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00:01En 2015, hubo terrorífico crímenes spreadando en la Florida.
00:06La violencia fue extraordinaria.
00:10Brutal murders, homo evasion robberies,
00:13churros de ruedas, random churros.
00:16Quiero que lo hiciera a mi hijo para pagar por eso.
00:20No sabíamos quién estaba causando toda esta violencia,
00:22pero ellos pudieron matar a alguien que quería trabajar contra ellos.
00:26Mi amigo murió por nada.
00:27Él murió por nada.
00:30A lot de estos víctimas fueron anti-law enforcement.
00:33Tengo que mostrarles que yo soy humana, yo soy como ellos.
00:37Uno de ellos dijo que no pensaba que mi vida me importaba.
00:41Es muy emocionante.
00:43I get this phone call.
00:44This is just a cut box with the FBI.
00:47I was like, FBI?
00:48¿Qué es lo que pasa?
00:50This case es mi vida.
00:52I wake up and I work it.
00:55I sleep, I dream about it.
00:56I will not stop.
00:58Sit me on the stand.
01:00Give me the Bible.
01:01I'm going to bring my own.
01:02Wish them no luck in hell.
01:06I'm FBI Special Agent Jessica Box.
01:11When serious crime strikes, the special agents of the FBI answer the call.
01:18Fidelity, bravery, integrity.
01:21This is Fence.
01:39This is Fence.
01:51of Florida, where the heartbeat is, where the heartbeat is, this is a concrete jungle.
01:56You got a lot of lions, tigers, and bears.
02:02So tread light and be careful.
02:04Everything that glitters isn't gold here.
02:16As a detective, you see these violent crimes spreading out throughout our county, and you're
02:21starting to feel like there's some connection.
02:24You definitely fear that this is getting out of control.
02:29Coming up through law enforcement, I worked a lot of undercover work, but I'd never seen
02:33anything like this.
02:35We didn't know who they were, but they were terrorizing the county.
02:40Numerous different police departments were involved.
02:43Each one had one small aspect of it.
02:45It was just overwhelming state authorities.
02:48So based upon that, I put out inquiries to the FBI as to who might be available to work
02:53on these cases.
02:55I was assigned a young female by the name of Jessica Box.
03:00I worked as an intelligence analyst for the FBI.
03:04I wanted to do more.
03:06I did not want to just sit on the sidelines and be on the computer all day.
03:09And I decided that I really had to be an agent.
03:11That was really what my heart was telling me.
03:13So this case was really what I call my baby.
03:16It was my first investigation as a brand new agent.
03:20Agent Box was faced with taking over all the evidence that we had accumulated up to this
03:25point.
03:26I essentially took a 5,000-piece puzzle and dumped it in Jessica's lap.
03:33I was very nervous.
03:35I spent about a full week, without exaggeration, organizing files.
03:40We had over 49 different crimes across South Florida in a very small period of time.
03:47I went through detail after detail, case by case, trying to put the pieces to the puzzle together.
04:01On November 4th, 2015, a shooting took place in a garage in a neighborhood called Habitat in Lotter Hill.
04:09Inside the garage was Roderick McCullough, a small-time marijuana dealer,
04:12Veronica Gilchrist, and her friend Donald Johnston, also known as Eddie.
04:18Eddie was the neighborhood's champ.
04:21He was just that person where you could go there for anything.
04:25He'll give you the clothes off his back.
04:29I used to call Eddie my guardian angel.
04:32As long as I'm near Eddie, I don't have nothing to worry about.
04:38That night, a little bit after 10, I'm eating my pizza.
04:44Eddie is standing not too far from me.
04:48Rod is close by me.
04:51And he begins to stutter.
04:53And I'm like, boy, get them words out your mouth.
04:57And I'm like, but when I look at him, you can see the garage doors just, like, lift up.
05:04They came in with no mask.
05:06They came in shooting with AK-47s.
05:10I was standing in the middle of crossfire.
