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- Hi, Nicole.
- Well, hey. How are you?

I'm really good.
It's nice to meet you.

Thank you so much
for getting in touch with me.

It's good to see you
face-to-face.

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After the first season

of "It Couldn't Happen Here,"

I started getting
social media messages

from people about cases
they felt needed attention.

I'm a eighth grade
math teacher, and in 2013,

a really good friend of mine
reached out

and said,
"Something bad's happened.

It's another one of our kids
is gone too soon."

A former student of mine
in Angier, North Carolina,

had been shot
by his father-in-law

who was a pastor

and it was said
it was self-defense.

Why didn't that sit well
with you?

Because it did not match
the kid that I knew

in eighth grade.

Christian Griggs was a student
of mine.

There was zero aggression
in Christian.

He never had any type
of conflict.

He was one of those students
that just always stands out,

intelligent,
from a good family,

just really going places,
and I haven't seen Christian

since he was in high school.

I'm sure he had changed
over time

and maybe he did do something
to initiate an argument,

but it just didn't match
at all,

and it immediately
was a red flag to me

to try to reach out
about his case.

This situation is exactly
what our show is about.

You know,
you've got a school teacher

who, all these years later,
is trying to shed light

on her student's death

and all
the unanswered questions

that are surrounding that.

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And it's that level of care
and compassion

that we know makes small towns
so special.

We're just a plain,
simple town

with a lot of--
a lot of good people in it.

The people here
are generally friendly,

family-oriented.

You don't really
meet strangers.

We try to get along

and we make the best
of everything.

If it's a good situation,
we try to make good of that.

If it's bad,
we try to make good of that.

We just live and let live.

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I'm Anthony Griggs.

I'm a father
to Christian Griggs.

My name is Dolly Griggs
and I'm Christian's mother.

Tony and I met
at Fort Carson, Colorado,

in the military.

I did 21 years in the army,
retired here at Fort Bragg.

We moved to Angier around 1996.

It seemed like
your typical small town.

Uh, everybody knows everybody.

The people seem to be nice.

It seemed like
a nice family town.

When we moved to Angier,

Christian
was around five years old,

and there
was a good school system

and a nice place
to raise your kids.

There were a few small
things that we had to address

with my son Christian as far
as racial issues in town,

but in a small town
like this one,

people don't get out and don't
know anything different.

Sometimes you have to educate
them by way of presence.

In high school
Christian started dating

Katie Chisenhall.

Her dad, Pat Chisenhall,
was a preacher.

It was Christian's senior year

when he told us
that Katie was pregnant.

They had a child
and they named her Jaden,

but it didn't work out.

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On October 11th, uh,
Christian was on fall break

at North Carolina State,

and he was supposed
to have Jaden that night.

So that Friday
Christian came in the house

and we thought
he would have Jaden with him,

but he was alone.

So my wife asked him,
"Where's Jaden?

We thought Jaden would be
with you."

He really didn't say anything
and he went upstairs.

The next morning,
Christian went back

to the Chisenhalls' house
to get Jaden.

I looked at my phone.

Had to be about 9:00
in the morning.

I had several missed calls.

It was Christian.

So I call him back.

The line had a lot of static
in it and it cut.

The Chisenhalls' house is just
a short distance from here,

but the connectivity is poor.

Jumped in my truck
and I drove over there.

I pulled in behind Christian.

I said, "What's going on?"
He said, "They're not here,

"as usual.

"I'm here to pick up Jaden

and there's nobody here
at the house."

I said,
"Well, what are you gonna do?"

He said,
"Well, I'm gonna hang out

and I'm gonna wait
for them to come back."

And he asked me
to go ahead and leave.

So I left,
as Christian asked me to do.

But I wish I would've stayed.

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And as I walked in the door
to my house,

my phone rang again.

It was Christian.

This time he said, "Dad,
this guy's over here telling me

to shut the eff up."

