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In 2015,
there were horrific crimes
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spreading across South Florida.
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The violence was extraordinary.
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Brutal murders, home invasion
robberies, drive-by shootings,
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random shootings.
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I want who did this
to my son to pay for it.
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We didn't know who was causing
all this violence,
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but they were willing to kill
anyone that wanted
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to work against them.
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My friend died for nothing.
He died for nothing.
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A lot of these victims
were anti-law enforcement.
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I had to show them I'm human,
I'm just like them.
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One of them said, "I didn't
think my life mattered."
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It was heartbreaking.
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I get this phone call.
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"This is Jessica Box
with the FBI."
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And I was like, "FBI?"
What's going on?
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This case is my life.
I wake up and I work it.
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I sleep.
I dream about it.
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I will not stop.
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Sit me on the stand.
Give me the Bible.
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I'm bringin' my own.
Wish them no luck in hell.
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I'm FBI Special Agent
Jessica Box.
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When serious crime strikes,
the special agents of the FBI
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answer the call.
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Fidelity, bravery, integrity.
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This is "FEDS."
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A lot of people
look at Florida from television.
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They see the lights,
the palm trees, the beaches,
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and they just think
that this is paradise.
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That's how they lure you in.
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But once you get
to the heart of Florida,
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where the heartbeat is,
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this is a concrete jungle.
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You got a lot of lions,
tigers, and bears.
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So, tread light and be careful.
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Everything that glitters
isn't gold here.
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As a detective,
you see these violent crimes
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spreading out
throughout our county,
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and you're starting to feel
like there's some connection.
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You definitely fear that, uh,
this is getting out of control.
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Coming up through
law enforcement, I worked a lot
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of undercover work, but I'd
never seen anything like this.
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We didn't know who they were,
but they were
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terrorizing the county.
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Numerous different police
departments were involved.
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Each one had
one small aspect of it
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to just-- overwhelming
state authorities.
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So, based upon that,
I put out inquiries to the FBI
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as to who might be available
to work on these cases.
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I was assigned a young female
by the name of Jessica Box.
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I worked as an intelligence
analyst for the FBI.
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I wanted to do more.
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I did not want to just
sit on the sidelines
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and be on the computer all day.
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And I decided that I really
had to be an agent.
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That was really what
my heart was telling me.
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So this case was really
what I call "my baby".
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It was my first investigation
as a brand-new agent.
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Agent Box was faced with
taking over all the evidence
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that we had accumulated
up to this point.
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I essentially took
a 5,000-piece puzzle
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and dumped it
in Jessica's lap.
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I was very nervous.
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I spent about a full week,
without exaggeration,
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organizing files.
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We had over 49 different crimes
across South Florida
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in a very small
period of time.
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I went through
detail after detail,
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case by case,
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trying to put the pieces
to the puzzle together.
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On November 4th, 2015,
a shooting took place
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in a garage in a neighborhood
called "Habitat" in Lauderhill.
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Inside the garage
was Rodrick McCullough,
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a small-time marijuana dealer,
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Veronica Gilchrist,
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and her friend Donald Johnston,
also known as Eddie.
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Eddie was
the neighborhood's champ.
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He was just that person
where you could go to him
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for anything.
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He'll give you
the clothes off his back.
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I used to call Eddie
my guardian angel.
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As long as I'm near Eddie,
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I don't have nothing
to worry about.
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That night, a little bit
after 10, I'm eating my pizza.
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Eddie is standing
not too far from me.
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Rod is close by me.
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And he begins to stutter.
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And I'm like, "Boy, get the--
get them words out your mouth."
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He's, "Stu-stu..."
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And I'm like--
but when I look at him,
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you can see the garage doors
just, like, lift up.
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They came in with no masks.
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They came in shooting
with AK-47s.
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I was standing in
the middle of crossfire.
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I fall, boom,
then Rod falls, boom.
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And the last person standing
is Eddie.
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I remember him, like,
reaching in his pockets
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and pulling out some money
and throwing it, like,
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"Get what you want,
take what you want,
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so you guys can leave."
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And they shot him.
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I just remember them standing
on the back of my legs
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and shooting me close range
to the point...
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your body becomes numb.
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I prayed to God, and I-- and I
remember just screaming out
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my son's name
and feeling like I let him down.
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And one of them came
and said in my ear,
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"Bitch, stop praying.
Stop [bleep] praying."
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I remember thinking,
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this is how you're about to die.
This is how you're gonna go,
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riddled with bullets.
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One of them walked over,
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stood on her back
with both feet,
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and pointed an AK-47 down,
straight at her back,
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and fired their weapon.
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Her back filleted open.
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Due to having sclerosis
as a child,
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she had a titanium rod
in her back,
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and the bullet
actually bounced out,
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and she survived.
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That is the only reason she is
walking and living right now.
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When law enforcement arrived
on scene that night,
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Donald Johnston
was still alive,
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and he was rushed
to the hospital.
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He was the son of one
of our employees
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at the Broward Sheriff's Office,
Mrs. Kathy Wilson.
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At 11:15, I got a phone call
from one of his friends.
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He said,
"Mom, Eddie's been shot."
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We went to the hospital.
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They took us
to the Critical Care Unit.
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He was laying there.
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Um...
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I can't remember how many
bags of blood he went through,
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and they said,
"It's just not staying in.
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It's not staying in."
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I was talking to him,
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and his eyes were
somewhat closed,
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but glazed a bit, you know.
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And then he started
biting his lip,
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and the nurse saw it,
and she said, "Stop, stop, stop.
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"We have to put him back under.
He's coming out.
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He's coming out."
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And to see him
in that pain was hard.
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And to see him
like that was hard.
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Um...
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To know that he was alive,
and he heard me,
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and that he was actually
biting his lip.
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Don't know if he was trying
to answer me.
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That brings me comfort.
