a gun during a struggle with officers when he was shot. sterling's family is speaking out about this new development. >> it just hurts so bad. it hurt, it hurt. it hurts so bad. i was trying to prepare myself. telling you the horrible pain is like going back to first day. >> people gathered outside the convenience store where sterling was killed. sterling's family says they have not heard from the justice department. >> a former south carolina police officer pleaded guilty to federal charges

roy oliver facing the charges after shooting a 15-year-old boy.>> reporter: hours after the arrest warrant, police officer roy oliver was booked into the dallas area jail for the murder of 15-year-old jordan edwards. >> the news the man responsible for the son's death was properly charged with murder is a big deal to the family. >> reporter: according to the arrest warrant, it started saturday night when police responded to a call of a house party noise. oliver responded. at home, the police body cameras captured what soupnded like gunfire. they were seen backing up and slowly driving away. oliver fired his rifle into the car several times. jordan edwards was in the front passenger seat. the freshman honor student and football player died from a gunshot wound to the head. >> i loved that kid. >> reporter: the police departnt says the car edwards was in moved in a threatening manner to the officers. body cam footage showed it was not true. the police chief apologized for the misinformation and the department fired oliver. >> this is a tragedy. we k

. >> the family of 15-year-old jordan edwards grateful for the announcement that officer roy oliver is out of a job. the bolt springs police chief initially is holding his name, but putting him on paid leave. within this major reversal, the chief firing all of her after watching two separate body camera videos from saturday night. was unintentionally incorrect yesterday when i said the vehicle was backing down the road. >> police got the call around 11:00 p.m. for a house party full of intoxicated teenagers. officers said when they arrived, they encountered a car backing toward them. the chief saying the bodycam tells a different story. >> and act them according to the video, the vehicle was moving forward as the officers approached. >> in the car, edwards, along with his brothers, rushing to leave. the officer fired at the departing vehicle, hitting edwards in the head. suburb are calling for oliver's arrest and the body cameras made public. if you live in your report about a shooting and you are a police officer, there needs to be consequences. >> the freshman first ballplayer -- foo

roy oliver is charged with murder. a warrant was issued for his arrest today.ver shot into a car driving away from a party last week. a bullet hit 15-year-old jordan edwards who was riding in that car. the dallas county sheriff's office says the evidence suggests oliver cause serious bodily injury and commit an act clearly dangerous to human life. >>> from maryland to delaware the greater law enforcement community paused friday to mourn corporal steven ballard. he was gunned down in delaware last week while investigating a suspicious vehicle at a gas station. former vice president and dr. jill biden came to pay their respects. ballard was remembered as a man who loved helping people. he was 32 years old. >>> uva honors a former soldier and graduate whose death drew national attention. khan was awarded bronze star and purple heart. his father accused gop nominee donald trump of antimuslim rhetoric at the 2016 convention. during a ceremony he said his son's plaque is for all men and women who have served. >>> next at 11:00, social media lights up over firing of f

officer roy oliver fired after police say he violated department policies when allegedly shooting and killing 15-year-old honor student jordan edwards. >> after reviewing the findings, i have made the decision to terminate roy oliver. >> reporter: according to police it all started at this home saturday night after receiving reports of a large house party. police initially saying when they arrived they heard gunfire and encountered a car filled with teenagers backing towards them allegedly attempting to use the vehicle as a weapon. that's when police say officer oliver fired his rifle at the but earlier this week the police backtracking saying after watching two separate body cam videos, it was clear the teens were driving away from the officers. the teen's parents wiping away tears telling abc news the magnitude of his horrible actions cannot be overstated and that our family is it working hard to deal with the loss of our beloved jordan. >> they want to see him pross cuted. they want to see him convicted. >> reporter: now a community grieving remembering the promising football playe

the police officer, roy oliver, was fired from his job yesterday after his account of the shooting did not match with what a police body camera recorded. 15-year-old jordan edwards was shot in the head while leaving a party when police came to investigate underaged drinking. lee merritt represents the family. >> we are declaring a war on that police man. this has happened far too often. >> officials said the second officer at the scene violated several policies but would not specify what they were. police have launched investigation. >>> the department of justice keeps records of what it calls justifiable homicide by police officers and our news partners at the washington post have been keeping tabs on all police shootings since 2015 and reports 333 fatal police shootings this year and for 2016, it reported 963 shootings and 991 cases where officers used deadly force. the numbers are based on news reports, public records, databases and original reporting. >>> new at noon, an anne arundel police detective is accused of having sex with a prostitute while on duty. brian houseman was taken

