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[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - From here back,

- From here back,

there's a huge blood trail.

- Statistically, women make up a small fraction

of homicide detectives,

but the impact these women have on investigations

is immeasurable.

- Yep.

I'm pretty confident that's the murder weapon.

- Tonight on "The First 48: Critical Minutes"...

- Somebody lying. Somebody's hiding something.

- We look back at three memorable cases...

- This is not funny, man. Your roommate's dead.

- Worked by female detectives.

- Maybe she'll confide in me, woman-to-woman.

Do you feel responsible for Will's death?

- Once that bullet leave that chamber, you can't get it back.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Our first detective is Summer Benton from Atlanta.

- I'm worried that we don't know

what type of mindset he's in right now.

what type of mindset he's in right now. Ooh, we have a wallet.

Ooh, we have a wallet.

You can't just take a father away from somebody.

You know, life doesn't work like that.

- She followed in her father's footsteps.

She joined the police department in 2001.

- The edges.

Sometimes I eat 'em, sometimes I don't.

It just depends.

- She's worked in Homicide since 2009.

- She's worked in Homicide since 2009. - I'm a homicide investigator.

- I'm a homicide investigator.

And I'm very good at my job.

And I'm very good at my job. He's already committed one murder.

He's already committed one murder.

We definitely need to find him.

- In this first case, Detective Benton responded

to the murder of a man found dead in his driveway.

♪ ♪

- Do you guys want to go ahead

and start digging through pockets?

- OK. - See we can find an ID?

♪ ♪

- And a wallet!

Wayne D. Sapp.

♪ ♪

narrator: 47-year-old Wayne D. Sap,

narrator: 47-year-old Wayne D. Sap, known to friends as Peanut,

known to friends as Peanut,

was born in Philadelphia

and attended culinary school there

in hopes of becoming a chef.

He moved to Georgia to be closer to his relatives.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - One gunshot wound.

- One gunshot wound.

Shot in the left chest. Upper chest.

- Yeah. He's got it right here.

- There's a lot of blood. - Yeah.

From here back, there's a huge blood trail.

♪ ♪

Everything started here. Back of the house.

♪ ♪

He's coming all this way, and he collapses here.

But he's shot right here.

♪ ♪

We are getting a search warrant for the house.

- OK.

narrator: Detectives locate the woman who called 911.

- What'd you see? Tell me about it.

narrator: She says she immediately looked

out the window.

She says Tony was sitting in his wheelchai.

- Did you see anything in Tony's hands?

- Mm-hmm.

[dramatic musical sting]

♪ ♪

[cell phone rings] - OK, warrant's signed.

narrator: Detectives search Wayne's house.

- That's gonna be the suspect's room.

♪ ♪

And he's got all that medication in there.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ Anthony Thompson.

Anthony Thompson.

That's the suspect.

♪ ♪

- There's a bullet through the wall.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ And I found a projectile on the floor.

And I found a projectile on the floor.

♪ ♪

- I wonder if the first gunshot was what caused

maybe an argument between the two of them.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ narrator: As officers stand by,

narrator: As officers stand by,

Benton heads back to Headquarters

to try and learn more about Tony.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - Let's see here.

- Let's see here.

narrator: 59-year-old Anthony "Tony" Thompson

narrator: 59-year-old Anthony "Tony" Thompson has multiple convictions,

has multiple convictions,

including forgery, armed robbery,

including forgery, armed robbery, and aggravated battery.

and aggravated battery.

He was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident.

♪ ♪

- Damn. He's a multi-convicted felo.

♪ ♪

He's a convicted felon in California,

Louisiana, and Georgia.

♪ ♪

OK.

And how long has Tony been living in that house?

- I want to say a year? - OK.

- I want to say a year? - OK. - Peanut brought Tony there.

- Peanut brought Tony there.

Tony didn't have a place to stay.

He was homeless.

narrator: She says the victim, Wayne, known as Peanut,

put up Tony in a spare bedroom and took care of him.

- Peanut was his caretaker, and Peanut pulled out.

- Peanut was his caretaker, and Peanut pulled out. You know, "I can't do this no more."

You know, "I can't do this no more."

He's a very, very difficult, demanding person.

Mr. Tony was bitter every day.