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'Cause he heard me,
hear my voice.
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He heard a familiar voice.
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I took a picture of him.
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So I got the last picture
of him being alive.
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Seeing Kathy and imagining
what it must feel like for a mom
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to lose her child
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is heartbreaking.
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My brother,
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it was one of those situations
where he was in the wrong place
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at the wrong time.
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I wanted to know, um, why him?
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With everything that he does
in the community.
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He's a good person
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and the person that instilled
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those morals and those values,
those Christian values in me.
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And he honestly, he kept it up
all throughout his adulthood.
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So I'm like, why would someone
be gunning after him?
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It just-- it just
didn't make sense.
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It made no sense why they were
targeting this specific group.
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There were not tons of money
and tons of drugs
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in this garage.
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I told the police I didn't know
who those guys were.
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It was around
about $1,200 in the garage.
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They left that money
on the ground.
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So it's like,
what was the point?
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My friend died for nothing.
He died for nothing.
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Rodrick McCullough
survived the shooting,
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but when we went
to speak with him,
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he was very uncooperative.
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Claimed he didn't know anything,
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and he didn't know why.
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So, while processing
the crime scene,
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we found multiple shell casings,
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but this was a mystery.
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We didn't know
who the shooters were.
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All we knew was
that there were two gunmen,
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and they didn't wear masks.
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So, I started looking
through the cases
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where there were
a lot of potential eyewitnesses.
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On October 3, 2015, there was
a peewee football game.
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It was a park
in Lauderhill Lakes,
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just like a typical
Saturday afternoon.
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At the time,
there was hundreds of kids.
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Peewee football games
were actively going on
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with their parents
and everybody watching.
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I was told that there was
over 300 people here.
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On that date, several gunmen
walked into the park
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in broad daylight
with no face coverings,
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nothing to hide their identity,
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walked up to a father
who was with his children
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and shot him point-blank.
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They stole his money
and they ran back across
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into their car and took off.
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They shot Zoe Gotti
twice in the stomach,
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but miraculously,
he was able to survive.
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I spoke to so many people
on the street
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who were reluctant
to talk to me.
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Out of 300 people,
not one person came forward
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to say what they saw.
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No one wanted to talk
to law enforcement.
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That was the first time
I realized
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how hard my job was gonna be
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if no one would step up and say,
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"These people shot someone
in broad daylight,
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and my children
were running around."
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But I started to see
there was a clear pattern.
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Zoe Gotti and Rodrick McCullough
were both people that had
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a reputation to deal drugs
in the Dania Beach
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and Hollywood area.
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What we realized is that
these gunmen were specifically
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targeting drug dealers
and people that they perceived
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to be law enforcement
unfriendly, so that these people
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wouldn't testify against them.
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We noticed this pattern
over and over again.
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And, as time went on, I found
a connection that would change
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the course of the entire
investigation.
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On November 3rd, 2015,
myself and my partner,
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Walt Foster, we got notified
by supervisors
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of a home invasion, uh, robbery,
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where one of the victims
had been shot.
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By the time we arrived
on the scene, the victim had
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already been transported
to the hospital.
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AJ Bosfield was one
of those kids that grew up
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in a bad environment.
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He was one of those kids
that you thought
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you could change him
if you gave him some options
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and talk him out
of being on the streets.
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From what we were told
from the witnesses on scene,
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Mr. Bosfield was cooperating.
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It didn't matter to them
that he was cooperating.
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He was still placed
onto the ground
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of the bedroom
and shot.
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He was pronounced deceased
at the hospital.
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He was not a threat to anyone,
and he was executed
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by-- by these robbers.
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This murder took place
24 hours before the murder
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of Donald Johnston.
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We knew that we were dealing
with criminals that were out
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for more than just product.
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They were looking to make a name
for themselves,
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and they were looking
for street credit.
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There were drive-by shootings
happening on what seemed
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like a daily basis.
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It was clear this was not
the works of just a few gunmen.
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We were dealing
with a gang working together.
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They were spreading
across South Florida.
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We didn't know
how far extended,
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but we knew
we had to do something fast.
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At the AJ Bosfield homicide,
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we found two
...380 cartridge casings.
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I went through every piece
of evidence across many cases
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from each crime scene
that had casings.
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And I found
a very likely match.
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This was the residence
of Cory Billings.
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Cory Billings was
a known drug dealer
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in the Hollywood area.
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On November 25, 2015,
the car parked
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right where we are.
Two gunmen went inside.
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The Cory Billings
crime scene was so heinous.
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I mean, Cory Billings
was laid out on the floor,
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shot several times in the head.
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There were nine handgun casings,
and eight were a .380 caliber.
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As law enforcement went in
to clear the residence,
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they discovered that there was,
in fact,
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a robust security system
in place.
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We knew we needed to see
exactly what footage was on it,
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as quickly as possible.
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When Hollywood told me they had
video of the Cory Billings
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home invasion robbery,
I was very excited.
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To say the least,
I thought this could be
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the breakthrough in the case.
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I dropped everything,
got everybody together,
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and had a TV set up
for them and everything.
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But when they played the video,
I realized that this was a video
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that I wouldn't want
anyone else to watch.
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The violence and the nature
of this crime
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was absolutely ruthless.
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You can see Cory Billings
walk out a customer.
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The first gunman comes in.
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And shoots at Cory Billings
and the dog.
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You see the second man come in.
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They're searching the house.
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We're assuming he's asking
Cory Billings,
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"Where's the money,
where's the drugs?"
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And in the corner here,
you can see
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that the first gunman is
searching through the kitchen.
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As the first gunman walks out,
he's trying to clear
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what we think is a jam
in his firearm.
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And Cory Billings,
we assume,
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thinks it's safe to get up.
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But the gunman tells him
to get back down.
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We think Cory Billings
was laying on the ground,
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clearly obeying the orders
that he was given,
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probably pleading for his life.
