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[ gunshots, screaming ]

Narrator: two teens are murdered
In a sudden hail of gunfire.

Woman: no!

Based on
The amount of shell casings,

It's a scary situation.

Demery:
The question is,

Were they targeting
The people that they shot?

Narrator:
But as the case heats up,

Detectives learn of
A tragic twist.

Ronnie,
What is it?

He drops a bombshell
In this case.

Demery: I want to talk
To this kid immediately.

Come on.
Let's go.

[ knock on door ]

Shreveport pd,
Open the door.

What's the problem?

She's got a reason

That she doesn't want police
In her house.

Narrator: it's up to demery
And his colleagues

To unravel a conspiracy fueled
By a history of bad blood.

Mayfield:
You have to be prepared

For everything
That might happen.

Demery: this is exactly
What we're looking for.

Freeze!

♪♪

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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[ tv chatter]

Man:
...Disappointed in your luck.

Mack:
It's just after 9:00 p.M.

In the hollywood area
Of shreveport.

Kevin price is in his home,
Just watching tv.

And he hears the far-off
Laughter of some teenagers

At a local park.

Holmes:
All of a sudden,

That laughter
Turns into screaming.

[ screaming in distance ]

[ tv mutes ]

[ laughter][ gunshots ]

And then, he hears gunshots.

What the...?

Mack:
Kevin price stands up

And kind of slowly
Moves toward the door

To investigate
What's going on outside.

♪♪

Oh, my god.

When he opens the door,
He sees a sea of chaos.

Woman:
Oh, my god!

[ indistinct shouting ]

Man:
Call an ambulance!

Come on.

Get up, get up.Hey, what's going on over here?

Oh, my god.

Man: come on!
Get up!

Holmes:
He realizes these kids...

Come on, man.
Nah, man.

Come on, come on.

...Are moving around the bodies

Of two teenagers
Who had been shot.

Don't move him.
Don't move him.

[ dog barks in distance ]

♪♪

Put your hands
Behind your back.

Demery: on this evening,
I'm arresting a juvenile

For possessing and firing
A firearm

At a high-school campus.

♪♪

Do you have any idea
How much trouble you're in?

Would you
Transport him,

And I'll catch up with you guys
In a few? Thank you.

[ cellphone rings ]

No one was killed,
But it was very dangerous.

There were a bunch
Of young children around.

This is demery.

I get a call that two people
Had been shot

In the hollywood area
Near ledbetter.

Yeah, I know the place.
I'm on my way.

Hey, can you start processing
Him? I just got another call.

Thanks, man.

Booking someone can be done
By a patrol officer.

The priority is to get
To where the shooting is.

♪♪

Mack: the hollywood neighborhood
In shreveport

Is an older neighborhood,
And as everything gets older,

Sometimes crime
Becomes part of it.

[ dog barking in distance ]

♪♪

Demery:
When I arrived at the scene,

I meet with
Detective toby mitchell.

Hey, demery.Hey.

I appreciate you getting here
So fast.

No worries.

So what happened?It looks like a drive-by.

Two young kids just left
In ambulances.

It doesn't look good.

Mitchell tells me that
Chiquita chambers, 15,

And jermichael lewis, 19,

Had both been shot
And transported to the hospital.

Any witnesses?

Only one.
Everyone else scattered.

Do me a favor. Let's make sure
Nobody else leaves.

Let's start trying
To get some statements.

Yes, sir.
Thank you.

Let's take a look
And see what we got.

Prior to talking
To any witnesses,

I want to take a look
At the scene.

I want to find out
Where evidence is

Or anything that could give me
An idea of how this took place.

Mayfield: this is a very dark,
Dimly lit neighborhood

Because most of the
Street lights had been shot out.

[ dog barking in distance ]

Wow,
This is a mess.

Mitchell: yeah.

♪♪

This looks like
A .380.

We counted
Over nine of them.

Come check this out.

Demery: the fact that there are
Nine or more shell casings

Suggests that there is
More than one shooter.

It's almost impossible
For someone to reload

During a drive-by.

The time is just not there.

The natural question
That comes to mind

Is whether or not somebody
Was randomly shooting at a house

Or did they intend on shooting
The two people they shot?

♪♪

Hollywood.

Right.

When I see the word "Hollywood",
It's just not random graffiti.

It's somebody in that area
That's claiming

That particular area
As their set.

So this looks like
It may be a drive-by,

Gang-related shooting.

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking I'm not ready
To make a call yet

Until we hear
What this witness has to say.

I want to contact the witnesses,
Listen to their stories,

And determine whether or not

They actually know
What they're talking about.

Hey, greg,
Do me a favor.

Let's take pictures of all these
And get these bagged up, please.

Thank you.
So who's our guy?

Yes, sir.
Name is lee trice.

Right over there.Alright. Thank you.

Mack: when you have a dozen
Or so teenage witnesses

Who have just been put through
A traumatic situation,

A lot of times,

It's very difficult
To get information out of them.

How are you doing,
Lee?

I'm detective demery.

