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00:00You already know my mom was still a place to have your emergency.
00:20LC 14.
00:22Tell me exactly what happened.
00:24Well, there were two teenagers and they was talking to the guy like in the truck.
00:29And then like one of them like tried to pull out a gun and the guard started shooting between
00:34them and one of them got shot, which is the man that was right here with us.
00:38Okay, an officer will be discharged as soon as possible.
00:49We need everybody to...
00:50Hey, were you out of here?
00:52Yeah.
00:52Talk to him.
00:53Are you guys all at the store?
00:55Just stay inside the store for right now?
00:57All good.
00:58You saw it all go down, so it's two teenagers.
01:10They're walking through.
01:12The guy who got shot, they had words.
01:15So he started shooting at them.
01:17The victim?
01:18Yeah, and they start shooting back.
01:30I'm not being told from the people already on scene.
01:44The shooting happened about an hour ago.
01:47The victim was shot from what I understand once in the chest and he passed away at the hospital.
01:54So we're just going to see what we have from there once we get out there.
02:02Hey, Matt.
02:03Hey, are you still at the hospital?
02:06No.
02:07Okay, so the victim had clothes and a phone on them?
02:11Clothes.
02:12He had a wallet.
02:13He had a black Samsung phone.
02:16Is there any family or anything at the hospital?
02:19There was nobody at the hospital.
02:20Nobody?
02:22Detective Hill informs me that he hasn't been able to get in contact with the victim's family members.
02:29Evidently, there's no family members or friends at the hospital checking on them.
02:33All right, thanks, dude.
02:35No problem, buddy.
02:36All right, bye.
02:37Bye.
02:39This crime scene is in an area of town that's very diverse.
02:44It's rich in Hispanic and Vietnamese culture.
02:48They have their own businesses.
02:49It's on the edges of New Orleans, really.
02:52Everything past this area is like swampland.
02:55It's a very tight-knit community where they all seem to know each other and try to help each other out.
03:00When I arrive on the crime scene, there are certain things I'm looking for right away.
03:08Shell casings, blood on the scene, video surveillance cameras.
03:14In this particular case, there's businesses that have video surveillance cameras pointing
03:20towards the parking lot where all this happened.
03:22So this video, these cameras is what caught it, I'm assuming?
03:27Um, that video right there.
03:29But you can't take it.
03:30All right.
03:35So, from what I'm told from witnesses, they speak Spanish.
03:40These guys over here?
03:41Yes.
03:42They're out here selling food.
03:44OK.
03:45And two guys start circling them.
03:48They think that they're possibly going to rob them for their food based on their behavior.
03:53And then the shootout happened.
03:55OK.
03:56The victim is allegedly part of the people who are here selling the food.
04:00And then the other two males who were involved in shooting went possibly that way after the shooting.
04:07So I'm still trying to get details like who started.
04:10OK.
04:11And why and why.
04:13Did someone walk me through the scene real quick just so I didn't get up?
04:16I wasn't here because they picked up everything.
04:18All right.
04:21Maurice, come walk me through, please.
04:23Hey, Red.
04:24Hey.
04:24Yes.
04:26I need to tell.
04:27Like, tell me what happened.
04:29What's going on?
04:30OK.
04:30So, there was the deceit over there.
04:35Mm-hmm.
04:37And we had some juveniles over here.
04:40It's like the deceit and pulls his gun out.
04:42He's in the air.
04:44And he continues to shoot.
04:45They shoot at him.
04:46Wait, wait.
04:47The deceitant?
04:48Yeah, the deceit.
04:48The deceitant was shooting or pointing a gun first?
04:51Yeah.
04:51So, apparently, they're saying the deceit and shot first.
04:54Mm-hmm.
04:55There's a revolver.
04:55Detective Maurice Stewart tells me that after speaking with the officers on scene and some
05:00witnesses, the deceased victim was in some kind of shootout with these teenagers who evidently shot
05:08back at him and struck him, which led to his death.
05:14My victim, his name is David Cano, and he's 46 years old.
05:19He's a citizen from Honduras, and he's here just trying to make money for his family to send it back
05:25home to help support the people he loves.
05:28So, I picked up four shell cases from in between those two vehicles right here.
