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00:07To be continued...
00:30How do you know my mom?
00:30What's the location of your emergency?
00:32Hello, yeah.
00:33I have someone who got shot on St. Rock,
00:35and he got a post, but he's not responding.
00:39What's the call street?
00:40Are you seeing an address?
00:42St. Rock and Trugger.
00:43Okay, and we have units in St. Rock
00:45to the location now.
00:47He don't have no calls, so low.
00:49I think he's gone.
00:51He's gone.
00:52He's gone.
00:53Come on, baby.
00:55Okay, the police is here.
01:18All right, we got EMS.
01:19The EMS is here.
01:20Step back.
01:20Come in, step back.
01:24Yeah, I don't think he's a reason.
01:28Yo, we coming.
01:30It looks like he's building for something.
01:31Let's go and bring it back to our car.
01:35I think I want to go.
01:52We have a male declared deceased.
01:54It's in the 3100 block of St. Rock.
01:57apparently it's an area where there's a club nearby it sounds like no one's left on scene
02:06that was there let's go see what we got when I arrived on scene homicide sections that are
02:21working overnight had already made the scene sergeant Constantine Arthur Hill and Maurice
02:28Stewart scenes completely calm down from when it happened the body's in the neutral ground in the
02:34grassy area between the sides of the street quite a distance from any of the buildings on either the
02:40northbound or southbound side of the street so we had what five wounds two in the back two in the
02:50back
02:50it looks like it looks like none of them were through and throughs there's no exit there's
02:55no blood on the ground the girls that I talked to work are gone they already said who he was
03:01yeah
03:02Brandon Hayward Hayward the person deceased was Brandon Hayward Brandon is from New Orleans he's
03:11in his early 30s that is the name of someone who says they may have some information but didn't want
03:21to talk to us out here I learned that there was a witness who was there at the time of
03:27the incident
03:28she is no longer on scene so I'm not gonna be able to talk to her now but the fact
03:32that this person gave
03:33information to an officer to pass to me so that I can contact her later is a good sign I
03:40spoke with
03:40someone else who knew the victim she said she drove out here with the victim what she said was they
03:46arrived
03:47at the club she backed in like just past the tape they backed in on the neutral ground he told
03:53her for
03:53some reason to go ahead and walk in before me and I asked her why did he tell her that
03:58she said she
03:59don't know so um she left him sitting in the passenger seat of the car she goes around to the
04:05club goes inside gets a drink he's still outside and then all of a sudden she came out and she
04:12saw them
04:13fanning him it looks like he got out of the car and was back here for some reason I asked
04:19her if he was
04:19beefing with someone she said no of course um so I mean that's pretty much all we have I do
04:27have a
04:27phone number and an address and everything for the girl Maurice told me that he had spoke to somebody
04:33else that supposedly arrived with a victim in a dark blue Toyota Camry but she was inside the bar when
04:40the shooting happened so there's two witnesses that I'll have to speak to later
04:51all right ladies you know this job what's his name I don't know his real name that's okay we call
04:58him fun you go by twin mm-hmm that's the bar where everybody was at okay that's where everyone was
05:06right
05:07before they came here mm-hmm okay the witnesses told me that they were at another bar with the victim
05:13right before they came over here and they gave me that address it's very important that we do some
05:19follow-up with that address thank you all right I'm hoping to get some video from the club it looked
05:30like some decent cameras on the outside of that I just write warrants and rip that rip everything we'll
05:35come back tomorrow no dice now nothing on occasions there were no shell casings near the body clearly he
05:46fell not where he was shot he probably ran a little bit finding casings are important because we can track
05:57what gun fired what casings if you get casings ultimately later you can find a murder weapon and
06:04you can positively match the murder weapon to the scene so I called the canine officers asking to
06:11come down got the ballistics dog out they started sweeping the area so he alerted over here you gave me
06:31some interest in this area you find a couple you know lunches on me right come on man
06:48ultimately we found no casings you think it's a revolver it'll be a revolver because they're not
06:53throwing through I was thinking rifle because they were small there was one that was throwing through
06:57like the shoulder I think that was throwing because they were they were close though the
07:01shooter probably was using a revolver which wouldn't eject any shell casings generally revolvers fire
07:09projectiles that are lead so they're softer they're more likely to deform on impact so they generally stay
07:16inside the body no phone no phone anything else of note in his pockets