I've been his caretaker. It's only been two months.

narrator: Sherrell took over as Tony's nurse,

but he continued living in Wayne's house.

but he continued living in Wayne's house. - OK. Tell me--

- OK. Tell me--

start from the beginning of the week.

start from the beginning of the week. - When I came in Monday,

- When I came in Monday,

I went to get it, the solar chargers.

And the little outlet that you stick,

it--it was broke. - Mm-hmm.

narrator: Tony was angry because he thought

the victim had broken his phone charger.

- "Your [bleep] brother keeps sabotaging my [bleep]!

"He's been doing this for years.

You don't know the stuff that he does to me!"

♪ ♪

And he smokes a lot of weed. And he gets paranoid.

I could never get to the bottom of--

it was so much hate.

it was so much hate. Yesterday he told me

Yesterday he told me

to get a leather coat out the closet,

to get a leather coat out the closet, and it had a rip in it.

and it had a rip in it.

"That was a brand-new leather coat.

He ripped it!"

He was so upset, and he went to the bus stop, and he said,

"I'ma call these dope boys to kill this [bleep]."

♪ ♪

He has a box of bullets right by his bed.

narrator: She says that Tony would often hide a gun

narrator: She says that Tony would often hide a gun under a blanket on his lap.

under a blanket on his lap.

- So I was gonna come in at 4:30 this morning.

So he calls me, 12:00 midnight.

He said, "Yeah, I'ma handle everything on my own."

And I said, "Mr. Tony,

are you sure you don't want me to come?"

"No.

I want you to enjoy your day, sweetheart."

♪ ♪

And it had the news on, and--and y'all was there.

[voice breaking] And I just start screaming, "He did it!

He did it! He finally did it!"

♪ ♪

narrator: Benton types up an arrest warrant

for Anthony "Tony" Thompson.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - He might fire it out with y'all.

- He might fire it out with y'all.

- OK.

narrator: The Fugitive Unit heads out to search for Tony.

♪ ♪

Three hours later...

- We got him.

narrator: Tony has been taken into custody.

♪ ♪

- OK.

So I take it you know why you're here?

Would you like to tell me your side of the story to?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

OK.

♪ ♪

OK.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - You know... - Mm-hmm.

- You know... - Mm-hmm.

You killed him.

Mm-hmm.

I've had an extensive conversation with Sherrell.

♪ ♪

And she said on numerous occasions,

you told her that you were gonna kill him.

♪ ♪

- [laughs]

- But, you know, this is not funny, man.

- But, you know, this is not funny, man. Your roommate's dead.

Your roommate's dead.

♪ ♪

So immediately after you shot hi,

So immediately after you shot hi, then what happened?

then what happened?

Was he still breathing?

♪ ♪

If you didn't mean to shoot ,

why didn't you call 911 to get him some help?

♪ ♪

Yeah, but you're the one that's fine,

and he's the one that's on the ground bleeding...

and now dead.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ Immediately after you shot him,

Immediately after you shot him,

you literally rode right past his body.

you literally rode right past his body. Did you shoot him on purpose?

Did you shoot him on purpose?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Well, you are going to jail today for mur.

♪ ♪

OK.

♪ ♪

[door opens, closes]

He's all yours.

[indistinct chatter]

narrator: Just 12 hours into the first 48,

Detective Summer Benton has solved her case.

♪ ♪

- I don't think it was an accident.

- I don't think it was an accident. I think it was premeditated.

I think it was premeditated.

I think he had been planning this for quite some time.

And he wants to now play the victim.

At least justice has been served,

and I hope the family is able

to breathe a little bit easier tonight.

♪ ♪

It's gonna be a hard road ahead for the.

♪ ♪

- Part of the Rochester Police Department since 1996,

Investigator Terry Dearcop is known for her skill

in getting people to open up to her in the interviews.

- That was awesome. - Nice job.

- Awesome! - Nice job.

- Not only does she crack her own cases this way,

but she was sometimes called in

to help other investigators, as she did in this next case.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - What do we got here?

- What do we got here?

- Yeah.

♪ ♪

William S. Klick.

♪ ♪

narrator: 37-year-old Will Klick

lived in the village of Honeoye Falls,

20 miles south of Rochester.

♪ ♪

High up on the skull.

He's got another through-and-through

on the neck.

- OK.

