>> the gorilla was clearly agitated, the gorilla was clearly disoriented.o the idea of waiting and tr t treating with a hypodermic was not a good idea. that would have definitely created alarm in this male gorilla and as i'm sure you know, when you dart an animal or even if you yourself go to the hospital, anesthetic doesn't work in one second, works over a period of a few minutes to 10 minutes. the risk was due to the power of that animal. >> was he trying to protect the child in your eyes as someone who does study gorillas? >> in my eyes, he was acting errat erratically. he was disoriented. it's due to his strength. that's where the danger was. >> is there a monetary value that the zoo will have to get a hit on? >> that's a good question. today, we live in a world where endangered species aren't bought and sold, so when we breed cheetahs at our breeding farm and send them to other zoos, part of breeding agreement. same thing true with gorillas, they're not an animal they're a million dollars to get one, a process of big computerized d e dating game with o

gorilla has the child. and it's bragging him around the pen. >> reporter: officials considered the incident so threatening deciding the gorilla must be taken down immediately. >> the reason that tranquilizing was not chosen is in an agitated situation which the male was, it may take quite a while for tranquilizer to take effect. but certainly at the instant he would be hit, he would have a dramatic response. the child wasn't under attack, but a lot of things could happen under that situation. so he certainly was at risk. >> reporter: they say their only option, a rifle. he was shot and killed. the child was taken to cincinnati's children's hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> it's a sad day all the way around. the right choice was made. it was a difficult choice. >> reporter: the gorilla was a western low land gorilla, a critically endangered species. the zoo had hoped he would eventually father other gorillas. >> we love this zoo. it's very friendly, everything is beautiful here. but when you see

what was the gorilla doing? was he treating this boy like a baby gorilla?ed, clearly disoeshted. and so, the idea of waiting and shooting wit a hypodermic was not a good idea. that would have created alarm in the male gorilla and as i'm sure you know when you dart an animal or you yourself go to the hospital, anesthetic works in a minute to ten minutes. so the risk was due to the power of that animal. >> but was he trying to protect the child in your eyes as someone that studies gorillas? >> in my eyes he was acting erratically. he was disoriented. and it's due to his strength. that's what the danger was. >> is there a monetary value that the zoo takes a hit on? >> that's a good question. today we live where eng dangered species aren't bought and sold. breeding cheetahs and send them off, it's a breeding agreement and the same thing is true with gorillas. they're not an animal to say, okay, well, they're a million dollars to get one. it's a process like a dating game, dealing with other zoos, trading back and forth. >> is there any legislation that you guys

he ended up in the gorilla exhibit's mote, 15 feet below.gorilla did not attack the boy, but officials felt because of the animal's massive size, it was a life threating situation. we do want to warn you that some of the video you are about to see is disturbing. >> reporter: onlookers screamed as the gorilla scooped up a 4-year-old boy and carried him through the mote of the cincinnati zoo and botanical garden gorilla exhibit saturday. the child's mother can be heard calling to her son offcamera. >> mommy loves you. i am right here. >> reporter: the boy can be heard screaming. >> the gorilla has the the child. and is dragging him around the pen. >> reporter: after ten tense minutes the zoo dangerous animal response team killed the 450 pound gorilla the child taken to the hospital and released later that night. >> they made a tough choice and the right choice. they saved that little boy's life. it could have been bad. the reason that tranquilizing was not chosen is in an agitated situation, which the male was, it may take quite a while for a

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the gorilla and the gorilla killed the little boy.ow what? the zoo is strictly liable for the actions of that animal, when they start making decisions about how to control it. they did the only thing that they could do, which was to basically protect the little boy's life, and it was a tragic choice that they had to make, alisyn. i don't see any alternative here. >> the alternative of, the scenario you're painting, would have been so much worse for the witnesses to watch something so unthinkable happen to that little boy, but, jeff, you made a great point yesterday when we talked to you and i want to-of-you to reiterate it. zoos are not baby-sitters and made the point, we go to the zoo, this all playful no harm can ever happen. do you blame the parents at all for taking their eye off this 3-year-old and somehow he got into this -- i mean, he went through sort of three different gates of an electric fence, of a moat, you know, a guardrail, for him getting in? >> i think -- i think that's something we need to explore, before we get into

