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Police in Washington Arrest Suspect in Grocery Store Shooting; Peloton Replaces its CEO; Amir Locke's Parents Fight Against No-Knock Warrants; Oscar Nominations Revealed. Aired 9:30-10a ET
Aired February 08, 2022 - 09:30 ET
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BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: Overnight, police arrested a man suspected of opening fire inside a Washington state grocery store, killing one person and injuring another. Police say Aaron Christopher Kelley was taken into custody more than 150 miles away from the scene of the crime.
JIM SCIUTTO, CNN ANCHOR: CNN correspondent Lucy Kafanov, she's following this story.
Lucy, yet one more deadly shooting. Tell us what we know about the circumstances and the shooter.
LUCY KAFANOV, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, one more deadly shooting at a supermarket. This was a terrifying ordeal for everyone inside. Police receiving a call of multiple shots fired just after 11:00 a.m. local time yesterday. Officers arriving to that Fred Meyer grocery store in Richmond, Washington, within one minute of that call. They found two victims near each other. One of them had already died, the other taken to a hospital in critical condition. Police have identified the suspect as 39-year-old Aaron Christopher Kelley. He was seen in surveillance footage, in a discussion with one of the victims before he opened fire and fled the scene. Kelly was later arrested on Interstate 90 in Washington last night between the towns of Sprague and Spokane after a sweeping manhunt. This was more than 100 miles northeast of where the shooting took place.
Richland Police said that he will be booked in the Benton County Jail on charge of first-degree murder and first degree attempted murder. No word yet on motive. This is still very much an active investigation.
The man he killed was identified as 38-year-old Justin Krumbah. He reportedly worked for Instacart. The other victim was a Fred Meyer employee and remains in critical condition at a local hospital.
Bianna, Jim, back to you.
GOLODRYGA: Lucy Kafanov, thank you.
Well, the U.S. government has been ordered to pay more than $230 million to the victims of the 2017 Texas church massacre. That's when a former airman killed 26 people and injured 22 others at First Baptist Church in Southland Springs, making it one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent history.
SCIUTTO: A federal judge ruled yesterday that the Air Force was mostly responsible for the massacre because it failed to submit the shooter's criminal history to the FBI which then increased the risk to the public.
Still ahead, shifting gears at Peloton. What a shake-up in leadership and looming layoffs mean for a company in turmoil.
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SCIUTTO: Downshifting perhaps this morning. Peloton is replacing its CEO and cutting 2,800 jobs in an attempt to reinvigorate what was once a high flying company in the midst of the pandemic, now struggling.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. CEO John Foley co-founded Peloton and has led it for the past ten years. But since early 2021, Peloton's stock has dropped more than 80 percent, erasing $40 billion in market value.
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So, let's bring in CNN business chief correspondent Christine Romans -- chief business correspondent, I should say.
And, Christine --
CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Just Christine is fine.
GOLODRYGA: Christine. My old pal.
You know, aside from sort of, you know, all of the attacks that this company is getting, the bad press, the, you know, the funerals in, you know, following in TV shows and what have you --
ROMANS: Right.
GOLODRYGA: This is still a popular product.
ROMANS: Oh, yes.
GOLODRYGA: What's the future of this company?
ROMANS: So, it has loyal fans. It has instructors who are household names. And that is not going to change here.
What's going to change is a restructuring of this company, 2,800 job cuts. That's about 20 percent of its global workforce. Its CEO and co- founder, John Foley, is going to be running the board now. And someone else is coming in with deep, deep tech experience, by the way, coming in to run the company sort of with him, right? So, this is a company that is shifting its focus here.
During the pandemic, it was a huge winner and it invested and grew like the pandemic. Many people who covered this company say that (INAUDIBLE) in the pandemic was never going to go away, and of course it has.
Look at this stock. At its peak there it was a $50 billion market cap, all the way down to eight. It had a pop on Friday because there were -- "The Wall Street Journal" first reported that Nike and Amazon were circling this company as potentially buying it. So it shows you just kind of, like, you know, how stressful it's been for so many people inside that company.
They're saying that these structures aren't going to change, the content isn't going to change, they're going to shrink their production footprint, they're going to shrink their warehousing footprint, they're going to change how they, you know, install and deliver the bikes and the treads. So, they get it. I mean the CEO said on the call this morning with analysts and reporters, like, look, we get it, I own it, he says, and we're going to -- we're going to do better. We have to make some changes, and that's what they're doing.
