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00:00I love you, and I'll talk to you later.
00:20That was the last video message that I got from him.
00:24Bradley and I, we met at vacation Bible school
00:28at the church that we attended.
00:30I was 14.
00:32Bradley was the type of guy that never met a stranger.
00:35He would drop whatever he's doing to come help you.
00:39He was just amazing.
00:41On January 28th, it was normal morning.
00:44Bradley got up, got dressed, got his lunch,
00:48hugged and kissed me and all of our bodies.
00:49It's just never thought it would happen.
00:58A quiet apartment complex on the north side.
01:08A quiet apartment complex on the north side.
01:12Connect 9-1-1.
01:14I'm being shot, lying on the ground, not me.
01:19Connect 9-1-1.
01:21Connect 9-1-1.
01:22I just heard of that side.
01:24Did you see what happened?
01:26No, we have.
01:28The maintenance guy just came in and said
01:30that it was a kept in hold in there.
01:32He's on the sidewalk.
01:34We do have help on the way out there.
01:36How long ago did you find him?
01:46Four minutes ago, four minutes ago.
01:49For homicide detectives, their chance of solving a murder
02:04is cut in half if they don't get a lead within the first 48 hours.
02:1410-15, we got a call that one of the vendors that does pest control was found shot in front of one of the buildings.
02:41Bradley Jordan?
02:47Bradley Jordan?
02:4923-year-old Bradley Jordan was the first of his family to graduate from high school
02:54and worked with his father in the pest control industry.
02:58He married his high school sweetheart, Hannah, just four months ago,
03:02and they had a one-year-old son.
03:04Bradley also leaves behind his parents and three siblings.
03:08That's a lot of blood.
03:17That's one entry here, it looked like.
03:21Behind his left ear?
03:23Yeah.
03:24It looked like there was a chip on the side of his face.
03:25Oh, yes.
03:26Bradley was shot once in the head at close range.
03:27We have a shell casing next to the body.
03:28It's next to the front wheel of that black vehicle.
03:29The casing is a 9-millimeter.
03:31He has a can right next to him.
03:33That's the cans that they use to spray.
03:37My guess is he's coming down with the can, he's coming back to his vehicle, then he gets shot.
03:44Gets executed in the back of his head.
03:46Detectives believe the shooter walked up behind Bradley, catching him by surprise.
03:50His pants are tight enough to see his wallet and his phone in the pocket, so he is.
04:11We can get that phone in his pocket.
04:14The team searches Bradley's recent messages.
04:20My one and only this morning, she's like, babe, call me, babe,
04:25call me, please, I love you.
04:27It's probably his wife.
04:29What time was that, all after?
04:30Yeah, it was all after.
04:32And find several missed calls and texts from family.
04:37I don't know.
04:38I got to figure out why a guy would be executed
04:41in the breezeway while he's at work.
04:50Bradley's father, who also works for the pest control company,
04:56rushed to the scene after hearing one of his co-workers
04:58had been shot.
04:59Were you and him working today together?
05:02No, we all work by ourselves.
05:04How often does he come here?
05:05Every week.
05:06Every week?
05:07Same day every week?
05:08Yeah.
05:09Same time every week?
05:10Usually about the same time.
05:11He's only 23.
05:12He's just a kid.
05:14I don't know why anybody would hurt him.
05:17I mean, because he's just a nice guy.
05:19He goes to church.
05:21He doesn't have any enemies.
05:22He don't have no beef with nobody.
05:24Mm-hmm.
05:25My wife and my other son's at home,
05:26and I've got to get there with him.
05:28My wife, she's freaking out.
05:29Do you want me to see if I can send a unit over there?
05:31No, I just need to be there with him.
05:33OK.
05:39One hour in.
05:41OK, if you could just tell me everything from the beginning,
05:43as much detail as you can.
05:45Lawson interviews one of the 911 callers
05:47in her apartment.
05:49I brought my dog out, and we're very close to the entrance.
05:53I heard the shot.
05:55And then I saw this guy just slowly go down.
05:58And I'm like, it's a shot.
06:00And then this guy spun that way, so he must have seen me.
06:05Otherwise, why would he spin around and crouch?
06:08And then he took off through the breezeway.
06:11She says the shooter ran toward an apartment complex
06:13across the street.
06:15I'm like, oh my god.
06:18I saw the gun.
06:20It was a short-nosed gun.
