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[ gunshot, woman screams ]

Narrator: A respected businesswoman is Gunned down in broad daylight.

This is one of those cases

That just breaks Everybody's heart.

Narrator: A crime scene that offers Little hard evidence

Has detective rod demery Scrambling for clues.

In circumstances where There are no suspects

And I need to generate leads, I work best alone.

Hey. Got a favor to ask.

Demery's an intuitive detective.

He's sort of like A dog on a bone.

You sure about that?

'cause if you're lying, You're gonna see me again.

Narrator: to catch the killer,

Demery must step into The line of fire.

The suspect is very impulsive.

I don't think he has control Of himself or his emotions.

[ pounding on door ]

If he comes to the Door with a gun...

Open this door, or we're Gonna do it for you.

...I'm gonna have to kill him.

♪♪

♪♪

Murder and me, we go way back.

When I was a child, Murder took my mother.

Years later, It came for my brother.

That's when I found My mission in life.

Every case I worked, I solved.

Every case I solved, I got a confession.

I'm detective rod demery.

I didn't choose murder.

Murder chose me.

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Captions paid for by Discovery communications

♪♪

On this particular day,

John mills is sitting At the intersection

Of fairfield and 70th, right There in heart of cedar grove,

Known to most in the City as "The hood."

Mouton: Mills noticed that two young men

Were standing outside of Goody's hair fashion store.

He's not really being terribly Mindful about anything.

And all of a sudden...

[ gunshot ]

-whoa! -what did you do?!

Redford: A few seconds later, he sees Those two guys take off,

Along with a third guy.

They disappear.

[ woman screams ]

What the hell?

Then he hears this woman scream.

He looks over, And this little korean woman

Walks to the doorway.

She got blood all over her face,

And she just falls To the ground.

[ dialing ]

[ ringing ]

Man: 911. What's your emergency?

Yeah, I think I just Saw somebody get shot.

♪♪

♪♪

So, what you got for me, Brother?

Well, there ain't a whole Lot going on these days.

On this particular afternoon,

I'm having a conversation With one of my informants --

What's going on in the city,

What's going on in Different neighborhoods.

Want a gummy bear?

Nah, no, I'm good. They get stuck in my teeth.

I'm a junk food fiend.

I have the palate Of a 10-year-old.

Gummy bears, m&m's -- Just makes the world better.

So, tell me, What do you know

About these break-ins in Highland?

Oh, there's Some young cats.

They ain't no real Bangers in there.

You know Where they hang at?

Yeah, yeah, they be Over there by joe's shop,

On the corner of --[ cellphone rings ]

Hold that thought.

This is demery.

Demery: I get a call about a Shooting in cedar grove.

Cedar grove's one Of the hottest beats.

There's always a call -- Robbery, murder, burglaries.

You name it, cedar grove's Got it all.

Okay, I'm on my way.

Brother, I got to run, man. Duty calls.

Hey, but listen, I'm Gonna put a good word in

With some people At the g.E.D.

Appreciate that, man. Thanks a lot.

♪♪

The shooting was at goody's Fashion and beauty supply.

Goody's is a place where They sell urban-type apparel --

Synthetic hair, clothing.

It's a pretty popular place.

♪♪

Hey, demery.

So, what are we Looking at?

Looks like A botched robbery.

Victim?

Yeah, female victim. She was shot in the face.

She's in critical condition.

And she was Transported to l.S.U. Med.

Mouton: the victim in this case Was ms. Maeung ellis.

She was the owner of goody's Beauty supply and fashion.

And she was 48 years old.

Any witnesses?

Yeah, this -- The clerk saw it.

But she doesn't speak English very well.

She's really hard To understand.

Wonderful.

Can we get someone Down here to translate?

Will do.

-thanks, man. -yes, sir.

♪♪

Hey, demery.

Hey, man.

So, what are we Looking at here?

Not much, I'm afraid.

Demery: there's not a lot.

It's a very bare and Somber crime scene.

Any shell casings?

Negative.

