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[ gunfire ]

Narrator:
A doting father of three

Is murdered in a hail
Of gunfire.

When I found out what happened,
It was like a dagger

Stabbing me in the heart.

Narrator:
As the investigation ramps up,

The list of suspects grows
Larger by the minute.

Demery: it was hard
To conceptualize that

That many people were involved
In one altercation.

Don't move,
Let me see your hands!

Don't move!

It is a very tense situation
For the officers involved.

Narrator: it's up to detective
Rod demery to untangle

A cold blooded conspiracy
Orchestrated

By the unlikeliest of killers.

It's very difficult to
Pinpoint who exactly did what.

Somebody's not
Telling the truth.

[ dramatic music plays ]

♪♪

[ gunshot ]

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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♪♪

Thompson: it's a hot, sticky
August night in louisiana.

The neighborhood is quiet
Except for four individuals

Sitting outside on their porch.

♪♪

[ indistinct chatter ]

♪♪

Come on, people!

Some of us gotta work!

-yo!
-hey.

Man #1: what up, dawg?

Man #2: man,
Everything good, baby.

What up with you, dawg?
You good?

They wake up a neighbor
And he's just like,

"Ugh, not these guys again."

And tries to go back to sleep.

Can I get
Some sleep around here.

[ sighs ]

Boring ass game, man.

Boring ass game.

[ indistinct chatter ]

♪♪

[ gunfire ]

Jesus.

[ car alarms blaring ]

And then he hears
What sounds like a war zone

With gunshots being fired.

[ tires screeching ]

[ car alarms blaring ]

♪♪

He makes his way to the window
And looks out to see

Those neighbors he had just
Heard talking on the porch,

Two of them, suffering
From several gunshot wounds.

Damn, bro. I'm hit.

We gonna get you some help,
Bro, all right.

[ gasping ]

[ coughing ]

[ sirens wailing ]

♪♪

Announcer:
And this is john lafoot,
World's meanest pirate.

Man: and this is your last
Chance...

Demery: I woke up in the
Middle of the night,

Not sleeping real well
Because I never do.

I was working a lot.

It's difficult from going
To be really hypervigilant

And alert to just
Shutting it all off.

[ fast rhythmic music]

[ cellphone vibrating ]

♪♪

This is demery.

When you're on call
And you get a call

In the middle of the night,
It's just kind of a,

Well, finally.

The attractive thing
About homicide for me was

It was a great distraction
From everything else.

All right, I'm on my way.

[ car engine revving ]

The crime scene is on
Spring hill in shreveport.

It's a quiet, older,
Traditional neighborhood

Where you don't expect something
That's really bad to happen.

[ police radio chatter ]

But when I arrived,
This looks more like a war zone

Than a crime scene.

There's a car that's
Been struck by gunfire.

There are a lot of shell
Cases in the street.

♪♪

The house is riddled
With bullets.

It looks pretty devastating.

♪♪

Hey, man.
-hey, what's going on?

What happened here?

Well, what we got is a
Couple shooting victims,

36-year-old donte gilbert,

Another jerry bryant,
Age 23.

Both are on their way
To the hospital.

Bryant is in serious
But stable condition.

The other I don't
Think's gonna make it.

Wonderful, witnesses?

So far, two.

One drove one of the victims
To the hospital,

So he's not here.

The other guy named
Kentrell turner, still here.

Okay, thanks man.

Hey

[ exhales sharply ]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

There were clothes that were
On the side of the porch

That had been clearly cut off
By the medical staff.

There was a large amount
Of blood where the clothes were.

It was obviously a very
Devastating gunshot.

[ police radio chatter ]

I go find kentrell turner.

You kentrell turner?

Yup, yes, sir.

You wanna tell me
What happened here?

I don't know, man,
But it was all bad.

Okay, can you be
A little more specific

About what happened?

Talking to him
Was like pulling teeth.

He was very guarded.

We was just hanging on
The porch when a car pulled up.

Who were you with?

Just me
And a few of my boys.

Kantrell confirms
That the victims

Were jerry bryant
And donte gilbert.

He also says
The fourth person,

Kethrick marshall,
Or chacha,

Was on the porch as well.

And what happened?

We was hanging
On the porch,

A car pulled up
And started blasting.

You know me, I ducked off
The porch right quick.

Came back and saw donte
And jerry bleeding and stuff.