06:22And clothing.
06:24I noticed he had the khaki pants.
06:26They had a light-colored shirt.
06:28Any facial hair or anything like that?
06:31I didn't really see his face, so I couldn't identify it.
06:35OK, did you hear anything said?
06:40Not a word.
06:41Nothing.
06:42Not a sound.
06:44There wasn't a single person out here, except me.
06:50She said she saw him drop, and she said it's a small,
06:53snub-nosed skin gun.
06:55There was no argument.
06:56There was no.
06:57He didn't rob him.
06:58He didn't take anything from him.
06:59He just freaking straight out executes this guy?
07:03That makes no sense.
07:07I'm going to go start canvassing for cameras,
07:09see if I see anything on apartments.
07:12While the team searches for video in the complex
07:14where the shooting occurred,
07:17The female said they ran through here.
07:19The K-9 unit hopes to pick up the suspect's trail.
07:22Hey, I'm picking up crack right here.
07:34He could have ran down this hill.
07:36Here's the footprint right here.
07:44He's picking something up over here.
07:48Come on, come on.
07:51I don't have anything here or there.
07:57The suspect's trail goes cold in the parking lot
08:00of the apartment complex across the street.
08:05When our K-9s were tracking them,
08:07they traveled on this side, but this was already here.
08:12So this is where it looks like he slid down.
08:16And then there's some tracks that go that way.
08:19I'm going to photograph those as I go.
08:29Two hours in.
08:30Let me talk to this guy.
08:32Patrol finds a witness outside the apartments
08:35across the street.
08:37So what did you see this morning?
08:46The witness saw the man minutes
08:48before patrol arrived at the crime scene.
08:54What color was his shirt?
08:56His pants?
09:03The pantalones were green,
09:06but of course.
09:07And in his pantalones,
09:09in the part of the back of his pantalones,
09:11at the height of his pump,
09:12it was dirty.
09:14OK.
09:15The stain itself,
09:17was it consistent with, like,
09:19somebody falling?
09:28OK.
09:33OK.
09:34You happen to know a make or a model?
09:40All right.
09:44The dog tracked to that spot
09:45where they saw him get in that van.
09:49The dog tracked.
09:50There's, like, a muddy trail.
09:51And the witnesses are seeing him all muddy.
09:54That could be our suspect vehicle.
10:12It's possible that could be our suspect vehicle.
10:14So right now,
10:16that's a vehicle we're going to go look into.
10:23Were you able to upload the video?
10:25Yeah.
10:26The actual video is right here.
10:28The team finds a doorbell camera
10:30next door to where Bradley was murdered.
10:32Right there?
10:33Ford Aerostar van.
10:38See the van?
10:39At 1003,
10:40we've got him coming down through here
10:42on this camera.
10:43A green Aerostar drove through the complex
10:4510 minutes before Bradley was murdered.
10:50And that same van was seen parked
10:52at a complex next to here.
10:53And the dog did track all the way
10:56to where he was parked.
10:57The van is missing a hubcap.
11:00Detectives are unable
11:02to make out the tag number.
11:03They don't have cameras at the front entrance
11:07coming in, correct?
11:08They're not working.
11:11We have technology on our side
11:12as far as flop cameras.
11:14The Sheriff's Office
11:15The Sheriff's Office
11:16will search for the green Aerostar
11:18on cameras located at major intersections
11:20throughout Gwinnett County.
11:22The property manager
11:24saw the vehicle yesterday
11:29between 1 and 3.
11:32The property manager
11:33gave a description of the driver.
11:35Black man with glasses
11:36so there's prescription.
11:37Black frames.
11:41So that's the second time
11:42they've seen this van.
11:44That van came in here yesterday.
11:46So he's obviously canvassing
11:48this place.
11:49For some reason.
11:50For some reason.
11:51Look at that.
11:52Yeah.
11:53Could be.
11:56Otherwise it would be really random
11:57just to him to get shot out here
11:59while he's doing his pass control work.
12:05Just three hours in
12:06the team gets a break.
12:08We found the same van
12:10this morning at 9.30.
12:12You got it.
12:14Walmart down the street
12:15on a flop camera.
12:1845 minutes before the murder
12:20a green Aerostar
12:21was captured on camera
12:22two miles from the crime scene.
12:25It's a green Astro van
12:26that's missing a hubcap.
12:28Okay.