the gorilla is dead. you are about to see this shocking video of the gorilla and the boy together. then i'm going to talk to animal expert jack hannah about what happened here and how people are now weighing in from all across the country, either critical of this little boy's parents, supportive of the zoo's drastic measures or outraged at what they are calling the senseless and needless death of a rare gorilla. cnn's jessica schneider first with the story. >> reporter: a day of panic and desperation at the cincinnati zoo. >> this is in a gorilla cage and a 3-year-old child has fallen in to the gorilla cage. >> reporter: a 4-year-old boy slips in to the gorilla's habitat and over a mote wall. suddenly harambe approaches the boy. his mother watches in horror as to what happens next. >> mommy's right here. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> okay. everybody back up. >> okay. >> mommy loves you. i'm right here. >> the young boy screams and the urgent calls to 911 can be heard on this bystander video. >> my son. >> harambe drag the boy around the mote and up a ladder for ten minutes as th

a boy has fallen into the gorilla gauge and the gorilla is slamming the gorilla into thehe wall.hrough a barrier of the pen and fell into the moat. he was being dragged by the gorilla and then the gorilla gor taking him to one end of the habitat and the little boy had started screaming. attacking the boy but could easily have killed him.av so a decision was made shoot too kill the gorilla. the zoo said it had to be done to safe the boy's life. they are very endangered animals. there aren't very many in captivity. the teen chose to kiln sted of tranquilizing the gorilla because a dart would have takene too long to take in and were worried about the gorilla had an aggressive behavior while holding the boy. the team made a choice than he they made the right choice because they saved that littlelt boy's life. the boy has been injured but hat since been release from the hospital. the zoo back open to the publice but the gorilla exhibit will be clothed l until further notice.i jane mets letter fox news. there are a lot of questionsuest exactly how the kid got through how he was able to

this gorilla was 17 years old.ong time. >> well, he was 17 years old and reports say he had a young baby of his own, who is now without his father. so again i think this shows us the tragic side of keeping animals in zoos for our entertainment. we hope that families with think confide before -- both because it's not a good situation for the animals? and because it can be quite dangerous for children. >> ashley byrne from peta, thanks for joining me. we just got a statement from the family of the little boy who feld into that enclosure. i'm going -- i was a little distracted, but let me read it to you. the child is safe. okay. we are so thankful to the lord that our child is safe. he is home and doing just fine. we extend our heartfelt thanks for the quick action by the zoo staff. we know this was a very difficult decision for them and they are grieving the loss of their gorilla. we hope you will respect the privacy. the family is granting no interviews at this time, and according to a spokesperson for the family, t

a boy climbs into the gorilla enclosure and that decision costs the gorilla its life. how are officials explaining gunning down one of the most prized animals. that's next. rough night? i wish we had looked for a bigger place before he was born. oh, when we wanted another place, first thing we did was check out credit karma - made things a lot easier. that sounds exhausting. actually, it's really easy. and it's free. that was easy! "check out credit karma today. credit karma. give yourself some credit." (shush, shush, shush) you won't see these folks they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >>> heartbreak and anger over the decision to kill a gorilla at the cincinnati zoo to save a 4-year-old boy. at first, harambe, a 17-year-old lowland gorilla seemed to protect the boy who

have cared for the gorilla all these years, the last thing want to do is take the gorilla's life.fully, celebrities felt the need to chime in. joseph kahn said if your kid purposefully falls into a gorilla cage, you should tell your kid good-bye. that's called darwinism. >> pierce morgan, a magnificent gorilla dies because a does foiled to make its barriers safe. and rob lowe, between this guy and the mom, you have society's problems in a nut shell, everything is everybody else's fault. >> good point. >> while you were talking, brian, they were showing pictures of protesters. this is memorial day and you got americans out there protesting -- no one wants to lose this gorilla but you've got a child in there whose life was saved and we're talking about his life matters and protesting rest in peace gorilla. such a misplaced sense of priorities. >> and ellen tweeted out something his life matters too. >> parents are concerned, everyone makes mistakes. everyone that i know as a parent -- >> put your child in there. >> with a gorilla, what would you want them to do? >> ripped around. th