officer roy oliver was fired from his job after shooting a 15-year-old to death over the weekend. oliver fired a gun into a car full of teenagers outside of a house party saturday night. jordan edwards, a straight a student and athlete, was killed. jonathan: charges dropped in a rape case that made national headlines. they do not have enough evidence to move forward with the case against of rapingers accused a girl at rockville high school. pursuingrs are now felony child pornography cases. and appearance were charged with killing a baby girl on christmas day. an autopsy showed the baby had been starved to death. anna-lysa gayle has the tragic investigation. anna-lysa? anna-lysa: the parents appeared in court for the first time this evening. the cousin of the mother is now charged with murder, telling me she did not think anything was wrong with the baby when she occasionally saw her, but that is not the case based on the charging documents. on christmas day, neighbors noticed unusual activity outside of the southwest washington apartment after a baby was found unconscious. >> out

. >> justice department investigating shooting death of jordan edwards, 15, shot and killed by roy oliver now foreman ball spring texas police officer. he was shot riding a car trying to leave a party. oliver originally said a car was speeding to him and he had to fire a stlot protect himself. body camera footage shows a car drive ago way. currently he is free on bond awaiting trial. >> reinstating north carolina voter id law. they left the lower court decision in place. it struck down law requiring vote others to show a photo i.d.. it targeted black voters. >> track surge 15 it will shut down five stations of orange line between new carl ton and stadium. new carl torngs landover, cheverly, dean wood and minnesota avenue stations, closures will reneighbor place until june 15. free shuttle buses every 30 minutes between impacted stations. >> thank you for joining us i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm wisdom martin. >> today is tuesday, may 16, erin como is talking about roads and michael thomas starts us with weather. >> we have a floorious weather day here our way in d.c.. you like warm weather and

they charged officer roy oliver with murder for shooting a 15-year-old jordan edwards in the head.onviction would be even more unusual. now up next, i'll be joined about it attorney for the family of jordan edwards and i will also speak to our power panel to discuss the broader issues involving the doj and how policing reform could change under donald trump. we also have a programming note for you. tune into msnbc at 8:00 p.m. eastern for special live coverage of barack obama returning to the public eye to receive a profile of courage award at the jfk library. chris matthews will host. when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums that goes beyond assuming beingredients are safe...ood to knowing they are. going beyond expectations... because our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. choicehotels.com. badda book. that's it?. he means book direct at choicehotels.com for the lowest price on our rooms guaranteed. plus earn

the suit claims roy oliver used excessive force when he shot jordan edwards late last month.ver has been fire and faces a murder charge. >>> "the times-picayune" reports on a showdown over a movement of confederate moderates. supporters and opponents demonstrated yesterday at a statue of robert e. lee. it's one of three statues scheduled for removal. one monument has already been taken down. >>> "the philadelphia inquirer" describes surveillance video that shows the final hours of a penn state fraternity pledge. tim piazza died in february from internal injuries he suffered during a drunken hazing ritual. 18 members of beta beta pi are charged with complicity in his death. >>> the orlando sentinel updates the condition of a 10-year-old girl who was bitten in the leg by an alligator. the gator attacked saturday as she shot in the shallows of a lake. her injuries are not life-threatening. the 8-foot gator was caught. park's waterfront is closed for a week. >>> and "the new york times" talks with the parents of 82 school girls released in nigeria. the group kidnapped 270 girls t

the officer identified as roy oliver was fired by the department following the incident. investigators initially said the victim was in a car that was aggressively backing up toward the officer when he opened fire. but after viewing the body cam footage, the police chief came forward with a different account, saying the car was driving away. >>> this weekend, all eyes of the world will be on france's critical presidential runoff election which could determine the future of the european union. leading in the polls, centrist candidate emmanuel macron facing off against far right marine le pen, the anti-immigration candidate who wants to leave the eu. and late today macron's team has been victim of a massive and coordinated hacking operation, claiming hundreds of its internal documents were leaked and mixed with fakes to sow doubt and misinformation just before the vote. >>> still ahead tonight, a massive verdict. why a jury awarded a woman $110 million in a lawsuit over products so many americans use. >>> also, what's that in the sky? the mystery puzzling so many in a major

