Original subtitles

♪♪

He had had some Really tough breaks.

It was difficult For him to find work.

Narrator: a struggling Blue-collar worker

Finds himself On the wrong end of a bullet.

Who would have a reason

To shoot this man in the face?

To get to the truth, Detective rod demery

Must retrace The victim's final steps.

Demery: there are a lot Of things with this homicide

That just don't make any sense.

My job is to find out Who did it.

There's no option to fail at it.

Woman: I'm calling to report A body on the side of the road.

Narrator: and an unlikely tip

May be the key To catching the killer.

Have you thought About district 10?

What?

I realize that I've just struck gold.

There's no such thing As a coincidence in this case.

These two are directly related.

There are predators And there are prey.

♪♪

♪♪

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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♪♪

This is the sunset acre Neighborhood in shreveport.

[ dog barks in distance ]

And patsy huckabee And her friend marlene

Are driving home from A meeting at their local church.

We really need to do something For the family

Now that we know the mom Is out of work, too.

Yeah, I agree.

They're going down Kind of a dark area.

♪♪

What is that?

-wait. -do you see that?

And they notice something On the side of the road.

[ brakes squeak ]

It looks like a mannequin Or s-something.

They think, maybe, It's an early halloween prank.

♪♪

So they pull the car over And get out to walk up

And see exactly what it is That they're looking at.

♪♪

Oh, my god.

♪♪

Th-that's a real man.

Holmes: they see It's not a mannequin.

This is not a halloween prank.

This is a person Lying in the ditch,

Covered in blood.

[ gasps raggedly ]

-oh, my god! -he's alive.

We need to call 911. Okay.

♪♪

Demery: so, after work, I would go to the gym.

And throughout My military training

And police training, There was always this quote.

The more you sweat in here,

The less you bleed On the streets.

So, it's sort of a motivator

And you realize that If you put in the hard work,

You'll be in a-1 condition.

Your confidence is built up.

♪♪

[ pager beeping ]

This is 2001, So we used pagers.

One of the biggest requirements When you're on call,

No matter where you were, You had your pager.

So I went over to the phone.[ telephone beeping ]

Hey, this is demery.

And called into headquarters.

I'm on my way.

♪♪

The dispatcher explained to me

That there was a shooting At sunset acres.

It's a neighborhood that Has quite a bit of crime.

So getting a call Or a shooting call there

Was pretty commonplace.

♪♪

[ police radio chatter ]

♪♪

What's happenin', Demery?

Hey, man, how you doing? So what are we looking at?

We got a caucasian Male victim.

20s, maybe 30s.

Single gunshot wound To the face.

The vic is Still alive?

He was when Medical took him.

Any witnesses?

No one yet.

Okay. Let's take a look.

Demery: the victim had been Transported to the hospital.

So the fact that There's no body there

And you have no idea What this person looks like

Nor how they were positioned --

That makes it A little more difficult.

♪♪

As I start to inspect The crime scene,

I see a puddle of blood.

It's not huge,

But there's a significant Amount of blood there.

♪♪

Hey, we got a shell casing here. We recover a weapon?

No, just the one Shell casing.

All right.

This is a .380-caliber Shell casing.

That means that The person was shot there.

♪♪

Hey, this looks like A swisher sweet.

Near that shell casing,

There's a cigar.

It's not my brand, But pretty damn popular.

You know what -- Let's get this bagged up, man.

That may or may not Be evidence.

I've always smoked cigars For years

And a swisher sweet Is a very common cigar.

It's widely available.

You could probably buy them At convenience stores all over.

How's it going Out here, rod?

Hey.

What's up, sarge?

At the time Of this particular incident,

I was rod demery's sergeant,

And it was my role To kind of just direct.

To make sure that the detectives Had what they needed

To begin their investigation.

I gotta be honest. This ain't looking great.

And in reality, There's nothing there.

There's a puddle of blood And a shell casing.

And there are No witnesses there.

Nobody saw anything.

I'm thinking that this might Be an unsolved homicide.

Yeah, well I sent daly Down to the hospital

To check on the victim.

He called me on my way here And said the victim's dead.

[ sighs ]

The victim had been Shot in the face,

Just beneath his left eye,

And had died from the gunshot.

Hey, guys, pull it in.

[ police siren wails In distance ]

Demery: listen, we need To start doing a canvas.

Knock on some doors, Beat some bushes,

And see if anybody Saw or heard anything.

