Original subtitles

[ gunfire ]

Narrator: A doting father of three

Is murdered in a hail Of gunfire.

When I found out what happened, It was like a dagger

Stabbing me in the heart.

Narrator: As the investigation ramps up,

The list of suspects grows Larger by the minute.

Demery: it was hard To conceptualize that

That many people were involved In one altercation.

Don't move, Let me see your hands!

Don't move!

It is a very tense situation For the officers involved.

Narrator: it's up to detective Rod demery to untangle

A cold blooded conspiracy Orchestrated

By the unlikeliest of killers.

It's very difficult to Pinpoint who exactly did what.

Somebody's not Telling the truth.

[ dramatic music plays ]

♪♪

[ gunshot ]

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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♪♪

Thompson: it's a hot, sticky August night in louisiana.

The neighborhood is quiet Except for four individuals

Sitting outside on their porch.

♪♪

[ indistinct chatter ]

♪♪

Come on, people!

Some of us gotta work!

-yo! -hey.

Man #1: what up, dawg?

Man #2: man, Everything good, baby.

What up with you, dawg? You good?

They wake up a neighbor And he's just like,

"Ugh, not these guys again."

And tries to go back to sleep.

Can I get Some sleep around here.

[ sighs ]

Boring ass game, man.

Boring ass game.

[ indistinct chatter ]

♪♪

[ gunfire ]

Jesus.

[ car alarms blaring ]

And then he hears What sounds like a war zone

With gunshots being fired.

[ tires screeching ]

[ car alarms blaring ]

♪♪

He makes his way to the window And looks out to see

Those neighbors he had just Heard talking on the porch,

Two of them, suffering From several gunshot wounds.

Damn, bro. I'm hit.

We gonna get you some help, Bro, all right.

[ gasping ]

[ coughing ]

[ sirens wailing ]

♪♪

Announcer: And this is john lafoot, World's meanest pirate.

Man: and this is your last Chance...

Demery: I woke up in the Middle of the night,

Not sleeping real well Because I never do.

I was working a lot.

It's difficult from going To be really hypervigilant

And alert to just Shutting it all off.

[ fast rhythmic music]

[ cellphone vibrating ]

♪♪

This is demery.

When you're on call And you get a call

In the middle of the night, It's just kind of a,

Well, finally.

The attractive thing About homicide for me was

It was a great distraction From everything else.

All right, I'm on my way.

[ car engine revving ]

The crime scene is on Spring hill in shreveport.

It's a quiet, older, Traditional neighborhood

Where you don't expect something That's really bad to happen.

[ police radio chatter ]

But when I arrived, This looks more like a war zone

Than a crime scene.

There's a car that's Been struck by gunfire.

There are a lot of shell Cases in the street.

♪♪

The house is riddled With bullets.

It looks pretty devastating.

♪♪

Hey, man. -hey, what's going on?

What happened here?

Well, what we got is a Couple shooting victims,

36-year-old donte gilbert,

Another jerry bryant, Age 23.

Both are on their way To the hospital.

Bryant is in serious But stable condition.

The other I don't Think's gonna make it.

Wonderful, witnesses?

So far, two.

One drove one of the victims To the hospital,

So he's not here.

The other guy named Kentrell turner, still here.

Okay, thanks man.

Hey

[ exhales sharply ]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

There were clothes that were On the side of the porch

That had been clearly cut off By the medical staff.

There was a large amount Of blood where the clothes were.

It was obviously a very Devastating gunshot.

[ police radio chatter ]

I go find kentrell turner.

You kentrell turner?

Yup, yes, sir.

You wanna tell me What happened here?

I don't know, man, But it was all bad.

Okay, can you be A little more specific

About what happened?

Talking to him Was like pulling teeth.

He was very guarded.

We was just hanging on The porch when a car pulled up.

Who were you with?

Just me And a few of my boys.

Kantrell confirms That the victims

Were jerry bryant And donte gilbert.

He also says The fourth person,

Kethrick marshall, Or chacha,

Was on the porch as well.

And what happened?

We was hanging On the porch,

A car pulled up And started blasting.

You know me, I ducked off The porch right quick.

Came back and saw donte And jerry bleeding and stuff.

