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♪♪

Demery: I was always taught,

If you do good in this world,

You'll be rewarded
In the next --

The pearly gates,

The heavenly afterlife.

Thing is...

The path to righteousness
Is rocky.

The seeds of doubt,
They grow deep roots.

The things you do,

You can't undo.

And the things you see...

...You can't unsee.

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.

I'm detective rod demery.

I didn't choose murder.

Murder chose me.

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Jones: there's a resident
On ledbetter street --

She steps out on the porch

And hears kids walking,
Some laughter.

[ indistinct talking ]

Washington: she's watching
The group of kids.

Then, she sees an suv pull up.

It's moving pretty slowly.

[ gunshots ]

All of a sudden,
She hears gunshots.

[ screaming ]

Everyone's running
In different directions...

[ tires squeal ]

...But there are two kids
On the ground --

A boy and a girl.

[ voice breaking ]
There's been a shooting!

421 ledbetter street!

Come quick!

Demery:
I love the high ceilings...

The mahogany...

The sweet, old ladies
In their sunday finery...

♪♪

...That big, booming organ.

As a kid,

Church was
The only place on earth

Where I felt truly at peace.

Look, I know, I know.

I-I'm trying to get to this
As soon as I can!

So just let me get back to you
In a bit, all right?

Great.

2007 was a pretty tough year.
There was a lot going on.

I worked the homicides
That I was assigned

And there were a few

That were assigned to others

That weren't closed or solved

For whatever reason
And I worked those, as well.

[ cellphone rings ]

This is demery.

There was a shooting
On ledbetter street --

Two people have been hit.

Kids?

Yeah, how old?

The call description was
That there were some juveniles

That were involved,
But they didn't say how.

♪♪

The scene was pretty chaotic.

Immediately getting there,

I realized that there were
A lot of people milling around.

The first thing I noticed
Was kids in uniform,

And I had a thought that,

You know, maybe these kids
Were just watching.

I kind of pushed it
Out of my mind that

One of them was
Actually the victim.

[ sighs ]

Hey.

So what do we got?

Well, we got two victims.

We got one black male,
Terrence washington, age 17.

And then we've got one
Black female over here,

Latora wiley, age 16.

[ sighs ]

Police officers told me
That both of them were

Being transported
To the hospital.

The female was
In grave condition,

And the male seemed to be
Alert and conscious.

We know what happened?

Well, according to statements,
We had a bunch of kids

That were walking down
From school,

And they were shot at by
Somebody in a moving vehicle.

Once I learned that the --

The victims were actually
Part of that group

Of school kids in uniforms,

It changed the tone
Of my disposition at that point.

It pissed me off.

It makes no sense that a kid can
Be coming home from school

And gets shot and killed.

And we're gathering statements
Right there,

But we're still uncertain
Whether it was provoked or not.

Okay, let's get
Those witnesses separated

And get them down
To the station.

Okay.
Can you take care of that?

Any evidence recovered?

Yeah, we've got one
9mm casing over here.

We know more shots
Were fired,

But we're still looking
For the others.

The search for a shell casing
Or firearms evidence

Is kind of difficult because

There's no telling
Where it could be.

Once it ejects from the firearm,
It could be left in the vehicle,

Or it could be kicked out
Of the vehicle,

Or it could be in the grass,
It could be in the road,

So it's kind of difficult to --

To locate something that small
In such a large area.

Ultimately,
We found a shell casing

From a 9mm pistol,

And that's about it.

There's wasn't a whole lot
Of other physical evidence.

This neighborhood have
Any reported gang activity?

Not that I'm aware of.

All right, man.
I got someone to talk to.

I'll catch up with you later.
-all right.

[ car door closes ]

Demery: initially,
My thought was that this was

A gang drive-by shooting

And both of them were caught
In a random crossfire.

Hey, this is demery.