I said, "Christian, who?"

He said, "Pat."

I drove over there.

When I arrived at the house,

it was quiet.

It was serene.

I thought, "Something about
this is not quite right."

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And as I walked
across the yard

and stepped up upon the steps,

and saw the window closest
to the door

had been pushed in slightly
at the top,

kind of like
a double-hung window,

where you would fold it down.

I reached out my right hand
to ring the doorbell,

and I looked
to my immediate right

and there was Christian laying
on the ground facedown.

I did not know
what had happened to him.

I kneeled down by his side,

and almost instantaneous,

police cars begin to come
from everywhere,

Harnett County
Sheriff Department.

The jump out of their vehicles,
weapons drawn,

run up on the porch, see me,

say, "We--we've got a call,
shots fired.

There's been a shooting."

And I said,
"It must be my son."

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They immediately push me
off the porch.

I then called my wife, Dolly,

and I say,
"Christian's been shot."

Dolly screams...

and the phone goes dead.

I just remember
dropping the phone

and I told my daughter Krystle
that Christian had been shot.

And we just ran out the door.

I didn't have my purse.

I didn't have no shoes on.

When we got there,

the EMT was doing CPR
on my son

and one of the deputies came
off the porch

and said they were gonna take
Christian to WakeMed,

and I said,
"Is he still alive?"

And he said, "Yes."

[siren wails]

And we get to
the hospital...

And eventually,

the doctor comes in and says...

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"He didn't make it."

"He didn't make it."

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The doctor says,
"He didn't make it."

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I fell to the floor.

I couldn't believe it.

Couldn't believe it.

They hadn't told us
the magnitude of his injuries

at that point.

But one of the trauma nurses
that was in the room

said, "Whatever what happened,

he was trying
to get outta there."

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We are headed
to Angier, North Carolina,

which is a little tiny
community outside of Raleigh.

Angier's down here
in Harnett County,

North Carolina.

It's a really little town.

It's like
a little over 5,000 people.

Of all the places
that we've traveled,

this is place that I probably
have the most connections.

I have family that lives here.

One of my very best friends
from childhood lives here.

You know,
I've spent a lot of time

in this part
of North Carolina.

This is a case
where a local pastor,

Pat Chisenhall,

shot his son-in-law,
Christian Griggs

and all these years later,
it is still not resolved

for a lot of members
of this community.

When this shooting happened,

the media immediately reported
on it,

but there is always more
to the story

than what you can get out
of that initial headline.

And so right now
we are meeting

with Robby Jessup.

He is a local attorney
who knows all about this town

and this case.

If you could walk me through
what happened that day

in October.

Christian has arrived
to pick up his daughter,

and somehow this all dominos

into Christian shot
by Pat Chisenhall,

his father-in-law.

Yes.

Katie was living immediately
next door

to Mr. Chisenhall.

According to Katie,

the night before the shooting,

this is October 11th, 2013,

Christian arrived
to pick up Jaden

and discovered Katie's neighbor
has taken Jaden

to the zoo that day.

And according to Katie,

Christian gets upset
about that and attempts

to enter the home
through a window

with an air condition unit.

Mm-hmm.
So then what happened?

Christian leaves
and then Katie goes that night

and swears out herself
with a magistrate

misdemeanor warrants

for damaging an air conditioner
and for trespass.

The following morning
on the day of the shooting,

Katie and Pat had gone

to try to get
a restraining order

against Christian,
which they never obtained.

- Mm-hmm.
- They are arriving back

at Mr. Chisenhall's house.

Christian showed up
and there was an interaction

with Christian
for some period of time.

Okay.

When the police interview Pat
and Katie,

what is their version
of what happened that morning?

The police did a reenactment
with Mr. Chisenhall

of how exactly he claimed
the shooting took place.

While Katie is on
that first 911 call,

another call comes in
from Pat Chisenhall.