05:35So, it looked like they were possibly standing over there.
05:38The deceitant was standing over here.
05:40Got a pilot loading that we picked up, and that's it, no casing.
05:43Mm-hmm.
05:44There's a revolver that's not accounted for.
05:46Mm-hmm.
05:46And we think the decedent had a revolver?
05:48Yes.
05:49And that's because there's no shell casings, or?
05:52Yes.
05:52He's actually not a barrel revolver.
05:54Okay.
05:56So, at this point, I'm trying to figure out why he had a shootout with these teenagers,
06:00and who's the aggressor in the situation.
06:03So, I need to start talking to witnesses who are actually there to help me figure all this out.
06:10All right, Miles.
06:10You want to try to talk to him?
06:11Yeah.
06:13Is this person, someone's transporting them, or what?
06:15He's in his car.
06:16It's okay.
06:17You want a transport, or do you want him to drive?
06:19Well, I don't want him to be a ghost on us.
06:23Hello.
06:24My name's Detective Riffle.
06:25We're going to talk to you at the station.
06:27Just hang tight for us, and we'll let you know.
06:29A witness that supposedly saw everything happen or unfold,
06:34who was waiting in their car, but didn't want to talk out there.
06:39So, I'm going to interview them at the station.
06:42Okay.
06:43All right, let's talk to some of these other people real quick.
06:50Hey, I'm Detective Riffle at the New Orleans Police Department.
06:52You saw what happened out here?
06:53Yes, sir.
06:54Can you tell me?
06:55So, two teenagers came.
06:58So, I asked something, and I kind of heard.
07:00When I turned around, he noticed I saw him.
07:03The other one was like, nah, we can't just go.
07:05And I saw the other one had a weapon.
07:08So, he went.
07:08Mm-hmm.
07:09They didn't came back.
07:11He was walking while he was shooting.
07:13This is the other guy that got shot?
07:15Yeah.
07:16The first time he shot was up, trying to scare the two teenagers.
07:19Okay.
07:20When he shot up once, these two were running.
07:22They didn't shoot.
07:23Why was he trying to scare them, do you think?
07:25Supposedly, they felt threatened.
07:27The people out here felt threatened?
07:28Yeah.
07:30How did the dude that got shot know that they felt threatened?
07:34I don't know.
07:35All right.
07:38There's a lot of people in the parking lot to speak with.
07:41I need to get down into the details about what actually happened.
07:46Hey, Detective Riffle.
07:47Nice to meet you.
07:48Sorry under the circumstances.
07:53Yeah.
07:53So, he said that they ordered food.
08:01They started eating the food when he heard the gunshots.
08:03Yeah.
08:04Right.
08:04And when they heard the gunshots, they went that way.
08:06We weren't.
08:06Okay.
08:08I am very lucky to have Miles as a partner during this investigation.
08:12Miles speaks Spanish as his first language.
08:15So, it was great to have him there to help me translate.
08:19It would have taken a lot longer to figure things out if Miles wouldn't have been there.
08:28You know which one?
08:35Okay.
08:39Hello.
08:40Do y'all speak any English at all?
08:41No.
08:42So, can you ask them, did y'all see what happened out here?
08:49I was sitting there when the morenos were running.
08:53They were seated right there.
08:55Mm-hmm.
08:55And they saw two African American males just kind of walking around.
09:01They noticed that they each had a firearm.
09:03And they asked them what kind of food they had.
09:06Mm-hmm.
09:06And they felt like they were going to rob them, essentially.
09:10They told everybody around them, including the guy who was killed.
09:14Mm-hmm.
09:15Like, are they trying to rob us or something?
09:17The guy who got shot told them, like, hey, y'all, leave them alone.
09:21So, two African American males came to the side over here.
09:24Okay.
09:25And that's when they heard the gunshots.
09:26You can ask them who started shooting first.
09:33The African American males.
09:34Okay.
09:35So, I have two very different versions of events.
09:40One witness said the victim, David Cano, fired that first warning shot.
09:46And the other witness said these two teenagers fired first.
09:50I really need to find out who these teenagers are and get their side of the story.
09:54But I'm also trying to figure out, is this a murder case or is this a case of self-defense?