this is in the gorilla cage. 3-year-old child has fallen in to the gorilla cage. >> reporter: a 4-year-old boy slips in to the zoo's gorilla habitat and over a mote wall. suddenly a 17-year-old, a-pound gorilla approaches the boy. his mother watches in horror at what happens next. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> everybody back up. >> mommy's right here. >> the young boy screams. the urgent calls to 911 can be heard on this bystander video. the family tries to keep him calm as harambe takes him out of sight, up a ladder for ten minutes. as the dangerous animal response team decides what to do next. >> the little boy himself had already been talking about wanting to go in, go in, get in the water and his mother is like you are no, you are not. no, you are not. i don't know if the screaming did it or too many people hanging on the edge. if he thought we were coming in but then he pulled the boy down further away from the big group. >> engine 32. >> gorilla has the child. is dragging him around the pen. >> officials co

boy fell into that gorilla's habitat.e animal rights activists say the ape was trying to protect the boy and blamed the zoo for not having safer barriers. others are blaming the boy's parents and even suggesting they should face criminal charges. a national geographic explorer is with us, and eric is a criminal defense attorney. the one question i am hearing a lot from people on social media is why didn't they just tranquilize the gorilla? >> well, i'm sure that would have been the solution that everyone wanted. however, for the little boy, that would have been incredibly dangerous because a tranquilizer dart hurts. once that gorilla feels that ouch, his response is to become more agitated and more stressed out. the tranquilizer doesn't take immediate effect. all you would have is an even aeng g angrier and more confused gorilla are still more time to injure that child. >> you believe shooting and killing this gorilla was the right action by the zoo. >> i think it was incredibly unfortunate but i do think that the zoo mad

there is a firestorm over this gorilla. dramatic video of a child? a gorilla cage. now everyone is pointing fingers. so who is to blame in the zoo? the parents? celebrity zoo keeper jack hanna will tell you if he thinks the zoo made the right call. now there is news of a criminal investigation. also weather alert in the state of texas. dangerous and deadly storms sweeping throughout the lone star state. will the cows swim out and make it to dry land? fox is tracking this absolutely wicked weather. donald trump on the loose and on attack. his target? us, the media today the republican presumptive nominee came out to defend veterans. news conference convictly turned to all-out assault on the media take a lock. >> the press should be ashamed of themselves. and instead of being like thank you very much, mr. trump, or trump did a good job, everyone is saying who got it? who got it? who got it? and you make me look very bad. i have never received such bad publicity for doing such a good job. >> he is calling us the dishonest press and. >> 100 percent true. >> i disagree w

so keepers shot and killed the gorilla. >>> some believed the gorilla was trying to protect the boy.rter: hey jim and shawn the video is frightening. a large gorilla looming over a young boy after he crawled intot that enclosure. the boy was in there for about t 12 minutes. panicked and lockers shouted loc stay calm while overheard saying mommy loves you. some say it appeared the gorilla was trying to protect him. the gorilla was also seen dragging him there's a lot of blame being put on the parents. a witness who says she saw the boy fall say she heard him say s he wanted to get in the water with the gorilla the witnesses says the mother was with self other young children and toldold him no. people were so out richard a change.org petitions circulating.circ child protective services toehold the parents responsiblen the zoo ists not going to chatts the parents. the so had no choice but to kill the gorilla believing the boy was in danger. dan >> we question that for our monday morning quarterbacks, for second guessers don't understand that you can't take a risk with a silver back gori

gorilla cage. reporter: the gorilla makes contact with the boy.im across the water. >> the gorilla rushed the boy, but did not hit the boy. he was almost guarding the boy, protecting him. the boy: as he kept between his legs, a zookeeper took aim, shooting and killing the endangered 400 pound silverback. while the rest of the zoo is open today, the gorilla exhibit is closed. people have been coming all day, leaving flowers in honor of the gorilla. protesters outside the zoo questioning why the workers did not instead use a trick lies are. recognizer.t use a >> it takes a while for a tqan ranquilizer to take affect. reporter: the family said the boy is now home from the hospital and doing just fine. now another story people are talking about, video from the memorial bridge that i shot this afternoon while watching rolling thunder. look at these brothers from burke saluting the rolling thunder faithful. a lot of people were taking their pictures. i talked to their mom and she said i am just raising future service members. kimberly: it was great, peo

