hammond. during his initial arrest in the city of gary, mr. van told policead messed up by not committing -- by committing the crime in hammond and was surprised how quickly he was located after the incident. the six gary incidents of suspected homicide are being investigated for possible future charges. murder charges are being sought by the hammond police today for the hammond incident. motel 6 in hammond has cooperated with hammond in the past involving criminal investigations, many of them involving backpage.com and is considered a reputable business in the city of hammond. i would like to thank every police officer involved in this investigation and i'm proud of each and every one of them. i would especially like to think the captain for his leadership in the criminal investigation division. i'll offer to take a couple of questions. but as you can imagine, we have a lot on our pleat. the investigations of at least six are ongoing. it is possible that the investigation will lead to more victims. so we have to be careful about what we say at this point. i'

police. >> reporter: in the back seat lisa mahone's two children, her 7-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son who records on his cell phone camera as a hammond, indiana, police officer tases jamal jones. >> i felt like my civil rights was just blown out the window along with my body. >> they have filed a federal lawsuit against the hammond police for use of excessive force. hammond police maintain jamal jones refused to get out of the car and issued a statement saying police officers were at all times acting in the interest of officer safety and in accordance with indiana law. >> that was nbc's kevin tibbles. >>> the family of chokehold victim eric garner has taken steps to sue the new york police department. they filed a notice of claim for a $75 million civil suit against the city and the police department holding them responsible for garner's july death. in another new york police incident video showing a police officer punching a 16-year-old marijuana suspect who appears to be surrendering with his hands up. the unarmed falls to the ground there, then another officer appears to hit him in the face with a gun. later, a third officer appro

and i want to ask you, dana, the hammond police provided a very lengthy statement. i'll read you one other part and get you to respond. they said in general police officers who make legal traffic stops are allowed to ask passengers inside a stopped vehicle for identification and request they exit a stopped vehicle for officer's safety. do you agree with that? the press conference you held earlier, you seem to dispute officers were acting lawfully. >> that is not what happened in this case. they never -- you see on the video jamal actually trying to give the officers the ticket, which had his information on it. in fact, you see lisa trying to give it to them when they refused it from jamal, she's trying to hand it to them through the sun roof. they still refuse. at no point did they give jamal a ticket for not wearing a seat belt or any indication as to why they wanted him to get out of the car. they had already acted in an aggressive manner, especially in light of what's been going on across the country with police brutality, it's not surprising this family felt very

. >> police and hammond have released new details. suspect was in custody still giving investigators information possibly about other murders or victims. following this story alive and. . we also learned from a press conference the names of two more victims. >> 36 general also from gary. that is on top of the 35 rule president for merrillville indiana. 19 year-old africa hearty who started this entire investigation on friday night when her body was found in motel 6 and hammond indiana. police as saying a phone number found on her phone is what led them to the suspect in gary. there is so laser focus on following the trail of breadcrumbs that they missed two bodies there were found in the same home. they say as well as he continues to give them information they will continue to follow up on that information. >> 35 year-old lose from saturday night. that brings the total number of victims to seven. one in hammond 6 in the area. many are wondering if there anymore. he was continuing to lead police to the bodies of the victims. the invest

hammond police remains jamal jones refused to get out of the call. police officers were at all times acting in the interest of officer safety and in accordance with indiana law. >>> the family of choke hold victim eric garner has taken steps to sue the new york police department. they filed a notice of claim for a $75 million civil suit against the city and the police department holding it responsible for garner's july death. another new york police incident, video showing a police officer punching a 16-year-old marijuana suspect who appears to be surrendering with his hands up t. unarmed falls to the ground. another officer appears to hit him in the face with a gun. later, a third officer approaches from the left part of your screen there appears to stand by as his two colleagues attack the teen t. incident took place on august 29th. two of the officers are under criminal investigation. >>> hollywood is reeling overactor steven collins' aalleged confession. tmz reporting him admitting to that. the tape was allegedly recorded by collins' wife in 2012.

police. the hammond county councilman wonders if police needs more training. >> are they training their police officers on a yearly or monthly basis on situations of excessive force? >> police say they were quote at all times acting in the interest of officer's safety. two of the police involved in the incident have been sued before for using excessive force. those cases were settled for undisclosed amount. >> the city of new york flashes a lahser rick garner died after police took him into a choke hold. they brought claims of police brutality against nypd and eight officers. he was resissing arrest for selling -- the use of choke holds was banned by the nyp d-back in 1993. a convicted drug dealer suing the dea for impersonating her on facebook. sandra arquette was arrested four years ago for her role in cocaine distribution. she claims the dea agents used her photos to get a fake facebook page under her name at one time to lure in other people in the investigation. the justice department is reviewing the practice to determine if the profile violates facebook terms. >> it is a fight for face.