♪ ♪

And the casings are .45s, right?

- Yeah.

- Cell phone. - Mm-hmm.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[knock at door]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

narrator: Meanwhile, at Homicide,

Patterson looks through text messages on the cell phone

they found next to Will's body.

- Kat Carly.

- Kat Carly. I think it might be this Kathy.

I think it might be this Kathy.

Now, she's asking at 1:23 a.m.,

"Where are you?"

Will says, "When are you done?"

They're texting back and forth,

They're texting back and forth, and he wants to meet up with her.

and he wants to meet up with her.

♪ ♪

"Let me know if you get done earlier and try to get some H

"Let me know if you get done earlier and try to get some H so I'm not so sick."

so I'm not so sick."

Most likely, he's talking about heroin.

♪ ♪

narrator: According to the text messages,

narrator: According to the text messages, Kathy agreed to meet Will

Kathy agreed to meet Will

at 3:00 a.m. at a hotel where she was staying.

♪ ♪

- Boom.

[dramatic musical sting]

[dramatic musical sting] - This is our victim's car.

- This is our victim's car.

♪ ♪

- We found the body a 30-minute ride from her.

- We found the body a 30-minute ride from her. How did he get from here to there?

How did he get from here to there?

♪ ♪

It's police.

♪ ♪

What's up, man? - [speaks indistinctly]

- How you doing? - Can I talk to you

- How you doing? - Can I talk to you for a minute? - Yes, sir.

for a minute? - Yes, sir.

for a minute? - Yes, sir. - I'm sorry. What's your name, sir?

- I'm sorry. What's your name, sir?

- Jeffrey. - Jeffrey.

narrator: Inside, they find Jeffrey Blunt...

- Actually, we want to talk to her.

- Actually, we want to talk to her. narrator: And Kathy

narrator: And Kathy

and another woman.

- Can we use the room? Just for privacy?

- Thanks. - All right, Kathy.

We're with the police department.

Your husband was murdered this morning.

♪ ♪

Well, we're hoping you can tell us that.

- [whimpers]

- [whimpers] - When was the last time you saw him?

- When was the last time you saw him?

narrator: Kathy says Will came over early that morning

to borrow money so that he could buy heroin.

- So the text message on his phone to you

at, like, 4:00-something in the morning,

was that after you met him, or was that before you met him?

♪ ♪

I don't know. Do you?

I mean, we're trying to solve the murder of your husban.

♪ ♪

OK.

narrator: Kathy says that Will didn't tell her

where he was going to buy the drugs.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - This guy, Jeffrey,

- This guy, Jeffrey,

- This guy, Jeffrey, was he here this morning?

was he here this morning?

- Um, no.

- Um, no. He went to a concert with her.

He went to a concert with her.

♪ ♪

- All right, we're gonna call you, OK?

♪ ♪

narrator: Pero and Wiater ask about surveillance video,

hoping to see if Will left the hotel with anyone.

♪ ♪

- If we could get that, that'd be fantastic.

♪ ♪

- We're just gonna talk to them.

- We're just gonna talk to them. Maybe they can shed a little light

Maybe they can shed a little light

on what he was doing on Copley Street.

on what he was doing on Copley Street. - Terry and I actually work together

- Terry and I actually work together

- Terry and I actually work together in a lot of our cases.

in a lot of our cases.

I like the way that Terry talks to people,

and people have an easy time opening up to her.

♪ ♪

Hello. I'm Kirk.

We talked on the phone.

This is Terry. She's my partner.

♪ ♪

- Is that Will's baby book? - Yeah.

- Can I look at it? - Yeah.

[crying]

- Christmas Eve? - Yeah, it's Christmas Eve--

Maybe my-- my Christmas pres.

♪ ♪

- You wrote down what they were for Halloween every year?

♪ ♪

- [sniffling] - It's OK.

- We found his car,

the Toyota, in a hotel.

the Toyota, in a hotel. Kathy was also at the hotel.

Kathy was also at the hotel.

- She was with him. I told you.

I told you she's got something to do with this.

I know she does.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

narrator: Investigator Kirk Pero

finally gets the video of the hotel lobby

to see who may have left around the time of the murder.

♪ ♪

- Jeffrey Blunt and Kathy are coming in together.