Come up with anything, You guys let me know.

-yes, sir. -thanks, guys.

Demery: maybe someone Was peeping out of a window.

Maybe somebody saw Or heard something

That can lend to The investigation.

I go to three or four different Houses in the neighborhood.

No one is able to tell me That they saw anything.

The fact is, is that gunshots,

They're pretty commonplace In that neighborhood.

So it didn't really arouse Anyone's suspicion.

♪♪

So, now that I don't Have any witnesses,

I go back to the crime scene.

Once I get back there,

I'm not really sure What I'm gonna do.

He never came home. Uh, he was 29.

I see my sergeant Talking to a man,

And the man is kind of irate.

We need to know What's going on.

Please, Just tell us anything.

Please, we've heard A man's been shot.

What's happening, sarge?

I think these folks know Who our victim is.

The man identified himself As ronald hayes.

His mother was the lady who Was standing next to him.

They told me that her son, His brother,

Should've been home hours ago,

And they were really, Really afraid that

He was the person that Had been hurt here.

I just need to know If it's my son.

Okay, ma'am, we haven't Been able to determine

Who the victim is At this point.

His name's bryan -- Bryan smith.

He's 29. He's a redhead, He's got a beard.

Okay.

I ask him if there are

Any other identifying features.

Tattoos, marks, scars, Or something.

He's missing his leg Just above the knee.

He has a prosthetic.

Okay, you know what?

Let me call daly At the hospital.

I'll give him a buzz and see If I can get some information.

Excuse me for a second.

Once detective demery had Gotten a physical description,

He goes to his car

And makes phone contact At the hospital

And trying to get Additional information.

Hey, bro. This is demery.

Quick question -- Were you able to see this guy?

Daly: yeah, I saw him Shortly after he passed away.

Notice anything unusual About him?

You mean like The prosthetic leg?

[ sighs ]

Yeah.

He confirms that He had a prosthetic leg.

In fact, the victim had An identification card on him.

His name is bryan smith.

This is the brother Of ronald hayes

And the son of the woman Standing outside.

And one other thing.

I didn't see any sign Of him being robbed.

Nothing seems to have been Taken from this person.

If it wasn't robbery,

Then who would have a reason To shoot this man in the face?

Thanks, man. We'll give you a call later.

All right. Good luck.

Demery: I'm happy to have Identification on the victim.

But now comes the hard part.

I have to go back And explain to these people

That their son and brother Has been murdered.

It's the worst part of the job.

But it has to be done.

I need them to help out In the investigation.

My job is to find Out who did it.

There's no option to fail at it.

♪♪

♪♪

Demery: it's 2001. I'm a rookie detective.

I've been called out To a murder scene,

And all I have Is a pool of blood,

A shell casing, and a cigar.

I finally learn the identity Of my victim.

And now I have to break the news To the family.

I just spoke with the detective At the hospital.

And, unfortunately,

I'm able to confirm That bryan smith is dead.

-oh, my god! Oh, my god! -oh, my god!

The victim's mother was upset,

But she was calm.

Oh, god!

Ronald is almost Inconsolable.

It was pretty heartbreaking.

So now why don't you tell me A little bit about bryan?

What I learned from ronald

Was that bryan was A very good-natured person.

He was from A working-class family,

Trying to make ends meet.

Holmes: bryan lived with his mom And his brother in sunset acres

And what they didn't Have in possessions,

They made up in love.

They were a really Close-knit family.

He had had some Really tough breaks,

Including an accident That took his leg.

And it was difficult for him To find work.

♪♪

And that's The crazy thing.

He had just got this job At the fair.

♪♪

[ indistinct chatter ]

[ snorting ]

[ chatter continues ]

The stage fair comes through.

[ machine dinging ]

And ronald explained

That they often hired people To do labor-type work.

[ indistinct chatter ]

And bryan was on cloud nine That he was working.

Thank you!

It didn't even pay much.

$20 a day, I think bryan said.

He didn't care,

He was just happy To be working again.

This was his first day.

We were gonna celebrate And then...

He never came home.

He said that His brother went to work,

And he hadn't seen him since.

He said the last time he saw him Was 11:00 that morning.

Do you know what bryan Was gonna be doing at the fair?

No, him and a buddy were Working there.

I don't know the guy's name, But maybe he would know.

Crow: this was Significant for us.

If we could find this person,

Maybe he could tell us If anybody had been with him,

If anybody had Left the fair with him.

