- 8 months ago
After the shooting of 20-year-old Gabriel Perez at a fast food restaurant in Fargo, investigators follow a trail of surveillance footage to zero in on a middle-aged couple with no obvious link to the victim, and unlock a secret with deadly consequences.
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00:00911 what's the address of your emergency my friend called me and he's like laying there
00:11with a bunch of blood he's not breathing he's not breathing oh my god there's so much blood
00:18they find him laying on the ground they quickly realized that this was a major crime that had
00:25occurred I was just trying to think of who it could have been that killed my brother we discovered
00:33that there were several cameras that showed in the last moments of the deceased's life and that's
00:40where leads started breaking for this case now we have a fugitive essentially on the run
00:55so
01:0320 year old Gabriel Perez is on his way to hang out in the park with his sister and niece
01:31Gabriel was really goofy
01:43just outgoing and loving with everyone anyone and everyone just enjoying life you know going out
01:57having parties oh you're having so much fun aren't you he loved my daughter the kitty what kitty he was the fun
02:07uncle as well do you want to go hire money Gabriel was just really nurturing with her he always cared
02:16like if he saw you down in the dumps he would say something really goofy to get you back up and going
02:21you're hanging with your skater bodies this weekend yeah actually uh I'm gonna go to a party with uh
02:28Marianne the last time I saw Gabriel we went to the park and we hung out
02:34yes I would have known that that would have been the last time I actually seen Gabriel in person I would
02:44have told him that I loved him why I never would think you know something like this could happen
02:53I got a party to go to but catch you guys there bye take care
02:59911 what's the address of your emergency my friend called me and said that he fell on the skateboard and
03:17he was at McDonald's on me and I'm over here and he's like laying there with bunch of blood and his
03:24eyes are open he's not breathing he's not breathing oh my god there's so much blood the paramedics are on
03:33the way there okay a 911 call came in indicating that a male had been injured that he's bleeding
03:44and until officers arrived on scene they discover something much worse had happened
03:52they find him laying on the ground by the sidewalk in front of McDonald's
04:01the 911 caller was with him they assessed his injuries they quickly realized that this was
04:11a major crime that had occurred the injured person is Gabriel Perez
04:17first responding officers began life-saving efforts but he was pronounced deceased at the scene
04:29by the time I arrived on scene officers had cordoned off the area
04:42we see he's got multiple apparent gunshot wounds
04:47Mr. Perez was shot three times one of the bullets went through his heart
04:54and that's what killed him
04:57the first thing I wanted to do was speak with the 911 caller who was identified as Marianne Delgado
05:07Detective Hanson Detective Jonas
05:09cargo PD let's talk inside
05:11she was the only person on scene that knows the victim in this case
05:17where were you and Gabe earlier this morning
05:19we were at a party she explained that the two had met up and went to a house party in South Fargo
05:27was there any trouble at this party I don't think so I left around one
05:32she went back to Moorhead Minnesota and left Gabriel Perez back at this house party
05:38Perez starts sending her several messages and Perez wants her to come back he wants a ride
05:48he said yo where are you at I said Moorhead he said can you come pick me up
05:53what time is that at 424
05:56Gabriel Perez was sending in multiple texts
05:59increasing in urgency
06:02around 5 a.m. Gabriel Perez sends her his last message
06:07please come and get me I fell so effing hard and I'm bleeding bad
06:11what time?
06:13521
06:14when she got there she found out what state he was in and called 911
06:20I started assessing the scene
06:29I did a walkthrough of it
06:31we see evidence of a shooting
06:34there's bullet impact marks in the sidewalk
06:38and in the concrete in the parking lot on the facade of McDonald's
06:44one 45 caliber casing was found on scene
06:51so one of the questions is where are the other casings
06:55get forensics have them call in the area see if there's any more casings
06:58yeah
06:59Gabriel Perez's cell phone was located near his body
07:04we wanted to see if that had any location information
07:09to show his whereabouts
07:10leading up to his death
07:12get a warrant for Gabe's cell phone
07:15see who else he spoke to before he was shot
07:17investigators give Gabe's family the news
07:27I got a call from my mom
07:35hey mom
07:36and she was crying
07:39she ended up blurting out that Gabriel's dead
07:43I remember just dropping on the floor
07:50I just couldn't process any of it
07:55I hear a loud banging on my door
07:59and my dad comes in and then he told me
08:01and I'm like hmm
08:02like are you joking with me
08:04because it just didn't seem real
08:07my phone starts ringing
08:10and that's my brother telling me
08:13hey they found Gabriel dead at McDonald's
08:16tears were running down my face
08:19and it feels like my rib exploded
08:22and I can't even breathe
08:24there are no witnesses to the crime
08:29so investigators pin their hopes on surveillance footage
08:33we quickly realized
08:37McDonald's had multiple cameras
08:39okay this one right here
08:41this is going to give us some good footage
08:42we're going to have this area covered
08:44it was very fortunate
08:46in a sad way
08:48that this shooting happened outside of McDonald's
08:50because there were several cameras
08:52pointed directly at the area of the shooting
08:55excuse me
08:56are you the manager?