>> we seen him being dragged by the gorilla and then gorilla took him to one end of his habitat and thenlla dragged him back again. >> here's the video of that grill, the team chose to kill instead of the frank light the gorilla because it would have taken just too long for tranquilize tore kick in. zoo keepers were worried about the gorilla having an aggressive reaction while holding the boy can you imagine holding that decision. boy was in the hurt but has been since released from hospital. he was injured a little bit but not seriously. zoo is back opened but gorilla exhibit will be closed until further notice. a lot of questions about how the boy got in there. >> survive the 10-foot fall and then can you imagine, we don't hear imagine but just every movement that gorilla made. you could see him holding the boy there dragging him by his arm and leg. >> we need your opinion, next time we will do this we will play the audio of his mother. >> i love you, it is okay, stay calm. >> the kid never screamed, never cried. as a parent how do you stand by and not jump in your self. >> oh, man. >>

was made to shoot and killed that gorilla. the zoo said it had to be done to save the little boy's life. the team chose to kill the animal instead of tranquilizing it because it would have taken too long before the drugs to kick in, and zookeepers worried the gorilla might have had an aggressive reaction while holding the boy. >> that child's life was in danger. people what question that or are monday morning quarterbacks or second-guessers don't understand that you can't take a risk with a silverback gorilla. they're very big. three times bigger than a man, six times stronger than that. >> the boy has since been released from the hospital. the zoo is now back open to the public. however, the gorilla exhibit will be closed until further notice. >>> world famous zookeeper jack hanna is speaking out indefense of the cincinnati zoo and the decision the kill the animal. hannah said they had no choice, that the child's life was in imminent danger. >> i mean this is something that's a no-brainer. this animal could have literally tak

save a gorilla's life.ight has the growing controversy. >> a family out to go the cincinnati zoo turned into a horrifying experience for a little boy as well as a gorilla who fell into the gorilla exhibit. we will talk to you about it right now. >> you can see the 4-year-old boy there and the boy began screaming in fear as he was held in the grip of a powerful 17-year-old 400 bound gorilla. the zoo says the toddler fell into a motor after crawling into a barrier. he began dragging the child through the water as the child's mother is heard trying to keep her son calm. >> i am right here. >> the animal response is a quick response to the cry for help assessing the situation. they have two options tranquilize the gorilla or shoot him dead fearing the tranquilizer who cake too long to subdue the animal they put the gorilla down to safe the child's life. >> it is a sad day all of the way around. the right choice was made. it was a difficult choice. >> difficult choice indeed. the child was taken to children's ho

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who is and endangered gorilla.he other thing that came upp today how could that boy possibly get in, like thathat showed there's some sort of loophole where you need to make it safer so that kids aren't allowed or in a way to squeeze in there. >> i think other zoos will be taking a closerth look. >> meanwhile a 13 year old boy is recovering after being bit bb a shark. it happened on neptune beach you just before three yesterday afternoon. the boy and his stepfather were when the shark took an eight inch bite. people rushed to pull him from the water he was taken to a local hospital. hos lifeguards estimate the shark was five or six feet long. six this was a first shark attack in the area this sees. but they say warm temperaturesru could make higher numbers of attacks. >>> tonight, remembering the mem and women who gave their lives for our great country. >> and paying tribute to the loved once left behind. caitlyn. >> say what will are we are wre seeing a variety of weather supra super soggy conditions to a gorgeous

what was the gorilla doing? was he treating this boy like a baby gorilla? the gorilla was clearly agitated, clearly disoriented. and so the idea of waiting and shoulding him with a hypodermic was not a good idea. that would have created alarm in the male gorilla, and as i'm sure you know, when you dart an animal, or even if you yourself go to the hospital, anesthetic doesn't work in one second. it works over a period of minutes. so the risk was due to the power of the animal. >> trying to protect the child? in your eyes, as someone who -- >> in my eyes, he was acting erratically, erratically. he was disoriented. and it's due to his strength. that's the danger. >> was there a -- [inaudible] -- the zoo has to take a hit on. >> that's a good question. today we live in a world where endangered species are not bought and sold. so when we breathe cheetahs and send them to zoos it's part of a proceeding agreement, and the same thing is true with gorillas. so they're not an animal you can say, okay, well they're a million dollars to get one. it's a process of -- li

