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The First 48 - Season 29 Episode 1 - Four Shots

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00:00:01This program documents actual homicide investigations.

00:00:05Criminal charges are often dropped or reduced,

00:00:07and all suspects shown are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

00:00:25Hey! Special shooting and phone roll, please.

00:00:28And is anybody injured?

00:00:31No, but a bullet almost shot my mom.

00:00:33It went through our window, and also in my room,

00:00:36where my one-year-old baby is with me.

00:00:38They're just gonna be up to the shooting people in our neighborhood.

00:00:42Alright, do you see or hear anything else?

00:00:45No, just a bullet.

00:00:47Okay. Alright, my partner's getting help on the way.

00:00:50Okay, thank you.

00:00:52Let's sit outside.

00:01:01Okay.

00:01:02Okay.

00:01:03Okay.

00:01:04It's gonna be a robbery.

00:01:07They just fled, so they're probably nearby.

00:01:10Approximately five black males.

00:01:12They fled towards Bassett.

00:01:14All right, buddy. Let's see what we can do.

00:01:16Oh, buddy.

00:01:17It's your time to shine there, Turbo.

00:01:18Come on.

00:01:20There's money.

00:01:21They jumped in.

00:01:22I bet money.

00:01:23Yep, look.

00:01:24Yeah, look.

00:01:25Alright, let's see what we can do.

00:01:26Alright, buddy. Let's see what we can do.

00:01:28Oh, buddy.

00:01:30Get your time to shine there, Turbo.

00:01:33Come on.

00:01:36I bet money.

00:01:37They jumped in.

00:01:38Yeah.

00:01:39I bet money.

00:01:41Yep, look.

00:01:46They jump this I bet money yeah look yeah that's right

00:01:55Hey strata there is brand new broken wood off this fence behind the apartment

00:02:05They said looking a freshly broken fence

00:02:16Okay

00:02:19So it was four to five black males wearing all black as they were running they shot about five six rounds

00:02:26Towards the victims no one got hit though, right?

00:02:30Did the both go into any residence?

00:02:32four shots went through my house

00:02:34Jumping

00:02:37Oh, I see it. Yeah, where else?

00:02:43Where okay

00:02:46I'm gonna go check that apartment to make sure that their apartment was not shot

00:02:55I've seen a bullet hole in lot number 12. I'm trying to make contact with the residents now

00:03:03Or charleston, please

00:03:08There's a pipe back here

00:03:10The bullet hit the wall

00:03:11My friend live in the room, they live in the one room

00:03:15Is he in there?

00:03:16My friend took the shower maybe

00:03:18We just need to make sure he's okay

00:03:20The bullet hit the wall

00:03:20The bullet hit me

00:03:33Can you hear it?

00:03:33Like, all I hear is the shower.

00:03:35All right, Sean.

00:03:36Yeah, but I don't know.

00:03:43You see anything?

00:03:44Yeah, we're right here.

00:03:46You good?

00:03:50You shot?

00:03:51Yeah, right in the machine.

00:03:53Go run and get EMS.

00:03:55203, this bed ship might be 10-7.

00:03:59He's gone.

00:04:03For homicide detectives,

00:04:12their chance of solving a murder

00:04:13is cut in half

00:04:14if they don't get a lead

00:04:16within the first 48 hours.

00:04:33So about approximately an hour ago,

00:04:40we had an armed robbery

00:04:42in which the victims were shot at

00:04:43following the robbery.

00:04:45And then while working that armed robbery,

00:04:48they observe a bullet hole

00:04:49to an unrelated trailer,

00:04:51make contact,

00:04:52and they discover the deceased

00:04:53in the back bedroom.

00:04:54It happened here

00:04:58in front of 12.

00:05:02So here,

00:05:03you can see,

00:05:04is where we have the entry

00:05:05of the bullet.

00:05:07And then on the other side

00:05:08of this wall

00:05:09is our decedent.

00:05:09His name is

00:05:14Herberto Martinez Martinez.

00:05:1937-year-old

00:05:20Herberto Martinez Martinez

00:05:22came to the U.S.

00:05:2320 years ago

00:05:24from Oaxaca, Mexico

00:05:25in search of better job opportunities.

00:05:28He worked construction

00:05:29and was packed to move

00:05:30to a new job site

00:05:31in North Carolina

00:05:32in the morning.

00:05:33He leaves behind

00:05:34a large family,

00:05:36including his brother

00:05:37and brother's family

00:05:38in North Charleston

00:05:39and his parents

00:05:41and three other siblings

00:05:42back home in Mexico.

00:05:46The bullet struck him

00:05:48in his facial area

00:05:49while he was sleeping.

00:05:51The shot killed Herberto

00:05:52instantly.

00:05:54Where you see

00:05:55the crowd of people

00:05:55is the general area

00:05:56in which the armed robbery

00:05:57victims were

00:05:58when the shooting took place.

00:06:00They were at the back corner

00:06:02of their trailer

00:06:03when approximately four

00:06:05what they described

00:06:06as black males

00:06:06approached them

00:06:07demanded their items

00:06:09and as they were fleeing

00:06:10the suspect shot

00:06:12there were several

00:06:13shell casings out here

00:06:14that was collected

00:06:16by patrol.

00:06:17The four casings

00:06:18were covered

00:06:18or all 9mm.

00:06:23Where the armed robbery

00:06:24happened

00:06:25a trailer has

00:06:27video cameras.

00:06:28Bravo is helping

00:06:29download the video.

00:06:31We need to do interviews

00:06:32with the victims.

00:06:34Once the video is downloaded

00:06:35I'm going to have him

00:06:35take my victims

00:06:36to City Hall

00:06:37and Bravo is going

00:06:39to sit down

00:06:40with each one

00:06:40and we're going to have

00:06:41one translation

00:06:42of what happened.

00:06:46Bush and Malone are there

00:06:47and I let them know

00:06:48you're coming with three.

00:06:49Thank you, Bravo.

00:06:50Stray bullets are always rough.

00:07:00Hopefully they got

00:07:00a good description

00:07:01in clothing

00:07:02or there's something

00:07:03distinct on one

00:07:04of the individuals

00:07:05that committed the robbery

00:07:06that we can identify

00:07:07and hopefully with that

00:07:09we'll be able

00:07:09to develop a suspect.

00:07:10So run me through

00:07:22what happened.

00:07:22Well,

00:07:23we're

00:07:23taking a beer.

00:07:29So they were

00:07:30hanging out

00:07:31drinking beer

00:07:32and there were four

00:07:32that came somewhere

00:07:33from behind the trailer.

00:07:35They're asking

00:07:37like where

00:07:37that wears the

00:07:38which means marijuana.

00:07:41Yep.

00:07:46Can you describe

00:07:48like what they were wearing

00:07:50what they look like?

00:07:54He says the man

00:07:54who pointed the gun

00:07:55at him

00:07:56wore a black mask

00:07:57and two others

00:07:58also wore masks.

00:08:00Two black black masks

00:08:01one had what?

00:08:02And then one

00:08:03didn't have one at all.

00:08:05He said the one

00:08:05that came off

00:08:06to him with the gun

00:08:07he was only able

00:08:08to see kind of like

00:08:09eyes and he had

00:08:10the mask

00:08:11with the hoodie on.

00:08:12Oh, hi.

00:08:13So I saw

00:08:14that there was

00:08:15three weapons

00:08:16and I found

00:08:17and when he

00:08:18hit the gun

00:08:19he didn't

00:08:19hit it.

00:08:21He pulled the trigger

00:08:38and did you hear

00:08:39go

00:08:39and then he starts

00:08:43going through your

00:08:43pockets.

00:08:46He says the suspect

00:08:47stole his keys,

00:08:48phone and wallet

00:08:49and then moved on

00:08:51to his friend.

00:08:52So the guy

00:08:52with the black mask

00:08:53after he took

00:08:54his phone and

00:08:54everything,

00:08:55the black mask

00:08:56went to start

00:08:58searching the other

00:08:59victim,

00:08:59victim number two.

00:09:01So, but was it

00:09:01the same one

00:09:02that was kind of

00:09:04doing all the robbing?

00:09:17Were they like

00:09:18trying to aim at you

00:09:19or were they like

00:09:19aiming at the house?

00:09:21Yeah, did you see

00:09:24which direction

00:09:25they ran to

00:09:26after they fired?

00:09:29He says he and

00:09:32his friends ran

00:09:33after the men

00:09:34but lost them

00:09:35behind some

00:09:35apartments.

00:09:37So when they

00:09:38turned left

00:09:39onto Facet

00:09:40that's when

00:09:41you lost sight

00:09:41of them?

00:09:44Okay.

00:09:45All right.

00:09:47Okay.

00:09:47Detectives speak

00:10:00with the two

00:10:00other robbery

00:10:01victims.

00:10:01Can you describe

00:10:02them?

00:10:03Can you describe

00:10:03them?

00:10:04any good descriptions

00:10:19on any of the suspects?

00:10:20No.

00:10:21This is going to be

00:10:25a really tough case.

00:10:27Hopefully we'll get

00:10:28some good video

00:10:29and it'd be great

00:10:29to get a car coming

00:10:30or going in the area.

00:10:37All right, watch this.

00:10:38Detective Anthony Russ

00:10:39pulls up the surveillance

00:10:40video gathered

00:10:41from the trailer park.

00:10:43So you're going to see

00:10:44the suspects

00:10:44walking up

00:10:46Stahl Road

00:10:46on crosses

00:10:47and the four of them

00:10:49now are linked up.

00:10:51So then we cut to

00:10:52this video

00:10:55where they're now

00:10:58walking into

00:11:00the mobile home park.

00:11:08Approach the victims

00:11:09from the rear

00:11:10of the trailers.

00:11:13You don't really

00:11:14get to see a whole lot.

00:11:15It's dark

00:11:16and from a distance.

00:11:18You can see

00:11:19they're robbing them

00:11:20that gun.

00:11:21Mm-hmm.

00:11:25And they run

00:11:27beside this mobile home

00:11:28that actually

00:11:28has the cameras.

00:11:32And this is the good one.

00:11:35They're running

00:11:36and then shooting back.

00:11:54Unfortunately for us

00:11:55the video surveillance

00:11:55is at night

00:11:56and they are wearing masks,

00:11:58three of them.

00:11:59So that makes it challenging.

00:12:06But anything distinctive

00:12:07helps us.

00:12:09You can see

00:12:09a camo jacket

00:12:10and some Nikes

00:12:12and you can form

00:12:15a suspect from that.

00:12:16It ends with

00:12:18this

00:12:20where they're running

00:12:22away in the same direction

00:12:23that they came from.

00:12:25They fled through

00:12:26this area

00:12:27and then back out

00:12:29this way

00:12:29likely to

00:12:31this road

00:12:32here.

00:12:34We have some areas

00:12:35of interest

00:12:35we can look for.

00:12:36Video surveillance

00:12:37might help us

00:12:38ID them a little better.

00:12:39There's some apartments

00:12:40here that look good.

00:12:42So we have some

00:12:43things to do

00:12:45but at least

00:12:46we have a starting point.