. >> reporter: the hammond police pulled them over in a highly aggressive way. mahone explains. >> they pulled me over like i robbed a bank. >> reporter: but in a cell phone video shot by mahone's son, the police focused on jones, especially when he failed to produce an i.d. >> you need to step out of the vehicle. >> reporter: mahone calls 911 when the officers draw their guns. >> i feel like my life is in danger. i need a lieutenant here right now. >> reporter: with recent police shootings like the one in missouri, jones stays put, he say, to protect the family and then asks for a higher ranking shirt. >> look at my shoulder [ bleep ], i've got the bar. >> do you want to have your kids see me pull you through the window? >> you're not going to pull me through the window. >> reporter: then this happened. 7-year-old jania cries from the back seat. jones is hit with a stun gun and arrested for resisting. >> i felt like my civil rights was just thrown out the window along with my body. >> reporter: in a statement the hammond police say the officers feared for their

. >> pelley: tonight two police officers are accused of using excessive force. a family in hammond, indiana, has filed a federal lawsuit after a traffic stop turned violent. dean reynolds has the video. >> reporter: what started as a stop for a seat belt violation quickly escalated. >> step out of the vehicle now. >> reporter: on september 24, lisa mahone was driving with her friend jamal jones in the passenger seat and two children, 14-year-old joseph and seven-year-old janiah, in back. >> joseph get your phone out and video this. >> i'm already doing it. >> reporter: their federal lawsuit charges the hammond police pulled them over in a highly aggressive way. mahone explains. >> he pulled me over like i robbed a bank. >> reporter: in cell phone video shot by her son, the police sphoax foex is on jones, especially when he fails to produce an i.d. >> you need to step out of the vehicle. >> reporter: mahone calls 911 when the officers draw their guns. >> i feel like my life is in danger. i need a lieutenant here right now. >> reporter: with recent police shooting fresh in his mind,

and a controversial traffic stop caught on video-- now a family is suing hammond police, saying they used excessive force. good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. demetrius ivory is live at the adler planetarium... this is like christmas and new years combined for you as. >> that right. we are nerding out. >> it feels like we're just here when it was cold. >> we were back here in april but it was kind of a failed. >> there was no one here and nothing to see. >> but today we have the total lunar eclipse. the moon will be completely eclipsed from 5:00. >> was happening right now? it's just a moon. >> this is the beginning. you can see a bit of the earth's shadow over the moon. it's called away penumbra. but that up and ticket to the office water cooler. it is getting a little bit dark. a stick look right now. we expect sunshine. perfect conditions right now. temperatures are in the upper '40's. but not too bad early on. today's high in the mid-60s. we are expecting sunshine. not bad compared to last time. >> feels pr

thrown out the window, along with my body. >> reporter: they filed a federal lawsuit against the hammond police for use of excessive force. police maintain jamal jones refused to get out of the car and issued a statement saying, police officers were at all times acting in the interest of officer safety and in accordance with indiana law. >> there is a level of mistrust between many segments of the american population and the police, particularly when you're talking about low income or minority communities. >> reporter: the hammond incident in late september comes at the same time police dash cam video appeared showing a south carolina police officer shooting an unarmed man at a gas station. >> get out of the car. >> why did you shoot me? >> reporter: levar jones was shot in the hip. the officer charged with aggravated assault and battery. just this year, the pew research project found that 90% of adults own a cell phone and more and more confrontations with police are being videotaped. in ferguson, missouri, cell phone video recorded the aftermath of the death of michael brown and the protests