He described someone Leaning out of a sunroof

Or a moonroof of a car firing Gunshots and it was chaos,

Shots being fired, People running.

You have any idea who Was shooting at you guys?

Nope, you gotta ask somebody Else about that one.

Okay, let me tell you Something kentrell,

I'm definitely getting The impression that you know

More than what You're telling me.

So, when you're ready To start talking,

Go over there and you Get one of them officers

And we'll come back And talk again.

I didn't know what Kentrell and his friends

Were doing on the porch.

The fact that someone drives by And starts shooting

Suggests a certain Level of premeditation.

So, I was pretty sure That some sort of dispute

Happened prior to the shooting.

Hey, how'd it go With the turner kid?

He's not talking, At least not yet.

I'm gonna run over To the hospital, man,

And see what these guys Are talking about.

Hey, if this kid Starts talking,

Get ahold of me Right away.

Will do.

It suggests gang violence, But I wasn't sure at that point

Because you can end up Chasing a theory

For a suspect That doesn't exist.

[ deep intense music ]

♪♪

Heading to the hospital, The priority is getting

To the people That have been shot.

In a case like this, Late at night

Or really early In the morning,

So there are not A lot of witnesses.

The victims, in this case,

Are about the only Option that I have.

♪♪

-detective demery? -yeah?

I'm sorry, Got some bad news.

The first victim Didn't make it.

When I get to the hospital, I found out

That donte gilbert has died

From his gunshot wounds.

There was a bullet That entered his body

And collapsed his lung, It was a fatal shot.

How about jerry bryant, How's he doing?

We think he's gonna make it, He's in surgery right now.

And if all goes well, You can see him when

He's in the recovery room. -okay.

And if you're interested, Donte gilbert's sister

-- is here here.

I am interested.

But we just told her About donte's death

And she's really upset.

-got it. -she's in the waiting room.

Okay, thank you.

♪♪

Having lost my mother To gun violence,

I knew how devastating This can be.

I need to be as Delicate as possible.

Ms. Gilbert, I'm detective demery.

Sherita: when I found out What happened to donte,

It was like a dagger Stabbing me in the heart.

I'm gonna start off By saying I'm really sorry.

I can't believe He's gone.

He had a wonderful personality.

I don't think there's nobody That didn't like donte.

♪♪

Donte was a fun loving guy, He was ambitious,

Easy to talk to.

Good guy, good hearted person.

He didn't bother nobody. He loved everybody.

What am I supposed To tell his kids?

He's a father?

Yeah, three sons.

Sherita: donte, He was a real good father.

He was the type of father that Always had his boys with him.

They did everything together.

Can you think of anyone who Might have wanted to harm him?

Hurt donte?

No. No, he was a Really nice person.

The only reason he Was on that porch

Was because he was Helping his niece.

Man, that was some Boring ass game.

Donnie: that night donte Was doing a good deed.

His little niece had to go To san antonio.

It finally started getting Interesting in the fourth.

And he had just dropped That little girl off

At the bus station.

Then he went over there.

Donte was sitting out On the porch with a couple

Of his friends Enjoying their night.

Ran all the way down To the other side.

That's when they came.

Demery: talking donte's sister I was really curious.

I was wondering how it happened.

Was he the target Or was he just there?

Or was he involved in something, Maybe criminal activity?

She didn't have a lot To add to what happened,

Even understood why it happened.

About the time I'm wrapping up With donte's sister,

I get word that jerry bryant's Made it through surgery.

Thank you.

Ms. Gilbert, I'm gonna Figure out who did this,

I promise you.

Take care.

Talking to jerry bryant Was something

I was looking forward To because he could

Probably give me insight On what happened.

[ monitor beeping ]

♪♪

Hey, jerry?

[ weakly ] Yeah?How you doing?

I'm detective demery.

I went in and seen Jerry bryant,

There was no Street thug in him.

He just looked like a real Clean cut, good looking kid

That didn't have Any gangster about him.

So, this whole Case now's starting

To make very little sense.

Listen, can you tell Me what happened

With you guys Out on that porch?

I don't know.

Me and my friends,

We were just hanging And this car pulls up

And starts shooting at us For no reason.

