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[ suspenseful music plays ]

There's a number of traits that Separate people from animals.

But there's one animal instinct We never quite outgrew.

Our capacity to commit murder.

Each and every one of us Is capable of it.

Men, women;

The old; and sometimes,

[suspenseful music climbs] Even the young.

[ suspenseful chord strikes ]

Murder and me, we go way back.

When I was a child, Murder took my mother.

Years later, It came for my brother.

That's when I found My mission in life.

Every case I worked, I solved.

Every case I solved, I got a confession.

[ siren wails ]

I'm detective rod demery.

I didn't choose murder.

Murder chose me.

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[ wind blows ]

It's the middle of the afternoon On a wednesday in shreveport

And sam johnson Has just finished eating lunch

And he sees two guys Walk by wearing hoods

And he notices they go Into the tire shop next door.

[ suspenseful music plays ]

[ engine starts ]

[ shouting nearby ]

[ two gunshots ]

[ two gunshots ]

He immediately ducks down

And he stays For just a few minutes.

Without hearing any other Sounds, he looks up.

[ eerie music plays ]

He sees those same two guys He saw walk in, run out,

And they're shovin' guns Into their waistband.

[ foreboding music climbs ]

Sam thinkin' something Terrible must've happened,

Walks to the tire shop.

[ bell chimes ]

[ suspenseful music plays ]

Hey, I-is everything All right?

[muffled] Man: stay with us. Come on.

Stay with us. Stay with us, man.

Stay with us. [suspenseful music climbs]

-come on, big guy. Come on. -stay with me, man.

Stay with us. Fight, charlie.

He's been shot! Go call 911!

Charlie, stay with us, man. Stay with us!

[ suspenseful music climbs, Ominous chord strikes ]

Demery: For me, as a kid,

Role models were hard To come by.

Never knew my father.

Never got the chance To know my mother.

But my grandfather, he was The one I looked up to.

He was a man's man, a war vet,

A straight shooter With a razor-sharp mind.

But as smart as he was,

My granddad never got the chance To go to college.

I always felt I owed it to him To take that next step,

Get that degree,

Even if it meant puttin' My career in homicide on hold.

So, that's exactly what I did.

Hey, bobby. What's going on?

At the time, I was going to school

And I had to leave homicide

Because I'm not A very good multitasker.

So, I needed something That would give me

That sense of work And responsibility,

But not demand all my time. [ring]

This is demery.

I chose robbery because I could do all the work

Without being too overwhelmed.

Ah! I know where it is.

Coming out of class, And I get a call from dispatch

And they explain That there's a robbery

And a shooting at moham's tire.

Okay. I'm on my way.

I didn't think There was a death involved

Because they would've Called homicide

And so my immediate thought Was that there was a robbery,

Someone got shot And they're okay.

This tire shop is one of those Neighborhood tire-shop places,

Not a big franchise.

-hi, detective. -what's going on, man?

Yeah, we got A shooting victim,

-okay. -77-year-old charlie lewis.

The responding Patrol officers told me

That two young men came in And one of the suspects

Shot mr. Lewis in the back Three or four times.

Obviously happened in the Middle of the robbery.

Um, he's in pretty Bad condition.

Good news is, We got a lot of witnesses,

So I guess we want to go ahead And talk to the owner first.

Demery: The owner of the tire shop Is hoyle moham.

It's kind of a family shop.

They've been in the community, Around, for a long time.

Moham's is one of those Kind of places

That kind of sustains The neighborhood.

They're kind of a staple In the community, you know,

Kind of a guy that can look At your car, you know,

Or a guy that can fix your flats Or something along those lines.

How you doing, Mr. Moham?

Good afternoon, Detective.

Can you tell me About what happened?

I was up front here, Working,

And two young brothers Walked in with guns.

Get on the ground! Down, down, down, down!

Get on the ground, man! -stop. Just chill! Chill!

Then they headed to the Back, where the guys

Were playing dominoes. -okay.

[suspenseful music plays] [panting]

[suspenseful music climbs] [four gunshots]

[ eerie music plays ]

Hold on. Hold on. -charlie! Charles.

Oh, it's ch-- charles. Stay with us, charlie.