10:00No one is saying these teenagers are robbing us.
10:03It was more of they felt like they might get robbed.
10:07All right.
10:07I'll meet you there.
10:08All right.
10:09I'm hoping that video surveillance will actually show the incident,
10:13so I don't have to rely strictly on witnesses.
10:17Supposedly, the victim lives , so we're going to go knock on the door.
10:21There might be some family that we can find there.
10:24And, uh, hopefully the witness going to a seven district station tells us exactly what happened.
10:54Hello, how are you?
11:09He's aware of what happened?
11:10Yeah.
11:10Okay.
11:12Somebody called him.
11:13Okay.
11:13He knows him for 12 years.
11:22Okay.
11:22Was he a roommate?
11:23Yes, for 12 years.
11:32Okay.
11:37All right.
11:37You going to a seven district station?
11:38Yeah.
11:38It seems like the victim has no family members here.
11:50Whatever family the victim does have lives in Honduras.
11:54I'm going to continue to try to track down David's family members.
11:59We always try to reach out to the next of kin as soon as possible,
12:04just to let them know what happened.
12:07Now, Miles and I are going to the seven district station to interview a witness who supposedly saw
12:13everything, and hopefully he gives us a detailed account of what he saw.
12:18Hello, Detective Riffle.
12:32I'm Detective Guerreri.
12:34So, just tell us what happened out there.
12:37Yeah.
12:38So, ,, and I saw the teenage.
12:43They came back to her.
12:44Then they asked her what she was selling, and I actually noticed that,
12:48on the rail, I was holding something.
12:50Like, are you wasting?
12:52Sorry, Mom.
12:54Yeah.
12:55The one with the yellow hoodie said, no, I'm not here, so they just left.
13:01And I saw that they came back.
13:02So the guy that got shot, he's always there,
13:07most of the time drinking.
13:09He was carrying a weapon by a reliant on the phone.
13:13So for the time he shot up, it was up in the sky,
13:16trying to scare him off.
13:17Because the guy was still not letting go of his face.
13:20The two teenagers ran.
13:22But the other guy is still shooting at him.
13:24If he still shot up in the sky, or shot him straight.
13:27I was looking at the teenagers.
13:29The wife's definitely hurting.
13:31Yeah.
13:32And when they got behind the red car that was all damaged,
13:35that's when they started shooting.
13:36OK.
13:37Do you think you were trying to rob y'all?
13:39What's that?
13:39What's that?
13:41The witness let us know that basically,
13:44the teenagers were loitering in the area
13:47and kind of making everyone feel uncomfortable.
13:49He could see the firearm in their waistband.
13:51And they thought that there was a possibility
13:54that the teenagers were trying to rob them.
13:56David Cano shot around into the air
13:58to scare the teenagers away.
14:00And the teenagers started to run away.
14:03And then David Cano fired another round.
14:06Then the teenagers who were running away
14:08started to return fire.
14:10So why do you believe the guy shot in the air?
14:14He's always the threat.
14:16We have had experiences like this before,
14:18like four more times that we have brought.
14:21Have you seen them before, those two kids?
14:23No.
14:24Did you see where they went?
14:25I think it was four.
14:26Probably a little.
14:28Four or what?
14:28Five or three.
14:29Oh, yeah.
14:30They ran that way.
14:30Yeah.
14:32David Cano might have been the aggressor
14:34in this situation or maybe escalated a little too far.
14:38It just shifts my focus a little bit about what
14:41actually happened.
14:42So if they went back the way that you said they went,
14:46there's cameras over there.
14:47They should have a little bit able to see that.
14:49These cameras is what caught it, I'm assuming?
14:51Um, that video right there.
14:53That's your catching.
14:55Now, I really just need to see the video.
14:59Hopefully, that will clear all this up for me.
15:01All right, I think that's it.
15:23So, got the video.
15:25All right, y'all want to watch the video?
15:28Yeah.
15:28All right, let's see.
15:31So, the good news is, this camera system has sound,
15:36so you can hear everything.
15:37So, this is from the store that was open last night.
15:40That was further down.
15:42This is where all the witnesses were and kind of where
15:45everything happens.
15:49We see the two teenagers, one in the red hoodie,
15:52one in the tan hoodie.