Well, listen, I promise we'll Get to the bottom of this.

I'm really sorry For your loss.

Thank you.

I know it's early, But I'm gonna run

Over to the fair And see if anybody

Can tell me anything.

I'll let you know What I find.

All right.

♪♪

He didn't seem To have any enemies.

He didn't seem to be a person

Who lived a high-risk lifestyle That would bring violence.

He certainly didn't seem To have a whole lot of money.

There were a lot of things With this homicide

That just don't make any sense.

I get to the fairgrounds before The gates open to the public.

♪♪

Demery: hey. How you doing?

-I'm good. How are you? -good. I'm detective demery

With the shreveport Police department.

Quick question, would you happen To know bryan smith?

He was working here.

Red hair, beard, Prosthetic leg.

Sorry, I don't know much About my co-workers.

Crow: the way The state fair works

Is each amusement -- They hire their own people.

So it's a process.

You have to start at one end And just walk to every ride.

You guys know Bryan smith?

He was working here. He's got a prosthetic leg.

Bryan smith, Prosthetic leg?

-mm-hmm. -no.

Mack: the state fair --

It's kind of full Of transient workers.

A lot of them have Criminal histories.

They're not employable Anywhere else.

There's this kind of seedy Underbelly that exists

With these kind of festivals.

Any one of those people May be involved in the murder.

♪♪

So the list of suspects rose.

Our victim has some

Physical characteristics That stood out.

These were things that might Jar someone's memory.

Doesn't sound familiar At all?

Nah. I don't know anybody With a fake leg.

All right, thanks.

Demery: after a lot Of walking and talking,

I come across a guy Who looks like he's in charge.

Hey, how you doing?

Doing all right.

Good. I'm curious. You have any information?

I'm looking for a guy Who was working here.

He's got red hair, a beard. He had a prosthetic leg.

That sounds like that Guy bryan I hired.

Yeah, bryan -- Bryan smith?

Yeah, that one.

Yeah, I hired him and This other fellow, marcus,

Around the same time.

But that guy bryan didn't Even show up today.

When's the last time You saw bryan?

Yesterday.

I paid him and marcus Their $20 each

And then the two of them Took off together

Around 7:00 last night.

Demery: so, now I know There's money missing.

The $20 was never found

On bryan's body Or in his possession.

I'm wondering Where that money is.

Maybe he was robbed.

This other guy that Was with bryan --

Is he here today?

Marcus, yeah.

That's him there.

Thank you.

Marcus is now the last person That I know was with bryan,

So I really need to talk to him.

Hey, how you doing? You marcus?

Detective demery with the Shreveport police department.

I mean, I'm busy, What do you want?

I just want to ask you A few questions

About bryan smith.

I understand you guys Got hired at the same time.

Yeah, maybe.

I'm used to people Not liking the police,

But just to be So guarded and vague,

It's just very defensive.

I also heard that you guys Left work together last night.

You want to tell me Where you went?

We came and we left.

I got work to do.

I don't know what Marcus' problem is,

But I intend to find out.

The fact that he was The last person seen with him

And the fact that he has No interest in talking to me

Makes me really concerned.

I don't know what Marcus' role is in this,

But I'm wondering if this guy May be involved in the murder.

♪♪

Demery: I'm investigating the murder Of 29-year-old bryan smith.

I've tracked down marcus young,

The person last seen with bryan.

And marcus has become Suspect number one.

♪♪

So there's nothing else you Can tell me about bryan smith.

I-I don't know what You want from me.

I don't know what You want me to tell you.

My next thought is To let him know

That bryan was murdered.

He's either gonna Become more guarded

Or he's gonna offer something.

Okay, marcus, do you know bryan Was shot and killed last night?

Bryan's dead?

Yeah.

His demeanor changes.

He has a genuine reaction Of surprise and shock.

I was just with him Last night.

Based on the response From marcus,

He's becoming less and less Of a suspect.

He's genuine.

You want to tell me Where you guys went

After you got off work?

He told me he was going to The store around the corner.

[ indistinct chatter ]

Man, so what'd you Do today?

Man, they had me serving food. It wasn't too bad.

Ha, man, they had me Feeding livestock, man.

Oh, I got you.

So you want To grab a beer?

No, I told my brother I'd Meet up with him afterwards.

I'm gonna stop by the store And grab something

And run to his house. -oh, all right.

I'll see you tomorrow, Though.