I ran back there and charlie Was laying, bleeding.

Come on. Oh! Come on, Stay with us, charlie.

Come on, ch-charlie.

He's a good dude.

He's a father. He's a grandfather.

Mr. Lewis was described As a very nice,

Caring individual

Who loved to engage In conversation.

He was very community- And neighborhood-oriented,

Just a good individual.

He was humble. He was quiet.

He was respected In the neighborhood

And he enjoyed going up To the tire shop,

Hanging out with friends, And playing dominoes.

Mr. Lewis was a staple At that shop.

He was there all the time

And everybody that came Through knew who he was.

Most of the people That are of that age

Or at that stage in their life Are usually not in an area

Where there wouldbe danger

And if, for whatever Reason they were,

Most people who commit crimes

Wouldn't prey on Someone that age.

It's just not common. It takes a special type person

To want to wound, injure, Or shoot someone that age.

So, did you see What happened back there?

No.

Charlie was already shot By the time I got there.

After speaking to the owner Of the tire shop, I realized

I needed to talk to somebody That was actually back there

Where they were Playing dominoes.

So one of the officers Brought me another witness.

This is troy. He was In the back, playing dominoes.

-how you doing, troy? -very good.

How are you doing, sir?

So, troy, you play Dominoes here often?

As much as I can, yes, sir.

-I got you. -oh, you go--

Let's go! Let's go!

[ voices overlapping ]

-I'm just sayin'. -that's comin' home.

Crow: Most of the stores In the area,

They had either a deck of cards Or a dominoes set

And it's something that, You know, they could sit there.

They could bet money, If they wanted to bet money;

Or they could just play. -pay the piper!

The entire shop was A hangout spot, you know.

Good, clean fun.

We was like family.

Can you tell me What happened here?

We were all playing dominoes, Except for charlie.

He was waitin' on us to finish So he can jump in the game.

[ music plays ]

Put the money On the table.

[ voices overlapping ]

Next thing you know, we got Two guys coming in with guns.

When they first came in,

I actually thought that The two young men was playing,

Playing a joke.

But when I heard The pistols cock,

I knew they wasn't playing any.

You heard me. I said put the...

What's the problem? Go!

-money on the table, now. -get down!

Money on the table, now! Put the money on the table.

Put the money on the table. Let's go!

Move, now! -on the floor!

Give me the bag.

Did you get A good look at them?

No, sir. I-I was so scared.

I was afraid to look up at them, Knowing that they had pistols,

And if I look up at them, Then they'll think that I

Can I.D. Them, and they May shoot and kill me.

[ hyperventilating ]

Don't nobody move. Don't nobody move.

Don't nobody get brave.

Let's go.

[suspenseful music climbs] Come on, bruh.

[ four gunshots ]

Charlie: ah!

Yo, let's go! Let's go, Let's go, let's go!

Coming!

[ shoves door ]

Then it was quiet, Until I heard one

Of the other gentlemen Say that they was gone.

That's when everybody else Got up off the floor.

Demery: Everybody, that is, Except charlie lewis.

Mr. Lewis is laying there, Laying a puddle of blood,

And it looked as though he was Bleeding from the mouth.

-charlie, charlie. -charlie. Stay with us, charlie.

Stay with us, charlie. Come on, big guy.

Come on, big guy. -charlie, come on, now.

Hey, question. So,

Did we ever figure out Exactly how much money

These guys had total, Laid out on the table?

Yes, the witness Was saying among them

They had about 38 bucks.

This domino game Was all the old guys

That knew each other Just playing dominoes.

But somewhere In the neighborhood,

Word had gotten out That hundreds of dollars

Were changing hands In these domino games

And they were old guys, Somewhat easy targets.

Nothing could've been Further from the truth.

When all was said and done And talking with the people

That was actually there And how much money

Was actually taken from them, They got a total of $38.

$38 and one man shot.

The motive of the suspects Is clear in this case:

The suspects believed That a lot of money

Would be exchanged at this game.

They were lookin' For a big hit.

But in reality, Not a whole lot of money

Is actually being Exchanged here.

At that point, I realized That I'm dealing with somebody

That's either really young Or really inexperienced.