07:27so that is that a receipt yeah did a picture of that yeah that'll be important in the victim's pocket
07:35the coroner found a receipt from a seafood restaurant in the east from that same day
07:44I'll take a look at it so he may be with somebody it could stem from a fight he had
07:49at the seafood
07:50restaurant you never know so we're gonna go there tomorrow and get that video footage see if he's with
07:56anybody right now I don't have a lot to go on I also need to contact the two witnesses that
08:03were out
08:03here and I'm hoping that some of the businesses in that area caught the incident on camera so I think
08:10like nine o'clock tomorrow morning I'm just gonna start hit the ground running so we'll see thanks for
08:16coming out
08:47hello hello I'm looking for Miss Charlotte Hayward this is Detective Harmon with New Orleans Police
08:51Department yes um I would like to sit down with you face to face at some point just so you
08:57can see
08:58me and we can talk about whatever you need to talk about if there's any news I can give you
09:02okay it's
09:04important to reach out to the family members of the victim and let them know that you're on the case
09:10and that you're there for them but also give them enough space to grieve she told me that he has
09:18a
09:18twin brother they've been involved in making music since they were very young Brandon has children he
09:26has a lot of family members and I can't begin to imagine the depths of their despair he's gonna be
09:32missed this is my cell phone just for families and witnesses at your convenience when you feel up to it
09:39you call me back on this number and I will come over and talk to you okay okay all right
09:46thank you ma'am
09:55what is from this is in my decision's pocket it's from a seafood restaurant from three o'clock that
10:02afternoon lots of boiled potatoes you want to go there yeah okay I'll ride with you over there all right
10:13I don't want you to have to do anything by yourself that's why I love you
10:22tell me the gist of what happened apparently there was a party so there's a bunch of people parked in
10:28a
10:28neutral ground there were some commotion shots fired the DJ makes the announcement everybody go home
10:35the party's over so then everybody scatters he's on the ground he's got no phone oh wow
10:45that's the camera I say they work hello I'm detective Marshall this is detective Herman New Orleans
11:02police homicide we was wondering if your cameras were working we were trying to see if a vehicle and a
11:08person came to this location on yesterday about three o'clock yesterday okay I spoke to somebody
11:14who said that yes they have video footage on the times I needed that's been right up yeah my victim
11:26Brandon Hayward does arrive he's in dark-colored Toyota Camry that match a description of the car that he
11:33arrived to the party in he goes inside he orders his boiled potatoes they give it to him gets back
11:43in
11:44the car and he leaves which appears to be the car and that the witness brought him to this party
11:49in moments
11:50before he was killed thank you very much for your help sir my victim he's driving a dark colored Toyota
12:01Camry
12:02it's probably the witnesses vehicle that he arrived to the party in so I need to speak to this witness
12:08and
12:08find that car yeah finding the vehicle is important because you never know what kind of evidence can be
12:17in that car his cell phone sometimes vehicles navigation systems will show where he was earlier
12:22that day we're gonna find out what happened we're gonna get justice for Brandon as quick as we can
12:34you
12:34you
12:35you
12:35you
12:35you
12:35you
12:37you
13:04Once you're ready to go, we're just going to follow you up.
13:06You go when you're ready, all right?
13:10Through an intelligence source, I found out this car was parked behind this building over here.
13:16There's a bullet hole in it, and it's the same car that I have the victim in on video
13:23at a seafood place earlier in the day before he was killed.
13:29We ran the plate, and the car is registered to the witness that Detective Stewart spoke to at the crime
13:35scene,
13:36who had said that she had arrived at the club with the victim.
13:40What she said was they arrived at the club.
13:43He told her for some reason to go ahead and walk in before me, and I asked her why did
13:48he tell her that.
13:49She said she don't know.
13:51I am going to call her as soon as this car is put into the cage.
13:55I need her to come to headquarters and explain to me what happened that night from her perspective.
14:01And then I can ask her where her car is and see what she has to say about that.
14:05And then I can search it and hopefully get the projectile out of it.
14:10Hopefully it's not too badly tore up.
14:12Maybe if I find a murder weapon at some point in the future, match it up.
14:15Maybe if I find a murder weapon at some point in the future, match it up.
14:41Yes.
14:43Hey, I would like to sit down with you face to face at some point.
14:46You think you want to come down to the building and talk to me so I can get your statement
14:50for the night?
14:51Yeah, I'll send the address.
14:54I'll send you a text with the address.