didn't has begun its own investigation of the fatal shooting of an african-american near da officer roy oliver fired into the car as they were leaving a car. he's on bond charged with murder. >>> severe thunderstorms and damaging winds are moving over from the south into the northeast. heavy rains could lead to flooding in some areas. high winds damaged a church and tore down a trees in the area. >>> after quite a bit of severe weather last night, we're watching a storm that's kind of in a transition phase for friday. moving across the southeast. we're still tracking thunderstorms but a lower threat. then it becomes a chilly evening rain climbing up through new york city late saturday into sunday morning and eventually through mother's day itself. it's bringing kind of dreary conditions. chilly temperatures. look at saturday's highs in the 40s and 50s for much of the mid-atlantic into the northeast and then for our colder air will be hovering, well below average for this time of year. not really gardening weather for mother's day. it's chilly in the northeast and west as well, but most of the

roy oliver was fired tuesday, days after shooting 15-year-old jordan edwards as he and others were leaving a house party. >> i do have questions related to my observation on the video. >> reporter: the police chief announced it yesterday. it contra distributed the department's original account. after hearing gunshots outside the suburban home, authorities now say the officers confronted the vehicle edwards was in as the car was driving away. the officer then opened fire into the passenger side window, shooting the high school freshman in the head and killing him. in a statement officials say oliver who was the second officer at the scene violated several departmental policies but did not give further deta one father to another. i can't express what they're going for. >> while the edwards family is glad he was terminated they're anxiously demanding he be arrested and charged with murder. >> they're ruling his death a homicide. a criminal investigation is under way. the edwards family asked the public to refrain from protests and marches as they prepare for their son's funeral. anne-marie? >

jordan edward killed saturday night when officer roy oliver opened fire on a vehicle leaving a house party. originally. police said the vehicle was aggressively backing down a street towards officers. but now they say body cam videos shows the car was from police. >> they were simply leaving a party where they believed danger ru was. i can't wrap my mind abuy an officer decide to shoot into the car. >> the police chief says the officer was violated for several violations of policy. his termination can be appealed. the dallas county sheriff's department and opened a criminal investigation. baton rouge, louisiana, preparing for possible protests on expected news two police officers will not face federal charges in the shooting and killing of all righton sterling. could announce early as today. video of sterling's death in 2016 r. sparked protest across the can tree. police sayster long was reaching for a gun during a struggle with officers when he was shot. the officers could face state charges. >> to another high pre file case. involving fatal shooting of a black man by a white police

the police say the freshman honor student was shot and killed by officer roy oliver when he responded to a noisy party with suspicion of underage drinking. >> there was an unknown altercation with the vehicle. >> reporter: initially the police chief said oliver fired his weapon when the car jordan was in was backing down the street toward the officers in an aggressive manner. >> thank god for body camera footage. without that, it would be a question of one person's words versus another. >> reporter: the chief came forward to say the police body cam footage revealed a different story. the car was driving away, not towards the officers. >> i missed a step. so the information that i got, the information that i saw led to that mistake. >> reporter: officer oliver was fired. his lawyer told a local paper she could not comment while the incident is under investigation. also in the car that night, jordan's two brothers. >> when he sleeps in the dark he sees his brother and his brother's murder. >> reporter: today jordan edwards' parents picked a burial plot for their son. the district attorn

that's when officer roy oliver fired his rifle at the car killing edwards. but on monday a major reversal. the police chief saying after watching two separate body cam videos it was clear the teens were driving away from the officers. >> a rush to get the information out to be transparent. >> reporter: overnight, outrage. the town demanding officer roy be arrested and charged criminally. the teen's parents wiping away tears, telling abc news the magnitude of his horrible actions cannot be overstated. >> the family is digging in. they want to see this officer indicted. >> reporter: now a community grieving, remembering the promising football player. how do you hope your short experience with him translates? >> jordan is a kid that does everything right. how he is in the classroom, how he is out on the field, you can't find a single person that has a bad thing to say about him. >> reporter: the football team at mesquite high school has dedicated their upcoming season to jordan. as for officer oliver, he has ten days to appeal and his mother telling us overnigh