00:12:47video is going to be

00:12:50the key in this case

00:12:51I think

00:12:51because we don't have

00:12:52any suspects

00:12:53at this time.

00:12:54We will probably secure

00:12:55for the night

00:12:55here shortly.

00:12:57I'm just like

00:12:57prepping this

00:12:58for the next shift

00:13:00and making sure

00:13:01like the list

00:13:02of cameras is there

00:13:03so when they do

00:13:04their brief

00:13:04they can divvy up

00:13:06and hit the ground

00:13:06running in the morning.

00:13:07This is a completely

00:13:10innocent victim.

00:13:11He was literally

00:13:12sleeping in his bed

00:13:13after a long day's work.

00:13:15I mean it's horrible.

00:13:16And it also sucks

00:13:18because right now

00:13:18we don't have any answers.

00:13:19But our goal

00:13:21is to bring justice

00:13:22to the victim

00:13:23and for his family.

00:13:34Let's wake it up.

00:13:35It's Friday.

00:13:3610 hours in.

00:13:40Alright everybody's here

00:13:41ready?

00:13:41We are so ready.

00:13:43We're ready.

00:13:43The case is assigned

00:13:44to Corporal Rob Van Tine

00:13:46a 20 year veteran

00:13:47with the North Charleston

00:13:48Police Department.

00:13:50Alright so this

00:13:50happened last night

00:13:51I know the patrol

00:13:53responded at 2150 hours

00:13:54and there was

00:13:55three victims

00:13:56that were robbed.

00:13:57They said that

00:13:58four males

00:13:59robbed them

00:14:00and then they

00:14:01fired shots backwards.

00:14:02As they're running off

00:14:03the victim was

00:14:04sleeping in his trailer

00:14:05and got hit by gunfire.

00:14:07They run towards

00:14:08this pond

00:14:09and that's where

00:14:09you lose them

00:14:10from the camera.

00:14:11I imagine if you're

00:14:12going to take a car

00:14:13you've got to go out

00:14:14facet road on up

00:14:15you've got to go

00:14:15left on stall

00:14:16or right on stall.

00:14:17We need to see

00:14:17if there's any video

00:14:18that we can obtain.

00:14:19They actually have

00:14:21good video on the second

00:14:22building

00:14:23in that apartment complex.

00:14:25Also

00:14:25Sergeant Bailey

00:14:26was saying

00:14:27somebody ran

00:14:28they found

00:14:28a broken fence.

00:14:32So it could have been

00:14:33him jumping the fence

00:14:34into the apartment complex.

00:14:36There's a good chance

00:14:37to really just live

00:14:37in the apartment.

00:14:39I agree.

00:14:39I think the main thing

00:14:40right now is just

00:14:41getting as much footage

00:14:42from the surrounding area

00:14:42as possible

00:14:43and see what we got

00:14:44whether it's vehicle

00:14:45leaving or they're

00:14:46staying on foot

00:14:46running.

00:14:48If I can do that

00:14:48apartment complex

00:14:49y'all said they have

00:14:50cameras there?

00:14:50Yeah.

00:14:51Get all the cameras there

00:14:51from the external

00:14:52if we can.

00:14:53We got you Bantai.

00:14:57So I came in this morning

00:14:58and noticed the night shift

00:15:00call out team

00:15:01responded to this

00:15:02where it gets passed on

00:15:03to the next person

00:15:04in the rotation.

00:15:05I like being on scene

00:15:06being the one

00:15:06who responds to it.

00:15:08Unfortunately

00:15:08this one I'm not

00:15:09so I have to review

00:15:10the notes that they did

00:15:11and then go from there.

00:15:12I just wish we had

00:15:13more information

00:15:13to go off of right now.

00:15:14There's nothing to

00:15:15connect the victims

00:15:16to the suspect.

00:15:16We don't have a car

00:15:18we don't have anything

00:15:19yet.

00:15:19So it's really

00:15:20a whodunit.

00:15:21So we'll see

00:15:21if the cameras

00:15:22and the footage

00:15:23we can develop

00:15:24some more leads.

00:15:33Back here in this corner

00:15:34is where they put

00:15:35a pallet over a fence

00:15:36and you can see

00:15:37footprints

00:15:37where they've been

00:15:38climbing over a fence.

00:15:39There's no video.

00:15:49The security cameras

00:15:51at the apartment complex

00:15:52aren't working.

00:15:57But the team

00:15:58will canvas

00:15:59each apartment

00:15:59for doorbell cameras.

00:16:01So

00:16:02gives them a lot

00:16:05of problems.

00:16:06According to someone

00:16:07in the building

00:16:08there have been

00:16:09complaints about

00:16:09two young men

00:16:10on the second floor.

00:16:12One of the males

00:16:13was sitting on this

00:16:14Kia yesterday

00:16:15stolen out of city.

00:16:17The ignitions popped.

00:16:20You think they could

00:16:20be our bad guys?

00:16:22They're all tracked

00:16:22back here.

00:16:24There's a possibility

00:16:25I had a still shot

00:16:29of the suspects

00:16:30from our surveillance

00:16:31camera for the shooting.

00:16:33He picked up two

00:16:34from the four individuals.

00:16:36Detective David Pritchard

00:16:37showed the video image

00:16:39to the tipster.

00:16:40He said that he thinks

00:16:41the two in the middle

00:16:42are the two sons

00:16:43that live at this apartment.

00:16:45They may be our guys.

00:16:47We're going to do

00:16:48a knock and talk

00:16:49reference to that

00:16:49stolen car

00:16:50see if it has anything

00:16:52to do with our homicide.

00:16:55Detectives bring out

00:17:10a woman

00:17:11and her two teenage sons.

00:17:12We're going to pray for you.

00:17:15Calm down.

00:17:17Came up here

00:17:18and knocked on the door.

00:17:20They opened the door

00:17:20and breached the marijuana.

00:17:22So we pulled everybody

00:17:23for investigative detention.

00:17:25Now we're going to get

00:17:26a search warrant

00:17:27type for the residence

00:17:28for anything related

00:17:29to the incident.

00:17:30What did we do?

00:17:31I was a person

00:17:31and I was like

00:17:32what's funny in this

00:17:33Hey, listen to what you see

00:17:36and calm down.

00:17:38I'm their mom.

00:17:39Maybe these kids

00:17:39were involved in the incident.

00:17:41We'll see.

00:17:41I wonder if there's a way

00:17:53we can downplay it

00:17:55and say

00:17:55some items were stolen

00:17:57let's get those items back.

00:17:59Maybe they'd be

00:17:59more forthcoming.

00:18:03How you doing man?

00:18:04Could be better.

00:18:05Vantine starts

00:18:06with the older brother.

00:18:08Is that your apartment

00:18:08over there?

00:18:09A faucet?

00:18:10Yeah, my sister.

00:18:11Your sister's?

00:18:13How long have you been there?

00:18:15We just recently moved there.

00:18:18So they came

00:18:18they smelled marijuana

00:18:19whatever.

00:18:20Is there anything else in there?

00:18:21Is there any

00:18:21because I know

00:18:21they're going to go in there

00:18:22and look.

00:18:23Is there any weapons

00:18:24or anything like that?

00:18:25Like is there like

00:18:25a gun or something

00:18:26where they're behind?

00:18:27Mm-hmm.

00:18:28We might find

00:18:28over the weed.

00:18:30Weed?

00:18:30Any other substances

00:18:31or anything?

00:18:32Mm-hmm.

00:18:32I got you.

00:18:34Okay.

00:18:34No, basically

00:18:35be honest with me.

00:18:36Did you take any items

00:18:37from some people

00:18:38in Trilbar

00:18:38that we could

00:18:39somehow get back to them?

00:18:54No, I think I'm...

00:18:56Did someone else

00:18:58take some items

00:18:59that you were with?

00:19:00No.

00:19:06Because you know

00:19:07what happens

00:19:08is when we go through

00:19:08we pull

00:19:09surveillance video

00:19:10everywhere, right?

00:19:12The trailer park

00:19:12and all that.

00:19:13So there's cameras

00:19:14on facet

00:19:14there's cameras

00:19:15further down

00:19:16so I just don't want

00:19:17you caught in a line

00:19:18with that, okay?

00:19:20So I'm asking you

00:19:22to honestly

00:19:23be honest

00:19:23if you were

00:19:24at that trailer park

00:19:25No.

00:19:27You were at home

00:19:31the whole time?

00:19:32Yeah.

00:19:34And if it shows

00:19:35that you weren't

00:19:35in the house

00:19:36and you actually

00:19:36left

00:19:37what then?

00:19:39Yeah, you could

00:19:39show me later.

00:19:40Okay.

00:19:41Hey, how's y'all, man?

00:19:52Vantine turns

00:19:52to the younger brother.

00:19:55And I'm gonna be honest

00:19:55with you

00:19:56some items were taken

00:19:56from some people

00:19:58on a trailer park

00:20:00further down the road.

00:20:02Did you go over

00:20:03to that trailer park?

00:20:03So you stayed there

00:20:10the entire time?

00:20:11I was home

00:20:11all day yesterday.

00:20:12As a man

00:20:13that's your word?

00:20:14Yeah, I was home

00:20:15all day yesterday.

00:20:16Okay.

00:20:17Be right back.

00:20:25So I can't say

00:20:26100%

00:20:27that they're involved.

00:20:28I just know that

00:20:28right now

00:20:31you have the path

00:20:32leading to

00:20:33their apartment.

00:20:34You have a man

00:20:35that's saying

00:20:35from the still images

00:20:37that two of them

00:20:38look like kids

00:20:38that belong

00:20:39to that apartment.

00:20:40And the fact that

00:20:41I feel

00:20:43just from interviewing

00:20:44that they're lying

00:20:45about last night

00:20:46kind of leads me

00:20:47to believe

00:20:48they're involved

00:20:48but we'll see.

00:20:50Search warrant's

00:20:50gonna be completed.

00:20:52Maybe there's

00:20:52a weapon in there.

00:20:53You never know.

00:20:54Cam is still

00:20:54talking to the mother

00:20:56and they will get

00:20:56more information

00:20:57from her.

00:21:01So I'm gonna

00:21:03be honest with you.

00:21:04So there was an incident

00:21:05that happened

00:21:05across the street

00:21:07at the trailer

00:21:08parts on Stahl.

00:21:10Some Hispanics

00:21:10were robbed

00:21:11and in the process

00:21:12there were

00:21:13some individuals

00:21:14that shot at

00:21:15a trailer

00:21:15and we arrived

00:21:18on CN

00:21:18on a male deceased

00:21:20who was sleeping

00:21:20in this trailer.

00:21:22Those subjects

00:21:23then ran towards

00:21:24the apartments

00:21:25of where y'all

00:21:26are staying

00:21:26and one of your sons

00:21:29were in Nakia

00:21:30just sitting there

00:21:31and there have

00:21:32been a number

00:21:32of Kia's stolen

00:21:34from the area.

00:21:35Do you know

00:21:35any reason why

00:21:37either one of your

00:21:38sons would be

00:21:38inside that Kia?