12:28Same hubcap that's missing
12:30in this video.
12:31And they have a tag for it
12:32and the registered owner.
12:33It's a black male.
12:35Okay.
12:35This is the registered owner
12:37of the van.
12:39The owner of the van
12:4026-year-old Rakeem Wilson
12:42grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina
12:44and works as a cook
12:45at a local restaurant.
12:47Just because the car
12:48was riding through here
12:50does not mean
12:52that he killed this guy.
12:53No, I agree with that.
12:54Let's take a deep breath.
12:56You got a pretty strong linkage.
13:00The dog tracking
13:01from here to over there.
13:02And that helps it
13:03because now you have
13:04the people saying
13:05he was covered in mud.
13:06Have that vehicle description
13:08they see this guy get in.
13:09Definitely have an LCC
13:10to get into the car.
13:11Get in from the car.
13:12Get in from the car.
13:23Our victim unfortunately
13:24you know he's
13:25was just here for work
13:26doing pest control.
13:27So it's weird
13:29that this has happened.
13:30I definitely think
13:33it's personal
13:34because it was one shot
13:35to the head
13:36there's nothing
13:36taken off the body.
13:37Hopefully we can figure out
13:39some kind of connection
13:40or why somebody would want
13:41to do something like this.
13:50Minutes later
13:51the case takes a turn.
13:57Gang unit officers
13:58spot the green van
13:5910 miles from the scene.
14:04And find Rakeem Wilson
14:06behind the wheel.
14:10He agrees to talk
14:11at homicide.
14:16And his van is brought
14:17down to headquarters.
14:18Nobody saw him
14:21shoot anybody.
14:22We have no physical
14:23evidence against him
14:24except for the van.
14:26I'm worried about
14:27the fact he didn't
14:28get in the van here.
14:30He got in the van
14:31across the street
14:31at the other complex.
14:33They didn't see him
14:34leave from here.
14:35They didn't see him
14:36come from this complex.
14:37No, no.
14:38All this could be
14:39a coincidence.
14:40Right, right.
14:41So that's my problem.
14:44Unfortunately I think
14:45this is one of those things
14:46where you have to play
14:47the hand that you're dealt
14:48with your dealt.
14:48Yep.
14:50Lawson heads back
14:51to homicide
14:52to interview Rakeem Wilson.
14:54We'll go up there.
14:55We'll go do our thing.
14:58When you deal with a homicide
15:00where you can find an obvious
15:02or even an underlining motive,
15:04it is scary.
15:05At the end of the day
15:06we want to find justice
15:07for the Jordan family
15:09and for the son
15:10as he goes on
15:12and does his journey
15:13without his dad.
15:14I can relate to that.
15:16You know,
15:17I lost my father
15:18at a young age.
15:19I was six at the time
15:20that he died.
15:21He was involved
15:23in a car accident
15:24where it was suspected
15:25that the other driver
15:26was intoxicated.
15:27And so knowing
15:31that Jordan's son
15:32is going to grow up
15:33without his father
15:34that's a sobering thought.
15:37He will have a lot of resentment
15:38and anger
15:39just like I have.
15:40But you can't hang on to that.
15:42You got to deal with it
15:43and move on
15:45to be productive.
15:46All I can do is
15:48be the best that I can be
15:50and hopefully he looks down
15:51and he's proud.
16:01Right now,
16:02we're trying to establish
16:05PC for our homicide.
16:08We have no physical evidence
16:10against him
16:11to suggest that he is
16:12the suspect in this case
16:14except for the band.
16:16So at any point,
16:17if he decides to leave,
16:18we have to let him
16:18walk out the door.
16:21It's going to take us
16:21a few hours
16:22to search the band.
16:25It's important for us
16:26to keep him talking,
16:27occupied,
16:28so he does not leave.
16:32Clock's on.
16:35What was his demeanor?
16:37He was calm.
16:38He didn't even ask really
16:39why I was doing
16:40what I was doing.
16:41He wasn't like agitated.
16:43He kept saying that
16:44he was going to go
16:44and clean his car out.
16:45Looks like he lives
16:46in this car.
16:46He got a toothbrush,
16:47toothpaste.
16:49While we're trying
16:50to build a rapport
16:51with this guy,
16:52Smith's going to do
16:53the search warrant
16:53on the vehicle.
16:54We're going to have
16:55to speed up
16:56this whole process.