roy oliver was arrested and charged with murder. he posted bond.stigation is underway into this deadly shooting. >>> an eye opening new report is shedding light on the police department. the officers are pulling back in response to new scrutiny. some call it the ferguson effect. >> reporter: a 17 year veteran of the chicago police department said she knew she should have pulled her gun on a man high on pcp that was beating her but chose not to because she didn't want her family or the department to face the fire storm that would have come next. that is the example new study by the fbi to highlight the growing trend it calls depolicing in the wake of what happened in ferguson missouri. according to the fbi report, after the death of 18-year-old michael brown and the intense media scrutiny that followed, departments and individual officers have increasingly made the conscious decision to stop engaging in proactive policing >> looks like we're getting across the country that police are lesson cliented to do that. >>> >> it's something jeff sessions no

shooting death of a teenager. 15-year-old jordan edwards was killed over the weekend when officer roy oliverpened fire into a car edwards was in. originally police said that car was aggressively backing down a street toward officers. but after inspecting body cam footage, they now say the car was actually driving away from officers. the sheriff's department is now conducting a criminal investigation. >>> and a former police officer has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the fatal shooting of a man in south carolina. video of that shooting called showed walter scott was running away when michael slager shot him during a traffic stop in 2015. but for nearly two years slager claimed he was simply defending himself. he is now facing life in prison. scott's family is speaking out about slager's admission. >> today is rare. the gardners, the blands, the wright family, they didn't get this type of justice we got today. >> the case marks a rare conviction for a police officer involved in an on-duty killing and also concludes both state and federal cases against slager. >>> some staggering numbers

the family of jordan edwards has filed an excessive force lawsuit against officer roy oliver and thetment. edwards was in a car with several teens leaving a party when oliver fired into the car. oliver said the car was backing up toward him. his body cam video shows the car driving away. in the lawsuit the police should have known oliver exhibited a pattern of escalating encounters with the public including a prosecutors complaint about ago guess sieve behavior dee nailed his personnel records. >> lawmakers in utah repealed a law dealing with the discussion of homo sexuality in schools. last year the state passed legislation banning educators from discussing or teaching anything which could be construed as promoting homo sexuality. that sparked a lawsuit which claimed the law created a hostile school atmosphere. the legislature supported the repeal in hopes the lawsuit would be dropped. >> a pair of university of kentucky students went to new heights literal to ace a test. now police say they stole an upcoming exam for a statistics class. investigators say one of the students climbed

roy oliver, a six year veteran of the balk springs police force was terminate tuesday for violating departmenticy. oliver fired his weapon into a car of teenagers leaving a party, killing 15 year old jordan edwards. one day after house republicans passed a bill to repeal and replace obamacare, republicans in the senate said they're writing their own bill from scratch. nancy cordes tells us the house ndll would have profound impacts on americans who get their r alth care through medicaid. >> i'm going to feel your neck. >> reporter: dr. gwen graddy runs a program called pace, providing comprehensive care for 600 elderly patients in detroit. like nearly 70 million americans, they all rely on oudicaid. without it... d a number of these people prematurely would end up in nursing homes. or, number two, these people would end up in emergency rooms getting their primary care, and ittimately, end up in hospitals receiving care. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: the g.o.p. plan that passed the house yesterday would, for the first time, place caps on federal medicaid funding to states starting in 2020

reports show the dallas prosecutor's office complained about officer roy oliver's aggressive behaviorsuspended for 16 hours. now he's being investigated for shooting at a car full of teens leaving a party killing 15-year-old jordan edwards. >> next up twitter google and facebook are facing a big deal this morning over claims that they aided isis terrorists. the lawsuit was filed on wednesday by families of victims in the 2015 san bernadino shooting. it accuses the tech giants of allowing isis to build majorline presence. 14 people died in that california attack so that lawsuit is new news this morning. >> next up it seems uber can't catch a break this year. the company is once again in the hot z the justice department has started a criminal investigation into uber over a known as gray ball. that tool helped uber drivers avoid transportation regulators. uber has admitted to using it but then prohibited use of it shortly after the new york times broke the story. however, criminal probe could prove problematic for uber because it's already dealing with other legal issues. >> well, next u