Chisenhall then says
he goes in the residence

and Christian is trying to come
into the home.

Pat Chisenhall claims
he was in fear of his life.

Mr. Chisenhall claims
he shoots

from inside of his living room

at Christian, who is coming
through that window.

Okay. That's a scary story.

What is Katie's version
of what happened that morning?

Katie says she was hiding
in a closet

and didn't see anything.

What does law enforcement
see when they get there?

There were some photographs taken

showing the condition
of the residence.

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There was some fingerprint
dusting done

on a window screen.

- Mm-hmm.
- And inside of the house...

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Three shell casings
were found.

Can you tell me a little bit
about Pat Chisenhall?

Mr. Chisenhall
was a reverend,

operated the Abundant Life
Ministry Center.

His family was born and raised
Harnett County,

through and through
Harnett County.

Mm-hmm, and so the story

that immediately
starts circulating

that Pat Chisenhall shot
in self-defense...

That narrative was put
into the news immediately.

New information tonight about
a shooting in Harnett County.

Investigators say no charges
have been filed.

They believe the pastor acted
in self-defense.

I was an investigative
reporter at WRAL News

here in Raleigh,
North Carolina.

At the time, we did not have
a lot of information directly

from the authorities,
but we spoke to members

of Pat's church,
people who had talked to Pat

and heard the stories
from that day.

His son-in-law had tried
to break in the house, uh,

threaten 'em, and, uh,

he had no other recourse
to do but what he did.

It was in self-defense.

As a result,
the narrative that emerged

was really
Pat Chisenhall's narrative,

that this was a case
of self-defense,

and that was all there is
to it.

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After the shooting,
we were home

and we had the TV on,

and the story came up
on the news.

And we were just astounded
when we saw the photographs

of the crime scene.

The window had been bashed
and pushed in and we thought,

"That didn't look like
that when we were there.

That window wasn't like that."

We're like,
"What is going on here now?"

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Right now we are driving over
to meet with the parents

of Christian Griggs.

They're an army family

and they moved here
to give their kids,

like, a great small-town life.

It sadly went terribly wrong

and it will be good
to hear directly from them

how everything unfolded.

Hi. How are you?
- Thank you so much...

- Oh, I'm so happy to meet...
- For coming.

- You guys.
- Thank you so much.

- Thank you guys so much.
- Well, come on in.

Yes, I'll follow you.

Oh, wow. Look.
- Got some pictures out.

Yeah, I wanna see everything.

Yeah, this one was one
of my favorite pictures

from when he was in Iraq.

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And this is--
[sighs]

this is the flag that, uh...

I did not want to receive

when they take off the coffin
and they give it to you.

- The internment.
- So...

'Cause he's such
a handsome kid.

Thank you so much.

What can you tell me about
Christian?

He was a very smart kid.

He was in the National
Honor Society,

just always excelled
in everything that he did,

and Christian had a lot
of friends.

Yeah, Christian could make
a friend anywhere.

He never had an enemy.

I was a good friend
of Christian Griggs

since elementary school.

Christian was probably one
of the most popular people.

Everybody knew Christian Griggs.

He was just really
a bubbly personality,

always smiling.

I'm sure anybody
would've loved

to be Christian's girlfriend.

Had he dated much
in high school?

I was told Christian
had a lot of girlfriends,

but he brought very few home,

and then he met Katie.

He was, I would say,
almost head over heels,

like, "I found this girl.
She's good," you know?

Especially in the beginning.

He saw a lot in Katie.

You know, she was ambitious,

like goal-oriented
the same way that he was.

What did he want
for his future?

Did he wanna go to school?

What did he want to study?

Because of his academics,
he was able to get

a four-year ROTC scholarship.
- Wow.

Well, you guys were probably
pretty excited about that.

Yes, absolutely.

- It's a win.
- Yeah, oh, definitely.

All he had to do was pick
a school of choice.