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And he's just shot,
as he's laying there.
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Cold-blooded execution.
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Cory Billings was severely
brain damaged
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and sadly passed away, 2024.
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While the video was a great
breakthrough in our case,
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it's also torturous
because the video
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was grainy enough
to where we couldn't 100%
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positively ID somebody enough
to place him into custody.
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When you go
through a video like that
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for evidentiary purposes,
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you slow it down
and you go through it
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frame by frame by frame.
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Eventually, we picked up
little nuances.
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We saw that the second person
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was possibly communicating
with somebody outside
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as he would occasionally
turn his head.
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We could see that there was
a third person
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standing in the doorway.
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We couldn't see who it was
at all, just a shadow.
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Hollywood Police Department
went and recovered fingerprints
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from that doorway
and sent it to the lab.
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One of those fingerprints
came back for a positive hit
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on Eric Hunter.
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Eric Hunter was very well known
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on the streets of South Florida.
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He'd been a thorn in the side
of law enforcement
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since he was an adolescent.
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When I went
through his social media,
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it was clear that he had
a group following.
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From there, we started
to build our network
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of potential gang members.
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Just spun that guap
at Wendy's, man.
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[bleep] real hungry, man.
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I went and collected information
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on literally
over a hundred people.
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But the same three people
were always together.
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Eric Hunter,
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Derrick Slade,
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and Marcello Gordon.
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It was easy to see
that they were
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the three pieces of glue
that held this gang together,
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and that Eric Hunter
was most likely the leader.
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We hit the streets
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and we talked
to a lot of people.
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They were telling us that,
even as a young kid,
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he wanted to control people.
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He wanted to call the shots.
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00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:21,601
Eric Hunter had this reputation
that he was untouchable.
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The word on the street was
that he must have had
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black magic promoting
and assisting him.
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We were told that there was
a woman who practiced voodoo
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in a storefront.
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And these gang members would go
to her to ask for her blessing
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and protection
from law enforcement.
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We had to find a way
to stop Eric Hunter.
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A partner of mine and myself,
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we drove around to see
if we could locate
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any local gang members
we could talk to
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to kind of give us some insight
into some of the crimes
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that were occurring.
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We observe what we believe
to be a hand-to-hand
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narcotics transaction take place
with a vehicle,
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so we decided
to stop that vehicle.
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There's a small turn lane
right up here by this light,
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and that's where we conducted
the traffic stop.
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On approach to the car,
my partner took
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the driver's side window,
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and I took the right-rear
passenger side.
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At that point,
we asked for compliance.
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"Show me your hands,
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put your hands
on the dashboard."
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We just wanna see their hands,
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to make sure they're not
gonna hurt us.
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The front passenger
and the driver
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immediately complied.
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The person in the back
behind the driver,
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uh, was not complying,
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was just kinda pretending
he couldn't be seen.
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I continued to address him.
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I said, "Show me your hands,
show me your hands."
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He still didn't comply.
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I heard my partner ask
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for driver's license,
registration,
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just like any other car stop.
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And I heard the driver say,
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00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:17,483
"You know me, I'm Eric Hunter.
I don't have my ID."
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And at that point,
I knew this car stop
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was gonna get a little hairy.
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To say...
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I was nervous
would be an understatement.
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I felt that this male passenger
in the backseat
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had a gun in his lap
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and I felt that he was
getting ready to kill me.
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I am so convinced
that this subject has a gun,
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00:20:38,771 --> 00:20:40,706
and that we're about to get
in a shooting,
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that I point my gun at him
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and I begin telling him
that if he doesn't show me
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00:20:44,777 --> 00:20:46,011
his hands,
I'm gonna kill him.
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00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:48,881
He still does not comply.
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00:20:48,981 --> 00:20:51,817
I can see the muscles
in his hands moving.
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00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:54,820
I can see the muscles
in his forearms twitching.
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00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,556
I feel like he's maneuvering
the weapon to a position
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00:20:57,656 --> 00:20:58,991
where he can shoot me.
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00:21:00,192 --> 00:21:02,695
At the same time,
I am also positioning myself
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00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:04,930
to where I can get
a clean shot on him
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00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:07,500
that I start squeezing
my trigger.
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00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,003
And I let him know one more time
to look at my weapon,
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to look at my finger, to see
that I'm squeezing the trigger,
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00:21:14,707 --> 00:21:16,008
and to know that
I'm about to shoot him.
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00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:24,216
I thought
I was gonna get shot.
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I took my body armor
and I pushed it into the window
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00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:32,625
so his only shot was gonna be
on my body armor.
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00:21:34,093 --> 00:21:36,095
At that time,
our backup started arriving.
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00:21:36,195 --> 00:21:38,230
We had multiple
police cars showing up.
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He showed me his hands,
but I could tell
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00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:43,803
he kinda
a sleight of hand.
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Whatever he was holding
in his hands,
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00:21:45,771 --> 00:21:47,640
he moved
and kept under the hat.
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I said, "Get this guy
out of the car
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and handcuff him."
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00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:54,680
I was able to search the car.
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00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:56,382
First thing
that I went to look for
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00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:58,918
was to confirm my feeling,
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00:21:59,018 --> 00:22:02,555
and I lifted the hat
off the rear passenger seat,
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00:22:04,223 --> 00:22:07,126
and I saw a .380 black
Beretta handgun.
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00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:10,729
They say when something's about
to happen in police work,
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00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:13,732
the hair stands up on your neck
and stuff, and I knew I was
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00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:16,168
very close to getting
in a shooting that night,
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00:22:16,268 --> 00:22:17,269
possibly being shot.
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00:22:19,405 --> 00:22:21,106
Eric Hunter
was arrested that night
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00:22:21,207 --> 00:22:24,310
for possession of a firearm
by a convicted felon.
