FINISHES THE EASY LAYUP. --- THIRD QUARTER. CLOSE GAME. BREA BEEL FINDS A WIDE OPEN BREE HALL AND SHE MAKES THE DEFENSE PAY! GAMECOCKS UP 9. ---- NEXT TIME DOWN THE FLOOR. WEEK TWO .. OF THE TRIAL OF ALEC MURDAUGH... IS HERE. WE'LL CATCH YOU UP.. ON WHAT'S HAPPENED IN COURT SO FAR. AND HOW YOU CAN CATCH EVERY MOMENT *LIVE.. THIS MORNING. A POLICE OFFICER SAYS ... HE HAD NO CHOICE ... BUT TO LEAVE THE FORCE ... AFTER REACTION TO A SOCIAL MEDIA POST HE MADE. HIS REASONING ... THIS MORNING. THE WIDESPREAD PUSH FOR - *CHANGE THIS MORNING ... AFTER THE BRUTAL BEATING DEATH ... OF TYRE NICHOLS ... AT THE HANDS OF MEMPHIS POLICE. YO! GET OUT OF THE CAR! GET OUT OF THE CAR! 14 10 SOMEONE JUST GOT IN MY PATROL CAR. A MAN ... CAUGHT ON CAMERA ... STEALING A POLICE PATROL CAR. THE *WILD SERIES OF EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED ... JUST MOMENTS LATER ... THAT COULD'VE LEFT HIM *DEAD. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. AND I'M OLIVIA WILE. METEOROLOGIST MELISSA HALL IS JOINING US NOW .... DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH STANDING RAIN NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... MONDAYSHOWERS LIKELY, MAINLY BEFORE 11AM. PATCHY FOG BEFORE 8AM. OTHERWISE, CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 71. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 60%. NEW PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN A TENTH AND QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. MONDAY NIGHTPATCHY FOG AFTER 11PM. OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 57. LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND. TUESDAYA 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER 3PM. PATCHY FOG BEFORE 9AM. OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 72. CALM WIND BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH IN THE MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 61. WHY'D YOU DO IT ALEX? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? HAPPENING IN JUST HOURS ... WE'RE ENTERING WEEK TWO ... OF THE ALEX MURDAUGH MURDER TRIAL. HE'S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS WIFE MAGGIE ... AND SON PAUL ... BACK IN JUNE OF 20-21. TODAY ... DAY FOUR OF THE TRIAL ... WE'RE SET TO HEAR FROM MORE WITNESSES ... WHO SHOWED UP TO THE FAMILY'S HUNTING LODGE IN COLLETON COUNTY THAT NIGHT. LET'S GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR. SINCE WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK ... THE JURY HAS HEARD FROM SEVERAL MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ... WHO RESPONDED TO THE SHOOTING THAT NIGHT. THEY SAW A 30- MINUTE INTERVIEW MURDAUGH HAD WITH INVESTIGATORS MOMENTS AFTER THEY ARRIVED ... AND ... NEVER- BEFORE-SEEN BODY CAMERA VIDEO FROM THE POLICE RESPONSE. OUR CREWS TELL US THE FOOTAGE WAS *GRUESOME ... AND THAT SEVERAL JURORS WERE SHIELDING THEIR EYES. OF COURSE OUR EXTENSIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THE TRIAL WILL CONTINUE TODAY ... FROM COLLETON COUNTY. YOU CAN ALSO STREAM THE TRIAL LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE ... WJCL DOT COM ... AND FOLLOW THE TRIAL ON THE GO.. BY DOWNLOADING OUR WJCL 22 NEWS APP. AND MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE VERY LOCAL APP... TO WATCH ANYTHING YOU MISSED FROM OUR NEWSCAST. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... A FORMER POLICE OFFICER ... IS OPENING UP ABOUT WHY HE SAYS ... A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ... FORCED HIM TO LEAVE A LOCAL DEPARTMENT. ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK POST ... FORMER PORT WENTWORTH POLICE OFFICER JACOB KERSEY ... SAYS HE FELT PRESSURED TO LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT EARLIER THIS MONTH. HE POSTED ON FACEBOOK QUOTE ... GOD DESIGNED MARRIAGE. MARRIAGE REFERS TO CHRIST AND THE CHURCH. THAT'S WHY THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE. END QUOTE. HE SAID OFFICIALS WITH THE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED HIM ... BUT ULTIMATELY FOUND THERE WERE NO GROUNDS FOR PUNISHMENT. BUT ... HE SAYS HE DID LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT ... BECAUSE HE WAS TOLD MANY FIND HIS POSTS *OFFENSIVE. THIS MORNING ... PEOPLE HERE AND ACROSS THE NATION .... ARE PUSHING FOR POLICY CHANGES ... FOLLOWING THE - *BRUTAL *BEATING OF TYRE NICHOLS. THE WHOLE THING ... CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THIS MORNING ... FIVE FORMER OFFICERS ARE FACING MURDER CHARGES. AND ... AS OUR JUSTIN FINCH REPORTS FROM MEMPHIS ... THE CRIME UNIT THEY WERE A PART OF ... IS NOW ... NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE. NOW PERMANENTLY DISBANDING, THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT SCORPION UNIT. (GFX) SHORT FOR STREET CRIMES OPERATION TO RESTORE PEACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THE UNIT FORMED IN NOVEMBER 2021 TO PATROL HIGH CRIME SPOTS. FIVE, NOW FIRED, OFFICERS FROM THAT UNIT NOW FACING MURDER CHARGES IN TYRE NICHOLS?S DEATH. ALL EXPECTED IN COURT FOR ARRAIGNMENT NEXT MONTH. THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 7TH OFFICERS STOPPING NICHOLS, AND PULLING HIM OUT OF HIS CAR. OFFICER: GET THE F***OUT NICHOLS: DAMN, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING" AN OFFICER LATER SEEN TRYING TO TASER THE 29 YEAR OLD COMING UP ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA ... THE NATIONWIDE FALLOUT ... FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THIS VIDEO ... AS WELL AS THE NEXT STEPS IN THE INVESTIGATION. YOU CAN CATCH G-M-A RIGHT AFTER OUR SHOW ... COMING UP AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. HAPPENING THIS MORNING ... JURY SELECTION IS SET TO BEGIN ... IN THE CASE OF A DEADLY HOME INVASION. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT OUT TO OUR NIKIYA CARRERO. NIKIYA ... THIS WAS A REALLY SCARY SERIES OF EVENTS FOR ONE WOMAN. YEAH FRANK ... THIS ALL HAPPENED IN BULLOCH COUNTY ... BACK IN OCTOBER OF 20-20. AUTHORITIES SAY MAYHEW THAT'S WHEN RUSHING SHARED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FACEBOOK POST ... AND LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER ... THEY SAY HE BROKE INTO HER HOUSE ... SHOT AND KILLED HER ... STOLE HER S-U-V ... AND DROVE OVER THE FLORIDA AGAIN ... JURY SELECTION IS SET TO BEGIN THIS MORNING AT NINE. BACK TO YOU. YO! GET OUT OF THE CAR! GET OUT OF THE CAR! 14 10 SOMEONE JUST GOT IN MY PATROL CAR. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... A - *BRAZEN CRIME ... CAUGHT ON CAMERA. POLICE SAY DURING A TRAFFIC STOP SATURDAY MORNING ... A RANDOM PERSON GOT INTO THIS OFFICER'S PATROL CAR ... AND SPED OFF. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BODYCAM VIDEO ... OUT OF ATLANTA ... WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE EXACT MOMENT THAT HAPPENED ... AND THE OFFICER ... WAS LEFT - *STRANDED WITHOUT A CAR. AS SOON AS HE CALLED DISPATCH ... THEY SENT UP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HELICOPTER ... AND GOT EYES ON THE SUSPECT. YOU CAN SEE THEM TRACKING HIS *EVERY *MOVE IN THIS FOOTAGE RIGHT HERE. THEN CHECK THIS OUT ... THE DRIVER RAN OVER SOME TRAIN TRACKS ... AND - *FLIPPED THE PATROL CAR. THAT'S WHEN OFFICERS SWARMED HIM. 41 41 HARD IN THE TRAIN TRACKS UNIVERSITY OF MCDONOUGH ROLLOVER 41 ROLLOVER AT UNIVERSITY OF MCDONOUGH ON THE TRAIN TRACKS. YOU CAN SEE THE OFFICERS HAD TO BREAK INTO THE PATROL CAR ... TO GET THE MAN FREED ... AND IT TURNS OUT ... IT WAS A RACE AGAINST TIME ... WITH A *TRAIN BARRELING INTO THE AREA. NATS SIREN HEY HEY :05 YOU CAN SEE THEY PULLED THE MAN OUT ... AND DRAGGED HIM AWAY FROM THE CAR AND THE TRACKS. YOU CAN TELL FROM *THIS ANGLE ... JUST HOW *CLOSE OF A CALL THAT WHOLE SITUATION REALLY WAS. OF COURSE OFFICER