He described someone
Leaning out of a sunroof

Or a moonroof of a car firing
Gunshots and it was chaos,

Shots being fired,
People running.

You have any idea who
Was shooting at you guys?

Nope, you gotta ask somebody
Else about that one.

Okay, let me tell you
Something kentrell,

I'm definitely getting
The impression that you know

More than what
You're telling me.

So, when you're ready
To start talking,

Go over there and you
Get one of them officers

And we'll come back
And talk again.

I didn't know what
Kentrell and his friends

Were doing on the porch.

The fact that someone drives by
And starts shooting

Suggests a certain
Level of premeditation.

So, I was pretty sure
That some sort of dispute

Happened prior to the shooting.

Hey, how'd it go
With the turner kid?

He's not talking,
At least not yet.

I'm gonna run over
To the hospital, man,

And see what these guys
Are talking about.

Hey, if this kid
Starts talking,

Get ahold of me
Right away.

Will do.

It suggests gang violence,
But I wasn't sure at that point

Because you can end up
Chasing a theory

For a suspect
That doesn't exist.

[ deep intense music ]

♪♪

Heading to the hospital,
The priority is getting

To the people
That have been shot.

In a case like this,
Late at night

Or really early
In the morning,

So there are not
A lot of witnesses.

The victims, in this case,

Are about the only
Option that I have.

♪♪

-detective demery?
-yeah?

I'm sorry,
Got some bad news.

The first victim
Didn't make it.

When I get to the hospital,
I found out

That donte gilbert has died

From his gunshot wounds.

There was a bullet
That entered his body

And collapsed his lung,
It was a fatal shot.

How about jerry bryant,
How's he doing?

We think he's gonna make it,
He's in surgery right now.

And if all goes well,
You can see him when

He's in the recovery room.
-okay.

And if you're interested,
Donte gilbert's sister

-- is here here.

I am interested.

But we just told her
About donte's death

And she's really upset.

-got it.
-she's in the waiting room.

Okay, thank you.

♪♪

Having lost my mother
To gun violence,

I knew how devastating
This can be.

I need to be as
Delicate as possible.

Ms. Gilbert,
I'm detective demery.

Sherita: when I found out
What happened to donte,

It was like a dagger
Stabbing me in the heart.

I'm gonna start off
By saying I'm really sorry.

I can't believe
He's gone.

He had a wonderful personality.

I don't think there's nobody
That didn't like donte.

♪♪

Donte was a fun loving guy,
He was ambitious,

Easy to talk to.

Good guy, good hearted person.

He didn't bother nobody.
He loved everybody.

What am I supposed
To tell his kids?

He's a father?

Yeah, three sons.

Sherita: donte,
He was a real good father.

He was the type of father that
Always had his boys with him.

They did everything together.

Can you think of anyone who
Might have wanted to harm him?

Hurt donte?

No. No, he was a
Really nice person.

The only reason he
Was on that porch

Was because he was
Helping his niece.

Man, that was some
Boring ass game.

Donnie: that night donte
Was doing a good deed.

His little niece had to go
To san antonio.

It finally started getting
Interesting in the fourth.

And he had just dropped
That little girl off

At the bus station.

Then he went over there.

Donte was sitting out
On the porch with a couple

Of his friends
Enjoying their night.

Ran all the way down
To the other side.

That's when they came.

Demery: talking donte's sister
I was really curious.

I was wondering how it happened.

Was he the target
Or was he just there?

Or was he involved in something,
Maybe criminal activity?

She didn't have a lot
To add to what happened,

Even understood why it happened.

About the time I'm wrapping up
With donte's sister,

I get word that jerry bryant's
Made it through surgery.

Thank you.

Ms. Gilbert, I'm gonna
Figure out who did this,

I promise you.

Take care.

Talking to jerry bryant
Was something

I was looking forward
To because he could

Probably give me insight
On what happened.

[ monitor beeping ]

♪♪

Hey, jerry?

[ weakly ] Yeah?How you doing?

I'm detective demery.

I went in and seen
Jerry bryant,

There was no
Street thug in him.

He just looked like a real
Clean cut, good looking kid

That didn't have
Any gangster about him.

So, this whole
Case now's starting

To make very little sense.

Listen, can you tell
Me what happened

With you guys
Out on that porch?

I don't know.

Me and my friends,

We were just hanging
And this car pulls up

And starts shooting at us
For no reason.

