Kosin store backup car camera

Jonesboro, Ark., police released 41 minutes of dash cam video as questions continue to swirl about how someone in police custody could shoot and kill himself in the back of a cop car after being searched twice and handcuffed. In the video, 21-year-old Chavis Carter can be seen being restrained and you can hear him being questioned by police officers, but the video appears to end before the fatal shot was fired. The release of the dash cam video comes after Jonesboro police released a video this week of officers re-enacting how someone could commit suicide while restrained and in the back of a cop car. Also included in the release were witness statements that back up the police account. In a statement Jonesboro police say "given the heightened sensitivity regarding this investigation, we felt it important that these witness accounts be made public." The family of Carter, an African-American, and many in the town speculate that Carter may have been killed by police. The two officers who pulled over the vehicle were white. The case has led to a rise of tensions in Jonesboro, vigils and an online effort calling for a more thorough investigation into the actions of police on the night of July 29. Police say Carter was handcuffed and placed in the back of a patrol car after they learned he had a warrant out of Mississippi. Police say when they first pulled up to the car that he was in, the other two inside gave their identities but Carter identified himself as Laryan Bowman ...