00:21:39They shouldn't be.

00:21:41Listen,

00:21:42I work from

00:21:43seven in the morning

00:21:44until seven in the night.

00:21:45Just now.

00:21:46I really see

00:21:47my kids sometimes.

00:21:50I work in Brindle

00:21:51that I've got

00:21:51a goal to accomplish.

00:21:52I don't want

00:21:53this for them.

00:21:54I want better.

00:21:56Now I can tell you

00:21:57I'm not gonna lie

00:21:58for my kids

00:21:59but they've been

00:22:00home yesterday.

00:22:01Now if they

00:22:02does broke

00:22:02in that car

00:22:03then they've got

00:22:04to deal with

00:22:05the consequences.

00:22:07There's no reason

00:22:09for them to have

00:22:10to do anything

00:22:11like this

00:22:11because I give

00:22:13them what they want.

00:22:14We're just following

00:22:14our leads

00:22:15and going upon

00:22:16our investigation.

00:22:18Have you ever seen

00:22:19either one of your

00:22:20sons carrying

00:22:20a firearm before?

00:22:21I'm against guns.

00:22:23I don't like guns.

00:22:25You know,

00:22:25that's just,

00:22:26I feel like

00:22:27what you need

00:22:28a gun for.

00:22:29But at no point

00:22:30in time yesterday

00:22:31you recall

00:22:31your sons leaving.

00:22:33No,

00:22:33they didn't leave.

00:22:35All right.

00:22:36Just give me a second,

00:22:36all right?

00:22:37All right.

00:22:40They're saying

00:22:41they're home

00:22:41the entire time.

00:22:42Yeah,

00:22:43that's what she's saying.

00:22:44I feel like

00:22:46she would tell me

00:22:46otherwise.

00:22:48I honestly

00:22:48do believe

00:22:49as much as

00:22:50she was telling

00:22:51them to calm

00:22:52down on scene,

00:22:53like be respectful.

00:22:54I feel like

00:22:55she would tell us

00:22:56if they weren't

00:22:57in the house.

00:22:58Did she ask them

00:22:59anything about the car?

00:23:01The Kia.

00:23:02One of them

00:23:03were in the Kia.

00:23:04I didn't ask him.

00:23:06I'll ask the other one.

00:23:09Hey,

00:23:10quick question too.

00:23:11There's a Kia

00:23:11that's parked out there.

00:23:13Were you inside

00:23:14that vehicle at all?

00:23:15What about your brother?

00:23:17Any of y'all

00:23:17inside that vehicle?

00:23:18Mm-hmm.

00:23:19Do you know

00:23:20who that vehicle

00:23:21belongs to?

00:23:22No.

00:23:23Do you know

00:23:23where it came from?

00:23:24Mm-hmm.

00:23:28All right.

00:23:33They don't know

00:23:34this car.

00:23:36Same answer

00:23:36from the other guy.

00:23:38They don't know

00:23:39anything about the car

00:23:40and they're not in it.

00:23:42Those people

00:23:42put you in it.

00:23:43I think they're

00:23:44lying about that.

00:23:45Whether they're involved

00:23:46in this murder,

00:23:46I do not know.

00:23:47But we'll find out

00:23:49once we get the search warrant

00:23:50and we get more information

00:23:51from pulling the video cameras.

00:23:52At least we've locked

00:23:53them into statements.

00:23:54That's the important thing.

00:23:55We've locked them

00:23:55into statements

00:23:56so we can either

00:23:57validate those statements

00:23:58or we can disprove them

00:23:59at this point.

00:24:00So we'll see what happens.

00:24:06Then

00:24:06Hold on a second.

00:24:07Detective Pritchard

00:24:08calls in from

00:24:09the apartment complex.

00:24:10So we got video

00:24:11from before the shooting

00:24:12that shows those kids

00:24:13leaving this apartment.

00:24:15About what time?

00:24:15The video shows

00:24:20three men

00:24:21leaving the complex

00:24:22ten minutes

00:24:23before the call

00:24:24to 911.

00:24:26Did you check your email

00:24:27or your text?

00:24:28Yeah, I got it coming through.

00:24:34That's their building.

00:24:35Mm-hmm.

00:24:38Oh, f***.

00:24:41It's absolutely f***ing hell.

00:24:42Yeah, let's, uh...

00:24:46100% that's them.

00:25:01The shoes,

00:25:02the camo jacket.

00:25:03Where are they coming

00:25:09from now?

00:25:11You can't see no one's face.

00:25:15Does it have them

00:25:16coming back?

00:25:17Do we have a video

00:25:18of them coming back?

00:25:19I'll have to see more.

00:25:21Put this on the big screen

00:25:22of the computer

00:25:23just to...

00:25:24so we can kind of

00:25:24get a better look at them.

00:25:29Here they are coming down.

00:25:30six to ten minutes

00:25:32before the murder.

00:25:33The doorbell video

00:25:34is from an apartment

00:25:35below the brothers.

00:25:38We don't have them

00:25:39coming out of the

00:25:39actual apartment.

00:25:40We have them

00:25:41coming down the stairs.

00:25:43And the shoes are.

00:25:48Those are the green nightcloth.

00:25:49Uh-huh.

00:25:54Let's print out

00:25:54the image of this.

00:25:55I'll go and talk

00:25:58to the mom

00:25:58and then we'll try

00:25:59to get her

00:26:00to identify them.

00:26:02You ready?

00:26:04Hey.

00:26:05How's it going?

00:26:06I'm Detective Banton.

00:26:11Who's who?

00:26:12Detective Cam Miller

00:26:32shows her the surveillance

00:26:33video from the crime scene.

00:26:36Oh, I don't know.

00:26:38Listen to me for a second.

00:26:39And I get it.

00:26:40You're their mom.

00:26:41You're supposed to protect them.

00:26:41And I wouldn't lie

00:26:43for them either

00:26:44because right is right

00:26:45and wrong is wrong.

00:26:46And I'm going to be honest.

00:26:49I don't know who this is.

00:26:51I don't know.

00:26:52I do not know.

00:26:54I'm telling you.

00:26:55These green and white shoes,

00:26:57I never saw before.

00:26:58Okay.

00:26:59She's denying,

00:27:13basically knowing anybody.

00:27:14I would bet money

00:27:15they're involved,

00:27:16but we'll see.

00:27:16you have to get more.

00:27:18You have to get more.

00:27:22Then...

00:27:22Perfect.

00:27:23The team searching

00:27:24the brother's apartment

00:27:25reaches out.

00:27:27So they found

00:27:299mm handguns in there

00:27:30and there are

00:27:309mm blazers.

00:27:31They recovered

00:27:33two stolen guns

00:27:34and ammunition

00:27:35that's the same brand

00:27:36as the casings

00:27:37found at the crime scene.

00:27:39I think we're on

00:27:40the right track here.

00:27:41That's good news.

00:27:42That would tie

00:27:44that apartment

00:27:44definitively.

00:27:46We'll test fire them here

00:27:47and one of those weapons

00:27:49will hopefully match.

00:27:51So I'll confront them on it.

00:27:52Hey, how's it going, man?

00:28:01So, a couple 9mm

00:28:03were found in your house.

00:28:06I've got the cameras.

00:28:08I've got video of you leaving.

00:28:11I want to know,

00:28:13yesterday night,

00:28:14who was with you

00:28:14when you went over

00:28:15to the trailers?

00:28:20Where'd the guns come from

00:28:21that were inside

00:28:22your apartment?

00:28:26Hmm?

00:28:30Your cousins?

00:28:33Was your cousin

00:28:33with you last night?

00:28:38But not last night.

00:28:41So he wasn't involved.

00:28:44So all I've got right now

00:28:45is you and your brother.

00:28:46That's a problem

00:28:47for you and your brother.

00:28:49I need you to come

00:28:50clean with me

00:28:51if there's a third person

00:28:52or if you're the one

00:28:55who f***ed up,

00:28:56then say you f***ed up

00:28:57and don't drag

00:29:00the other two down.

00:29:03Which one's you?

00:29:04He says he recognizes

00:29:29the men in the video

00:29:30from another apartment.

00:29:31Do you know their names?

00:29:42No.

00:29:50Let me check.

00:29:51The original ring camera footage

00:29:59that was sent to me.

00:30:00He's got even more.

00:30:03The owner of the doorbell camera

00:30:05sends additional video clips.

00:30:13He comes and picks up laundry

00:30:15at 10-0-4.

00:30:16Mm-hmm.

00:30:18The video confirms

00:30:19the younger brother

00:30:20was at home

00:30:21at the time of the murder.

00:30:26Hmm.

00:30:28Okay, so he's ruled out completely.

00:30:32They're going to test fire the gun.

00:30:34And right now,

00:30:34eyeballing it,

00:30:35they think it doesn't match.

00:30:36That's what we're getting at.

00:30:37The casings from the crime scene

00:30:40do not appear

00:30:41to have been fired

00:30:42from the recovered weapons.

00:30:48These aren't the guys.

00:30:50It's someone else

00:30:51that just happened to come

00:30:52from the apartments

00:30:53where they are.

00:30:53Which part was he saying?

00:31:03He said the one next door

00:31:05and the one right to the left.

00:31:07I guess the people.

00:31:11Obviously, if you smell anything,

00:31:13let everybody get out

00:31:14and we're seeing everybody

00:31:15like we did the first time.

00:31:16You ready?

00:31:24You can come on here.

00:31:25I'll get you out of here.

00:31:29That's just bad luck.

00:31:31It was looking like

00:31:32these were going to be our guys.

00:31:34Sometimes you get it wrong,

00:31:35but you just don't know

00:31:36until you question them

00:31:37and try to get to the truth

00:31:38of the matter.

00:31:39They did have stolen guns

00:31:40and a stolen vehicle

00:31:41in their possession,

00:31:42so they are involved

00:31:44with criminal activity,

00:31:45just not what we're

00:31:46investigating right now.

00:31:47We let them go.

00:31:48We can always charge them later

00:31:49if we want to.

00:31:50No rush on it right now.

00:31:52I mean, I'm frustrated

00:31:53that it didn't turn out,

00:31:55but the positive side is

00:31:56where that apartment is,

00:31:58the upstairs,

00:31:58these are our guys.

00:32:00So at least we have

00:32:01these three are 100%.

00:32:03So now it's just a matter

00:32:05of if we can identify them.

00:32:07And this one is the one

00:32:08that fired the shots on camera.

00:32:10So nice to figure out

00:32:11who he is.

00:32:13If we identify all four

00:32:14of these subjects,

00:32:15all four will be charged

00:32:16for murder.

00:32:18Hand of one,

00:32:19hand of all.

00:32:31March off to the police!

00:32:33Good work!

00:32:41Nobody's coming to the door.

00:32:43The problem's been

00:32:44long enough to hit it.

00:32:47I have a male wearing

00:32:49a camouflage hoodie.

00:32:50Who's in and out

00:32:51that apartment?

00:32:52Miller recovers

00:32:52more doorbell video

00:32:54from an apartment

00:32:55across from the potential

00:32:56suspects.

00:32:57Oh, oh, hold on.