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You know, as he's getting
closer to that leave date

for college in senior year,

is Katie a part of his plan?

He never talked about
long-term plans,

but it was his senior year
when Christian told us

that Katie was pregnant.

But he's already been accepted

at, uh, North Carolina
State University,

uh, getting ready
to go to school in July.

So it was like wow.
[laughs]

It was a lot for him
to take on.

We told him
that whatever he needed,

we were there to help him,
you know?

But the best thing
that you can do

for Katie and for your new baby
is to stay in school.

When the baby is born,

how did he handle that?

He tried to go to school
during the day,

and when he got out of class,
he would drive down to Angier

to help her with the baby.

He did this every single day.

How long was he able
to sustain that?

Couple months and then
he said that he was failing,

couldn't concentrate,
his grades was low

and he just felt like
the best thing he could do

was just to join the military

so that he could take care
of his family.

I don't think I've ever cried
so hard in my life

because he's just
going through so much

and there's nothing
you can do...

- Yeah.
- But be there for him.

Does he come back here
to live?

He went to go live
with the Chisenhalls.

Did he talk about
his relationship

with her family?

Did he like them?

He looked up to Pat,
you know?

But I don't think Pat was happy
that his daughter fell in love

with a Black man and Christian
had a Black family.

That's not what he wanted
for his child.

Christian had always
kind of mentioned,

like "I'm not sure
if her dad likes me.

"He's a old white guy,
you know?"

Deeply rooted
in Harnett County.

I think that was tough
for Christian

because he was
seeking acceptance

from somebody who didn't want
to give it to him,

so there was a lot of things

that were going against
Christian and Katie.

But in the beginning,
they seemed to make it work

and Katie's father
was actually

the--the presiding minister
over the wedding.

He was the one
who actually married them.

I did want things
to work out for Christian,

but I wasn't naive to see
that the path

was very challenging for him.

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I was here one evening
and the phone rang.

And I picked up the phone
and it was Christian's voice

on the other end.

He said,
"Dad, our convoy was out

and the vehicle
in front of me was hit."

I said,
"What do you mean, son, 'hit'?"

He said it was an IED.

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My next question was...

"Is everybody all right?"

He said, "No, Dad.

Some of my friends
didn't make it."

Having been in combat

and experiencing that
for myself,

I could tell
that it had changed the man

in which Christian was.

August 2011,

Christian's ended his tour
in Iraq

and he's living with Katie,

but it is clear that there
is some turmoil there.

I believe
that Christian being deployed

was difficult for Katie too,

and I know Christian
had a hard time

when he came home.

One of the things
that my colleagues and I

thought was really important
with this case

was to try to tell
the full story,

to try to, um, understand
all of the factors

that were coming into play

that led them to this moment.

[soft tense music]

In May of 2012,

Katie calls 911
and she told dispatchers

that her husband
was threatening

to commit suicide,

but the officer says
he talked to Christian

who basically said, "You know,
I got this gun out of my safe

mostly to scare my wife."

But Christian did admit
to being depressed

since he returned home
from overseas.

It was serious enough
that the officer

took that gun for safekeeping.

About four months later,
Katie calls 911 again

to say that Christian Griggs
is suicidal,

and when an officer arrives,

Christian says,
"I haven't talked to my wife

"in a couple of hours,
but we are separated

and that separation
has been a little rough."

The very next day Katie
calls the authorities again.

And this time
what she tells them

is that Christian is outside
of her home in Angier

and he's angry about
the custody situation.

This is a theme that has begun
to emerge in this separation.

There are challenges
between Katie and Christian

over custody.

Ultimately,
Christian and Katie

had pretty much officially
called it quits,

and he decided
to get back in school.

So there's been a pattern
that's been established

with custody of Jaden.

Can you talk to me a little bit
about what that looked like?

He would have Jaden
every other weekend.

Did he typically pick her up
on Friday nights,

Saturday mornings?