05:14i fall boom then rod falls boom
05:17and the last person
05:19standing is eddie
05:20i remember him like reaching in his pockets
05:23and pulling out some money and
05:25throwing it like get what you want take what you want
05:27so you guys can leave
05:29and they shot him
05:32i just remember
05:34them
05:35standing on the back of my legs
05:37and shooting me close range
05:38to the point your body
05:41becomes numb
05:41i prayed to god and i
05:44and i remember just screaming out my son's
05:47name and feeling like i let him
05:49down and one of
05:51them came and said in my ear
05:53bitch stop praying
05:54stop praying
05:56i remember thinking
05:59this is how you about to die
06:01this is how you're gonna go riddled with
06:03bullets
06:05one of them walked over
06:06stood on her back with both feet
06:09and pointed an ak-47 down
06:11straight at her back
06:12and fired their weapon
06:13her back full laid open
06:15due to having sclerosis
06:17as a child
06:18she had a
06:19titanium rod on her back
06:20and the bullet actually bounced out
06:22and she survived
06:23that is the only reason
06:24she is walking and living right now
06:28when law enforcement arrived on scene that night
06:30donald johnston was still alive
06:32and he was rushed to the hospital
06:34he was the son of one of our employees at the broward sheriff's office
06:37mrs kathy wilson
06:43at 11 15 i got a phone call from one of his friends
06:49he said mom eddie's been shot
06:53he went to the hospital
06:54they took us to the critical care unit
06:58he was laying there
06:59i can't remember how many bags of blood he went through
07:05and they said it's just not staying in
07:06it's not staying in
07:08i was talking to him
07:11and his eyes were somewhat closed
07:13but glazed a bit
07:14you know
07:17and then he started biting his lip
07:20and the nurse saw it
07:21and she said
07:22stop stop stop
07:24we have to put him back under
07:24he's coming out
07:25he's coming out
07:26and to see him in that pain
07:27was hard
07:30and to see him like that
07:31was hard
07:36to know that he was alive
07:38and he heard me
07:40and that he was actually
07:42biting his lip
07:43don't know if he was trying to answer me
07:48that brings me comfort
07:50because he heard me
07:50he heard my voice
07:52he heard a familiar voice
07:57i took a picture of him
07:58so i got the last picture of him being alive
08:07seeing kathy
08:08and
08:10imagining what it must feel like for a mom to lose her child
08:13is heartbreaking
08:17my brother
08:19it was one of those situations where he was in the wrong place at the wrong time
08:24i wanted to know
08:25why him
08:27with everything that he does in the community
08:29he's a good person
08:30and the person that instilled
08:34those morals and those values
08:36those christian values in me
08:38and he honestly
08:39he kept it up all throughout his adulthood
08:41so i'm like why would someone be gunning after him
08:44it just it just didn't make sense
08:48it made no sense
08:49why they were targeting this specific group
08:52there were not tons of money and tons of drugs in this garage
08:56i told the police
08:57i didn't know who those guys were
09:00there was around about
09:01twelve hundred dollars in the garage
09:03they left that money on the ground
09:07so it's like what was the point my friend died for nothing he died for nothing
09:14roderick mccullough survived the shooting
09:16but when we went to speak with him he was very uncooperative
09:19claimed he didn't know anything and he didn't know why
09:23so while processing the crime scene
09:25we found multiple shell casings
09:27but this was a mystery
09:29we didn't know who the shooters were
09:31all we knew was that
09:33there were two gunmen
09:34and they didn't wear masks
09:36so i started looking through the cases
09:38where there were a lot of potential eyewitnesses
09:48on october 3rd 2015 there was a peewee football game
09:55it was a park in lauder hill lakes just like a typical saturday afternoon
10:00at the time there was hundreds of kids
10:02peewee football games were actively going on
10:05with their parents and everybody watching
10:07i was told that there was over 300 people here
10:12on that date
10:14several gunmen walked into the park
10:16in broad daylight
10:17with no face coverings
10:19nothing to hide their identity
10:22walked up to a father
10:24who was with his children
10:27and shot him point blank
10:32they stole his money
10:33and they ran back across
10:35into their car and took off
10:37they shot zoe gaudy
10:38twice in the stomach