How are you
Holding up?

Are they
Gonna be okay?

Jermichael
And chiquita?

Lee's obviously
Someone who saw what happened.

He's nervous, he's jumpy,

And he's obviously affected
By what just happened.

He's still traumatized.

Yeah, well, you're in good hands
Right now.

I need you to help me figure out
What happened here.

What were you guys
Doing tonight?

I mean, we were just
At mommy's house.

"Mommy's house"?
Okay.

When he refers
To mommy's house,

He's talking about a house
Where there's a woman that lives

And she acts
As the neighborhood mother.

Typically in neighborhoods where
There's single-parent households

And there's not
A lot of structure,

There's usually
Somebody that steps up

And takes the role
And the responsibility

For taking care of the kids
Who don't have anyone.

Can you tell me about
What happened with the shooting?

Well, I-I was coming
From the backyard,

And I just seen this car
Speeding up the road.

And they just started
Shooting at us.

Mack: lee stated that
The two shooters he saw --

One came up through
The sun roof of the car

And one was shooting out of
A back passenger window.

As they get up,

They realize that chiquita
And jermichael had been shot.

Did you see
The shooters' faces?

They -- everything happened
So fast,

And they were
Covered up.

Lee described the shooters
As being two male blacks

With black hoodies on and black
Bandanas covering their faces.

Can you describe
The car, maybe?

Uh, it was
A white honda,

Kind of like that one
Over there.

The one across
The street?

As lee's telling the story,

He sees a car
That's similar to the one

That he thought was involved
In the drive-by.

Alright. Listen.

Thank you.

We'll be in touch
If we need you.

Sometimes,
People involved in crimes

Show back up at the crime scene.

We have to look up the car
Because it may be involved.

♪♪

Mayfield:
They're looking closely
For any spent shell casings

That may have been
Left behind in the car.

Anybody know who
This vehicle belongs to?

Parked there
When we got here.

Alright,
Let's get the plates run

And see if we can identify
The owner.

You can also find
Gunshot residue, broken glass.

Many different things
Of that nature

Can be located
In that suspect vehicle.

Certainly matches
His description.

And look --
Even has a sun roof.

Yeah,
Got that right.

Demery: we're looking through
The windows

And inspecting the vehicle
From the outside.

Just as we're doing that,
A man approaches us.

Hey.
The hell you doing?

That's my car.

Sir, this vehicle
Belongs to you?

Do you mind
Identifying yourself, please?

I mean,
Who's asking?

I'm detective demery.

Now, this vehicle matches
The description of one

That was used
In a drive-by shooting,

So I'm gonna
Ask you again --

Would you please
Identify yourself?

♪♪

Yeah. Okay.

We identified the man
As greg finley.

Mr. Finley says he
Owns the vehicle and he
Lives down the street.

He said he heard the gunfire
And he came down to investigate.

Mind if
We take a look inside?

Knock yourself out.

[ car alarm chirps ]

He kind of cast suspicion
Off himself,

So I'm not real sure
About finley at this point.

Sir, step back,
Please.

Thank you.

Mack: when crime scene
Is searching this vehicle,

They're not really
Finding anything.

♪♪

A bunch of trash,
Some fast-food wrappers,

Receipts,

And just as they think
That there's really nothing

In this vehicle...

Man:
Hey, detectives.

Yeah?
Got something.

...One of the crime-scene techs
Notices something.

When the tech calls me over
And he flashes his light

Under the seat,
I see a metallic object.

I look under the seat,
And it's a gun.

Well,
That's interesting.

In finley's not involved
In this,

I wonder why there's a gun

Hiding under
The seat of his car.

♪♪

♪♪

[ police radio chatter ]

Demery: I'm investigating
The drive-by shooting

Of two teenagers --

Chiquita chambers
And jermichael lewis.

After hearing the description
Of the suspect's car,

We spot a vehicle
Adjacent to the crime scene

Matching that description.

After searching the vehicle,
We find a handgun

Beneath the driver's seat
Of the vehicle.

The question now
Is whether or not this gun

Could be one of the guns
Used in the shooting.

Let me see that.

Kind of an old-school way to
Test a firearm is to smell it.

The smell of burnt gunpowder
Is pretty pronounced

Right after
The gun's been fired.

[ sniffs ] Okay.

Mr. Finley,
Come here, please.

I take a whiff of the gun.
There's no burnt gunpowder.

The gun's cold.

I don't think this is the gun
Used in the shooting.

Alright.

So it appears
You've been honest with us,

But let me ask you
A question.

Why do you have a gun
Under the seat of your vehicle?

Man,
I've got to be able

To protect myself
Just in case.

And that gun
Is properly registered?

Yeah, I've got all the
Paperwork. It's in my glove box.

Want to check that out,
Please?

Yes, sir.Thank you.

Have a good evening.

After examining the gun,

It's clear that finley's
Telling the truth.

He's just a concerned neighbor.

Now that finley's been
Ruled out,

The next step is to go
To the hospital.

I'm gonna go see what I can
Find out about the victims.