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00:22:24,410 --> 00:22:26,745
Eventually, we identified
the male in the back
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00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:28,380
of the vehicle
as Derrick Slade.
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00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:32,585
Derrick Slade was convicted
of a homicide when I believe
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00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:34,720
he was 14 or 15 years old.
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00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:38,224
His nickname was "Soldier,"
and he was known
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00:22:38,324 --> 00:22:40,492
to be extremely violent.
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00:22:40,593 --> 00:22:43,128
Being face-to-face
with a cold blooded killer,
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00:22:43,229 --> 00:22:46,432
I was definitely lucky to get
out of there, but I was also
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00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:48,434
elated because I thought
this could be the gun
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00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:50,102
that could break
this case wide open.
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00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:54,974
Once I got the firearm,
I was able to send that,
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00:22:55,074 --> 00:22:59,578
along with the casings from each
crime scene, to the FBI lab.
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00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:00,846
They were able to link it
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00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:03,716
to the Cory Billings
attempted homicide,
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00:23:03,816 --> 00:23:06,385
the AJ Bosfield homicide,
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00:23:06,485 --> 00:23:08,654
as well as many different
drive-by shootings,
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00:23:08,754 --> 00:23:10,656
that had happened
all over South Florida.
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00:23:10,756 --> 00:23:12,558
So this was
a huge breakthrough.
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00:23:22,301 --> 00:23:25,371
Once we had Eric Hunter
and Derrick Slade locked up,
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00:23:25,471 --> 00:23:26,939
while you wanna have
a sense of elation
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00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:28,607
that they're off the street
and you feel like
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00:23:28,707 --> 00:23:30,442
you've accomplished your goal,
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00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:32,177
this is really
the beginning of the case.
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00:23:33,846 --> 00:23:35,814
Eric Hunter is in jail,
but he has connections
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00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:38,050
outside of jail.
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00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:41,353
The other gang members
were still targeting victims
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00:23:41,453 --> 00:23:42,755
on his orders.
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00:23:43,923 --> 00:23:47,326
And if we didn't do something,
he was gonna get time served
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00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:48,527
and just walk out of jail.
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00:23:50,029 --> 00:23:51,530
I sat down and explained
to my boss,
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00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:53,599
"I'm not only gonna put
these guys in jail
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00:23:53,699 --> 00:23:55,601
"for a few months,
these guys are gonna go to jail
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00:23:55,701 --> 00:23:56,969
for the rest of their lives."
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00:23:59,405 --> 00:24:01,340
To take them down,
we had to prove that they were
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00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,242
an organized crime group.
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00:24:03,342 --> 00:24:05,644
We have to show
that they worked together,
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00:24:05,744 --> 00:24:08,380
that they shared
the proceeds of their crimes
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00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,716
and worked in unison
to commit these crimes.
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00:24:12,017 --> 00:24:14,420
And that's all part
of a RICO case.
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00:24:16,722 --> 00:24:18,257
RICO was originally designed
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00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:19,758
to be used against the mafia.
477
00:24:19,858 --> 00:24:20,893
For the first time ever,
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00:24:20,993 --> 00:24:23,562
the reputed heads
of all five crime families
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00:24:23,662 --> 00:24:27,232
in our town were hauled
into court on one indictment.
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00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:30,336
The RICO statute allows you
to present in court
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00:24:30,436 --> 00:24:32,972
evidence of a bunch
of different crimes.
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00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:35,174
It is literally
an organized crime statute,
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00:24:35,274 --> 00:24:38,477
but it's hard to do.
It's rarely done.
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00:24:38,577 --> 00:24:40,913
I was working with Paul Schwartz
and Jeff Kaplan,
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00:24:41,013 --> 00:24:42,548
who are legends.
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00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:44,249
Usually, we're the ones
asking the questions.
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00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:48,520
They're known for doing
big RICO cases.
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00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:50,889
They are known for being
aggressive and not stopping
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00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:52,191
until they get
their guys in jail.
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00:24:53,559 --> 00:24:57,763
In order to build a RICO case,
you need to explain this group.
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00:24:57,863 --> 00:24:59,965
In this particular case,
we really couldn't do it
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00:25:00,065 --> 00:25:02,034
by just circumstantial evidence.
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00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:05,337
Extremely difficult scenario,
no cooperators,
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00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:07,873
no undercover agents,
no victims, nothing.
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00:25:09,375 --> 00:25:12,378
We were concerned
that Special Agent Box
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00:25:12,478 --> 00:25:13,846
was somewhat inexperienced.
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00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:20,919
But as time progressed,
Jessica Box found a way
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00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,788
to get things done.
499
00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:28,227
I spent upwards of a year
going through social media
500
00:25:28,327 --> 00:25:32,765
and cellphones, thousands,
if not more, images and messages
501
00:25:32,865 --> 00:25:34,166
back and forth.
502
00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:36,869
I needed information to show
that they worked together,
503
00:25:36,969 --> 00:25:38,337
that they were an organization.
504
00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,373
When I found a new piece
to the puzzle,
505
00:25:41,473 --> 00:25:44,109
I would get so excited.
506
00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:46,445
Jessica showed me
social media posts
507
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:50,249
from these gang members,
ended with the word "onsight".
508
00:25:50,349 --> 00:25:51,517
And the derivation of that
509
00:25:51,617 --> 00:25:53,585
is that they will
kill you on sight.
510
00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:56,822
And so, any piece
of information
511
00:25:56,922 --> 00:25:58,257
where they used
the word "onsight,"
512
00:25:58,357 --> 00:26:01,393
I was able to take that
and show that they are part
513
00:26:01,493 --> 00:26:02,694
of the Onsight Gang.
514
00:26:03,829 --> 00:26:06,165
We had a list of over
100 main subjects
515
00:26:06,265 --> 00:26:08,467
that we're concerned
about were part
516
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:09,568
of this violent group.