What about The security cameras?

Yeah, they got cameras, but They're not recording anything.

Tangible, physical evidence Was all but non-existent.

It's not a good feeling.

There's absolutely Nothing there.

Hey, detective?

Yeah?

I've got a pastor from the Victim's local korean church.

He says he can Translate for us.

Oh, man, yeah.

My church was red river Korean church.

Maeung was a deacon In my church.

The church is a very Important component

For people in the Korean community.

It's a place of socialization, Religious worship,

And conflict/problem solving.

How you doing? I'm detective demery.

Reverend bae.

Where is maeung?

She's being transported To the hospital.

Ohhh. Can't believe it.

Maeung was a good person. She didn't deserve that.

Maeung ellis came to the United states in 1990,

When she was 28.

She grew up in korea, and She didn't have anything.

They were very poor.

She got married.

She eventually bought Her business in 2005.

She worked all the time. She was very determined.

She had a spirit that Everybody just loved.

I mean, she was the last person

You would expect something Like this to happen to.

What exactly happened?

That's what we're Trying to find out.

I'm hoping you can Maybe talk to her

And see if she can give us Some insight into what she saw.

Her name is wah.

Wah, she was a cashier,

And she also my church member.

She was shocked, And she was crying.

[ both speaking korean ]

It was a dark male with a gun. He demanded money.

♪♪

Give me the money.

Yo, give me the money!

Give me the [bleep] Money!

[ screams ]

[ panting, crying ]

Open the register And give me the money!

The cashier said that she Didn't know what to do.

She didn't give him anything.

She just dropped to the floor Because she was terrified.

She thought that he Was going to shoot her.

But then she heard maeung.

As this cashier was Lying on the ground,

She heard ms. Ellis coming From the back of the store...

[ shouting in korean ]

...Yelling in korean for the Suspect to leave the building.

Ellis: [ shouting in korean ]

Open it up! Open the register!

Ellis: [ shouting in korean ]

Give me the [bleep] Money!

[ speaking korean ]

-[ shouting in korean ] -yo, get off me!

[ screaming ]

[ door chimes ]

After she hears the gunshot, She hears the exit chime.

♪♪

[ shouting in korean ]

When wah gets up, She sees maeung...

...Laying on the floor In a puddle of blood.

[ shouting in korean ]

Did she actually Witness the shooting?

[ speaking korean ]

[ speaking korean ]

No, she only heard it.

Can she describe what The shooter looked like?

[ speaking korean ]

[ speaking korean ]

It was a dark teenager.

[ speaking korean ]

With a dark hat.

Blue jacket.

Under the circumstances,

I understand that she Was hysterical, confused,

But the description that she Gave me is not very good.

It's almost a needle-in-the- Haystack type situation.

Okay.

All right. Thank you, reverend. I appreciate it.

-thank you. -thanks.

Jesus, is that Our only witness?

She's the only one That was in the store.

But we've got a guy Right over here --

Said he was driving By and heard the shot.

Let's see What he's got to say.

Demery: I really need to catch A break right now,

And I'm hoping this guy Can provide me with one.

How you doing? I'm detective demery.

I'm john mills.

Mr. Mills, I'm hoping you can Tell me about what you saw.

Sure.

Yeah, I just had a quick Bite to eat in my car,

He looks over, he sees a couple Young men, and they flee.

How many guys were there?Three.

You get a good look At their faces?

No. They were just kids.

What'd they do?

Well, After I heard the shot,

I saw them coming through The parking lot.

One of them stumbled Against this traffic cone.

And then -- -wait, this cone right there?

Yeah, the biggest one.

There was a construction cone In the middle of the road.

Mills believed That the young man

Either touched the cone Or hit it in some way.

Can we get csi to go Dust that for prints?

-yeah, I'm on it. -thank you.

It's possible that if He did touch the cone,

There would be a Fingerprint on it.

Which way did they go?

They shot through The vacant lot.

Over there. -over there.

♪♪

Mr. Mills, thank you.

-thank you. -appreciate it.