08:58I mean you see your surveillance footage
08:59they have two cameras
09:06that covered the side of McDonald's
09:08where Gabriel Prez was shot
09:11camera 15
09:14is pointing towards the south and the east
09:18and that covers part of Main Avenue
09:20going towards the east of McDonald's
09:23spin it from 5am
09:24he's gone
09:36that's him
09:38play that again
09:45we can see Gabriel Perez
09:50arrive at about 5.20am
09:53zoom in from there
09:57it's at about 5.21am
10:01he can see Gabriel
10:04appears to be using his cell phone
10:06that's when he texts Marianne Delgado
10:09he was messaging
10:11Miss Delgado
10:12to tell her to come
10:14pick him up
10:15and had told her that
10:17he had slipped
10:17and fallen on his skateboard
10:19from what you could see
10:21in the security footage
10:22he looked uninjured
10:23we don't know if he did
10:25fall off his skateboard
10:26or if he was just
10:28trying to get Delgado
10:30to hurry up
10:31and get over to McDonald's
10:33he then sits down on the curb
10:37the next thing we see
10:47is a black SUV
10:48come flying into the parking lot
10:51the vehicle immediately approaches Perez
10:55stops
10:57Gabriel Perez looks up
11:00to see who stopped abruptly
11:03right in front of him
11:04and immediately stands up
11:08and starts running
11:09to get away from this vehicle
11:11we don't know why
11:13that kid looks scared
11:15the vehicle speeds out of the parking lot
11:19and then drives eastbound on Main Avenue
11:23we need a better look at that vehicle
11:26you have a camera facing the other way
11:28can we see that one
11:28the McDonald's restaurant
11:32had multiple cameras
11:34on this camera
11:36Gabriel Perez sits down
11:38just out of frame
11:39on the west facing camera
11:47we could see the vehicle
11:48enter the parking lot
11:49stop
11:57play that again
11:59at 5.23 a.m.
12:02we could see
12:03the vehicle stop
12:04right in front of Gabriel Perez
12:06zoom in
12:07the driver
12:10reaches across his body
12:12with his right hand
12:13you can see a pistol
12:16in his hand
12:17and he fires downward
12:21at Gabriel Perez
12:22you can see the recoil
12:28from the gun
12:28as multiple shots are fired
12:30he's point blank shooting
12:32at the kid
12:32Perez runs away
12:35as far as he can
12:37before he collapses
12:40to the ground
12:40the actions depicted
12:47in the McDonald's footage
12:49very clearly identified
12:51that the person
12:52who pulled that trigger
12:53was acting
12:54with an intent to kill
12:56is that a white male
12:59maybe
13:00maybe black hair
13:01you could see
13:03that it was a man
13:05you couldn't make out
13:06his features
13:07exactly
13:08but you could tell
13:10that he was wearing
13:10some sort of gray shirt
13:12we really need to ID
13:15this vehicle
13:15let's go back
13:17to the first thing
13:17stop
13:20play that one more time
13:22we slowed it down
13:25watched it several times
13:27trying to identify
13:28what make and model
13:29of that vehicle is
13:31that's a Chevy
13:32it appears to be
13:35a black Chevy Trailblazer
13:36there was no license plate
13:39visible on the vehicle
13:40what's that on the rear windshield
13:42the video wasn't crystal clear
13:44but we could see
13:47the vehicle had unique stickers
13:49that we keyed in on
13:50there's one on the rear windshield
13:54there was also another
13:59sticker that stood out
14:00that was on the
14:01rear driver's side
14:03door
14:04so we put
14:08a bolo out
14:09for law enforcement
14:11within the whole metro area
14:13to be on the lookout
14:14for this vehicle
14:15next
14:17investigators retrace
14:19Gabe's movements
14:20to find out
14:21what he was doing
14:22in the hours before his death
14:24Delgado
14:26told us that
14:27she picks up
14:28Gabriel Perez
14:29and they go to this
14:30house party
14:31with people that
14:32Delgado knew
14:33so the next question was
14:36did anything occur
14:38at this party
14:38that led to
14:39Gabriel Perez's death
14:40Delgado said
14:43the people that were
14:43at the house party
14:44were a friend named
14:45Devin
14:46and Devin's boyfriend
14:47Ryan
14:48we speak with them
14:50hey this is Detective Hansen
14:51from Fargo PD
14:52what we learned from those interviews
14:54was that
14:56you actually suck at this game
14:58Gabriel Perez showed up
15:00he was hanging out with them
15:02and at one point in the night
15:06he receives some messages
15:08and it seemed like it was
15:12possibly something concerning
15:14to Gabriel Perez
15:16whatever conversation
15:17that he was having
15:19over his phone
15:20but they didn't know
15:21who he was communicating with
15:23Devin went to bed
15:25and Gabe and Ryan
15:27were still up
15:28playing video games