that gorilla, still living at the zoo today. in the cincinnati case, the zoo felt the boy was at risk. renowned wildlife expert jack hanna saying tonight, he stands by the zoo's decision. >> i'll tell you right now, i'll bet my life right now, if i had to, that that child would not be here today. >> reporter: still, reportedly some even making threats against the family themselves. tonight, animal activist groups slamming the zoo. >> the physical barreliers at the cincinnati zoo are not adequate to keep people out of the enclosures. >> reporter: our cameras today capturing crews making changes to the barriers at the gorilla exhibit. and david, the most recent federal inspection here at the zoo was less than two months ago. the zoo and those barriers passed without any citations. david? >> alex perez leading us off from cincinnati. >>> there are also major developments tonight after authorities say a young veteran went on a deadly shooting rampage in houston. late today, police revealing that the young army sergeant fired more th

the 3-year-old boy fell into a gorilla habitat at the cincinnati zoo.ou can see the 400 gorilla agitated and dragging the child but kaley writes you can see him holding the child's hand. >> when we watched this footage what we have to remember is that we're looking at little moments captured on people's cell phones and they get strung together. we are really sort of hungry and eager to find some sort of rational to what happened here >> we spoke today with two animal experts that work extensively with gorilla. tv host jeff corwin and jack hanna. he says tranquilizing the animal was too unpredictable. >> i bet my life that the child would have lost his life or been severely injured. the public did not even see what could happen. you just saw the first reaction. >> the boy's family says we're thankful for the quick reaction. this was a very difficult decision for them and they're grieving the loss of their gorilla. the zoo is also blasted for the enclosure's design. a company even creathted is animation depicting how the boy may have climb tludhe >> we're

to the gorilla's habitat and over a mote wall. suddenly harambe, a gorilla approaches the boy. his mother watches in horror as to what happens next. >> mommy's right here. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> okay. everybody back up. >> okay. >> mommy loves you. i'm right here. >> the young boy screams and the urgent calls to 911 can be heard on this bystander video. >> my son. >> harambe drag the boy around the mote and up a ladder for ten minutes as the zoo's dangerous animal response team anxiously decides what to do next. >> think little boy himself had already been talking about wanting to go in, go in, get in the water and his mother is like no, you are not. no, you are not. i don't know if the screaming did it or too many people hanging on the edge, if he thought -- but he pulled the boy further away from the big group. sglm the gorilla has the child and dragged him around the pen. >> officials considered the incident threatening. deciding what harambe must be taken down immediately. >> the reason that tranquilizing was not cho

the gorilla has the child and is dragging him. >> reporter: zoo officials removed two female gorillas from the en closure did not approach him for 10 minutes. eventually zoo president says the 400 pound gorilla became violent. >> it seemed very much by our professional team to be a life threatening situation. so the choice was made to put down the gorilla. >> reporter: its team chose not to training what lies because the an pal was agitated and it would have taken too long to said date him. >> we certainly don't want to be in a situation where they have to be killed: facebook pages like justice for the gorilla. the endangered gorilla was put down. others want the boy's mother to face child endangerment charges. >> a gunman hooter rised a houston neighborhood for over an hour was shot and cutter by police. investigators say no one on the ground or in the air we're safe the shooter riddled five police cars and a helicopter with bullets. one man shot dead in his car two other drivers barely escaped with their lives. >> then it went through that seat come back through that seat graze the

endangered gorilla had to be killed.amie has the latest. >> cell phone videos from people visits the zoo show a 4- year-old boy in the gorella gorilla moot. that is when the goril approaches the boy. at first it looks like he is being protective and then it turned threatening. [screaming] >> oh my god. oh my god. >> the gorilla has the child? >> it is dragging him around the pen. >> the zoo officials removed two female gorillas from the enclosure but did not approach the gorilla for 10 minutes. eventually the zoo president said the 400 pound gorilla became vie length. >> -- became violent. the choice was made to put down or shoot the gorilla. >> reporter: the zoo says the team chose not to tranquilize the gorilla because the animal was agitated and it would of taken too long to sedate him. >> we don't want to be if a situation where they have to be killed. >> reporter: animal activists created petitions and pages. many angry the gorilla was put down. others want the boy's mother to face child endangerment charges. back t