Come on, man, Let's take a look.

Crow: When these three males were seen

Running across the street Into this vacant lot,

That gave another location

For detectives to look For physical evidence.

Yeah, check this out.

-sneakers? -yeah, for sure, man.

We got to follow this Yellow brick road.

♪♪

Demery: As I walked through the lot,

I saw three different Distinct sets of footprints.

It was obvious that

They looked like they were Trying to move quickly.

Okay, we're definitely On the right track.

As I'll track this Direction of travel,

I'm looking for anything.

Sometimes a weapon's discarded,

Or maybe they dropped Something -- hat, shoes, gloves.

Looks like They went this way.

As I passed through the lot,

Just beyond it is a Residential neighborhood.

And that's it.

Now what?

Concrete sidewalks, Cars, everything moving.

The footprints stop. There's nothing beyond it.

♪♪

The lead disappears just As fast as it appeared.

♪♪

I'm investigating the Shooting of maeung ellis,

A korean immigrant And store owner.

There are no leads, Very few witnesses.

The only lead that I did have Were footprints in the mud.

But as I followed the Footprints, they disappeared.

♪♪

Now I'm back to where I started.

[ sirens wailing ]

Hey, man. Did crime scene Come up with anything new?

No, nothing.

However, we heard From the hospital.

Okay, and?

Victim didn't make it.

Right.

Vigen: Maeung was an active woman.

She worked long hours In her business

And then spent the majority Of her extra free time

In church with her Fellow koreans,

Helping them and Supporting them.

Bae: maeung, She was good christian.

I remember that She loved to sing,

The church choir every sunday.

She liked to serve other people.

Maeung had a good heart.

Everybody loved maeung.

She was a pillar in The korean community.

Loved her so much, they Gave there the nickname noni,

Which was a compliment.

That meant if you needed Anything, you'd go to noni,

And she would be the First one to help you.

What was taken from The store, again?

Nothing, As far as we can tel.

Maeung ellis died For no reason at all.

I think something like this Is very sad. It's tragic.

The fact that someone's Dreaming of something

And trying to create A better life

And is struck down by violence Is devastating.

They get a bullet Out of the victim?

Yeah -- .22.

It's a start.

With the description that Was given by the clerk

And the lack of Physical evidence,

There was virtually nothing For detectives to go on.

A set of circumstances like that

Makes the case look like It's impossible to solve.

But I don't think any Case is impossible.

Difficult, But not impossible.

So, what's the play?

You know what, why don't You get a canvass going?

I'm gonna strike out on my own, See what I can come up with.

You sure you don't Want any company?

Nah, bro, I got This one on my own.

All right.

In circumstances where There are no suspects,

There is no evidence, And I need to generate leads,

I work best alone.

♪♪

So, with the Information that I had,

I know that I have an amateur -- Young, volatile suspect.

I know there's no plan.

If he's fleeing south,

Then I know he's gonna have To go through a neighborhood.

And more than likely than not,

Somebody saw him And somebody knows him.

Hi. Excuse me.

You, uh -- did you see a group Of kids run by here?

Maybe one with A blue jacket on?

I see kids through here All day,

And I haven't seen Anyone like that.

Okay, thanks. Have a good day.

I kind of developed a Way of working crimes

With gumshoe-type police work.

I didn't work a whole lot

On technology or Scientific evidence.

I wanted to feel it. I wanted to talk to people.

This is murder Police investigation.

This is what I live for.

This is life.

♪♪

What's happening, fellas?

What's going on?

Hey, man, You guys hear anything

About this robbery that Happened at goody's earlier?

Both: no, sir. No?

You guys see a couple of Brothers running through here?

Nah.

Nothing? No, nothing.

All right, well, I'm Detective demery, man.

If you see or hear Anything, give me a holler.

-yes, sir. -all right.

Hey, yo, Let me get a quick shot?

No problem.

Ah. Better stick With police work.

You guys have a good one. -you too.

♪♪

Crow: detective demery is Really, really good

With communicating with People in the neighborhood.