15:29at the house
15:30eventually Ryan went to bed
15:32while Gabe was still there
15:33next day they wake up
15:36and Gabriel
15:37was no longer there
15:39okay
15:39no one really knew
15:41where Gabe was going
15:43when he left that night
15:44he just left
15:46we wanted to know
15:49who was Gabriel
15:49talking to
15:51what would be
15:53concerning in his life
15:54why did Gabriel
15:56go to McDonald's
15:57at that time
15:58in the early morning hours
15:59we wanted to establish
16:03not only his timeline
16:04of when he left
16:05that house party
16:06but the specific route
16:08he took to get
16:09to McDonald's
16:09we have a vehicle
16:12identified
16:13as a suspect vehicle
16:14is Gabriel Perez
16:16being followed
16:16by this vehicle
16:18along those routes
16:19so it was important
16:23for us to find
16:24any and all video
16:25of Gabriel Perez's route
16:27we looked at
16:30surveillance video
16:31from a traffic cam
16:32on 13th Avenue
16:35and South University Drive
16:37let's pull it
16:38from 4am
16:39sometime after
16:414am
16:42Gabriel Perez
16:43was sent in
16:44multiple texts
16:45telling Delgado
16:46he needs a ride
16:47he arrived at
16:48McDonald's
16:49at
16:49520am
16:51so that's the
16:53time frame
16:53we want to grab
16:54this video from
16:55look
16:58that's him
17:07the traffic cam
17:11at University
17:12and 13th Avenue
17:14showed Gabriel
17:14skateboarding
17:15at 5.09am
17:17we could see
17:19in that video
17:20that Gabe
17:21was traveling
17:22alone
17:22and he was
17:23traveling north
17:24it's pretty much
17:27just him
17:28on the street
17:29by himself
17:30watching this video
17:34of Gabriel Perez
17:35en route
17:36to McDonald's
17:37nothing stood out
17:38as concerning
17:39so at that point
17:42the suspect vehicle
17:43was still at large
17:44and we had no
17:45identified person
17:47associated with
17:47the shooting
17:48across the state line
17:55in Moorhead
17:55Minnesota
17:56Gabriel's family
17:58is in shock
17:59following his murder
18:00it's heart shattering
18:04you know
18:04like
18:05you don't know
18:05what to do
18:06in that situation
18:07what can you do
18:07police
18:10can only do
18:11so much
18:12but
18:12we wanted
18:14more to be done
18:15we wanted
18:17to know
18:17who it was
18:18Gabe's family
18:21was very
18:22upset
18:23about what
18:24had happened
18:24and they took
18:25it upon themselves
18:26to start
18:27solving the crime
18:28in Gabe's bedroom
18:30the family
18:33finds a crucial
18:34piece of evidence
18:35my brother
18:40calls and says
18:41hey I found
18:41a phone number
18:42it's not going
18:44to get you nowhere
18:45is what I told
18:45my brother
18:45it's probably
18:46nothing
18:46but he
18:47proceeded
18:48and called
18:49it anyway
18:49hello
18:51hello
18:52this is
18:53Gabriel Perez's
18:54uncle
18:54there's a frantic
18:56woman on the
18:57other side
18:57of the line
18:58and she just
18:59starts bawling
18:59saying
19:00Gabriel's
19:02it because of
19:02me
19:02it's my fault
19:03he's gone
19:04hold on
19:06hold on
19:06hold on
19:07it's okay
19:07stay on the line
19:09he's trying to
19:09calm her down
19:10try to get
19:10more information
19:11I want to help
19:11you
19:11then she hangs
19:13up
19:13at that point
19:16I'm shocked
19:16and I like
19:17I told him
19:17if it's a
19:18if it's a
19:18Minnesota number
19:19Moorhead number
19:20she has to
19:20live close
19:21yeah
19:25approximately
19:266 40 p.m
19:28we receive
19:29phone call
19:30from the uncles
19:31of Gabriel Perez
19:32and what did
19:33she say
19:33they spoke
19:34with a female
19:35this female
19:37implied that
19:38she had
19:38knowledge
19:39that Gabriel
19:40Perez was
19:40dead
19:41she was
19:41expressing
19:42guilt
19:43over his
19:44death
19:44she didn't
19:46identify
19:47herself at
19:48that point
19:48what was
19:49that number
19:49but
19:51we knew
19:52this number
19:52connects
19:53to somebody
19:54that's gonna
19:54get us
19:55directly
19:55to the
19:55killer
19:56run this
19:58so we have
20:00that phone
20:00number ran
20:01through the
20:01Fargo police
20:02records
20:03okay
20:04thank you
20:04any hits
20:06looks to be
20:08a VO number
20:08turns out that
20:10that phone number
20:10was actually a
20:11voice over IP
20:12number ran
20:14by a company
20:14called text
20:15now
20:15I'm gonna call
20:16the DA
20:17and we're gonna
20:17get a subpoena
20:17so I submitted
20:20an emergency
20:21disclosure to text
20:22now
20:22to identify
20:23who this
20:24woman is
20:25just 20 minutes
20:27later
20:27investigators
20:28received news
20:29of another
20:30potential breakthrough
20:31in the case
20:32Moorhead police
20:34called us
20:34and said
20:35they located