it appeared the gorilla was carrying for the boy but the gorilla was also seen dragginging him throughhe shallow moat. a lot of blame being put on the parents. a witness saw the boy fall say she heard him say he wanted to get in the water the mother was with several other children and told him no. people are outraged. change.org petitions circulation asking for the so and child protective services to hold the parents responsible. the so chose not to chatties the parents. they say it was adult and sad day for them they had no choice than to kill the gorilla believing the boy was in danger. >> what was at that time today to keep conservation and so it's a big lost. naturally we did not take the shooting lightly. but that child's life was in danger. >> reporter: here's what some of you had to say on our facebook page about this story. sue, the parents and sue the parents and take away the kids. the parents were negligent the gorilla was not at fault. this is animal cruelty. greg davis always funny when parents starter in on other parents if you were there to see what happened and what the

ultimately, zoo officials shot and killed that gorilla. today while most of the people we talked to didn't want to cast judgment on the mother or the zoo they're keeping a closer eye on their kids while they're here. >> well, we asked you earlier in the show to weigh in on our nbc washington flash survey. do you think the cincinnati zoo made the right decision to shoot the gorilla? you can see the no is winning. you can keep voting and sounding off on the nbc washington facebook page. >>> we are working on stories in our newsroom right now that you'll only see here in the next 30 minutes. it is already a parent's worst nightmare when they lose a child. imagine the grief with a surprise tax bill. >>> backed up in delays and it is only getting worse. i'll take you inside the long lines before you even get to a busy local airport and tell you what it could take to fix it. >>> it is a place to pay tribute to those who served our country and never came home, but somebody had other plans. we're going to show you the unbeliebl to the veterans mem

shoot to kill the gorilla. says it had to be done to save the boy's life. >> the decision was not made lightly. gorillas are endangered animals. there aren't very many in captivity. but it has the proper ending. >> reporter: the team close to kill instead of tranquilizing the gorilla because a tranquilizer dart would have taken too long to kick in and the zookeepers were worried about the gorilla having an aggressive reaction while holding the boy. >> the team did a good job and made a tough choice and they made the right choice because they saved that little boy's life. it could have been very bad. >> reporter: the boy was injured but has since been released from the hospital. the zoo now back open to the public, but the gorilla exhibit will be closed until further notice. jane metzler, fox news. >> there has been a strong reaction on social media by people upset that the gorilla was killed. someone created a facebook page called justice for harambe. that is the gorilla's name. someone else created an online p

the gorilla has the child and is dragging him. >> reporter: zoo officials removed two female gorillas from the en closure did not approach him for 10 minutes. eventually zoo president says the 400 pound gorilla became violent. >> it seemed very much by our professional team to be a life threatening situation. so the choice was made to put down the gorilla. >> reporter: its team chose not to training what lies because the an pal was agitated and it would have taken too long to said date him. >> we certainly don't want to be in a situation where they have to be killed: facebook pages like justice for the gorilla. the endangered gorilla was put down. others want the boy's mother to face child endangerment charges. >> a gunman hooter rised a houston neighborhood for over an hour was shot and cutter by police. investigators say no one on the ground or in the air we're safe the shooter riddled five police cars and a helicopter with bullets. one man shot dead in his car two other drivers barely escaped with their lives. >> then it went through that seat come back through that seat graze the

whether a gorilla, whatever animal it might be, research in the wild with gorillas, i've seen what happenst dart hits the animal, you can imagine, the animal -- it's like a shot, he jumpgs. what would happen -- he jumps. what would happen if he had the little boy? i've seen a silver back grail take a green coconut which you can't bust open with a hatchet go like this. beyond the strength that you even know. choice between human life, animal life. >> you believe the zoo made the right decision. obviously the cincinnati zoo said a child's life was in danger and a quick decision had to be made. it sounds like you agree with them? i i work with gorillas and seen them for over 35 years. i have a home next to them in rwanda, the mountain grill amp these are gorillas in africa. i've seen this for 35 years, both the zoological situation and the ones in the wild, what's happening in the wild now is sometimes tragic. i've seen gorillas with snares on their hand, rotting thuf. this is a medical -- rotting off. this is a millisecond decision. we're all sorry. thank goodness a human being is alive beca