16:58All right, you ready?
16:59Let's knock it out of the park.
17:03A lot's riding
17:04on this interview.
17:07Is it Mr. Wilson?
17:08Yeah, I agree.
17:09All right, excellent.
17:10Can you sit right here for me,
17:11sir?
17:16So we're just going to talk
17:17to you, get some information.
17:19It's time to figure out
17:20why I'm here.
17:21Your vehicle is unique, and so we have interest in your vehicle.
17:40That's part of the reason that you're in this room right now.
17:42OK.
17:43I was just leaving the gym,
17:44and I had to clean out my car,
17:45because I'd be sleeping in my car.
17:51I work right there.
17:52Are you?
17:53Are you?
17:54And I work at the Margo's.
17:56I make pieces.
17:58What do you mean?
17:59L.A. Fitness, I'm living here.
18:02So, I mean, I didn't do anything out of the ordinary.
18:05OK.
18:06Um, what time did you go to L.A. Fitness to work out?
18:10It was maybe like 10.
18:14At 10.03, we got him coming down through here
18:17on this camera.
18:19L.A. Fitness at Pleasant Hill and Sweetwater.
18:21See if this guy has a gym membership.
18:24OK.
18:25And see if he scanned to go in this morning.
18:31Well, that's what we're trying to verify.
18:33He's talking.
18:34So, that's applause.
18:36Detective Brian Dormany heads to Rakim's gym
18:39to check out his alibi.
18:42What am I here for?
18:45You know, I know it's not illegal to sleep in your car, but...
18:48No, I didn't do nothing.
18:49I didn't do nothing.
18:52We've had a real big rash of HVAC systems that are being stolen.
18:59Dunning tells Rakim they're investigating the theft of several air conditioning systems.
19:04And damage.
19:06You know.
19:07I'm homeless.
19:08So I ain't out here stealing nothing or nothing.
19:12There's no stolen property in my car.
19:15I work.
19:16I get money.
19:17I haven't did nothing.
19:18I'm allowed by the system.
19:20He's not that anything like anybody would normally be.
19:22No.
19:23Very calm, but he's not saying, get me out of here.
19:25Yeah.
19:27I'm sure you know, everywhere you drive, there are cameras.
19:31Okay?
19:32You're in an apartment complex at the same time that you say you're at LA Fitness working out.
19:39You've already decided you want to lie to us about where you are.
19:44And so that's why I'm asking you about...
19:47Wait, what?
19:49Am I a suspect or something?
19:52Am I?
19:53Why?
19:54So the cops pulled me over.
19:55What, what, what happened?
19:56Like, why am I here exactly?
19:58And I just got pulled over out of nowhere.
20:03Did you go to the Walmart today?
20:05Dunning asks him about the location where his van was seen on Flock cameras, 45 minutes before the murder.
20:13Uh, okay, yeah, that was, uh...
20:15Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:20I went to the Walmart, uh, so what time is it now?
20:25So, uh, I went to Walmart before I went to the gym.
20:28Yeah.
20:30Uh, and I probably took some back roads back.
20:33I probably made a U-turn in a sugar mill apartment.
20:39Rakeem admits to driving through the apartments where Bradley was murdered.
20:45Is that the first time you've been in Sugar Mill's apartments?
20:51The property manager saw the vehicle yesterday between one and three.
21:01Why would you say specifically yesterday?
21:03Yeah, I'm looking for something to happen yesterday.
21:07I'm not.
21:11Any tools or anything like that?
21:12Any wrenches, screwdrivers, blowtorches, anything that would assist in removing an HVAC system or anything like that from behind the business?
21:19Oh, no, no, no.
21:20I ain't gonna find anything.
21:21It's strange in my car.
21:22All right.
21:27While Lawson and Dunning try to keep Rakeem talking,
21:32Smith and CSI have a warrant to search the Aerostar.
21:35Khaki pants, a white shirt, and the muddy shoes are something we're looking for, too.
21:40Yeah.
21:41And then the gun.
21:42The gun is the most important for right now.
21:44Nine millimeter.
21:45He does have a notebook in here.
21:49He does have a notebook in here.
21:53He's, like, suing everybody on conspiracy theories.
21:55Like, he's suing Homeland Security.
21:57He's suing the government.
21:58Just take a picture of the insides because it's a little weird.