See you tomorrow. Be careful.

[ indistinct chatter ]

I mean, I thought Everything was okay,

And I thought I would see him today.

Marcus is obviously cooperating With the investigation.

He falls off the suspect list.

All right, man. Well, thank you for your time.

After talking to marcus,

I still have no idea

Who was the last person That saw this man.

It's just as much as a mystery It was before.

Marcus said that bryan Went to the store.

Hey, how you doing?

Manager here?

So my next stop was To see if I could

Track bryan's movements From that place.

♪♪

How you doing?

Detective demery with The shreveport p.D.

I think there may have been A guy in here last night.

Maybe between 7:00 and 8:00.

He's late 20s, Red hair, beard,

Sort of walked With a limp.

I don't remember Anybody like that.

-doesn't sound familiar at all? -no.

I noticed you have A surveillance system.

Any chance we could take A look at the tapes?

I guess so. Come on back.

Appreciate it, Thank you.

Demery: this was early In my investigative career.

I was a little hopeful that

That stuff actually worked.

♪♪

[ sighs ]

Mack: but, of course, It's not working.

Because it's never working.

And that's my experience As a detective.

A lot of times, These small convenience stores,

Their cameras just don't work.

Sometimes it works, Sometimes it doesn't.

I-I don't know What's wrong with it.

[ sighs ] Ah, well. It was worth a shot.

Thanks, man. -all right, man.

♪♪

Demery: the convenience store Is looking like a dead end.

But on my way out...

Excuse me, detective?

...I get stopped.

Yeah.

Yeah, I was working last night

And I'm pretty sure I saw What you were talking about.

The guy with the limp.

-really. -yeah.

♪♪

How are you?

Good. Anything else for you?

No, that'll do it.

Any more than that, And I'll fall over.

All right. It's $14.73.

Demery: the woman At the store told me that

The man bought two 24-ounce cans of budweiser beer

And frito chips.

They exchanged pleasantries.

Thank you, Have a good night.

They parted ways, But she remembered him

Distinctly by his limp.

Remember how much He spent on everything

When he was here?

Maybe $15, I think.

So now the mystery shifts.

I want to know what happened

To his items he bought At the store

And the rest of his money.

Hmm, okay.

Thank you. You've been helpful.

[ bell dings ]

♪♪

The convenience story has Corroborated marcus' story,

But it hasn't given Me any new leads.

So I go back to The police station.

Hey, bro.

Can I get the 911 call log

From that body we had In sunset acres?

Yes, sir.

[ telephone ringing In distance ]

You know what -- While you're at it,

Let me get the call log For the entire district.

I've got it right here.

Would you like me To e-mail it to you?

That'd be great.

Now that I'm a standstill,

The only thing I can do is Try to find something

That I may have missed, Maybe through radio traffic.

Or maybe through the 911 call.

♪♪

Dispatcher: 911. What's your emergency?

Woman: yes, I'm calling To report a body

On the side of the road.

I don't find anything new At all.

There was nothing that I missed.

♪♪

So now I start pouring Over logs for other calls

That went out in the district Where bryan's body was found.

♪♪

But that also proves To be a dead end.

[ sighs ]

♪♪

Crow: it was frustrating For him,

Trying to find anything To continue the investigation.

♪♪

How you doing, rod?

Hey man, it's been better, That's for sure.

Sam taylor, Who was a sergeant at the time

In the investigative unit, Was at the office.

Sam was the guy that was There before everybody,

And he left after everybody.

He's a real shrewd Investigator.

What's going on?

I'm working this murder Over at sunset acres,

And I'm getting Nowhere fast.

I've checked all the calls And the radio activity.

Nothing.

Have you thought About district 10?

What?

Backs up to seven.

They're right next To each other.

The way he explained it was, You can walk across the street

And be in one other district.

But on the radio,

They're in two Totally different worlds.

You would have To check it separately,

And he suggested that I do that.

Man, I hadn't Thought of that.

Dude, thank you.

So at that point, I go look At the time with my call

And go back to the radio And say...

Hey man, can you get The 911 call log

From district 10 Last night?

-yes. -thanks.

[ telephone ringing In distance ]

This one's larger. I'll have to burn it to disk.

Okay.

♪♪

There you go. Thanks, bro.

♪♪

And that's when I get The 911 call from that area.

Dispatcher: 911, What's your emergency?

Woman: I've got Some guys in my lawn.