But...When it comes
To gang violence,

It's difficult to find anybody
That will talk about

Whoever the gang members
Or gang suspects are.

In this particular case,
I had an informant

That I can reach out to
When things like this happen,

Kind of get a feel
For what's going on,

To find out whether or not
There was any gang violence

Or shootings
That he may have known about.

So, what's the word
With this shooting

Over on ledbetter, man?

That ain't exactly
Gang territory.

Yeah, I heard about,

But I ain't heard nothing
About no crew being involved.

So you didn't hear if
This shooting was accidental?

You didn't hear if
This shooting was on purpose?

Brother,
I ain't heard no talk about it.

My informant,
He doesn't have any information.

He's telling me that
There's no gang wars or...

Or any beefs going on,

So I'm pretty sure
This isn't gang-related.

Keep your ear
To the ground, man.

If you hear something,
You let me know.

All right.

My next move is to go
To the hospital.

I want to find the victims
And gather whatever information

I can from them.

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[ police siren in distance ]

Hey, doc?

Hey, I'm looking
For those kids

That were brought in
With the gunshot wounds.

Terrence washington
And latora wiley?

How they doing?
-washington's gonna be okay.

He's alert and recovering
Up on the third floor

If you want
To speak with him.

Okay, and latora?

She didn't make it.

Demery: when you deal
With youthful victims,

It's always difficult,

But a 16-year-old little girl

Was just not something
I was prepared for that day.

When a young child or a juvenile
Has been the victim of a crime,

As an investigator,
It's very difficult.

Latora wiley absolutely did
Not deserve her fate.

Gabriel: latora was
Very outgoing.

She was the manager
Of the cheerleading squad

At woodlawn high school.

Liked to have fun,
Always smiling.

Just wanted to enjoy life,
Basically.

I never thought latora
Would be gone today,

But she is, you know.

And it happened
In the matter of a second.

Latora's family is
On the way to the hospital,

If you want to speak
With them, too.

Yeah, but I need to speak
With washington first.

What room is he in?

I wanted to find out
What I could

From terrence
On what exactly happened,

So when I did talk
To her family,

I wanted to be able to give them
Some solid information.

Hey, terrence.

I'm detective demery
With the shreveport p.D.

Are you up
For a few questions?

Yeah.

You want to know
What happened, right?

I do.

[ sighs ]

Well...
Me and a bunch of friends

Were walking home
From school

And this car almost hit us.

[ indistinct talking ]

♪♪

[ screaming ]

Washington:
Come on, man! What you doing?!

Yo, be careful!
You almost hit us!

Yo,
Why you in the road, man?!

We just walking!

Why don't you watch
Where you going?

Watch where you going!

[ tires squeal ]

Terrence said that
There was a heated exchange

Between the children
And the passenger in the vehicle

And the vehicle left the area.

And we get to the park,
So we hang out a little bit.

And then we started
Walking back home again.

Mm-hmm.

That's when we saw
The same suv.

♪♪

Hey, yo!
There go that car from earlier!

Hey!

[ gunshots ]

[ screaming ]

[ tires squeal ]

I kind of fell down.

Okay.

And I guess that's
When they got latora, too.

What'd the people
Inside the suv do next?

They --
They just took off, you know?

It's obvious that this isn't
A gang-related shooting,

It's just a --

A group of kids getting
In an argument

And a person
In the vehicle shooting them.

Did you get a look
At the shooter?

No.

Everything
Was happening so fast.

I do know that the two guys
In the car were black, though.

The guy with the gun,
He...

He looked younger
Than the driver.

Okay.

Terrence gave me
A vague description

Of the driver and the shooter.

He also provided
The reason for the shooting --

Some sort of altercation
Or near-collision.

So that's a starting point.

I appreciate it, terrance.
Thank you.

How's latora?

I'm gonna have somebody
Come back

And talk to you
About latora, okay?

But in the meantime,
You get some rest

And you take care
Of yourself.