. >>> police in hammond, indiana accused of excessive force.t charles turner involved in one case. this time, last month, officers were caught on tape smashing the windows of a car and tasing jamal jones after jones refused to cooperate. 13 minutes the is time the standoff went on. the victims in an exclusive interview with cnn spoke out. >> i did not know which way to pull over. he is pulling me over like i just robbed a bank. he came to the car and he asked me for my identification. he was pacing. he was moving around. he was making frowns on his face. >> i would not leave my family out of the car and leave them in the car when they have their weapons drawn. i felt to protect my family to stay in the vehicle. >> he cussed jamal out. he called out my mom and then called for back-up for seatbelt violation. >> the hammond police department is standing by the officers' actions. >>> stakes in the kansas senate race could not be higher. pat roberts and greg orman faced off in a debate. >> more interested in playing political games. >> a vote for gr

i never heard of that. >> i placed a call to the hammond police and haven't gotten a response. i'm not sure what that means. being he was trying to comply, but as they mentioned in the lawsuit, they feared for their lives. when he was ordered to get his id and he reached for it and the officers pulled out their weapons. they didn't want to get out for fear they may get shot. >> know one of the important things is the accountability. it's not just a he said she said. thank you so much as always. police have responded saying that the police officers were at all times acting in the interest of officer safety and in affordance with indiana law. coming up, ronan will be back live in dallas with one of the people in charge of that city's ebola response. will dallas be the example of what to do and what not to do when it comes to fighting a national outbreak. so guys -- it's just you and your honey. the setting is perfect. you know what? plenty of guys have this issue, not just getting an erection, but keeping it. well, viagra helps guys with ed get and keep an erection. and you only

suspect darrin van led police in hammond, indiana to the bodies of women he has killed. police think there might be many others. >> 9:30 friday night, hammond indiana police discovered the body of 19-year-old afrikka hardy inside the bathtub in a motel six. cell phone records led police 10 miles away to the amount of a 43-year-old gary, indiana man, who pleas say contacted hardy on line and agreed to pay her for sex. when police arrested the former marine and convicted texas sex offend offender darrin van, he began talking. >> he admitted his involvement in the hammond incident and notified police of other incidents. this include describing and helping detectives locate three other victims in the city of gary. three other female victims have been subsequently located in the city of gary with the assistance of mr. van, bringing the total number of victims to seven. >> it turned into the hammond police caught what i would label a serial killer. >> van had been hiding bodies in abandoned houses in hammond and gary. this man lives next to one home where van said he deposited

as if that didn't cause public outrage, did you hear what the police officer in hammond, indiana, has we'll talk about it in three minutes. stick around. >>> welcome back, everyone. you have seen the disturbing video. a police officer in indiana is recorded smashing a car's passenger side window and tazing the man inside because he refused to obey a campaign omma identify himself and exit the car. >> damn. >> that passenger and his partner who was behind the wheel are suing the hammond police officer alleging excessive force but now jones could be in store for some other legal troubles. the 27 year old faces possible arrest for a 7-year-old misdemeanor drug charge of allegedly dealing pot. jones' attorney is calling the arrest warrant retaliation. the timing they say is extremely suspect. back with me now, cnn legal analyst mel robbins. why bring up this charge and this arrest warrant now? >> there's two reasons. the one reason is if you notice once they tasered him they also arrested him and so now he's in the system and he's fingerpri fingerprinted and what happens in that instance

now, in a statement, the hammond police said their officers were afraid there was a weapon in the car, and for that reason they are permitted to ask a passenger for an i.d. and to step out of the car. norah? >> all right dean. thank you. >>> in another lawsuit the federal government and a drug enforcement agent are accused of violating a woman's right to privacy. >> the agent went under cover and used her name and photos from the cell phone. it was seized after she was arrested as a minor player in a reported drug scene. it was first reported by "buzzfeed" news. rikky klieman is here. good morning. >> good morning. >> a violation of privacy? >> i think it's a big violation of privacy. not only did they seize her phone. that's fine. it's permissible. they went inside and then decided to create a false facebook account with her own photographs. not only suggestive photographs but a photography of her son and niece. little kids. very dangerous. >> this is dangerous to think they could create a false facebook page and they denied doing it and they say she gave complicit consent. >> she di

hammond on friday night. scott, when we asked if he had expressed any motive, the chief of police here in hammond said, "i don't have a specific reason he did this." >> pelley: dean, thanks very much. today an ebola patient was released from a hospital in atlanta, cured after six weeks. the hospital has not identified him, but he's believed to be a doctor who worked on the epidemic in west africa. also today, officials cleared 48 people who had been close to thomas eric duncan, who died in dallas october 8th. they have passed the 21-day incubation period for the virus. worldwide there have been more than 9,200 infection, nearly all of them in west africa, more than 4,500, about half, have died. but those who catch the virus are not the only victims, as debora patta discovered in liberia. >> reporter: this abandoned building is the new home for these children, orphaned by ebola. not only have these children lost their parents, but they are often shunned by families and friends. touching these children could be lethal. nine-year-old mercy kennedy's mother died weeks ago. none of her neighbors wanted anything to d