Committing a crime based on A belief or a thought or a rumor

Makes no sense to me. None of it.

This is where The body was found.

Okay.

[ suspenseful music plays ]

Strange to find A knife here.

Yeah, it was found right There, beside the body.

The pocketknife Is close to the body

And in the blood.

So it makes it difficult To determine

Whether or not The knife was used.

Crow: It may have just fallen out Of someone's pocket.

You really don't know, But it's out of place.

Was the victim stabbed?

As far as we know, Just gunshot wounds,

And then, of course, Found those.

When investigators Arrive on the scene,

They discover Several projectiles

In the floor and wall area.

We recover Any shell casings?

None.

The fact that there Was no shell casing,

My natural thought Is that a revolver

Was used to shoot the victim.

-detective demery. -yeah.

We just got word That the victim,

Charlie lewis, Died at the hospital.

-okay. -that's not all.

Homicide's on scene.

Great.

Now that mr. Lewis has expired, It's a homicide case now.

It's no longer A robbery case.

With homicide on the scene, My job is basically

To pass on what I've learned And get out of the way.

When another division Or another unit

Is placed in charge Of the investigation,

You become Kind of second string.

Demery: I got to admit:

I was born to work cases Like this.

It's in my blood.

Like they say, "You can take The dog out of the fight,

But you can't take The fight out of the dog."

You know what, man? Where's kevin?

I'm not gonna accept it.

Once I start working A case, it's mine.

I mean, I'm invested in it.

My name's on it. I'm gonna finish it.

[ suspenseful chord strikes ]

[ eerie music plays ]

[ suspenseful music plays ]

I've responded to a robbery In a local tire shop.

The victim's been shot.

I've learned the victim Has since died.

Now that case becomes a homicide Case and no longer mine.

You're good to go, Rod.

We got this.

After the homicide Unit arrives,

I really don't think these guys Are workingthis case

The way it should be worked.

I don't see the motivation. I don't see the passion.

When I go to a case Or I show up at a crime scene,

I consider it mine.

Everything there is mine.

I'm responsible for it At that point.

The fact of letting Someone else come in

And take over From where I left off

Just doesn't sit well Because it's still mine

And, at the end of the day,

I still got A responsibility to it.

-what's up? -really?

You cannot let these guys Work the case.

This is my case.

When the robbery unit Was no longer

Going to be the lead In this investigation,

It did not go over well With my detectives

Who had responded to the scene;

In particular, Detective demery.

You cannot have These guys on the case.

Let me stay on this. -I hear you, rod.

No, kevin, This is my case, man.

I was pissed.

I didn't have anyintentions

On allowing these guys To work a case

That I was sure They couldn't solve.

It's homicide's Case now.

You know how this works. My hands are tied.

Crow: Demery was about as mad As I've ever seen demery.

But I did call him Over to the side

And we had a talk.

I explained to him, "Demery, This is day-shift homicide."

They chose to work days For a reason.

They don't like The long hours.

They're gonna come To a dead end quick,

And they'll go home.

And when they go home, We'll solve it.

So you're saying I can work the case

When they're not around?

Yeah, I'll even Give you a hand.

All right? We got to bend The rules a little bit,

-okay. -but we'll do it.

According to our protocol And our policy,

We were supposed to aid them

In whatever information We could obtain,

As far as potential Robbery suspects.

That meant that, Staying within policy,

Would could still kind of Investigate what was going on.

Excuse me. We just got word

Of a second robbery Over at bilberry park.

Thinking it Might be related?

Why don't you go Check it out

And I'll meet you back At the station.

-all right. -okay.

My initial thought was this May be part of a crime spree.

Sometimes when somebody Commits arobbery,

They commit two or three, If they don't get

What they want From the first robbery.

[ suspenseful music plays ]

♪♪

I need to talk to my victim As soon as possible.

Things are fresher In their mind.

Their recollection is clearer.

How you doing? -hey, detective. How are ya?

Good. This our victim?

-yeah, this is our guy. -all right, thanks.

At the scene, there was A report of a young man

Who had called in and said He had been robbed by two males.

How you doing?

What can you tell me About what happened here?