Okay?

Yes, sir.

The next step is
To go view latora's body.

Hopefully,
There's some sort of evidence.

I'm not sure what,
But anything can work.

The smallest piece
Of evidence can be huge.

This is her.

[ sighs deeply ]

As I view latora's body,

I'm realizing that
This is just bull [bleep].

I mean,
There's a kid here that's dead

For no [bleep] Reason.

I can't make
Any sense of it

And the frustration
Then starts to kick in.

And I had pretty much
Resolved in my mind

That I wasn't going home
Till I found out who did it.

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♪♪

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Demery:
I responded to a drive-by,
Where two teenagers were shot.

One's killed, one's injured.

I need to find out now who
The driver and the shooter are.

Where was she hit?

In the chest.

I learned the bullet
Pierced her lung,

And I didn't gather
Any more evidence

That related directly
To who the suspects may be.

Her mom's here.
I'm gonna go talk to them.

I'll send them your way
When I'm done.

Good luck.

Yeah.

♪♪

It's that time again --

Hardest part of the job.

Got to tell this lady
That the world she knows

No longer exists.

Her baby's gone,
And she's not coming back.

Miss mitchell,
I'm detective demery

With shreveport police.

Yes?

Unfortunately,
I have some bad news for you.

[ sobbing ] Oh, no!

Miss mitchell
Was clearly upset.

She had learned
Of latora being shot,

And I confirmed
She was deceased.

I knew
When I saw her laying there,

I knew
She wasn't gonna make it.

Mitchell: I was
About two blocks away,

And I heard the shots,

And I jumped up...

And I ran around there
Where she was...

[ sobbing ] No! Latora!

...And she was laying
On the ground.

Oh, my god!

To see your child
Laying on the ground

With a gunshot wound
To the chest,

Struggling to take
Her last breath,

It's just surreal.

It was like I was in a bad movie
Or a bad dream.

Oh, my god!

Oh, god!

Demery:
When you work cases like this,

It's so random how, you know,
One minute everything is calm,

The next minute, it's chaos.

You have no idea why --
Why it happened the way it did.

I couldn't give her,
Miss mitchell,

Any explanation,
'cause I didn't have one.

I just thought
It was just [bleep] Up.

Listen to me.

I'm going to do everything I can
To catch who did this,

But I'm gonna need
Your help.

So I'm going to need the names
Of everyone who was there

When the shooting
Took place.

My other daughters --
Mikena and angela,

But, I mean, they were there
When latora was shot.

They should already be
At the police station.

Okay,
Well, I'm headed there now,

So I'll make sure
I speak to them.

Okay.

[ sniffles ]

I'm really sorry
For your loss.

♪♪

After my mother was murdered,

I could feel
Two sides of me battling

Against each other --

Good versus evil,

Angels versus devils.

Maybe that's why I chose
To work homicide...

So I could stare down
Those demons,

Drag myself into the light.

I think that my spirituality
Is what kept me sane.

Once I realized that
I didn't have to come up

With a reason
Why things happen

And why god chooses
A certain path to take,

And I'm able
To kind of shake back

And get back in the game.

Back at the station,
I need to talk to the other kids

Who saw latora get shot.

But this rookie officer's

Got them herded together
Like cattle.

How many shots did y'all hear?

I thought I heard six
Or seven shots.

I didn't hear any gunshots,
Just screaming.

Demery: but the more witnesses
You question at the same time,

The more muddled
The truth becomes.

I'm pretty sure that I
Left specific instructions

That these kids should be
Separated

And questioned individually.

Would you please do that?All right, all right.

Thank you.

One of the greatest challenges
Police officers face

When they're interviewing
A number of witnesses,

As in this case,

Everyone sees things
And remembers things differently

And everyone will give you
Descriptions

Of what they think they saw,
When in reality,

It may be something
Totally different.

Excuse me, I'm looking
For an angela or mikena?