roy oliver fired into a car full of teenagers leaving a party. jordan edwards shot in the head. he was 15 years old. unarmed. police say officer oliver fired as he pulled away. >> that went trotting all over tampa. she is back with her owner. a circus performer. just another friday night in florida. >> now, to atlanta, the count is 3-2. the pitch, the swing, the catch. one hander, no glove, didn't spill a drop of that beer in the other hand. >> priorities. >> yeah. >>> government is investigating late show host, stephen colbert over a joke he made about president trump and russian president putin. whether the legal definition of obscene. the agency head says they will quote, take the appropriate action. >>> thunderstorms are winding down out there, but topper is tracking more showers heading our way tomorrow. he's here now with an update. >> talking about the thunderstorms right now. just a couple storms. this just rolled through northwest. the deck is wet, now it's rolling into montgomery county county and the beltway on the east side of 270. it's not severe, but it has good ra

of an unarmed black teenager last saturday night has been released on $300,000 bail. 37-year-old roy oliver, who was also fired this week by the police department in balch springs, texas, allegedly shot his rifle into a car carrying 15-year-old jordan edwards, his two brothers and two other teens as they were leaving a house party. jordan edwards was killed, and funeral services were held for him today. oliver initially claimed the car had been backing up toward him and other officers, but the police department now says body camera video reveals the car was driving away when oliver fired. iowa's new law restricting abortions is on hold. the law requires women seeking a legal abortion to wait 72 hours after their first appointment about undergoing the procedure. hours after republican governor terry branstad signed the law yesterday, iowa's state supreme court issued a temporary injunction blocking it. planned parenthood, the state's largest abortion provider, and the a.c.l.u. sought the injunction, saying the law is unconstitutional. iowa could become the sixth state to require a 72-hour wa

. >> reporter: officer roy oliver fired after authorities say body camera video showed him firing a rifle into a car full of teens leaving a large house party last saturday night. that body camera video dispelling the officer's original story that the teens were aggressively backing up. >> there's no way to describe the range of emotions that all of us have felt. >> reporter: tonight, abc news learning officer oliver, who served in the army for six years, joined the police force in 2011. in 2013, he was reprimanded after admitting to being "angry and aggressive" while testifying in court during a dwi case, later required to take anger management training. but in his most recent employee evaluation this past january, supervisors said officer oliver "exceeded expectations." we have reached out to the officer's attorney. we have not gotten any response. he faces up to life in prison if convicted. tom? >> eva pilgrim with that officer's records tonight. eva, thank you so much. >>> now, to the evacuations under way in georgia as a large wildfire burns near the florida state line. at least 60 f

friends and his two brothers were leaving a house party in suburban dallas when police officer roy oliveris partner tried to get their car ar stop. according to an arrest warrant, eriver shot multiple rounds from his patrol rifle as the vehicle drove past him. jordan, sitting in the front passenger seat, was shot in the head and later died. his 16-year-old brother vidal was the driver. have you replayed that moment in your head? >> every night. i can't even sleep. >> reporter: at first, police said the teenager's car backed up "aggressively" toward the officers. but balch springs police chief jonathan haber later changed his tone after seeing the officer's body cam video. on may 2, the chief fired oliver. .> if the car was leaving the scene and he wasn't posing a threat to anyone, why shoot? but you're literally shooting like you're playing target thactice. that's how it... in my mind, it's like he was hunting. >> reporter: oliver faces a murder charge. charmaine and odell say the pain of jordan's death is something they will have to live with forever. >> all i have is pictures now. every

officer roy oliver fired his rifle multiple times into their car.e has been fired and is facing murder charges. the lawsuit cites personnel records and police should have known oliver had a pattern of aggressive behavior. note ♪ >>> a group of veterans is raising awareness about mental health one step at a time. they're on a 350-mile journey hoping to change minds about ptsd and suicide among veterans. they walked from cam lejune, north carolina, arriving at arlington national cemetery today. this walk is deeply personal for organizer brandon powell. hills brother, an army veteran, struggled with ptsd and took his own life after returning from afghanistan. he spoke to us about what is next in his awareness campaign to help returning vets. >> after this we're looking to put in a retreat somewhere we can make it mandatory that veterans coming out of the service come to our retreat and decompress. we're going to do a job placement agency as well with that. >> nbc 4 is committed to providing education and hope for people dealing with mental health chall