I'm not sure if It's a trust deal.

Sometimes people just Seem to be more free

To speak to demery one-on-one.

[ sighs ]

Demery: as I'm canvassing the Area, I see my informant.

I give him a nod So he can meet me.

He knows what that means.

We're gonna talk out of ear- And eyeshot of everybody else.

What's happening, crow?

It's good, demery.

Hey. Got a favor to ask.

No problem.

Look, what you hearing About this robbery

That went down at Goody's earlier today?

-goody's? -yeah.

Dang, man, I ain't heard. It's been pretty quiet.

What about a group of Kids running through here?

Maybe one of them Wearing a blue jacket?

You know what -- I did see some young boys

Breaking through Not too long ago.

Which way did they go?

Went down up the street On line ave.

All right. Appreciate you, man.

After what my informant told me, I head east on line avenue.

♪♪

[ dog barking ]

As I'm walking the streets, I run into a group of guys.

[ indistinct talking ]

They are of the age that's Described by the witnesses.

But I don't think the Suspect's in that group.

He's not gonna be Casually hanging out.

But it's possible that Someone that was with him

Is in this group.

It's even more possible that This group knows

Exactly who all of them are.

I realize I can't approach them As if I'm looking for something.

They have to believe that I know More than I actually know.

What's happening, Fellas?

The minute somebody figures That you're fishing,

They're not gonna Tell you anything.

The trick is getting them to Believe I know what happened.

Detective demery.

I was hoping you guys Might be able to tell me

Where your friends are.

Man, what friends?

♪♪

The one That robbed goody's.

♪♪

When I said that, they froze.

And I realized they Actually knew something.

Now I know they're gonna Tell me what I need to know.

♪♪

♪♪

Demery: I'm working the homicide Of maeung ellis.

I have very few leads.

Detective demery.

I was hoping you guys might Be able to do me a favor

And tell me where Your friends are.

But I just ran into A group of kids

That I think may give me one.

Now, listen to me. I don't have Time to play with you guys.

Where are your friends at?

I'm confident as if I really Know he was with them

Or they know him.

Their response to That is amazing.

You talking about boo-man?

Yeah, exactly -- Boo-man.

I have no idea who he is.

I've never heard That name before.

But I think at that point, they Really believed that I knew.

Nah. No one know Where he at.

Okay. So, which one of You two was with him?

'cause I know it Was two of y'all.

No, sir. We weren't With nobody.

You sure about that?

'cause if you're lying, Things gonna get really bad.

[ sighs ] No, sir.

What's important here

Is that they gave me the Biggest piece of information --

A name of a suspect.

I swear. I just seen him with Michael and rick.

Michael and rick Got last names?

Mnh-mnh.

In addition, they explained

That a rick and a michael Were with boo-man.

I don't know Boo-man's real name,

But I have three suspects And somewhere to start.

All right. If you guys are Not telling me the truth,

I promise you, You're gonna see me again.

♪♪

♪♪

So, I go back to The police station

And I put the moniker "Boo-man" Into the system.

♪♪

Damn it.

Nothing came back. There was no hits on "Boo-man."

[ sighs ]

Demery: Boo-man is either a brand-new Criminal, a juvenile,

Or somebody that hasn't Done anything significant.

Either way, I don't have Any information on boo-man.

Hey, demery.

What?

Results came back on That traffic cone.

Turned up inconclusive.

[ sighs ]

But there's something else.What?

A couple of kids just came into The station asking for you.

Kids? What do they want?

I don't know.

Said something about You looking for them.

-really? -yeah.

Let's go see.

Crow: the work that detective Demery had initially done

In contacting the people on The streets paid dividends.

♪♪

How you doing? Detective demery.

Hello. I'm sharon bowland.

This is my son, michael, And his friend rick long.

They have something To tell you.

This have anything to do With the shooting at goody's?

[ sighs ]

Yes.

They were both there.