We've got them waiting
Outside your office.

Thank you.

Y'all come with me,
Please.

There's always that element
Of dealing

With younger witnesses,

But in this case,

I have to talk
To the sister of the victim.

So in addition to her
Being so young,

I have to deal with the fact
That she has a personal,

Close connection
With the victim.

The question is,
How do I approach her,

And how do I talk to her?

Have a seat.

I'm detective demery
With the shreveport
Police department.

First, let me say,
I'm really sorry

About what happened
To your sister.

Now, your mom said

That you might've witnessed
What happened?

So why don't you take me through
And tell me what happened?

A bunch of us was walking
After school let out.

[ indistinct talking ]

Man: hey?!

We were runnin' from gunshots.

I seen terrence,
He ran across the street

And then I seen
He got hit in the back,

'cause he had a white tee on,

Then I just seen blood
Everywhere.

After the shots stopped...

Latora?

...I turned around
And seen latora on the ground.

I was like, what's going on?

You know, at first,

I thought she was in shock,

Because we didn't see any blood,

'cause she bled out
In the inside.

And then I can just tell...

Her life was leaving her.

Did you see
The shooter or the driver?

Yeah,
I saw the guy with the gun.

What we noticed
About the shooter

Was he had two gold teeth
And a tongue ring,

Which is very unusual.

I'm going to send you back out
To outside,

And I'm going to try
And find your sister

And talk to her, okay?
Okay.

All right, thank you.

Demery: despite mikena

Having watched her sister
Be murdered,

She's incredibly resilient.

She was focused and she was able
To tell me things

That other people
Weren't able to tell me.

But I need something
More specific.

I need to narrow down who these
People in the vehicle were.

Angela, have a seat.

Angela: when we got
To the police station,

It was still surreal.

It never really dawned on me

That I was at a police station

Getting questioned
About a drive-by shooting

At 14 years old.

First, let me say,

I know
That you're going through a lot,

So I promise,

I'm going to keep my questions
To a few, okay?

Okay.

So let's talk about the people
Inside that car.

Yeah, I saw the shooter,
Clear as day.

And when I asked her,
Do she know who this person is,

To my surprise,
She says she does.

♪♪

Demery: so, we're working
A drive-by shooting.

While speaking to witnesses,

I've got a description
Of the vehicle,

Description of the suspects.

And I'm hoping to get
The identity of the shooter.

You saw the shooter?

So you recognize him?

Yeah.

I mean, I don't know his name,
But I know his sister.

She lives over
On sassafras street.

His sister is someone
That latora and I

Went to high school with

And she was actually
On the basketball team

And latora was
On the cheerleading team.

So that caused me
To see her quite often

And able to recognize
Her brother.

Demery:
She's not able to give me
The name of the suspect,

But she gives the address
On sassafras.

With that information,

I go into
Our records management system

And look for calls

That the police
Or the fire department

Have been on at the residence.

Do me a favor.

Run this address through r.M.S.,
Please.

Officer: yes, sir.

I'm hoping the description
I got from angela and mikena

Will match someone living
At that address.

According to the report,
It looks like the officers

Describes a black male,
About 25 years old,

With gold teeth
Living there.

Sounds like my shooter.
What's his name?

It says "Charles evans"
Was his name.

Perfect.
Thanks, brother.

I take charles evans' name
And the information

And pull up a photo database

And five other random people.

I put those six people
Who look alike

Into that lineup
And present it to the witnesses.

Take a look
At these photos

And tell me
If you recognize the shooter.

Mikena: when detective demery
Showed me the rap pictures,

I recognized the shooter
Very quickly,

'cause I remembered his face
Very well.

Are you sure that's him?

Positive?

Yeah.

Everyone that was there

And with us
Picked the same person.

Hey, looks like
We got our shooter.

I'm gonna
Take a couple of units,

Go see
If mr. Evans is home.