14:56When you get out front and you park, you give me a call back and I'll come down and let
15:00you in the building.
15:02How long do you think? You'll be able to come over now?
15:05Yeah.
15:06All right. Thank you.
15:10The witness is coming in, but she's very hesitant.
15:13We're hoping she actually shows up and lets us know what she saw and any other information that might be
15:18valuable to the investigation.
15:34So, Friday, you were at that bar?
15:39Yes.
15:40You were driving when you wanted to?
15:41I was driving.
15:43It was sitting in the passenger seat.
15:44Okay.
15:45And so, when we pulled up, I stepped out the car.
15:47I'm like, you ready?
15:47You coming?
15:48He said, go ahead.
15:48I'm coming.
15:49I went across the street.
15:51I walked in.
15:53I seen the people I know.
15:54We spoke.
15:55And I went to the bar and got a drink.
15:58And then the girl who the party was for, she got on the mic and announced, everybody get to y
16:03'all car safely.
16:05Nothing about nothing was going on outside.
16:08As I walked to my car, the driver's door was open.
16:11And I'm like, he's not in the car.
16:12So, I see a crowd of people surrounding somebody.
16:16So, I go over there and I see him.
16:17I'm like, you know what happened?
16:19Nobody ever said he got shot or nothing.
16:21So, I went back to the car to try to unlock his phone and call his mother, but I couldn't
16:25get the phone or not.
16:26Where is that phone now?
16:27I don't know if it was in my car or I dropped it somewhere right there.
16:31So, you don't know anything about what happened?
16:32What have you heard rumor-wise as what happened?
16:35I only heard what his mama was telling me, like, he got into an altercation with somebody.
16:41How'd you leave?
16:43I left when he was there.
16:44Like, when the police pulled up, they kept saying, well, he out here by himself.
16:47And I'm like, he out here with me.
16:49And I couldn't get in touch with nobody.
16:51So, I drove off and I went to the mama house.
16:53And I knocked on her door.
16:54It took me, like, 10 minutes to even get them up.
16:57The witness, she's very forthcoming.
17:00She tells me things that I already knew to be true, which is good because then I know she wants
17:04to help.
17:05The next step is to ask her about the vehicle.
17:07She doesn't know we've already found it.
17:09So, her answers will be very telling to determine if she's being honest in this interview or not.
17:16Where's your car now?
17:19He spoke, uh, down with me because that's where I had met everybody at after I left his mama house.
17:26My and her husband came around there with me.
17:28Like, they follow me back now.
17:30And my family and stuff came over there with me and sit down and talk.
17:35I said, I don't want to pick it up today.
17:37No.
17:37But then I do have a bullet holding my car.
17:39Don't go pick it up today.
17:40I have it.
17:41So, all I need for me really is the keys so that I don't have to break into it.
17:45I'm going to search it, see if his phone is in there.
17:47I'm going to see if I can find the bullet itself in your car.
17:53If you hear anything, please just pass along any information to me.
18:01The witness was truthful about the car.
18:03So, it leads me to believe that everything else about her statements were true.
18:08Unfortunately, the witness was inside the club when the shooting happened.
18:11And she was not able to add any additional information.
18:15So, I'm hoping that the car will have some evidence that can point us in the right direction
18:18to find out who killed Brandon Hayward.
18:55The bullet and the victim's phone might be in there.
19:01Brandon Hayward supposedly arrived in this car the night he was killed.
19:05I have video of him in that car.
19:07And there's a bullet hole in the car.
19:10The big thing is to see if I can recover the projectile.
19:13Match it to the projectiles they pulled out of his body.
19:17Is it coming through?
19:20I don't see where it can be.
19:28Okay.
19:31I don't see.
19:35There it is.
19:37All the way down behind that speaker, it looks like.
19:41We're winning.
19:42We're going to win a chicken dinner.
19:44No problem, man.
19:46Crime lab was able to recover the bullet that went through the door.
19:50That'll go to ballistics and we'll see if it matches the other projectiles we found in the decedent.
19:57Now, we need to find the decedent's cell phone.
20:05One right there.
20:07Look at you.
20:11One on a second.
20:13Another phone?
20:17Oh.
20:19Bingo, bango.
20:21His phone's everywhere.
20:26Oh, that one's destroyed.
20:28That's definitely not his working phone.
20:31I'll take all of them.
20:34We found five cell phones in the car.
20:37We'll work on trying to get digital forensics to get into them.