[dramatic musical sting]

[dramatic musical sting] - What time is that?

- What time is that?

- 6:08 a.m.

♪ ♪

Kathy told us that she hadn't left the hotel at all.

And we'll have to see what she says.

♪ ♪

All right.

♪ ♪

[door closes]

♪ ♪

We're trying to piece together

what Will was doing,

and we're going backwards from 5:00 in the morning.

and we're going backwards from 5:00 in the morning. You meet Will at 4:30.

You meet Will at 4:30.

- I gave him the money. - Uh-huh.

- He wanted to know if I was gonna go back with him.

- To? - Home.

- OK. - But I didn't want to go back.

♪ ♪

- What did you do after Will left?

- After Will left, I ended up going back,

- After Will left, I ended up going back, I believe, just to the room.

I believe, just to the room.

I don't think I saw anybody.

I don't think I saw anybody. [eerie music]

[eerie music]

- Did you go anywhere? - Uh-uh.

- Nowhere? - Nowhere.

♪ ♪

- At 6:00--

- At 6:00-- 6:08 in the morning,

6:08 in the morning,

you and Jeff come into the building

you and Jeff come into the building and walk by the desk.

and walk by the desk.

♪ ♪

Where'd you go?

♪ ♪

- I don't know. Probably a gas station.

narrator: Kathy claims that after Will left,

she and Blunt went out to buy cigarettes.

♪ ♪

- Will went from the hotel

to Copley Street in the city.

to Copley Street in the city. - OK. - OK?

- OK. - OK?

- OK. - OK? Who did he go there with?

Who did he go there with?

♪ ♪

We're here. We're giving you

every chance in the world to get this out,

to tell us the story, to tell us what happened.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - [breathes deeply]

- [breathes deeply]

Am I under arrest?

Do I have to answer all these questions?

♪ ♪

- Well, Kathy, here's the thing, OK?

- Here's my thing.

[voice breaking] He's gone.

[sniffles]

I want to survive,

I want to survive, and that's what I've been trying to do

and that's what I've been trying to do

since this all happened.

♪ ♪

I know I can only make certain decisions

to take care of myself and keep moving forward

out of the situation that I'm in.

♪ ♪

I'm so done. I'm so done.

♪ ♪

narrator: Kathy refuses to talk.

♪ ♪

- We got to let her go.

♪ ♪

She could be afraid of Jeffrey Blunt,

and she could be afraid of implicating herself.

♪ ♪

- We want to know the truth of what's going on.

♪ ♪

Kathy might, because he's gone,

feel a little more secure.

♪ ♪

narrator: The team wants to bring Kathy back in

now that Jeffrey is off the street.

- There is an advantage to having a female investigator

- There is an advantage to having a female investigator to interview a female suspect.

to interview a female suspect.

She can offer things from a woman's perspective.

She can empathize with her and show her a level of sensitivity

that a man wouldn't be able to do.

- We have been waiting for an opportunity

to speak to you when you feel safe.

We know what a bad person Blunt is

and what a violent person he is.

- He beat the [bleep] out of me.

- He beat the [bleep] out of me. He was a piece-of-[bleep] pimp.

He was a piece-of-[bleep] pimp.

- Mm-hmm.

- He would say, "You will not leave.

You will have no life without me."

I was his property. - Mm-hmm.

- Period.

Anything that got in the way or looked like

it was gonna get in the way was a threat,

and he would make it go away.

- Mm-hmm. - Period.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - Does that include Will?

- Does that include Will?

♪ ♪

- Making a connection with a suspect

can mean the difference between getting a confession

and getting nothing.

And in this case, Terry Dearcop used the fact

that she is a woman to her advantage.

♪ ♪

- There's nobody else that would want Will gone.

- Mm-hmm. - There is nobody else.

- Are you saying that he killed him?

- Are you saying that he killed him? Is that you're saying?

Is that you're saying?

- I'm saying that I think he killed him.

- OK, you think he killed him?

- OK, you think he killed him? - Right. - OK.

- Right. - OK.

- Because he knew Will was there.

He was infuriated with me that I was talking to him again.

He felt threatened.

narrator: Kathy says while Will was at the hotel,

Blunt was waiting for her in another room.

Blunt was waiting for her in another room. - Jeff saw me in the hallway.

- Jeff saw me in the hallway.