GOLODRYGA: So strategy and leadership problem, not necessarily a product problem.
ROMANS: Right.
GOLODRYGA: Yes.
ROMANS: And, you know, there were -- in pop culture there were some problems. Mr. Big died of a heart attack on the Peloton, you know?
GOLODRYGA: Yes, that's what I was alluding to, yes.
ROMANS: I mean there's been some of -- some of that. But, in a way, that almost shows just how ubiquitous this product became during the pandemic, that it could be, you know, in two different shows as a -- as sort of a line in the -- in the plot, a plot line.
So, we'll see where it goes from here and whether the stock can sort of find its footing and whether they've managed to prevent some sort of a takeover bid, if they're going to run this company and try to right size it here or whether they're still ripe for takeover.
GOLODRYGA: Yes, there were some rumors there that other people were shopping for it.
ROMANS: Yes. Yes.
GOLODRYGA: Christine Romans, old pal, good to see you.
ROMANS: Yes.
GOLODRYGA: Jim.
SCIUTTO: Still ahead, the parents of Amir Locke want justice and change. They tell CNN it is time to end no-knock warrants. This after the fatal police shooting of their son, who was not the target of this warrant.
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ANDRE LOCKE, AMIR LOCKE'S FATHER: I know his son, lying on his stomach, like he sleeps, with the cover over his head. He didn't even see what was coming. He couldn't see who took his life.
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GOLODRYGA: The mayor of Minneapolis has put a moratorium on no-knock warrants and the city council is now reviewing them after police fatally shot 22-year-old Amir Locke during a raid last week.
SCIUTTO: But police can still carry out no-knock warrants under special circumstances, such as a hostage or domestic violence situation.
CNN's Omar Jimenez spoke with Amir Locke's parents who are fighting to end the practice altogether.
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OMAR JIMENEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Do you blame the officer or the system that put this officer in this position in the first place?
ANDRE LOCKE, AMIR LOCKE'S FATHER: The no-knock warrant is what caused Amir's death.
KAREN WELLS, AMIR LOKE'S MOTHER: The whole system. He wasn't killed. He wasn't murdered. He was executed.
JIMENEZ (voice over): The parents of 22-year-old Amir Locke want to end what led to their son's killing. No-knock warrants, which let police enter a location without first knocking and announcing their presence. As police barged into the apartment where Locke appeared to be sleeping, shouting commands, he started to got up, holding a gun his family says he legally owned, and police opened fire. His parents see it as a failure in law enforcement.
WELLS: And as professional people that carry guns and are supposed to protect and serve a community, they didn't protect my son that day. They chose not to do that. And they took him from me. And I am angry.
LOCKE: The love that I have for my boy, my boy, was snatched.
JIMENEZ: It's an issue that extends beyond Minneapolis and has for years.
In Chicago, in 2019, officers executed a no-knock warrant based on bad information, barging in on Anjanette Young, who was naked and later handcuffed in her own living room as officers searched her place, guns drawn.
In 2021, the city limited no-knock search warrants, only to situations where knocking and announcing would be dangerous to the life or safety of the officers serving the warrant or another person. But Young wasn't killed.
In Louisville, it was a different story. Breonna Taylor was shoot and killed after a botched raid turned into a hail of gunfire. The fallout eventually led to a total ban on no-knock warrants in the city known as Breonna's Law.
In Minneapolis, the Locke family and others are fighting for the same. The city updated its policy in 2020 to limit no-knock warrants, but not eliminate them.
JEFF STORMS, LOCKE FAMILY ATTORNEY: Even now the mayor has said, OK, there's a moratorium on no-knock warrants, except in these situations. We have to challenge them not to put a band-aid over no-knock warrants.
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Why are we not making changes preemptively that stop Amir Locke before Amir Locke ever happens? They need to take the step and completely ban no-knock warrants. It's not safe for either side of the door.
JIMENEZ: The city's current moratorium still allows for the warrants if there's an imminent threat and approval from the thief.
Separately, Locke's legal gun, his family says, puts him among the roughly 24 percent of black adults who say they own a gun countrywide according to Pew Research, but leaves his family wondering what else he could have done in this situation to survive.
LOCKE: I know my son, lying on his stomach, like he sleeps, with a cover over his head. He didn't even see what was coming. He couldn't see who took his life.