20:41I'm hoping one of them is Brandon.
20:44Because right now, the evidence is thin.
21:06A second witness on scene gave her name and phone number subtly to one of the officers who got it
21:13to me.
21:14That is the name of someone who says they may have some information but didn't want to talk to us
21:19out here.
21:21She claims to have been standing there, knows what happened, why the shooting happened, possibly saw the perpetrator.
21:29So we're on our way to the 5th District Police Station where we're going to see what she knows.
21:34So fingers crossed that this all works out.
21:38We need some good luck here.
21:57So from what I understand, and I just want to make it clear, you're a witness to what happened, right?
22:03Yes.
22:05I want to start from where I was having a party.
22:09So she invited Eric to the party.
22:11I went and picked Eric up.
22:13Eric.
22:14Eric is the dude who shot Twin.
22:17Okay.
22:19I went in there to the party.
22:21I didn't really say nothing to nobody, and I won't break out.
22:25Eric in the car.
22:26So I didn't know Twin pulled up behind my car.
22:29Three friends, so he hurried up and jumped out the car and he gave me a hug.
22:33Because I ain't seen him in a long time, right?
22:35Okay.
22:35And I was happy to see him, though, but I didn't know that was going to be my last day
22:39to see him.
22:41Eric was trying to figure out who I was talking to.
22:43So he got off the car and he spoke to Twin.
22:45Okay.
22:46When Twin saw him get off the car, Twin had like an attitude on his face and his whole demeanor
22:50changed.
22:52So Eric said, what's up?
22:54And Twin, after he finished talking to me, he spoke to him.
22:57He was like, what's up?
22:58He gave him a hug.
22:59So they must know each other.
23:00And then he went back talking to me.
23:03So Eric got in the car.
23:04I thought he was standing in the car.
23:06Wow.
23:07So me and Twin was still talking.
23:08Eric got out the car.
23:10And then they passed some words.
23:13Some words.
23:14Like, uh, why are you still talking to her?
23:17It's time to, yeah.
23:18All your words.
23:19Yeah.
23:20Eric said that I took too long to end the conversation with me and Twin.
23:25They started to, like, you know, raise up to each other.
23:28So I'm trying to jump in the middle of the thing.
23:31But Twin pushed me.
23:32And that's when Eric got mad.
23:34Because Twin pushed me because I'm trying to break them up.
23:36So they started tussling first.
23:38Then Eric went back to the car and got whatever was in his bag or whatever.
23:43And there was he dead.
23:44So he started shooting?
23:46Yes.
23:47When he shot him, he ran.
23:48And he still was shooting at him.
23:51Did you see the kind of gun it was?
23:53I know I didn't see the gun.
23:54I didn't see it.
23:56Okay.
23:57After he shot him, he was like, oh, get in the car.
23:59I said, I'm not bringing you nowhere.
24:01So he ran off.
24:03You didn't know Eric's last name?
24:05Garrison.
24:07How old were you?
24:0832, I think.
24:10Do you remember what Eric was wearing?
24:13Eric had on some jean pants.
24:15And he had a white shirt.
24:17And the homeless, he stayed in the tent.
24:21How did he get in contact?
24:22He called me private.
24:23Like, see if you go to my phone?
24:25He called me private.
24:27That's him calling you private?
24:29Mm-hmm.
24:29Oh.
24:30This particular witness knew everything.
24:34She was able to identify the alleged perpetrator as Eric Garrison.
24:39Everything she described was correct.
24:42Based on what we had on the scene,
24:44the way she spoke about him,
24:46and her mannerisms and her demeanor overall.
24:50There's no reason to disbelieve anything she says.
24:53Give me a couple minutes.
24:54I need to find a picture of him.
24:56Mm-hmm.
24:56And I want to make sure we're talking about the same.
24:58Oh, that's fine.
24:59Does that make sense?
25:01People believe in the system, I should have.
25:03Okay.
25:05No problem.
25:10Hey, I need a confirmation photo.
25:14Eric Garrison, about 32 years old.
25:33You see the hairstyle?
25:34How old is that photo?
25:36One of the detectives in the 5th District was able to run the name for me, find someone reasonably the
25:41right age with that name, able to get a driver's license photo.
25:45He got a career in my history?
25:47Yeah.
25:48In this particular instance, there's no reason to do a six-pack line-up.
25:52She said she knew this person for a while, so we showed her a single driver's license photo.