hammond police indi indicate mos could come. >>> the latest on the battle against isis. they are stepping up efforts of the terrorist organization to completely seizing the town of kobani. they dropped arms and mill supplies to help the kurdish forces on the front lines. and the assaults in kobani started weeks ago. there were 135 airstrikes against isis. the constant barrage in the air is weakening isis forces. >> now it firearm the fighting on the ground. >> they are helping the fight. >>> and former olympic star oscar pistorius will hear his fate. pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide. the prosecutors say that was often violent towards her. he could be sentenced to time served, house arrest or 10 years in jail. more on the serial case in indiana and other top stories. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. >>> time for a update on the highways and byways from matt pellman in the traffic center. >>> hi, guys. we had another crash in the same spot. the right lane at black horse pike is blocked and mount laurel this evening. in gloucester county a

a couple suing the hammond police. was caught on camera by their kids. >> she said police drew a gun on her boyfriend after pulling them over for a seat belt violence. officers smashed the window and used a taser on jamal jones. >> oh! >> i told you, there are kids in the car, man. >> they give no explanation. they never tell him he's under arrest. never tell him he's being cited for anything. >> those same officers had been sued before for excessive force. police say they were acting in the interest of officer safety. >>> two teens who said they were held captive for 19 hours now admit it was a lie. there was surveillance video during the time they were out. they flagged down a passing driver who helped them call 911. >>> and now a crash course on the joys of sex. where else to get it but from the vatican. pope francis and bishops listened to a catholic couple talk about marriage. they discussed sbi massy in detail, saying sex has helped keep them married for 57 years. it's part of the pope's effort to make church tea

police force for 20 years. i'm not going to question a man of his integrity. >> hammond's former police chief wrote on his blog ur years ago, quote, i'd take a bullet for pat, yet for some hammond residents what happened during this traffic stop is a clarion call for a national debate about the use of police force. susan candiotti, cnn, hammond, indiana. >>> next on cnn, are you a snap chat user? you will want to pay special attention to this. hundreds of thousands of snap chat images have been leaked online. many of them are explicit. how did these supposedly secure files get stolen? we look into it next. you're watching cnn. >>> some scary news for users of snap chat. cyber criminals have stolen 100,000 videos online. >> reporter: snap chat has nearly 100 million users it's estimated and of those 50% are 13 to 17 years old. teen being the operative word there. and we all know that many people use snap chad to send nude images and videos of themselves, so that means a significant amount of this leak may be child pornography. snap chat says its app was attacked. it was third party apps that connect to snap chat

police were detaining him last july. the family is seeking $75 million in damages. >> controversy in hammond, indiana after a routine traffic stop goes awry. >> a family is suing the police department. >> the family captured the incident in a now public video. it has become the latest in a string of videos nationwide, drawing questions about police behavior. we have more. >> officers in hammond, indiana just outside of chicago stopped a mother driving her boyfriend and two children for a minor traffic violation. as this latest video shows, there was nothing minor about what happened next. >> september 24, lisa was driving her boyfriend jamal jones and her two children to see jones' dying mother when police pulled her over for not wearing a seatbelt. >> i feel my life is in danger. >> after complying with the police request for i.d., police asked jones for his i.d. as he reached for a backpack in the back seat, police drew weapons and asked jones to step out of the car. she called 911. >> how do you say somebody is not going to hurt you? people are getting shot by the police. [ screaming ] >> police tasered jones and removed

. >> 19-year-old africa hardy was found strangled to death at this motel 6 in hammond, indiana. police say 43-year-old gary resident darren van who is in custody confessed to killing her but allegedly also claimed to authorities he has been killing in indiana for years. >> it could go back as far as 20 years based on some statements we have. >> authorities say van, a registered sex offender in texas, solicited women on chicago back page which is like craigslist but with an adult services section. police say hardy was in a prostitution ring advertised on back page and had an arranged meeting with van. investigators tracked van down through his cell phone. they say he confessed not only to hardy's murder but many more. >> it was like a domino effect. >> van allegedly led police to six more female bodies in abandoned homes including 35-year-old anita jones who was reported missing october 8th by her family. on facebook, hammond mayor tomas mcdermott jr. called van an admitted serial killer who he says admitted to a couple of homicides in hammond in 1994 or 1995 and hammond police indicate