Jerry bryant told me he Felt himself get shot

And he looked and he saw That donte was getting shot

As he ran off the porch.

I just kept my head down And

Didn't look up Or anything

Until the gunshots Stopped.

Okay.

You have any idea Of who might've done this?

No, but I did notice Before they drove up onto us,

The car stopped down The street at shaquia's house.

Shaquia?

Jerry bryant explained That shaquia johnson

Lived a couple doors Down from him.

He used to date her But they still remain friends.

He said that right before The drive by shooting,

He saw somebody run Up to her porch

And then run back To his vehicle.

Did you get a Description of the person

Who went up To shaquia's?

No sir.

It was dark out And pretty far away.

Detective, I need you to wrap it up.

Mr. Bryant needs To get some rest.

Yeah, of course.

All right, Listen, jerry.

I'm gonna go But I'll try and stop back

And talk to you later, Okay?

-all right, thank you. -take care of yourself, brother.

Demery: my conversation with Jerry leaves me

With as many questions As answers.

The two people That I've talked to,

Both claim that they have no Idea who would've done this.

The problem is that there's No way this drive by

Would've been committed without Having a specific target.

Somebody's not Telling the truth.

There's one person that I hope Can clear some of this up.

Just before the drive by,

The shooter's car stopped By shaquia's house.

This could be a coincidence,

But I've been in the Business too long

To believe in coincidences.

Shaquia johnson May have the answers

To all of what's happened.

It's time to pay Shaquia a visit.

♪♪

[ siren wailing ]

Demery: I'm investigating A drive by shooting,

The victim was 36-year-old Donte gilbert.

Sherita: I was very angry

Because I didn't Understand what happened.

Why my brother? He was a good person.

Demery: I'm trying to find out How donte was killed

And all the signs seemed to Be pointing to gang violence.

I'm on my way to see Shaquia johnson --

The ex-girlfriend Of the second

Shooting victim, Jerry bryant.

She lives just down the Road from where the shooting

Took place And a car was reported

Seen stopped at her house Just before the shooting.

Shaquia, I'm gonna need You to tell me about

What happened last night, What you saw and what you heard.

I start by telling her To tell me what she knows

About the shooting, but her Answer's not what I expected.

I know it sounds crazy But I honestly didn't know

It happened until somebody Told me this morning.

This just didn't seem Reasonable to believe

That she didn't hear or know Anything about any gunshots

When there were so many.

I have a witness who Put the vehicle involved

In the shooting parked In front of your house

Before the shooting Happened.

I mean, my boyfriend Came by to pick up

A phone charger from me.

What's your boyfriend's Name?

His name is broderick, Broderick brooks,

We've been dating For some months now.

♪♪

Broderick brooks is a High school athlete,

He makes good grades, He comes from a good family.

He's basically Never been in trouble.

So he came by And got the charger?

Well, actually, I didn't see him.

He called to say he was Gonna swing by to get it

But then his friend Moseley came to the door.

When was the last time You saw broderick?

Yesterday evening.

Him and this guy Named chacha got in a fight

On my front porch.

Chacha's the other guy That my first witness,

Kentrell turner, Told me about.

His real name is Keithrid marshall.

He was on the porch With the others

When the shooting occurred.

Now, this fight They got into,

It's a fist fight or...?

No, no, It wasn't like that.

She said they got into Some sort of yelling match

But she wasn't really sure What it was about.

When shaquia tells me the story, It doesn't make a lot of sense.

If there is a drive by That's gonna take place,

Why would someone stop To get a phone charger?

It's kind of mind boggling.

Okay.

I'm gonna need you To provide

The contact information

For all of these people You mentioned

So I can track them down.

Shaquia gives me phone numbers For her boyfriend broderick Brooks

And this friend bobby moseley,

The one who picked up The phone charger.

She also gives me an address For keithrid marshall...

-thank you. -aka chacha.

I went back to the office And I start doing research

On broderick brooks.

Hey, this is detective demery With the shreveport pd.

Listen, I was wondering What can you tell me about

A broderick brooks?

I called contacts that I Had at local high schools

And gone through records to See what I had on this kid.

Really?

Researching broderick brooks, I realize there's no

Criminal activity Or criminal record

Of any sort about him.