Jerry bryant told me he
Felt himself get shot

And he looked and he saw
That donte was getting shot

As he ran off the porch.

I just kept my head down
And

Didn't look up
Or anything

Until the gunshots
Stopped.

Okay.

You have any idea
Of who might've done this?

No, but I did notice
Before they drove up onto us,

The car stopped down
The street at shaquia's house.

Shaquia?

Jerry bryant explained
That shaquia johnson

Lived a couple doors
Down from him.

He used to date her
But they still remain friends.

He said that right before
The drive by shooting,

He saw somebody run
Up to her porch

And then run back
To his vehicle.

Did you get a
Description of the person

Who went up
To shaquia's?

No sir.

It was dark out
And pretty far away.

Detective,
I need you to wrap it up.

Mr. Bryant needs
To get some rest.

Yeah, of course.

All right,
Listen, jerry.

I'm gonna go
But I'll try and stop back

And talk to you later,
Okay?

-all right, thank you.
-take care of yourself, brother.

Demery: my conversation with
Jerry leaves me

With as many questions
As answers.

The two people
That I've talked to,

Both claim that they have no
Idea who would've done this.

The problem is that there's
No way this drive by

Would've been committed without
Having a specific target.

Somebody's not
Telling the truth.

There's one person that I hope
Can clear some of this up.

Just before the drive by,

The shooter's car stopped
By shaquia's house.

This could be a coincidence,

But I've been in the
Business too long

To believe in coincidences.

Shaquia johnson
May have the answers

To all of what's happened.

It's time to pay
Shaquia a visit.

♪♪

[ siren wailing ]

Demery: I'm investigating
A drive by shooting,

The victim was 36-year-old
Donte gilbert.

Sherita: I was very angry

Because I didn't
Understand what happened.

Why my brother?
He was a good person.

Demery: I'm trying to find out
How donte was killed

And all the signs seemed to
Be pointing to gang violence.

I'm on my way to see
Shaquia johnson --

The ex-girlfriend
Of the second

Shooting victim,
Jerry bryant.

She lives just down the
Road from where the shooting

Took place
And a car was reported

Seen stopped at her house
Just before the shooting.

Shaquia, I'm gonna need
You to tell me about

What happened last night,
What you saw and what you heard.

I start by telling her
To tell me what she knows

About the shooting, but her
Answer's not what I expected.

I know it sounds crazy
But I honestly didn't know

It happened until somebody
Told me this morning.

This just didn't seem
Reasonable to believe

That she didn't hear or know
Anything about any gunshots

When there were so many.

I have a witness who
Put the vehicle involved

In the shooting parked
In front of your house

Before the shooting
Happened.

I mean, my boyfriend
Came by to pick up

A phone charger from me.

What's your boyfriend's
Name?

His name is broderick,
Broderick brooks,

We've been dating
For some months now.

♪♪

Broderick brooks is a
High school athlete,

He makes good grades,
He comes from a good family.

He's basically
Never been in trouble.

So he came by
And got the charger?

Well, actually,
I didn't see him.

He called to say he was
Gonna swing by to get it

But then his friend
Moseley came to the door.

When was the last time
You saw broderick?

Yesterday evening.

Him and this guy
Named chacha got in a fight

On my front porch.

Chacha's the other guy
That my first witness,

Kentrell turner,
Told me about.

His real name is
Keithrid marshall.

He was on the porch
With the others

When the shooting occurred.

Now, this fight
They got into,

It's a fist fight or...?

No, no,
It wasn't like that.

She said they got into
Some sort of yelling match

But she wasn't really sure
What it was about.

When shaquia tells me the story,
It doesn't make a lot of sense.

If there is a drive by
That's gonna take place,

Why would someone stop
To get a phone charger?

It's kind of mind boggling.

Okay.

I'm gonna need you
To provide

The contact information

For all of these people
You mentioned

So I can track them down.

Shaquia gives me phone numbers
For her boyfriend broderick
Brooks

And this friend bobby moseley,

The one who picked up
The phone charger.

She also gives me an address
For keithrid marshall...

-thank you.
-aka chacha.

I went back to the office
And I start doing research

On broderick brooks.

Hey, this is detective demery
With the shreveport pd.

Listen, I was wondering
What can you tell me about

A broderick brooks?

I called contacts that I
Had at local high schools

And gone through records to
See what I had on this kid.

Really?

Researching broderick brooks,
I realize there's no

Criminal activity
Or criminal record

Of any sort about him.