One of them has a gun.

I don't know what They're doing out here

But somebody needs To come over here.

Somebody reports that somebody's

Running through their yard With a gun.

Patrol officers in that district Were dispatched to that address.

The officers look, And they don't see anybody.

So there's no report written,

Even though the timeframe

Is a few minutes after The shooting call.

Dispatcher: 911, What's your emergency?

Mack: now, demery, having Both sides of the radio traffic,

Started to piece together

That maybe this incident was Connected to the shooting.

I don't know what They're doing out here,

But somebody needs To come over here.

♪♪

I'm banking on the fact That it's at the same time,

And it's not just a coincidence.

I think I may be On the heels of my killer.

♪♪

Dispatcher: 911, What's your emergency?

Woman: I've got Some guys on my lawn.

Demery: I just got A break in the case

For the murder of bryan smith.

I've got a 911 call where There are two suspicious men

Running through a yard With a gun.

One or both of these guys Could be my killer.

Hey man, last time I'll Bother you, I promise.

The 911 caller From woodford street.

Do we know Who placed that call?

Let me see.

♪♪

Ruby smith.

They give me The name of the person

Who called it in.

-there you go. -thanks, man.

Demery: I'm going To miss ruby smith's home.

My hope is, She can keep this lead alive.

I was just helping my daughter, Natasha, with her homework

And out of the corner of my eye, I saw two people outside.

You recognize them?

No, never seen them, At all.

Holmes: she said, I don't know a whole lot.

I just know that I saw A black guy, white guy,

Running through my yard,

And one of them had a gun.

I know them.

You do?

You do?

Yeah, I go to school With one of them.

His name is mike.

Ruby's daughter identified One being very young.

Someone she went to school with,

Approximately 15 years old.

And the second person she knew From the neighborhood.

That guy was older Than mike.

I think he might've Been in his 20s.

You know his name?

I don't know what His real name is,

But everyone Calls him "Pooh."

"Pooh" is a very Common nickname.

I've probably met A million poohs

In my police career.

How were they acting? I mean, did you hear anything?

Mike looked like He was almost crying,

Like he might've been Scared or something.

But pooh was the one

That actually said Something to him.

[ indistinct shouting ]

She says pooh was Telling michael,

"Don't say nothing. Don't say [bleep].

Calm down."

Then he says, "I shot that bitch."

[ indistinct talking ]

She pointed me In the direction of his house

And gave a description.

So I went to michael's house.

♪♪

All right, guys. This is just a kid,

But let's not take Any chances.

The fact that Michael's 15 years old

Doesn't matter at all.

He's more likely than not Involved in this murder.

So I have to be mentally

And tactically prepared For that.

Mack: man, kids are the most Dangerous suspects there are.

They don't understand mortality.

And they don't consider Consequences.

So when you're dealing With a teenager with a gun,

You have to be super-careful.

You guys ready?

All right.

[ pounding on door ]

[ dog barks in distance ]

♪♪

And a woman Answers the door.

Ma'am, Is michael wyatt inside?

He is, I'm his mother. What's going on?

Demery: I see michael, And michael was scared.

He's visibly shaking.

Michael! Step outside.

Cover.

Michael, What's going on?

You know Why we're here?

Yes, sir.

Put your hands Behind your back.

He's nervous, But he's cooperative.

Somebody tell me What's going on.

His mother was concerned,

As any mother would be In a situation like that.

But she was willing to come With him to the police station.

♪♪

My approach in talking to him is To make him feel comfortable

And at ease enough To tell me the story

Without being Too terribly afraid

Or shutting down.

Michael said he and pooh Were hanging out.

He said that pooh, At some point,

Told him that he was broke And needed some money.

Hit a lick is scoring money Or other items of value

While doing criminal activities.

Demery: michael told me That pooh had a gun

And that he and pooh began To walk to michael's house.

Michael said that As they walked,

They noticed the guy Walking behind him.

Michael explained that he just Followed his instructions

Because he didn't know What was gonna happen.

He was afraid.

He told detective demery That he did as he was told.

He turned left And didn't look back.

But when he turned,

He heard pooh yelling At this white man,

"Gimme what you got".

Michael explained that After the gun shot,

He turned around,

And he saw pooh removing Something from bryan,

But he didn't know what it was.

Michael says that The two of them ran

Over where Miss smith's home was.

So michael's story is consistent

With ruby smith And her daughter.