00:32:58That might be our guy.

00:33:01One of the suspects

00:33:02had a camo jacket on.

00:33:03He's got a camo jacket.

00:33:04He's got a camo jacket on.

00:33:06She's here.

00:33:07He wears an old, uh,

00:33:08I feel like we're going to go.

00:33:13I think we have enough video

00:33:14to maybe do a facial rec.

00:33:16We're on the right track.

00:33:18We got some stuff to go off of.

00:33:19We just gotta follow up on it.

00:33:28Later that night...

00:33:29So I have these pictures

00:33:31that we got from this ring camera

00:33:33that's across the hall.

00:33:35So what I'm going to do

00:33:35is I'm going to take that picture

00:33:36and put it into Verkata

00:33:37and see what pops up.

00:33:41Our Verkata cameras

00:33:42are a city asset camera

00:33:43that we pay for to install.

00:33:46Two years ago,

00:33:47the city of North Charleston

00:33:48added over 700 surveillance cameras

00:33:50across the city

00:33:51to help reduce crime

00:33:52and improve police response time.

00:33:54They record things

00:33:55at major intersections.

00:33:57We can see everything

00:33:57from shootings to robberies

00:33:59to collisions

00:34:00to petty larcenies.

00:34:02They're extremely used

00:34:03for one of the best tools we have.

00:34:04The facial recognition software

00:34:06for Verkata,

00:34:06it's a very new feature

00:34:07they just added.

00:34:09It'll show up

00:34:10a bunch of different pictures

00:34:11who could possibly look like

00:34:12who I'm looking for.

00:34:15Okay, so I just put these

00:34:16into Verkata.

00:34:18What do you think, Malone?

00:34:19Come take a look at this real quick.

00:34:21This guy pops up right here

00:34:23with that exact same camo jacket.

00:34:27This was earlier that day,

00:34:29Thursday, April 25th.

00:34:32That's possibly

00:34:33one of the suspects right there.

00:34:35that looks like the guy

00:34:51from the ring camera video

00:34:53of his camo jacket right here.

00:34:56So we're seeing

00:34:57a potential suspect

00:34:58wearing similar clothes

00:34:59the same day as the shooting.

00:35:00He's walking alongside

00:35:06another male

00:35:07who's wearing similar clothes

00:35:09to what one of the other shooters

00:35:11is wearing.

00:35:12This dude looks like

00:35:13this dude right here.

00:35:15And then

00:35:16this guy right here

00:35:17with the long black shirt,

00:35:18dark pants,

00:35:19and the black shoes

00:35:20looks like this guy right here.

00:35:23I think that could be

00:35:24two of our guys right there.

00:35:25This Verkata camera

00:35:29is located

00:35:30in our East Montague area.

00:35:32There is a school

00:35:33just down the street.

00:35:34Maybe somebody at the school

00:35:35would recognize those two.

00:35:37And then we're going

00:35:37to send these images

00:35:38up to SLED.

00:35:39That's our South Carolina

00:35:40Law Enforcement Division.

00:35:42They have a lot of resources

00:35:43that we don't have.

00:35:44Hopefully,

00:35:45we can at least get the ID

00:35:46of two of the suspects

00:35:47out of the four.

00:35:48The next afternoon.

00:36:02This is apartment 13.

00:36:05And this

00:36:06is a guy

00:36:07that associates there.

00:36:12I heard back from Reeves.

00:36:13He talked to the school

00:36:14resource officer.

00:36:15We have identified him

00:36:16as Tristan Robertson.

00:36:19He's the one

00:36:19in the camel jacket.

00:36:23In his DMV photo,

00:36:25he's also wearing

00:36:25a camel jacket.

00:36:2819-year-old Tristan Robertson,

00:36:31a former student

00:36:32at North Charleston High School,

00:36:33has no prior convictions.

00:36:36Now, look who he's walking with.

00:36:37The body build

00:36:38of this guy.

00:36:40Doesn't that look

00:36:40very similar to this person?

00:36:43The South Carolina

00:36:44Law Enforcement Division

00:36:45ran the photo

00:36:46in their database.

00:36:48And got a hit.

00:36:50Facial rag,

00:36:51we identified him

00:36:52as Kobe Bryant.

00:36:54He was convicted

00:36:55of strong-arm robbery.

00:36:57He also got convicted

00:36:58for failure to stop

00:36:58for blue lights,

00:36:59so he's known to run.

00:37:00After serving 10 months

00:37:02in jail for larceny

00:37:03and receiving stolen goods,

00:37:0522-year-old Kobe Bryant

00:37:07was released

00:37:08six months ago.

00:37:09I think this is Tristan.

00:37:12I don't know who this is.

00:37:14I think this is Kobe.

00:37:16So we're going to do

00:37:17like a workup on them,

00:37:19see if they're on probation,

00:37:21what their phone number is,

00:37:23all that.

00:37:24I hope we can get

00:37:25these guys in custody,

00:37:26because once we catch

00:37:27at least one of them,

00:37:28they'll hopefully snitch

00:37:29on the others.

00:37:29as the clock winds down.

00:37:37I'm Detective Vantine.

00:37:39I'm assigned to the case

00:37:40for both the robbery

00:37:41and the homicide.

00:37:43Vantine meets

00:37:44with Eriberto's family

00:37:45and the three robbery victims.

00:37:47When we came in on Thursday,

00:37:49we had no idea

00:37:50who did this.

00:37:51Friday,

00:37:52we ended up pulling video

00:37:53from the area

00:37:54and got a description

00:37:55of possible suspects.

00:37:57Now, today,

00:37:58we've got possible names,

00:38:00and we're trying

00:38:00to piece that together.

00:38:02So we're actually

00:38:03a lot closer

00:38:04than we were.

00:38:06Sometimes these investigations

00:38:07take time.

00:38:08Let them know

00:38:09the second we make an arrest,

00:38:10the second we make an arrest,

00:38:11they are the first people

00:38:13we will call

00:38:13and let them know.

00:38:15Please,

00:38:16we would really appreciate that.

00:38:17Oh, definitely.

00:38:18We're working hard.

00:38:18Trust me.

00:38:19We are doing our best we can.

00:38:20So,

00:38:21if this is important,

00:38:22Detective,

00:38:22that they understand

00:38:23the best police department

00:38:38there is,

00:38:38no Charleston,

00:38:39period.

00:38:40They're the best.

00:38:41You don't worry about that.

00:38:42Solo let them work,

00:38:44right?

00:38:44And work with the situation,

00:38:45but they need time.

00:38:47It's going to be okay.

00:38:48Okay.

00:38:53In the first 48,

00:39:06North Charleston detectives

00:39:08responded to the murder

00:39:09of Heriberto Martinez Martinez,

00:39:11killed in his sleep

00:39:12by a stray bullet

00:39:13during a robbery,

00:39:14spoke to the robbery victims

00:39:16who said four men

00:39:17fled the scene,

00:39:18firing as they ran,

00:39:20discovered video surveillance

00:39:21that tracked three of the men

00:39:22to an apartment complex

00:39:24near the crime scene,

00:39:25identified two of the possible suspects

00:39:27as Tristan Robertson

00:39:28and Kobe Bryant,

00:39:30but all four suspects

00:39:31are still at large.

00:39:42Two days later...

00:39:44One of our guys

00:39:45that I think we've identified

00:39:46in the photo,

00:39:48Kobe Bryant

00:39:48is going to meet

00:39:50with his P.O.

00:39:51Detectives,

00:39:52head out to meet

00:39:52with Kobe's parole officers,

00:39:54hoping to question Kobe.

00:39:56We just want to talk to him,

00:39:57see about if he will

00:39:58identify himself,

00:39:59and also see if his P.O.

00:40:00will identify him

00:40:01from that photo

00:40:02that we have.

00:40:06Is that her?

00:40:06Hey, how you doing?

00:40:12Thank you so much

00:40:13for meeting with us.

00:40:14I'm Detective Vanton.

00:40:15Nice to meet you.

00:40:16Same here.

00:40:17I'll show you a photo.

00:40:19Yep, that looks like him.

00:40:22That definitely

00:40:23had to tell us, Kobe.

00:40:24That's Kobe?

00:40:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:40:27Is he pretty cooperative?

00:40:28Would he talk with us?

00:40:29I think so,

00:40:30because believe it or not,

00:40:30he doesn't want to go back to jail.

00:40:32He helps us,

00:40:33like we'll try our best

00:40:34to help him.

00:40:35He's texting.

00:40:36He said 10 minutes.

00:40:37Okay.

00:40:40Yeah.

00:40:42Well, that's a good sign.

00:40:43She's pretty much

00:40:44thinking that's him.

00:40:45And it's just a matter

00:40:46of getting him

00:40:47to just say,

00:40:48that's me.

00:40:49And once he admits that,

00:40:51we have him.

00:40:52And all we have to do

00:40:54is at that point

00:40:54is see if he'll give up

00:40:57the other names.

00:41:03Hey, how you doing?

00:41:04He's pulling around.

00:41:07He's in a baby.

00:41:08There should be.

00:41:09Yeah, I see him.

00:41:10I see him.

00:41:11You see him?

00:41:11Yes, ma'am.

00:41:12All right, thank you.

00:41:16I'm going to go hot.

00:41:17Come on.

00:41:22Kobe spots the detectives

00:41:24and takes off.

00:41:26Can I have an EMS

00:41:35to the Lonnie Hamilton building?

00:41:51Myself and the suspects.

00:41:53We fell after a brief foot chase.

00:41:56What kind of idiot's

00:41:57going to poke me

00:41:58or stick me or anything

00:41:59about, man?

00:42:00He just took off running.

00:42:02I caught him

00:42:02on the other side

00:42:03of the parking lot.

00:42:07We just wanted to talk to him,

00:42:08so it makes it look

00:42:09a little weird

00:42:10that he just takes off running

00:42:11as soon as we get out of the car.

00:42:12Kobe Bryant's parole officer

00:42:19approaches Miller.

00:42:30Inside the car

00:42:33is the other person

00:42:34of interest,

00:42:35Tristan Robertson.

00:42:37Fenton.

00:42:38It's Tristan in the backseat.

00:42:39Okay.

00:42:40Hey, close to that backseat

00:42:41and detain that.

00:42:48Tristan.

00:42:49Tristan.

00:42:49Right back.

00:42:50All right.

00:42:50The chain's right back.

00:42:51We got anything in here.

00:42:52What the f***?

00:42:54Excuse me.

00:42:55Butler's going to go

00:42:56sit at the hospital.

00:42:57We'll take him

00:42:58to the detective day

00:42:59right now.

00:43:00While Kobe is taken

00:43:01to the hospital

00:43:01for evaluation,

00:43:03Tristan is detained

00:43:04for questioning.

00:43:05We've got Tristan

00:43:06and Kobe.

00:43:07Tristan was in the backseat

00:43:08to Florida.

00:43:10Hopefully he'll talk

00:43:10to us, though,

00:43:11because they're not

00:43:11happy right now.

00:43:20That's Tristan Robertson.