Yeah, okay. Thanks.

No signs of any at risk
Or troubled lifestyle

Or gangster lifestyle.

Broderick brooks as a murder
Suspect just doesn't fit.

He seems like this kid who's
Doing all the right things.

With brooks appearing to
Have a squeaky clean record,

I turned my attention
Towards chacha,

The other kid
Involved in the fight.

He was there when
The shooting occurred

And apparently had some sort
Of run in with the boyfriend.

[ car beeping ]

♪♪

Excuse me!

Are you chacha?

Who's asking?

Detective demery
With the shreveport pd.

I wanna ask you about this
Shooting that took place.

-all right, man.
-do you know who did it?

-you the detective.
-oh, okay.

You had a lot of bravado,
Vagueness and defensiveness,

But it's important
To look past all that [bleep]

And realize that it's a
Teenage kid that just witnessed

Two people get shot.

Did you get into a fight
With broderick brooks?

Who told you that?

Like it matters,
Just answer the question.

Look, my homey used
To date that girl, shaquia.

The two of us were over there,
We was just chilling.

Crazy.
You already seen it.

Man, I feel like they
Going to win. I feel like --

Man, you tripping.
Why you telling me this?

You know
That's my team, bro.

What's going on here?
What y'all doing here, man?

I guess he pulls up
And sees us

And gets jealous
Or something.

-man, what's up, man?
-I don't even know, man.

Look, we just here
Chilling, bro.

What's your issue?

Man, this is
My girl's house, bro!

She ain't your girl
No more, jerry!

What you man, bro?

Demery: chacha told
Me that broderick had

What he described as
This athletic backpack.

So, he proceeds
To go to his bag.

-okay.
-and pulls it out.

Pulls out what?

A gun, man.

-what's up then, bro?
-whoa, whoa, bro. Chill!

-what's up, bro? Yeah, you too.
-word?

Broderick brooks
Unzips his backpack

And produces a weapon.

All right, man,
You think you tough?

You ain't the only one
That can pull one out.

And chacha produces
A weapon of his own.

You too, man.

You can get it, too.
-hey, what's going on?!

Chacha, stop! Broderick...

Shaquia intervened and
Pulled brooks into her house.

It's on you.
What's up, man?

Which may have caused in
Brooks' eye some disrespect

To his manhood from
This confrontation.

We leave after that,
I ain't want no problems.

Okay.

I guess he thinks something's
Still going on with that girl.

Are you thinking
This is the reason

The shooting went down?

I don't know, it was dark
And we was just scrambling

Trying to get out alive.

Thank you for your help.

Demery: I was surprised
That he showed a gun,

Maybe some of these perfect kids
Aren't so perfect after all.

[ fast rhythmic music ]

♪♪

But I'm wondering
If chacha's story is really

Just a bunch of hot air,

So I call up the third person

That shaquia johnson mentioned,
Bobby moseley.

Listen, man,
Would you mind

Coming down here
To the office?

I'd like to talk to you,
See if we can

Clear a few things up.

The fact that he's 17
Makes him an adult,

So he didn't have to have
A parent with him.

Yeah, it's true.
I was there.

What do you need to know?

Okay, how about you
Start off by telling me

How did you and broderick
End up on spring hill street

In the middle of the night?

Well, a bunch of us was
Just chilling with broderick

Down at the muney.

[ indistinct chatter ]

[ laughter ]

The muney is a place
Where kids hang out,

High school aged kids.

It was a party spot for them.

When brooks got there,
Told him about

His altercation with chacha.

I went over
Shaquia's house,

Jerry and chacha
Was over there, bro.

This man pulled a gun on me!
Chacha pulled a gun on me!

How you gonna pull a gun
On me in my own girl crib?

-don't let that bother you.
-crazy ass.

Moseley said that
He told brooks,

Just let it go, leave it alone.

Honestly, I wanna go back
And ride on them boys,

To be honest with you,
Man.

You trying to roll
On them, then?

-what's up?
-y'all trying to go?

-what's up? We down.
-we down?

All right, you know I'm down.
Y'all coming or not.

-you still talking?
-I ain't talking.

We can do this.
What's up?

Let's go!

But broderick felt like
He was disrespected by chacha

And he wanted to go back.

Chill out, man. Let's go
Roll on these fools.

-let's roll.
-let's go.

He was able
To convince his friends

That it was a good idea.

