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Police Chase in Newark Leaves an Innocent Pedestrian Dead, Neil A. Carousso Reports for Channel 7 Eyewitness News
NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — A pedestrian was hit and killed in Newark early Friday morning, August 19 during a police chase.
The young woman was walking on the sidewalk with two friends on Washington Street near Court Street around 2:30 a.m. when she was struck Friday night.
Amid a mess of car parts and broken glass and twisted metal were candles and balloons in a memorial to a woman whose only mistake was to walk down the block.
“Everybody loved her,” said Yvonne Willis, the victim’s aunt.
Chynna Willis’ devastated mother just had to see for herself, the spot where an out-of-control car flew off University Avenue and crushed the 24-year-old, who may not even have seen it coming.“He had to hit her so hard from the impact her sneakers flew off,” Yvonne said.“I heard the skidding and then I heard the boom,” a witness said.
It happened at 2:30 in the morning as prosecutors say Newark police were chasing a suspect driving a Dodge Charger, when he careened around a curve and jumped the curb. Eyewitnesses say cops were right behind him.
“It was three cars back to back like in a movie, the lights blazing and everything,” said Crystal Warner, an eyewitness.
“Cars on top of the fence, people screaming, hollering,” said Eugene Antwine, an eyewitness.
“My daughter was pinned they said, under the hood of the car,” her mother said.
Willis wound up so deep in the wreckage, at first it seemed like she’d been in the car.
As for the driver, police got him right away.
“One person was like walking really fast, walking down the street and cops caught him right away,” Warner said.
Prosecutors identified him as 45-year-old Ken Gunther. They won’t say why cops had been chasing him, though sources say they found a large quantity of drugs in his car.
Chynna’s family is demanding an explanation.
“I blame the cops for chasing him because whatever he did, I’m quite sure it wasn’t that serious,” Yvonne said.
“Was the drugs worth you all taking her life? Because we will never get her back,” said Shaanna Willis, the victim’s cousin.
Gunther sustained minor injuries and was treated and released from University Hospital. He has been charged with one count of eluding and one count of resisting arrest, but more charges are expected.
The investigation is active and ongoing.
Josh Einiger from WABC-TV New York contributed to this reporting.
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“I Don’t Think She’s Trustworthy.” America’s Millennials on Hillary Clinton’s Integrity
By Neil A. Carousso
Millennials, defined as individuals who reach adulthood around year 2000, have been closely watching the 2016 presidential campaigns. Many were mobilized by Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) message of a “future to believe in” while not trusting now Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton because of her history taking large sums of money from corporations and countries for the Clinton Foundation and for speeches.
On July 5, FBI Director Jim Comey laid out a scathing report of the agency’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server, actually multiple servers, which Comey revealed, to the American people.
“One hundred and ten emails in 52 e-mail chains have been determined by the owning agency to have contained classified information at the time they were sent or received,” Comey said in front of a national television audience. “Eight of those chains contained information.”
KEVIN LAMARQUE/AP Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denied using a private e-mail server multiple times including a March 10 press conference, two Democratic presidential debates and under oath in front of the U.S. House Select Committee on Benghazi on October 22, 2015
“There was nothing marked classified on my e-mails, either sent or received,” Clinton said under oath in response to questioning from Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH).
Clinton had also been caught in hostile questioning from Rep. Jordan regarding her blaming of the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attack on a video when she told her daughter, Chelsea, and the Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil within 24 hours that it was, in fact, a terrorist attack. Four Americans including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens died in Benghazi, Libya.
Millennials react to the campaign, specifically discuss whether or not they trust Mrs. Clinton. A recent New York Times/CBS News Poll indicates Clinton’s “not honest and untrustworthy” numbers are at an all-time high 67 percent, up 5 percent from last month.
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GOP Ticket Punched: Donald Trump Introduces Gov. Mike Pence as Running Mate
By Neil A. Carousso
New York, NY — Donald Trump introduced Governor Mike Pence (R-IA) on Saturday morning at the New York Hilton Midtown. Trump said Pence was his “first choice” because he was impressed by Pence’s record in Indiana which includes over 150,000 new private sector jobs, 32,000 school choice scholarships and the 2nd lowest unemployment among veterans in the nation.
The Republican National Convention begins Monday in Cleveland, OH where Trump and Pence are expected to be officially billed on the Republican ticket.
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Fitness Extraordinaire Chris Ryan Unfiltered & Unedited
By Neil A. Carousso
Certified Fitness Trainer Chris Ryan sits down with me to discuss personal health & fitness, exercise habits, nutrition and NBC’s “Strong” for which Ryan trained contestants as part of the reality TV show. Ryan gives an inside look into his personal training routines for Manhattan businessmen and women plus insight into the “Strong” production and we discuss the use of supplements and training tricks allegedly and controversially used on shows like the “Biggest Loser.” This full, unfiltered and unedited interview with Ryan was conducted for an informative and entertaining feature titled “Be the Best You” – Ryan’s motto.
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How to “Be the Best You” by Successfully Incorporating Fitness into Your Hectic Schedule
By Neil A. Carousso
Exercise is extremely important for one’s physical and mental health, which Chris Ryan, certified fitness trainer and expert, emphasizes. In fact, some sort of daily fitness routine can dramatically reduce stress and combat hypertension – the leading cause of death in the United States. Ryan, a trainer on the first season of NBC’s “STRONG,” discusses how the most successful people incorporate fitness into their lives and gives me a bit of a workout as well for you to watch and emulate.
Featured image courtesy of Cameraman & Editor Nick Hintz, Carousso Enterprises.
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