Yeah, okay. Thanks.

No signs of any at risk Or troubled lifestyle

Or gangster lifestyle.

Broderick brooks as a murder Suspect just doesn't fit.

He seems like this kid who's Doing all the right things.

With brooks appearing to Have a squeaky clean record,

I turned my attention Towards chacha,

The other kid Involved in the fight.

He was there when The shooting occurred

And apparently had some sort Of run in with the boyfriend.

[ car beeping ]

♪♪

Excuse me!

Are you chacha?

Who's asking?

Detective demery With the shreveport pd.

I wanna ask you about this Shooting that took place.

-all right, man. -do you know who did it?

-you the detective. -oh, okay.

You had a lot of bravado, Vagueness and defensiveness,

But it's important To look past all that [bleep]

And realize that it's a Teenage kid that just witnessed

Two people get shot.

Did you get into a fight With broderick brooks?

Who told you that?

Like it matters, Just answer the question.

Look, my homey used To date that girl, shaquia.

The two of us were over there, We was just chilling.

Crazy. You already seen it.

Man, I feel like they Going to win. I feel like --

Man, you tripping. Why you telling me this?

You know That's my team, bro.

What's going on here? What y'all doing here, man?

I guess he pulls up And sees us

And gets jealous Or something.

-man, what's up, man? -I don't even know, man.

Look, we just here Chilling, bro.

What's your issue?

Man, this is My girl's house, bro!

She ain't your girl No more, jerry!

What you man, bro?

Demery: chacha told Me that broderick had

What he described as This athletic backpack.

So, he proceeds To go to his bag.

-okay. -and pulls it out.

Pulls out what?

A gun, man.

-what's up then, bro? -whoa, whoa, bro. Chill!

-what's up, bro? Yeah, you too. -word?

Broderick brooks Unzips his backpack

And produces a weapon.

All right, man, You think you tough?

You ain't the only one That can pull one out.

And chacha produces A weapon of his own.

You too, man.

You can get it, too. -hey, what's going on?!

Chacha, stop! Broderick...

Shaquia intervened and Pulled brooks into her house.

It's on you. What's up, man?

Which may have caused in Brooks' eye some disrespect

To his manhood from This confrontation.

We leave after that, I ain't want no problems.

Okay.

I guess he thinks something's Still going on with that girl.

Are you thinking This is the reason

The shooting went down?

I don't know, it was dark And we was just scrambling

Trying to get out alive.

Thank you for your help.

Demery: I was surprised That he showed a gun,

Maybe some of these perfect kids Aren't so perfect after all.

[ fast rhythmic music ]

♪♪

But I'm wondering If chacha's story is really

Just a bunch of hot air,

So I call up the third person

That shaquia johnson mentioned, Bobby moseley.

Listen, man, Would you mind

Coming down here To the office?

I'd like to talk to you, See if we can

Clear a few things up.

The fact that he's 17 Makes him an adult,

So he didn't have to have A parent with him.

Yeah, it's true. I was there.

What do you need to know?

Okay, how about you Start off by telling me

How did you and broderick End up on spring hill street

In the middle of the night?

Well, a bunch of us was Just chilling with broderick

Down at the muney.

[ indistinct chatter ]

[ laughter ]

The muney is a place Where kids hang out,

High school aged kids.

It was a party spot for them.

When brooks got there, Told him about

His altercation with chacha.

I went over Shaquia's house,

Jerry and chacha Was over there, bro.

This man pulled a gun on me! Chacha pulled a gun on me!

How you gonna pull a gun On me in my own girl crib?

-don't let that bother you. -crazy ass.

Moseley said that He told brooks,

Just let it go, leave it alone.

Honestly, I wanna go back And ride on them boys,

To be honest with you, Man.

You trying to roll On them, then?

-what's up? -y'all trying to go?

-what's up? We down. -we down?

All right, you know I'm down. Y'all coming or not.

-you still talking? -I ain't talking.

We can do this. What's up?

Let's go!

But broderick felt like He was disrespected by chacha

And he wanted to go back.

Chill out, man. Let's go Roll on these fools.

-let's roll. -let's go.

He was able To convince his friends

That it was a good idea.