15:54And you see the victim, David, gets out of the driver's seat,
16:00and then a few minutes later, you can hear that first shot.
16:09And then you see the two guys running away, basically,
16:15being scared off.
16:16And then you see the decedent follow them.
16:22And it looks like the decedent shoots in their direction
16:24and actually hits this car window.
16:27Who saw that?
16:30And then the guy in the red shoots back.
16:37And then the guy in the red shoots back.
16:39One of those strikes David.
16:44He kind of grabs himself.
16:46And then he walks over to the white truck.
16:49And later, falls down next to the white truck.
16:54The two teenagers who are being shot at run this way.
17:01So, we're trying to get a better angle to just see what kind of...
17:06Like, see which way they went.
17:07Maybe where they went.
17:08Right.
17:09There's an RTCC camera down there.
17:11So, we might go there and just see what video we can get.
17:14Obviously, we need to find them to get their statements...
17:17Yeah.
17:18Right.
17:19...and everything and see what they were thinking.
17:20All right.
17:21Yeah.
17:28Looking at the video, I mean, it's pretty clear the decedent did more than just shoot in the air.
17:34Like, you can clearly see he shoots at them and you see that glass break.
17:38They were actually retreating.
17:40Yeah.
17:41And the guy that shot back at them almost got hit.
17:44Yeah.
17:45Well, you have a unique case because in Louisiana, it's a stay-in-your-ground state.
17:51So, when you're being fired upon, you can shoot back in self-defense.
17:56Yeah.
17:57In Louisiana, we have a stay-in-your-ground law, which is basically you don't have a duty to retreat in a lethal force situation.
18:06I'm going to investigate this incident the same regardless if it's a self-defense case or if it's a homicide.
18:13Someone lost their life.
18:14So, I'm going to get to the bottom of it.
18:16We're going to find out the truth.
18:20Yeah.
18:21A seven-district detective is trying to raise a homicide detective.
18:25So, that's usually, like, they'll probably have information or something possibly related to last night since it's in the seventh district, hopefully.
18:32Maybe a witness.
18:33Maybe one of the kids came forward.
18:34Maybe one of the kids came forward.
18:35Yeah.
18:36Maybe one of the kids came forward.
18:37Yeah.
18:38Yeah.
18:39Yeah.
18:40Yeah.
18:41Yeah.
18:42Yeah.
18:43Yeah.
18:44Yeah.
18:45Yeah.
18:46Yeah.
18:47Yeah.
18:48Yeah.
18:49Yeah.
18:50Yeah.
18:51Oh,
18:53Yeah.
18:54Yeah.
18:56Yeah.
18:57Okay.
18:58Yeah.
19:00Yeah.
19:01All right.
19:03So this is a who runs a store out there?
19:33Yeah, that's going to be one of those stores that was probably closed last night.
19:40Yeah.
19:41Okay.
19:42Okay.
19:43All right, thanks.
19:44Bye.
19:46Tiani just called, and the 7th District who was calling on the radio said called the 7th District
19:54station saying he has video, so we'll go over there and see what he's got because it might
19:59be the same guy.
20:00That's perfect.
20:01If they're in the store, we might see their faces.
20:03All right.
20:04That's good.
20:05All right, let's go in here and get this video real quick.
20:07All right.
20:10If I can get good video surveillance of these teenagers' faces, one option I can do is send
20:16out a be on the lookout flyer to the department to say, hey, has anyone recognized these kids?
20:21Has anyone seen them before?
20:24But before that, I arrive at the real-time crime center to check the cameras there.
20:30I get the video surveillance from the camera on the street that my witness said the teenagers
20:37ran back to after the homicide occurred.
20:43I see the two teenagers still wearing the same clothing right after the shooting and see them
20:49running away and turn the corner towards Peltier Drive.
20:54This is great.
20:55Now we know the direction where they went after the homicide.
21:01Can I give you all some video to download?
21:03So after the shooting, the two suspects take a right on Peltier and they keep going.
21:15Which is the first street after the bridge.
21:17Yes.
21:18And if you keep going down that road, you hit a large apartment complex back there.
21:22Mm-hmm.
21:23So the cameras for that apartment complex, they're really good.