00:43:22Going to go in

00:43:22and try to interview him,

00:43:23see if he'll admit

00:43:24that he's in the photos.

00:43:26What do y'all need?

00:43:28A few kind words,

00:43:29some support.

00:43:30You got this.

00:43:31You want a chest bump?

00:43:32You want me to punch you

00:43:33in the chest?

00:43:34Oh, okay.

00:43:35Come on.

00:43:36Going in to hurt him.

00:43:39Hey, man,

00:43:40you need any water

00:43:40or anything?

00:43:41You sure?

00:43:45Okay, I'll try

00:43:46to get you home

00:43:46as quick as I can.

00:43:48Obviously, you saw

00:43:49what happened out there,

00:43:49right?

00:43:50Running and all that.

00:43:52You see me stay right here?

00:43:54I know.

00:43:55That's awesome, dude.

00:43:56How old are you, man?

00:43:5719.

00:43:5819?

00:43:59What grade

00:43:59did you complete

00:44:00in school?

00:44:0011.

00:44:02You got your GED

00:44:02or anything?

00:44:03No.

00:44:03You go and work on that?

00:44:04Yeah.

00:44:05That's what I'm trying

00:44:05to work on now.

00:44:06Sweet.

00:44:07What do you do

00:44:07for a living, though?

00:44:08I work at Emily Oil.

00:44:09Oh, okay.

00:44:10I got you.

00:44:12No, basically,

00:44:13I just want to talk

00:44:13to you about some things.

00:44:14I want to show you

00:44:15some pictures.

00:44:16That's it.

00:44:17I don't know why

00:44:18he did what he did,

00:44:19but we'll talk

00:44:20to him as well.

00:44:21I want to show

00:44:22a picture.

00:44:25This is off of,

00:44:26like, Jenkins Avenue.

00:44:27This is April 25th,

00:44:28which is a Thursday.

00:44:29Van Tine shows Tristan

00:44:32the photo from city cameras

00:44:33taken six hours

00:44:35before the homicide.

00:44:37I mean...

00:44:38Do you have a

00:44:40camouflage jacket

00:44:40like that?

00:44:41No.

00:44:42I used to when I was...

00:44:44That was back in 2021.

00:44:47That how I mean?

00:44:48I don't know.

00:44:49That's not me.

00:44:52I was with my granny

00:44:53Thursday and Friday.

00:44:55Where's your granny house?

00:44:57West Ashby.

00:44:58The reason is,

00:44:58because...

00:44:59So, there was an incident

00:45:00that happened

00:45:01on Thursday night.

00:45:03Where?

00:45:04Around Midland Park and Stahl.

00:45:07I think you were

00:45:07with some people

00:45:08that messed up.

00:45:09Yes.

00:45:10I'm asking you,

00:45:11trying to treat you

00:45:12as a witness here.

00:45:14That's not me, though.

00:45:16I'm telling you,

00:45:17that's not me.

00:45:17Where I was at,

00:45:18you can call my dad

00:45:19and my grandma.

00:45:20So you stayed

00:45:21in West Ashby

00:45:21the entire time on Friday?

00:45:23I got you.

00:45:25Van Tine shows him

00:45:26another photo

00:45:26taken by a city camera

00:45:27the day after the shooting.

00:45:33So you're saying

00:45:34that ain't you?

00:45:35That looked like

00:45:36North Charleston.

00:45:37Yeah, it's North Charleston.

00:45:38But you're saying

00:45:38you and West Ashby

00:45:39on this date?

00:45:43All right.

00:45:44I don't look like

00:45:45North Charleston.

00:45:48You're saying, like,

00:45:48the pictures are

00:45:49completely wrong?

00:45:50Like, we could...

00:45:50I don't know.

00:45:51That's...

00:45:51I don't know.

00:45:51Like, how is there

00:45:52a picture of you

00:45:53in an area

00:45:54that you're claiming

00:45:55that you're not?

00:45:55We have cameras

00:45:56all over the city.

00:45:57We have cameras

00:45:57all over Stahl Road.

00:45:58We have cameras

00:45:59all over Facet.

00:46:00You see what I'm saying?

00:46:01I was not on Stahl Road.

00:46:04I don't know

00:46:05what you're talking

00:46:06about,

00:46:06what happened on Stahl Road.

00:46:07I was not on Stahl Road.

00:46:09You can just give me

00:46:10a look.

00:46:10I don't know

00:46:11what it's going at.

00:46:13Okay.

00:46:16I'll be back.

00:46:17I told you

00:46:17where I was at,

00:46:18so...

00:46:18You sit tight.

00:46:19He's just denying everything.

00:46:31He didn't know

00:46:32what to say

00:46:32if he showed him

00:46:33that left.

00:46:33No.

00:46:34He said,

00:46:35that's not me

00:46:35and then lured up.

00:46:37Like, he literally said

00:46:39he's in West Ashley.

00:46:39He never left West Ashley.

00:46:40A few minutes later,

00:46:48Kobe arrives

00:46:49at headquarters.

00:46:52We'll get Detective Butler

00:46:53to try to talk to him.

00:46:55Maybe it'd be better

00:46:55that someone

00:46:56who wasn't on scene

00:46:57when he ran

00:46:57and ran after him

00:46:58would be probably better.

00:47:00He's requested

00:47:01to speak to

00:47:02Sergeant Mike Brown,

00:47:03who used to mentor him

00:47:04when he was a younger kid.

00:47:06The detective

00:47:07Kobe requested

00:47:08is currently working

00:47:09for the chief of police.

00:47:10So I'm going to get

00:47:11in contact with him

00:47:12to see if he'd be willing

00:47:13to come down

00:47:13and speak to Kobe.

00:47:15The murder's at 9.50 p.m.?

00:47:17Yeah.

00:47:17This is at 3.50

00:47:19on the day of the murder.

00:47:20Get him to identify himself.

00:47:21That's going to be Kobe

00:47:22and that's going to be Tristan.

00:47:25Just found this picture

00:47:26on Kobe's Facebook

00:47:28and those shoes

00:47:29are the green Nike.

00:47:33The Facebook photo

00:47:34of Kobe

00:47:35was posted four months ago.

00:47:38His shoes match.

00:47:39If you watch

00:47:39the actual video,

00:47:40the shoes match

00:47:41from his picture

00:47:42there.

00:47:45All right,

00:47:45I'll go talk to him.

00:47:47All right.

00:47:50I've been brought up

00:47:51to speed on

00:47:51what's going on here.

00:47:56Who is that?

00:47:57Butler shows him

00:47:57a photo from a city camera

00:47:59on the day

00:48:00of the shooting.

00:48:01I don't know who that is.

00:48:02No idea who that is?

00:48:05No.

00:48:09But you know

00:48:10what happened Thursday?

00:48:10No.

00:48:11I don't know

00:48:11what happened Thursday.

00:48:14Let me ask you a question.

00:48:15You have some

00:48:16white and

00:48:17teal or bluish

00:48:18like high top

00:48:19Nike

00:48:20or whatever?

00:48:21Did you let...

00:48:22You know what I'm talking about?

00:48:22It's on your...

00:48:23You're waiting on

00:48:23on your Facebook page.

00:48:28Hey, man.

00:48:29That's what you...

00:48:29That's what you're asking for, right?

00:48:30Yeah.

00:48:31I go and see

00:48:31the base law

00:48:32for the day.

00:48:33Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

00:48:35Hold on, hold on.

00:48:36You know how we roll, right?

00:48:38Sure.

00:48:38You have those shoes, right?

00:48:40No.

00:48:41I'm not coming up.

00:48:42Did you give those shoes

00:48:43to somebody?

00:48:44No, I was supposed to give them to me.

00:48:45But I didn't give them.

00:48:47I left them at a friend's house.

00:48:48When?

00:48:49Long time.

00:48:51Okay.

00:48:52All right.

00:48:52We'll talk to you for a minute.

00:48:57Listen, man.

00:48:58How long have we known each other?

00:49:00A long time.

00:49:02I know your family.

00:49:04Right?

00:49:05I know you.

00:49:0710,000 billion.

00:49:08And that may be the case.

00:49:10But they don't have you up here

00:49:11for no reason.

00:49:13I've been doing this

00:49:13for a long time.

00:49:14I'm telling you 100%

00:49:16that everything that they're asking you,

00:49:18they know the answers to

00:49:19for the most part.

00:49:21They're not just asking you

00:49:22for no reason.

00:49:23This is your opportunity

00:49:24to help yourself out

00:49:26as best you can.

00:49:28There's only one thing

00:49:28I need from you.

00:49:30What's that?

00:49:31I need for you

00:49:32to at least tell me the truth.

00:49:38Kobe, listen to me.

00:49:51I don't want to see you

00:49:52throw your life away, dude.

00:49:54Me neither.

00:49:55I just come home.

00:49:56It's time to get my life back together.

00:49:59Right.

00:49:59And I don't want to see

00:50:00anything happen to you.

00:50:01But if you're not

00:50:03telling the truth,

00:50:04you know what's going to happen.

00:50:06But I had nothing to do

00:50:07with this situation.

00:50:08I had nothing to do

00:50:08with it.

00:50:08I don't even know

00:50:09what's going on.

00:50:12I'm not saying that

00:50:13you did anything

00:50:14that you shot somebody.

00:50:15But I know you might

00:50:18be a witness to it.

00:50:19Witness to a murder?

00:50:22I didn't know

00:50:22nothing about no murder,

00:50:24no nothing.

00:50:25I didn't know

00:50:26if it was something

00:50:26that happened

00:50:27on Star Wars last week.

00:50:28I saw it on Facebook.

00:50:31So what happened?

00:50:32I don't know.

00:50:32They said somebody

00:50:33being robbed or some shit

00:50:34investigating an armed robbery

00:50:35with you.

00:50:36I guess one person

00:50:37died of some shit.

00:50:38I don't know

00:50:38nothing about the shit.

00:50:39I'd be in my cowhouse,

00:50:41I'd be at her,

00:50:41and I'd be home.

00:50:43I don't know

00:50:43I don't be in nobody else.

00:50:45You know there's a difference

00:50:48between being a suspect

00:50:50and a witness, right?

00:50:53What's the difference?

00:50:54I ain't a suspect.

00:50:55I'm an innocent person.

00:50:56Right.

00:50:57And what's a witness?

00:50:58Someone has knowledge of me.

00:51:00I don't got knowledge of shit.

00:51:02Right.

00:51:02So there's two different things.

00:51:04Yeah.

00:51:04I guess I don't have to be real.

00:51:05I don't have knowledge

00:51:06of what happened Thursday night,

00:51:07and I was not a suspect

00:51:08of shit that happened Thursday night.

00:51:11I got you.

00:51:11I understand what you're saying.

00:51:14Don't you try to say?

00:51:15I'm trying to understand

00:51:16what's going on.

00:51:18I wasn't there.

00:51:20And if I was there,

00:51:21I would have told you

00:51:21I was there,

00:51:22but I wasn't there.

00:51:25What if there's something

00:51:26that shows different?

00:51:27There's something

00:51:28that shows different

00:51:28than I and me.

00:51:30I and me.