♪♪

There's a couple
Of patrol officers

That are going
To accompany me,

Just in case this guy's there
And he's armed,

And he may want to shoot.

[ dogs bark in distance ]

Shreveport p.D. --
We're looking for charles evans!

I go to the address
And a young girl,

15, 16 years old,
Answers the door,

Identifies herself
As stephanie.

I was relieved that she was
A young high school girl

And not someone
That was a girlfriend

Or someone that had
Any vested interest

In protecting him
Or concealing evidence.

Younger sister's not involved
In any of this stuff

Are going to be pretty truthful.

You know where he is?No.

He was here earlier today,
But not for long.

Hey, charles, can you help me
With something right quick?

Look, stephanie,
I can't talk right now.

It's really quick.
I just --

Stop! Not right now!

What's wrong?

[ panting ]

Look, I'm in trouble,
All right?

I got to go.

What's going on?

Her mother comes
To the door,

And I let her know
That I'm looking for her son.

I tell her that he's suspected
In a drive-by shooting.

What?!

Can we come inside,
Please?

-sure, come on.
-thank you.

We think your son charles is
Involved in a murder.

My son charles?!
Shh!

Does charles have
A cell phone?

He does.

Okay, you need to call him
On the phone

And you need to get him
To surrender.

Because if he doesn't
Surrender peacefully,

There is the possibility
That he can get hurt.

It's important to tell
Family members of suspects

That we're looking for them.

If this person has just
Killed someone

And he's armed,

He's not only placing
Himself in danger,

He's placing other
People in danger.

It can be a very, very
Volatile situation.

Don't tell him
We're here.

Charles? Hey.

Yes, it's mom.

Um...Yes, I --

I need you to come home,
Please.

Oh, yeah,
Everything's okay.

I just need you
To come home.

Come home now.

All right, baby,
Goodbye.

Jones: in my experience,

People who have
Committed homicides

Are just waiting to get that
Off their conscious.

It weighs on them heavily

And most people want
To tell what happened.

[ door opens ]

Demery: 20 minutes later...

Our man, charles evans,
Walks in the front door.

Charles evans?

Yeah.

Handcuff him, please.

Evans isn't uncooperative
Or anything of the sort.

He agrees to come to
The police station voluntarily

And he waived his rights
And agreed to talk to me.

♪♪

I'm gonna talk to you,
All right?

And I need you to be honest
With me.

Okay?

Why don't you start off
By telling me

What happened
On ledbetter street

With those kids?

Evans:
These kids was out there,

Jawing off,
Saying that we almost hit them,

Not admitting
That it was their fault.

You know what I'm saying?

I mean...

There was one
That really pissed me off.

Why you in the road,
Man?!

We just walking!
Who are you?!

You walking?!
Why you walking in the street?!

Why don't you open your eyes,
You little bitch?!

What'd you call me?!
Bitch!

[ tires screech ]

He calls me
A little bitch.

I mean, where does he got off
Talking to me that way?!

It was pretty clear that

When washington called him
A little bitch,

Was the point that drove evans
To -- to anger.

That was a -- a button

That terrence washington pushed
That just pissed him off.

They were
All disrespectful!

The deeper
Into the story he goes,

The angrier and angrier
My man charles is getting.

It's just the opening
I've been looking for.

I'm going
To exploit that anger.

So I'm guessing
You felt disrespected,

For sure, right?
Damn right!

Nobody is gonna
Say what he said to me

And walk away!

Evans is giving me
What I need.

I appreciate you being honest,
'cause I know it's not easy.

What I need you to do now
Is take a deep breath, okay?

I want to ask him next is,

Was he the one
Who shot those two children?

'cause I'm gonna
Ask you something, charles,

And I need you
To be honest with me.

♪♪

So, now this drive-by shooting
Has developed a suspect.

Charles evans --

He's told me that
He got into an argument

With a bunch of school kids.