- Jeff saw me in the hallway. "Where were you? Where's the money?

"Where were you? Where's the money?

Did you have a customer?" I said, "There's no customer."

Did you have a customer?" I said, "There's no customer." He says, "I'm going in the room."

He says, "I'm going in the room."

He says, "I'm going in the room." I said, "Don't go in that room."

I said, "Don't go in that room."

narrator: Kathy says she told Blunt

that Will was there to see her.

- And then I said,

- And then I said, "I'll tell him to leave."

"I'll tell him to leave."

And he said,

"You're staying here."

- And then what? - He was just gone.

- OK. And then what?

- And then when he got back,

- And then when he got back, I had to meet him downstairs,

I had to meet him downstairs,

and he, uh... had words for me,

and he, uh... had words for me, nothing about Will.

nothing about Will.

Just how I need to understand

that I belong to him.

- Why would Will have left the hotel

with Blunt?

♪ ♪

- He would have if he thought he was getting drugs.

♪ ♪

- Give us a minute.

♪ ♪

- I think we got to try something else.

This might be the last shot we have.

- Yeah.

I think maybe you go in there and talk to her.

Just you.

♪ ♪

- You know, I'm hoping I can appeal to Kathy

as a wife and as a woman.

It's her husband that's dead,

and so there's a relationship, and there's a history.

Whether the relationship was on the rocks or not,

maybe she'll confide in me woman-to-woman.

♪ ♪

Let me ask you this question,

and I know it's not gonna be an easy question,

and it's probably something maybe--

I'm sure you thought of it, and you pushed it out of your mind.

Do you feel responsible for Will's death?

Do you feel responsible for Will's death? - Of course I do. - OK.

- Of course I do. - OK.

♪ ♪

And I think that's a big hurdle

that is probably holding you back.

that is probably holding you back. I think the only way you're responsible

I think the only way you're responsible

for someone's death,

you know, directly is if you pulled the trigger.

♪ ♪

And here's what I'm saying, Kathy.

What I think happened is, in your mind, you're thinking,

"If I get Will out of here,

he will be safe, and Blunt won't hurt him."

♪ ♪

You thought, "I'm gonna get Will out of this hotel,

and at least for now, I can keep peace."

♪ ♪

You wanted to keep Will safe--

♪ ♪

And you thought getting him out of that hotel

was gonna save him. - [cries softly]

- So what happened?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - We left.

- We left.

- Who left? - All of us.

- Will... - Me and Jeff.

- So what happened then? - We got in the car.

Jeff said, "I'm gonna take you to get some dope."

[sniffles]

narrator: Kathy says Blunt drove them to a house

where he said Will could score heroin.

♪ ♪

- Jeff pulled over, and he said,

"Go ahead and get out and go up to the house.

Go knock on the door."

Will got out of the car.

And then he rolled the window down, and he sai,

"Wrong house. Come back to the car."

"Wrong house. Come back to the car." [tense music]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪ - Then what happened?

- Then what happened?

- He shot him.

[dramatic musical sting]

[dramatic musical sting] - He shot him?

- He shot him?

- [voice breaking] Over and over and over.

♪ ♪

- So you watched Will get murdered.

♪ ♪

- [chuckles] - Yeah, baby!

[door opens]

♪ ♪

- [chuckles] Oh, man.

- That was awesome. - Nice job.

- That was awesome. - Nice job. - Awesome. - Nice job.

- Awesome. - Nice job.

- Awesome. - Did you see her

- Awesome. - Did you see her take off the glasses? - Yep.

take off the glasses? - Yep.

- I mean, usually women and I are like this

in the interview room, but today it worked.

♪ ♪

[line trilling]

[line trilling] - You know where what is?

- You know where what is?

narrator: She saw Blunt get rid of the murder weapon.

- Bye. - Bye.

♪ ♪

It keeps getting better and better.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Yep.

RP45 is the manufacturer name

on the casings that we recovered at the scene.

Right now I'm pretty confident that's the murder weapon.

♪ ♪

- Will's emotional involvement with Kathy

was a distraction for her.

It was causing problems to Jeffrey Blunt's business.

She wanted him gone, and he wanted him gone.

♪ ♪

- In Birmingham, Detective Cynthia Morrow,

a mother of five,

spent 14 years in the police department

before joining the Homicide Squad.