Well, I was cutting Through the park.

[ running footsteps ]

-aye! Where's the money? -where the money at?

The victim explains to me They approached him,

Asked him for what he had, And he refused to give them

What he had. -I ain't got no money!

-I ain't got no money, man! -come on, man. Come on.

[ suspenseful music climbs ]

When they figured I wasn't going down

Without a fight, They took off.

What'd these guys Look like?

It was just a couple Of young black guys.

That's basically the description We got from moham's tire.

So my thought at that point is Maybe they're the same people.

We're gonna do our best To try and track them down.

At this point, I'm still Thinking about this crime

That happened, Where charlie lewis was killed.

The second case Where the victim was robbed,

It was pretty superficial.

My thought is trying To work them both simultaneously

And hopefully That there was a connection.

Hey, man. Do me a favor.

Get a couple of guys Out here,

Canvass the area, see if You can find anything.

I'm gonna head back To the station.

-all right, thanks, detective. -thank you.

All right. You can come on with me.

Let's do your 255.

[ suspenseful music plays ]

Demery: At 5:00, I returned To the station

And I see the homicide guys Leaving as I'm coming in.

-jeff. -yes, sir.

I'm going home.

I'm right behind you, My friend.

The wife's got plans For this evening.

It confirms everything crow said

About them leaving At quitting time.

So we gonna pick up

Where we left off? -pretty much.

Crow's a very good investigator.

Even though he's a supervisor, He was kind of hands-on,

And we kind of worked Off each other.

Cool. I'm gonna ride out To see the family.

You want to come With me?

Yeah. Let's go.

[melancholy tune plays] In every murder case I work,

I try to find out as much As I can about the victim.

This time, that's 77-year-old Charlie lewis.

So my first visit is To charlie's daughter

Lenora thomas.

My dad was a good, Decent guy, you know?

He was in the military.

He worked hard.

He never gave Anybody any trouble.

Lenora explained to me her Father was an old war veteran,

Kind of a stern, old-fashioned, Oldschool kind of guy.

Kind of like, you know, the kind Of guy my grandfather was.

[crying] It's crazy.

He was working really hard To get his diploma.

That was so Important to him.

He had one piece Of unfinished business

And that was getting His diploma,

Getting a high-school diploma.

I understood that feeling

Because I wanted To finish my degree,

So it made it a little more, Uh, personal.

But, you know, When the officers came by,

They gave me some Of his belongings.

-mm-hmm. -it was weird because

I saw his keys and some of his Stuff, but that pocketknife

That he always carried with him Was missing.

She described The pocketknife.

It matched the pocketknife That was at the crime scene.

May I ask you this?

You think that, if your Dad felt threatened,

He might use that knife To defend himself?

Oh, yeah.

My dad would've used it To defend himself,

Or anyone else.

He was not easily intimidated.

Okay.

Dixon: Mr. Lewis was the kind of guy

That he didn't take Any crap off anyone.

He would do what he needed To do to protect himself.

With what his daughter said,

You start piecing together What might have happened.

You know, he may have Seen an opportunity

To try to cut or stab One of these offenders.

Nobody move.

[click ]

Ah!

[ four gunshots ]

Aye, yo, let's go! Come on!

If he'd attempted to use The knife to defend himself,

That would make More sense on why

He was singled out To be shot.

-charlie! -hold on.

[ voices overlap ]

All right, if I have Any other questions,

I'll be in contact.

All right, thanks.

Please tell me you're gonna Find the guys who did this.

My father didn't deserve To die this way.

Knowing that she's Experiencing this pain,

You know, her father's gone,

And now someone's taken his life For essentially $38,

I wanted to right that wrong.

Listen to me.

I promise you I'm gonna Find who did this.

Okay?

For the victim and his family, It's something that

They shouldn't have to Experience.

My role is to find out Who did it

And our plan is To have the case solved

And someone in jail by sunrise.

[ suspenseful music climbs ]

[ eerie music plays ]

[ ominous music plays ]

My grandfather was a stern man.

He didn't take flak From anybody.

And he didn't mince words, When it came

To showing me right from wrong.

But even though he had That hard exterior,

He was always there for me.