00:51:32I don't want to be anywhere.

00:51:34All right.

00:51:36It's Sergeant Bailey.

00:51:38What's up, man?

00:51:38Yes, sir.

00:51:39So, I know you've been in here

00:51:41talking to Sergeant Brown

00:51:43because I've been listening.

00:51:44He's not lying to you

00:51:45when he tells you

00:51:46that we have a lot more

00:51:47than what you think we have.

00:51:49I want to lay some stuff

00:51:50down on the table for you,

00:51:51all right?

00:51:53Because we've been investigating

00:51:54this thing since it happened

00:51:56last Thursday night.

00:51:57All right.

00:51:58So, you know that the city

00:52:00has thousands of cameras

00:52:02around it.

00:52:03I'm pretty sure it is.

00:52:04Bailey shows him

00:52:31a photo of Tristan.

00:52:34You met him today?

00:52:54Yes.

00:52:55Kobe, you don't lie

00:52:57to the man, don't you?

00:52:58You met him today

00:52:59when you with this man

00:53:00on Thursday.

00:53:01It's not a trick question.

00:53:03All right, Thursday.

00:53:04Like I said,

00:53:05I was trying to see my PO.

00:53:07Somehow, somehow,

00:53:07he was there.

00:53:12Okay.

00:53:13You have to understand

00:53:14what I'm trying to tell you.

00:53:15You're in a situation.

00:53:17I know I'm in this situation.

00:53:18Yeah, I want you to understand

00:53:19how bad this situation is.

00:53:21Ain't got nothing to do with me.

00:53:22And I've got your PO

00:53:23telling me

00:53:24when they watch your video,

00:53:25this person right here?

00:53:30That dude, right there.

00:53:32Supposed to be me, huh?

00:53:33She's saying that, isn't she?

00:53:37Is you a witness?

00:53:39All these bitches,

00:53:40I tell y'all got me in this

00:53:40finally, not in real

00:53:42in this

00:53:42So you're admitting that's you?

00:53:47No.

00:53:48That's me, all right?

00:53:49That's me, that's me,

00:53:50and that's me.

00:53:51That's me, me, me.

00:53:52But I got black hat on

00:53:54in these bitches.

00:53:55Where the heck comes from?

00:53:56I don't know.

00:53:56Exactly.

00:53:56The thing I'm trying

00:53:58to let you know

00:53:58is all these guys

00:54:00right here

00:54:01people away

00:54:01from this apartment complex

00:54:03which is less than

00:54:04300 yards away

00:54:05from where the incident

00:54:06location happened

00:54:06wearing the same blue

00:54:08I don't have no green hat.

00:54:10I don't have no green hat.

00:54:13Listen to me, let's say, Kobe.

00:54:14I have not seen

00:54:15any of those bitches.

00:54:16You share with Sergeant Bailey

00:54:18more than you share with me

00:54:19and I know you.

00:54:20All right, because...

00:54:21Kobe, I know you.

00:54:22How you think that makes me feel?

00:54:24But you didn't tell me

00:54:25about any of this shit.

00:54:25I didn't know

00:54:26they had none of this shit.

00:54:27I'm not, I, I, I,

00:54:28I'm not asking you.

00:54:29I'm asking you.

00:54:30I'm gonna speak to my lawyer.

00:54:32All right, I'm gonna speak

00:54:33to my lawyer, bro.

00:54:34I don't know the shit.

00:54:35I'm gonna speak to my lawyer.

00:54:35I'm leaving.

00:54:36He's staying as your friend.

00:54:37I'm leaving.

00:54:38I don't got no friends, bro.

00:54:39I don't got no friends.

00:54:40I don't speak to my lawyer.

00:54:41I understand.

00:54:43But, Kobe,

00:54:43listen to what I'm telling you.

00:54:45Turn around, man.

00:54:46Let's talk.

00:54:47Turn around.

00:54:47Let's talk.

00:54:49That's disrespectful

00:54:49to turn your back on me.

00:54:51You know what, man?

00:54:51Y'all ain't getting me

00:54:52down saying I was

00:54:53in a mom and an arm robbery

00:54:54or some shit.

00:54:54I'm not talking about that

00:54:55no more.

00:54:58I think this is the best

00:55:00detective unit in the state,

00:55:02probably in the world.

00:55:04They're great at what they do.

00:55:06They'll find the truth.

00:55:07I guarantee you that.

00:55:08They'll find it,

00:55:09but I wouldn't do it.

00:55:09They'll find the truth.

00:55:10Well, I'm always around,

00:55:13so call me if you need

00:55:14to talk to me about this.

00:55:16All right?

00:55:22He loaded up,

00:55:23so it's not what

00:55:23I can't do with that.

00:55:24He loaded up.

00:55:25He was being faced

00:55:26with too much music.

00:55:27But I did leave him

00:55:28with,

00:55:29I'll be here.

00:55:31I can just have

00:55:31somebody call me.

00:55:32We'll talk it out.

00:55:34When I got the call

00:55:35that he was down here,

00:55:36I had to get prepared

00:55:37to put the Big Brother

00:55:39coat on.

00:55:40Sergeant Mike Brown

00:55:41first met Kobe

00:55:42several years ago

00:55:43as a school resource

00:55:44officer.

00:55:44I played football

00:55:45with his uncle

00:55:47in high school,

00:55:48and he walked up to me

00:55:49and was like,

00:55:50hey, you know my family.

00:55:51And so we formed a pretty

00:55:52good rapport,

00:55:53good relationship,

00:55:54and I always kept

00:55:55that door open with him

00:55:57like, hey, man,

00:55:57if you need something,

00:55:58I'm there for you.

00:56:00But in this case,

00:56:01it's different.

00:56:02I mean, it's a murder,

00:56:03so it's kind of hard

00:56:05to break that barrier

00:56:05right now.

00:56:07Probation officer called

00:56:09just now.

00:56:10Yeah.

00:56:12Kobe's mom called her.

00:56:13She found credit cards

00:56:15and debit cards

00:56:15with Hispanic names

00:56:16in Christian's room.

00:56:19According to the parole

00:56:20officer,

00:56:21the cards were found

00:56:22in a bedroom

00:56:23shared by Kobe's

00:56:24two younger brothers.

00:56:26Kobe's got a brother

00:56:27named Christian

00:56:28and a brother

00:56:28named Jameson.

00:56:34Christian Bryant?

00:56:3520-year-old Christian Bryant

00:56:37has no prior convictions.

00:56:42This is Jameson Bryant.

00:56:4418-year-old Jameson Bryant

00:56:45also has no prior convictions.

00:56:48The thing is,

00:56:49is we have four suspects,

00:56:51so it could be all them

00:56:52and Tristan.

00:56:54I'm ready to go home.

00:56:56Y'all not in the room,

00:56:57you man, come on.

00:56:58That's what I'm thinking.

00:56:59It's going to be him,

00:57:00his two brothers,

00:57:01probably, and Tristan.

00:57:03That witness approach

00:57:04may be failing with him

00:57:05because he knows

00:57:06it's his brother

00:57:07going to be the shooter.

00:57:08F*** now.

00:57:11Let's go.

00:57:12We got to get

00:57:12a search warrant going.

00:57:13We need to get someone

00:57:14over there

00:57:14to get those.

00:57:16You have Tiffany

00:57:17the phone number

00:57:17because Tiffany's

00:57:19going to go with

00:57:19Gina and Cockrell.

00:57:24That's her apartment.

00:57:25That's her contact number.

00:57:27Okay.

00:57:28Really,

00:57:29if we can get

00:57:29the names on the cards

00:57:31and then Wilson

00:57:31do a search warrant,

00:57:33I hope they come back

00:57:33to our victims.

00:57:36I think these are our guys.

00:57:37If the credit card

00:57:44comes back

00:57:45to one of the victims

00:57:46that was robbed,

00:57:47that would seal the deal.

00:57:56Hello?

00:57:57Yeah.

00:58:04I'll put you on speaker.

00:58:05We'll repeat that.

00:58:05Caitlin just got a call back

00:58:08from the armed robbery victim.

00:58:10He confirmed

00:58:11that that bank card

00:58:12is his.

00:58:16Thank you so much.

00:58:17That's awesome.

00:58:18That's great news.

00:58:20Bye.

00:58:21Kofor's son fled

00:58:22the residence

00:58:23and she doesn't know

00:58:24where they are.

00:58:26According to their mother,

00:58:27Christian and Jameson

00:58:28left home

00:58:29after hearing Kobe

00:58:30was detained

00:58:31and won't return her calls.

00:58:33Kobe was staying

00:58:34with his girlfriend,

00:58:35which is in Goose Creek.

00:58:37That means the clothing's

00:58:38probably in her house

00:58:40in Goose Creek.

00:58:41The team will get warrants

00:58:42to search Kobe's

00:58:42girlfriend's house

00:58:43and his mother's house

00:58:45for additional evidence.

00:58:47It's his two brothers.

00:58:48That's why he can't.

00:58:49That's why he won't play

00:58:51because he can't

00:58:51ride on his brothers.

00:58:53I think with the credit card

00:58:55being found now

00:58:56that belonging to the victim,

00:58:57I think obviously

00:58:58murder charge on him

00:58:59and there it's a game.

00:59:00I think he can go

00:59:01murder on him.

00:59:01I'm going to go murder on him

00:59:02because he's with him

00:59:03before and after.

00:59:05What the

00:59:05he's going on?

00:59:08What the

00:59:09is going on?

00:59:16I don't like

00:59:16the way this thing's going.

00:59:19What are you trying to say?

00:59:19I'm going to jail?

00:59:22All right.

00:59:22Where are you going to jail from?

00:59:23He just told me

00:59:24they found some stuff.

00:59:26At your mama's house,

00:59:27Kobe,

00:59:27and that's not cool.

00:59:28Like, that ain't cool

00:59:29because I'm sure

00:59:30your mama

00:59:30ain't have nothing to do.

00:59:32She don't

00:59:33and I don't either.

00:59:35So who has access

00:59:36to your mom's house

00:59:36besides you and your brothers?

00:59:38They don't.

00:59:39And my mama.

00:59:42So which one of them

00:59:44might be involved in this?

00:59:57Well, I don't know

00:59:59which one of them

01:00:00is going to be involved today.

01:00:01I don't know.

01:00:01I get it.

01:00:02I understand.

01:00:03It's tough.

01:00:07I can't point fingers.

01:00:08I can't.

01:00:09I can't take nothing

01:00:10but nothing.

01:00:13Put the charges on.

01:00:15They're probably going to

01:00:16charge you with murder.

01:00:17I'm going to charge you

01:00:17and murder for?

01:00:19I don't want to

01:00:20I don't want to

01:00:21do it, man.

01:00:22Don't put your mom

01:00:23through this, bro.

01:00:24Don't do it.

01:00:25You've got to be

01:00:26responsible for anything

01:00:28that you've done

01:00:28or anything that you

01:00:29have knowledge of.

01:00:32Really didn't find out

01:00:33my mama's house?

01:00:34I don't know

01:00:34what you're talking about.

01:00:35I don't know what you're talking about.