10:40but miraculously he was able to survive
10:43i spoke to so many people on the street
10:46who were reluctant to talk to me
10:50out of 300 people
10:51not one person came forward
10:52to say what they saw
10:53no one wanted to talk to law enforcement
10:56that was the first time i realized
10:57how hard my job was going to be
10:59if no one would step up and say
11:01these people shot someone in broad daylight
11:03and my children were running around
11:07but i started to see there was a clear pattern
11:10zoe gaudy and roderick mccullen were both people that had a reputation to deal drugs
11:15in the dania beach and hollywood area
11:18what we realized is that these gunmen were specifically targeting drug dealers
11:23and people that they perceived to be law enforcement unfriendly
11:26so that these people wouldn't testify against them
11:29we noticed this pattern over and over again
11:32and as time went on i found a connection
11:35that would change the course of the entire investigation
11:49on november 3rd 2015 myself and my partner walt foster
11:55we got notified by supervisors of a home invasion
12:00robbery where one of the victims had been shot
12:06by the time we arrived on the scene
12:07the victim had already been transported to the hospital
12:11aj bosfield was one of those kids that grew up in a bad environment
12:15he was one of those kids that you thought you could change him
12:18if you gave him some options and talk him out of being on the streets
12:23from what we were told from the witnesses on scene
12:25mr bosfield was cooperating
12:28it didn't matter to them that he was cooperating
12:30he was still placed on onto the ground of the bedroom and shot
12:37he was pronounced deceased at the hospital
12:39he was not a threat to anyone and he was executed by these robbers
12:46this murder took place 24 hours before the murder of donald johnston
12:51we knew that we were dealing with criminals
12:54that were out for more than just product
12:56they were looking to make a name for themselves
12:58and they were looking for street credit
13:00there were drive-by shootings happening
13:03on what seemed like a daily basis
13:06it was clear this was not the works of just a few gunmen
13:09we were dealing with a gang working together
13:12they were spreading across south florida
13:15we didn't know how far extended
13:17but we knew we had to do something fast
13:20at the aj bosfield homicide
13:23we found two 380 cartridge casings
13:27i went through every piece of evidence across many cases from each crime scene
13:33that had casings and i found a very likely match
13:43this was the residence of cory billings
13:47cory billings was a known drug dealer in the hollywood area
13:51on november 25th 2015 the car parked right where we are two gunmen went inside
14:01the cory billings crime scene was so heinous
14:04i mean cory billings was laid out on the floor shot several times in the head
14:09there were nine handgun casings and eight were a 380 caliber
14:14as law enforcement went in to clear the residence
14:17they discovered that there was in fact a robust security system in place
14:23we knew we needed to see exactly what footage was on it as quickly as possible
14:28when hollywood told me they had video of the cory billings home invasion robbery
14:32i was very excited
14:34to say the least i i thought this could be the breakthrough in the case
14:37i dropped everything got everybody together
14:39and had a tv set up for them and everything
14:44but when they played the video
14:47i realized that this was a video that i wouldn't want anyone else to watch
14:52the violence and the nature of this crime was absolutely ruthless
14:59you can see cory billings walk out a customer
15:05the first gunman comes in
15:11and shoots at cory billings and the dog
15:14you see the second man come in
15:17they're searching the house
15:20we're assuming he's asking cory billings where's the money where's drugs
15:25and in the corner here you can see that
15:28the first gunman is searching through the kitchen
15:30as the first gunman walks out
15:32he's trying to clear what we think is a jam in his firearm
15:35and cory billings we assume thinks it's safe to get up
15:44but the gunman tells him to get back down
15:47we think cory billings was laying on the ground
15:49clearly obeying the orders that he was given
15:51probably pleading for his life
15:58and he's just shot as he's laying there
16:05cold-blooded execution
16:10cory billings was severely brain damaged
16:12and sadly passed away 2024
16:17while the video was a great breakthrough in our case