Hell, he might have been The only one who ever was.

[ whoosh]

[ suspenseful music plays ]

It's difficult To track a suspect

When you have no idea Why they did what they did.

If you're investigating A robbery that doesn't result

In any type of injury or death, It's pretty easy.

But that added element Of taking somebody's life,

That changes the scenario

Because you have to figure out Why they robbed somebody,

And then you have to figure out Why they would use violence.

After I talked to the victim's Immediate family,

The next step is to talk To a patrol officer

Who knows that area.

They can give you what Direction you need to go to,

What's gonna be important, Who you need to talk to.

[ suspenseful music plays ]

Hey, sarge, any idea Who the uniform is

That works that beat?

Yeah, it's A buddy of mine.

How much you want To bet homicide

Hasn't talked to him yet?

There's information out there, If you go gather it,

But a lot of these people won't Volunteer and bring it to you.

They want to know Do you care enough

To come out there And talk to them?

Then they can be A wealth of information.

Hey. Psst.

What's happening, man?

Kevin: how you doing tonight? -what's going on?

Anybody from homicide been by To talk to you about

That shooting took place Over at moham tire?

Nope.

I figured as much.

You hear anything about What happened in there?

Yeah, in fact, I got the name Of a possible suspect.

You want it?

Damn right, man.

Well, one of my c.I.S said that They saw a crown vic parked

Outside the tire shop During the shooting.

[sinister music plays] This patrol officer advised him

That someone had seen A ford crown victoria

About a street away, And that two black male subjects

Had jumped into this Light-colored crown vic

And had drove away.

You got a name For that driver?

Go by the name Of lando.

Lando.

All right, man.

Good looking.

You know lando?

Never heard of him.

This is the reason Why you don't walk past

A patrol officer Who knows his beat.

It's pretty safe to say That the person sitting

In the vehicle Is the getaway driver.

Lando is very important.

I need to know who he is.

So, with having The name of lando,

The police department Has computer databases

Where we could put that name in And start looking

For names that matched In a geographical area.

If you go to the alias database And you put in the known alias,

It will spit out the name, The date of birth,

The last known address, Height, weight,

Things of that nature, For that particular alias.

And sometimes There's more than one.

Ah!

There's a couple Of matches.

After I enter lando's Name into the system,

I get three possibilities.

One is a gentleman That's entirely too old,

The other one is someone Who doesn't live in the area,

And the third one is perfect. It fits.

It's renando johnson, 21-year-old male, black,

And that was my first lead.

Looks like he's been Arrested a few times.

Why don't you print out His mug shot?

We'll show it around, See if anybody knows him.

Yeah, for sure. You know what?

It is saturday night, right? -right.

So where do all The good gangsters go?

Where else?

You even got on Your dancing shoes.

[ sinister music plays ]

[ ominous chord strikes ]

[ suspenseful music plays ]

That particular club downtown Attracts a lot of clientele

That are into criminal activity.

We've worked shootings there.

We've worked Robberies there.

We've worked homicides In the parking lot there.

So, if you have someone who's Engaged in criminal activity,

It would not at all be unusual

For that to be the club That he would go to.

Demery: When we get to the club, We contact the bouncer.

-what's happenin'? -hey, man, what's up?

Good.

The bouncers know everybody That comes in the club.

The ones who sell dope, The ones who commit robberies,

The ones who shoot people.

They're very in touch With their community.

Listen. I'm looking for this guy,

Goes by the name of lando.

His real name Is renaldo johnson.

You seen him in here tonight?

I haven't seen him tonight, But he does come in a lot.

He's not in the club.

This is gonna be a little More difficult than I thought.

I know where His girlfriend lives.

He's probably over there. It's on wilson street.

You know, those apartments? -yeah, I do.

Apartment 16. It's on the second floor.

-16? -yeah.

-thanks, brother. -not a problem, brother.

-be safe, yo. -take it easy.

After I talk to the bouncer

And I get his girlfriend's Address, I feel real good.

I know we're going In the right direction.

[ suspenseful music plays ]

The moment sergeant crow And I roll up to this address,

We know we've hit paydirt.

We can see a white crown vic,

And I know now that This is the right place.