22:10I feel like he went somewhere and washed the clothes because those pants looked like they were wet.
22:15I mean a picture of them.
22:20They've got muddy shoes.
22:21They look like rocks.
22:22Yeah.
22:23Usually they look like slip-ons.
22:24Yeah.
22:25They're muddy.
22:26They're muddy.
22:27Yeah.
22:28They're muddy all over.
22:42Nine millimeter.
22:45They're muddy.
22:48See it.
22:53Take a picture of the gun real quick, so I can send it to Pat.
22:55So now I'm going to take this gun over to the range, and we are going to have it test
23:11fired so we can get that round back over here and immediately try to compare it to the round
23:16from the scene.
23:17Will you text them that?
23:18Yeah.
23:19Anything else that would be of importance in your car that we should know about?
23:31Nothing strange at all?
23:33Outside of the trash, clothing, tools, weapons, anything at all?
23:37I don't know.
23:38I have a weapon in my car.
23:39Okay.
23:40That I recently bought.
23:41It's a Ruger 9mm.
23:43I just bought that gun because I was sleeping in my car.
23:49Somebody tried to, like, wiggle my doorknob and get into my car one night, and I was, like,
23:54mad paranoid after that.
23:56As far as what you remember, you're working out today.
24:02I was at the gym this morning.
24:05You could check my movements, everything.
24:07I went nowhere, doing nothing with nobody.
24:11Okay.
24:12Let us follow up on some things and see if we can get you out of here as quickly as
24:17possible.
24:18That's fine.
24:19All right.
24:20One hour into the interview with Rakeem.
24:23Here's the thing.
24:24We're getting to the point where we're stretching out how long we're going to be able to.
24:27The gun needs to be test fired.
24:29That could take two to three hours.
24:30We have to keep him talking while this whole process takes place.
24:34Okay.
24:35I was trying to stall us as much as we can.
24:38He keeps asking, why am I here?
24:40Why am I here?
24:41Why am I here?
24:42Why am I here?
24:43I would just start putting the things out that we already know.
24:46Okay.
24:47When you said Walmart, oh, yeah, I did go there.
24:50And then he kept talking, and then, did you go anywhere else?
24:53No, no, no, no.
24:54And then somebody said something about the apartment complex.
24:57You go in any apartment?
24:58Oh, yeah, I did.
24:59I made a U-turn in the apartment complex.
25:01Every time we start to confront him, we thought, oh, yeah, yeah.
25:04He will backtrack.
25:05So we're going to have to give him some.
25:06You want to hit him with the muddy clothing first before you confront him with the other
25:09stuff, because he starts getting on the defensive.
25:12He may shut down.
25:13Okay.
25:14Good with that?
25:15Yeah.
25:16Go back in there and continue talking to him.
25:20All right.
25:22Detective Lawson wanted to discuss something else real quick.
25:25We're in your vehicle right now.
25:27Okay?
25:28And so one thing that I'm curious about is the muddy clothes that are in the front of the
25:33vehicle, which is fresh mud.
25:36How did that occur?
25:37Why?
25:38What does mud have to do with this?
25:43Did you go into another apartment complex outside of Sugar Mills today?
25:48No.
25:49I did a couple of U-turns.
25:50I was just joyriding them out of my business.
25:54So is there a possibility that you did another U-turn in another complex?
25:58Because here's the thing.
25:59I have witnesses that describe you.
26:04No, sir.
26:05Yes.
26:06Yes.
26:07I saw the pants.
26:09Yeah.
26:10The light-colored pants with mud all over.
26:12Which are in your vehicle right now.
26:14That's why we're asking you about this.
26:16No, no, no.
26:17So what is that?
26:18No, no.
26:19Make us understand it.
26:20No, sir.
26:21No, no.
26:22Fine.
26:23I don't know what y'all talking about.
26:24I don't know.
26:25He's looking for this guy.
26:28To park all the way over there and walk, that's premeditated.
26:31So I don't know.
26:32There's some kind of connection with him, with that guy.
26:35At this point, it just doesn't make any sense.
26:38We're in your car.
26:39You've got a gun in your car.
26:40I have a gun for my process.
26:41I need this weapon test fire.
26:43What gun is it?
26:44It's a Ruger 9mm.
26:45We're just in a time crunch holding this guy because we really don't have much to hold him
26:48on.
26:49So everything's just trying to go as fast as we can right now.