Now I'm at the point

Where I want charles
To tell me

That he actually shot them.

That little kid
Called you a bitch, right?

And that's why
You started shooting.

You damn right!

I wasn't gonna let him get away
With what he said!

Washington: this all stemmed
From a disagreement.

Charles evans was aiming
For terrence,

But he hit latora, as well.

I'm surprised that
More people weren't hit.

Demery:
After evans told me that,

It was just a matter
Of getting details

That would help
Seal the deal on this case.

Now I need a firearm
And the vehicle

And whoever else was there.

What'd you do with that gun,
Charles?

[ scoffs ]

I threw it
In the red river.

You sure?
Yeah.

Charles,
Who was driving that suv?

One of your boys?

At first,
Charles doesn't respond,

But I keep plugging away.

Who was driving
That suv?

It was my uncle james.

When evans told me
That his uncle james

Was driving the vehicle,

I was a little shocked.

What's his last name?

Mason.

You know I'm gonna
Have to talk to him, right?

Yeah.

I get mason's phone number
From evans,

And I call mason
And ask him

To come down
To the police station

And talk to me.

He seemed very cooperative
And very eager

And happy to come down.

Mr. Mason?

Detective demery,
Nice to meet you.

Nice meeting you,
As well.

When mason arrives
At the police station,

He's dressed nicely.
He was very polite.

And he wanted to be
Very helpful,

To the point where
He wanted to be too helpful,

And it kind of
Raised red flags.

Where would you like
For me to start?

I guess you want me
To tell you

About the fight that charles had
With those kids, right?

I can do that.

You know,
Why don't you start

By telling me
A little bit about you?

Mason, from the onset,
Had a salesman's personality.

Absolutely.

Well, I'm very involved
In the church, yes.

I don't know
If charles told you,

But I'm a youth pastor.

See, I like to instill religion
Into our young people.

Maybe he thought that was going
To be something to make me

Have a different opinion of him,

But I knew he was
Full of [bleep]

And I knew he was
A manipulator.

So what happened
Out there?

I mean,
You were driving, right?

Yeah,
They were in the street,

Not watching
What they were doing.

Mason confirmed that
Terrence washington

Called evans a little bitch.

He said, at that point,
They went to a store

That was around the corner
From where they were.

See, I told charles,

They have to understand
Each other.

Mason:
You need to go back there,

Reason with that kid,
Help him understand his anger.

Listen, charles.

We have enough problems
In this world

For us to be fighting
With each other.

All right.

See, I want to help
Reduce black-on-black crime.

You understand?

Mm-hmm.

I think mason believed that
He could tell me anything

And I would just buy it.

I don't think he estimated
At any point,

That I had gotten
All the information

I had gotten
From his nephew

And the witnesses
On the scene.

So I knew he was lying to me.

And I asked him
Where evans got a gun from,

And he said
That it was evans' gun.

Not long
Before that happened,

I had just taken the gun
Away from charles,

Because he tends to have
A bit of a temper.

Okay,
But if charles has a bad temper

And there's a gun
In the car,

Why drive back over
To find the kids?

Well,
I wanted to teach my nephew

A lesson
In conflict resolution

And how to handle things
The right way...

For the lord.

And when I realized
What he had done,

I took him home,
Looked him in the eye,

And scolded him
For his sins.

I asked him,
Why didn't he call the police?

He didn't have
An explanation for that,

Other than his phone
Wasn't working.

Then I asked him,
Why didn't he call the police

When he got home?

He said, he just fell on
His knees and started praying.

After I talked to mason,
I realized

That he was more responsible
For the crime

Than he wanted to admit.

His story about preaching

And teaching black-on-black

Crime reduction
And conflict resolution,

Just wasn't what
I believed happened.

What's even more incredible
Is that he thinks

That he can somehow
Jump behind jesus

And everything is
Gonna be all right,

And I'm going to think
He's a wonderful person.