Look right there, man. Bingo.

-all right, you ready? -yeah, I'm ready.

♪♪

When going to capture somebody That's suspected of a murder,

The idea is to be prepared And not underestimate

The fact that they may Try to kill you.

So what we're gonna do now Is cover the doors

And approach, weapons drawn, And get him out.

Moments like this are Exactly why do police work.

I heard somebody describe it As in a split second,

You may have to give a life, Take a life, or save a life.

You ready?

Yeah. All right.

Police work is, uh, 99% boredom

And 1% sheer terror.

[ suspenseful music climbs ]

[ banging on door ]

[ ominous chord strikes ]

[ eerie music plays ]

[ suspenseful music plays ]

So, this started off As a robbery case

That ended up to be a homicide That was taken from me.

Now I've gotten it back.

We've identified a suspect And we're on his doorstep.

Our guns are drawn And we have no idea

What's gonna happen next.

[ sinister music plays ]

All right, I'm gonna try again.

[ banging on door ]

-hands up! -whoa whoa whoa!

Coming out, don't shoot, Don't shoot, don't shoot.

Lando, right?

Yeah.

Renaldo johnson?

Yeah. What I do?

Oh, you'll see.

Take a ride with us.

[ sinister music plays ]

We get him back to the office

And go through The formalities and, um,

He begins to tell the story Of what happened.

So, why don't you take us Through what happened?

So, me And a couple buddies,

We all work at this Fast-food place.

We don't make A lot of money.

So somebody told us About a dominoes game

Going on At that tire shop.

According to lando, They heard about

These dominoes games Where all this money

Was supposed to be exchanged Or gambled for

And, in their minds, they would Get a pretty good score.

All right, now, remember: Go in there,

Get the money, and get Back out, all right?

Let's make this real smooth. -all right, okay.

Y'all got everything? Y'all got the gun?

-you ready, man? -all right, man,

-let's do it. -in and out.

Demery: According to lando, No one was gonna get shot.

The guns were there just to

Show the seriousness Of their robbery.

So, after a while, They come back out.

[panting] Go, go. Go, go, go, go.

-somebody got shot. -what?

What?! What do you mean, Somebody got shot?

-somebody got shot. Go! -man, start running.

Get outta here. Drive.

[ tires screech ]

[ zooming ]

Talking to lando,

The thing that actually Struck me was the fact

That he was giving everything up So quickly and so easily.

A real gangster doesn't Give up any information.

Lando wasn't a real gangster.

Lando was a little boy.

Who were these guys You were with?

Cordero campbell And randy marshall.

-how old are they? -I think they're both 17.

When I found out how young They were, I was so shocked.

You know, It's essentially kids.

And it can't be more tragic.

I know what happens

When somebody Gets convicted of murder.

You know, they got to prison. They never come home.

They have essentially Ended their life.

Okay.

What did you guys Do with those guns?

Look, I don't know.

M-maybe At cordero's house.

I can give you His address if you want.

His motivation At that point was obvious:

He wanted to get the best Possible deal for hisself

And sell out whoever it was That we wanted more.

Is that all? Can I leave now?

Leave?

No. -but I thought --

-go with the nice officer. -what y'all needed,

Y'all'd let me go. -no, I think you're gonna be

Staying with us A little longer.

[ suspenseful music plays ]

After we book lando, Sergeant crow and I head

Straight to Cordero campbell's home.

When we get to cordero's house, It's the same thing.

We're gonna go guns drawn.

Even though he lives There with his parents

And he's a 17-year-old, we're Gonna take every precaution

And hope for the best.

[ banging on door ]

All right.

[creaking]Good evening, ma'am.

We're with The shreveport police.

We're looking for Cordero campbell.

Ma'am, your son may be Involved in a homicide.

If he's inside, We need to speak with him.

There was a little Bit of hesitancy

To allow the investigators To come inside their home.

But after discussions With detective demery,

They were allowed To enter the residence.

[suspenseful music climbs] [snoring]

Demery: We find cordero sacked out In a bedroom down the hall.

But sleeping beauty Is in for a rude awakening.

Hey, cordero.

Get up.

Wh-what's going on?