26:51There we go.
26:52Wonderful.
26:53I'll let you know if it matches.
26:54All right.
26:55Detective Smith will have the test-fired casing compared to the shell casing found near Bradley's
26:56body.
26:57The dad of the victim said that he's a good kid.
26:58He goes to church all the time.
26:59It's a Ruger 9mm.
27:00It's a Ruger 9mm.
27:01We're just in a time crunch holding this guy because we really don't have much to hold
27:02him on.
27:03So everything's just trying to go as fast as we can right now.
27:06There we go.
27:11Wonderful.
27:12I'll let you know if it matches.
27:15All right.
27:16Detective Smith will have the test-fired casing compared to the shell casing found near Bradley's
27:20body.
27:21The dad of the victim said that he's a good kid.
27:26He goes to church all the time.
27:27He's got a new wife and they have a kid.
27:29As far as this potential suspect, right now the motive is the thing that's really bothering
27:34us.
27:35What transpired for him to want to shoot this guy if he did?
27:41OK, well, here's the thing.
27:46At the apartment complex that you drove in at 10.03, 10 minutes later, a person is killed.
27:55OK?
27:56And your description.
27:57I ain't here for murder.
27:58Who got killed?
27:59There's a guy from pest control.
28:00Laying in the parking lot.
28:01Your description is given by witnesses.
28:02Dude, I don't know what type of stuff y'all doing that don't have nothing to do with me.
28:09I ain't kill nobody.
28:10Like I said, my stuff checks out.
28:11None of your stuff checks out.
28:12Your ain't checking out.
28:13Listen, y'all need to calm down.
28:14Y'all talking to me.
28:15I'm not a killer.
28:16Well, right now it looks like you are.
28:18I don't do these conversations.
28:19I don't know what y'all talking about.
28:20He's flustered now.
28:21He's flustered now.
28:22Yeah, he is.
28:23He didn't know what to do.
28:24He'll rub his hand or his belly.
28:25You get something comfortable, he starts rubbing his belly.
28:29I was working out.
28:30All I did today was work out.
28:31I ain't doing nothing.
28:32Time off.
28:33Be careful.
28:34You're not sick.
28:35You're just going to break.
28:36You're like, you're not all good.
28:37You're like, you're not a killer.
28:38You're not a killer.
28:39You're not a killer.
28:40I don't do these conversations.
28:41I don't know what y'all talking about.
28:42Yeah, you're not a killer.
28:43Well, right now it looks like you are.
28:44I don't do these conversations.
28:45I don't know what y'all talking about.
28:46He's flustered now.
28:47Yeah, he is.
28:48He didn't know what to do.
28:49He'll rub his hand or his belly.
28:50You get something comfortable, he starts rubbing his belly.
28:53He's belly.
28:54I was working out.
28:55Working out, all I did today was work out.
28:57I didn't do nothing, talking about killing people.
29:02But maybe, perhaps, you worked out.
29:05Perhaps I didn't kill anybody.
29:09Well, 10 minutes before the killing,
29:11you're in Sugar Mill's apartment.
29:16And that's on video.
29:17Doing a U-turn.
29:21So you said?
29:23You can't.
29:24I think you were doing a murder.
29:29Bruh, it wasn't me, bruh.
29:30And don't be in here talking to me like you crazy,
29:32because I ain't killing nobody.
29:49I'm not a killer.
29:49I'm out here working hard, going to work.
29:52That's it.
29:53I got in trouble a while back for a burglary charge.
29:57And I worked real hard to get out of probation for that.
30:04You're not here just randomly.
30:07You have to call Ellie Finns, because I was at this morning.
30:09OK.
30:10And we've got somebody working on that.
30:12A half hour later, Dormany gets video from Akeem's gym.
30:29So Akeem Wilson's right here at 11-17, so it's an hour after the 911 call.
30:38Akeem arrived at the gym, an hour after Bradley was shot.
30:41I'm basically in the middle of this workout area, doing a little bit of a press.
30:51I have a hard time believing that someone is that cold that they can go pump iron after
31:00taking somebody's life.
31:01I'd probably be freaking out and driving as far as I could, but that is not normal behavior.
31:07We have to see what that firearm suggests.
31:09A lot's rotting on the gun that's in the car.
31:12Then...
31:13The shoe that's in his car matches a tread that's in the car.
31:26I'll give you another little fact.