16:20it's also torturous because the video was grainy enough
16:24to where we couldn't 100 positively id somebody enough
16:28to place him into custody
16:30when you go through a video like that for evidentiary purposes
16:34you slow it down and you go through it frame by frame by frame
16:38eventually we picked up little nuances
16:41we saw that the second person was possibly communicating with somebody outside
16:45as he would occasionally turn his head
16:48we could see that there was a third person standing in the doorway
16:52we couldn't see who it was at all
16:55just a shadow
16:58hollywood police department went and recovered fingerprints
17:01from that doorway and sent it to the lab
17:05one of those fingerprints came back for a positive hit on eric hunter
17:12eric hunter was very well known on the streets of south florida
17:15he'd been a thorn in the side of law enforcement since he was an adolescent
17:21when i went through his social media
17:24it was clear that he had a group following
17:29from there we started to build our network of potential gang members
17:39i went and collected information
17:41on literally over 100 people
17:48but the same three people were always together
17:51eric hunter
17:53derek slade
17:54and marcello gordon
17:57it was easy to see that they were the three pieces of blue that held this gang together
18:02and that eric hunter was most likely the leader
18:08he hit the streets and we talked to a lot of people
18:11they were telling us that
18:12even as a young kid
18:13he wanted to control people
18:16he wanted to call the shots
18:18eric hunter had this reputation
18:20that he was untouchable
18:21the word on the street was that he must have had black magic
18:33uh promoting and and and assisting him
18:37we were told that there was a woman who uh practiced voodoo
18:41in a storefront
18:42and these gang members would go to her
18:45to ask for her blessing
18:46and protection from law enforcement
18:49we had to find a way to stop eric hunter
19:00a partner of mine myself
19:03we drove around to see if we could locate any
19:06local gang members
19:07we could talk to to kind of give us some insight
19:09into some of the crimes that were occurring
19:14we observe what we believe to be a hand-to-hand narcotics transaction
19:17take place with a vehicle
19:19so we decided to stop that vehicle
19:23there's a small turn lane right up here by this light
19:26uh and that's where we conducted the traffic stop
19:31on approach to the car
19:33my partner took the driver's side window
19:35and i took the right rear passenger side
19:39at that point we asked for compliance
19:42show me your hands
19:43put your hands on the dashboard
19:44we just want to see their hands to make sure they're not going to hurt us
19:48the front passenger and the driver
19:50immediately complied
19:53the person in the back behind the driver
19:56was not complying
19:57was just kind of pretending
19:59he couldn't be seen
20:01i continued to address him
20:03i said show me your hands
20:04show me your hands
20:04he still didn't comply
20:07i heard my partner ask
20:08for driver's license registration
20:10just like any other car stop
20:12and i heard the driver say
20:14you know me i'm eric hunter
20:15i don't have my id
20:17and at that point
20:19i knew this car stop was going to get a little hairy
20:23to say
20:25i was nervous would be an understatement
20:28i felt that
20:29this male passenger in the backseat had a gun in his lap
20:32and i felt that he was getting ready to kill me
20:35i am so convinced that this subject has a gun
20:38and that we're about to get into shooting
20:40that i point my gun at him
20:42and i begin telling him
20:44that if he doesn't show me his hands
20:45i'm going to kill him
20:47he still does not comply
20:48i can see the muscles in his hands moving
20:51i can see the muscles in his forearms twitching
20:54i feel like he's maneuvering the weapon
20:56to a position where he can shoot me
20:59at the same time
21:00i am also positioning myself
21:02to where i can get a clean shot on him
21:04that i start squeezing my trigger
21:07and i let him know one more time
21:09to look at my weapon
21:10to look at my finger
21:12to see that i'm squeezing the trigger
21:14and to know that i'm about to shoot him
21:22i thought i was going to get shot
21:25i took my body armor
21:27and i pushed it into the window
21:30so his only shot was going to be on my body armor
21:33at that time our backup started arriving
21:36we had multiple police cars showing up
21:39he showed me his hands
21:41but i could tell he kind of did a sleight of hand