the hammond police department said the officers there acted within guidelines. >>> a bizarre stand-off in southern california just came to an end. it involved a s.w.a.t. team and a mixed martial arts fighter who calls himself mayhem. he live tweeted the whole thing. and as mckayla medina reports, it's not the man's first run-in with the law. >> with his head tilted up and bare-chested, the mma fire known as mayhem created quite a bit of mayhem on his quiet street. that's the sound that led to his surrendering this afternoon. it started when deputies attempted to serve a bench warrant and the situation escalated into a s.w.a.t. call. >> we set up a perimeter around the house and we have attempted to make contact with mr. miller mp. >> friends of the 33-year-old arrived at the scene after miller took to twitter, saying, i need to tell everyone about the absolute waste of resources outside my house. they have threatened me with a dog bite. he tweeted out for followers to come to watch. >> it's very voyeuristic, he gave the address, how could i not come by? >> he was arrested on burglary c

police -- ah! >> oh, [ censored ] ! [ censored ] ! >> ah! >> officers in hammond, indiana, stopped the car because the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. but the passenger, jamal jones, was asked for his identification and he didn't have it. the chaos ensued when he reached into the back seat for a traffic ticket that had his information on it. [ censored ] >> this is crazy [ censored ] >> you cannot engage in this type of conduct and terrorize american families including small children. >> felt like my civil rights was just thrown out the window along with my body. >> hammond police released a statement saying, when the passenger displayed movements inside the stopped vehicle, that included placing his hand in places where the officers could not see, officers concerned for their safety were heightened. the child in the back seat who took the video suffered minor cuts from flying glass. >>> actor stephen collins played a pastor on "seventh heaven." tonight he is under investigation for child molestation after allegedly confessed in secretly recorded tapes to expos

thrown out the window along with my body. >> reporter: they filed a federal lawsuit against the hammond police nor use of excessive force. police maintain jamal jones refused to get out of the car and issued a statement saying, police officers were at all times acting in the interest of officer safety and in accordance with indiana law. >> there is a level of mistrust between many segments of the american population and the police, particularly when you're talking about low income or minority communities. >> reporter: the hammond incident in late september comes at the same time police dash cam video appeared showing a south carolina police officer shooting an unarmed man at a gas station. >> get out of the car. >> why did you shoot me? >> reporter: lavar jones was shot in the hip. the officer charged with dwrafted assault and battery. just this year, the pew research project found that 90% of adults own a cell phone and more and more confrontations with police are being videotaped. in ferguson, missouri, cell phone video recorded the aftermath of the death of michael brown and the protests th

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the couple is suing the hammond police department claiming they had to keep their windows up as tensionsated during the traffic stop last month. the officers smashed the glass, then used a taser on the father and it all played out in front of the couple's children. the department says the officers were acting in the interest of officer safety. the two officers involved have been sued for excessive force before. >>> new here -- >> new on "action news" reports of gun shots caused los angeles police to the home of the actor steven collins. police went to the residence last night. they said no one was home. collins into is in the midst of a media firestorm over allegations of child molestation is alive according to police. a tweet from former bay watch actress donna derico sparked rumors that the actor that committed suicide. >> still ahead on "action news" a troubled starry surfaces on twitter. amanda bynes is speaking about her plans to move just a week after being arrested. >> caught on camera, a clumsy cat burglar. a family security camera shows a would be burglar tumbling off a roof. de

hammond police deny any wrongdoing in this case and in each of the others, which they quietly settled for undisclosed amounts. david? >> steve osunsami tonight. steve, thank you. >>> and now to a headline about high school sports in this country. we learned today that some former high school state champions will not be playing football this season. the team from new jersey, players akulgzed of hazing. they've ended the season after a call to police. abc's linsey davis asking the question, is this playing out in locker rooms across the country? >> reporter: tonight, students from football powerhouse sayreville high school, still trying to come to terms with the superintendent's controversial decision to cancel the rest of the football season. >> there were incidences of harassment, intimidation and bullying that took place on a pervasive level. >> reporter: the new jersey high school rocked by allegations of hazing, some sexual in nature. some students here, shocked by the repercussions. >> they work hard all summer, and then all of a sudden, they wake up one day and they're like, you