They may have
Some more information

Or even tell me why somebody
Would want to shoot at them.

♪♪

Hey, doc.

Detective.

So what's the status?

When I get to the hospital,
Unfortunately,

I find out that both victims
Have died from the gunshots.

Mack: chiquita chambers
Had been shot in the chest.

It perforated both of her lungs.

Jermichael lewis
Had been shot in the hip,

And it actually went through
His liver,

Which caused his fatal demise.

We did
Everything we could.

[ sighs ]
It's a damn shame.

Yeah.

I've...Let them wait
In the chapel.

The hospital chapel...

I'll let you
Get going.

Thanks.

...Is filled
With family members,

All grieving the loss
Of both of these teenagers.

♪♪

[ sniffles ]

Excuse me,
Miss lewis?

Jermichael lewis' mother,
Patricia, is at the hospital.

I'm detective demery.

She's clearly devastated.

She's lost her 19-year-old son.

First, let me say
I'm really sorry for your loss.

♪♪

What can you tell me
About jermichael?

Patricia: jermichael was really
Close to all his family members.

He's the fourth child.

I have four kids --
Three boys and one girl.

Jermichael went
To woodlawn high school

And wanted to be a cook.

I was born and raised
In allendale,

And I moved to hollywood
Because over in allendale,

The drug environment
Was heavy over there.

Is there any chance

That jermichael was involved
In a gang?

Jermichael?

No,
Not my boy.

He -- he was
A good kid.

Okay.

Jermichael lewis grew up
In the hollywood area,

And for the reputation
Of hollywood

To have some type
Of gang activity,

It virtually escaped that.

Jermichael lewis
Wasn't into violence.

In fact, he advocated
Againstviolence.

Please find who did this
To my baby.

I promise you, I'm going to
Get answers for you.

But he was caught
In the crossfire.

The lewis family
Isn't giving me reason

To believe that jermichael
Was the intended target.

Now it's time for me to speak
To the chambers family.

On the other side
Of the hospital chapel

Are chiquita chambers'
Family members --

Her mother, her brother --
And they're obviously grieving.

Miss chambers,
I'm detective demery.

♪♪

Can you tell me
About chiquita?

Woman:
She was my baby.

Everybody
Called her kiki.

Kiki and I are first cousins.

♪♪

Kiki was very outspoken
And energetic.

Always had a smile on her face.

Wanted to be a doctor.

She was the fifth child,
Only girl.

She had a good relationship
With all her brothers.

♪♪

It sounds like you guys
Were a pretty close family.

Yes.

Had chiquita been in
Any kind of trouble lately?

No.
Ronnie: no.

None.

Okay.

I just...

I just feel
So guilty.

♪♪

If only I was there,
Just a minute earlier,

She might still
Be here.

What do you mean?

Demery: as I'm speaking
To chiquita's family,

Her brother ronnie explains

That he was actually there
When it happened.

Oh, hey, ronnie.

Ronnie was going to pick up kiki
And bring her back home.

I didn't know you were coming
To hang out.

Yeah, I just thought
Maybe you needed a ride.

Yeah, that'd be great.Alright. Come on.

And that's when
Everything started.

Demery: as he and chiquita
Are getting in the car to leave,

The car drives by
And starts firing shots.

[ gunshots ]He looks up and finds out

That his sister's been shot
And killed.

Did you see
The shooters?

I bet anything

It was somebody
From cedar grove.

They been fronting us
For a long time now.

Ronnie's from hollywood
And he reps the hollywood crew,

And he's telling me
That there's an ongoing battle

Between hollywood
And cedar grove crews

And he thinks that may be
A reason for the drive-by.

Why do you think
The boys from cedar grove

Are involved
In this?

Woman:
Ronnie, what is it?

I need to know why my daughter
Was shot.

♪♪

Something went down

At the high school
Earlier today.

Ronnie says there was a fight,
And it turned into a shooting.

Who was involved,

And who was holding
The gun?

My brother marquell.

♪♪

Wait a minute.
Marquell chambers?

That's your brother?

♪♪

Yeah.You've got to be kidding me.

I realize marquell chambers
Is the person I was arresting

When this drive-by took place.

Put your hands
Behind your back.

Marquell chambers
Is chiquita's brother.

There's no coincidence here.

The fact that marquell
Was firing shots

At woodlawn high school
In the middle of this battle

Between hollywood
And cedar grove,

It's very likely that the people
That he was shooting at

Came back to shoot at him.

I just didn't think

Cedar grove would take it
That far.

I need to know
Who you know

In the
Cedar grove crew,

And I need
Their names right now.

Some guy named moody,
Bucket.

Look, I don't know
Their real names.

You make sure that you're
Available for questioning

If I need
To speak to you again.

Part of the inner-city culture
Are nicknames.

Nicknames can sometimes
Be used as terms of endearment

And sometimes are designed
To hide their identities.

At this point,
I'm pretty confident

That this is some sort of gang
Violence or gang retaliation.