Look how deep we is, man.

So, We all piled in the cars,

Headed down there looking For this chacha guy

And his buddies.

So, what, Like three or four of you?

-no, it was about 10. -it was 10.

He said they were In several different cars.

It was hard to conceptualize That that many people

Were involved in one altercation In that many vehicles.

So, you went and got The phone charger

From shaquia And then what?

Y'all just all 10 Go down

The block And start shooting?

I didn't shoot, I was just driving.

But some other guys did.

Now, you know that doesn't make Any damn difference, right?

Wait, what? What you mean?

Hold tight.

Hey, it's demery. Come up to my office, please.

Thank you.

Listening to moseley,

He's clearly put Himself at the scene

And he is somewhat Culpable in the murder

Of donte gilbert.

It was enough To place him under arrest.

I didn't do nothing.

Yeah, But in the meantime,

I want you to enjoy Your stay at our facilities.

The fact that moseley basically Confessed to a conspiracy,

He's guilty of murder.

It doesn't have to be his gun.

It doesn't have to be his idea,

But he participated And admitted that,

Being charged with murder.

Stand up, Put your hands behind your back.

[ handcuffs click ]

After I arrest moseley,

I realize that his story Is true.

There are gonna be a Lot of people that are

Gonna be arrested, And it's very difficult

To pinpoint Who exactly did what.

This is just beginning. It's gonna be a long road.

♪♪

[ train horn blowing ]

♪♪

Demery: I'm investigating The death of donte gilbert.

I've made my first arrest,

A high school kid Named bobby moseley.

Moseley has named 10 Other people in this crime.

Each one of them has To be tracked down

And that's gonna Be a big challenge.

[ deep rhythmic music ]

♪♪

Hi, do you have a cory robinson That attends your school?

What about a Furlando washington?

Mack: at the very beginning Of this drive by shooting,

It was starting to look Like four guys are basically

Targeted by high school kids.

Holmes: these kids Go to good schools,

Come from good families, And now they're

All suspects in a shooting.

It is hard to believe.

Hey man, do me a favor,

Get somebody in patrol go by And pick this kid up.

-yes, sir. -all right, thank you.

Demery: arresting 10 people On a single murder charge

Certainly hadn't Happened in our city.

My hope was to get Statements and confessions

And evidence from all of them.

[ door squeaks ]

Have a seat.

This is detective demery,

He'll be with you In a minute.

Demery: based on what Moseley's telling me,

Brook seems like He's the big fish,

But I wanna talk to some Of the smaller players

Before circling in on brooks.

What's up, cory?

I'm glad you came in To talk with me.

You ready to have This convo?

The first person I brought In was cory robinson

And cory's family had good Standing in the community,

But the reality is Is he was a suspect

And I was gonna Treat him as such.

Okay.

♪♪

Now, your boy bobby Has been in here

And

He's told me everything.

So, what you have to decide

Is are you gonna give Me the rest

Of the information Or are you gonna go

To prison for Conspiracy to commit murder?

Yeah. Yeah, What you wanna know?

Cory pretty much Corroborated the story

That brooks was upset and angry About a previous altercation

With somebody At that residents.

And began firing out Of the car at the porch.

I didn't shoot nobody.

Only thing I did was drive, I swear.

Cory didn't implicate Himself as deeply.

Officer!

But the reality is That he facilitated it

And was a direct principle Of this murder.

I'm placing you Under arrest.

Hey. Officer, Can you come in please?

[ door squeaks ]

So, now I have Another guy busted.

I'm making progress, Which is a good thing.

Unfortunately, tracking down All these suspects takes time

But one by one, The dominoes start to fall.

You know, philando, You seem like a good guy to me.

So, how did you get Involved in this?

Man, I don't know, man.

We were just hanging Out at the muney and--

After I started interviewing And arresting more suspects,

They started telling On themselves and each other.

Okay, can you tell me What the apartment number is?

Um, 3a, I think, 3a.

[ siren ringing ]

[ police radio chatter ]

Mack: as the investigation Goes on

And the suspects Are rounded up one by one,

They're actually cooperating.

Demery: but there's one thing Missing from each

Of these statements, Exactly who among them

Besides broderick brooks, Fired on the victims.