zoo officials removed two female gorillas from the enclosure, but did not approach the gorilla for at least ten minutes. eventually, zoo president thane mayard said the 400-pound gorilla became violent. >> it seems very much by our professional team, our dangerous animal response team to be a life threatening situation. so the choice was made to put down or shoot herambe. >> reporter: the zoo says its team chose not to tranquilize the gorilla because the animal was agitated and it would have taken too long to sedate him. >> the zoo is in the business of taking care of endangered animals, and we certainly don't want to be in a situation where they have to be killed. >> reporter: animal activists have created online petitions and facebook pages like justice for harambe. many angry the endangered gorilla was put down. others want the boy's mother to face child endangerment charges. ieople for the ethical treatment of animals-- or peta-- released a statement saying the gorilla enclosure should have been surrounded by a secondary barrier between the humans and the animals to prevent exactl

fell in right next to the gorilla. the growing controversy over how the zoo handled it >>> the world famous dare devil's latest feat. his wild ride ahead. >>> . >>> we say good morning on this holiday. an uneasy holiday in houston. >> when it's all over two people dead and several injured. >> nearly 24 hours later, police have so many questions, whether a second gunman was involved and what happened. a peaceful holiday calm shattered by gun fire. a man walked into a auto detail shop and shot a man customer dead. two men armed with guns, police say at least one of them opening fire in the streets, blowing out car windows, igniting a gas station. that began a shooting spree that ended hundreds of rounds later. with the first shooter dead. >> we have eight shooting victims. two constables. >> reporter: police initially thought they were looking for two suspects. now they're taking a second look at that second man who was wounded in the hospital. one man apparently opened fire indiscriminantly. a woman shot in her car. >>

he said the silverback gorilla, harambe, was dangerous. the family thanked the zoo's staff for taking quick action. we get more from cnn's jessica schneider. >> reporter: john and christine, the zoo director put it bluntly. he said we stand by our decision and we would make the same choice today. he said the monday morning quarterbacks don't understand how dangerous a silverback gorilla can be. >> naturally, we did not take the shooting of harambe's life lightly, but the life of that child was in danger. people who question that are monday morning quarterbacks or second guessers don't understand that you can't take a risk with a silverback gorilla. they are very big. three times bigger than a man. six times stronger than that. >> reporter: harambe was 450 pounds and a 17-year-old male. they say they once seen him crush a coconut with his hands. during the ten tense minutes when the 3-year-old boy was being dragged around and violently yanked, they said harambe was growing agitated and aggressive. the dangerous animal response team tried to

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the little boy is barely visible under the gorilla, 15 feet below his mother. for a moment it seems like harumbe is protecting him until -- [ screams ] >> oh, my god! >> reporter: kim o'connor shot the video and was near the boy and his mother before hearing a splash in the moat. >> the little boirks i'm going to go in. no, you're not, i'm going nog, no, you're not. the other turns to her other children -- >> reporter: the 4-year-old climbed through a barrier and dropped into the exhibit. two female gorillas responded to a command by zoo trainers to leave, but the 400-pound harmbe did not. he ran toward the boy, dragged him through the moat twice, and then up a concrete section of the exhibit. >> when he scaled him up, his head's banging again the wall as he's climbing up. and so that's the part people didn't see. >> reporter: after ten minutes, employees shot and killed the 17-year-old endangered gorilla, fearing a tranquilizer might further agitate the ape. >> it seemed very much by our professional team, our dangerous animal response team, to be a life threa

this is a picture of the gorilla. they shot the gorilla to save the boy's life. officials say it is a huge loss to the gorilla population, but the tactical team made the right call. >> it seemed to be a life-threatening situation, so the choice was made to put down or shoot the gorilla. so, he's gone. >> he was a low land silver backed gorilla. they are considered a critically endangered species. the gorilla exhibit will be closed until further notice. >>> the roar of motorcycles echoing throughout the dmv this weekend. cameras captured these bikes riding down constitution alley. the ride for freedom is tomorrow donald trump will be a speaker at a rally. >>> it's a powerful reminder of how many of our nation's war heroes have died serving our country. veteran ben king started the, quote, mindful memorial daye vent. ribbons are hung from the rafters and they have the name of the service member killed in iraq or afghanistan. each person who visits takes the ribbon home as a constant reminder of their service. >> it is our responsibility and we honor the fallen with