21:26I've used them in the past.
21:28They move and they follow motion.
21:30So you might be able to find out if they do go back there, what actual apartment that they
21:36will stay at.
21:37Yeah.
21:38The cameras are usually that good.
21:39That's huge.
21:40Now, we're going to go back to the crime scene.
21:43Meet with , who supposedly has video of these guys in his store prior to the shooting
21:49happening.
21:50Okay.
21:51And meet Tiani.
21:52So the shooting happened down here?
21:59The deceased was about right where your car is, so like shooting that way.
22:03Okay.
22:04When he got hit.
22:05All right.
22:06Y'all ready to go on to talk to ?
22:08Yeah.
22:13How you doing?
22:14I'm Detective Guerreri.
22:15Hello.
22:16You have some video for us to look at?
22:18Yes.
22:19Okay.
22:20Do you mind if we take a look?
22:21Yeah.
22:24Okay.
22:25So is this yesterday?
22:26Yeah.
22:27Okay.
22:32Looking at the grocery store cameras, it was an older system, so the video was kind
22:37of grainy.
22:38It wasn't like super clear.
22:39But you can clearly see two people, one in the red hoodie, one in the tan hoodie.
22:45So we know it's a suspect, but still no clear face shots.
22:50It was too difficult to make out really who they were.
22:55All right.
22:56I think we're done.
22:57All right.
22:59Appreciate it.
23:08So the supermarket video happens around 6.38 PM.
23:13The shooting happens around 7.15.
23:16We know from here they go straight that way.
23:19The RTCC camera captures them taking a right and going towards apartments.
23:25So waiting for that video for now.
23:26So he was here last night.
23:27Right.
23:28I remember.
23:29Yeah.
23:30Hi.
23:31Hi.
23:32He was good friends with David?
23:34He said, yeah.
23:35He lived close to David, so he knew him.
23:40We run into a friend of David's.
23:41He was clearly sad.
23:42He appeared to be crying.
23:43And he was just remembering the good times and telling us about David.
23:47It was very emotional.
23:48He said he was holding him in his arms when he was dying.
23:49He was holding his hands.
23:50Wow.
23:51Sorry.
23:52He said that this is the tree that they used to hang out at.
23:54Wow.
23:55Yeah.
23:56Yeah.
23:57Yeah.
23:58He said he was holding him in his arms when he was dying.
23:59He was holding his hands.
24:00Wow.
24:01Sorry.
24:02He said that this is the tree that they used to hang out at.
24:17Wow.
24:18Yeah.
24:19Yeah.
24:20Wow.
24:21Yeah.
24:22Yeah.
24:23Sorry.
24:24You have to go through this.
24:25It's cool.
24:26You have to go through this.
24:27It's cool.
24:28You have to go through this.
24:29Okay.
24:30Wow.
24:31You can see, like, how the emotion that he has.
24:34Yeah.
24:35He lost his friend.
24:36That's tough.
24:37So we definitely want to find these guys as soon as possible.
24:38It seems to be a self-defense shooting.
24:41The issue is you ran away from the scene and never contacted the police and never gave any kind of statement to us.
24:56So we can't just assume without talking to them what actually happened.
25:01No.
25:02Justifiable homicides, they do happen, but they're not super common.
25:07Like, out of 40 cases, maybe two or three have been justifiable.
25:12There's a fine line in self-defense, and if anyone needs to be held responsible for David's death, we're going to find out the truth.
25:29So, Miles, do you want to come see this?
25:43This is a camera located on a building closest to Alcy Fouché, the street where the shooting happened, down there to the left.
25:51This is before the shooting.
25:54Basically, this camera turns, like, every 10, 15 seconds, and it tracks motion as well.
26:02Two guys on a bicycle.
26:05We got our tan hoodie and red hoodie.
26:09You can't see their faces.
26:12Looking at the footage, we know it's them based on their clothing.
26:16From the store and from witness statements, they're wearing the exact same clothing.
26:23Okay, so they go into this driveway, see them get off the bike, put it right in this driveway by this fourplex.
26:31This is before they go to the store.
26:33So now they're walking on foot, and the shooting and the stores and all that are over there to the left.