20:35a black
20:36SUV
20:37that appears
20:38to be a black
20:39Chevy Trailblazer
20:40so this case
20:43is now
20:44moving
20:44at an extremely
20:45fast pace
20:46the vehicle
20:47itself
20:48matched
20:49the broad
20:50description
20:50of what was
20:51seen
20:51on the
20:52McDonald's
20:52video
20:52this vehicle
20:56was parked
20:57in an apartment
20:58complex
21:00black
21:01Chevy
21:02Trailblazer
21:02no license
21:04played
21:04there was
21:07a sticker
21:07on the back
21:08of the vehicle
21:09which had been
21:10partially peeled off
21:11that sticker
21:14that we could see
21:15on the surveillance
21:16video from
21:16McDonald's
21:17had been
21:19removed
21:20however
21:21they did a poor
21:22job at removing
21:22it
21:23it was apparent
21:24it was the same
21:25vehicle
21:25what do we got
21:27here
21:27there's actually
21:29a fired cartridge
21:30casing
21:31on the outside
21:32of the front
21:32windshield
21:33right by the
21:34windshield wipers
21:35and it's a
21:37.45 caliber
21:38casing
21:39consistent with
21:40the one
21:40we found
21:41at the scene
21:41my thoughts
21:44are
21:44what are the
21:45odds
21:45we then
21:48obtained a
21:49search warrant
21:49and
21:50subsequently
21:51searched the
21:52vehicle
21:53one of the
21:55things that
21:56was found
21:57is a receipt
21:58and it's an ATM
22:01withdrawal receipt
22:02from Vision Bank
22:05in Fargo
22:06we could see
22:08that there was
22:08a time
22:09and a date
22:10stamp
22:10September 22nd
22:12at 9.04pm
22:14the night
22:15that Gabe
22:16was killed
22:17so my next
22:20step is
22:20I went to
22:21Vision Bank
22:21and obtained
22:22a subpoena
22:23requesting that
22:24they provide me
22:25with any
22:26surveillance video
22:27the bank has
22:28to see who
22:29was withdrawing
22:30that money
22:30at that time
22:31while investigators
22:34wait for the
22:35ATM footage
22:36they receive
22:38a report
22:39on the number
22:39that was found
22:40in Gabe's
22:41bedroom
22:41hey
22:43I got a name
22:44to match
22:45that number
22:45shortly after
22:47midnight
22:47TexNow
22:49gets back
22:49to us
22:50I start
22:52looking through
22:53TexNow's
22:54data
22:54which identifies
22:55the subscriber
22:56as
22:58Izetta Cooley
22:59detectives
23:01run a background
23:02check on
23:03Izetta
23:03she's a
23:0539 year old
23:06mother of
23:077
23:07Izetta Cooley
23:09and her husband
23:10have multiple
23:12children together
23:13they reside in
23:14Moorhead
23:15now we have
23:18a big decision
23:18on our hands
23:19how do we
23:21try to reach out
23:23to Izetta
23:23in a way
23:25that's not going
23:26to precipitate
23:26further violence
23:27what we decide
23:30is
23:31we can't risk
23:32reaching out
23:33until we knew
23:35more information
23:36why don't you
23:37pull up her
23:37social media
23:38initially
23:41we didn't see
23:42any direct link
23:43to Gabriel Perez
23:44he's like
23:4620 years old
23:47at the time
23:47closer to the age
23:49of
23:49Izetta Cooley's
23:50oldest children
23:52investigators
23:53analyze
23:54Gabriel's
23:55Facebook records
23:56I saw
23:57I saw
23:57on September
23:5820th
23:59he
24:00friended
24:01Izetta Cooley
24:03and we can see
24:06some Facebook
24:07messages
24:08between
24:08Izetta
24:09and Gabriel
24:09Perez
24:10looking through
24:12those messages
24:13initially
24:14Izetta
24:15sent Gabriel
24:17messages
24:17saying
24:19she was looking
24:19for her daughter
24:20and
24:21quickly
24:22Gabriel Perez
24:23turns a message
24:25to Izetta
24:26saying how
24:27he thinks
24:28Izetta
24:28was attractive
24:29and that
24:32appeared to
24:32spark
24:33conversations
24:35back and forth
24:35that
24:37read
24:38pretty flirtatious
24:39between the
24:39two of them
24:40through the
24:43course of the
24:43next several
24:44days
24:44Izetta
24:45and Gabe
24:46keep talking
24:46on September
24:4821st
24:50Gabriel
24:51seemed to
24:52initiate
24:52trying to
24:53coordinate
24:54a time
24:54to meet
24:54that the
24:56two
24:56were going
24:56to be
24:56romantic
24:57with each
24:58other
24:58and then
25:02a few
25:02hours before
25:03the murder
25:04the messages
25:05drastically
25:06change
25:06Izetta's
25:09messages
25:10about
25:11meeting up
25:12with Gabriel
25:12appeared to
25:13be
25:14increasing
25:15in
25:15urgency
25:16Izetta
25:18reached out
25:19to Gabe
25:19to set up
25:20a meetup
25:20at the
25:21McDonald's
25:22restaurant
25:22in that
25:23morning
25:23she's
25:24setting up
25:24the
25:24meet
25:25within
25:28minutes
25:28of him
25:28arriving
25:29Gabe
25:31reaches out
25:31to Izetta
25:32and tells
25:33her
25:33I'm here
25:34at the
25:35McDonald's
25:36two minutes
25:37after Gabriel
25:38sends the
25:39message
25:39the driver
25:43of the