25:58Um, I'm going to hang you the folder, you look at it, and you tell me if this is the
26:03person you know who shot Twain.
26:05Mm-hmm.
26:06All right?
26:06Could you look at that?
26:09Mm-hmm.
26:14Yeah, this shot.
26:15That's him?
26:15That's the person who shot Twain?
26:17Okay.
26:33My witness, she identified the shooter.
26:35She said his name is Eric Garrison.
26:39I don't know where he is.
26:41She said he was homeless.
26:43She said that he's called a couple times from a number that says, you know, private caller.
26:47So he's blocking his own phone number.
26:50I gave his name to the FBI task force so they can maybe put eyes on him.
26:56And if they're able to put eyes on him, as soon as I have a judge's signature on the warrant,
27:00they'll be able to just scoop him up.
27:16Hey, this is Detective Herman.
27:18Hi, Detective.
27:20Hey, Mr. .
27:21Hey, this is, uh, being up at the house and all that stuff.
27:26Is he communicating with you via text message?
27:29No, he's communicating.
27:31He's calling me.
27:32He keeps telling you to meet.
27:33I keep telling him to turn himself in.
27:36And he's thinking I'm telling himself in.
27:38Okay.
27:39You're going to get a call from one of our social workers.
27:42They're going to have some information for you.
27:44And if you want to get out of town, they can help you do that.
27:47Okay.
27:48And I'll be in contact with you again.
27:50Okay.
27:52All right, bye.
27:55It's important to get this perpetrator off the street as soon as we can, because that's
28:00a real threat to her safety, especially if he thinks the witness ID'd him as the shooter.
28:06Right now, I need to see if I can find any video of actually the incident occurring or
28:12of the perpetrator fleeing to help strengthen the case.
28:18Yes, ma'am.
28:19This is Detective Herman Norris, Police Department.
28:22Yes.
28:22You know, there was an incident in the block of St. Rock on early...
28:30Yeah.
28:31I authored a search warrant this morning for video surveillance.
28:34Do you have video surveillance equipment at the building?
28:37Yes.
28:37Yes.
28:38Okay.
28:38What's the website that you use?
28:42If you want to just tell me the name and password, and I'll see if I can get it done.
28:49Okay.
28:50I'll see if I can get that done, and I'll either tell you that I got it already or that
28:54I'm
28:54coming to meet you.
28:55Okay.
28:56Thank you so much.
28:57All right, bye.
28:59Bye.
29:03I'm going to try to see if I can log into this website and see the camera footage.
29:09That's cool.
29:09They gave you remote access.
29:11Yeah.
29:12I just want video of the incident.
29:15It'd be great if we had the whole thing captured on camera.
29:19I got my fingers crossed.
29:25All right.
29:28I know roughly about what time the call came in, so I know exactly at what time to look.
29:33And I was at the scene, so I know exactly where the body was found, so I know exactly
29:38where to look.
29:40There's glare.
29:41Son of a bitch.
29:44It's going to happen right here where I can't see.
29:46Ha!
29:51Literally, it's on camera, but there's a glare from the light outside, so I'm not going to
29:55be able to see it happen.
29:56Yeah.
29:57It ought to be too easy, bro.
30:00Oh, come on.
30:06It doesn't appear I'm going to get anything extra.
30:09That's disappointing.
30:11Missy?
30:13Check this out.
30:15But this is after it happened and they're starting to clear out.
30:18She turns the lights off.
30:19Wait, watch this.
30:21This is what it looks like at the time it happens.
30:23Yeah, that glare.
30:23Yeah.
30:24Right after it happens, they're shutting the place down and everybody's leaving.
30:30And then she clicks the lights off and look, can see.
30:35Of course.
30:37It's clear as day when she turns the lights off.
30:40You think that we're going to make it easy, please?
30:43Yeah.
30:47There you go.
30:55No, that's my shooter running away.
30:59There's some video from another angle that shows right after the shooting.
31:05It's a person running, wearing what the witness said.
31:08The shooter was wearing a white shirt.
31:11But it's not clear enough to identify this person.
31:16Yeah, I can't see nothing but a blur running.
31:20Okay.
31:35I need your advice.
31:37What's happening?
31:38There's a bar.
31:40Some girl's having her birthday party out there.
31:42And my victim, he's in the car.
31:45The victim sees the witness.
31:48He gave her a hug.
31:49They talk.
