and michael shlager has been charged with murder with by the south carolina law enforcement division. his lawyer telling the media after the shooting that officer shlager believes that he followed all procedures of the north charleston police department, and that lawyer no longer represents the officer, but the mayor says that officer shlager made a bad decision. >> when you are wrong, you are wrong. and if you make a bad decision don't care if you were behind the shield or just a citizen on the street you have to live by that decision. and so, we as a city want the family to know that our hearts and our thoughts are with them. >> reporter: north charleston police say that after the shoot g shooting, police officers provided first aid and cpr to walter scott, but several minutes passed and no officers are seen providing first aid even as the sirens are heard in the distance. even officer shlager's boss said that murder charges are appropriate in the shooting. >> the investigation revealed what it revealed, and we are obligated to do what the law dictates if the investigation so reveal