Look how deep we is, man.

So,
We all piled in the cars,

Headed down there looking
For this chacha guy

And his buddies.

So, what,
Like three or four of you?

-no, it was about 10.
-it was 10.

He said they were
In several different cars.

It was hard to conceptualize
That that many people

Were involved in one altercation
In that many vehicles.

So, you went and got
The phone charger

From shaquia
And then what?

Y'all just all 10
Go down

The block
And start shooting?

I didn't shoot,
I was just driving.

But some other guys did.

Now, you know that doesn't make
Any damn difference, right?

Wait, what?
What you mean?

Hold tight.

Hey, it's demery.
Come up to my office, please.

Thank you.

Listening to moseley,

He's clearly put
Himself at the scene

And he is somewhat
Culpable in the murder

Of donte gilbert.

It was enough
To place him under arrest.

I didn't do nothing.

Yeah,
But in the meantime,

I want you to enjoy
Your stay at our facilities.

The fact that moseley basically
Confessed to a conspiracy,

He's guilty of murder.

It doesn't have to be his gun.

It doesn't have to be his idea,

But he participated
And admitted that,

Being charged with murder.

Stand up,
Put your hands behind your back.

[ handcuffs click ]

After I arrest moseley,

I realize that his story
Is true.

There are gonna be a
Lot of people that are

Gonna be arrested,
And it's very difficult

To pinpoint
Who exactly did what.

This is just beginning.
It's gonna be a long road.

♪♪

[ train horn blowing ]

♪♪

Demery: I'm investigating
The death of donte gilbert.

I've made my first arrest,

A high school kid
Named bobby moseley.

Moseley has named 10
Other people in this crime.

Each one of them has
To be tracked down

And that's gonna
Be a big challenge.

[ deep rhythmic music ]

♪♪

Hi, do you have a cory robinson
That attends your school?

What about a
Furlando washington?

Mack: at the very beginning
Of this drive by shooting,

It was starting to look
Like four guys are basically

Targeted by high school kids.

Holmes: these kids
Go to good schools,

Come from good families,
And now they're

All suspects in a shooting.

It is hard to believe.

Hey man, do me a favor,

Get somebody in patrol go by
And pick this kid up.

-yes, sir.
-all right, thank you.

Demery: arresting 10 people
On a single murder charge

Certainly hadn't
Happened in our city.

My hope was to get
Statements and confessions

And evidence from all of them.

[ door squeaks ]

Have a seat.

This is detective demery,

He'll be with you
In a minute.

Demery: based on what
Moseley's telling me,

Brook seems like
He's the big fish,

But I wanna talk to some
Of the smaller players

Before circling in on brooks.

What's up, cory?

I'm glad you came in
To talk with me.

You ready to have
This convo?

The first person I brought
In was cory robinson

And cory's family had good
Standing in the community,

But the reality is
Is he was a suspect

And I was gonna
Treat him as such.

Okay.

♪♪

Now, your boy bobby
Has been in here

And

He's told me everything.

So, what you have to decide

Is are you gonna give
Me the rest

Of the information
Or are you gonna go

To prison for
Conspiracy to commit murder?

Yeah. Yeah,
What you wanna know?

Cory pretty much
Corroborated the story

That brooks was upset and angry
About a previous altercation

With somebody
At that residents.

And began firing out
Of the car at the porch.

I didn't shoot nobody.

Only thing I did was drive,
I swear.

Cory didn't implicate
Himself as deeply.

Officer!

But the reality is
That he facilitated it

And was a direct principle
Of this murder.

I'm placing you
Under arrest.

Hey. Officer,
Can you come in please?

[ door squeaks ]

So, now I have
Another guy busted.

I'm making progress,
Which is a good thing.

Unfortunately, tracking down
All these suspects takes time

But one by one,
The dominoes start to fall.

You know, philando,
You seem like a good guy to me.

So, how did you get
Involved in this?

Man, I don't know, man.

We were just hanging
Out at the muney and--

After I started interviewing
And arresting more suspects,

They started telling
On themselves and each other.

Okay, can you tell me
What the apartment number is?

Um, 3a, I think, 3a.

[ siren ringing ]

[ police radio chatter ]

Mack: as the investigation
Goes on

And the suspects
Are rounded up one by one,

They're actually cooperating.

Demery: but there's one thing
Missing from each

Of these statements,
Exactly who among them

Besides broderick brooks,
Fired on the victims.