31:47The shoes that are in your car, the shoe print matches the track.
31:51And I have...
31:52Proof.
31:59I worked out.
32:00I did my...
32:01Did you go to the gym after you killed that man?
32:06And take a shower?
32:08Did you go to the gym after you killed that man in an apartment complex?
32:16I didn't kill no man, bro.
32:21You're trying to put this on me.
32:24Oh, you got so lucky this guy was in the area.
32:26No, I didn't kill that man, bro.
32:28We've got your black Crocs with the mud on them.
32:35It's still wet to the touch.
32:37Matching the shoe prints on scene.
32:40I don't want to care about...
32:42I don't want to focus on the mud.
32:43Everybody probably got mud on their shoes right now.
32:47Everybody probably got a 9mm in their house.
32:50And why are you not knocking on doors to see who killed that man?
32:54Whoever he was pest controlling probably killed him.
32:57I've never been in no first 48 office talking about murders.
33:03No gang activity.
33:04None of that crazy stuff.
33:05That gun does not even leave the car.
33:08We're just all going to stand over Brittany's shoulder.
33:20This is the casing from the scene.
33:23We take a picture of the head stamp to see, like, what type of characteristics could be a potential case linked to the other casings.
33:34It's submitted, so I just have to wait for an email for them.
33:38A firearms examiner will compare the markings on the two fired casings.
33:42How long does it normally take her to look at them and compare?
33:45Well, not long.
33:46Like, within an hour.
33:47If they match, he's done.
33:52We're going to test fire that gun, okay?
33:55And we're going to see if that shell casing from the test fire matches the shell casing that's next to the body.
34:01It's not that gun that killed that man.
34:07And that's the only gun you've ever had.
34:09That's the only gun I ever had.
34:11Weapon I ever had.
34:12My gun didn't kill that man.
34:20Anything, Brittany?
34:21Not yet.
34:22The firearms examiner is looking for tiny striations or grooves that appear on both casings.
34:29Hey.
34:30No, we're still waiting.
34:32I mean, she's supposed to expedite it, but I don't want it.
34:35They don't have patients.
34:39All right.
34:40Got it.
34:41Come on.
34:42Be a match.
34:43It matches.
34:44Ha!
34:45Decent.
34:46Where is that?
34:47Go ahead.
34:48Hey.
34:49The shell casings match.
34:50Yes!
34:51It matched.
34:52It matched.
34:53All right.
34:54It matched.
34:55We're going to finish the search one on the car.
34:56All right.
34:57Hey, appreciate it.
34:58All right.
34:59No problem.
35:00Was that Shelly that went, yeah!
35:01I've never heard of that happening.
35:02I neither.
35:03It's the best physical evidence we can have.
35:05I think the guns match.
35:06Okay.
35:07All right.
35:08So, guess what?
35:09Showcasing on scene matches your gun.
35:10No way.
35:11As your gun that is in your car matches the shell casing that is found in the car.
35:12No problem.
35:13Yeah!
35:14I've never heard of that happening.
35:15I neither.
35:16It's the best physical evidence we can have.
35:22I think the guns match.
35:24I think the guns match.
35:25Yes.
35:26Okay.
35:27All right.
35:28So, guess what?
35:29Showcasing on scene matches your gun.
35:31No way.
35:36As your gun that is in your car matches the shell casing that is found next to his body.
35:42Period.
35:43I told you that was the gun.
35:44Period.
35:45Period.
35:46I told you that was the gun.
35:47Period.
35:48Period.
35:49Period.
35:50Period.
35:51Period.
35:52Period.
35:53Period.
35:58You want to just let go?
35:59This man was killed with a 9 million.
36:01With your gun.
36:02With your gun.
36:03With your gun.
36:05It was killed with your gun.
36:07No denying that.
36:09Test, do not lie.
36:10When it fires a shell, a round goes out,
36:13the shell casing has marks on it.
36:15That shell casing next to this dead body
36:17comes from your gun.
36:23We've given you all the opportunity in the world
36:25to try to explain what happened today.
36:27I'm not a murderer, bruh.
36:29Stop talking to me crazy in here.
36:31Y'all need to investigate this.
36:32I didn't do it.
36:34We already found out who did it.
36:35It's you.
36:38You're being charged with murder.
36:39No ifs, ands, or buts.
36:41Your gun was used in that order.