25:43SUV
25:44shoots
25:46him dead
25:47the
25:49next step
25:50was figuring
25:51out who
25:51it was
25:52that was
25:52driving
25:53that
25:53trailblazer
25:54and who
25:55pulled the
25:56trigger
25:56investigators
25:58received the
25:59surveillance footage
26:00from the
26:00ATM at
26:01Vision Bank
26:02the
26:04receipt
26:04showed
26:05the
26:05withdrawal
26:06of the
26:06ATM
26:06on
26:07September
26:0722nd
26:08at
26:089.04
26:09so I
26:11wanted to
26:11see who
26:12was operating
26:12the vehicle
26:13at that
26:13time
26:13and I
26:16started
26:16looking at
26:17that
26:17video
26:17I
26:32see a
26:34black SUV
26:35appearing to
26:35be a
26:36black
26:36Chevy
26:36trailblazer
26:37it pulls
26:39right up
26:39to the
26:40ATM
26:40and that's
26:43where you
26:43get a good
26:44look of the
26:44driver
26:45withdrawing
26:46cash
26:46stop
26:51you can see
26:53the stickers
26:53in the
26:54vehicle
26:54that matched
26:57the
26:57McDonald's
26:58video
26:58I'm gonna
27:00rewind this
27:00most
27:02notably
27:03you can
27:04see who's
27:04driving
27:04he's dressed
27:07in the
27:08same
27:08clothing
27:09that the
27:12shooter
27:12appeared to
27:13be wearing
27:13in the
27:14McDonald's
27:14video
27:15here's our
27:16shooter
27:16get in
27:19that receipt
27:19that was
27:21pretty big
27:22moment in
27:22the
27:22investigation
27:23but now
27:24we needed
27:25to identify
27:25the driver
27:26when we
27:30found the
27:30vehicle
27:31there was
27:31no license
27:31plate
27:32but the
27:34vehicle has
27:34a vehicle
27:35identification
27:35number
27:36or VIN
27:36number
27:37we ran
27:38we ran
27:38we ran the
27:39VIN
27:39number
27:39of that
27:40vehicle
27:41and the
27:42VIN
27:42number
27:43came back
27:44to
27:45Isetta
27:47Cooley
27:47check for
27:50everyone who
27:50lives at that
27:50residence
27:51we start
27:53running
27:53backgrounds on
27:54them to
27:55figure out
27:55as much
27:56as we
27:56can
27:56Isetta
27:59Cooley
27:59was married
27:59to
28:00Miguel
28:00Cooley
28:00senior
28:01investigators
28:05pull up
28:05Miguel's
28:06license
28:06the photo
28:09is a match
28:09for the
28:10driver
28:10in the
28:10ATM
28:11footage
28:11there's no
28:14doubt
28:14it was
28:14Miguel
28:15Cooley
28:15senior
28:15driving
28:16that
28:16vehicle
28:16we've
28:19now
28:19got
28:19a
28:19suspect
28:20identified
28:20so
28:22now
28:22we have
28:23to go
28:23apprehend
28:23him
28:24we
28:29obtained
28:30a search
28:30warrant
28:30for
28:31Miguel
28:32Cooley
28:32's
28:35isetta
28:40is
28:40home
28:41she
28:42was
28:43somewhat
28:44cooperative
28:45but
28:46you know
28:47kind of
28:47standoffish
28:48a little
28:48bit
28:48she says
28:50that
28:51Miguel
28:51Cooley
28:51is not
28:52at home
28:53if we
28:55don't find
28:55Miguel
28:55Cooley
28:56there
28:56himself
28:57the evidence
28:58we're looking
28:59for is
29:00any
29:00firearms
29:01particularly
29:02a pistol
29:03we
29:06found
29:06a lot
29:07of
29:08ammunition
29:08some
29:09of
29:09it
29:09.45
29:09caliber
29:10consistent
29:11with
29:11what we
29:12found
29:12at the
29:12crime
29:12scene
29:13we
29:16also
29:16come
29:16across
29:17three
29:17sets
29:17of
29:18Chevy
29:18keys
29:19that's
29:21a
29:21significant
29:21piece
29:21of
29:21evidence
29:22those
29:23keys
29:24link
29:26that
29:26vehicle
29:26to
29:26that
29:27residence
29:27that
29:29solidified
29:30the
29:30connection
29:30between
29:31Miguel
29:31Cooley
29:32and
29:32this
29:32crime
29:33we
29:35request
29:35that
29:36Izetta
29:36turn
29:37over
29:37her
29:37cell
29:38phone
29:38investigators
29:40take
29:41Izetta
29:41to the
29:41police
29:42department
29:42for
29:42questioning
29:43she's
29:53interviewed
29:53by law
29:54enforcement
29:55I remember
29:57that
29:57being a
29:58very
29:58bizarre
29:58interview
29:59can't do
30:00this
30:01I'm barely
30:02keeping it
30:03together
30:03I can't
30:05even
30:05breathe
30:06I can't
30:06even
30:06breathe
30:07Izetta
30:09was
30:09not the
30:10most
30:11cooperative
30:11during the
30:11interview
30:12she was
30:13very vague
30:14on a lot
30:15of things
30:16I asked
30:17her if
30:18she was
30:19engaging
30:20with some
30:21sort of
30:21romantic
30:22relationship
30:22with
30:23Gabriel
30:23Perez
30:24Izetta
30:39Cooley
30:40also
30:40was
30:41maintaining
30:42her husband's
30:42innocence
30:43at the time
31:03we're
31:03interviewing
31:04Izetta
31:05we received
31:07a phone
31:07call
31:08authorities
31:09in
31:09Minnesota
31:10have
31:12tracked
31:12down
31:12Miguel
31:13Cooley
31:13Miguel
31:16Cooley
31:17is
31:18ultimately
31:19located
31:19in the
31:20Rochester
31:20Minnesota
31:21area
31:21at his
31:23sister
31:23and
31:23brother-in-law's
31:24home
31:24the U.S.
