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Steam rises after a steam pipe explosion on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Baltimore, Md. The underground steam pipe explosion rocked downtown Baltimore Tuesday afternoon, buckling the street, shattering windows on cars and buildings, and gushing a steam plume several stories high for more than an hour. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
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Sandy Police Chief Kevin Thacker speaks to reporters during a news conference Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Thacker, a suburban Salt Lake City police chief addressed questions raised about how his department handled a stalking report made by a woman three days before her ex-boyfriend killed her and her son in an attack that also injured two children. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Sandy Police Chief Kevin Thacker speaks to reporters during a news conference Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Thacker, a suburban Salt Lake City police chief addressed questions raised about how his department handled a stalking report made by a woman three days before her ex-boyfriend killed her and her son in an attack that also injured two children. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Sandy Police Chief Kevin Thacker speaks to reporters during a news conference Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Sandy, Utah. Thacker, a suburban Salt Lake City police chief addressed questions raised about how his department handled a stalking report made by a woman three days before her ex-boyfriend killed her and her son in an attack that also injured two children. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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FILE - This June 6, 2017, file photo, crime scene investigators begin their work as Sandy police investigate a fatal shooting in a Salt Lake City suburb in Sandy, Utah. Sandy Police Chief Kevin Thacker spoke at a news conference Tuesday, June 20, 2017, after questions were raised about whether police missed chances to help victim Memorez Rackley when she reported her ex-boyfriend was threatening her and her children. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office shows Sylville Smith. In August 2016, a north side Milwaukee neighborhood erupted in violence following the fatal shooting of Smith, by Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown. Jurors have begun deliberating the case against Heaggan-Brown after attorneys delivered closing arguments Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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File - In this Dec. 13, 2016 file photo, a ladder stands inside the charred Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, Calif. More than six months after the Dec. 2 blaze at the warehouse that authorities said was illegally converted into living quarters, the Oakland Fire Department has released a 50-page report filled with harrowing details of death and panic as the flames and deadly smoke spread. The report contains many previously unknown details about the nation's deadliest structure fire in more than 14 years and says investigators could not determine the cause of the blaze due to extensive fire damage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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File - In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, an Oakland police officer guards the area in front of the art collective warehouse known as the Ghost Ship in the aftermath of a fire in Oakland, Calif. More than six months after the Dec. 2 blaze at the warehouse that authorities said was illegally converted into living quarters, the Oakland Fire Department has released a 50-page report filled with harrowing details of death and panic as the flames and deadly smoke spread. The report contains many previously unknown details about the nation's deadliest structure fire in more than 14 years and says investigators could not determine the cause of the blaze due to extensive fire damage.(AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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In this image made from July 6, 2016, video captured by a camera in the squad car of St. Anthony Police officer Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer is shown after shooting into the vehicle at Philando Castile during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn., as the 4-year-old daughter of Castile's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, starts to get out of the car and is grabbed by an officer. The video was made public by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Ramsey County Attorney's Office, Tuesday, June 20, 2017, just days after the officer was acquitted on all counts in the case. (St. Anthony Police Department via AP)
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In this image made from July 6, 2016, video captured by a camera in the squad car of St. Anthony Police officer Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer shoots at Philando Castile in the vehicle during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn. Yanez's backup officer Joseph Kauser is seen standing on the passenger side of the vehicle. The video was made public by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Ramsey County Attorney's Office, Tuesday, June 20, 2017, just days after the officer was acquitted on all counts in the case. (St. Anthony Police department via AP)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows convicted murderer William Morva, at the Greenville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. Morva was convicted in 2008 for the murders of three people, is scheduled to be executed on July 6. Morva's attorneys said Wednesday that they have filed a clemency petition urging the Democratic governor to stop the man's execution scheduled for July 6. (Virginia Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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Attorney Jonathan C. Smith presents his closing arguments during the trial of former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown in Milwaukee County Court on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Milwaukee. Heaggan-Brown is on trail for first-degree reckless homicide in the killing of Sylville Smith, a 23-year-old black man, on Aug. 13, 2016. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
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Benjamin Lindsay, Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney, appears in court during the trial of former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown, Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Milwaukee. Heaggan-Brown is on trail for first-degree reckless homicide in the killing of Sylville Smith, a 23-year-old black man, on Aug. 13, 2016. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
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Former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown appears in Milwaukee County Court on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Milwaukee. Heaggan-Brown is on trail for first-degree reckless homicide in the killing of Sylville Smith, a 23-year-old black man, on Aug. 13, 2016. Jurors have begun deliberating the case after attorneys delivered closing arguments Tuesday. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
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Former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown appears in Milwaukee County Court on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Milwaukee. Heaggan-Brown is on trail for first-degree reckless homicide in the killing of Sylville Smith, a 23-year-old black man, on Aug. 13, 2016. Jurors have begun deliberating the case after attorneys delivered closing arguments Tuesday. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
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Riccardo Scamarcio as crime lord Santino D’Antonio in "John Wick: Chapter 2," now available on 4K Ultra HD from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
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Heat waves ripple across the tarmac at Sky Harbor International Airport as downtown Phoenix stands in the background as an airplane lands, Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in Phoenix. Phoenix hit a high of 118 on Monday with an excessive heat warning in place until Saturday. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, O.J. Simpson returns to the witness stand to testify after a break during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas. Simpson has a July 20 parole hearing that could have him released from a Nevada prison on Oct. 1, a state parole official said Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, O.J. Simpson returns to the witness stand to testify after a break during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas. Simpson has a July 20 parole hearing that could have him released from a Nevada prison on Oct. 1, a state parole official said Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, Pool, File)
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A pedestrian keeps himself dry as he crosses Howard Avenue in the rain in Biloxi, Miss., Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (John Fitzhugh/The Sun Herald via AP)