36:42I'm going to have to prove that in court,
36:44because I didn't kill anybody.
36:47And especially no pest control dude.
36:49I'm trying to find out why he died for no reason.
36:54That's what I don't understand.
36:59It's a life.
37:00It's a son.
37:04Why did he have to die?
37:05Look, this dude is not connected to me in any way.
37:08Like, I don't know what you're saying about a firearm.
37:10That's the sad part of it.
37:11That's the sad part of it.
37:12That is the sad part of it.
37:13We're done.
37:15OK.
37:22This was definitely not an easy case.
37:25That was the most uncomfortable interview that I've done,
37:27and I've been doing interviews for a while.
37:29Just 10 hours into the first 48,
37:33Rakeem Wilson is charged with the murder of Bradley Jordan.
37:36So I'll just take you off the street and blame them for murders for the death.
37:48We presented you with more than enough evidence.
37:51We'll have your day in court.
37:56He didn't want to admit to anything.
37:57The family obviously doesn't have any reason for this,
38:02and I don't either.
38:05Now, that's kind of hard.
38:08I don't have anything that showed that this victim
38:11had put himself in a situation other than going to work that day
38:14to be a victim of a homicide.
38:16We're trying to get to a motive.
38:30Lawson gets a lead on a possible motive
38:32from the notebook recovered in Rakeem's van.
38:37Everyone there has the same license plate,
38:41starting with the letter R.
38:43I did not realize they'd been targeted,
38:45and they obviously tapped my internet network
38:48and controlled the search results.
38:50Rakeem's writings suggest he believed
38:52he was being followed by government officials
38:55and that all of their license plates contained the letter R.
39:03That has an R in it.
39:06R.
39:07In Rakeem's phone,
39:08Lawson finds several photos of license plates
39:11with the letter R.
39:12Every single car that he comes across,
39:15he takes a picture while he's operating his vehicle.
39:18All of these people were potential victims.
39:22Crazy.
39:24Just timing, circumstances.
39:26It just happens to be that the vehicle that belonged to your victim
39:29had a license plate that starts with R.
39:31He takes pictures of our victim at 10.01 inside the Sugar Mill Apartments.
39:40So he's already focused on, oh, here's another person that's following me
39:45or is controlled by the government.
39:47The tag displayed on his vehicle just happened to contain a letter
39:51that set Mr. Wilson off.
39:53Moving forward, is he competent enough to stand a trial?
39:59Yeah.
40:00He's seen on video 10 minutes before near that building,
40:04but he had the wherewithal...
40:05To park somewhere else.
40:06To park at another complex nearby and make his way back on foot.
40:09Absolutely.
40:10And that's rational thinking.
40:11Yes, it's twisted thinking, but that is of somebody that's confident
40:15to reasonably think out of a plan to make somebody their victim.
40:20I have a strong feeling it would not have been his last.
40:22I have a strong feeling it would not have been his last.
40:24I have a strong feeling it would not have been his last.
40:25I have a strong feeling it would not have been his last.
40:47This is the first year he coached me.
40:48He made everyone feel like they were important on the team.
40:55That everyone had a place.
40:57And he would run the bases with a superhero cape on.
41:01Just to be silly, to make someone laugh, to, you know...
41:05Because that's the person he was.
41:09He taught me to show people love that even didn't show us love.
41:13Make everybody feel family.
41:15I just wish this guy would have known Brad, you know,
41:20to know that you took someone that would have been there for you.
41:29I'm going to miss most of the looks that he gave Oliver.
41:31Like, when Brad looked at Oliver, you could see the love.
41:36He loved being that father.
41:38You know, it really breaks my heart.
41:39Oliver doesn't get to experience the right dad that he was going to be.
41:51Mom, my foot.
41:53Mom, my foot.
41:58Probably the top thing that I miss about Bradley sitting in with Oliver.
42:02Bradley was probably the best father I knew.
42:04When he would come home from work, Oliver, he would run to Bradley,
42:08and he would be so excited.
42:11Hi!
42:12Oliver probably knows that he's gone, but he just...
42:15He's too little to actually understand.
42:20I would just tell him that your dad passed away when you were a year and a half.
42:24Not go into the details.
42:26I don't think I could tell my kid that.
42:28Because then I wouldn't have a reason why.
42:30I don't have a reason why.
42:32I don't have a reason why.
42:33I don't have a reason why.
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