01:00:39All right.

01:00:42If you know I'm talking to me,

01:00:44you know where I'm at.

01:00:44You know the game's contacting me.

01:00:46See anything I've searched before.

01:00:50He's not coming off.

01:00:51I was going to tell

01:00:52on a brother, you know,

01:00:53so I understand.

01:00:55But it's what it is.

01:01:00Sounds like

01:01:00his brothers are involved.

01:01:03Some of the things

01:01:04may be at his mother's house.

01:01:06It's a sad situation,

01:01:08but it never has to happen this way.

01:01:09We all have choices.

01:01:10I told him if he wants to

01:01:11talk to us,

01:01:12he knows how to get in touch with me.

01:01:16All right.

01:01:17We're going to transport you to jail.

01:01:19What am I doing?

01:01:20Murder.

01:01:20Murder?

01:01:21Yeah, murder.

01:01:22Me?

01:01:22Yeah, you.

01:01:23How the f***?

01:01:23I ain't getting murdered.

01:01:26That's stupid.

01:01:27That's not me, bro.

01:01:28Wrong person.

01:01:29Ain't no f***ing murder.

01:01:30Well, you're being charged with murder.

01:01:32That's a f***ing down, bro.

01:01:33That's a f***ing down.

01:01:34I'm going to transport you to the jail, so.

01:01:36That's a f***.

01:01:37I'm going to transport you.

01:01:38Dumb-ass people.

01:01:39Dumb-ass people.

01:01:40I'm taking that s*** all the way to trial,

01:01:43I'm calling.

01:01:45It's been a good day.

01:01:47We actually got two suspects in custody for murder.

01:01:50So out of the three suspects,

01:01:52that's Tristan Robertson,

01:01:54and that's Kobe Bryant.

01:01:56This person we do not know,

01:01:58and he's the shooter.

01:02:00There's actually a fourth suspect

01:02:01that's not pictured here

01:02:02that shows up with them.

01:02:03I believe it's going to be his brother's.

01:02:06It's just not proving it.

01:02:17The next day.

01:02:20You want some water or something?

01:02:23No, I'm okay.

01:02:25This is Kobe's mom.

01:02:28Kobe's probation officer

01:02:29wrote me an email this morning

01:02:30saying that Kobe's mom wanted to talk to us.

01:02:33She wants to provide additional information

01:02:36because she thinks that her other son

01:02:37is involved with the homicide.

01:02:41Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe.

01:02:46Hello, man.

01:02:46Detective Bantime.

01:02:48Nice to meet you.

01:02:50I got here.

01:02:51Two sons that live with you are

01:02:53Christian with a K?

01:02:55Yes.

01:02:56And the other one is Jameson?

01:02:58Yes.

01:02:59Where are they now?

01:03:00I have no clue.

01:03:04When did Kobe move out?

01:03:05Kobe was gone for about a month,

01:03:07and I found out what I found out yesterday.

01:03:10What did you find out?

01:03:11Well, what I heard from Kobe's PO

01:03:13is that first he was being detained,

01:03:15and he was supposed to be a person of interest

01:03:17to the robbery.

01:03:20And I was like, what?

01:03:22Like that?

01:03:22You know, I'm shocked.

01:03:24So she was just filling me in what's going on,

01:03:25and she said it was a Mexican person that died.

01:03:32I was like, what?

01:03:33I was like, it's funny when she said that.

01:03:34I was like, well, I found a Mexican check in my house.

01:03:38Friday.

01:03:39Yes.

01:03:39When I went inside that room,

01:03:41it was sitting on the floor.

01:03:42So I picked it up, and I looked at it.

01:03:44I'm like, I know for sure there's nobody in my house.

01:03:46So when Christian got back, I was like,

01:03:48well, whose check is this?

01:03:50Oh, I found it on the ground.

01:03:52I said, well, why would you be stupid

01:03:53to pick it up and bring it home?

01:03:55Just get rid of it.

01:03:56He said he tore it out, and he threw it away.

01:04:00Sunday passed.

01:04:01I found another check.

01:04:03And there's a credit card, too.

01:04:05So now that everything is added,

01:04:06I said, well, let me just let her know

01:04:08what's going on.

01:04:09You know what I'm saying?

01:04:10Yeah, yeah.

01:04:11I really appreciate that.

01:04:14I know it's hard.

01:04:15Pull forward.

01:04:16I took it to find my kids.

01:04:19Tristan?

01:04:19I don't know who Tristan was.

01:04:21We got him.

01:04:23This definitely looks like him.

01:04:25Dad looks like Cole.

01:04:27And look at that one, too.

01:04:30Oh, yeah, that's definitely James.

01:04:33Which one is?

01:04:34That's definitely James.

01:04:36He's the only one that wears this third great jacket.

01:04:39G.I.D.'s the suspected shooter

01:04:41as her 18-year-old son, James.

01:04:45Do you think Christian would be with him?

01:04:47Do you think he'd be one of the guys

01:04:49running in the video?

01:04:51I'm not sure.

01:04:57All right, I can call if you need me, too.

01:04:59Yeah, you can ask me.

01:05:01No, I'm going to just be scared

01:05:02at one time because, I mean,

01:05:03I don't want to sound

01:05:04a little shaggy or something.

01:05:05It ain't.

01:05:06I don't want to ask you, honestly,

01:05:11you got something to do with this Robert Rutherford?

01:05:14Yeah, I've been able to fight them.

01:05:16I wasn't involved.

01:05:17How do you mean you've been with them?

01:05:19I ain't got to be with them all.

01:05:21So, you've been there when the Robert Rutherford plays, too,

01:05:24because the surveillance touches I'm looking at?

01:05:26I expect all three of them look like y'all.

01:05:28Jameson been there, too?

01:05:31I need you to answer my question.

01:05:32Was Jameson with y'all?

01:05:35Y'all knew what y'all did.

01:05:36When I found them checks

01:05:37and I asked you about them checks,

01:05:39why y'all did what y'all did?

01:05:40Y'all, you know what somebody did?

01:05:41Jameson is not involved with it.

01:05:44You're not involved in it,

01:05:46but you've been there

01:05:47when the robbery was going on?

01:05:49You don't want to speak on the phone,

01:05:50so would you like to come in

01:05:51and talk a question right now

01:05:52because it's a serious matter to y'all.

01:05:57If you ain't did nothing,

01:05:59then why are you running?

01:06:03I ain't the person that you...

01:06:05You know, he said Jameson was with them?

01:06:08Yes.

01:06:09He said, of course.

01:06:10Oh, is that what he said?

01:06:11I couldn't hear.

01:06:11Yeah.

01:06:12So, that's all three of my kids

01:06:13and then...

01:06:14And the other one.

01:06:15Yeah.

01:06:16So, I don't know what else to do.

01:06:17No, you've done a lot.

01:06:18I appreciate you calling him

01:06:20and all that.

01:06:20And if you can convince him

01:06:22to come and meet with us

01:06:23at some point, not now,

01:06:24I mean, just, you know...

01:06:25No, he needs to come now.

01:06:27He knows that's why he hung up.

01:06:31I really appreciate it.

01:06:33No problem.

01:06:33I think that's about it.

01:06:35I know we have your number.

01:06:37As far as a victim,

01:06:38I know I'm probably not allowed

01:06:40to reach out to them

01:06:41because they are my kids,

01:06:42you know what I'm saying?

01:06:42But can I express my sympathy?

01:06:45You know, I do just apologize for it.

01:06:47I can't take it back.

01:06:48But, you know,

01:06:48it's just not right

01:06:49at the end of the day.

01:06:51Oh, gosh.

01:06:51They make their own choices.

01:06:55Okay?

01:06:55Don't put that on you.

01:06:59Yeah, of course he can't come back.

01:07:02Then it wasn't because

01:07:03of choices you made.

01:07:04She is so cooperative.

01:07:22An amazingly wonderful, cooperative mother.

01:07:25And all three of her kids are involved.

01:07:27I feel horrible for her.

01:07:29She identified one in the middle,

01:07:31saying that looks like Jameson,

01:07:32and then she called Christian on the phone,

01:07:34and he said he was there,

01:07:36and Jameson was there for the robbery.

01:07:39And on speaker?

01:07:40Yeah.

01:07:41They're in the wind.

01:07:44And she's going to try to call them

01:07:46and try to get them to come in.

01:07:48That made the case right there,

01:07:49helping us to bring justice to this family

01:07:53quicker than it would have been done

01:07:54if she hadn't come in

01:07:55and gave us that information.

01:07:57She was upset,

01:07:58but she said that she wanted to appear in court

01:08:00just so she can see the victims

01:08:03and tell them how sorry she is

01:08:05that her sons did this.

01:08:08Our two outstanding defendants,

01:08:11I will send the warrants over

01:08:12to our marshal's task force,

01:08:14and they will start tracking them

01:08:15so we can locate them

01:08:16and safely effect an arrest on them.

01:08:28Eight days later.

01:08:31So it's going to be this brick house right here.

01:08:33The marshals track Christian and Jameson

01:08:37to a relative's house in Glen Terrace.

01:08:40We're surrounding the house,

01:08:42and we're going to try to get them out peacefully.

01:08:44But SWAT on standby just in case.

01:08:51I know you're in the sky.

01:08:53Don't wait for the others.

01:08:55You need to knock the door to your hands out

01:08:57or walk out the door to the door now.

01:09:03I know you're in the sky.

01:09:12Negotiations are in progress right now,

01:09:13and we're standing by.

01:09:16We know they're armed.

01:09:17We know they're dangerous.

01:09:18So we just want to take all precautions

01:09:19to make sure the citizens nearby don't get hurt,

01:09:21nor any officers, nor them.

01:09:27Ready?

01:09:29As the team approaches the house...

01:09:31The brothers flee out the back.

01:09:46He's gone.

01:10:0220-year-old Christian Bryant is taken into custody.

01:10:10But the suspected shooter, Jameson Bryant, is nowhere to be found.

01:10:15The spot did not locate him in the house. He slipped out.

01:10:18It's still a win. Still a win in the book.

01:10:21Three down, one to go.

01:10:23Christian, Bryant, I know you know what you're out here in reference to.

01:10:36I want to get your side of the story of what happened.

01:10:41Listen, I've known this job for a long time. I get it.

01:10:43Accents happen, bad s*** happens all the f***ing time.

01:10:46It's hard to f***ing talk about because it's f***ing.

01:10:49But you can't get over the facts of the case.

01:10:52Right.

01:10:53We have video of the incident. We have video leave in the apartment.

01:10:56The facts are what they are.

01:10:58This is your chance to tell me what happened.

01:11:03We walked over to the trailer park.

01:11:05It was like, come on, let's go for a walk.

01:11:07I was like, go walk.

01:11:08I'm like, oh, we got the car. We can just drive.

01:11:10It was like, it was right around the corner.

01:11:12So I was like, f*** it, that's cool.

01:11:14So what happened? How'd it go down?

01:11:18I guess.

01:11:19They saw a couple of guys and then went.

01:11:21Everything just happened too fast for me.

