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He begged me to not let him
pass away.

And I felt --

I felt like I was
a failure to him.

But it wasn't my will.

We could not get the subject
to respond to any command.

He did have a gunshot
wound to the upper chest.

Detectives felt like delvin most
likely knew who his killer was.

We were talking to him
about a robbery.

All of a sudden,
the interview

just changes directions
into a homicide.

If you've got this information
then you need to

tell US what you know
about it.

A woman has just
discovered a man shot

outside her house in
the center of town.

Blytheville police department
dispatch officers to the scene.

It was unknown at the
time if the subject was alive

or if he was deceased.

It's important in
the seriousness of these calls

to try to get
there as quickly as possible.

When I arrived on the scene,
I activated my body camera,

and I observed
a African-American male

bleeding profusely from
the mouth.

We could not get the subject
to respond to any commands.

He did have a gunshot wound
to the upper chest,

below the neck area.

He was not breathing.

The situation was
very dire.

Paramedics arrive
and immediately take over.

We done everything that
we could, but the victim did

end up dying while on scene.

It is very tragic
for somebody to lose their life,

but it is very necessary to
keep emotions out of these type

of cases and get all
the information we need.

Officers start by
speaking with the 911 caller,

teaosha rudd.

Teaosha then explains
that she can

only remember the man's
neighborhood nickname -- buckii.

The night that buckii got shot,

it was just unreal.

I couldn't think of
his real name for anything.

My mind was blanking,
that's all I knew to call him,

like, buckii, because

that's what I've been
calling him my whole life.

When the police got there,
and I'm screaming and hollering,

and I'm realizing that this
is real life,

he passed away,

so I really felt
like I was helpless,

and I felt --
I felt like I was

a failure to him,
because he begged me,

before he passed,
to not let him pass away.

But it wasn't my will.

Nothing in the world
could have

prepared me for that.

She had trouble
telling US what she had seen.

We felt like she needed time
to collect herself

before we continued
to question her.

Back outside,

officers begin to canvass
the area for

anything that might be
relevant to the shooting.

We're looking for
anything of evidentiary value.

Could be shell casings,
blood trails,

anything that could
potentially help US in

this case.

But after
conducting a thorough search,

officers fail
to turn up anything.

And without knowing
the victim's full name,

detectives fear
they can't move forward.

We can't figure out
what happened

if we don't know
what happened to who.

We need to figure out
what his real name is,

that way we can continue
the investigation.

As word of
the shooting gets out,

onlookers begin
arriving at the scene.

When talking to the man,

it was discovered that buckii
had several different nicknames.

Growing up as kids,
whatever our nickname is,

that's what we go by.

His name buckii --
that's what he go by.

He ain't call hisself big glo,
like, that's

what I've known him by
my whole entire life.

Now we know
the name of the victim.

Now we need to find out
who his killer was.

Hours after
delvin "buckii" meadows

was shot and killed,

investigators are no closer
to identifying a suspect.

Police in
blytheville, Arkansas,

are looking for
a killer tonight.

When officers got to a home
in the 2200 block of west Rose,

they found a man.

They say he had been shot
in the chest.

Now, detectives
must break the news to

delvin's family
that their loved one is dead.

My brother got shot
on my dad's birthday.

And our cousin called
the same day it happened.

I just felt weird,

and I got on the phone,
she was cryin'.

And I was like,
"what's wrong?"

She was like,
"your brother got shot.

He dead."

So I just got so numb
to it, but...

I think about him
every day.

He worked so that
he can try to provide.

And he had a couple jobs.

I mean, he always talked about
he want to be a rapper,

but at the same time,
he was working,

trying to help out his family,
because his mother had

passed away.

He was one of those that

he was real about things,
and at the same time,

funny and, like,

he...he was just buckii.

He was goofy.

He was, like, the type of person
that liked to laugh.

It can be a messed
up situation,

he gonna find a way to make
everybody laugh.

He was a hard-working person,
because we come from nothing.

He worked hard,
went to school,

graduated.

He was caring.

You know, um...

He was a mama's boy.

She passed, like,
nine months before him.

So, like, at that moment,
it was just like,

first I lose my mom,
then I lost my brother.

The next day,
detectives are still no closer

to finding the person
responsible for killing

delvin meadows.

We got the results back
from the autopsy,

and it was determined
that the victim died

from the gunshot wound
to the upper chest,

lower neck area.