Thankfully, that search
Changed when I speak

To 18-year-old dion walters.

Okay, so you're telling me
That guys are just shooting

Bullets randomly and not trying
To hit anybody in particular?

Yeah, like we was really
Not trying to hit anybody.

It's like, you know, brandon,
He goes crazy with the gun.

Brandon, who's brandon?

-brandon howard.
-okay.

And you specifically saw
Brandon howard fire his gun?

Yeah, absolutely.

Brandon howard is a
High school student.

He doesn't have
A criminal history.

At this point, I don't know
How dangerous brandon is.

Dion's statement makes
It clear that brandon

Is the other confirmed shooter.

Broderick is explaining to
You guys that he's upset

Because chacha dissed
Him and he needs you guys

To help him get some payback.

Yes, sir, that's right.

As I investigate, all
Witnesses and suspects

Are saying the same thing.

Broderick brooks was the
Person who brought everyone

Together and planned
And executed this.

Okay, do you know
Where broderick is at?

What about brandon?

No, but brandon definitely
Shot more than anybody.

Then, over a week into the case,

I catch the break
I've been looking for.

Man: car 29.

Go ahead.

We have a report possible
Burglary in progress

At 223 phillips street.

Suspects is also possibly
Wanted in a murder.

10-4.

A call comes in that
A suspect I'm looking for,

Brandon howard, is seen
Breaking into an apartment

On the other side of town.

[ deep rhythmic music ]

♪♪

[ dog barking in distance,
Indistinct yelling ]

♪♪

Mack: police go to check
The tip out

And brandon howard
Is actually standing out

On the second floor balcony
Of the apartment.

[ glass shatters ]

He's up top right there,
He's up top.

Don't move,
Let me see your hands!

Don't move!

He's gone in, he's gone in!

Now the officers are faced
With a very dangerous

Situation because they
Don't know what he's gonna do.

♪♪

They get to the apartment,
The door is slightly ajar.

[ door creaks ]

♪♪

The officers
Approach cautiously.

♪♪

♪♪

These guys
Got the taste of violence

And they're not concerned
About killing anybody anymore...

[ intense music plays ]

♪♪

Even police officers.

[ intense deep music ]

Demery: I'm deep
Into the investigation

Of the donte gilbert homicide.

I've all ready made a
Significant amount of arrests,

But now two officers
Have trapped suspect

Brandon howard
Into an apartment.

But now that patrol
Has him cornered,

They're worried brandon howard
Might not go down

Without a fight.

I see your feet. Open the door,
Show me your hands!

Do it now!

It is a very tense situation
For the officers involved.

[ door creaking ]

Turn around.
Turn around, don't face me!

Walk back toward my voice.

Put your hands
On the small of your back.

Demery: he complies
And taken into custody.

This way, let's go.

Howard may have been a
Hard one to track down

But back at the station,

It takes no time for
Him to spill his guts.

Yo, man,
I'm telling you.

It was broderick doing
All the shooting.

Is that right?

Hell, yeah that's right.

He tells on brooks
And everyone else there.

I don't think
There was any loyalty.

Officer!

Stand up.

You wanna book him?
-yes, sir.

Soon after howard was arrested,

Another of my suspects
Came in of his own accord.

It wasn't my big fish,
Broderick brooks.

It was a young man
Named norman frazier,

Who was also eager
To spill the beans.

Apparently,
He's admitted to our guys

He was one of the
Drivers at the scene.

You know, let's go see
What he has to say.

So you were
Driving your car?

Or you're driving
Our parents' car?

It was my car, sir.

I let young
Norman frazier know

What kind of time
He's facing,

But I also let him know,
That the more he tells me,

The easier I can
Make things for him.

If I'm being
Completely honest,

This is all
Broderick's fault.

I mean, he's the one
Who had the problem

With the guys
On the porch.

Okay, so if it's
Broderick's problem,

What are you doing there?

Man, we just wanted
To help him, ya know?

At this point,
I think I have a handle

On what happened
And who did what.

Then norman dropped
A bombshell on me,

A name
I hadn't heard before.

So who all was
Doing the shooting?

Broderick and
Brandon, anybody else?

Broderick for sure.

I don't know about brandon.

But I definitely know bam
Got a lot of rounds off too.

Hold on a second, bam?

Who's bam,
And what's his real name?

Dardanious clark.

Okay.
Listen to me.