26:38So one of them probably lives in that fourplex.
26:41So I think the approach today is to go find that location, knock on all four doors and see what we can find.
26:49Hopefully get lucky and it's our suspects.
26:51So this article came out, a woman asked for help after two shootings in three days in her neighborhood.
27:01Oh, wow.
27:02I'm an organizer.
27:03She's an organizer?
27:04Yeah.
27:05And her name is Christiana, and she held a vigil for David Cano on Friday night.
27:11At this point, we haven't been able to find David's family members to inform them of what happened.
27:18But Miles found out that someone had held a vigil for him who acts kind of as a community liaison for that area of town.
27:31So we could probably find her.
27:32It says she's working to raise money for Cano's family to send his body back to his mother in Honduras for a proper burial.
27:44So she's got to know his mother then, right?
27:45Or some kind of family?
27:46Something.
27:47My best hope is that maybe she will help me identify some family members of David's.
28:06It's coming together, so she's got to find the puzzle pieces to put together.
28:10Well, the major puzzle piece right now is the kids who ran away.
28:14And that's who we need to find.
28:15Yeah.
28:21We're going to go knock on these doors over here.
28:24Hopefully get lucky and it's our suspects.
28:30Who's the case?
28:31It's Detective with the police department.
28:35Hey, how are you doing?
28:36My name is Detective Riffle.
28:37How are y'all?
28:38How are you doing?
28:39So we're investigating a shooting that happened Wednesday.
28:42Right.
28:43Did y'all hear anything about it?
28:44Well, we heard it just like everybody else heard it.
28:46Does anyone else live here with y'all?
28:48No.
28:49Okay.
28:50We appreciate it.
28:51We're just trying to find out what happened.
28:53Thank you for your time.
28:54All right.
28:55Thank y'all.
29:02All right.
29:05Unfortunately, the suspects, they weren't at the apartment complex.
29:10So right now, we're going to find Christina, who is the organizer in that article, who may
29:17or may not know the victim's family members from Honduras.
29:21So hopefully, she does know a contact information or something, so that then we can then reach
29:26out to the victim's mother and let them know what's going on.
29:35Hello.
29:36Hey, how you doing?
29:37Good morning.
29:38Sorry to bother you.
29:39Hi.
29:40Hi.
29:41My name's Detective Riffle with the New Orleans Police Department, Homicide Division.
29:44How you doing, sir?
29:45With my partner, Miles.
29:46Hey.
29:47We're investigating the shooting of David.
29:48Uh-huh.
29:49And we got information you might know his family members or his mother or something?
29:52I do know his mother.
29:53Oh, perfect.
29:54Do you have a contact to the week?
29:55I do.
29:57Christina tells us that she's known David for the past 15 years, ever since he moved to
30:03New Orleans, and she has the phone number for his family in Honduras.
30:08Let me just first say I'm sorry for your loss, and I want to express my condolences to you
30:23and your family for David.
30:27Notifying the family is always an important phone call.
30:34I'm responsible for trying to comfort the mother as much as possible and to let them know that
30:41we're doing everything we can to get to the truth of what happened.
30:45Let her know when we get any updates we can share, we will reach back out to her.
30:55She said, please do what you can.
30:57Okay.
30:58Tell her thank you, and we'll be in touch.
31:00We want to be in contact with you.
31:03Okay.
31:05All right.
31:06Well, thank you.
31:07No problem.
31:08Y'all be safe out there.
31:09Yes, ma'am.
31:10Thank you very much.
31:12After speaking with Christina, it was clear to me that David had good intentions.
31:18It's just that in the moment, he wasn't making the clearest decisions.
31:23From what I'm seeing in video surveillance and from talking to witnesses, it seems like
31:29David chose to put the law in his own hands.
31:32Ultimately, we don't like citizens doing that because now situations like this happen.
31:39It didn't have to happen.
31:49All right.
31:50So, go back to the video and see if we can see anything on there.
31:54Unfortunately, Miles and I were kind of back at square one with trying to identify the teenagers.
32:07Miles, did you see this Crime Stoppers tip?
32:10You have it pulled up right here?
32:12Yeah.
32:15This is the Crime Stoppers tip.
32:17It says they were planning to rob someone that night.