Thankfully, that search Changed when I speak

To 18-year-old dion walters.

Okay, so you're telling me That guys are just shooting

Bullets randomly and not trying To hit anybody in particular?

Yeah, like we was really Not trying to hit anybody.

It's like, you know, brandon, He goes crazy with the gun.

Brandon, who's brandon?

-brandon howard. -okay.

And you specifically saw Brandon howard fire his gun?

Yeah, absolutely.

Brandon howard is a High school student.

He doesn't have A criminal history.

At this point, I don't know How dangerous brandon is.

Dion's statement makes It clear that brandon

Is the other confirmed shooter.

Broderick is explaining to You guys that he's upset

Because chacha dissed Him and he needs you guys

To help him get some payback.

Yes, sir, that's right.

As I investigate, all Witnesses and suspects

Are saying the same thing.

Broderick brooks was the Person who brought everyone

Together and planned And executed this.

Okay, do you know Where broderick is at?

What about brandon?

No, but brandon definitely Shot more than anybody.

Then, over a week into the case,

I catch the break I've been looking for.

Man: car 29.

Go ahead.

We have a report possible Burglary in progress

At 223 phillips street.

Suspects is also possibly Wanted in a murder.

10-4.

A call comes in that A suspect I'm looking for,

Brandon howard, is seen Breaking into an apartment

On the other side of town.

[ deep rhythmic music ]

♪♪

[ dog barking in distance, Indistinct yelling ]

♪♪

Mack: police go to check The tip out

And brandon howard Is actually standing out

On the second floor balcony Of the apartment.

[ glass shatters ]

He's up top right there, He's up top.

Don't move, Let me see your hands!

Don't move!

He's gone in, he's gone in!

Now the officers are faced With a very dangerous

Situation because they Don't know what he's gonna do.

♪♪

They get to the apartment, The door is slightly ajar.

[ door creaks ]

♪♪

The officers Approach cautiously.

♪♪

♪♪

These guys Got the taste of violence

And they're not concerned About killing anybody anymore...

[ intense music plays ]

♪♪

Even police officers.

[ intense deep music ]

Demery: I'm deep Into the investigation

Of the donte gilbert homicide.

I've all ready made a Significant amount of arrests,

But now two officers Have trapped suspect

Brandon howard Into an apartment.

But now that patrol Has him cornered,

They're worried brandon howard Might not go down

Without a fight.

I see your feet. Open the door, Show me your hands!

Do it now!

It is a very tense situation For the officers involved.

[ door creaking ]

Turn around. Turn around, don't face me!

Walk back toward my voice.

Put your hands On the small of your back.

Demery: he complies And taken into custody.

This way, let's go.

Howard may have been a Hard one to track down

But back at the station,

It takes no time for Him to spill his guts.

Yo, man, I'm telling you.

It was broderick doing All the shooting.

Is that right?

Hell, yeah that's right.

He tells on brooks And everyone else there.

I don't think There was any loyalty.

Officer!

Stand up.

You wanna book him? -yes, sir.

Soon after howard was arrested,

Another of my suspects Came in of his own accord.

It wasn't my big fish, Broderick brooks.

It was a young man Named norman frazier,

Who was also eager To spill the beans.

Apparently, He's admitted to our guys

He was one of the Drivers at the scene.

You know, let's go see What he has to say.

So you were Driving your car?

Or you're driving Our parents' car?

It was my car, sir.

I let young Norman frazier know

What kind of time He's facing,

But I also let him know, That the more he tells me,

The easier I can Make things for him.

If I'm being Completely honest,

This is all Broderick's fault.

I mean, he's the one Who had the problem

With the guys On the porch.

Okay, so if it's Broderick's problem,

What are you doing there?

Man, we just wanted To help him, ya know?

At this point, I think I have a handle

On what happened And who did what.

Then norman dropped A bombshell on me,

A name I hadn't heard before.

So who all was Doing the shooting?

Broderick and Brandon, anybody else?

Broderick for sure.

I don't know about brandon.

But I definitely know bam Got a lot of rounds off too.

Hold on a second, bam?

Who's bam, And what's his real name?

Dardanious clark.

Okay. Listen to me.