You know, it --

It amazed me that he decided
He was gonna take that route.

Stand up.

Why? What?
I haven't done anything.

Please, stand up.
Stand up.

Put your hands behind your back.
You're under arrest.

What are you doing?

Mason admitted
To being responsible

For taking evans
To the scene,

Arming him with the firearm
That killed latora wiley.

The driver
In a drive-by shooting

Is just as culpable
As the shooter

And if you've got
A problem with that,

Talk to your lawyer.

That's all I need
To charge mason

With second-degree murder.

Let's go.

♪♪

At this point,
I've got evans and mason

Both generally telling me
What happened.

And most of it fits with
What the children are saying.

The thing that I need
Is something physical,

Tangible that I can match
To this murder.

Charles...
Tell me where that gun is at.

I already told you.

Charles, come on, man.

Listen to me.
You can't lie to me, bro.

What I need at this point is
To find that firearm.

It's gonna lock the case down.

♪♪

Demery: I still go to church
From time to time.

It centers me...

Clears my head...

...Brings me closer to god.

But to be honest,
I've got another sanctuary...

...A place where I know
Exactly who I am

And why I was put
On this earth.

Now you know...

I'm going to find
That weapon, brother,

So I need you
To be honest with me.

So this drive-by shooting
Has turned

Into two suspects
Being identified.

What I need at this point
Is physical evidence, proof.

I need the firearm.

Listen to me.
This is not going anywhere.

I'm not going anywhere.

I need to know,
Where is that weapon?

♪♪

It's near my house, man.

Some abandoned shed
Down the street.

For whatever reason,
He decided to come clean.

If this firearm is
Where evans says it is,

Then this case
Is going to be closed.

Officer?!

Take him back to holding and
Then meet me down by the car.

We're gonna take a ride.

♪♪

I grab another detective

And a short distance
From where evans lives,

And we start the search,
Looking for the firearm.

It's a dusty building,

Dusty place.

Hey?

Over here.

But there's this
Pristine-looking towel

That's sitting inside
This building.

Demery:
Damn right, 9mm.

Matches the casing
We found at the scene.

Let's get that
Bagged up.

At this point, I'm pretty sure
I got the right firearm.

I'm going back
To talk to evans.

I want to clear up
A few things.

I'm sure he's pretty truthful
And straightforward,

Because he's told me
Where the firearm is.

So I want to kind of clarify

What exactly mason's role was

And the specifics
On how it happened.

Have a seat.

Guess what, charles?

I just came from talking
To your uncle james

And you want to know
What he said?

Said he was driving you over
To ledbetter street to try

And get a peaceful resolution
To that issue with those kids.

Wait, what?

Said that he had no idea

That you were
Gonna start shooting.

No, no, no, no!
That's not right.

That's not right.

He the one
That gave me the gun

And told me to go back
Over there to get the kid.

That's why we went back.

Mason: damn, boy!

You going to let him
Talk to you like that?!

You a little bitch, for real,
If you let him do it!

That's what he called you!

Evans: I ain't no bitch,
I ain't no bitch.

You a punk, if you do.

Here.

You get over there
And you handle that.

That's right.

You gonna do that.

Be a man!

You understand me?!

In reality, there was
No conflict resolution.

Mason, for whatever reason,
Thought that the situation

Could be resolved with a gun.

He armed evans
And took evans there.

Hey!

Remember me?!

[ gunshots ]

I think evans and mason
Are both to blame,

Because evens fired the gun,

Mason is to blame,

Because he introduced
The firearm

And evans back
Into a situation

That was already volatile.

Evans and mason are both looking
At serious prison time,

But one of them
Is refusing to go down

Without a fight.

The prosecution would like
To call detective rod demery

To the stand.

From the onset,
When I met mason,

I knew what his game was.

I mean, I was offended by him
From the moment

I spoke with him.

But I was pretty confident

That the case was pretty strong.