- Your name didn't drop out the sky to us!

♪ ♪

Like freaking pulling teeth!

Birmingham is definitely a safer city

now that they're off the street.

- She had five years as a Homicide detective

under her belt when she was called out

to the shooting of a young man in a parking lot.

♪ ♪

- Hey, man. What's that victim's name?

♪ ♪

narrator: The victim is 31-year-old Christopher Wood.

He lived in a town called Sylacauga,

one hour from Birmingham.

- You say his brother was with him?

- Yes.

- Donnie Leonard? - Yes, sir.

narrator: According to Patrol,

the victim's brother, Donnie,

was in the car with the victim when police arrived.

- Where's Donnie at now?

narrator: Donnie has been taken to Homicide

to be interviewed.

[indistinct chatter]

Paramedics found Christopher Woods

slumped in the front passenger seat,

but there is no evidence of a shooting

at the gas station.

- There was no blood found outside of the car,

nor did we find any shell casing.

♪ ♪

- Hey, we got another man down here. I don't know if--

♪ ♪

- Another individual was shot,

- Another individual was shot, and he ran to a nearby lumberyard.

and he ran to a nearby lumberyard.

♪ ♪

narrator: The second gunshot victim

is 29-year-old Donald Moulto,

known to his friends as Shantez.

He's in stable condition.

♪ ♪

- Hey, Cynthia.

- What's going on out there? - I'm over on Dugan Avenue.

This look like somebody just drove up here.

- OK.

- OK. OK, OK. I got you.

OK, OK. I got you.

Mikey, we need somebody to maybe check on Shantez.

See if he could give us a statement.

See if he could give us a statement. See what's going on, OK?

See what's going on, OK?

narrator: While Detective Mike Allison heads out

narrator: While Detective Mike Allison heads out to talk to Shantez at the hospital,

to talk to Shantez at the hospital,

Morrow goes in to interview Donnie, the victim's brother,

who was driving the car where the victim was found.

- Dead! [crying]

♪ ♪

OK?

♪ ♪

Is that blood on your-- - Yeah, yeah.

- OK, tell me what happened. - OK.

narrator: Donnie says he drove his brother, Chris,

from Sylacauga to Birmingham

so he could meet with Shantez.

- Why?

Explain what "work" is to me.

OK, dope. OK.

narrator: He says Shantez led them

to a house to buy some cocaine.

They planned to sell it in their hometown of Sylacauga.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- OK.

Now, when you heard the shots, where was your brother?

OK. Where was that at?

♪ ♪

[siren wailing]

♪ ♪

- We can find blood from the back room

and drops, like somebody may have been running.

♪ ♪

narrator: A trail of blood leads from the kitchen

narrator: A trail of blood leads from the kitchen to the front door.

to the front door.

- Found what looks like two bullet holes back there, yeah.

- Shooter had to have been right in here.

narrator: There are several bullet holes in the walls

but no shell casings.

- That's some cocaine?

- That's some cocaine? [eerie music]

[eerie music]

narrator: The team believes that what appears

to be cocaine is actually cake mix.

♪ ♪

- Did your brother come out the house or--

narrator: Donnie says Christopher then collapsed

into his car. - OK.

Did you see anybody else at that point?

narrator: According to Donnie,

a man was chasing his brother out of the house.

Donnie says he tried to hit the man with his car.

- OK.

♪ ♪

narrator: According to Donnie,

he doesn't know how Shantez was shot.

♪ ♪

[door closes] - There go Mikey Mike.

narrator: Morrow meets with Detective Mike Allison,

who just returned from talking to Shantez at the hospital.

- He was shot in the finger and in the abdomen.

- He was shot in the finger and in the abdomen. He said the brother shot him.

He said the brother shot him.

He said the brother shot him. Brother of the dead guy.

Brother of the dead guy.

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narrator: Shantez claims he was shot

narrator: Shantez claims he was shot by the victim's brother, Donnie.

by the victim's brother, Donnie.

- Let me tell you what he said to me.

- Let me tell you what he said to me. I even asked him clearly.

I even asked him clearly.

I said, "Well, what happened to Shantez?"

He said, "When we got to the store,

he just jumped out the car and walked off."

Somebody lying.