I think you've been Very cooperative.

Unfortunately, I'm gonna have to charge you

As an accessory To murder.

I need you to stand up. Put your hands behind your back.

Mack: it doesn't matter If you were the driver.

It doesn't matter If you were the shooter.

Everyone in that vehicle, Or vehicles,

Are held responsible.

Demery: I've got eight People in custody,

At this point, but my job Still isn't done here.

There are two other individuals That I'm still looking for.

Dardanious clark, And the instigator,

Broderick brooks.

-hey, detective! -yeah?

There's a phone call For you on line four.

It may have something to do With this gilbert murder.

Okay thanks, man.

Because the media covered This case so thoroughly,

There were many people From the community

That called in With different tips.

A lot of them Were wild goose chases,

And some of them were good.

But this tip Was a bit of both.

Yes, sir. I understand you Called about a burglary?

Um...Yeah.

Holmes: police get another call About a burglary

That happened down the Street from the shooting.

And they have reason to Believe that the shooting

And the burglary are connected.

This guy he --

He ran off With some stuff,

But I'm not really Sure what he took.

Okay, would you feel better About maybe speaking inside?

Actually...

Yeah. Let's do that.

When police get there, He's pretty nervous.

You know that shooting That happened down the street?

Yeah, yeah. You know something about it?

I think I saw a guy Hide a gun.

He used the guise of,

"There was a burglary In my house,"

So he wouldn't tip off Anybody who might come

And shoot him later.

Yeah, I saw him put Something in there.

Okay.

Yeah.

So the officer looks Under the porch...

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...And sure enough, There is a .40 caliber pistol.

Now they have at least One weapon

That was used In this drive-by shooting.

Tips like the one That led to the recovery

Of the gun, Are invaluable in this case.

In fact, One of our best tips

Led us to one of our Remaining suspects.

Dardanious clark, Also known as bam.

Holmes: An anonymous tip comes In that someone saw him

At the mall, of all places.

♪♪

Hey, bam, how you doing? Don't do anything stupid, okay?

I am clark.

He's brought in for questioning.

Okay, so let me tell you Where we at.

I've spoken to all of your Friends who've been there.

And initially decides to be coy With detective demery.

-[laughs] My friends. -yeah, your friends.

And I figure now's the Time for me to give you

An opportunity to tell me Your version of the story.

Now I have an opportunity To tell you my side?

Exactly.

Demery: Bam wants to play this game.

It's a game where they wanna Find out what you know.

Okay.

How about I tell you

That I know you Had a 40 caliber.

How about I tell you I can Put that gun in your hand?

And how about I tell You I got witnesses

That said That you shot it.

I did an investigation, And arrested eight people.

I knew pretty much What everybody had,

And what everybody shot.

Are you gonna tell me What happened?

Are you gonna continue to Sit here and waste my time?

Bam knew he was caught, And he basically corroborated

Everything that Everyone else said,

And I placed him under arrest.

♪♪

So that leaves one person left, Which is the guy

That started this whole thing -- Broderick brooks.

♪♪

I need to find brooks To find out

Exactly what happened.

There's a lot going on, And brooks has been elusive,

As up to now, but I'm About to get some help

From a source That I never expected.

[ police radio chatter ]

Demery: I have all suspects In this drive-by arrested

Except I still need to Talk to broderick brooks,

Who I believe is the ringleader.

This man chacha pulled A gun on me, man.

I'm sick of this fool. Bro, for real!

I need to get brooks To tell me what happened,

And confess to the murder Of donte gilbert.

But ever since the Night of the shooting,

Broderick brooks Has been in the wind,

Which makes closing This case next to impossible.

Hey, rod. How's your day going?

Great, man. What's up?

It's about to get better.

Yeah? How so?

Guess who just walked in?

I don't know, tell me.

Broderick brooks.

Well, alright!

This is totally unexpected.

Shaquia johnson, Brooks' girlfriend,

Has convinced him To turn himself in.

I immediately sit down with him In the interrogation room.

♪♪

Demery: broderick, Thank you for coming in.

You know we've been trying To get a hold of you, right?

-yes, sir. -okay.

When I'm looking at brooks, The kid looks like

He has a great future Ahead of him,

But he is also a murderer.