31:28Marshal's
31:28fugitive
31:29task force
31:29were brought
31:30in
31:30to
31:31apprehend
31:32Miguel
31:32Cooley
31:33Miguel
31:36give
31:36yourself
31:36up
31:37show
31:39your
31:40hands
31:40walk
31:42towards
31:42me
31:43with
31:43your
31:43hands
31:43up
31:43Miguel
31:45Cooley
31:45has
31:45changed
31:46his
31:46appearance
31:46he's
31:47shaved
31:47off
31:47his
31:47beard
31:48stop
31:48right
31:48there
31:49turn
31:50around
31:50place
31:52your hands
31:52behind
31:53your
31:53back
31:53the task
31:55force
31:55arrests
31:56Miguel
31:56Cooley
31:57for the
31:57murder
31:58of
31:58Gabriel
31:58Perez
31:59that was
32:03a really
32:03big relief
32:04for
32:04me
32:05and
32:05my
32:06family
32:06it's
32:08one
32:08step
32:09closer
32:09to
32:10getting
32:10Gabriel
32:11justice
32:11I was
32:14definitely
32:14glad
32:15that he
32:15got
32:15found
32:16but at
32:18the same
32:18time
32:18it's just
32:19like
32:19I don't
32:21I didn't
32:21want to
32:22I didn't
32:23want to
32:24accept the
32:25fact that
32:25Gabriel
32:26was gone
32:26so I
32:26you know
32:27what I
32:27mean
32:27I just
32:27felt
32:28so
32:28lost
32:29on it
32:30Miguel
32:33Cooley
32:33is
32:34transferred
32:34to the
32:35Mauer
32:35County
32:35Jail
32:36myself
32:38and three
32:38other
32:38detectives
32:39start
32:40conducting
32:40interviews
32:40we're
32:42trying to
32:42narrow
32:43down
32:43exactly
32:43why
32:44this
32:44occurred
32:45and I
32:46was
32:47curious
32:47as to
32:47whether
32:48or not
32:48Miguel
32:48Cooley
32:49would
32:50tell us
32:50anything
32:50about
32:51why
32:51he
32:51killed
32:52Gabriel
32:52Perez
32:52we're
32:54here
32:54to talk
32:54with you
32:54about
32:54what's
32:55been
32:55going
32:55on
32:55the
32:56last
32:56few
32:56days
32:56what
33:00pissed
33:01you
33:01off
33:01and
33:02got
33:02your
33:02appointment
33:03Sunday
33:03morning
33:04happened
33:04all he
33:19told us
33:19was
33:19everything
33:20was a
33:21blur
33:21he
33:22wanted
33:22to talk
33:23about
33:23having
33:24a
33:24flat
33:24tire
33:25so
33:26very
33:26nondescript
33:27nothing
33:28that
33:28would
33:28rule
33:29him
33:29out
33:29he
33:31requested
33:36his
33:36attorney
33:36so
33:38we
33:38never
33:38spoke
33:38any
33:40further
33:40than
33:40that
33:40it
33:42can
33:43be
33:43a
33:43little
33:43frustrating
33:44at
33:44times
33:45when
33:45people
33:45don't
33:45want
33:45to
33:46talk
33:46but
33:46I
33:46mean
33:46that's
33:47their
33:47right
33:47around
33:52this
33:52time
33:52we're
33:53able
33:53to
33:53get
33:53into
33:53the
33:54cell
33:54phone
33:54data
33:54from
33:55Izetta's
33:55phone
33:56we
33:56can
33:57access
33:57her
33:57texts
33:57we
33:58wanted
33:59to
33:59know
33:59if
34:00Izetta
34:00was
34:01complicit
34:01in
34:02any
34:02way
34:03I
34:04see
34:04that
34:05there's
34:05a text
34:05message
34:06a few
34:08hours
34:08after
34:08the
34:08murder
34:09Izetta
34:09sent
34:10a message
34:11to
34:11someone
34:11close
34:12to
34:12her
34:12she
34:13mentioned
34:13that
34:14prior
34:15to
34:15the
34:15murder
34:15Miguel
34:16ended
34:16up
34:17going
34:17to
34:17a
34:18restaurant
34:18called
34:18the
34:19frying
34:19pan
34:19to
34:20get
34:20food
34:20investigators
34:24head to
34:25the restaurant
34:25to analyze
34:26the surveillance
34:27footage for
34:27clues
34:28we don't know
34:29exactly when he was
34:30at the frying pan
34:31but we could start
34:33with working back from
34:34when he was at
34:35McDonald's
34:35can you show us
34:365 a.m.