31:50It seems like the shooter, there might be some jealousy there.
31:54And he got out the car and got mad about it.
31:56Okay.
31:56They exchange words.
31:57Shooter goes back to his car, grabs a gun, comes back out, and just shoots him.
32:02All right.
32:03So there's some escalation there.
32:04Yeah.
32:05Detective Fife is one of the best detectives that I've had the experience of working with.
32:11I regularly go to him to make sure that I'm not getting tunnel vision in my pursuit of a suspect,
32:16to make sure I'm seeing all the angles as clearly as possible.
32:20So I speak to him, making sure that I have enough probable cause now to write an arrest warrant for
32:25Eric Garrison.
32:26So just a good witness statement?
32:30Yeah.
32:30She explained exactly how it went down.
32:34Okay.
32:34So she's got details of the scene, right?
32:36Details of the scene.
32:37She did the confirmation photo.
32:39No problem.
32:40And then he started calling the witness apparently a bunch of times.
32:45So that's sort of where I'm at.
32:47You have video?
32:48I got surveillance footage.
32:50There's a guy in all white running past the camera, which is the direction she said he ran.
32:55Okay.
32:56And it's the timings, right?
32:57But the strength of the case is going to be defending her statement.
33:01Yeah.
33:01And so any little thing might help.
33:05I think you're good for a arrest warrant, dude.
33:07If he's out and about, that's more time to convince her to change her story.
33:14I think you know what you got to do.
33:16Yeah.
33:17It's good to talk it out, though.
33:19I have probable cause, so I'm able to write an arrest warrant for Eric Garrison for murder.
33:53I got a call this morning.
33:56Apparently, last night, Eric Garrison started calling the witness.
34:00A bunch of times.
34:03So the officers went out.
34:05How many times did he call you, though?
34:07He been calling me all day.
34:08And what exactly did he say?
34:10He said, tell your mom and them, I'm about to come kill all y'all.
34:14Tell your brothers to be outside with his guns ready, because I'm coming to kill all y'all.
34:18He actually calls her again while the officers standing there.
34:22He's trying to make it seem like it was my fault.
34:25I didn't make you put no trigger.
34:26You need to call him yourself.
34:28There you go.
34:28You answer?
34:30Put it on speaker.
34:33Hello.
34:34I know what time of day it is.
34:37I know what time of day it is.
34:39All it was fake.
34:41All I was waiting on.
34:43What you waiting on?
34:45Oh, nothing.
34:47Oh, nothing, my love.
34:50You all around watching.
34:52Mm-hmm.
34:53All right.
34:54Oh, nothing, my love.
34:58So, this morning, I put together a bolo to get his face on the news, which we hadn't done earlier.
35:05Sometimes it's easier for us to find him if he doesn't know he's wanted.
35:09He might be doing his regular stuff.
35:12The vital offender warrant squad, task force with the U.S. Marshals, they're all actively out there now trying to
35:19find this guy before he actually makes good on any of those threats.
35:26Hello?
35:28Yep.
35:32All right, good.
35:32Where was he?
35:33Where did you find him?
35:35In Dallas?
35:37Did he have anything on him?
35:38A gun?
35:39A phone?
35:39Anything?
35:41Mm-hmm.
35:42Do me a favor.
35:43Send me a picture of what he looks like now in custody.
35:47Okay.
35:48Thank you very much.
35:49All right.
35:50Bye.
35:54The U.S. Marshals did their job.
35:56They coordinated, actually, with Dallas, Texas.
36:00They were able to get GPS locations for his phone at a Greyhound station.
36:06They took him into custody in Dallas, Texas, just now.
36:10And that's him in the back of a police car.
36:14No gun, though.
36:15Well, when he's finally extradited here, I'll try to talk to him.
36:20So I'm going to call the mom and let her know that he's in handcuffs.
36:26Hello?
36:27Hey, Ms. Charlotte.
36:29Yeah?
36:30Just give me a call back so I can give you a proper update.
36:33So the gentleman was arrested this morning in Dallas, Texas, at a Greyhound station.
36:40Okay.
36:41And that's sort of where we stand.
36:43Do you have anything that you could think of that you wanted to ask me?
36:46No, not right now.
36:48All right.
36:48I can't think of it right now.
36:49Okay.
36:49Well, anything you need, this is my number.
36:51You reach out to me.
36:52If any family members, if anyone wants to ask me any questions about the case, you just give
36:56them my number.
36:57Okay.