01:11:23So I was in the back with no clue just going along with the s***.

01:11:26Once everything happened, I guess, I run with them.

01:11:29Okay.

01:11:30How many people have firearms that have with you?

01:11:32The only one that I know of.

01:11:34Okay.

01:11:35And is that Jameson?

01:11:36Okay.

01:11:37So...

01:11:38So you did not have a firearm?

01:11:39No, I'm not. I promise you, no.

01:11:40Did Kobe have a firearm?

01:11:41Not that I've been aware of, no.

01:11:42Did Tristan have a firearm?

01:11:43Yeah, I'm sure I know.

01:11:44So I'll say this.

01:11:45All evidence is pointing to Jameson as the one that had the gun.

01:11:47I'm not saying that you're saying that, but all evidence is showing me that.

01:11:49Right.

01:11:50And when are those shots fired?

01:11:51Uh, I guess when we had Steven.

01:11:53And I heard someone was chasing us.

01:11:54I never looked back.

01:11:55I didn't know that it was the gunfire on the side of my head.

01:11:56Okay.

01:11:57So you're fleeing and you hear gunshots as y'all are running away?

01:11:58Yeah.

01:11:59You know bullets don't have names, right?

01:12:00Exactly.

01:12:01I don't.

01:12:02I don't.

01:12:03I don't.

01:12:04I don't.

01:12:05I don't.

01:12:06I don't.

01:12:07I don't.

01:12:08I don't.

01:12:09I don't.

01:12:10I don't.

01:12:11I don't.

01:12:12I don't.

01:12:13I don't.

01:12:14I don't.

01:12:15I don't.

01:12:16I don't.

01:12:17I don't.

01:12:18I don't.

01:12:19I don't.

01:12:20I don't.

01:12:21I don't.

01:12:22I don't.

01:12:23I don't.

01:12:24I don't.

01:12:25I don't know exactly.

01:12:26I understand you did not shoot, but yeah, bullets don't have name.

01:12:29Let me ask you something.

01:12:30Why you may come in here prior to?

01:12:32Once they had murder, I was like I don't even think I must trust Mr.

01:12:35I'm going to die now.

01:12:36All right.

01:12:37We may have to go ahead and just get you transported over to County.

01:12:40Okay?

01:12:49He confirmed that his brother Jameson is the one that had the gun.

01:12:51the one that had the gun and basically told us a story of what happened and it matches up exactly

01:12:58with the scene and what the victim said happened. So it really helps. It really turns the case from

01:13:05a circumstantial case to a really strong case. All right. Christian, you can stand it up.

01:13:12You are being charged with murder.

01:13:14No, you're not doing it. Christian, how old are you, bro? 20, right? Look at me. No, you're not.

01:13:32Okay, well, you had a full life ahead of you.

01:13:36He definitely has some remorse. He's said several times like he's going to kill himself when he gets

01:13:49to jail because his life is over. So like with that, we'll let the jail know and he'll be on

01:13:54suicide watch. You can see that he does understand the foolishness, for lack of a better term, of what

01:14:02they did. The next step would be obviously get Jameson in custody and ideally would get a confession

01:14:11from him as well.

01:14:21Six weeks later, the marshals got him. They zeroed in on the location in Greenville and then got him.

01:14:28Jameson Bryant. He is the fourth suspect, I believe, to be the shooter. They caught him in Greenville,

01:14:33South Carolina. It's about a three-hour drive away from here.

01:14:40That's a good song.

01:14:44You need some water?

01:14:46Sweet tea?

01:14:47I love the sweet tea. We have a bunch of fries, though. You know French fries?

01:14:51Yeah, I take some.

01:14:52French fries? All right.

01:14:53That's a good one.

01:14:53Okay, appreciate it.

01:14:58You say anything or anything?

01:15:08I mean, I didn't ask him a whole lot because I didn't want to get going.

01:15:12He knows the marshals told him what his charges were, so he knows his murder.

01:15:15And he come out of the cell in Greenville singing and rapping.

01:15:20I told him we were coming back and that he was talking to me.

01:15:22I was like, okay.

01:15:23All right, let me go in there.

01:15:28He's pretty cold-hearted. Put the gun in his head and hold the trigger and then go off.

01:15:32He's jammed.

01:15:32Yeah.

01:15:34Frickin' racist.

01:15:35Yeah.

01:15:36I want to talk to you about an incident that happened on the 25th of April.

01:15:41Basically, we know what happened. I'm just trying to get your side of the story.

01:15:44And mainly the question is, were you just there or did you actually fire any shots?

01:15:49That's all what I really want to know.

01:15:51You've been there at all.

01:15:52See, that's the problem. I'm telling you, you're there.

01:16:01What I want to know is, were you just there?

01:16:05With these guys and a shot was fired, was it intentional or an accident?

01:16:09What happens when you're in the trailer park? What happens from your point of view?

01:16:23See, we've been walking through them.

01:16:29One boy ain't out splitting off, so I've been by myself.

01:16:32When I walk off, I ain't not meeting back up with them boys.

01:16:37When then the boys just started running.

01:16:39Who started running?

01:16:40Everybody.

01:16:41The three you're with?

01:16:42Yeah.

01:16:43What are you hearing? Tell me what's going on.

01:16:46I hear somebody start screaming.

01:16:48Did someone in your group start screaming?

01:16:50Uh-huh. Somebody else. I don't know who.

01:16:53I haven't really fully aware what the f*** is going on.

01:16:57Everybody just been in one line when we were running.

01:17:00And then all we hear, well, all I heard was gunshots.

01:17:03I don't know where you come from.

01:17:05I know none of us discharging the firearm.

01:17:11None of y'all discharging the firearm, right?

01:17:13Uh-uh.

01:17:14But these are you, you, right?

01:17:16Right.

01:17:17These are you going in the park, and these are your group running out, right?

01:17:22Correct?

01:17:24I gotcha.

01:17:25Look, the next image is your group firing gunshots.

01:17:32I ain't showing you.

01:17:33And the reason being, you've been lying this entire time right now.

01:17:36I'm not going to play this game.

01:17:37This b***h, like I heard a scream, someone else is shooting.

01:17:40The camera don't lie.

01:17:41The shots are being fired from your group.

01:17:43Now, I don't know if you're being chased, if it's justified.

01:17:46I don't know anything like that.

01:17:48You can only tell that story.

01:17:52Straight up.

01:17:54Uh, I will.

01:17:58Give me an opportunity, to be honest.

01:18:00I know that you were there.

01:18:04I know you were there with this group of guys.

01:18:05I know shots were fired from your group.

01:18:08This is your freaking life.

01:18:10So this is your chance, and I want you to be honest.

01:18:14Can you do that?

01:18:19I got you.

01:18:20When you don't, you're going to run straight to the Star Road.

01:18:36Okay.

01:18:37To the f***.

01:18:39What you call them?

01:18:40Trailer Park.

01:18:41Yeah.

01:18:44I'm walking.

01:18:46Dumbboy, just push up on some dudes.

01:18:48What dudes?

01:18:48How many dudes?

01:18:49Three dudes.

01:18:50Three dudes.

01:18:51So you push up on three dudes.

01:18:52Then what happens with those three guys?

01:18:55Dumbboy just started talking this s***.

01:18:57I wouldn't bother taking this s***.

01:18:59I ain't know.

01:19:00Damn, that's when somebody laid off like two shots.

01:19:04Not somebody.

01:19:04Someone from your group.

01:19:05Yeah, one of them boy laid off.

01:19:07Which one from your group let off the two shots?

01:19:09I don't know, you feel me?

01:19:10Because I ain't paying attention.

01:19:12Well, your group is the one that's shooting the shots, correct?

01:19:15Not them.

01:19:16I don't know.

01:19:17So, f*** me.

01:19:18Straight up.

01:19:19Look.

01:19:20I ain't being honest, bro.

01:19:21All right.

01:19:23I'm going to be honest with you.

01:19:25The video, you let off the shots.

01:19:28100% I know that.

01:19:29It's you.

01:19:30That's not a debate.

01:19:31I just want to know, did you intend to hit anybody?

01:19:35No.

01:19:36So, was this an accident?

01:19:40So, what happened?

01:19:41Why did you fire the shots then?

01:19:42It went off?

01:19:49So, it went off one time, two times?

01:19:51How many times?

01:19:52Huh?

01:19:52Two times.

01:19:53Two times.

01:19:55So, it was an accident when you stumbled and you fired twice.

01:20:00Why'd you fire the other two shots?

01:20:03Yeah, there's two more.

01:20:04You know one of your bullets?

01:20:24Do you know where it went?

01:20:25No.

01:20:26It went through a trailer and there was a Mexican guy sleeping in a bed and went through his head.

01:20:36So, your bullet killed somebody.

01:20:38All right, let me step out for a moment.

01:21:05We'll be right back, all right?

01:21:06There you go.

01:21:10Yeah, it went well.

01:21:12I think realizing that it wasn't a debate, that I had a lot of evidence, he knew he had something on him.

01:21:18So, he might as well just tell his story.

01:21:19He's the shooter.

01:21:20All four of them were going to rob these guys.

01:21:23And during the course of the robbery, he fired shots, which ended up killing an innocent person.

01:21:29Those actions led to him being charged with murder and the other three members of the group being charged with murder.

01:21:35Instead of just armed robbery.

01:21:45Who is this?

01:21:50Oh, my God.

01:22:20This was an act that should have never happened, and now one mother has three of her sons in jail for murder, and the other mother has her son gone forever.

01:22:39But I'm thankful that the mother of the suspect stepped forward and did the right thing.

01:22:44That's unique, and I'm thankful, and I know the family must be thankful towards her for stepping up and doing that, even at the cost of her kids.

01:22:53¿Se acuerda de esta foto?

01:23:05¿Se acuerda de esta foto?

01:23:35Ese fue el primer día que conoció a Mindy.

01:23:43He loved being an uncle.

01:23:45My kids were never without a candy or a lollipop or something, because Uncle Bocho bought it.

01:23:53He was a great guy.

01:23:55Anything we needed, he was always willing to help.

01:23:58Sí, pues, como no hablaba, pues, digo que le hizo mucho dar cuenta a personas que te conoció y ahorita que te puede decir, pues, no tengo palabras.

01:24:13¿Y todos los días se le prenden su vela?

01:24:17Todos los días.

01:24:20Estamos tristes.

01:24:23Una pérdida de un hijo posesiente.

01:24:27No se vale cualquier cosa de la vida de un ser humano.

01:24:31Un mal que estaba durmiendo, estaba en su casa, ya estaba durmiendo.

01:24:35Y así es lo que más me duele, pues, que, la verdad, pues, no sé qué cosa decir más.

01:24:41Me siento desperrado, me siento completamente todo perdido.

01:24:48Él era mi compañero.

01:24:56Y, pues, bueno, se fue y, pues, he comprado también que hay que salir adelante.

01:25:07Y, pues, lo de extrañamos y lo traemos bastante.

01:25:10We always talk about him.

01:25:14Always the good stuff.

01:25:17Keep his memory alive.

The First 48 - Season 29 Episode 1 - Four Shots

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