32:20Ended up being a shootout.
32:22And it says that the individual wearing the tan hoodie the night of is named .
32:31Oh, that's huge.
32:42This Crime Stoppers tip, they attach this little clip.
32:47And it says the clip is wearing the same hoodie supposedly he was wearing the night of my shooting.
32:55And we never released anything out to the media.
32:58I've released nothing to the media.
33:02That's the same sweater from inside the store?
33:04It looks like it.
33:05Yeah, I remember that.
33:06It matches all that.
33:07Can you still have that so we can prepare it?
33:09Yeah, I can pull it up.
33:13Oh, yeah, that's definitely the same hoodie.
33:15Absolutely.
33:16Yeah.
33:17That's definitely the hoodie, dude.
33:22He's got two open warrants for two different incidents.
33:25He's 17 years old.
33:29Since the person of interest has outstanding warrants for his arrest,
33:32we know it's only a matter of time before he gets found and arrested.
33:36And when that happens, I want to use that opportunity to go speak with this individual.
33:41To hopefully get their version of what happened out there.
33:46It's likely he's probably the guy in the tan hoodie the night of my shooting.
33:52However, the guy who actually shoots back shooting David is a guy in a red hoodie.
33:58So we don't know who that person is yet.
34:01Hopefully, he can identify who the red hoodie is.
34:04What casings he had on the scene?
34:06David.
34:07We think he had a revolver.
34:08So no casings from him.
34:09Gotcha.
34:10But the guy in the red hoodie, I think it was four or five casings.
34:12Ballistics all came from one gun.
34:13And he's doing it like return firing.
34:15Yeah, clearly.
34:16Yeah.
34:17Hey.
34:18What are we doing there?
34:19Yeah, I'm Steve Irwin.
34:20I'm Steve Irwin.
34:21I'm Steve Irwin.
34:22I'm Steve Irwin.
34:23I'm Steve Irwin.
34:24I'm Steve Irwin.
34:25I'm Steve Irwin.
34:26Come on in.
34:27You're so 好, you're right there.
34:28You're so happy.
34:29You're so happy.
34:30What's going on there?
34:31I'm Steve Irwin.
34:32Do I have a seatbelt on me.
34:33I'm Steve Irwin.
34:34I'm Steve Irwin.
34:35Hey, we have a seagr over here.
34:47My name is Detective Brothole, this is part of the career if he's not a partner.
34:54I'm investigating an answer again.
34:57It happened December 13th, so about two months ago now.
35:02Okay, you're familiar?
35:03Yeah.
35:04Okay, so we know you were there, okay?
35:06We know what happened.
35:07We know, like, the sequence of events.
35:09What we don't know is, like, why it happened.
35:12Like, why this person didn't think they did, and why y'all didn't jump yet.
35:16Just walk us through that.
35:17Okay.
35:18Who was he planning on selling?
35:19I don't know, sir.
35:20I don't know in the business like that.
35:24So you said you saw shots.
35:26I heard shots.
35:27Where were they coming from?
35:28The man that died?
35:29Mm-hmm.
35:30A dude was coming from you.
35:31Can you give me, like, what happened to him doing that?
35:35Yeah.
35:36The guy who's drunk?
35:37Yeah.
35:38Do you know why, like, why you're not shooting?
35:40I don't know.
35:41I don't know what.
35:42I don't know.
35:43I don't know if I'm in business like that.
35:44I don't know if I'm in business like that.
35:45So you said you saw shots.
35:46I heard shots.
35:47Where were they coming from?
35:48The man that died?
35:49Mm-hmm.
35:50A dude was coming from you.
35:51Can you give me, like, what happened to him doing that?
35:52Well, really, I came because I had my head down and stuff.
35:56I just ran, because I didn't know why he was shooting or what was going on, but the guy was drunk.
36:02The guy was drunk?
36:03Yeah.
36:03Do you know why? Like, why did he think he was drunk?
36:06Oh, yes. I know. His friend, and my friend was talking to him, like,
36:12who's sitting on, who's sitting on. He's drunk. His friend basically told us he was drunk.
36:18Okay.
36:19He said after they had made it back, after the shooting occurred,
36:23and his friend had told him that he had shot back at the individual.