I'm going to go back
To the office

And let mitchell know
What I've found out.

[ siren wails ]

♪♪

[ telephone rings ]

So both chiquita's brothers were
Involved in the hollywood gang?

Yeah.
Now, the question is

Was she targeted
For retribution

Or was she just
Collateral damage?

These gangs
Are out of control.

I think the thing we need to do
Is circle back,

Talk to the principal,
And see if we can get a
Lead on those nicknames.

Yeah,
Let's take a ride.

Mack:
Going there could give them

Who the street names belong to,

Who was involved
In this incident.

I mean, the high school
Could actually be

A plethora of information.

[ bell rings ]

Demery:
When we get to the high school,

We meet
With the assistant principal.

How are you doing?

Good afternoon.

So what can you tell us
About gang activity

Here at the school?

Certainly nothing new,

But over
The last few days,

We've had more trouble
Than usual.

Demery:
The assistant principal told us

That they had a pep rally
Earlier that day.

There were kids
That were flashing gang signs

And there were
Signs of violence,

So they had to shut
The pep rally down early.

Afterwards, there was a fight

Between hollywood
And cedar grove kids.

We tried
To break it up,

But once the gunshots rang out,
We called spd.

Okay.

Demery: marquell chambers
Was caught red-handed

With the gun
Once police arrived.

Look, we got a list of names
We want you to check.

But finding
The other gang members

Comes with its own
Set of challenges.

Listen, detectives, I know
You're just doing your job,

But we didn't even
File a report on the matter.

Okay, yeah.
We're aware.

It's not surprising
That the assistant principal

Doesn't know the names
Of the people involved.

They all scattered
When security came,

And people show up at the school
Who don't actually go to school.

Alright, well, listen, if you
Can think of anything new,

Please don't hesitate
To give us a call.

Of course.

Demery:
We know there was a fight.

Thanks for your time.There was some sort of...

Thanks....Gang activity,

But we didn't get a whole lot
From the high school.

Well, that turned out
To be a bust.

Yeah,
No kidding.

But, you know,
Instead of trying

To track down
These street names,

Maybe we should focus
On this white honda

That was used
In the drive-by.

Yeah, maybe we'll have
More luck with that idea.

Yep.
I'm gonna call the comps in.

We're gonna run reports
On stolen vehicles,

Particularly white hondas.

Our plan is to find out

If there were any stolen
The last couple of days.

♪♪

Johnson:
Hey, demery.

Hey, what's up, johnson?You're in luck.

What's this?

Got a report of a car stolen
Just two days ago.

Matches the description
Of the one you're looking for.

Really?

Communications finds the report
Of a white honda sedan

Stolen two days ago.

Not only that,
It had a sun roof,

And the vehicle was stolen
From the cedar grove area.

Lady by the name
Of andrena smith.

Come on.
Let's go.

This is exactly
What we're looking for.

♪♪

♪♪

Demery: the violent gang rivalry
Between hollywood

And cedar grove neighborhoods...[ indistinct shouting ]

...Had resulted in the death
Of two teenagers,

Chiquita chambers
And jermichael lewis.

♪♪

Now the report of a stolen honda
From the cedar grove area...

Come on.

...Has us feeling like we're
Headed in the right direction.

♪♪

We decide to go to cedar grove
And find the owner

Of the white honda --
43-year-old andrena smith.

Demery: ma'am,
We're here about

The honda
That you reported stolen.

Oh, my god.

Please tell me
You guys found my car.

Yeah,
Not exactly.

When did you notice
That it was missing?

About two days ago,

I went
And ran some errands...

Mm-hmm?...And when I came home,

It just up
And vanished out the driveway.

Andrena explained
That the car was locked

And the keys weren't in the car,
But it was gone.

Around what time
Was that?

A little after
8:00 p.M.

That certainly fits
With our timeline.

Drive-by shootings
Are traditionally done in cars

That can't be traced
To the actual suspect.

What's going on here?

We think you car
May have been used

In a drive-by shooting.

Oh, my god.

Hondas were very popular
And very common cars,

So I'm hoping that andrena
Can give me something

That makes hers stand out
Other than the color white.

Now, did your car have any
Unusual markings,

Dents,
Or scratches?

♪♪

I did have a personalized
College plate.

Okay,
What was that?

Delta nu.

Andrena said that her vehicle

Had a personalized plate
On the front

With the greek letters
Of her sorority.

Have you noticed
Anyone suspicious

In the neighborhood
Recently?

Well, I wouldn't
Put nothing past

My neighbor's kid.

He's always
Causing trouble.

In fact,
I caught him peeping

In the back
Of my car before.

What's his name?

Andre.
Andre wilson.

And he lives
Right down the street.

Alright, thank you very much.
I appreciate your help.

The next logical step
Is to talk to andre wilson.

It's the only lead that we have.

Yes?

Ma'am, I'm looking
For andre wilson.

Does he live here?

That's my son.

What's this about?

We're investigating
The theft of a vehicle,

And I need to ask him
A few questions.

Is he home
Right now?