Mouton: These two juveniles had heard

That the police Were looking them

And that they Couldn't run or hide,

That they needed To go down there

And to tell what they knew About what had happened.

I'm gonna need your permission To speak to your son.

Okay.

Is rick's mother here?

Not yet, but she's on her way.Okay.

Why don't you and Your son come with me.

Rick, you sit tight 'til your mom gets here.

Stay with them.

-all right. -this way.

♪♪

Demery: When interrogating a juvenile,

They have to have a concerned Adult or parent there present.

It's for the protection Of juveniles.

You know, you don't want to Get a child in a position

Where they're compromised And they're afraid.

All right, michael, now that I've read your rights,

Are you and your mom Willing to talk to me?

-yeah. -yes, sir.

Okay.

Michael doesn't look Like a criminal.

He looks like a kid. He's afraid.

He wants it to be over. He wants it to be gone.

He knows what happened,

And he just wants to Get that information out

So he can go.

Why don't you start off by Telling me what you know?

Okay.

See, me and rick Went over to goody's

To buy some shirts For this dance.

I only got $10.

That should be enough. We saw some stuff in there.

You're right. And some stuff was on sale.

Exactly.

Hey, what up, mook?

What up, boo-man?

This dude boo-man Shows up.

-what up, boo-man? -what up, fool?

You going To the dance tonight?

Nah.

Hey, you know how many People went in there?

Nah. Why?

He didn't really understand Why he wanted to know it.

Don't worry about it.

♪♪

'bout to hit This [bleep], bro.

And that's when Boo-man told them

He was planning on Robbing the store.

-what? -what, what?

What the...?

[ door chimes ]What's he doing, bro?

I didn't think he was Serious or nothing.

Boo-man always talking big.

Okay.

Then he went inside.

I heard him screaming At the lady,

Asking for the money.

I didn't see anything, And then...

[ gunshot, woman screaming ]

What did you do?!

Demery: michael says that He hears a gunshot,

And boo-man comes out Of the store, running.

He and rick Didn't know what to do,

So they Took off running, too.

Where'd you guys go?

We ran across the street And just kept running.

We eventually split Away from boo-man

And went To my mom's house.

As I listened to Michael's story,

I realized that it takes a Lot for him to go to his mom

And face her with Something like this

And, on top of that, come Down and talk to the police.

Ultimately, michael Did the right thing.

What's boo-man's Real name?

It's corenza -- Corenza kelly.

How old is he?

15.

So, when michael gives me The name corenza kelly,

I have no idea who he is.

And the fact that he's 15 is probably why.

Best friends?

Not really.

I mean, we see him at school And in the neighborhood,

But me and rick don't Really share with him.

I'm gonna ask you Something.

And I need you to be 100% honest with me.

Did you have Anythingto do

With bringing that Gun to that store?

No, sir -- none.

I would have never agreed To something like that.

Michael seems Almost heartbroken,

And I suppose that's because

He had a relationship with Maeung ellis in the store.

He shops there a lot. It's a community thing.

I didn't get the indication That he had any idea

Any of this Was gonna happen.

You see him Shoot that lady?

No.

♪♪

But rick did.

He did?

Yeah. He saw boo-man Through the glass door.

Okay.

Look, thank you guys For your cooperation.

You guys stick around, and We'll talk to you again soon.

-okay. -thank you.

So, after I talk to michael, I've come a long way.

I have a name for the suspect,

I have an actual eyewitness Of what happened.

Now I need to talk to rick.

Hey, man. This kid's Mom get here yet?

Nope. He says she should Have been here by now.

Know what -- in the meantime, Why don't you see what we got

On a juvie Named corenza kelly?

Will do.

Thanks, man.

What's happening, rick?

[ sighs ]

Because rick is a juvenile,

We can't talk to him Until his mother arrives,

So we wait.

[ door opens ]

Ricky! Oh, my god! Are you okay?

Are you rick's mom?

Yes. Oh, my god.

Hey, are you okay?

[ panting ] No.

Rick's mother was frantic.

She was nervous And she was clearly shaken.