34:37on September 23rd
34:38sure enough
34:48Miguel
34:49Cooley
34:49entered
34:50the restaurant
34:51at about
34:525.09 a.m.
34:56the frying pan
34:57restaurant
34:57is within
34:58blocks
34:59of the
34:59McDonald's
35:00where
35:00Gabe
35:00Perez
35:01was shot
35:01and killed
35:02so the
35:04question was
35:05how did
35:06Miguel
35:06Cooley
35:07know
35:07that Gabe
35:08Perez
35:08would be
35:08in that
35:08McDonald's
35:09parking lot
35:10just minutes
35:11later
35:12Cooley
35:20looks like
35:21he's
35:21ordered food
35:22or is waiting
35:23for an order
35:24in the video
35:26from the
35:27frying pan
35:27you can see
35:28Mr. Cooley
35:28is wearing
35:29the same
35:29shirt
35:30that he
35:30appears
35:31to be
35:31wearing
35:31on both
35:32the
35:32vision
35:32bank
35:33footage
35:33and
35:34the
35:35McDonald's
35:35footage
35:36oh
35:40he's
35:40really
35:41busy
35:41on his
35:41phone
35:42so he's
35:44within the
35:44area of
35:45the crime
35:45and communicating
35:46with someone
35:47in the
35:48moments
35:49before
35:49we know
35:52on the
35:53day of
35:53the
35:53murder
35:53Izetta
35:55and
35:55Gabriel
35:55are
35:56exchanging
35:56messages
35:57Izetta
35:59appears to
35:59be asking
36:00to meet
36:00with
36:00Gabriel
36:01Perez
36:01at
36:01McDonald's
36:02the
36:04frying pan
36:05video
36:05showed
36:05Miguel
36:06Cooley
36:06exiting
36:07the
36:07business
36:08at
36:08about
36:08516
36:09a.m.
36:10Gabriel
36:11Perez's
36:12last
36:12message
36:13to
36:13Izetta
36:14Cooley
36:14is at
36:15521
36:16a.m.
36:16and it
36:17just says
36:18that he's
36:18there
36:18at
36:19McDonald's
36:20and within
36:21minutes
36:22Miguel Cooley
36:23Sr.
36:24drives up
36:24and essentially
36:26executes him
36:27detectives take a
36:32closer look at the
36:33Facebook messages
36:34between
36:34Izetta
36:35and Gabriel
36:35one of
36:37Izetta's
36:37messages
36:37she describes
36:38what she's
36:39going to be
36:39wearing
36:40a white
36:40t-shirt
36:41and
36:41grey
36:42pants
36:42that message
36:44sounds a little
36:45suspicious
36:45Gabriel
36:47and Izetta
36:48know each
36:48other
36:48so if you're
36:50going to
36:50meet up
36:50why do you
36:51need to
36:51know
36:51what they're
36:52wearing
36:53but
36:55the messages
36:57arranging to
36:57meet at
36:58McDonald's
36:58may not
36:59have been
37:00submitted
37:00by
37:00Izetta
37:01that was
37:03possibly
37:04Miguel
37:04Cooley
37:05Sr.
37:05sending
37:06those
37:06messages
37:06from
37:07her
37:08account
37:08it's
37:11starting
37:11to make
37:11sense
37:12he's
37:14luring
37:14Gabriel
37:15Perez
37:15to
37:15McDonald's
37:16with
37:17the
37:17intent
37:17to
37:17kill
37:18him
37:18the
37:20person
37:20Gabe
37:20believed
37:21was
37:22Izetta
37:22Cooley
37:23told him
37:24to meet
37:24her
37:24at
37:25the
37:25McDonald's
37:26the
37:26person
37:26he met
37:27there
37:27was
37:28clearly
37:28not
37:29Izetta
37:30Cooley
37:31Miguel
37:32Cooley
37:33could
37:33have
37:34sent
37:34the
37:35messages
37:35which
37:35led
37:36Gabe
37:36to
37:37go
37:37to
37:37that
37:37location
37:38Miguel
37:41Cooley
37:41who baited
37:42Gabe
37:42Perez
37:43to enter
37:43that parking
37:44lot
37:44based upon
37:47all the evidence
37:48collected
37:48in this case
37:49we were able
37:50to charge
37:51Miguel
37:51with murder
37:52on August
37:5422nd
37:552019
37:56Miguel Cooley
37:58appears in court
37:59and pleads
38:00guilty
38:00to first
38:01degree
38:01murder
38:02at Cooley
38:05sentencing
38:06prosecutors
38:07stepped through
38:07the events
38:08that led
38:08to Gabriel's
38:09death
38:09the evidence
38:14really showed
38:15that
38:15Gabriel
38:15Perez
38:16was
38:16engaging
38:17in flirtatious
38:18texts
38:19with
38:19Miguel
38:20Cooley's
38:20wife
38:21Gabe
38:23and Izetta
38:23were apparently
38:24communicating
38:25through
38:26Facebook
38:26messenger
38:27Mr.