After listening to the story,

I'm very comfortable And confident

With what michael's telling me.

The one thing he couldn't recall

Was pooh's real name.

Hey, johnson.

What's up, buddy?

Let me pick your brain, Man.

One of the detectives That I work with --

He had been in homicide For quite a while,

And he seemed to know everybody By their nickname.

I'm trying to identify This suspect.

Goes by the name of pooh.

Lives around dupont and desoto. Any idea who that might be?

That's gotta be Marquette walker.

He's from around there.

"Marquette walker." Thanks, bro.

Appreciate the help.

Demery: with pooh identified As marquette walker...

It's time to pay him a visit At his house on dupont street.

All right, You're on the corner.

You're on the door. You're with me.

If, for whatever reason, It goes bad,

We want to be able To be in a position

Where we can defend ourselves If need be.

♪♪

What y'all doing here?

We're looking For marquette walker.

Is he here?

Nah, he ain't here. I'm his girl.

Holmes: she seems A little irritated.

She doesn't really Seem phased.

That's odd.

We need you to step back, Please.

When I told her that I wanted To talk to him about a murder,

There was no surprise.

There was no, "Oh my god! What did he do?"

She just said "Come in. Look around. He's not here."

♪♪

Y'all not going To find anything.

He ain't been here All day.

Yeah, okay.

As I'm talking to her,

The detectives are Searching the house.

Detective, Look what I found.

Yep, .380.

And one of the detectives Finds a box

Of .380-caliber ammunition.

The ammo brand was The same brand

Found on the crime scene.

So, the corroboration is there.

Hey, if pooh comes around You make sure you contact me.

Yeah, whatever.

♪♪

As I'm leaving, I see a garbage Can out front of the house.

♪♪

You can learn a lot About a person

Looking through their trash.

And you don't need A search warrant for trash,

Because it's abandoned property.

♪♪

Where it becomes unpleasant Is the smell, the stench,

And how nasty it is.

But it's worth it sometimes.

♪♪

And that's when I realized

That I've just struck gold.

There's physical evidence

That marquette walker Is the killer.

♪♪

Demery: after nearly two days,

I have the killer of bryan smith In my sights.

I'm outside the home Of marquette walker,

And I just found something In his trash

That could be the key To unlocking this case.

Inside the garbage can, I see a clear plastic bag.

♪♪

Inside the bag are

Two 24-ounce cans Of budweiser beer,

And one bag of frito chips.

These are the exact items Bryan smith purchased

The night he was shot.

Thank you, Have a good night.

Holmes: we know that our victim

Didn't have them When they found the body,

And now we have them At pooh's house.

Demery: hey, look at this, Right there.

In the trash can, Demery also sees

An empty package Of swisher sweet cigars,

Which is extremely significant.

He discovered A half-smoked swisher sweet

At the crime scene.

I am very confident That marquette walker

Is the killer.

The hard part now Is to find him.

All right, This is our suspect.

He should be considered Armed and extremely dangerous.

All right, So let's be careful.

So now everybody's Looking for him.

There's a "Wanted" poster Out for him.

Everybody sees it.

We blast him on the local news, Put him on crime stoppers.

Somebody will give him up For a thousand dollars.

-yo, detective. -yeah?

We just received a tip, Marquette walker --

He might be in a house In cedar grove.

-really? -yes, sir.

All right. Let's get over there.

Demery: this is not far From where we were looking.

So once we get there, we try To surprise walker at the home.

♪♪

Hey, you see that?

Officer: yep.

They see a light inside Go on and go off.

So they know that someone Is definitely inside the house.

♪♪

[ pounding on door ]

♪♪

We knock on the door, And there's no response.

[ pounding on door ]

♪♪

What's this?

♪♪

As all this is going on An older black female

Arrives at the residence.

What the hell is Going on here?

What are you doing?

Ma'am, who's Inside the house?

Just my son, marquette.

Okay, you're son, Marquette,

Is wanted in connection With a murder.

I need you to Get him out here.

Turns out, She's marquette walker's mother.

What are you Talking about?

I need you to get him Out here, please.

We tell her that we have A warrant for his arrest

And that we don't Want him to get hurt.

This thing really needs To end peacefully.

Now we want to be careful.

We don't want to let her Inside the house

Because we don't know How desperate he is.

Marquette, honey. Come on out.

So, she calls for him From outside the house.

Ma'am, let him know that If he doesn't come out,

We're gonna have To go in and get him.