21:43whatever he was holding in his hands
21:45he moved and kept under the hat
21:47i said get this guy out of the car and handcuff him
21:52i was able to search the car
21:54first thing that i went to look for was to confirm my feeling
21:58and i lifted the hat off the rear passenger seat
22:03and i saw a 380 black beretta handgun
22:08they say when something's about to happen in police work
22:10the hair stands up on your neck and stuff
22:12and i knew i was very close to getting into shooting that night
22:16possibly being shot
22:19eric hunter was arrested that night
22:21for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
22:24eventually we identified the male in the back of the vehicle
22:27as derek slade
22:30derek slade was convicted of a homicide
22:32when i believed he was 14 or 15 years old
22:34his nickname was soldier
22:37and uh he was known to be extremely violent
22:40being face to face with a cold-blooded killer
22:42i was definitely lucky to get out of there
22:45but i was also elated because i thought
22:47this could be the gun that could break this case wide open
22:51once i got the firearm
22:52i was able to send that along with the casings
22:56from each crime scene to the fbi lab
22:59they were able to link it to the cory billings
23:02attempted homicide
23:03the aj bossfield homicide
23:06as well as many different drive-by shootings
23:08that had happened all over south florida
23:10so this was a huge breakthrough
23:22once we had eric hunter and derek slade locked up
23:25while you want to have a sense of elation
23:27that they're off the street
23:28and you feel like you've accomplished your goal
23:30this is really the beginning of the case
23:33eric hunter is in jail
23:34but he has connections outside of jail
23:38the other gang members were still targeting victims
23:41on his orders
23:43and if we didn't do something
23:45he was going to get time served
23:47and just walk out of jail
23:49i sat down and explained to my boss
23:51i'm not only going to put these guys in jail
23:53for a few months
23:54these guys are going to go to jail
23:55for the rest of their lives
23:59to take them down
24:00we had to prove that they were an organized crime group
24:02we have to show that they worked together
24:05that they shared the proceeds of their crimes
24:08and worked in unison to commit these crimes
24:11and that's all part of rico case
24:16rico was originally designed to be used against the mafia
24:19the first time ever
24:20the reputed heads of all five crime families in our town
24:24were hauled into court on one indictment
24:26the rico statue allows you to present in court evidence of a bunch of different crimes
24:32it is literally an organized crime statute
24:35but it's hard to do
24:36it's rarely done
24:37i was working with paul shorts and jeff kaplan
24:40who are legends
24:42usually we're the ones asking the questions
24:44they're known for doing big rico cases
24:48they are known for being aggressive
24:50and not stopping until they get their guys in jail
24:52in order to build the rico case
24:54you need to explain this group
24:57in this particular case
24:59we really couldn't do it by just circumstantial evidence
25:01extremely difficult scenario
25:03no cooperators
25:05no undercover agents
25:06no victims
25:07nothing
25:08we were concerned
25:10that special agent box
25:12was somewhat inexperienced
25:15but as time progressed
25:17jessica box
25:19found a way
25:20to get things done
25:23i spent upwards of a year
25:26going through
25:27social media
25:28and cell phones
25:29thousands
25:29if not more
25:30images
25:31and messages
25:32back and forth
25:33i needed information
25:35to show that they
25:36worked together
25:36that they were
25:37an organization
25:38when i found a new piece
25:40to the puzzle
25:41i would get so excited
25:44jessica showed me
25:45social media posts
25:46from these gang members
25:47ended with the word
25:48on-site
25:50and the derivation of that
25:51is that they will kill you on-site
25:54and so
25:55any piece of information
25:56where they use the word on-site
25:58i was able to take that
25:59and show that they are
26:01part of the on-site gang
26:03we had a list of over 100
26:05main subjects that we're concerned about
26:07were part of this violent group
26:11so we had significant information
26:13to explain the existence
26:15of this gang
26:16but nothing significant enough
26:18to place them in prison
26:19for any length of time
26:23as time went on
26:24i was under pressure
26:25to finish the case
26:27but we ran into roadblock
26:29after roadblock