STORMS: There's something at the heart, at the root of Minneapolis that has to change. When you talk about knowing how your son sleeps, I know how my children sleep, and I know what's going through their minds at that moment.
LOCKE: Nothing that they can do can bring our son back. But the best thing that they can do at this point with no-knock warrants and prosecuting the officer who decided to play God, fire him, prosecute him and just tell the truth, we messed up.
WELLS: He is -- this is -- it's just sad. I -- I -- my son is a hashtag.
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JIMENEZ: I will say, they remember him as more than that, as a talkative, curious about the world son whose smile still brings his mom comfort. For context, in Minneapolis in 2020, the city averaged around 139
executions of no-knock warrants. Again, in 2020. And the next year, 2021, it dropped to 78. And so far this year we've already seen 11.
It was in late 2020 that the city updated its no-knock policy. Not to ban them outright, as Mayor Jacob Frey has been criticized for giving the impression of, but instead expanding the scenario where officers have to announce before entering a particular dwelling. But, of course, it's a policy that is now under a new microscope.
Jim. Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: Look at anything to avoid a scenario like this where you have parents grieving and fighting at the same time for justice for their child.
Omar Jimenez, thank you.
Well, on a much lighter note, the nominations are out for the 94th Academy Awards. Up next, we'll tell you which film has the most chances to bring home Oscar gold.
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SCIUTTO: The Oscar nominations, they're out this morning. And the Netflix film "The Power of the Dog," is leading with 12 nods. It has a lot of tough competition. Bianna, I have a lot of work to do because I haven't seen anything.
GOLODRYGA: Jim, it used to be once upon a time that I had seen all these movies. Now that rarely happens.
SCIUTTO: Yes.
GOLODRYGA: Joining us to help explain it all, and what these movies are about, is Lisa France, CNN entertainment senior writer.
Lisa, when it comes to best picture, who could grab the Oscar from "Power of the Dog"?
LISA FRANCE, CNN ENTERTAINMENT SENIOR WRITER: I mean the list is so impressive. There's "Belfast," and "Coda," "Don't Look Up," "Drive My Car," 'Dune," "King Richard," "Licorice Pizza," "Nightmare Alley," "West Side Story," they're all up against "The Power of the Dog," and they all have their fans, let me tell you.
People were so incredibly interested in "King Richard," which is about the father of Venus and Serena Williams. Will Smith nabbed a nomination for it for actor in a leading role.
"Dune," of course, people were so excited for that film to come out. And oftentimes people complain that best picture winners are not always the most beloved of films. So lots of people are pulling for "Dune." People are pulling for "West Side Story" also. But I just think it's
interesting that a lot of the pictures that got loved this year were pictures that were exclusively in movie theatres in the midst of the pandemic. So films like "Licorice Pizza" and "West Side Story."
SCIUTTO: That's interesting because that's been a battle.
So, what else stood out? There are a couple of foreign films in that list too.
FRANCE: Yes, "Drive My Car." You know, the Japanese movie industry. Lots of people feel as though they make some of the best films but they're some of the most underrated films.
"Don't Look Up" of course is a comedy. We love to see comedies get nominated for best picture. And, I mean, making a comedy about climate change, like, come on, it's -- it was genius.
SCIUTTO: Yes.
FRANCE: So, and that scored big for Netflix.
SCIUTTO: Well, we're going to be watching.
Lisa France, thanks so much for walking us through the list.
FRANCE: Absolutely.
GOLODRYGA: Good morning, everybody. I'm Bianna Golodryga.
SCIUTTO: And I'm Jim Sciutto.
This morning, a critical Supreme Court decision that could have a dramatic impact on voting rights, more specifically on gerrymandering across the country this election cycle and potentially going forward. In a 5-4 decision, the court will allow Alabama's new Republican drawn congressional map to remain in place as the court battle plays out.
Chief Justice Roberts actually joined the three liberal justices in decent, in what's become a fairly common result for the high court.
But, Bianna, this has big implications going forward.
GOLODRYGA: Right. And let's dig deeper because the order comes despite a lower court ruling that the map discriminates against black voters and violates the Voting Rights Act. Now, this could signal how the conservative-leaning high court will approach gerrymandering as a whole. The decision will likely keep the map in place for the entire election cycle as the Supreme Court will not take up the case until the fall.
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So, let's begin there with CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin and CNN political commentator Errol Louis.