I think you've been
Very cooperative.

Unfortunately,
I'm gonna have to charge you

As an accessory
To murder.

I need you to stand up.
Put your hands behind your back.

Mack: it doesn't matter
If you were the driver.

It doesn't matter
If you were the shooter.

Everyone in that vehicle,
Or vehicles,

Are held responsible.

Demery: I've got eight
People in custody,

At this point, but my job
Still isn't done here.

There are two other individuals
That I'm still looking for.

Dardanious clark,
And the instigator,

Broderick brooks.

-hey, detective!
-yeah?

There's a phone call
For you on line four.

It may have something to do
With this gilbert murder.

Okay thanks, man.

Because the media covered
This case so thoroughly,

There were many people
From the community

That called in
With different tips.

A lot of them
Were wild goose chases,

And some of them were good.

But this tip
Was a bit of both.

Yes, sir. I understand you
Called about a burglary?

Um...Yeah.

Holmes: police get another call
About a burglary

That happened down the
Street from the shooting.

And they have reason to
Believe that the shooting

And the burglary are connected.

This guy he --

He ran off
With some stuff,

But I'm not really
Sure what he took.

Okay, would you feel better
About maybe speaking inside?

Actually...

Yeah.
Let's do that.

When police get there,
He's pretty nervous.

You know that shooting
That happened down the street?

Yeah, yeah.
You know something about it?

I think I saw a guy
Hide a gun.

He used the guise of,

"There was a burglary
In my house,"

So he wouldn't tip off
Anybody who might come

And shoot him later.

Yeah, I saw him put
Something in there.

Okay.

Yeah.

So the officer looks
Under the porch...

♪♪

...And sure enough,
There is a .40 caliber pistol.

Now they have at least
One weapon

That was used
In this drive-by shooting.

Tips like the one
That led to the recovery

Of the gun,
Are invaluable in this case.

In fact,
One of our best tips

Led us to one of our
Remaining suspects.

Dardanious clark,
Also known as bam.

Holmes:
An anonymous tip comes
In that someone saw him

At the mall, of all places.

♪♪

Hey, bam, how you doing?
Don't do anything stupid, okay?

I am clark.

He's brought in for questioning.

Okay, so let me tell you
Where we at.

I've spoken to all of your
Friends who've been there.

And initially decides to be coy
With detective demery.

-[laughs] My friends.
-yeah, your friends.

And I figure now's the
Time for me to give you

An opportunity to tell me
Your version of the story.

Now I have an opportunity
To tell you my side?

Exactly.

Demery:
Bam wants to play this game.

It's a game where they wanna
Find out what you know.

Okay.

How about I tell you

That I know you
Had a 40 caliber.

How about I tell you I can
Put that gun in your hand?

And how about I tell
You I got witnesses

That said
That you shot it.

I did an investigation,
And arrested eight people.

I knew pretty much
What everybody had,

And what everybody shot.

Are you gonna tell me
What happened?

Are you gonna continue to
Sit here and waste my time?

Bam knew he was caught,
And he basically corroborated

Everything that
Everyone else said,

And I placed him under arrest.

♪♪

So that leaves one person left,
Which is the guy

That started this whole thing --
Broderick brooks.

♪♪

I need to find brooks
To find out

Exactly what happened.

There's a lot going on,
And brooks has been elusive,

As up to now, but I'm
About to get some help

From a source
That I never expected.

[ police radio chatter ]

Demery: I have all suspects
In this drive-by arrested

Except I still need to
Talk to broderick brooks,

Who I believe is the ringleader.

This man chacha pulled
A gun on me, man.

I'm sick of this fool.
Bro, for real!

I need to get brooks
To tell me what happened,

And confess to the murder
Of donte gilbert.

But ever since the
Night of the shooting,

Broderick brooks
Has been in the wind,

Which makes closing
This case next to impossible.

Hey, rod.
How's your day going?

Great, man. What's up?

It's about to get better.

Yeah? How so?

Guess who just walked in?

I don't know, tell me.

Broderick brooks.

Well, alright!

This is totally unexpected.

Shaquia johnson,
Brooks' girlfriend,

Has convinced him
To turn himself in.

I immediately sit down with him
In the interrogation room.

♪♪

Demery: broderick,
Thank you for coming in.

You know we've been trying
To get a hold of you, right?

-yes, sir.
-okay.

When I'm looking at brooks,
The kid looks like

He has a great future
Ahead of him,

But he is also a murderer.