that incident has led to a federal lawsuit against hammond police. the officer smashed -- you can clearly see this butter they say they did it because they had the windows rolled up and they feared for their own safety. an officer then used a taser on the father in front of the children. the department says the officers were acting in the interest of their own safety. the two officers have been sued for excessive force in the past. >>> there's newly released video of clashes between michael brown protesters and baseball fans in saint louis on monday night. the demonstrators were shouting justice for mike brown while some spectators taunted them by yelling let's go darren. darren wilson is the officer who shot and killed the teenager back on august 9th in nearby ferguson, missouri. the clash on monday never got violent and no arrests were reported. >> it's now 5:53. up next a would be burglar comes face to face way south jersey woman who wasn't going down without a fight. >> the action cam is live at belmont plateau and we have almost reached full tot

>> the hammond police department will not comment. group of black ministers from the hammond area, the naacp and the city council say they want answers, but say they have not been able to talk specifics with what happened either. >> certainly they shouldn't be out on the street, which the mayor indicated they are on the street. they definitely should be confined with desk duty and not interact with the public until there was a full investigation. >> we were told cary was not in the office and after several attempts to reach him at his home and by phone he was not there. he called me back, i can at least say that much. but only to say he can't comment. we do know he has been sued over three times by allegations of excessive force, including a complaint from this couple, the photographer, and a man who said he suffered a brain injury during an arrest over a parking infraction. all three cases were settled out of court. officer vicari did not admit to any of them. this week, they stood by their officers, the mayor said it is not a good s

the mayor of hammond easily calling him a serial killer. police were able to stop this individual. the mayor gary, interestingly enough, where these bodies have been found, a is not saying tha yet. we expect to hear more about this individual. >> did this man confess to police when he was arrested for the 19-year-old's killing? >> this began on friday night at a motel 6. this 19-year-old woman was found, africa hardy, and then he was taken into custody shortly thereafter. led police to three different abandoned residences in the gary area where different women were found. in all, seven women were found. one of them had been reported missing for about two or three weeks. a woman named anneth jones. some of them may have been prostitutes as well. it is a very, very disturbing story that i think the police there it seems they think they may have only found the tip of the iceberg. >> so this man is in indiana, but i understand he has a connection to colorado. so what might that mean? >> well, one of the victims has a connection to colorado, he has a c

and you know, at this point i'm thinking are we going to hear about a police monitor in hammond, indianacause that is what we need to hear about. >> mark, the police are basically standing by their officers, they're saying that -- the officers, the passengers were asked to exit the vehicle and that the police can do to for their own safety. they have the right, without a requirement of reasonable suspicion to ask people to exit the vehicle. are they correct? >> well, yes, and i've said this before, cops have the right to do what they're doing for the most part. if a cop tells you to do something, you should probably do it. and i got some flak for saying that, that both sides need to act better in these cop on black situations. but the problem with it, in 13 minutes with the coming attempting to resolve the issue, they couldn't get it done. i'm not sure they didn't have an active fear of some weapon that was or wasn't there. but i said this before, you can't win a battle on the street with a cop. so try to do what you're told and then make the complaint later. the cop can't lose a battle

. >> hammond police say they have their own video of this incident shot from a police car dashcam. nbc news asked to see that. so far, there's been no response. news4 at 5 starts now with jim and wendy. >> right now at 5 tonight, the first u.s. ebola death sparks changes in the way you travel here and abroad. hospitals across our region reveal their reaction plan. >> bullets fly past the heads of officers in a story only on news4. how changes are being made after fears someone was targeting local police. >> breaking news tonight on a murder mystery, the news4 i-team on details of the hunt for william bradford fisher. we will get to the ebola crisis but for now one of the cold cases that has haunted this area. >> we're talking about the bradford bishop case. we' we've been breaking news all year. >> we said brad was on the 10 most wanted list 30 years after he killed his entire family. since then hundreds of tips and now one that has the agency doing something it's never done before with this case. we just got this paperwork saying the fbi wants to exhume a body in scottsboro, alaba

i had to get the glass out of the car by myself. >> in a statement, hammond police say jamal jones refused to leave the vehicle, quote, after a proximately 13 minutes had elapsed and upon request by at least three different officers. the statement also said police broke the window, fearing the occupants of the vehicle possessed a weapon. there were no weapons in the car. jones was charged with failure to aid an officer and resisting law enforcement. in new york, the family of eric garner, who died after a confrontation with police in july, plans to sue the city and its nypd for $75 million. and in ferguson, st. louis county police say they plan to have more manpower on the streets this weekend for four days of stepped-up protests, which began friday. tensions are high. on monday night, mostly white, clashed with a group of mostly black protesters, demanding justice for michael brown. >> njustice for mike brown! >> community policing strategies after ferguson, attorney general eric holder and former president bill clinton will speak to mayors and police chiefs from around the country in lit