36:28I asked him why he never contacted the police.
36:32He said he was scared, and he didn't believe he did anything wrong, because he just ran away.
36:37What is your friend's name?
36:41I heard the news. That was my first time meeting.
36:45And now that I've never seen them again.
36:48Do you know his phone number around the chance?
36:50I'm not writing an arrest warrant for this individual, because at this point of my investigation,
37:19there's nothing to charge him with.
37:21Hello.
37:25Hello.
37:27Hey, how are you?
37:49So we need to talk to Rashaun.
37:54We just need to get a statement from him.
37:56We know he was there.
37:57We think it's his version of what happened.
38:00Oh, I knew it.
38:01He ran away.
38:12He ain't been going to school or nothing.
38:14When is the last time you saw him?
38:16Last time he was at my house, my dream.
38:19Did you put him out as a runaway or anything?
38:21No.
38:22Yeah.
38:24The mother of the teenager in the red hoodie told me that they hadn't seen him in months
38:29and that he had run away.
38:31Whenever you see him again, let him know we need to talk to him.
38:35OK.
38:36We just need his version of what happened.
38:37That's all we shared about.
38:38Right.
38:39OK?
38:40OK.
38:41Thank you all.
38:42I ultimately get an arrest warrant for the 15-year-old.
38:46I charge him with obstruction of justice and juvenile possession of a handgun.
38:51I know he had a firearm.
38:53And after he shot David, he left the crime scene with the pistol that he used to shoot him,
38:58which is obstruction of justice for removing evidence from a crime scene.
39:02The juvenile suspect is found outside of our parish.
39:09I attempt to speak with him, with his family member present.
39:16But he and his mother refused to give me a statement.
39:23He was then booked and eventually brought into juvenile custody.
39:30Ultimately, even though this appears to be a case of self-defense, it was the juvenile in possession of an illegal firearm.
39:46So, he's arrested in connection with David's death.
39:52now in possession of an illegal firearm.
39:55So he's arrested in connection with David's death.
40:22Christina, the person who organized the vigil for David Cano, she acts as a community
40:40liaison for the Hispanic community out in this area of town.
40:45I talked to his mother, I think she's being very strong because he's the only son she
40:51had here in the US.
40:53So the only hope that she had for any support or anything that she had back there was him.
40:58I think for a lot of her prayers, the miracle happened that we were able to raise so quickly
41:02the money to be able to send him back home.
41:06David was a friend of mine.
41:09He was a very good guy.
41:12He was very, very humble.
41:14He doesn't have family here.
41:15He doesn't have a wife.
41:16He was a baker.
41:17Like, he worked in the Dong Phong Baker for over 10 years.
41:21At the Vietnamese store, he'll be the one taking out their trash from him.
41:25He really loved the people that sold food out there.
41:27Like, that was his spot.
41:28You know, and it was just like, pretty much, I really think he just felt like he was the
41:32protector.
41:33There's a lot of community members right now that feel unsafe.
41:37Mm-hmm.
41:38And they're getting guns that are not registering, things like that.
41:42What I explained to them is that that gun will not always be what saves your lives.
41:47Yeah.
41:48Because even if you shoot one of them, they could come back and retaliate.
41:51Yeah.
41:52Then they're going to retaliate.
41:53It might do more harm than good.
41:54I'm going to be always to protect my community.
41:56And the best way that I can is to make sure that y'all have every information that y'all
42:01need.
42:02Okay.
42:04Well, we appreciate it.
42:05As a detective, we don't always get lucky with video surveillance evidence and other things.
42:10We are at the mercy, a lot of times, of the community and the people involved to tell
42:16us what it is that they know and what's going on.
42:19Y'all only have so much y'all can do.
42:21That's why we got to stay together.
42:23We're doing everything we can.
42:25Thank you, guys.
42:26Y'all be safe out there.
42:28Thanks for your time.
42:36Working in New Orleans, it has its challenges, but it's also great.
42:43It's a very unique place.
42:46You have so many different cultures, you have very different neighborhoods, each one
42:50with their separate, unique vibe.
42:54And it's something that I'm trying to protect.
42:58I'm happy I chose New Orleans to become a homicide detective.
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