Brooks gathered up his friends
To go by and deal with chacha,

And he was very emphatic
When he said that he told them

To not aim at anything
Other than a car

That was parked in the driveway.

But as brooks continues,

He admits to more
Than he originally let on.

I'm having trouble
Believing that brooks

And his crew were so interested
In avoiding violence.

With that number of people
And that many guns,

I believe he tried
To downplay what happened.

I think he had more influence

On his friends
Than even he knew,

And the fact that now
I know that he was there,

Made it a confession
To murder.

Broderick,
I need you to stand up.

Put your hands
Behind your back, please.

I'm placing you under arrest.

[ handcuffs click ]

Let's go.

There were 10 people
Arrested in this case,

For one murder.

I had never arrested
That many people

On a murder charge,
And it was something

That was just unprecedented.

-you feel me?
-packed and ready.

-let's roll.
-let's go. Let's go then.

-y'all down or what? Let's go.
-you scared?

Brooks: there ain't nobody
Scared, bro. Let's go.

-come on, let's hit it.
-deep, man. We deep.

Holmes: I'm pretty sure
None of these kids

Woke up thinking we're
Gonna do a drive-by tonight.

And you make a stupid decision
That will change your life.

Hey, what up, dawg?

-what's up, fool?
-man. Everything good.

Everything good, baby.

What's up, dawg?
You been good?

♪♪

Man, that was
A boring ass game!

-[ laughs ] Bro, what?
-what you talking about, bro?

Ain't nobody score
In the whole first half.

They get a field goal
In the third quarter.

But it finally started getting
Interesting in the fourth.

-[ laughs ]
-okay.

♪♪

My man gets to the 30.

I thought he was about
To go all the way.

Then he tripped.

-what?
-what happened to the ball?

-fumbled the ball.
-[ laughs ]

♪♪

Alright, there they
Go right there, bro.

Just drive real slow,
Alright?

I'm just gonna shoot
At the car, alright?

[ guns loading ]

There they go, right there.
I'm about to get 'em.

[ intense music plays ]

♪♪

Some kid from west lake
Scooped it up,

Run it all the way back.
Scored a touchdown.

Dude,
That kid was pissed!

Wait, wait, hold up.

Hey, man, y'all know
Them people over there?

-them your people?
-nah.

♪♪

What's going on
Over there?

Man, hold up.

Demery: they all loaded up
In the cars,

And one after the other,
Filed by the house.

Oh [bleep] They got a gun!

[gunfire, glass shatters]

What?!
Ooh!

♪♪

Ugh!

[gunfire continues]

♪♪

♪♪

[ screaming ]

[ car alarms blaring ]

♪♪

[ gunfire stops ]

[ tires squeal ]

[ groaning ]

♪♪

-bro, you alright, man?
-I'm hit. I'm hit.

They actually shot you,
Man.

[ gasping ]

[ coughing ]

Mack:
Donte was collateral damage.

And while jerry bryant was hit,
Jerry bryant's still here.

Donte gilbert is not.

It's like donte gilbert's
Just an innocent victim

That got caught up
In a shooting

That didn't have
Anything to do with him.

Sherita:
Donte was just about love.

If donte would have
Known that those boys

Got into it with each other
At the earlier part of that day,

He would've tried to stop them,
Before it happened.

Donnie: donte had a full
Life in front of him.

We were very devastated,

To lose that boy.

♪♪

Officer: here we go.

[ camera shutter clicks ]

Demery: broderick brooks
Is charged

With second degree murder,

Punishable by a
Mandatory life sentence.

[ camera shutter clicking ]

Broderick's co-conspirators
Are all convicted as well.

Officer:
Turn to your left.

Their sentences range
From probation, to 20 years.

[ camera shutter clicks ]

Everyone involved in the
Murder of donte gilbert

Was charged and
Convicted with something,

None of them escaped.

[ indistinct chatter ]

Holmes: one night changed
Their lives forever.

Not everyone was a shooter,

But if you're riding
With shooters,

You're gonna go
Down with shooters.

You are just as guilty as the
Guy that pulled the trigger.

Demery: broderick brooks
And his friends

Had bright futures
Ahead of them.

They ended up killing somebody.

I think the most important
Thing to take from that

Is that it doesn't really
Matter where you're from,

It's where you end up.

And for these 10 individuals,

That meant a long stent
Behind bars.