If he couldn't get her
on Friday night,

then he would come back
the Saturday.

One time he was here until
like 7:00 at night Saturday

and I know
that he kept calling Katie

just waiting for Jaden
to get back.

And so, you know,
it's very upsetting

'cause this is supposed
to be his time

with his daughter.

That happened a lot.

She made it difficult.

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Saturday,
October 12, 2013,

what we know about
what happened that day

is sort of pieced together
based on statements

from people who were there
and from these 911 calls.

One of the things
that's interesting about

these 911 calls

was that it's not entirely
one-sided.

You do hear Christian
in the background.

A very interesting
and important fact

is during
Pat Chisenhall's 911 calls,

Christian himself
is on the phone,

trying to reach an attorney
and calling his father,

and Christian was communicating
to him

he was the one feeling
threatened by the Chisenhalls.

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We knew that
there was no way

that Christian was trying
to break into their home

because Christian's never done
anything like that before.

This was a narrative
that they put out there.

You talking about
a young Black man

being violent
and going into someone's home

and it's an interracial marriage.

What's the first thing
that's gonna come to your mind?

He's justified.

He should've got shot.

So this is the narrative

that gets put out
into the community?

That seems insurmountable.

What happens after that?

So when the autopsy report
came in, I looked at it.

It said he was shot four times
in the back.

I expected this man
was gonna be arrested.

I spoke
with the district attorney

Vernon Stewart
and I say, "Well,

"Christian was shot
in the back.

Why is it
this man hasn't been charged?"

He said, "Well,
I can't just charge a man

for shooting somebody
in the back."

And I say,
"Well, under what pretenses

"can you tell me
it's acceptable

to shoot a man in the back?"

And his response was,
"I'm not gonna fuss with you."

Did they give you
a reason why

they're not gonna
press charges?

We found out
because Pat Chisenhall said

that Christian tried
to break into their home.

They were gonna try
to use the Castle Doctrine

in Christian's case.

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What that doctrine says

is that if someone's coming
into your house,

there is a presumption

that you are in fear
of your life

and you have a legal right
to use deadly force.

So Pat was largely portrayed
as the victim.

And law enforcement
were extremely clear

they were considering
this self-defense

and that no charges of any sort

were ever going to be brought
or pursued.

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I believe that people
around here rely

on their guns
because they have the right to.

It's, uh,
their Second Amendment right

to bear arms so they feel like

they can take things
into their own hands.

If you come
into my home unannounced,

then I have every right
to defend myself.

If I see someone else
in danger,

absolutely, but I believe
it should be the last resort.

When you take it upon yourself
to be God for a moment,

now you show me
where that's right.

You show me what scripture
validates that

and then we'll have
another conversation.

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I'm just baffled because
someone being shot in the back

is huge red flag.

To not investigate
is just a bold decision

for someone to make.

They said that Pat Chisenhall

was an outstanding person
in the community

and that he didn't deserve
this and that this boy,

Christian, was standing on
Pat Chisenhall's front porch.

And that's reason enough
to get shot?

That's what they told us.

I mean,
what's the definition of that?

Who picks and chooses
who the upstanding members

of the community are?

The sheriff department
based off only your color

of your skin.

They call it here
"prosecutorial discretion."

You are pushing
to keep the case open,

to have charges brought.

You are finally told,
"This is an upstanding member

of this community,"

meaning a generational son
of this community,

also a white member
of this community,

also a reverend.

"We are going to side
with him."

What's your next step?

We pursue looking
for an attorney

and we got
private investigators

to look into our case.

When I saw
the inconsistencies

with the narrative
that had been told

and the physical evidence,

I immediately decided
this was a situation

where I wanted to help.

When you first met
with Tony and Dolly,

what happened?

They showed me
the medical examiner's report.

Christian was shot six times,

once in the shoulder,
once in the abdomen,

four times in the back.

So this issue of Christian
coming through the window,

being the aggressor,
does it make sense

with the medical examiner's
report?