517
00:26:11,670 --> 00:26:13,906
So, we had
significant information
518
00:26:14,006 --> 00:26:16,275
to explain the existence
of this gang,
519
00:26:16,375 --> 00:26:18,010
but nothing significant enough
520
00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:20,546
to place him in prison
for any length of time.
521
00:26:23,882 --> 00:26:26,718
As time went on, I was under
pressure to finish the case.
522
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,389
But we ran into roadblock
after roadblock.
523
00:26:33,826 --> 00:26:36,862
It was very frustrating
as a mother.
524
00:26:36,962 --> 00:26:39,565
At that time,
there was no closure for me,
525
00:26:39,665 --> 00:26:41,100
because...
526
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,367
I didn't know
where we were going
527
00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:44,670
with this case.
528
00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:50,742
The people that killed my son,
I want them to be accountable.
529
00:26:52,077 --> 00:26:53,378
There's a reason we have laws.
530
00:26:53,479 --> 00:26:55,347
Laws are supposed
to protect the innocent,
531
00:26:56,582 --> 00:26:58,383
not protect the guilty.
532
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:07,960
At this time, we still
hadn't built the RICO case,
533
00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:09,228
and we didn't have
enough evidence
534
00:27:09,328 --> 00:27:10,896
to hold Hunter any longer.
535
00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:15,400
He drove around the community
very boldly.
536
00:27:16,969 --> 00:27:19,304
He was willing to kill
anyone that wanted
537
00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:20,873
to work against him.
538
00:27:23,775 --> 00:27:25,978
One night, we went to church.
539
00:27:26,078 --> 00:27:29,248
We were coming home,
and we were making a left
540
00:27:29,348 --> 00:27:30,516
onto our street...
541
00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:34,019
and a car came next to us.
542
00:27:37,356 --> 00:27:40,359
And I looked at my husband,
and I looked at the car.
543
00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:42,861
He was going...
544
00:27:42,961 --> 00:27:44,329
same speed.
545
00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:48,433
It was, like, right next to us,
and he just looked at me,
546
00:27:48,534 --> 00:27:49,535
and I looked at him.
547
00:27:55,707 --> 00:27:57,176
And then he went away.
548
00:27:59,077 --> 00:28:01,480
And I remember writing down
the tag number
549
00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:02,915
and calling the detectives.
550
00:28:04,783 --> 00:28:07,186
I got a phone call back
later on that night telling me,
551
00:28:07,286 --> 00:28:08,587
"Kathy...
552
00:28:09,555 --> 00:28:11,557
this is one of the guys
that's involved with this case."
553
00:28:14,226 --> 00:28:15,527
It just-- it sent chills.
554
00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:17,763
It sent chills.
555
00:28:20,499 --> 00:28:24,269
Kathy Wilson had a legitimate
reason to be concerned
556
00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,638
'cause Eric Hunter
is very dangerous.
557
00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:29,174
Some people literally
packed their entire family up
558
00:28:29,274 --> 00:28:32,411
and moved out of Florida
because they were mentioned
559
00:28:32,511 --> 00:28:35,147
on a Facebook post
by Eric Hunter.
560
00:28:35,247 --> 00:28:36,648
They were shooting
at people's homes.
561
00:28:38,083 --> 00:28:39,418
I was scared for my family.
562
00:28:47,593 --> 00:28:51,029
Eddie, he died
November 4th, of 2015.
563
00:28:52,497 --> 00:28:56,001
Every year, I go out
to the garage where it happened.
564
00:28:56,101 --> 00:28:57,836
I light a candle.
565
00:28:57,936 --> 00:28:58,904
I play some of the songs
566
00:28:59,004 --> 00:29:00,639
that we used
to listen to every day,
567
00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:03,008
and I'll sit out there
for a few hours.
568
00:29:04,009 --> 00:29:05,544
Pay my respects...
569
00:29:06,878 --> 00:29:10,182
and to just give thanks
and honor to Eddie
570
00:29:10,282 --> 00:29:13,185
for being such a real person
and a good friend.
571
00:29:15,721 --> 00:29:17,656
Two years passed.
572
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:21,093
In regards
to the Police Department,
573
00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:23,228
I was like,
"They'll never figure it out
574
00:29:23,328 --> 00:29:26,398
"because anything
that's going on in the ghetto...
575
00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:30,969
they don't really care."
576
00:29:31,069 --> 00:29:32,037
It's how we're raised,
577
00:29:32,137 --> 00:29:34,139
it's what we're taught,
and it's what we know.
578
00:29:34,239 --> 00:29:35,974
So I kinda--
I gave up on them.
579
00:29:39,645 --> 00:29:41,313
By this point,
we were running out of options.
580
00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:44,416
I was told that to keep
the case alive,
581
00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:46,885
we need someone on the inside.
582
00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:48,954
We need somebody
to explain to us
583
00:29:49,054 --> 00:29:50,656
their organization.
584
00:29:50,756 --> 00:29:52,090
You need somebody to talk.
585
00:29:54,059 --> 00:29:55,861
Anyone that knew
these gang members,
586
00:29:55,961 --> 00:29:57,396
I'd always ask them,
587
00:29:57,496 --> 00:29:59,898
"Who do you think would be
the first to talk to me?"
588
00:29:59,998 --> 00:30:03,068
Without a doubt,
everyone named Marcello Gordon.
589
00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:05,237
Marcello Gordon
was a lifelong criminal,
590
00:30:05,337 --> 00:30:07,806
mostly violent crimes.
591
00:30:07,906 --> 00:30:10,075
Jessica Box had her laptop
and showed him
592
00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:11,877
all the evidence that we had.
593
00:30:11,977 --> 00:30:15,213
You could tell that he was
seriously thinking about it.
594
00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:16,748
We spoke to his mother.
