chavez carter was 21 years old.ndreds of people came to a candlelight vigil this week to honor him. one sign said "justice for carter, what really happened?" what really happened is a question the fbi is now investigating. so is our randi kaye. >> reporter: no one is disputing that he died from a gunshot to the head while in the back seat of a police car. the question is who pulled the trigger. police say he committed suicide. >> quite frankly, i've seen some of our people in custody do some amazing things. >> reporter: chavez's mother doesn't believe it. >> my son wasn't suicidal. >> reporter: at this point, it's still debatable and still under investigation. here's why. 21-year-old carter was handcuffed at the time the shot was fired. double locked behind his back. is it even possible to be handcuffed behind your back and somehow pull the trigger on a gun you weren't holding when you were handcuffed? >> for the average person that's never been in handcuffs, that's never been around inmates and people in custody, w

. >>> we now have the "360" follow on the death of 21-year-old chavez carter. he died last month while in the custody of jonesboro, arkansas, police. carter was in the back of a squad car with his hands cuffed behind his back. police claim he pulled out a gun and committed suicide. he was searched twice but no gun was found. carter's family believes he was killed by police. the jonesboro police have now released a video showing a re-enactment of the incident. they call this a nonevidentiary reproduction of facts and circumstances regarding his death. police used the same handcuffs, the same gun used on carter. the officer is about the same height and weight. they say while the investigation is ongoing, they maintain that carter committed suicide. >>> i want to tell you about popular luxury cars. they flunked a new crash test administered by the insurance institute for high way safety. the test simulated a driver's side frontal crash. among the cars that received a poor rating, the mercedes-benz c-class, the lexus is and cs and audi a-4. >>> the largest burmese p

a young man by the name of chavez carter, young african-american arrested july 28th handcuffed and placedce car. and lo and behold he ends up dead, how? gunshot to the temple. think about that, he is handcuffed and dies of a gunshot wound to his head. joey jackson, i am trying to do this while i am talking to you. and we did this demonstration. >> we did. >> on monday and putting the hands behind your back. and do this and pretend they are handcuffed and hold a gun and see if you can shoot yourself in the temple. >> very difficult. >> very difficult and some say ip impossible. >> but the police video. >> and police in jonesboro, ark a, police say they have a video and back it up by showing a guy with a reenactment. it is silent, so i will walk you through it. this man is the same height and build and the cuffs are the same, and the gun that he actually is using or at least holding is .380 semiautomatic cobra which is the same one that chavez had. and look at this. he is doing it. i dont n't know if he is good a yoga or if you are in that seated position -- >> or if he double-jointed or so

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. >>> an update tonight on the mysterious death of chavez carter.e died of a bullet wound he received while in the back of a police car. the officers said it's suicide. his family thinks it's murder. now the medical examiner weighs in. >>> i'm susan hendricks with a 360 news and business bulletin. president obama warning the assad regime against using chemical weapons. he called both scenarios a red line for syria that would provoke the u.s. military to respond. >>> a "360" follow. medical examiners in arkansas ruling the death of a man shot in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car is a suicide. the autopsy report concludes 21-year-old chaves carter managed to hold a gun up to his head, then fired the fatal shot. his family believes police fired that shot. >>> rosie o'donnell has revealed that she had a heart attack last week. on her blog, o'donnell writes that she felt symptoms last tuesday but did not call 911 and found out the next day that she had 99% artery blockage. she writes that she is lucky to be here. >>> and the comedy wo

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. >>> we now have the "360" follow on the death of 21-year-old chavez carter. last month while in the custody of police. he was in the back of the squad car with his hands cuffed behind his back. police claim he pulled out a gun and chitted suicide. he was searched twice but no gun was found. carter's family believes he was killed by police. the jonesboro police have now released a video showing a re-enactment of the incident. they say while the investigation is ongoing, they maintain that carter committed suicide. >>> some popular luxury cars flunked a new crash test administrated by the insurance institute for highway safety. among the cars that received a poor rating, the mercedes-benz c-class, the lexus is and cs and the audi i-4. >>> the largest python ever found in the florida everglades. it measured 17 1/2 foot in length. it is massive. scientists discovered the female snake was carrying 87 egg, as well. they're trying to understand the python's reproductive capacity in order to halt the spread of this dangerous predator. >> that thing is giant, isn't it

but the basis of the civil suit would be that the police had an obligation to protect chavez carter andy didn't protect him. are you going to win a case like that? you know they are going to be saying to a jury, you know, they had an obligation to protect him from himself because it was his own gun that they will a little he shot himself with. so kat polican the police be su he shot with his own gun. the department of justice did an extensive study of deaths in police custody. it showed there were a the lo of deaths in police custody in three years, over 2000 in fact. of those deaths, approximately 12% were suicides. so this does happen and it's statistically been demonstrated in the past. so as tragic as it is for the family and all concerned, there is a history of this sort of thing in the past. >> as the chief told me when i went down there, it's incredibly easy to maneuver handcuffs. >> i was skeptical when i saw that video. but now that the autopsy is in, i'm a lot less skeptical than i was, randi. >> paul, do us a favor. stay right there. when we come back, i want to talk about th

police say chavez carter shot and killed himself while handcuffed. family says he was healthy and happy no reason to end his life. arkansas police maintain this was a suicide. they released this re-enact. shows how it could have been done. an officer of similar height and weight from the back of a patrol car. you can see him there. leans over and lifts a weapon to his head and with the same kind of handcuffs aimed the gun at his head. they are capturing the scene in the moments after the fatal shot. >> he was in the back of the car he got in. he leaned over. he was handcuffed behind him. >> heather: a lot of questions. let's bring in michael den. -- michael baden. what are investigators looking for? >> they are going to be looking at number of things to determine whether this happened as a self-inflicted wound. as unlikely as that that would be. autopsy would determine whether this is a contact gunshot wound to the area shown in the side of the head. if it's not a contact wound, must the against the skin then he couldn't have done it. it would also d

police video hasn't resolved questions about whether 21-year-old chavez carter shot himself in the head with a hidden gun as the two arresting officers reported. carter was arrested for an outstanding warrant. the officers say he then shot himself after being searched, handcuffed and placed in the back of the patrol car. police have asked the fbi for assistance. >>> much of the western world is voicing sharp criticism of russia after three women from a russian punk band were given two-year jail sentences friday for protesting against president vladimir putin in moscow's main cathedral. several people were arrested at a protest in new york city. the united states calls the sentences disproportionate. >>> and nasa's curiosity rover will take its first road trip on mars tonight. it will aim its laser blaster at a rock formation, part of a two-year mission to determine if the planet most like earth could have hosted microbial life. the $2.5 billion rover landed on mars on august 6th. that's the news. now back to lester, tamron and bill. i can't decide if i want the rover to find microbial l

. >>> still more questions about the apparent suicide of chavez carter in arkansas.e shot himself in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car. marijuana and meth and depressants were also found in his system. carter's family believes their son was shot by police. the case is still being reviewed by prosecutors and the police. >>> doctors more likely to get burnt out by their jobs than the rest of us. a survey found 7,000 doctors they said 4 out of 10 were emotionally exhausted by their work. that feeling could lead to depersonalization where physicians treat the patients like objects than human kz. the burnout rate was even higher among emergency room physicians and family practice tigsers. >>> a so-called miracle monthly cure found in red wine and blue berries and nuts may improve mobility as we age. scientists recommend the fruit over the booze. it takes a whole bottle of the wine to get the same amount of reserve trol from a handful of cranberries. along that same subject matter. what's the ultimate party school? the princeton review is out with a lis