He better pray
This is a mistake.

Andre!

Get your butt
Out here, boy!

Miss wilson is obviously upset.

The thought of her son being
Involved in a vehicle theft --

I think it really bothered her.

What is it?

When she calls for andre,

A 16-year-old, lanky-looking kid
Comes to the door.

What's this about you
And some stolen vehicle?!

Ma, I didn't do nothing.
I swear.

Miss wilson's interest
In her son and whether or not

He was involved
Was directed at him.

He had to answer herquestions.

She would actually make
A pretty good detective.

I played basketball
In the morning,

I came home
And had lunch,

And then
I was playing my game!

I promise
I didn't steal the car, ma.

Ma'am, can you vouch
For your son?

He was
At home all day

Watching television
Up in his room.

But your neighbor
Seems to think

That he's been
Eyeing her vehicle.

Any idea where she may have
Gotten that impression?

Man,
That lady hates me.

Well,
I was playing basketball

And my ball hit her car,
But it was an accident.

Okay.

Victims of crimes -- when they
Don't know who violated them,

They're willing to believe
Anybody did it.

If I need anything else,
I'll be in contact.

Now take your ass
In there

And clean up your room
Like I told you.

Now I kind of feel
Like andrena's lead

Is based more on emotion
Or personal belief

Than actual fact.

♪♪

Even though the lead with andre
Is pretty much dried up,

We're still focused
On the honda,

So we put out a bulletin.

Everybody that we can muster up

Is going to try to find
This honda for us.

[ tires screech ]

♪♪

Hey.
What's that over there?

I don't know.

Pull in
And take a look.

In cedar grove,
There are certain areas

Where vehicles are dumped
When they're stolen --

Somewhere desolate, somewhere
Out of eyesight of most people.

♪♪

Mayfield: these areas
Are usually very secluded.

They're dark.

They're places that people
Don't generally go.

But officers know
All the hiding places,

And those are the places
That we wanted to check.

Car 84 to demery.

Demery: this is demery.
Go ahead.

You're gonna want
To get over

To wentworth
And riverside.

I think
We found your honda.

Really?
Sure about that?

Uh,
Not entirely.

Detectives receive a call
About a dumped vehicle.

But you're gonna want
To get over here

And look at this
For yourself.

But the guys on scene
Are having a hard time

Identifying whether or not
This is the vehicle

For a very bizarre reason.

♪♪

Demery: we head towards where
The officers described.

How are you doing?

Hey, detective.
Come on over.

And the vehicle's stashed back
In some brush.

Certainly looks like
A honda.

We found it like that.
It's burnt to a crisp.

♪♪

Mitchell:
Hey, demery.

Yeah?

Check this out.

Mayfield: as investigators
Were inspecting the car,

They notice that there's a rag

That had been stuffed down
Into the gas tank,

Which is the obvious source
Of this fire.

Clearly,
This is no accident.

Have we been able
To identify this vehicle yet?

Officer:
Not yet.

There was nothing left inside.Got it.

Demery: even though the car
Is the body style of a honda,

There's so much damage,
We can't really tell

Who the car belongs to because
The license plate's gone.

Well, here's our confirmation
Right here.

Moving to the front
Of the vehicle,

I realize the front license
Plate hasn't been removed,

And it's a greek license plate

With miss smith's
Sorority letters on them.

I have no doubt
This is the vehicle

That was used in the drive-by.

Can we get this vehicle
Towed to impound

And see if csi
Can dig up something

Maybe we're not seeing?

Will do.
Thank you.

Demery: there's no way
To tell who drove that
Car and torched it.

As mitchell and I
Are brainstorming

And strategizing our next move,
I get a call from the station.

[ cellphone rings ]This is demery.

There's someone
At the police station

Who claims to know
Exactly who's responsible

For this drive-by shooting.

I want to talk to this kid
Immediately.

I want to find out
What this kid knows.

♪♪

We've been searching
For the cedar grove gang members

Who are responsible
For the drive-by shooting

And murder of chiquita chambers
And jermichael lewis.

[ telephone rings ]

Hey, detective.

Hey, johnson.

This is tony walker.

Hey, tony,
Why don't you have a seat?

Demery: now there's someone
At the police station

Claiming to have knowledge
Of who committed this crime.

I understand you have
Some information for me.

Yeah,
I know who did it.

Really?

You know that's
A serious allegation, right?

Yeah, well,
People keep looking at me

As if ihad
Something to do with it.

Even my own crew
Won't talk to me.

Tony walker's a part
Of the hollywood gang,

And there was word on the street
That somehow,

He'd influenced the shooting

Or been responsible
For the shooting.

Now, why would people think
That you're involved?

Because I was the only one
Not at mommy's house

When this went down.

That ain't right.

I was on my way there
When the shooting started.

Tony says he was only
A couple of houses away

From mommy's house
When he saw the honda whiz by.

He said that he locked eyes
With the driver

And knew who the driver was.

Okay,
How are you so sure?

Because we had a beef
Earlier that day.