Brooks gathered up his friends To go by and deal with chacha,

And he was very emphatic When he said that he told them

To not aim at anything Other than a car

That was parked in the driveway.

But as brooks continues,

He admits to more Than he originally let on.

I'm having trouble Believing that brooks

And his crew were so interested In avoiding violence.

With that number of people And that many guns,

I believe he tried To downplay what happened.

I think he had more influence

On his friends Than even he knew,

And the fact that now I know that he was there,

Made it a confession To murder.

Broderick, I need you to stand up.

Put your hands Behind your back, please.

I'm placing you under arrest.

[ handcuffs click ]

Let's go.

There were 10 people Arrested in this case,

For one murder.

I had never arrested That many people

On a murder charge, And it was something

That was just unprecedented.

-you feel me? -packed and ready.

-let's roll. -let's go. Let's go then.

-y'all down or what? Let's go. -you scared?

Brooks: there ain't nobody Scared, bro. Let's go.

-come on, let's hit it. -deep, man. We deep.

Holmes: I'm pretty sure None of these kids

Woke up thinking we're Gonna do a drive-by tonight.

And you make a stupid decision That will change your life.

Hey, what up, dawg?

-what's up, fool? -man. Everything good.

Everything good, baby.

What's up, dawg? You been good?

♪♪

Man, that was A boring ass game!

-[ laughs ] Bro, what? -what you talking about, bro?

Ain't nobody score In the whole first half.

They get a field goal In the third quarter.

But it finally started getting Interesting in the fourth.

-[ laughs ] -okay.

♪♪

My man gets to the 30.

I thought he was about To go all the way.

Then he tripped.

-what? -what happened to the ball?

-fumbled the ball. -[ laughs ]

♪♪

Alright, there they Go right there, bro.

Just drive real slow, Alright?

I'm just gonna shoot At the car, alright?

[ guns loading ]

There they go, right there. I'm about to get 'em.

[ intense music plays ]

♪♪

Some kid from west lake Scooped it up,

Run it all the way back. Scored a touchdown.

Dude, That kid was pissed!

Wait, wait, hold up.

Hey, man, y'all know Them people over there?

-them your people? -nah.

♪♪

What's going on Over there?

Man, hold up.

Demery: they all loaded up In the cars,

And one after the other, Filed by the house.

Oh [bleep] They got a gun!

[gunfire, glass shatters]

What?! Ooh!

♪♪

Ugh!

[gunfire continues]

♪♪

♪♪

[ screaming ]

[ car alarms blaring ]

♪♪

[ gunfire stops ]

[ tires squeal ]

[ groaning ]

♪♪

-bro, you alright, man? -I'm hit. I'm hit.

They actually shot you, Man.

[ gasping ]

[ coughing ]

Mack: Donte was collateral damage.

And while jerry bryant was hit, Jerry bryant's still here.

Donte gilbert is not.

It's like donte gilbert's Just an innocent victim

That got caught up In a shooting

That didn't have Anything to do with him.

Sherita: Donte was just about love.

If donte would have Known that those boys

Got into it with each other At the earlier part of that day,

He would've tried to stop them, Before it happened.

Donnie: donte had a full Life in front of him.

We were very devastated,

To lose that boy.

♪♪

Officer: here we go.

[ camera shutter clicks ]

Demery: broderick brooks Is charged

With second degree murder,

Punishable by a Mandatory life sentence.

[ camera shutter clicking ]

Broderick's co-conspirators Are all convicted as well.

Officer: Turn to your left.

Their sentences range From probation, to 20 years.

[ camera shutter clicks ]

Everyone involved in the Murder of donte gilbert

Was charged and Convicted with something,

None of them escaped.

[ indistinct chatter ]

Holmes: one night changed Their lives forever.

Not everyone was a shooter,

But if you're riding With shooters,

You're gonna go Down with shooters.

You are just as guilty as the Guy that pulled the trigger.

Demery: broderick brooks And his friends

Had bright futures Ahead of them.

They ended up killing somebody.

I think the most important Thing to take from that

Is that it doesn't really Matter where you're from,

It's where you end up.

And for these 10 individuals,

That meant a long stent Behind bars.