i happen to have a three miles from where the gorillas live in rwanda, mountain gorillas.t you see, you hear the screaming going on, you hear the screaming going on, watch that gorilla's response, by the way. he doesn't know what's going on. this is a silver back, not a female. he hears the response, you see from the face, he's alarmed. yes, he looks at the child there. what happens when you tranquilize the animal? whether a gorilla, whatever animal it might be, research in the wild with gorillas, i've seen what happens. i know what happens. when that dart hits the animal, you can imagine, the animal -- it's like a shot, he jumpgs. what would happen -- he jumps. what would happen if he had the little boy? i've seen a silver back grail take a green coconut which you can't bust open with a hatchet go like this. beyond the strength that you even know. choice between human life, animal life. >> you believe the zoo made the right decision. obviously the cincinnati zoo said a child's life was in danger and a quick decision had to be made. it sounds like you agree with them? >> i

. >>> young boy winds up in the gorilla enclosure an gorilla was killed. fox's jane metzler has more on that controversy. >> reporter: horrifying moments at the cincinnati zoo after a four-year-old boy wound up in the gorilla enclosure. >> mommy is right here. >> everybody back up. >> reporter: 400-pound gorilla dragged the boy around for 10 minutes as dozen of families looked on. >> the child crawled into the gorilla cage and the gorilla is slamming the child into the wall and into the water. >> reporter: zoo say the boy he crawled into a barrier of the p. n and nel into the moat. >> the gorilla took him to one end of his hab with at a time and the little boy started screaming again end dragged him back again. >> the 17-year-old gorilla was not attacking the boy but could easily have killed him. so a decision was made shoot to kill the gorilla. the zoo says it had to be done to save the boy's live. >> the decision was not made lightly. gorillas are endangered animals. there aren't many in captivity, but it has the proper ending. >> reporter: team chose to

while the rest of the zoo is open, the gorilla exhibit is closed.eople have been coming by here all day, leaving flowers in honor of the gorilla. protesters outside of the zoo questioning why the worker didn't instead use a tranquilizer. >> in an agitated situation, it may take quite a while for a tranquilizer to take effect. >> reporter: marci gonzalez, abc news, cincinnati. >>> one more note on that n a now-deleted facebook post, a mother said he has a concussions and a few scrapes. she also said, quote, society is quick to judge. she keeps a tight watch on her kids and accidents happen. >>> three southern californian women are being created. the women claim they saw a man dropping something into a woman's drink while she was in a restroom. one of the good samaritans went to the restroom to let her know. >> i got up and went to the restroom and i found if her in there and i just said, this is weird, but we saw that guy you're with put something in your drink. >> they said surveillance video also saw the same thing. the man was arrested. the three

an endangered gorilla had to be killed. jamie yuccas has the latest. >> reporter: cell phone videos from people visiting the cincinnati zoo show a four year old boy in the gorilla world moat. the boy show got through a barrier and fell at least ten feet down into the shallow stream. that's when her am we a 17 year old endangered low land gorilla a approaches the boy. at first it looks like he's been protective but then his behavior turned threatening. >> oh my gosh. >> the gorilla has the child. and is dragging him around the pen. >> the boy does not appear to scream or panic. zoo officials removed two female professions from the enclosure but did not approach the gorilla for at least ten minutes. eventually zoo president thane mayard said the 400 pound gorilla became violent. >> it seems very much by our dangerous animal response team to be a life threatening situation. so the choice was made to put down or shoot him. >> reporter: the zoo say its team chose not to tranquilize the gorilla because the animal was agitated and

the only way to save a young boy who slipped into a gorilla habitat was to kill the gorilla. the enjoy home and doing fine. the family issued a statement thanking the zoo. zoo officials are heartbroken and devastated. brian webb is here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. while zoo officials are heartbroken, animal rights advocates are outraged, believing the killing was unnecessary and the boy's parents should be held criminally responsible. officials say no charges will be filed. the incident was caught on video by a woman who said the zoo did the right thing. the little boy is barely visible under the gorilla, 15 feet below his mother. for a moment it seems like harambe is protecting him until -- [ screams ] >> oh, my god! >> reporter: kim o'connor shot the video and was near the boy and his mother before hearing a splash in the moat. >> the little boy, "i'm going to go in." "no, you're not." "i'm going to go in." "no, you're not." the mother turns to her other children -- >> reporter: the 4-year-old climbed through a barrier and dropped into the exhibit.