He's a cedar grove kid
Named carlton brooks.

Was this beef
Over at the high school?

Yeah,
In the parking lot.

Tony said that he saw carlton
Earlier that day

At woodlawn high school

And carlton was involved
In the fight.

Tony confirms
What we've already heard,

That marquell chambers,
Chiquita's brother,

Fired shots at cedar grove
Gang members after the fight.

So you're telling me

That the drive-by shooting
At mama's house

Was in retaliation

For the shooting
At the high school?

Exactly.

I don't understand
How a high-school fight

Can turn into a shooting
And a retaliation

And a 15-year-old
And a 19-year-old be murdered.

It bothers me a great deal.

Unfortunately,
It's not the first time,

And I don't think
It's gonna be the last time.

Alright.
I'll tell you what.

I'm gonna
Look into this,

But I promise you,
If you're lying,

I'm gonna haul your ass
Right back in here.

You got it?

Out this way.

We don't know for certain
That carlton brooks is involved,

But walker's given us
Something we don't have --

A name, a suspect,
Something we can follow up on.

Brooks,
You said?

Yeah.
Bingo.

Mitchell and I would find out
Carlton brooks is a 17-year-old

Who does have a record
And is actively on probation.

Write down that address
And let's go.

Okay.

So now we're gonna find
Mr. Brooks

And find out
Exactly what he knows

And what his involvement was
In this murder.

[ dog barks ]

When we approach this house,
We have to be cautious.

We have to be tactically aware

And be prepared for any violence
That may take place,

But we also
Have to be diplomatic

In that
He may not be a suspect at all.

♪♪

Shreveport pd,
Open the door.

♪♪

Easy!

Keep it down,
Why don't you?

Ma'am, I'm looking
For carlton brooks.

Is he here?

Sir, I can't keep track
Of that boy.

He ain't been home
In days.

His mom says she hadn't seen
Carlton in at least two days.

The last she saw him,

He was walking down the street
In a saints jacket.

Now,
What's the problem?

We think
He may have been involved

In a
Drive-by shooting.

What?

Do you know
Where we can find him?

Well, if I had to venture
A guess,

I'd say he's over
At his girlfriend's house

Over on
Lexington avenue.

According to miss brooks,
He left her house

And went to his girlfriend's
House, dorothy austin.

That boy
Has a very hot temper,

So if you got
To take him,

He's not
Going to go quietly.

But please
Don't hurt my baby.

Yes, ma'am.

Demery: miss brooks
Isn't really surprised

That we're looking for her son.

She said that he can be violent
And may put up a fight,

So I think
We're on the right track.

♪♪

At this point, we're going to be
Even more prepared

Going to
Carlton's girlfriend's house.

We're going to bring
More officers,

And we're going to be
Extra cautious.

Okay, mitchell.
What do you think?

You want to go
To the front?

I'll take the back.

Yeah, it's a good idea.
You officers come with me.

♪♪

Mayfield:
But a situation like this,

Guns would be drawn
Whenever you approach the house.

You have to be prepared
For everything that might happen

When you're faced with
A possible shooting suspect.

♪♪

Demery:
As we arrive at the house,

Mitchell is going to go
Around to the back,

And me and the other officers
Stay up front.

Shreveport pd,
Open the door!

We knock on the door
To make contact

As mitchell covers
The back door.

You dorothy austin?

I am.
What's going on?

We're looking for
Carlton brooks. Is he in there?

Nah, he ain't here.
You just missed him.

Dorothy comes out, and she does
That where she slips out

And closes that door behind her.

She's got a reason

That she doesn't want
Police in her house,

So that throws up a red flag
For investigators.

Where is he? Are you sure
He's not in your house?

Yeah,
He just left.

He's headed down
Wallace avenue, actually.

You know, I bet if you leave
Now, you can probably catch him.

Demery: we're getting
Really strange vibes from her.

She seems to be defensive,

And she seems to be loud
For no one to be in the house.

I'm not really buying it.

Let me explain
Something to you, dorothy.

Carlton could be
In a lot of trouble.

If you're hiding him, that makes
You in a lot of trouble.

Now,
Where is he?

Listen,
I said he ain't here.

Unless you have
A warrant,

I suggest you don't
Come back until you do.

Step over here
And talk to me for a second.

Dorothy austin is like the rest
Of the kids in this case.

They don't understand
The reality

And the gravity
Of what's going on,

So I figure
By pulling her to the side,

I can talk to her
And explain things to her.

This is not the time
To be playing games.

Where the hell
Is he at?

As I'm talking
To dorothy austin,

Mitchell's at the back
Of the house.

[ dog barking in distance ]

As mitchell's in the backyard,

He hears a loud noise
On the side of the house.

He goes around
The side of the house.

Young male, black,
Starts to crawl out the window,

And he's wearing
A new orleans saints jacket.

[ gun cocks ]Freeze!

I think mitchell
Just found carlton brooks.

♪♪

Demery: after chasing down
Multiple dead-end leads,

We're finally
On the right track.

You dorothy austin?I am.