The autopsy report
indicated that

the shooting happened
at a close range.

But that information being
said, detectives felt like

delvin most likely knew
who his killer was.

With delvin's death
officially ruled a homicide,

detectives decide
to speak with

the 911 caller,
teaosha rudd, again,

this time at the station.

She told US that
there was a rumor

that buckii had been arguing
with another individual.

She didn't know the name
of this person,

but apparently he had been
arguing back and forth

with somebody.

I didn't know
what he was beefing about,

the in and outs about it,
but I felt the need to tell

the police, because I just
wanted justice for him.

I was trying to find
everything by

any means to get to
the bottom of it.

No one deserve
to lose their life,

especially someone
like buckii.

Teaosha explains that
she's not sure what the argument

was about,

but this information is enough
to provide detectives with

their first solid lead.

We definitely wanted to follow
up on this information.

It could possibly be
delvin's killer.

While detectives work
to track down

this unknown individual,

they get word that another man
has been arrested for

an unrelated robbery.

He was wanted for
an aggravated robbery.

Once he was arrested,

myself
and detective Chelsey grimes,

we wanted to interview him
regarding

the aggravated
robbery allegations.

At first,
the conversation has nothing

to do with buckii's murder.

At that moment,

once he started
telling US that,

seeing him break down
like that,

it was something
out of the ordinary.

So it was kind of

a wow factor to know that
he was actually wanting

to come out and give US
the information he had.

Detectives with
the blytheville police

department have just learned
that a man arrested on

a robbery charge claims to
have information about

the murder of
delvin "buckii" meadows.

We were talking
to him about a robbery,

and all of a sudden,

the interview just changes
directions into a homicide.

But it was an exciting
thing -- when he told US

he had information
on this homicide

and who had
killed buckii,

we definitely wanted to get
as much information as we could

from him while he was
willing to tell US that.

At that time, I decided
to step out of the room and call

the prosecutor so he would know
that we were being serious on

trying to get him

whatever help
he was asking for.

It's important to US to --
to know

who was involved.

It's important to US
to know what happened.

But we,
as law enforcement,

we don't negotiate
with people.

We -- we're unable
to do that.

If you've got this information,
then you need

to tell US what you know
about it.

We felt that he would cooperate,
because he had

so much on the line
at this point.

Realizing what's at stake,

the man agrees to come clean
about what he knows.

He begins by telling
the prosecutor that

everything started

when he was driving over to
his friend's house.

He contends he saw
the man with the gun,

as well as another man,
Dante Reed,

run past him.

With all the information
that he was giving US,

what we really needed was
the name of the killer.

Although they have
the potential suspect's name,

detectives must confirm

that the man is
telling the truth.

The prosecutor
talking to him,

just because of his history,
his credibility issues,

she wants to make sure that,

is there anybody else
that can corroborate

what you're saying,
an independent witness

who we can talk to

not around you that
says, "yeah,

this is what happened."

At that point, we let him make
the phone call to talk to him.

At that time, we really needed
to know what this person knew.

Once the call is completed,

detectives locate
the man's friend

and bring him into the station
for questioning.

Detectives also learn
that delvin apparently had

an argument with
Quincy's sister,

and Quincy seemed very upset
over the incident.

After speaking
with these two,

we were able to corroborate
both stories.

At this point,
we feel as if

we have a motive
behind the murder,

but there's two people
that we haven't spoken to

that were there that night.

And their name is
Dante Reed and Quincy Whitfield.

Blytheville police
have just spoken to two men

who have revealed

the potential suspect
and motive for the killing of

delvin "buckii" meadows...

While buckii's friends and
family quietly lay him to rest.

I went to buckii's funeral.

We also had a candlelight
before the funeral

at my house.

A lot of his relatives,
a lot of friends

came out,
and we had prayer,

and sung a song.

He had a lot of support.

Buckii's death
took an impact on me

and a whole lot of others,

because he was loved
by a lot of people.

He was my baby brother,
he was the best.

I was crying.

He buried right beside my mom,

so it was kind of --
a surreal episode,

because I wouldn't never
think my little brother

would get killed.

And just to see somebody
that don't do no wrong

get dead like that,

it's, like, traumatizing.

That, like, leave you
shell-shocked.

And as
the investigation wears on,

delvin's family continues
to feel the effects

of his tragic loss.

