BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON OJ SIMPSON HAS DIED AFTER BATTLING CANCER AT THE AGE OF 76. THE FORMER NFL STAR WAS ACQUITTED OF MURDERING HIS EX-WIFE IN A TELEVISED TRIAL THAT GRIPPED THE NATION. NBC’S JAY GRAY HAS MORE ON HIS LIFE AND CAREER. A HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER, AN NFL HALL OF FAME RUNNING BACK, OJ SIMPSON WILL BE REMEMBERED MOST FOR SOMETHING HE COULD NEVER RUN FROM. BORN ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON IN 1947, HE WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM ON THE ROUGH SIDE OF SAN FRANCISCO. HIS WAY OUT FOOTBALL A COLLEGE STAR AT USC, HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE BUFFALO BILLS, WHERE HE HAD A RECORD SETTING NFL CAREER, INCLUDING A LEAGUE MVP. HE RETIRED AS ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER PLAY THE GAME, AND FOR OJ, THE SPOTLIGHT NEVER DIMMED. NOBODY DOES IT BETTER TRANSITIONING INTO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN TV AND MOVIES. CROMARTIE STREET. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1985, THE SAME YEAR HE MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE, NICOLE BROWN. THE COUPLE HAD TWO CHILDREN, BUT APPARENTLY A ROCKY MARRIAGE THAT INCLUDED ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE. NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON FILED FOR DIVORCE IN FEBRUARY OF 1992, AND JUST OVER TWO YEARS LATER, SHE AND A FRIEND, RON GOLDMAN, WERE FOUND MURDERED IN HER BRENTWOOD HOME. SUSPECT MAY BE DRIVING A WHITE OR LIGHT COLORED FORD BRONCO FIVE DAYS AFTER THE DEADLY ATTACK. DRIVEN BY A FORMER TEAMMATE, SIMPSON LED OFFICERS ON A LOW SPEED CHASE ACROSS LOS ANGELES, THREATENING TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE BEFORE EVENTUALLY SURRENDERING TO POLICE. HE WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER. THE COURT PROCEEDINGS DUBBED THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY IF IT DOESN’T FIT, YOU MUST ACQUIT LASTED NINE MONTHS. EVERY MINUTE WE, THE JURY IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION FIND THE DEFENDANT OR ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON, NOT GUILTY OF THE. ON LIVE TV JUSTICE WAS NOT SERVED SEARCHING FOR THAT JUSTICE. THE GOLDMAN FAMILY WON A CIVIL SUIT. SIMPSON ORDERED TO PAY MORE THAN $33 MILLION. HE RETURNED TO COURT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, EVEN PIRATING CABLE TV. BUT IT WAS A LAS VEGAS ROBBERY. IN 2008, SIMPSON SAYING HE WAS TAKING BACK STOLEN PERSON PROPERTY THAT ULTIMATELY SENT HIM TO PRISON. COUNT ONE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT A CRIME. GUILTY. SENTENCED TO 33 YEARS, HE SERVED JUST OVER NINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BEFORE BEING PAROLED IN 2017, JAY GRAY NBC NEWS. THE MAN WHO FORSYTH COUNTY DEPUTIES SHOT THIS WEEK. FACED A JUDGE THIS MORNING AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. MICHAEL GRIER OF WALKERTOWN WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FELONY ASSAULT ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH A FIREARM. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT THE KEYSTONE AT WALKERTOWN LANDING APARTMENT MONDAY. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT WAS CALLED THERE ABOUT A SUSPICIOUS PERSON. DEPUTIES SAY THEY ENCOUNTERED GRIER WITH A GUN IN HIS POCKET, AND THEY SAY THEY THEN ISSUED COMMANDS. AND WHEN HE DID NOT COMPLY, THEY SHOT HIM. THE TWO DEPUTIES INVOLVED ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, WHICH IS STANDARD PROCEDURE TODAY. HE APPEARED IN COURT VIA VIDEO MONITOR, AND WE LEARNED HE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC DEFENDER IF CONVICTED, HE COULD FACE UP TO 504 MONTHS IN JAIL. HIS BOND IS SET AT $50,000. YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE FOR A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS CASE AT WXII 12.COM. A MAN IS DUE IN COURT TODAY AFTER DEPUTIES ARRESTED HIM FOR AN ASSAULT. THE RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT WAS CALLED TO OLD NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 49 IN ASHEBORO YESTERDAY. THERE, DEPUTIES ARRESTED DAVID MAYHALL. THE COURT FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE FOR FELONY ASSAULT BY STRANGULATION AND MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT ON A FEMALE. THE COURT DENIED HIM BOND. A NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY STUDENT IS NOW BEHIND BARS AFTER A SHOOTING EARLIER THIS MONTH AT ONE OF THE UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE HALLS. ERIC RANDALL IS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ARMED ROBBERY AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. AUTHORITIES TOOK THE STUDENT WHO WAS SHOT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. UNIVERSITY POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED APRIL SECOND AT LAWSON STREET RESIDENCE HALL. POLICE EXPECT TO MAKE MORE ARRESTS RELATED TO THE INCIDENT. AND 12 INVESTIGATES HIGH POINT POLICE ARE REVIEWING THE FORCE OFFICERS USED IN AN ARREST LATE MONDAY NIGHT. WE WANT TO WARN YOU, THE VIDEO YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE DOES SHOW VIOLENCE, AND IT MIGHT BE DISTURBING TO SOME VIEWERS. YOU CAN SEE MULTIPLE OFFICERS IN THE VIDEO HERE PUNCHING AND HITTING A MAN PINNED TO THE GROUND. ONE OFFICER YOU CAN SEE HITS THE MAN WITH A BATON AT LEAST TEN TIMES. WXII 12 DAVONTE MCKENITH HAS OUR LATEST REPORT. I KNOW IT WAS EXCESSIVE FORCE. THAT MAN WAS BLEEDING, ALMOST UNCONSCIOUS, AND THEY WERE STILL BEATING HIM HIGH POINT POLICE SAY THIS USE OF FORCE HAPPENED 1130 MONDAY NIGHT WHEN OFFICERS FOUND 33 YEAR OLD KEITH MCCLAIN AT THE INTOWN SUITES. POLICE SAY HE WAS A LARCENY SUSPECT ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM THE NORTH MAIN STREET WALMART. THE 911 CALLER TOLD DISPATCH HE WAS STEALING FOOD. JUST STOPPED SOMEBODY FOR STEALING AND HE DIDN’T. VERY AGGRESSIVE AND ARGUMENTATIVE RIGHT NOW. EVEN IF HE WAS, IT SHOULDN’T EVEN GO TO THAT. I SHOULDN’T EVEN GO TO THAT BECAUSE THAT’S LIGHT. SO HE SHOULDN’T EVEN GO TO THAT. SO YEAH, IT’S CRAZY. IT SHOULDN’T EVEN BE THAT WAY. STRONG WORDS FROM EMMANUEL RANDOLPH. HE’S IN THE GRAY JACKET IN THIS VIDEO. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR RESISTING TWO AFTER POLICE SAW MCCLAIN AT THE MOTEL. THE DEPARTMENT HASN’T SAID HOW RANDOLPH RESISTED ARREST AS HE WAS ALREADY CUFFED IN THE TWO MINUTE VIDEO, KENNETH OLIVER WAS BEHIND THE CAMERA. JUST SEEN HIM ON THE GROUND. AND THEN I SEE ANOTHER GUY JUST BEING STOMPED AND BEAT ON BY THE POLICE. I DIDN’T HEAR ANYBODY TALKING. I DIDN’T HEAR ANYBODY COMPLAINING. I DIDN’T HEAR ANY YELLING. ALL I HEARD WAS STRAIGHT BEATING. MOST OF THE ATTENTION IS ON THE ARREST OF MCCLAIN IN THE VIDEO. MULTIPLE OFFICERS WERE SEEN HITTING MCCLAIN. A FEMALE OFFICER HIT HIM AT LEAST FIVE TIMES WHILE HE’S ON THE GROUND. ANOTHER USED A BATON, HITTING MCCLAIN AT LEAST TEN TIMES, WHILE ANOTHER OFFICER WAS PUNCHING HIS BODY. MCCLAIN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES BEFORE BEING BOOKED INTO JAIL. BEYOND RESISTING ARREST, HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL DRUG POSSESSION AND LARCENY. BEING JUST INCHES AWAY FROM MCCLAIN’S ARREST ON THE SIDEWALK, RANDOLPH SAYS IT WAS TERRIFYING, FRUSTRATING. I WAS TERRIFIED, HONESTLY TERRIFIED. FIRST, I’M OVER HERE THINKING LIKE, ARE THEY DOING THAT TO HIM? SO NEXT IS ME. HIGH POINT POLICE WOULDN’T ALLOW US AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEF, ONLY REINFORCING WHAT THEY RELEASED ON TUESDAY, SAYING, QUOTE, AS IS STANDARD PROCEDURE, A REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR THE USE OF FORCE TO ENSURE POLICY TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT WERE UTILIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT POLICY. END QUOTE. IT’S A POLICY THAT WILL PUT THE PUNCHES, BLOWS AND STRIKES ALL INTO QUESTION. HE WAS ALREADY HAVING HANDCUFFS. I MEAN, A COUPLE OF TIMES I THOUGHT HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS, JUST LAYING THERE AND JUST STILL GETTING HIT. GREENSBORO LEADERS FROM SEVERAL PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING POLICE AND FIRE, WILL HOLD ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT. YOU CAN GO TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT’S BEING DONE TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE AND TO ASK ANY CITY LEADERS QUESTIONS. THAT’S SET UP FOR 6 P.M. AT UNCG INSIDE THE ELLIOTT UNIVERSITY CENTER. YOU CAN FIND COVERAGE FROM THE FIRST MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK ON WXII 12.COM. I’M A LEGAL LOOPHOLE THAT SOME PEOPLE PARTLY BLAME FOR AT LEAST ONE MASS SHOOTING COULD BE ELIMINATED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. TODAY, THE WHITE HOUSE PLANS TO INCREASE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS IN THE GUN MARKET. A NEW RULE REQUIRES PEOPLE WHO SELL FIREARMS ONLINE AND AT GUN SHOWS TO CONDUCT A BACKGROUND CHECK ON POTENTIAL BUYERS. THIS COMES JUST BEFORE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING THAT WAS CARRIED OUT USING FIREARMS PURCHASED THROUGH THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE. JAPAN’S PRIME MINISTER WILL BE IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY, AND AT THIS HOUR, GOVERNOR ROY COOPER IS HOLDING AN EVENT IN RALEIGH WHERE FUJIFILM DIOSYNTH IS BUILDING A MANUFACTURING FACILITY. IN LIGHT OF THE PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT, COOPER IS ANNOUNCING $1 BILLION INVESTMENT INTO THAT FACILITY, ACCORDING TO OUR AFFILIATE WRAL. MEANWHILE, THE PRIME MINISTER WILL LAND LATE TONIGHT IN RALEIGH BEFORE A SERIES OF EVENTS ACROS