We need you to get dressed. I've got some questions for you.

[ suspenseful music plays ]

Demery: Cordero didn't offer Any resistance.

He came and we Went back to the office.

Cordero,

Now, you know you're In pretty deep, right?

See, I talked to lando,

So I know you were Involved in the robbery.

So what I need you To do is start off

By telling me: How'd this guy get shot?

I don't know.

No, man.

Not today.

After we robbed them,

Me and randy were just Getting ready to leave.

I was looking at the Bag of money and --

Come on, bruh. Come on, bruh.

-I heard gunshots. -[four gunshots]

Looked up and that guy was Bleeding and stuff, so...

-come on, let's go, let's go. -let's go!

Ah. -we just ran.

[ door squeaks ]

W-we piled in, Uh, lando's car

And we just...

Got the hell Out of there, you know?

What you guys do With the guns?

I sold them.

[ laughs ]

You sold them, huh?

Investigators felt like Cordero was lying

Because there wasn't enough time In between the crime

And them picking him up To get rid of the gun.

Rod.

We can just get a search warrant For mr. Cordero's house.

I-I'm telling you, I sold them.

Okay, great.

Then you won't mind Us going back

And taking a look around, Then, will you?

-exactly. -whatever, man.

Good. Sit tight.

At that point, We had enough probable cause

To get a search warrant, So sergeant crow went back

To cordero's home.

Crow: And going into the room,

Searched all the usual Locations, you know,

The dresser, closet, shelves.

We didn't find anything.

It was not until We looked under the bed

And found a shoebox.

[ suspenseful music plays ]

And, in the shoebox, we located A .38-caliber revolver,

Which ultimately was proven To be the murder weapon.

Rod.

We got him.

Really?

Time to have another little Chat with mr. Campbell.

All right. I'm going in now.

Now, I have cordero campbell Right where I want him.

[ ominous chord strikes ]

[ sinister music plays ]

Guess what we found Under your bed.

[ suspenseful music plays ]

A nice, shiny revolver.

Thoughts?

Campbell's adamant that He's not the shooter.

He doesn't deny being there.

The only thing He's emphatic about

Is that He was not the shooter.

He tells me that Randy marshall's the shooter

And gives me randy's address.

[ suspenseful music climbs ]

I call sergeant crow

And ask him to meet me At randy marshall's house.

Guns drawn, once again.

This party never stops.

-you mr. Marshall? -yes.

When I knock on randy's door, His father has no idea

What's going on here, And he wants answers.

He wants to know why

There's a homicide detective Looking for his son.

Randy, this is Detective demery.

He points me Into the kitchen.

When I see this kid, I'm totally shocked.

I'm staring down My prime suspect,

A 17-year-old kid.

Problem is Is I've seen him before.

[ suspenseful music climbs ]

[ eerie music plays ]

[melancholy tune plays] [voices whisper indistinctly]

I almost never cry.

But I did the day We buried my grandfather.

I don't know if I'll ever Live up to who he was.

But I'll always be grateful That he lived long enough

To see me earn my degree.

Just like I promised.

[ whoosh]

[ sinister music plays ]

I've been working the murder Of 77-year-old charlie lewis

All night long.

I finally tracked down My prime suspect,

Who I believe Is the trigger man,

And I'm shocked to see this kid.

Randy, this is Detective demery.

[ eerie music climbs ]

Yeah, we know each other. Don't we, randy?

[ suspenseful chord strikes ]

Now it all comes together.

I realize that randy marshall

Is the victim From the park earlier.

What happened To your leg?

And that's when it hits me.

Charlie lewis's bloody knife.

Looks like you got Cut pretty bad.

Yeah, the guys in the park. They did this.

Only we know that that's Not true, don't we?

Wait -- wait a minute. What do you mean?

Mr. Marshall, yesterday, A man named charlie lewis

Was shot to death At moham's tire shop.

But not before He pulled out

His pocketknife To defend himself.

[ suspenseful music climbs ]

And he got one in Pretty good,

Right before Your son shot him.

The whole bogus report In the park

Was a way of covering His tracks,

Explaining away his injuries,

And distancing himself From being involved in a crime.