- Absolutely not.
- Okay.

Common sense,
if you're coming face forward

through a window...
- Mm-hmm.

How do you get four bullets
in your back?

Moreover, the trajectory
of those bullets indicate

that he was laying
on the ground

facedown at the time
the shots were fired.

We also know
that the second bullet

to the back
paralyzed Christian.

So there's no way he could've
crawled from the window

over into that corner?

Where he was found
is where he was shot.

No way
could he have crawled.

There was no evidence
of anybody dragging his body.

No evidence of blood anywhere

except immediately
under the body.

There was not blood
at the window?

No blood on the window.

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Were the shots
to his shoulder

and his abdomen
life-threatening?

No, according
to the medical examiner,

both those shots
were easily survivable.

The fatal shots were the shots
to the back.

And was he a threat
laying facedown on the porch?

Does the Castle Doctrine apply

to the death
of Christian Griggs?

As I see it, absolutely not.

[somber music]

On the surface,
this looks like

a right-to-defend-your-home
story,

but it takes very little effort

to scratch that veneer
and realize

that this case demands
a thorough investigation.

Someone who did
an extensive amount of digging

in this case is Lee Denney.

I'm Lee Denney.
I'm a private investigator,

and I'm a North Carolina
concealed carry instructor.

In 2014, I was contacted
by Griggs' legal team

asking if I wanted
to get involved

in their investigation
of the case.

Let's talk about
Pat Chisenhall's narrative.

In his walk-through video,
he says...

I ran right here.

He went to his closet.

He got his gun.

I grabbed that,
and I came running in here.

He came back
into the living room,

Christian was coming through
the window,

and he fired
from behind that couch.

I think I fired from here.

What is the probability
of that being true?

Zero.

Pat said he was shooting
almost directly at the window,

but there were no holes
in the shades, curtains,

or through
the lower glass pane.

You see the improbability
of Christian being able

to climb in here and then take
all the shots that he took

without bullets passing through
the bottom part of the window

or anywhere else.

It doesn't add up.

No missed shots?

Right.

To hit a moving target

with all of your shots
is difficult.

To stand there
and do all that shooting

and not miss,
pretty much impossible.

Hmm.

Theoretically,

where could these shots
have taken place

where there wouldn't be
any stray bullets?

Outside on the front porch.

- Uh-huh.
- Which'd be why his body

was laying down in the position
that he was laying

and the angle of the bullets
in his back.

Then there's the shell casings
that were found.

[shutter clicking]

You should be finding six
somewhere in here.

We asked law enforcement
if they searched

and they said they did
and they only found

these three shell casings.

But how long did they search?

I think they were there
that day, that evening

and--and left.

Had people been allowed
to come on to the scene?

I believe--I believe
the Chisenhalls came back

later that night to the house.

While there was still
missing evidence?

Yes, apparently so.

Also, the three shell casings
were found

within about 12 inches
of each other.

- Mm-hmm.
- Which is, I would say,

more than highly unusual.

The shell casings come out.

They're ejected to the right.

For three to be found
all together like that,

that's not realistic.

My impression, knowing how
that firearm operates,

seeing furniture,
walls, and all that,

tells me
that those were collected

and thrown over there.

That's--
[sighs]

It is the most probable thing,

but it's also damning.

Sure, sure it is
because it brings the question:

who did it?
- Uh-huh.

♪ ♪

According to the crime scene log,

while police are still
on the scene,

Mr. Chisenhall's son,
Pat Chisenhall, Jr,

is allowed to come in and out
of the crime scene

on two separate occasions.

Certainly under no circumstances

would you want a family member

of a person
who had just shot a man

coming in and out
of that shooting scene

that is currently
under investigation.

All of these pieces
put together say what to you?

I'm thinking that this is not
a self-defense shooting.

Why aren't we charging
Mr. Chisenhall?