And, you know,
At the end of the day,

All the smoke and mirrors
Would go away.

Bailiff:
Please, be seated.

Detective demery,

Could you tell us what happened
On ledbetter street

On november 27, 2007?

Yes.

A group of children,

Including latora wiley
And terrence washington,

Were walking to a park
After school.

Demery: I explained to the jury
The confrontation

Between terrence washington
And charles evans,

But it was james mason

Who pushed it
To a whole new level.

You understand me?!

Mason decided that he was
Going to slow the vehicle down

And he had given evans
The confidence

To fire the shots.

Hey!

Remember me?!

Under the law,
I considered mr. Mason

Equally responsible
For the murder of latora wiley,

So I placed him
Under arrest.

Thank you,
Detective demery.

That is all, your honor.

Okay, thank you.

Defense, did you wish
To cross witness?

Yes, honor, we do.

Demery: waiting for the defense
Attorney to start grilling me,

My eyes meet james mason's

And just like that,

My blood begins to boil.

To be in a room with somebody

That I have
Complete contempt for

Is not a good place for me.

The fact that mason
Called himself

A youth pastor pissed me off.

They're responsibility
Is to guide 16-,

17-year-old children.

Not [bleep] Shoot them.

Now, detective demery,

We both know that it's
Unfortunate someone has died,

But that doesn't mean
That my client

Is responsible
For that death.

Mason's attorney was
A different kind of guy.

He was just as animated
And fake as mason was.

So, mr. Demery,
I guess you see yourself

As somewhat of
A hot-shot detective.

Am I right?

No.

I'm just trying
To seek justice.

He tried to be condescending

And I guess
He was trying to shift

The focus as, you know,

Here's this detective

And where this whole case
Is relying on this detective.

He clearly didn't care
For me very much.

Angela: james mason's
Defense team

Were almost on the cocky side.

They were defending him like,

These children had done

So much to him and his nephew

That it was only right for him

To put a gun in his hand

And make him come back and shoot
At a group of children.

I mean, who would do that?

Demery: but for all mr. Defense
Attorney's posturing,

Nothing could undo
The facts of the case.

Charles evans shot
And killed latora wiley

And his uncle james
Helped him do it.

I would see
James mason at court...

And I would want to tear him
From limb to limb.

But I prayed about it,
I try to forgive him,

And I put it
In the lord's hands.

Judge: jury,
Have you reached a verdict?

We have, your honor.

Mitchell:
I just couldn't breathe
Until they read the verdict.

I was about to pass out, maybe.

We, the jury,

Find the defendant,
James mason,

Guilty
Of second-degree murder.

When they read
The guilty verdict...

I was ecstatic.

I'd gotten justice
For my daughter.

Demery: mason was found
Guilty of murder

And sentenced to life
Without the benefit of parole.

Evans, the actual shooter,
Gets wind of this

And refuses to go to trial,
And he pleads to 40 years.

I don't think there's a case
That I've ever worked

That I didn't have some
Sort of connection

To on some level.

And my daughter
Was 16 at the time.

Latora's family
Lost everything.

I mean, they lost
A beautiful, little girl.

They lost all the hopes,
The dreams,

Of what she could have been.

Mikena: I was very pleased
With the outcome,

But it's hard,

'cause I wish she was here,
You know, to see my baby.

I know she here in spirit,
But, you know,

You just want them in the flesh
Sometimes, you know.

My granddaughter latora was

The piece that was missing
In my life,

And she was my everything.

But I realize that god

Has something planned for her.

I rationalize that god gave her
To me for a little while

And he wanted her back.

So...I have my guardian angel

Looking over me and my family.

I think homicide brought me
Closer to my spirituality.

I expect people to kill people,

But I don't expect people
To kill people

And somehow say
That they're men of god.

Maintaining my spirituality
Required me

To always still
Have faith in god

And the word,

Not necessarily the people
Who are bringing it to me.