Marquette, You could get hurt.

Please, baby, come on out. Tell them what happened.

You've got to explain What happened.

Mack: mommas can pretty much

Talk their babies Out of anything.

Don't let these men shoot you. Get out here.

And so, god love her, She's standing on the porch,

Begging him basically To come out peacefully

So she doesn't have To see her child die.

Door, door, door!

♪♪

Come on out baby.

Hands up! Up, up, up!

Apparently, he heard her.

He's got his hands up.

On the ground now.

I order him to the ground, Handcuff him.

The only thing to do now Is to get him back to the office

And interrogate.

♪♪

All right, marquette.

Why don't you have a seat.

♪♪

Marquette comes into The interrogation room.

The story that he tells is that

He and michael were Walking home.

He said as the men Approached him,

They disappeared,

And then they quickly And suddenly reappeared.

Marquette claims at that point

He noticed his friend Michael wyatt had a handgun

Tucked into the waistband Of his pants.

Marquette is painting this Picture that he's being robbed

And reaches into the waistband Of the 15-year-old, mike wyatt,

For hisgun

And shoots bryan smith In self-defense.

The story that marquette told Just didn't make sense at all.

Marquette's Far-fetched explanation,

Along with the evidence We found outside his house,

Gives me All the ammunition I need

To throw the book at him.

Officer.

♪♪

Yes sir.

Mr. Walker is going To be joining us

For dinner this evening.

So I put him in jail And charged him with murder.

♪♪

It was just a day later When I got a call from the jail

Saying that marquette Wanted to talk again.

So I went over to the jail,

And this time, he told me that He didn't get robbed by bryan.

I guess, I wasn't being Completely honest yesterday.

Okay.

Walker ultimately admitted That smith was alone,

And he shot him.

When I shot him, It was by accident

But I didn't take Anything.

We knew that the shooting Had been intentional,

And that he had taken Items of value.

Anything else?

It was by accident, man.

Okay, I'm done then.

With the property That was taken from smith,

The statements From the witnesses

And marquette's own Confession...

Gate![ buzzer blares ]

...I can put together a story In my mind of how this happened.

Ronald: all right, Have a good day at work man.

All right, man. I'll see you tonight.

See ya.

I think that smith

Was unemployed For a very long time.

-hey, bryan. -what's up?

And I think that he was Pretty happy that he got a job

And he was able to buy things

That he would share With his brother.

Two cans of beer And a bag of frito chips.

[ indistinct chatter ]

Holmes: bryan got paid $20 for a day's work.

He was gonna go back home And celebrate with his brother.

-I'll see you tomorrow. -see you tomorrow, be careful.

[ indistinct chatter ]

♪♪

Yo, check out This dude.

♪♪

As walker and michael Walked home,

He just happened upon The victim.

And walker was desperate,

Didn't have any money,

And I think he knew that smith

Was not in a position To defend himself.

Holmes: bryan has a limp.

So pooh's train of thought,

That makes him A little more vulnerable.

Hey make a left right here, All right?

-why? -catch up with you later,

Just make a left man. -all right. All right.

♪♪

Give me all your money, Bitch!

I don't have anything.Give me all your money!

I don't have anything, honest!Give me all your money!

And when bryan explained to him He didn't have anything,

He put a gun in his face,

And he pulled the trigger.

Give me all your money.

♪♪

When smith was killed,

He took his frito's And two cans of beer.

Marquette was looking For more than beer and chips

And when he realized He wasn't gonna get it,

I guess he took them because

He couldn't walk away from it Empty handed at that point.

♪♪

Holy [bleep].

After that shooting, He decided that they needed

To run and slow down at ruby's.

Don't say nothing, man!Okay.

You think this is a game?! Don't say [bleep]!

Okay, all right! Okay.

Yo, I shot that bitch.

Come on, let's go! Go!All right.

♪♪

And all the rest of the pieces Just fell into place.

♪♪

Marquette walker was convicted Of second-degree murder,

And sentenced to life in prison.

♪♪

15-year-old mike wyatt Wasn't charged with any crime.

He wasn't a part of The planning of that crime

And he didn't participate in it.

The one thing that I've learned is that

There are predators And there are prey.

Bryan smith and marquette walker Were very similar.

They both came from The same neighborhood,

Modest backgrounds And both were unemployed.

The biggest difference Between these two is

That one decided to go out And get a job,

And the other decided To go out and get a gun.