He just came looking For ricky.

"He" who?

Corenza.

It's very possible corenza's Going to rick's house

To silence him,

Which makes me Extremely concerned.

Corenza's killed once,

And I don't think he's Afraid to do it again.

♪♪

♪♪

While working the Case of maeung ellis,

Two juveniles, they want To clear their name.

After identifying the Shooter, corenza kelly,

Rick long's mom shows Up at the station.

Ricky!

And she's in a panic.

Oh, my god.

Hey, you okay?

No. He just came Looking for ricky.

"He" who?

Corenza.

Corenza? What did he want?

He wanted to talk to Ricky and michael.

Corenza may have been wanting To try to silence them someway,

To make sure that his name

Did not get to the Police department.

Whatever it is corenza's Trying to accomplish,

It's not gonna happen, Because michael and rick

Are at the police station Talking to me.

Stop. Take me From the beginning.

What happened?

Well, I was on my Way down here anyway.

I grabbed my keys,

Next thing I know, someone's Pounding at the door.

[ pounding on door ]

♪♪

Corenza?

Where ricky at?

He isn't here. He's with michael.

Crow: the mother is somewhat Suspicious of corenza,

Tells him That he's not there.

Where did they go?

Last I knew, they went to Get a shirt for the dance.

Did you want me to tell Him that you stopped by?

♪♪

Nah.

♪♪

Mouton: When rick's mom tells corenza

That she doesn't Know where they are,

He doesn't press her Further, and he just leaves.

Now, where did corenza go?

He just left, and I Just came straight here.

After talking to rick's mother,

I realize that corenza is A very dangerous person.

-demery. -yeah?

Here's that info On that kid.

Thanks, man.

Corenza kelly really didn't Come from the best situation.

He had an absent father, Wasn't dealt a very good hand,

And he had been in and Out of juvenile detention

Over the course Of his young life.

Vigen: he's a kid who's sort of Floating down a stream

In a boat with no rudder, Hitting the rocks.

I wonder how it happens.

I wonder how a young Boy can lose direction

To the point of homicide.

It's one of those thing that You can't really define,

You can't really understand.

You want to do more, And you feel helpless.

We got to go pay Mr. Kelly a visit.

Listen, I need you Guys to sit tight.

We'll be back just As quick as we can.

Come on. Let's go.

Regardless of corenza's Situation or how he got there,

Despite his age, We still have a loss of life.

My job is to not to Consider anything

Except righting the wrong And capturing the danger.

♪♪

♪♪

All right, matthews, You're with me.

The rest of you guys, Provide cover for us, man.

♪♪

When we go to the house, Our guns are drawn.

And as we approach the door, We're very careful.

Corenza may be in a position Where he wants to shoot it out.

Make sure you get This window.

♪♪

It's a very tense moment When you knock on that door,

Because you don't know What you're gonna get.

What we do know is That he's armed,

And what we do know, he's Not afraid to kill someone.

[ knock on door ]

♪♪

Mommy?

But when the door opens, There's a little girl.

She's wondering why These police officers

Are at her house with guns.

Excuse me! Hello?

What the hell Is going on here?!

Immediately after that, her Mother comes to the door.

We explain to her who we are

And that we're Investigating a homicide.

Ma'am, Is your son corenza here?

Yeah, corenza would never do Nothing like that.

Is he here? I need to see him.

She immediately is In denial.

She can't for one second believe

That her son would be involved In anything like that.

Yes, he's here.

Then I need You to step back.

Guys, come on, let's go. Step back.

Corenza!

So, she yells for him to The back of the house.

Corenza doesn't respond.

♪♪

Baby, sit right there, Okay?

Corenza!

When I'm approaching the Hallway with corenza's mother,

I'm getting concerned.

Because we don't know What's gonna happen.

Corenza!

[ pounding on door ]

She doesn't know what Corenza's done, but hedoes.

[ pounding on door ]

Corenza, get out here And tell these people

You ain't done Nothing wrong.

When a police officer Clears a home,

You're at what's Called a ready gun.