See, he never mentioned he had any guns.

Somebody's hiding something.

- All right, then.

narrator: Morrow and Detective Marcel Walker

go back in to talk with the victim's brother.

go back in to talk with the victim's brother. - Your brother's dead and gone.

- Your brother's dead and gone.

- Your brother's dead and gone. And we don't care about no drugs.

And we don't care about no drugs.

- Yes, sir.

- We just want you to tell the truth.

- We just want you to tell the truth. - Did you have a gun?

- Did you have a gun?

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[dramatic musical sting]

- OK, you left that part out.

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So...

let me make sure I understand.

The tall guy with the gun came out the house,

The tall guy with the gun came out the house, and when you saw him, you shot at him?

and when you saw him, you shot at him?

- OK.

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narrator: Donnie says his brother thought

narrator: Donnie says his brother thought Shantez set them up.

Shantez set them up.

[dramatic musical sting]

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- Then he shot him.

- Donnie, stand up and put your hands

behind your back for a minute.

narrator: Donnie is placed under arrest

for the attempted murder of Shantez.

for the attempted murder of Shantez. - Apparently he must have thought

- Apparently he must have thought

that Shantez set his brother up,

and in a moment of anger, he shot Shantez.

We don't have any information at this point

to show us that Shantez was any type of threat to him.

Donnie just let his emotions get the best of him.

Now we just got to go out and try to find

this tall, dark-skinned guy

this tall, dark-skinned guy that he says shot his brother.

that he says shot his brother.

that he says shot his brother. [walkie-talkie beeps]

[walkie-talkie beeps]

- OK, what was that location, again?

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We got a call from Birmingham.

They got a guy that had been shot in the leg

They got a guy that had been shot in the leg at their hospital.

at their hospital.

He initially told him that he had been shot down there,

but he fessed up and told him that he was shot up here.

- He may be the person we're looking for.

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narrator: The suspect is

27-year-old Christopher Norris.

27-year-old Christopher Norris. - He's tall and dark,

- He's tall and dark,

and he fits the description of the shooter.

Plus, he was shot in the leg, just like my witness had said.

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All right.

Let me cut to the chase.

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Tell me what happened in this shooting.

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narrator: Norris says the victim put some money

on the kitchen table.

- Absolutely.

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Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

- You know?

- So you shot? - Yeah.

- So you shot? - Yeah. [dramatic musical sting]

[dramatic musical sting]

- Did you ever see a gun on this man?

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narrator: He admits the victim did not have a gu.

narrator: He admits the victim did not have a gu. - We'll be just a sec.

- We'll be just a sec.

[door closes]

I think we have enough right now.

He's told us that he was there.

He told us that it was about dope.

He want to say the victim tried to rob him.

That's just a little hard for me to believe.

Appreciate y'all.

the dope game is killing a lot of people

the dope game is killing a lot of people over nothing, you know?

over nothing, you know?

Victims come over there to buy dope, go into the house,

and deal with people they don't know.

And, unfortunately, this man lost his life.

And for what?

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narrator: A few weeks later,

Morrow and Anderson meet with Shantez

to get his side of the story.

- Chris went into the house,

- Chris went into the house, and after about five minutes,

and after about five minutes,

we hear gunshots.

We seen Chris coming out

with blood on him and stuff.

Once I got out the car, I heard C saying

that it was a whole lot of mess and all that.

And he told him to shoot me. Yeah.

- Chris told him to shoot you? - His brother to shoot me.

Like I had something to do with the confusion

or something that was going on in the house.

You know? - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

- And that wasn't the case.

- So he shot you? - He shot me.

- Now I think I know what really happened.

Christopher Norris planned

to rob the victim on his own.

And when the victim got shot by Christopher Norris,

he ran out the house and told his brother, Donnie,

that he was set up by Shantez,

that he was set up by Shantez, so Donnie shot Shantez.

so Donnie shot Shantez.

I think it was just a misunderstanding, actuall.

But, you know, once that bullet leave that chamber,

But, you know, once that bullet leave that chamber, you can't get it back.

you can't get it back.

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- I've worked with a great deal of female detectives

over the course of my career.

They're just as passionate,

just as devoted as their male counterparts.

A great detective is just a great detective.

You don't look at gender.

You look at the work itself and the quality of the work.

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