26:33i was very frustrating
26:35as a mother
26:36at that time
26:37there was no closure for me
26:39because
26:41i didn't know
26:41where we were going
26:43with this case
26:47the people that killed my son
26:49i want them to be accountable
26:51there's a reason we have laws
26:53laws are supposed to protect
26:54the innocent
26:56not protect the guilty
27:04at this time
27:06we still hadn't built
27:07the rico case
27:07and we didn't have enough evidence
27:09to hold hunter any longer
27:12he drove around the community
27:13very boldly
27:16he was willing to kill anyone
27:19that wanted to work against him
27:23one night
27:24we went to church
27:26we were coming home
27:26and
27:28we were making a left
27:29onto our street
27:32and a car came
27:33next to us
27:37and i looked at my husband
27:39and i looked at the car
27:41he was going
27:43same speed
27:45it was like
27:46right next to us
27:47and he just looked at me
27:48and i looked at him
27:55and then he went away
27:59and i remember writing down
28:00the tag number
28:01and calling the detectives
28:04i got a phone call back
28:05later on that night
28:06telling me
28:07kathy
28:09this is one of the guys
28:10that's involved with this case
28:13it just sent chills
28:15it sent chills
28:20kathy wilson
28:21had a legitimate reason
28:22to be concerned
28:23because eric hunter
28:25is very dangerous
28:25some people literally
28:27packed their entire family up
28:29and moved
28:30out of florida
28:31because they were mentioned
28:32on a facebook post
28:33by eric hunter
28:35they were shooting up
28:36people's homes
28:38i was scared
28:38for my family
28:47eddie
28:48you died november 4th
28:49of 2015
28:52every year
28:53i go out to the garage
28:54where it happened
28:56i light a candle
28:58i play some of the songs
28:59that we used to listen to
29:00every day
29:00and i sit out there
29:01for a few hours
29:03pay my respects
29:06and to just give
29:08thanks and honor
29:09to eddie
29:10for being such a real person
29:11and a good friend
29:15two years
29:17passed
29:17in regards to
29:19the police department
29:21i was like
29:22they'll never figure it out
29:23because
29:23anything that's going on
29:25in the ghetto
29:28they don't really
29:29care
29:30that's how we're raised
29:32this is what we're taught
29:33and this is what we know
29:34so i kind of
29:35i gave up on them
29:39by this point
29:40we were running out of options
29:42i was told that
29:43to keep the case alive
29:44we need someone on the inside
29:46we need somebody
29:48to explain to us
29:49their organization
29:50you need somebody to talk
29:54anyone that knew
29:55these gang members
29:56i'd always ask them
29:57who do you think
29:58would be the first
29:59to talk to me
29:59without a doubt
30:01everyone named
30:01marcella gordon
30:03marcella gordon
30:04was a lifelong criminal
30:05mostly violent crimes
30:07jessica box
30:08had her laptop
30:09and showed him
30:10all the evidence
30:10that we had
30:11you could tell
30:12that he was
30:13seriously thinking about it
30:15we spoke to his mother
30:16we explained
30:17just how much trouble
30:19he's in
30:19and how he's looking
30:20at the rest of his life
30:21in jail
30:21and still
30:23he refused
30:24it was devastating
30:28just a couple days later
30:29we were listening
30:31to marcella gordon
30:32and derrick slade
30:32jail calls
30:33we would monitor calls
30:35that were taking place
30:36between our suspects
30:37and people on the outside
30:39the on-site gang
30:40were trying to find information
30:42on special agent box
30:45it was clear
30:46that eric hunter
30:46and the on-site gang
30:47had my name
30:50is he looking
30:51for my address
30:52is he looking
30:52to come get me
30:53and do a drive-by shooting
30:56I was really fearful
30:58of what might happen
31:06one day
31:06I get this phone call
31:09this is just a cut box
31:11with the FBI
31:11and I was like
31:12FBI
31:13how you get my number
31:14why you got my number
31:15and what's going on
31:16what did I do
31:18when we first started
31:19the investigation
31:20I was told
31:21don't bother talking
31:22to Veronica Gilchrist
31:23they said
31:24she's anti-law enforcement
31:26she won't work with you
31:27she won't help you
31:29in the Donald Johnston homicide
31:31we still didn't know
31:33who the shooters were
31:34so I finally decided
31:36let's go talk to her
31:37what's the worst
31:38that could happen
31:40when I pull up
31:41I'm literally looking
31:43for this big
31:45six foot
31:46Harley Davidson
31:47riding lady
31:48with probably
31:49a buzz cut
31:50or a mohawk
31:51and I got this