if you pull out a gun, it's two kids in the back seat. >> the hammond police department defending theing police were, quote, at all times acting in the interest of officer safety. but an attorney representing the victims says that's not the case. >> we also know that the two children involved that were in the back seat, you could hear them screaming, they were 7 and 14 years old. back to you. >> it was a seat belt violation they got pulled off on. they were asking for i.d. the passenger was not going to give i.d. one of the questions was do you want to be dragged out of the car in front of your kids or do you want to just open the door? the next thing you know, they smashed the window. >> apparently as well, adults in the car refused to follow what the police officers said. apparently when the driver was going back to get their i.d. in the back seat, the cop thought he was going for a gun or something else. and that's, according to police, why they had to bust the window. >> police asking for compliance. e-mail us. let us know what you think about this? is it excessive force or excess

at least three of these locations are actually abandoned houses and just a short time ago the hammond police chief talked about the suspect's candor. >> mr. vann told the police officers at the scene that he had messed up by committing the crime in hammond and was surprised how quickly he was located after the incident. >> vann could be charged as early as today. let me bring in a private investigator and security specialist and a former investigator with fulton county georgia medical examiner's office. we know they found this initial body in this motel. flash forward. that was friday night. they get this guy in custody. little by little he not only starts talking and confessing but takes them physically to these locations to find these women. does that happen very often? >> actually, it happens more often than you would believe in these type of cases for whatever reason. this is something very difficult for people to live with if they have any sense of morality or consciousness and they may be able to suppress it for some time but eventually it happens. i worked on four serial killer cases

. >> police in hammond, indiana, stopped the car because the driver wasn't wearing a seat belt, but it was the passenger they confronted. officers broke the window and used a stun gun on passenger, jamal jones. a child can be heard crying in the backseat. >> you cannot engage in this type of conduct and terrorize american families, including small children. >> now i'm scared for my life. >> they reached into the backseat to get a recent traffic ticket with his information on it, jones says they drew their guns. >> it felt like my civil rights was thrown out the window, along with my body. >> the driver called 911. but no supervisor was sent to the scene. mahone's son recorded the entire incident on his cell phone. >> for a 14-year-old to start video taping an incident, that to me says he was concerned about the safety of his family. >> hammond police released a statement. when the passenger displayed movements that included placing his hand where the officer could not see. officer concerns for their safety were heightened. the officers have prior complaints against them. including for

. >> reporter: police in hammond, indiana, stopped this car because the driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt[ screaming and curse following ] >> reporter: it was the passenger they confronted. >> ah! >> reporter: officers broke the window and used a stun gun on passenger jamal jones. a child can be heard crying in the back seat. [ crying ] >> you cannot engage in this type of conduct and terrorize american families including small children. >> i'm scared for my life. >> reporter: police asked for jobs identification. he didn't have it. he reached to the back seat to get a recent ticket that had his information. the driver called 911 but no supervisor was sent to the scene. the son recorded the incident on the cell phone. >> for a 14-year-old to start videotaping an incident, that to me says he was concerned about the safety of his family. >> reporter: hammond police released a statement saying, when the passenger displayed movements inside of the stopped vehicle that included placing his hands in places where the officer could not see, officers concerns for their safety were heightened [ cry

>> to maintain the officers did nothing wrong in this incident, a statement reads in part the hammond policeers were at all times i can interest of officer safety and in accordance with indiana law. this is an ongoing investigation. shannon: thank you very much. eric: shannon, in just a moment we will have a live report on the death of thomas duncan, he was a liberian man in being treated for the deadly disease. he has passed away this morning. "washington post" reported he apologized to his girlfriend who came to visit saying he wished he had died in liberia instead of exposing potentially her to ebola. more when we come back. eric d n >> the latest on the dallas d n patient with obama. eric duncan has died with the disease this morning. -- ebola -- casey is live with more on this. >> reporter: eric, good to see you. we want to get to what the hospital told us. this news came down not long ago although he apparently passed away at 7:51 central time this morning. the hospital texas health released this statement and this is how we got word of the news: it is with profound sadness that we mus