roy oliver was booked in jail friday night and released after posting bail.ials say evidence suggested he intended to cause serious injury to jordan edwards. the 15-year-old was shot and killed while riding as a passenger in a car. but oliver was fired after body cam footage showed the car was moving away from police before edwards was shot. oliver had said the car was moving in an threatening manner towards him. ( james ) voters in france chose emanuel macron in sunday's presidential election. though macron was favored in the polls, some had wondered if it would result in another election upset like the one that propelled donald trump to the white house. reid binion reports. macron: "merci a vous, de c'es souas!"french president elect emmanuel macron -- thanking a jubilant crowd of supporters on the night of his election victory sunday."macron! macron! macron! macron!"the independent centrist... ...defeating his rival, far-right candidate marine le pen in a landslide.in the u-s, there was positive reaction -- from both democrats and republicans.g-o-p senator

officer roy oliver was sent to the area. oliver fired his rifle multiple times into the facing murder charges. >>> university of virginia student's lawsuit over a bloody 2015 arrest has been delayed until next year. you might remember this video that shocked a lot of people around the nation. in 2015 this gentleman was arrested after he tried to get into the bar with a fake i.d. johnson maintains he had a valid i.d. and was not drunk. his attorneys said they need more time to prepare so that trial will not begin until next april. >>> penn state university there are students who did not graduate this past weekend because they face criminal charges. there are 18 fraternity brothers charged in the death of a brother. police say they didn't get help. >> the clarion call from his death should be enough is enough. let's stop it and let's try to have something come out of his life and his death. let's make his case stand for something. >> a defense attorney said they never intended to hurt their friend. find out the new charges for

former officer roy oliver shot at a car full of teenagers leaving the scene of a party near dallas lastlling 15-year-old jordan edwards. oliver has claimed self-defense but prosecutors say the evidence showed oliver meant to do bodily harm. will carl live. will, is oliver still behind bars at this point? >> he turned himself in last night and oliver was a 6-year veteran at the balch springs police department and also army vet and accused of shooting jordan edward, high school athlete who we wanted to play college football and also a good student, had straight a's, this all happened last saturday night, oliver and another officer responded to house party. they say they thought they heard gunshots and saw a car with teenagers leaving the party. initially the police said that the car was aggressive driving in reverse towards the officers but video from body cameras told a different story. turns out the car was driving away from the officers when oliver pulled the trigger that resulted in his termination tuesday and then the murder charge last night. take a listen to the family attorney. >>

roy oliver turned himself in last night, just hours after an arrest warrant was issued for him. he was fired from his dallas police department earlier this week for shooting at a car full of teenagers leaving a party on april 29th, killing 15-year-old jordan edwards. the dallas county sheriffs office which issued the wanter said the arrest was -- warrant, said the arrest was based on evidence oliver quote intended to cause bodily injury and commit a clearly dangerous act that could cause death. >> what the prosecutor did was say i have enough, i have probable cause, at least for murder, let me see what the grand jury does, so it's in their hands to see what level of homicide they feel is appropriate to proceed on. >> a sheriffs spokeswoman said the investigation will continue despite the arrest. >>> 18 members of a fraternity at penn state and the organization itself face criminal charges in the death of a policemen last february. a -- pledge last february. a lawsuit says the fraternity ran a gauntlet of drinking stations. the student died after falling downstairs, he had toxic

his two brothers were leaving a house party in suburban dallas when bulk springs police officer roy oliver his partner tried to get their car to stop. according to an arrest warrant, oliver shot multiple rounds from his patrol rifle as the vehicle drove past him. jordan, sitting in the front head and later died. his 16-year-old brother vidal was the driver. have you replayed that moment in your head? >> every night. i can't even sleep. >> reporter: at first police said the teenager's car backed up aggressively toward the officers. but balch springs police chief jonathan haber later changed his tone after seeing the officer's body cam video. on may 2nd the chief fired oliver. >> if the car was leaving the scene and wasn't posing a threat to anyone, why shoot? but you literally shooting like you're playing target practice. that's how it -- in my mind it's like he was hunting. >> reporter: oliver faces a murder charge. charmaine and odell say the pain of jordan's death is something they will have to live with forever. >> all i have is pictures now. every day i look at the pictures. and i just