I scheduled a meeting
with the medical examiner,

Dr. Scott.

She said that she agreed
with my theory.

We got to the facts
that it was not self-defense,

but they still refused
to do the right thing.

I realized
that the Harnett County

Sheriff Department and DA
wasn't going to do anything,

so I had two choices to make.

I had a choice to sit back
and accept it

or I had a choice to fight.

So I decided to fight.

The DA
had said pretty explicitly,

"We're not gonna charge."

Sheriff's department
said pretty explicitly

that they thought
this was a clear-cut case

of self-defense,
but there was a civil question

at the heart of this
about whether or not

Pat Chisenhall was responsible
for the wrongful death

of Christian Griggs.

[soft music]

♪

I wondered, "Could we ever
convince the community,

"the jury, to break
from the narrative

that was put out there
from the very start?"

[tense music]

Over the course of the trial,

we put multiple
county employees

in the witness box.

We questioned them about
the missing shell casings,

the evidence, and the timing
of the 911 calls.

Two seconds after
Pat's first 911 call ends,

Katie calls 911
for a second time.

At that point in time,

we know Pat and Christian
are out in the yard.

There was no time
for Christian

to have broken
into that house.

Pat's second 911 call starts

during Katie's second
911 call.

Based upon the overlap,

we know Christian had
to have been shot

during Katie's second 911 call.

But on Katie's second
911 call,

you don't hear any gunshots.

That says to me
Katie was nowhere close

to the gunfire,

which says to me the shooting
had to be outside.

I think the biggest moment
in the trial

was when Mr. Chisenhall
took the stand.

He blanketly claimed
a general lack of recollection

of anything at all

when those four bullets
would have been discharged

into Christian's back.

I have no memory of it, so...

At the time
of the walk-through

with the police, Pat seems
to have a good recollection

of how he contends
the shooting occurred.

I think I fired from here.

By the time we get
to the civil trial

and I've taken
Mr. Chisenhall's deposition,

he can't remember a damn thing.

As far as the shooting goes,
the incident itself,

anything after the glass broke,
I don't remember anything.

At the end,
it was a relatively short

jury deliberation.

The verdict was broadcast
on local media.

The jury took
an hour and a half

to come back with a decision.

Pat Chisenhall,
an Angier pastor,

was not justified when he shot
and killed his son-in-law,

Christian Griggs.

[somber music]

♪ ♪

We've proven
that it was not self-defense.

We've got a jury verdict.

They've got to arrest
this guy now.

They've got to do
the right thing.

But they didn't do anything.

The day after the verdict,

the sheriff issued a statement

saying there would be
no further investigation

and there would be
no criminal charges.

And they still
have not done anything.

The new DA that we have
has not shown any interest.

We've called her.
She hasn't even returned

our phone calls.

Josh Stein,
the attorney general,

needs to intervene.

The Department of Justice
needs to come down

and investigate the Harnett
County Sheriff's Department.

They need to do something.

♪ ♪

I'm supposed
to remain impartial

as a storyteller,
but it makes me mad

that there's no oversight.

A young man was shot
in the back in broad daylight

and no one has ever been
held accountable for it.

Thank you guys
for bringing me here.

How often do you come out?

Um, I try to come out,
um, once a week.

- Is this him?
- Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

I just...

You guys put her picture
on here with--

both: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

We also did this bench
for him

that Jaden can always have it

to come out and just sit
with him.

How important is it
to have her know

how much her dad loved her?

To know that the reason
that he's not here today

was because he was trying
to have her a part of his life.

It's very important.

♪

Nothing's gonna bring
Christian Griggs back.

His family has this space.

They've created
a beautiful spot

for his daughter
to visit one day.

And what they're asking for
isn't big.

They're asking
for the bare minimum.

They're asking
for an investigation.

They're asking
for some oversight.

These are people who have
served their country.

They've served their community,

and I wanna know
who's serving them.

♪ ♪