595
00:30:16,848 --> 00:30:19,351
Uh, we explained
just how much trouble he's in
596
00:30:19,451 --> 00:30:21,887
and how he's looking
at the rest of his life in jail.
597
00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:25,590
And still, he refused.
It was devastating.
598
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:30,962
Just a couple days later,
we were listening
599
00:30:31,063 --> 00:30:33,965
to Marcello Gordon
and Derrick Slade's jail calls.
600
00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:36,001
We would monitor calls
that were taking place
601
00:30:36,101 --> 00:30:39,638
between our suspects
and people on the outside.
602
00:30:39,738 --> 00:30:41,740
The Onsight Gang were trying
to find information
603
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,475
on Special Agent Box.
604
00:30:45,377 --> 00:30:47,779
It was clear that Eric Hunter
and the Onsight Gang
605
00:30:47,879 --> 00:30:49,114
had my name.
606
00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:52,017
Is he looking for my address?
607
00:30:52,117 --> 00:30:54,586
Is he looking to come get me
and do a drive-by shooting?
608
00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:59,558
I was really fearful
of what might happen.
609
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:08,367
One day,
I get this phone call.
610
00:31:09,768 --> 00:31:11,570
"This is Jessica Box
with the FBI."
611
00:31:11,670 --> 00:31:14,339
And I was like, "FBI?
How you get my number?
612
00:31:14,439 --> 00:31:16,074
"Why you got my number,
and what's going on?
613
00:31:16,174 --> 00:31:17,209
What did I do?"
614
00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:21,613
When we first started
the investigation, I was told,
615
00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:24,216
"Don't bother talking
to Veronica Gilchrist."
616
00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:26,351
They said, "She's
anti-law enforcement.
617
00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:29,554
She won't work with you.
She won't help you."
618
00:31:29,654 --> 00:31:33,358
In the Donald Johnston
homicide, we still didn't know
619
00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:35,293
who the shooters were.
620
00:31:35,394 --> 00:31:37,229
So, I finally decided,
"Let's go talk to her.
621
00:31:37,329 --> 00:31:38,463
What's the worst
that could happen?"
622
00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:46,171
When I pull up, I'm literally
looking for this big six-foot
623
00:31:46,271 --> 00:31:50,375
Harley-Davidson riding lady
with probably a buzz cut
624
00:31:50,475 --> 00:31:51,810
or a mohawk.
625
00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:56,148
And I got this little bitty
lady, 120 pounds soaking wet.
626
00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:58,884
And she looked like she makes
the best gingerbread men.
627
00:32:01,353 --> 00:32:05,590
I remember the day so clearly.
She walked in, polite,
628
00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:07,492
kind,
629
00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:08,660
and then tearful.
630
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:09,995
She told her story.
631
00:32:12,998 --> 00:32:16,802
I presented pictures of
the main subjects of the case.
632
00:32:19,171 --> 00:32:20,705
We came to Eric Hunter.
633
00:32:22,641 --> 00:32:24,776
I was like,
"He look familiar."
634
00:32:25,977 --> 00:32:28,180
And I sat there and I thought
about it long and hard.
635
00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:36,121
I remember he actually came
to the garage to buy weed
636
00:32:36,221 --> 00:32:38,156
at least three separate times.
637
00:32:39,357 --> 00:32:41,993
But it didn't dawn on me that,
like, he's in here
638
00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:44,362
casing the place.
639
00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:48,233
Agent Box asked me,
did I wanna testify?
640
00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:52,103
Eric Hunter and the Onsight Gang
had a long track record
641
00:32:52,204 --> 00:32:53,672
of intimidating witnesses.
642
00:32:53,772 --> 00:32:55,841
He did multiple
drive-by shootings on people
643
00:32:55,941 --> 00:32:57,843
that he thought
would testify against him.
644
00:32:59,444 --> 00:33:01,680
Veronica knew
this was very dangerous.
645
00:33:03,315 --> 00:33:08,119
If that's what I could do,
to pay Eddie back, I was ready.
646
00:33:08,220 --> 00:33:10,055
Sit me on the stand.
Give me the Bible.
647
00:33:10,155 --> 00:33:11,223
I'm bringin' my own.
648
00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:12,524
I wanna put them away,
649
00:33:12,624 --> 00:33:13,859
um...
650
00:33:13,959 --> 00:33:16,328
for the rest of their life
and the afterlife.
651
00:33:16,428 --> 00:33:17,963
So, yeah...
652
00:33:21,433 --> 00:33:23,502
She was just so brave.
653
00:33:24,569 --> 00:33:27,806
And I was so inspired by her.
654
00:33:27,906 --> 00:33:30,842
And I think it's a lesson
all of us need to have is,
655
00:33:30,942 --> 00:33:33,512
you always get back up,
even when you're shot down.
656
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:40,886
So I went back and looked
at the Donald Johnston homicide.
657
00:33:40,986 --> 00:33:42,053
Inside the garage,
658
00:33:42,153 --> 00:33:45,023
we found multiple AK-47
cartridge casings.
659
00:33:46,491 --> 00:33:50,462
But outside, we found
a single 9 millimeter casing.
660
00:33:50,562 --> 00:33:52,998
While all of the shooting
was happening in the garage,
661
00:33:53,098 --> 00:33:55,233
one gunman was
standing outside.
662
00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:57,903
I realized that this was
actually very similar
663
00:33:58,003 --> 00:34:00,472
to the Cory Billings
attempted homicide,
664
00:34:00,572 --> 00:34:03,542
where Eric Hunter
was standing in the doorway,
665
00:34:03,642 --> 00:34:06,378
and 9 millimeter
cartridge casings were found.
666
00:34:07,946 --> 00:34:09,781
So I started looking back
through any photos
667
00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:11,650
of Eric Hunter
taken around that time.