While looking for carlton brooks
At his girlfriend's house,

He decides to pull a fast one
And escape out the back window,

But carlton doesn't realize

Detective mitchell is standing
Right there to catch him.

[ gun cocks ]Freeze!

Down.

Hands behind
Your head.

[ handcuffs click ]

Mitchell cuffs carlton,

Brings him around
To the front of the house.

Demery?!
Demery: yo?

Caught him trying to jump out
The side window.

I thought you just told me
He wasn't here.

Listen,
I can explain.

No,
You know what?

Officer, let's get her down
To the station.

Let's go.

Demery: now that we have carlton
In custody,

Dorothy's a little more
Cooperative now.

Come on, man.
Let's go sweep this house.

She now tells us we can look
Throughout the house.

Shreveport pd, if you're here,
Come out!

The officers
Go inside the house,

And we fan out
And start the search.

[ dog barks in distance ]

We're looking for evidence,

Anything that relates
To this murder.

Officer:
Hey, demery.

I think
I got something here.

♪♪

I go in the back room

And on the bed are two
.380 caliber pistols.

♪♪

This is important because
The caliber of the shell casings

Found at the scene
Were also .380.

Let's get these bagged up
And get csi down here.

Officer:
You got it.

I'm pretty sure
These are our murder weapons.

I don't believe in coincidences.

At this point,
Csi's gonna come in,

Take charge of the weapons,
Bring them in for testing.

♪♪

Now we bring carlton
And dorothy downtown.

I want to talk to dorothy first.

I'm curious of what
Dorothy's gonna say now

Because she's been caught
In a lie.

Alright, dorothy.

What you need
To understand is

We recovered weapons
From your house

That we believe
Are connected to a homicide,

So without a doubt,

You are up to this
To your ears.

♪♪

Okay, look.

The guns may have been used
In the drive-by...

♪♪

...But carlton
Didn't do nothing.

It was his friends
Who did the shooting.

Dorothy says carlton
Wasn't involved in the drive-by,

But she gives us the names
Of the people who were --

Courtney beaner
And philip brown.

This is the first time
I'm hearing any of these names.

How do you
Know this?

Well,
After school,

Everyone just showed up
At my place.

Mack: dorothy explains
To investigators

The day of the shooting,

Carlton brooks
Comes to her house

With some of his friends,
And they're pretty pissed off

About this fight
That's happened at woodlawn.

Them hollywood boys think
We a bunch of bitches.

Carlton, calm down.

They think they can
Fire shots at us,

We're not gonna
Fire back at 'em?

Carlton said
They need to be ride or die,

But after
Everyone left,

I got carlton
To stay back.

I knew
They were up to good.

Uh-huh.

Demery:
"Ride or die" is street slang,

Basically meaning that you're
Gonna have to take retribution

Or you die before you let
Something like that slide.

Mack:
They had this stolen honda,

And they all decided
They were gonna go retaliate

By shooting up
Their neighborhood.

Dorothy says she convinces
Carlton not to go.

Why do I have eyewitnesses
Saying that carlton was there?

And why did he try
And jump out the window?

Everyone wanted him
To go down for it.

When his friends got back,
They were scared.

The shooting was already
On the news.

Okay, so they just left
The weapons at your house.

What about the car?

I don't know.

They just wanted
To get rid of the car.

Okay.
You hold tight.

Demery:
Dorothy's protecting carlton.

She's purposely leaving him out.

She doesn't want to place him
On the scene of the crime,

And she wants to remove
All culpability from him.

Alright.

She's not telling me
The whole truth.

Maybe, uh, see what carlton
Has to say for himself?

Yeah, well, I'm afraid
I've got some bad news.

He's refusing to talk.

Damn it.

Carlton immediately says
He wants an attorney.

We don't have the opportunity
To talk to him now.

Alright, you guys want
To round up

The rest of these clowns
And see what they have to say?

I'm on it.

Our next step is to go find
The other suspects,

Courtney beaner
And philip brown.

♪♪

Locating these subjects
Is not difficult at all.

In fact, they're both
At philip brown's house.

Once we get to the house,
We round them up.

They're easy
To take into custody,

And we don't have any incidents.

♪♪

As we're looking through
The house and collecting,

We realize there's a photograph
In philip's room

Of he and courtney throwing up
Cedar grove gang signs.

♪♪

This confirms that they are
Affiliated with the gang

Or at least claim the gang
As their friends.

So we get all of them
Down to the police station,

And we want
To talk to them individually.

First one we decide to talk to
Is courtney beaner.

He's nervous and fidgety,

So I'm thinking it's gonna be
Pretty easy to break him.

Alright, courtney,
Why don't you walk me through

And explain to me
Exactly what happened?

Man,
It's just whack.

I wasn't there.

I was watching tv at my boy
Philip's house that night.

Okay.

Let me explain something
To you

So you
Just understand.

I talked to dorothy.

She told me
A very different story.

Wait, wait.

So y'all been talking
To dorothy?

Yeah, we've been talking
To dorothy,

So what you need to do
Is stop lying.