When that door opens, you're In an aim-and-shoot position.

So that moment From raising the gun

From your waist to eye level Is very tense.

Corenza, come on. These people are not playing.

Get out here!

Corenza, open this door, Or we're gonna do it for you.

The only thing that I'm prepared for

When that door starts to open Is to shoot corenza kelly.

[ pounding on door ]

Certainly, we don't Want that to happen.

But I can't afford to think About anything other than that.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Right now, I'm in the house

Of who I believe Killed maeung ellis.

Corenza didn't respond To the knock on the door.

[ pounding on door ]

Corenza, open this door, or We're gonna do it for you.

Corenza, get out here And tell these people

You ain't done Nothing wrong.

♪♪

And now I see the doorknob Starting to turn.

I have two thoughts -- if he Comes to the door with a gun,

I'm gonna have to kill him.

If he comes to the Door with his hands empty,

It could be a much Better situation.

I just don't know which One it's gonna be.

Step back! Hands, hands, hands!

Keep them up! Don't move!

When the door opens, He has on boxer shorts.

He doesn't look like someone

Who had just shot someone In the face.

He was tall.

He was the sizeof a man,m

But his face showed that He was a little boy

That probably had Grown up too fast.

Corenza, you're under arrest For second-degree murder.

So you're coming To the station.

Can I at least --

Don't even think About it, brother.

Keep your hands up.

When I tell corenza I need him

To come to the police station, He starts to turn to tell me

He needs to go Put some clothes on.

Abso[bleep]Lutely not.

From this point On, corenza kelly

And all his movements are Gonna be at ourdirection.

Where's that gun?

He ain't got no gun.

That presumption is no Different than the presumption

That I had when I met Those kids on the street.

I want corenza to believe That I know he has a gun

And that I know he's Committed this murder.

Where's the gun?

It's under there.

♪♪

He nudges his head Towards the hamper

And tells me it's Under the clothes.

♪♪

It's obvious that it's A .22-caliber revolver.

Hey! Let's get Crime scene tech down here.

I'm on it.

Get dressed.

At this point, his Mother realizes

That this is bigger Than she thought.

♪♪

Damn it, corenza.

What did Your stupid ass do?

She begins to get angry.

She turns into a mother mode,

Where she wants To discipline him.

She wants to yell at him. She wants to scold him.

All that stuff is in vain, Because what he's done now,

His mother can't correct.

♪♪

Once we get back to The police station,

Our standard procedure For advising a juvenile

Of his rights is the same.

All right, corenza, Listen.

In order for us To talk to you,

Your mom has to Be okay with that.

So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna step out the room

And leave you two an Opportunity to talk.

If you come to a decision That you want to talk,

You just wave me back in.

Okay?

Okay. We'll be outside.

♪♪

What we typically Do after that is

Allow them a moment to talk.

I'm prepared to accept Whatever decision they make.

Obviously, if it's Her 15-year-old son,

She may or may not Want him to talk.

But I'm waiting now.

You're gonna tell those people Whatever they need to know.

Do you understand?

Do you understand?

What do you think?

I think he'll talk If she lets him.

♪♪

All right. I'll see What it's gonna be.

Corenza's gonna tell you Whatever it is

That you need to know.

Ain't that right, Corenza?

Yeah.

Once corenza agrees to talk, I need to reconfirm his rights.

I didn't get the sense That there was gonna be

A lot of coaxing from corenza.

And I think that corenza Had made up in his mind

That he had done it, He had got caught,

And he was just waiting For the consequences.

Corenza's mother was Very angry with him.

Her disappointment and her Hurt was overwhelming.

She had a very difficult Time controlling her passion.

There were times when He seemed as if though

He was talking to us,

But there were other times When it seemed like

He was trying to explain It to his mother.

I don't know that he felt like

He had a proper Answer for his mother.

It's clear corenza's bringing This mook guy into the picture

Because he wants to downplay His own role in the crime.