668
00:34:12,684 --> 00:34:14,786
As I dug deeper,
I found a picture
669
00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:17,756
on Derrick Slade's social media.
670
00:34:17,856 --> 00:34:19,791
Eric Hunter is holding
two liquor bottles
671
00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:21,693
and appears to be celebrating.
672
00:34:23,128 --> 00:34:25,063
This photo was posted
just mere hours
673
00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:27,365
after the Cory Billings
attempted homicide.
674
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,369
Then I go on
to Derrick Slade's cellphone
675
00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:34,739
and look through the photos
from that same night,
676
00:34:34,839 --> 00:34:37,442
and lo and behold,
I find a very similar image
677
00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:40,045
of Eric Hunter holding
the two liquor bottles.
678
00:34:41,146 --> 00:34:43,281
But one major thing
is different.
679
00:34:43,381 --> 00:34:44,616
There was
the 9 millimeter gun
680
00:34:44,716 --> 00:34:45,884
lying right next to him.
681
00:34:47,452 --> 00:34:49,120
Of course, Derrick Slade
was smart enough
682
00:34:49,220 --> 00:34:50,889
not to post the image
of the gun,
683
00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:52,857
but the pictures
are almost identical.
684
00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:54,225
You can actually see
from the timestamps
685
00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:55,860
that they were taken
just minutes apart.
686
00:34:57,529 --> 00:35:00,465
It was heart-wrenching to know
that they could attempt
687
00:35:00,565 --> 00:35:02,734
to kill somebody...
688
00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:06,304
...and later on, not only
celebrate, but post it
689
00:35:06,404 --> 00:35:08,440
to social media
in a bragging way.
690
00:35:11,743 --> 00:35:14,412
That picture was a key piece
of information to show us
691
00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:17,382
that that gun was in fact
with them that night.
692
00:35:18,650 --> 00:35:19,951
But we had to develop evidence
693
00:35:20,051 --> 00:35:22,187
as to who actually
fired those shots.
694
00:35:23,555 --> 00:35:27,092
Because the clarity of the video
was not very good,
695
00:35:27,192 --> 00:35:29,127
we sent it
to a movie production company,
696
00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:30,495
who tried to enhance it.
697
00:35:36,334 --> 00:35:37,769
It was much clearer.
698
00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:40,839
If we can identify
one of the individuals
699
00:35:40,939 --> 00:35:43,742
depicted in there, it would
certainly increase the pressure
700
00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:46,845
on them to cooperate and give us
the structure of the gang.
701
00:35:49,914 --> 00:35:52,183
The first suspect that came in
and shot at the dog...
702
00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:56,855
got a clean shot of his face
right under a light.
703
00:35:58,456 --> 00:36:01,726
He had a very identifiable
cross tattoo on his forehead.
704
00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:05,597
And I knew right then,
it was Marcello Gordon.
705
00:36:16,474 --> 00:36:18,677
Unless
Marcello Gordon cooperated,
706
00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:21,713
I knew that we would never get
a RICO case.
707
00:36:21,813 --> 00:36:24,282
I knew that the rest of the guys
would walk out of jail
708
00:36:24,382 --> 00:36:26,051
and commit murder again.
709
00:36:27,552 --> 00:36:28,987
We went over to the jail
710
00:36:29,087 --> 00:36:30,822
and we showed him the videotape.
711
00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:33,358
We explained to him
that we thought
712
00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:34,826
it was overwhelming evidence,
713
00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:36,661
and that just that alone
is gonna give him
714
00:36:36,761 --> 00:36:37,829
a life sentence.
715
00:36:38,897 --> 00:36:39,964
He teared up.
716
00:36:40,065 --> 00:36:41,966
He was very emotional
about watching it,
717
00:36:42,067 --> 00:36:44,402
um, and still refused
to talk to us.
718
00:36:45,336 --> 00:36:50,308
I looked at him in the eye,
I said, "This case is my life."
719
00:36:50,408 --> 00:36:53,044
I sleep and think about it.
I dream about it.
720
00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:56,915
I-- I wake up and I work it
all the way
721
00:36:57,015 --> 00:36:58,450
till 10 or 11 o'clock at night.
722
00:36:58,550 --> 00:37:00,018
This is all that I do.
723
00:37:00,118 --> 00:37:01,419
This is how dedicated I am.
724
00:37:01,519 --> 00:37:03,521
This is-- I will not stop
until you're in jail
725
00:37:03,621 --> 00:37:05,223
for the rest of your life.
726
00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:09,094
Marcello Gordon
lifted his T-shirt to show us
727
00:37:09,194 --> 00:37:12,530
he had a large tattoo
on his body
728
00:37:12,630 --> 00:37:13,798
that said "Onsight".
729
00:37:15,266 --> 00:37:16,434
This was the moment
730
00:37:16,534 --> 00:37:19,070
Marcello Gordon
decided to cooperate.
731
00:37:20,371 --> 00:37:22,841
He opened up to us
and began to reveal
732
00:37:22,941 --> 00:37:25,443
the missing pieces
of the puzzle.
733
00:37:25,543 --> 00:37:27,378
He was able to show
how Eric Hunter
734
00:37:27,479 --> 00:37:30,715
would give them guns
or tell them who to rob.
735
00:37:30,815 --> 00:37:32,517
"Hunter was the leader.
736
00:37:32,617 --> 00:37:34,953
"Derrick Slade
and I were the enforcers.
737
00:37:35,053 --> 00:37:37,489
We had other individuals
who would help us out."
738
00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:39,657
He described
who those individuals were.
739
00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:41,359
And they would share the loot.
740
00:37:43,128 --> 00:37:46,064
He told us the Onsight Gang
was responsible for the murder
741
00:37:46,164 --> 00:37:47,866
of Donald Johnston,
742
00:37:47,966 --> 00:37:49,033
AJ Bosfield,
743
00:37:49,134 --> 00:37:51,436
the attempted murder
of Cory Billings,
744
00:37:51,536 --> 00:37:53,438
and Zoe Gotti.
