[Deborah Feyerick, Cnn Anchor:] Hi, there, everyone. I'm Deborah Feyerick in for Fredricka Whitfield. Any time now we are expecting a news conference from a district attorney's office in Montgomery County, Texas, regarding NFL running back Adrian Peterson, who was freed on bail after being arrested on a child abuse charge. Peterson is accused of using a switch, a stick, to discipline his son in what he called a "whooping." Alexandra Field is here to bring us up to date on the latest NFL PR nightmare. Alex?
[Alexandra Field, Cnn Correspondent:] Deb, Adrian Peterson left Minnesota overnight, making the trip to Texas to turn himself into authorities with a warrant out for his arrest. A grand jury indicted Peterson. Peterson's attorney explains the charges related to Peterson using a switch to spank his son. The attorney put out a statement defending Peterson, saying that this was a form of discipline. He says, quote, "Adrian is a loving father who used his judgment as a parent to discipline his son, to use the same kind of discipline with his child that he experienced as a child growing up in east Texas." That statement goes on to say "It is important to remember that Adrian never intended to harm his son and deeply regrets the unintentional injury." That attorney also points out that Adrian Peterson has been cooperating with authorities who had been leading the investigation. As for the Vikings, they have also immediately responded to this. They put out their own statement saying that they are in the process of gathering information regarding the legal situation involving Adrian Peterson. The Vikings are set to square off against the Patriots in Minnesota on Sunday. Right now Adrian Peterson has been deactivated. He will not be able to play in that game. We haven't heard from Peterson himself, although he did put out a tweet on Twitter account just hours before the news broke, part of that tweet saying, quote, "God has you covered, don't stress or worry." For now, that is the most that we are hearing from Peterson, but, again, his attorney says he will continue to cooperate with investigators. Deb?
[Feyerick:] Thanks, Alexandra. As we said, we are going to be going to that press conference as soon as it happens. Also, an urgent man hunt under way in Pennsylvania for anyone who is involved in ambushing state troopers late last night. Police say that the suspect or suspects shot and killed one trooper and then shot and injured another, and it happened at the state police barracks in Blooming Grove just east of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Officers from all over the northeast are on the hunt. Several people have already been interviewed in connection with the case.
[Frank Noonan, Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner:] We are certainly seeking the cooperation of the people. We don't want to alarm people. We have so many law enforcement officers in the area right now. I'm confident that we have the situation under control, but that's where it is. We don't know much more about the assailant so we can't really say what the that the situation is completely in hand.
[Feyerick:] And, of course, they are asking for my leads. Police have not identified either of the troopers who were shot. They have not identified a motive either. We're expecting police to hold a live news conference also at this hour. And in Missouri, protesters are still calling for Officer Darren Wilson's arrest. There's a protest happening there right now. They believe this officer shot and killed Michael Brown while his hands were in the air. Two construction workers corroborated that account this week in a CNN exclusive interview with our Randi Kaye. Here is what they told her.
[Randi Kaye, Cnn Correspondent:] Just after 12:00 noon, Ferguson, Missouri, the men you see in this exclusive cellphone video hear gunshots. They are about 50 feet away from Michael Brown and Officer Darren Wilson. The unidentified person recording this video captured the witnesses' reaction during the final moments of the shooting. Both men were contractors working in the area. They did not want to be identified. The man on the left in the pink shirt told CNN they heard one gunshot, then about 30 seconds later, a second shot. He says he saw Michael Brown staggering. Then he says Brown hut his hands up saying, "OK, OK, OK." The witness told us the cop didn't say, "Get on the ground," he just kept shooting. That same witness described the gruesome scene, saying he saw Michael Brown's brains come out of his head, again reiterating his hands were up. Watch how he motions on the video. The video these witnesses say was taken shortly after the shooting ended. If you look closely, you can see a police officer in the distance beginning to put up crime scene tape. Both men told us by the time it was over there were three officers on the scene, but only one involved in the shooting. Another voice is also heard on the tape. The contractor in the green shirt told me that voice belongs to a man he didn't know who pulled up alongside them yelling this
[Unidentified Male:] He was no threat at all.
[Kaye:] That same contractor in green also told me that he saw Michael Brown running from the police car. He said Brown put his hands up and that the officer was chasing him. He also said that Officer Wilson fired another shot at Brown while his back was turned. The contractor in the pink shirt also shared this, that a second officer who arrived later to the scene also drew his weapon. He said "The one cop was the one who shot him, then I saw the other officer pull a gun out, but he didn't shoot." That same worker described how Brown staggered dead after the second shot 20 to 25 feet to the ground explaining "He was like a walking dead guy." Keep in mind these men don't live in Ferguson and don't know the Brown family, but their account does square with what other witnesses said. The woman who took cellphone video of Brown's body lying in the street told CNN that Brown was shot from behind, just like the contractor in the green shirt says.
[Piaget Crenshaw, Witness:] While he was running away from the officer trying to get away, he was getting shot at.
[Kaye:] This witness told Anderson that he didn't see Brown's hands up, perhaps because he was running outside to the scene. But he did see Brown turn around before being fatally shot.
[Michael Brady, Witness:] By the time I get outside, he's already turned around, facing the officer. He he's he has his arms under the stomach, and he was like halfway down like he was going down, and the officer lets out about three or four shots at him.
[Kaye:] Randi Kaye, CNN, New York.
[Feyerick:] There's a lot more news and a lot more press conferences coming upright right after a quick break.