I think he wanted to Blame it on someone else

Because it was easier for him To say it wasn't his idea

Than to say it was.

I know he's lying Because he's firing a revolver

With a very long trigger pull,

And the only way The gun can fire

Is if he places his Finger on the trigger,

Squeezes it, and the Hammer goes back.

So this notion or this thought

That the gun just accidentally Went off is almost impossible.

His mother physically Wanted to attack him.

Obviously, we can't allow that, But it had to be overwhelming.

When his mother got Up and walked out,

I had to terminate The interview.

Since corenza didn't paint A completely truthful picture

Of what happened,

There's still one more Person we need to speak to.

Rick actually saw the shooting.

He's a corroboration to Corenza kelly's confession

And mike's statement.

I'm interested in What he has to say

And if his story Matches the other two.

Okay, rick, did you actually See that woman get shot?

♪♪

Yes, sir.

♪♪

Okay. I need you to tell Me exactly what you saw.

♪♪

Well, it kind of Happened like this.

Rick's story is nearly identical To what michael told me.

You know how many people Are in the store right now?

Nah. Why?

♪♪

'bout to hit This [bleep], bro.

♪♪

What the...

[ door chimes ]What's he doing, bro?

When he went inside the store, His thought was, or hope was,

Is that he was gonna get a bunch Of money and run away.

Yo, give me the money.

Yo, give me the money.

Give me the [bleep] Money![ screams ]

[ crying ]

Open the register and Give me the money.

But it didn't work out That way.

Give me the [bleep] Money!

[ shouting in korean ]

Open the register and Give me the money.

-[ shouting in korean ] -open the register!

Get off me! -get out!

Get out of my store!

The fact that he had A gun in his hand

Didn't intimidate ms. Ellis.

[ shouting in korean ]

Rick told me that As corenza was being yelled at

And pushed out the door, He raised the gun.

-get off me! -[ shouting in korean ]

[ gun clicks ]

Get off me!

He squeezes the trigger -- Doesn't work.

[ gun clicks ]

Squeezes it again -- Doesn't work.

Finally...

[ shouting continues ]

...The third time...

[ screaming ]

[ door chimes ]

...He shoots her in the head.

Now, I think probably The most disturbing part

Is that kelly was actually At the threshold of the door.

But instead of just crossing That threshold and turning,

Ain't got nothing.

♪♪

Crow: when the investigators Checked this weapon,

They found that there was Live rounds in the cylinder.

And some of these live Rounds had marks on it

From the firing pin.

The two primer strikes suggest

That he fired it, It didn't work,

He fired it again, It didn't work.

And the third time was The one that killed her.

I'm a spiritual kind of guy,

And I believe that people Are given guidance

And given the opportunity To abandon wicked thoughts.

God doesn't just allow people To do whatever they want to do

Without offering a way out.

And it's clear in this case

That corenza had a way out At least twice,

And he decided that he Wanted to do it anyways.

♪♪

Corenza was tried as an adult For second-degree murder,

Where he was convicted and Sentenced to life in prison,

Without the benefit or Possibility of parole.

Rick long and michael bowland Were witnesses in the case.

There's no evidence to suggest

That they were part of the Robbery or the murder.

And they testified at trial.

♪♪

But even with corenza kelly Locked up for life,

It's difficult To shake the tragedy

Of what happened To maeung ellis.

This is just one of those cases

That just breaks Everybody's heart.

She wanted to protect herself.

She wanted to protect Everything she had.

And she gave her life for it.

Vigen: Maeung in no way deserved this.

She starts her own business, She's being successful,

And her life ends prematurely

Because of an Impulsive, stupid act

On the part of a young man who Was poorly directed in his life.

Our country, our people, They don't carry a gun.

I hate the gun.

♪♪

Ms. Ellis' murder Was extremely tragic.

She had dreams, she had plans.

For whatever reason, Corenza kelly decided

That she didn't need them.

The thought that murder's Somehow exclusive

To men, women, white, black --

Murder's murder.

It doesn't have any particular Person that it wants to visit.