36:58All right.
37:00No problem.
37:00Bye.
37:03This is the witness.
37:05We'll call her next.
37:08Hey, this is Detective Herman.
37:12So he's in custody.
37:14He was arrested out of state.
37:15I know, because he keeps calling me from jail.
37:19He's calling you from jail?
37:20Yeah.
37:22At the beginning of the phone call, it'll say, you know, this is a call from an inmate
37:25and everything's recorded.
37:26There should be an option if you listen to the whole thing to prevent that inmate from
37:32calling you if that's something you want to do.
37:34Okay.
37:35He'll be sent back to New Orleans in the next week or two, and then we'll start the process
37:38of the criminal case against him here.
37:41Okay.
37:41Bye.
37:42Bye.
37:45Clearing the case and getting an arrest warrant is a relief.
37:48You get to give somebody the start of their closure, like this is the person that's wanted
37:53for killing your loved one.
37:55But that's the beginning of the work, because now we have to take it to court.
38:00So I still have a lot of work ahead of me.
38:36Hey.
38:38Hey, what's happening?
38:40The firearms report came back.
38:42The bullets, they recovered from inside my decedent on autopsy, and the bullet we pulled
38:46out of that car were fired from the same gun.
38:50It's a .38 caliber class ammunition, which includes .38 Special .357 Magnum and 9mm.
38:57They won't be able to tell you exactly what type of gun it was fired from, but the type
39:02of projectiles recovered from the body of the decedent are consistent with a revolver.
39:07And then the suspect called the witness from jail.
39:1221 phone calls he makes the day he's arrested, all to her.
39:16That's your witness again?
39:17This is my witness.
39:18From jail, he's talking to her about how much he loves her, and that if you love me, you
39:23want to see me in jail.
39:24It's kind of frantic.
39:26Yeah.
39:26Listen to this.
39:27Nobody can't force you to do nothing, so don't do it.
39:33If you love me, you should have wanted me in forever, bro.
39:38I mean, that's usable, right?
39:39Yeah.
39:40It's showing that he's trying to manipulate her.
39:42At one point, he says, I love you so much.
39:45You love me too?
39:45Yeah.
39:46Well, then we should get married, because if you marry me, then they can't make you say
39:49anything bad about me.
39:50Hmm, how romantic.
39:52If they got married, that's not like a workaround for...
39:54No.
39:55People watch too much TV.
39:56Legal knowledge comes from law and order.
39:59He's in custody, so we'll see how it goes in court.
40:11My name is Charlotte Marie Hayward.
40:14I am Brandon's mother.
40:18All of my kids had their own special gifts, but Brandon drew logos.
40:26He did tattoo drawings.
40:29He had his first art show.
40:31He was about five.
40:33That's my twin.
40:35That's my better half, my heart.
40:38We split seeds, so...
40:40Mm-hmm.
40:41Being a twin is like having a better half that pushes you.
40:44It helps you not make the bad decisions in life.
40:49Our angel...
40:50What's up, Fred?
40:50Over there.
40:52That is nice.
40:54It would be him to be our guardian angel, because he just can't take anyone else having to do that.
41:04One of the most important things for me as a parent was to allow them to feel safe and loved
41:10and to be themselves.
41:12They became musicians right off the bat, I want to say, maybe fourth grade, third grade, they were already in
41:20jazz fest.
41:21Yeah.
41:22You know, it's a big honor to be a musician in jazz fest.
41:25Like, he plays the piano by ear, he plays the guitar, he plays every instrument that I can name.
41:30Like, a harmonica, everything.
41:32So it's just...
41:33It's crazy, man.
41:45The things that Brandon would do were always about togetherness, love, forgiveness, family, things like that.
41:56So wherever he went, he definitely made a mark.
42:01He made a difference.
42:06Brandon Hayward was killed for no reason.
42:10He had children.
42:12Now his family has to take care of his kids.
42:17His parents don't get to see him get married one day, and he misses everything.
42:21And that's tragic.
42:26There was no reason for a shooting to happen.
42:29For whatever perceived slight Eric Garrison thought he incurred, it didn't need to end in violence.
42:36But case is resolved, and Mr. Garrison is in jail.
42:40By the time Eric Garrison was extradited back to New Orleans, he had a lawyer, and they weren't going to
42:45give me a statement.
42:46So I never spoke directly with the suspect, and he never found the weapon.
42:51So I'm sorry.
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