31:52little bitty lady
31:53120 pounds
31:55soaking wet
31:55and she looked like
31:57she makes the best
31:57gingerbread men
32:00I remember the day
32:02so clearly
32:02she walked in
32:04polite
32:05kind
32:07and then tearful
32:08she told her story
32:12I presented pictures
32:14of the main
32:15subjects of the case
32:18we came
32:19to Eric Hunter
32:22I was like
32:23he looked familiar
32:25and I sat there
32:26and I thought about it
32:27long and hard
32:30I remember
32:31he actually
32:32came to the garage
32:34to buy
32:34weed
32:35at least
32:37three separate times
32:39it didn't dawn
32:40on me
32:40that like
32:41he's in here
32:43casing the place
32:45Agent Box
32:46asked me
32:46did I want
32:47to testify
32:49Eric Hunter
32:50and the Onsite gang
32:51had a long track record
32:52of intimidating witnesses
32:53he did multiple
32:54drive-by shootings
32:55on people
32:56that he thought
32:56would testify
32:57against him
32:59Veronica knew
33:00this was very dangerous
33:03if that's what
33:03I could do
33:04to pay
33:05Eddie back
33:06I was ready
33:07to sit me on the stand
33:09give me the Bible
33:10I'm gonna bring my own
33:11I wouldn't have put them away
33:12um
33:13for the rest of their life
33:15and the afterlife
33:15so
33:17yeah
33:21she
33:21was just so brave
33:24and I was so
33:25inspired by her
33:27and I think it's
33:28a lesson
33:29all of us
33:29need to have
33:30is
33:30you always
33:31get back up
33:32even when you're
33:32shot down
33:36so I went back
33:37and looked at the
33:38Donald Johnston homicide
33:41inside the garage
33:42we found multiple
33:43AK-47 cartridge casings
33:46but outside
33:47we found
33:48a single
33:48nine millimeter casing
33:49while all of the shooting
33:51was happening
33:52in the garage
33:52one gunman
33:53was standing outside
33:55I realized
33:56that this was actually
33:57very similar
33:58to the Corey Billings
33:59attempts at homicide
34:00where Eric Hunter
34:01was standing in the doorway
34:03and nine millimeter
34:04cartridge casings
34:05were found
34:07so I started looking back
34:09through any photos
34:09of Eric Hunter
34:10taken around that time
34:11as I dug deeper
34:13I found a picture
34:14on Derek Slade's
34:16social media
34:17Eric Hunter
34:18is holding two liquor bottles
34:20and appears to be celebrating
34:22this photo was posted
34:24just mere hours
34:25after the Corey Billings
34:26attempted homicide
34:28then I go on
34:29to Derek Slade's
34:30cell phone
34:31and look through
34:32the photos
34:33from that same night
34:34and lo and behold
34:36I find a very similar image
34:37of Eric Hunter
34:38holding the two liquor bottles
34:40but one major thing
34:42is different
34:43there was the nine millimeter gun
34:44lying right next to him
34:47of course Derek Slade
34:48was smart enough
34:49not to post the image
34:50of the gun
34:51but the pictures
34:51are almost identical
34:52you can actually see
34:53from the timestamps
34:54that they were taken
34:55just minutes apart
34:57it was heart-wrenching
34:58to know
34:59that they could
35:00attempt to kill somebody
35:02and later on
35:03not only celebrate
35:05but post it to social media
35:07in a bragging way
35:11that picture was a key piece
35:13of information
35:14to show us
35:14that that gun
35:15was in fact
35:16with them that night
35:18but we had to develop
35:19evidence as to
35:20who actually fired
35:21those shots
35:23because the clarity
35:24of the video
35:25was not very good
35:26we sent it to a movie
35:28production company
35:29we tried to enhance it
35:36it was much clearer
35:38if we can identify
35:39one of the individuals
35:41depicted in there
35:41it would certainly
35:43increase the pressure
35:43on them
35:44to cooperate
35:44and give us
35:45the structure
35:46of the gang
35:49the first suspect
35:50that came in
35:51and shot at the dog
35:53got a clean shot
35:54of his face
35:55right under a light
35:58he had a very
35:59identifiable
36:00cross tattoo
36:01on his forehead
36:03and I knew right then
36:04it was
36:04Marcelo Gordon
36:16unless Marcelo Gordon
36:17cooperated
36:18I knew that
36:19we would never
36:20get a RICO case
36:21I knew that
36:22the rest of the guys
36:23would walk out of jail
36:24and commit murder again
36:27we went over
36:28to the jail
36:29and we showed him
36:30the videotape
36:32we explained to him
36:33that we thought
36:33it was
36:34overwhelming evidence
36:35and that just
36:35that alone
36:36is going to give him
36:37a life sentence
36:38he teared up
36:39he was very emotional
36:41about watching it
36:42and still refused
36:43to talk to us