In situations like this,

I simply tell courtney
That we have him.

We have everybody.

We have the guns,
We know the circumstances,

We know about the fight.

We push him up into a corner
Where he can't get out.

He's gonna eventually talk.

Demery is like this consistent,
Unseen pressure

During an interrogation

That makes the suspect
Release information.

Man, look.

We just up
At the school chilling

'til them hollywood boys
Pulled up

And stared fronting
On us.

♪♪

What y'all doing
Around here?

[ laughs ]

Y'all better
Run along home.

Yeah, that's not what
Your mama said, though.

What'd you say,
Fool?

You heard him, you
Weak-ass bitch. What
You gonna do about it?

Demery:
Courtney says a fight broke out.

Oh, you think
I'm playing?

♪♪

[ indistinct shouting,
Gunshots ]

Then one of the hollywood boys
Shot at them.

After the shooting at woodlawn,
They went to dorothy's house.

We knew carlton
Had jacked this car

That we could use,
Right?

And they decided they were
Going to go get revenge

On the hollywood boys.

Cedar grove --
Ride or die, right?

Dorothy:
Carlton, calm down.

Look, I'm not trying
To hear all that [bleep]

Philip,
You packing?

I'm ready, man.
You gonna drive?

That's what
I'm talking about.

Let's drive, man.
Courtney, you packing?

Hell, yeah.
Let's get it, let's get it.

Carlton, please.

Demery:
Listening to courtney,

It sounds like carlton brooks
Is the ringleader.

Carlton brooks is suggesting
Everything they should do,

And he's calling all the shots.

Bet them hollywood boys
Might care

That they're messing
With us now, huh?

They put on black hoodies,
Black bandanas,

Loaded up their .380s.

[ gun cocks ]

All got into the stolen honda

And went and carried out
The drive-by.

♪♪

Oh, hey, ronnie.

Just thought maybe
You needed a ride.

Yeah, that'd be great.Alright, come on.

Yeah, marquell showed 'em
What was up.

They won't be
Messing with us no more.

♪♪

This is it
Up here.

Get ready.
Mommy's house.

♪♪

Still want to get lunch
Together tomorrow?

As the car turns on ledbetter,
Carlton's driving.

Yeah, you know it.
Save me a seat, okay?

Why,
'cause you always late?

Courtney rolls down
The back window.

Philip brown pops out
Of the sun roof.

Good night,
You guys.

♪♪

[ gunshots, screaming ]

♪♪

And they simultaneously
Started firing.

♪♪

Mack: courtney beaner
Tells investigators

They were targeting
Marquell chambers

And any of that hollywood gang
When they did this drive-by,

But the reality
In this situation

Is that two teenage kids
Got killed

That didn't have anything to do
With their beef.

Get up!

Demery: the cedar grove gang was
Unaware that their true target,

Marquell chambers,
Was already in custody

For the parking-lot shooting
Earlier that day.

When you shoot as many times
As these suspects did,

They don't care who they hit.

There's never really
A true target.

They were operating off emotion,
Adrenaline, and impulsivity.

Their eyes may have well been
Closed because it didn't matter.

♪♪

How'd that honda
Get torched?

Once we seen it
On the news,

We just knew
We had to ditch it.

♪♪

Courtney says
After the drive-by,

They realized that they
Have to get rid of the car,

So they drove it
To the desolate location...

♪♪

...And set it on fire
And got out.

♪♪

And that's what happened,
Alright?

I feel sorry
For what happened

To that girl
And that other kid,

But we wasn't aiming
At them.

We was aiming to pop that punk,
Marquell.

He wasn't even there.

Officer.

It seemed to me that courtney
Still, at this point,

Didn't understand the gravity
Of what they had done.

Get him
The hell out of here.

Let's go.

I don't know that he even
Showed remorse or even cared

Or even realized how big it was.

After talking to
Courtney beaner,

I talked to philip brown,

And he pretty much echoed
What courtney said,

That carlton brooks
Called the shots,

Was the ringleader,
And was the driver of the honda.

♪♪

[ gavel bangs ]

Ultimately, carlton brooks,
Courtney beaner,

And philip brown were charged
With second-degree murder.

They were convicted at trial

And each sentenced
To life in prison

Without the benefit
Or the possibility of parole.

Chiquita and jermichael
Were innocent victims.

They were just at the wrath.

They caught it,
And they died for it.

♪♪

We never expected anything
Like this to happen to kiki.

You're 15 with your friends,

You shouldn't have to be
Worrying about nothing.

Kiki deserved life.

Jermichael missed a whole lot,
And sometimes I think about him.

And it will make me sad,

But I know jermichael
Is looking down on us.

Demery:
The kids should be in school.

They should be preparing
For their futures, colleges,

Having fun, enjoying life.

People like chiquita chambers
And jermichael lewis

Should not be buried
Before their 20th birthday

Because they'd been shot
In drive-by shootings.

It just doesn't make any sense.

It's the biggest tragedy
We can ever experience.