745
00:37:53,538 --> 00:37:56,841
It's almost like you have
this kind of iceberg,
746
00:37:56,941 --> 00:37:58,977
and all of a sudden
it starts breaking to pieces,
747
00:37:59,077 --> 00:38:01,646
and it just makes it easier
to get the next person and say,
748
00:38:01,746 --> 00:38:05,350
"Hey, Marcello Gordon's
cooperating, you're in trouble."
749
00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:10,155
It's ironic
how a gang that built
750
00:38:10,255 --> 00:38:13,057
their entire reputation
on targeting victims
751
00:38:13,158 --> 00:38:15,393
that they didn't think
would work with law enforcement
752
00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:17,796
ultimately flipped
753
00:38:17,896 --> 00:38:20,665
and decided to not only talk
to law enforcement,
754
00:38:20,765 --> 00:38:22,901
but also get on the stand
and testify
755
00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:24,669
against one of their own.
756
00:38:24,769 --> 00:38:26,838
Part of a vicious gang,
responsible from everything
757
00:38:26,938 --> 00:38:29,274
to home invasions to murders.
758
00:38:29,374 --> 00:38:32,443
That's how the feds described
these men who are now facing
759
00:38:32,544 --> 00:38:34,512
federal charges tonight.
760
00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:36,714
You look at them and...
761
00:38:37,916 --> 00:38:41,019
they could be anybody's son,
762
00:38:41,119 --> 00:38:42,220
anybody's brother.
763
00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:45,924
It's not until...
764
00:38:47,192 --> 00:38:49,060
they opened their mouth
and they started speaking.
765
00:38:51,129 --> 00:38:52,730
And they talk
about everything they've done.
766
00:38:54,866 --> 00:38:55,934
I don't hate.
767
00:38:57,602 --> 00:38:59,737
But I do recognize hatred,
and I do recognize evil.
768
00:39:01,706 --> 00:39:03,041
Marcello Gordon told us
769
00:39:03,141 --> 00:39:05,577
at the Donald Johnston homicide,
770
00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:09,380
when they approached the garage,
Hunter was outside,
771
00:39:10,615 --> 00:39:12,784
and that they started
opening up the garage.
772
00:39:13,818 --> 00:39:16,287
Slade was just shooting.
773
00:39:16,387 --> 00:39:18,323
And Slade was the one who shot,
774
00:39:18,423 --> 00:39:19,657
um...
775
00:39:19,757 --> 00:39:20,725
Donald Johnston.
776
00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:24,996
I want who did this to my son
to pay for it.
777
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:33,037
Veronica stood up in court
each time and faced the people
778
00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:35,039
that literally gunned her down.
779
00:39:36,274 --> 00:39:39,577
And I cannot imagine
how scary that must be.
780
00:39:39,677 --> 00:39:42,247
Uh, their families were sitting
in court behind them.
781
00:39:42,347 --> 00:39:45,116
And I'm sure she was worried
about retaliation.
782
00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:48,920
But she stood there
and let the court and the judge
783
00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:51,155
know exactly
what she went through.
784
00:39:51,256 --> 00:39:54,926
I spoke my piece
and wish them no luck in hell.
785
00:39:57,662 --> 00:39:59,330
Gordon was sentenced
to 34 years.
786
00:40:00,865 --> 00:40:05,303
Derrick Slade was sentenced to
two life terms, plus 30 years.
787
00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:07,972
In Eric Hunter's case,
he got 39 years.
788
00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:13,945
If it wasn't
for Special Agent Box,
789
00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:16,681
I don't know that we'd be
sitting here today.
790
00:40:16,781 --> 00:40:18,383
When this case looked
like it would stall,
791
00:40:18,483 --> 00:40:19,918
and we had nothing,
792
00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:22,186
she had that tenacity
and that drive
793
00:40:22,287 --> 00:40:26,691
to continue to work this case,
year after year after year,
794
00:40:27,926 --> 00:40:31,262
to bring so much closure
to a lot of victims
795
00:40:32,330 --> 00:40:33,798
and justice for their families.
796
00:40:33,898 --> 00:40:35,166
Give me a hug.
797
00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:37,602
It's been so long.
798
00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:42,373
You've made my job worth it.
799
00:40:43,942 --> 00:40:47,145
Any moment when I am
questioning or I'm tired
800
00:40:47,245 --> 00:40:48,713
or I don't want to keep going
801
00:40:48,813 --> 00:40:50,181
or I don't want another case,
802
00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:51,416
I think of you.
803
00:40:51,516 --> 00:40:53,885
I have a different outlook
at, you know, dealing
804
00:40:53,985 --> 00:40:55,520
with law enforcement now.
805
00:40:55,620 --> 00:40:57,088
I know it was
sleepless nights.
806
00:40:57,188 --> 00:40:59,691
I know times where you probably
did just wanna give up,
807
00:40:59,791 --> 00:41:01,893
but you never gave up on...
808
00:41:01,993 --> 00:41:03,728
I feel like you didn't
give up on me.
809
00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:06,164
Now I can sleep
peacefully at night.
810
00:41:06,264 --> 00:41:07,665
And I just thank you for that.
811
00:41:07,765 --> 00:41:09,100
You know, you my hero, girl.
812
00:41:11,002 --> 00:41:12,737
- Yeah.
- We did it, we did it.
813
00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:18,443
Next time on "FEDS."
814
00:41:19,711 --> 00:41:22,547
He called himself
the next John Wick.
815
00:41:23,781 --> 00:41:25,416
I just screamed
to the top of my lungs.
816
00:41:28,453 --> 00:41:31,589
He's a real-life
murder-for-money hitman.
817
00:41:33,324 --> 00:41:35,526
No words
to explain that feeling.
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