36:45I looked him
36:46in the eye
36:46I said
36:47this case
36:48is my life
36:50I sleep
36:51and think about it
36:52I dream about it
36:53I wake up
36:54and I work it
36:56all the way
36:57till 10 or 11 o'clock
36:58at night
36:58this is all that I do
37:00this is how dedicated
37:01I am
37:01this is
37:02I will not stop
37:02until you're in jail
37:03for the rest of your life
37:07Marcelo Gordon
37:08lifted his t-shirt
37:09to show us
37:10he had a large tattoo
37:11on his body
37:13that said on site
37:15this was the moment
37:16Marcelo Gordon
37:17decided to cooperate
37:20he opened up to us
37:21and began to reveal
37:23the missing pieces
37:24of the puzzle
37:25he was able to show
37:26how Eric Hunter
37:27would give them guns
37:28or tell them
37:29who to rob
37:30Hunter was the leader
37:32Derek Slade and I
37:33were the enforcers
37:34we had other individuals
37:36who would help us out
37:37he described
37:38who those individuals were
37:39and they would share
37:40the loot
37:42he told us
37:43the on-site gang
37:44was responsible
37:45for the murder
37:46of Donald Johnston
37:47AJ Bossfield
37:49the attempted murder
37:50of Corey Billings
37:51and Zogotti
37:53it's almost like
37:54you have this kind of
37:55iceberg
37:56and all of a sudden
37:57it starts breaking to pieces
37:59and it just makes it easier
38:00to get the next person
38:01and say hey
38:02Marcelo Gordon's cooperating
38:04you're in trouble
38:07it's ironic
38:07how a gang
38:09that built their entire reputation
38:11on targeting victims
38:13that they didn't think
38:14would work with law enforcement
38:16ultimately flipped
38:17and decided
38:18to not only
38:19talk to law enforcement
38:20but also get on the stand
38:22and testify against
38:23one of their own
38:24part of a vicious gang
38:25responsible from everything
38:27to home invasions
38:28to murders
38:29that's how the fans
38:30describe these men
38:31who are now facing
38:32federal charges tonight
38:33NBC6
38:34you look at them
38:35and
38:37they could be
38:38anybody's
38:39son
38:41anybody's brother
38:44it's not until
38:46they open their mouth
38:48and they start speaking
38:50and they talk about
38:51everything they've done
38:54I don't hate
38:57but I do recognize hatred
38:58and I do recognize evil
39:02Marcelo Gordon told us
39:03at the Donald Johnson
39:04homicide
39:05when they
39:07approached the garage
39:08Hunter was outside
39:10and that
39:11they started opening up
39:12the garage
39:13Slade was just
39:15shooting
39:16and Slade was the one
39:17who shot
39:19Donald Johnson
39:22I want
39:23who did this
39:24to my son
39:24to pay for it
39:29Veronica stood up
39:30in court
39:30each time
39:31and faced
39:32the people
39:33that literally
39:34gunned her down
39:35and I cannot imagine
39:37how scary
39:38that must be
39:39their families
39:40were sitting in court
39:41behind them
39:42and I'm sure
39:43she was worried
39:43about retaliation
39:44but she stood there
39:46and let the court
39:48and the judge
39:49know exactly
39:49what she went through
39:50I spoke my piece
39:52and I wish
39:53them no luck in hell
39:55Gordon was sentenced
39:58to 34 years
40:00Derek Slade
40:01was sentenced
40:02to two life terms
40:03plus 30 years
40:04in Eric Hunter's case
40:06he got 39 years
40:11if it wasn't for
40:12special agent box
40:14I don't know
40:15that we'd be
40:15sitting here today
40:16when this case
40:17looked like
40:18it would stall
40:18and we had nothing
40:19she had that tenacity
40:21and that drive
40:22to continue
40:23to work this case
40:24year after year
40:25after year
40:27to bring
40:28so much closure
40:29to a lot of victims
40:32and justice
40:33for their families
40:36it's been so long
40:39you've made my job
40:41worth it
40:43any moment
40:44when I am
40:45questioning
40:46or I'm tired
40:47or I don't want to keep going
40:48or I don't want another case
40:50I think of you
40:51I have a different outlook
40:52at you know
40:54dealing with law enforcement
40:55now
40:55I know it was
40:56sleepless nights
40:57I know
40:57times where you probably
40:58did just want to give up
40:59but you never gave up on
41:01I feel like you didn't
41:03give up on me
41:03now I can sleep
41:05peacefully at night
41:06and I just thank you
41:07for that
41:07you know you my hero girl
41:16next time
41:17on Feds
41:19he called himself
41:20the next John Wick
41:23I just screamed
41:24to the top of my legs
41:25I was scared to do it
41:27he's a real life
41:29murder for money
41:31hitman
41:32no words
41:33to explain that feeling
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