38:30Cooley
38:30was aware
38:31of these
38:33messages
38:33and that's
38:35what fueled
38:36him
38:36in his rage
38:37you actually
38:39suck at this
38:39game
38:40Gabriel
38:45and Izetta
38:45arranged to
38:46meet at
38:47McDonald's
38:48Gabriel
38:50was directed
38:51to go there
38:52from
38:53Izetta's
38:53Facebook account
38:54but
38:57I believe
38:59Miguel Cooley
38:59probably took
39:00over her
39:00account
39:01Mr.
39:02Cooley
39:03knew
39:03Gabe
39:03Perez
39:04would be
39:05outside
39:05the
39:05McDonald's
39:06when
39:11Mr.
39:11Cooley
39:12entered
39:12that
39:12McDonald's
39:13parking
39:13lot
39:13he moved
39:14with clear
39:14intent
39:15he drove
39:16directly
39:17towards
39:17Gabe
39:18Perez
39:18stopped
39:21shot
39:23in
39:24and
39:25left
39:25within
39:26seconds
39:26he had
39:29one reason
39:30for being
39:30there
39:31and that
39:31was to
39:31kill
39:32Gabe
39:32Perez
39:32on
39:40January
39:4013th
39:412020
39:42Miguel
39:42Cooley
39:43is
39:43sentenced
39:43to
39:4450
39:44years
39:44in
39:45prison
39:45Izetta
39:47Cooley
39:47is charged
39:48with no
39:49crime
39:49in
39:49relation
39:50to
39:50Gabriel's
39:50murder
39:51there
39:54is no
39:54evidence
39:54that she
39:55had any
39:55involvement
39:56in what
39:56happened
39:57law
39:59enforcement
39:59did an
40:00exceptional
40:00job
40:01investigating
40:02this
40:02case
40:02and part
40:04of that
40:05was
40:05recovering
40:06all of
40:07the
40:07security
40:07footage
40:08it was
40:11critical
40:11for us
40:12to prove
40:13our charge
40:13of murder
40:14I don't
40:21think we'll
40:22ever come
40:22to terms
40:22with losing
40:23Gabriel
40:23losing
40:24somebody
40:25in general
40:25is painful
40:26but losing
40:27somebody
40:27and the
40:27way we
40:27lost
40:28Gabriel
40:28is worse
40:29Gabriel
40:32was one
40:33of the
40:34most caring
40:34people that
40:35I knew
40:35and that
40:36I've ever
40:37came across
40:38in my
40:38life
40:38Gabriel
40:41was
40:42close to
40:43turning 21
40:44and we're
40:44only a
40:44year apart
40:45so
40:45we were
40:46just really
40:47close
40:48not just
40:50my brother
40:51but like
40:51my friend
40:52I could
40:55still like
40:56hear his
40:56voice
40:57him asking
40:58how I
40:59am
40:59how loving
41:01he was
41:02that's what
41:04I miss
41:04most about
41:05him
41:05this season
41:11on
41:11see no
41:12evil
41:12this is a
41:18personal
41:19thing
41:19I shot
41:20and then
41:20remember me
41:21bitch
41:22we start
41:22to look
41:23for impossible
41:23surveillance
41:24cameras
41:24if they go
41:25inside
41:26you will have
41:27them at that
41:28point
41:28there was a
41:29strong odor
41:30I have only
41:31ever been able
41:32to associate
41:33it with death
41:34it is suspicious
41:35what are they
41:36doing with this
41:37money
41:37oh my god
41:38there's so much
41:38blood
41:39I was just
41:40trying to think
41:41of who
41:41it could have
41:42been
41:43that killed
41:44my brother
41:44he's luring
41:46the victim
41:46to McDonald's
41:47with the intent
41:48to kill him
41:49the whole shooting
41:50was video
41:50you had to
41:52pull a gun
41:53and shoot
41:54my brother
41:55of a girl
41:56this was actually
41:57a planned out
41:58execution
41:59I believe
42:00I've seen a dead
42:01person
42:01he was living
42:02a double
42:03if not a triple
42:04life
42:05we've got you
42:05on video
42:06we've got you
42:06on video
42:07on video
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