We shared clothes,
the same mother and brother.

He just always
wanted the best.

He went to school.
He went to college.

He worked.
He was ambitious.

And me and him
used to share a room,

so he used to sit in the room
and listen to me rap,

and over the years,
he started doing it.

And he started making videos
on Facebook.

He had started his own
little TV show,

called the glo TV.

I just can't wrap the thought
around he gone.

It just don't seem real.

Back at the station,
detectives dig into

the backgrounds of

the two men witnesses say were
there when buckii was killed --

Quincy Whitfield
and Dante Reed.

So we did our research

and discovered that Dante was
currently incarcerated

in the Arkansas
department of corrections

on an unrelated homicide
that he had been convicted for.

With Dante being incarcerated,

we knew he wasn't
going anywhere.

Our next step was
to locate Quincy Whitfield.

Quincy did have a minor record
as a juvenile,

but he wasn't in jail.

So we needed to learn
as much information

on Quincy as we could.

Since detectives
believe that the bad blood

between Quincy
and delvin started

because of Quincy's sister,

they decide to bring her in
for questioning.

It seemed very odd to
investigators at the time that

this woman did not know
anything about her brother

and had no information
on the case.

This person was
not cooperative.

There was no reason in
questioning her any further.

We just felt like we really need
to focus on talking to Quincy.

Detectives then
have Quincy Whitfield

brought into the station
for questioning.

He was very nonchalant
about his story.

That's all he would say was

he was in Missouri
with his girlfriend.

He had no other details.

As a detective, people who
are telling the truth

are gonna give more details
than just two things.

You know,
he was obviously lying.

I felt like at that went in
the interview that I was gonna

have to change
my tactics with him,

because just
asking him questions

wasn't getting me anywhere.

We have to become
more aggressive.

We have to get the truth
out of this individual.

I was tired of
the lies that he was telling.

I don't think
he understood the --

the gravity of
the situation.

This kid is literally
looking at a lot of jail time.

And he would -- he really
needs to come clean.

Detectives
investigating the murder of

delvin "buckii" meadows
have just finished

questioning
their prime suspect,

Quincy Whitfield.

But Quincy insists
another man,

Dante Reed, is responsible.

We heard Quincy's
side of the story.

So now, at that point,
we need to go talk to Dante.

Detectives travel to
the prison where Dante is

currently incarcerated
and have him brought in

for questioning.

While speaking with Dante,

he gave pretty much
word-for-word

of what the other witnesses
had said happened that night.

Dante had no reason
to lie to US.

He had nothing else
to lose,

and he came clean and told US
that it was Quincy,

that he was there with him
that night.

And that Quincy's the one
who killed buckii.

Based on what we had
learned from all of

our witnesses and everybody
that we had talked to,

we had an understanding about
what had happened that night.

We don't know if
the true motive of

the case involved delvin
calling out Quincy's sister,

but we do know
that Quincy targeted delvin

solely that night.

We believe
Quincy ran up on buckii

and began shooting at him.

Buckii later died
because of the gunshot wound.

Based off the statements

made by all three witnesses,

Quincy Whitfield is arrested

and pleads guilty
to second-degree murder.

He receives 15 years
for his involvement

in the killing of
delvin "buckii" meadows.

Being able to close
this case, it felt amazing,

you know, dealing with buckii's
family, knowing buckii's family,

it was a great weight
off the chest to get,

you know,
the person behind bars.

We know as officers that

we can't bring
that person back.

That person's gone,
but what we can do is try

to bring justice for that
person's family

to help them gain closure.

His death --
it affected me so bad.

Like I got anger problems.

I don't trust people.

I miss him a lot.
I think about him every day.

And it's kind of hard,
because he ain't never did

no wrong.

It probably should have
been me, because I did

a lot of wrong in life.

If he was here,
I probably would have told him,

I wish I was there
instead of him.

At the end of the day,

I got to go through
the rest of my life

without my little brother.

If I could talk to buckii
or see him or anything,

I tell him to just stay
a little longer, like...

Well a couple more hours,

just to sit there
or anything just to pass time.

And I'd tell him that I'm --

I'm sorry that
I couldn't save him.

And if I could turn back

the hands of time to do
something different

to try to save him,
that I would.

I think people remember his
music and, like, little jokes

he used to bust
over social media.

Like, they gonna remember
everything basically about him.

And they don't,
I know for sure I will.