He knew there were witnesses That could identify him,

So, at this point, He contrives,

In his pea-brain mind,

That the investigators Will believe

That he was also Actually robbed.

Is that true?

[ sinister music climbs ]

[quietly] Oh, hell.

I could see that his father Was very disappointed.

And both these individuals Had parents

That were involved In their lives

And it was difficult To understand

Why they would do Something like that

Or how they got to that point.

But right now, I need Randy marshall to tell me,

In his own words, Why he did what he did.

So with the sun coming up,

Randy and I take a ride Down to the station.

It was morning when I get back To the station with marshall.

Day-shift homicide guys Are coming into work.

They're shocked to see me Come in with marshall.

Cruise next month.

[ clanking ]

Good for you.

[ eerie music plays ]

Who's your friend?

This guy? Pssh!

Nobody.

He's just the shooter From moham's tire shop.

What do you mean?

Day-shift homicide Was a little surprised

And probably a little bent, To be honest with you,

That this robbery unit Not only put together,

But located the murder weapon,

Located the suspects, And had them all in jail.

What can I do to help?

You know what? We've been up all night.

Fresh pot of coffee Would be reallygood.

I think we got this Handled. [cluck]

At that moment, I kind of felt They were insignificant.

I got the case that I was

Supposed to be working Originally.

I really didn't need anybody's Permission to do it.

And I didn't really care What they said after that.

Marshall, campbell, And johnson --

All three had the same scared Look in their face,

Like little boys trying To figure out the system.

Marshall was clearly nervous As I begin to interview him.

Immediately, marshall tells me A story about playing dominoes,

And it was a lie.

He told me that they got angry And didn't want him

To leave with their money, And tried to attack him.

Detective demery knew That's a lie

Based on the witnesses' accounts Of what truly happened

Inside of the tire shop, As well as his co-defendants,

Who have already rolled on him And told investigators

The truth of what Randy marshall actually did.

There was a second there That I think I slipped up

And called him "Child."

And that was because That's what I felt

When I was talking to this kid Who was trying to lie to me

About something I've already figured out.

He thought about it For a minute

And then he told me the truth.

He told me the same story That cordero and lando told me.

So, lando essentially was the Brains behind the operation:

He provided the car,

He provided the weapons,

He had all the intel On this dominoes game,

And he brings them there.

And essentially, Most of it boils down

To two 17-year-olds That are complete idiots.

Put the money On the table.

Whoa!

What's the deal?

Why ain't y'all moving?! Put the money on the table!

-down, down, down! -what you waiting for? Go!

[ suspenseful music plays ]

Once they collected the money, Marshall says that,

After he and cordero started To exit the building,

Charlie lewis was Trying to stop him.

Nobody move.

Don't get brave, bruh!

[ suspenseful music plays ]

[ suspenseful music climbs ]

Aah!

[ four gunshots ]

-come on, go. -let's go, let's go!

Ah!

[ door squeaks ]

Demery: he said he fired Three or four shots --

He wasn't sure. -come on, charlie.

Charlie, Stay with us, man.

When it was all said and done,

Marshall tried To claim self-defense:

That he would not Have shot charlie

If charlie hadn't have Stabbed him.

To which, you know, Detective demery's answer was,

"Well, charlie wouldn't Have stabbed you

If you hadn't been Threatening to kill him."

An aggressor can't claim [chuckle] Self-defense.

If you are the person Who initiates the confrontation

And someone tries To defend themselves,

It's asinine to think that You're some sort of victim.

Marshall eventually went to Trial for second-degree murder,

And he was sentenced To life in prison

Without the benefit of parole.

Cordero campbell got A plea agreement

And was sentenced To 25 years in prison.

And lando was sentenced To 5 years in prison.

[melancholy tune plays] The tragedy of this case

Is that one individual, Charlie lewis,

Lost his life over $38.

Mr. Lewis should be Remembered as a hero

And he died hero's death, Trying to save his friends.

Demery: Mr. Lewis and my grandfather Were cut from the same cloth:

You know, death before dishonor.

It's that -- That sense of, uh,

Personal responsibility Of those around you.

The reality is Is we need people like that.

Those two men will be the men That I aspire to be.