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Homicide Squad: New Orleans - Season 3 - Episode 02: Crossing Stories
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00:17You are in here, my mama, for the patient of your emergency.
00:21LC4 tier.
00:23Tell me exactly what happened.
00:25Well, there were two teenagers, and they were talking to the guy, like, in the truck, and
00:30then, like, one of them, like, tried to pull out a gun, and the guy started shooting between
00:34them, and one of them got shot, which is the man that was right here with us.
00:38Okay, an officer will be discharged as soon as possible.
00:49We need everybody to...
00:51Hey, were you out of here?
00:52Yeah.
00:52Talk to him.
00:53Are you guys all at the store?
00:55Just stay inside the store for right now?
00:57What are we doing?
00:58Can I get an outmail, Deshaun?
01:01No problem.
01:02Is this where it happened right here?
01:04Where he's laying it?
01:04I don't know.
01:05But all the shell casings are over here.
01:08He's falling all down.
01:09So it's two teenagers.
01:10They're walking through.
01:11The guy who got shot, they had words.
01:15So he starts shooting at them.
01:17The victim?
01:18Yeah.
01:18And they start shooting back.
01:41I'm not being told from the people already on scene, the shooting happened about an hour ago.
01:47The victim was shot, from what I understand, once in the chest, and he passed away at the hospital.
01:55So we're just going to see what we have from there once we get out there.
02:02Hey, Matt.
02:03Hey, are you still at the hospital?
02:06No.
02:07OK.
02:07What, uh, so the victim had, like, clothes and a phone on them?
02:12Clothes.
02:12He had a wallet.
02:13He had a black Samsung phone.
02:16Is there any, like, family or anything at the hospital?
02:19There was nobody at the hospital.
02:20Nobody?
02:22Detective Hill informs me that he hasn't been able to get in contact with the victim's family members.
02:29Evidently, there's no family members or friends at the hospital checking on them.
02:34All right.
02:34Thanks, dude.
02:35No problem, buddy.
02:36All right.
02:36Bye.
02:39This crime scene is in an area of town that's very diverse.
02:44It's rich in Hispanic and Vietnamese culture.
02:47They have their own businesses.
02:49It's on the edges of New Orleans, really.
02:52Everything past this area is like swampland.
02:54It's a very tight-knit community where they all seem to know each other and try to help each other
03:00out.
03:02When I arrive on the crime scene, there are certain things I'm looking for right away.
03:08Shell casings, blood on the scene, video surveillance cameras.
03:14Because in this particular case, there's businesses that have video surveillance cameras pointing
03:19towards the parking lot where all this happened.
03:22So this video, these cameras is what caught it, I'm assuming?
03:27Um, that video right there.
03:29But you can't check it.
03:30All right.
03:35So, from what I'm told from witnesses, they speak Spanish.
03:40These guys over here?
03:41Yes.
03:42They're out here selling food.
03:44Okay.
03:45And two guys start circling them.
03:47They think that they're possibly going to rob them for their food based on their behavior.
03:53And then the shootout happened.
03:55Okay.
03:56The victim is allegedly part of the people who are here selling the food.
04:00And then the other two males who were involved in shooting went possibly that way after the shooting.
04:06So, I'm still trying to get details like who started.
04:11Okay.
04:11And why and why.
04:13Someone walked me through the scene real quick just so I didn't get up.
04:16I wasn't here because they picked up everything.
04:18All right.
04:21Maurice, come walk me through, please.
04:23Hey, Rev.
04:24Hey.
04:25Yes.
04:26Just need me to tell.
04:27Like, tell me what happened.
04:29What's going on?
04:30Okay.
04:30So, there was the decedent over there.
04:35Mm-hmm.
04:37And we had some juveniles over here.
04:40It's like the decedent pulls his gun out, shoots in the air, and he continues to shoot.
04:45They shoot at him.
04:46Wait, wait.
04:47The decedent?
04:47Yeah, the decedent.
04:49The decedent was shooting or pointing a gun first?
04:51Yeah.
04:52So, the decedent apparently.
04:53They're saying the decedent shot first.
04:55Detective Maurice Stewart tells me that after speaking with the officers on scene and some
05:00witnesses, the deceased victim was in some kind of shootout with these teenagers
05:07who evidently shot back at him and struck him, which led to his death.
05:14My victim, his name is David Cano, and he's 46 years old.
05:19He's a citizen from Honduras, and he's here just trying to make money for his family to send it
05:25back home to help support the people he loves.
05:29So, I picked up four shell cases from in between those two vehicles right here.
05:35So, it looked like they were possibly standing over there, the decedent was standing over here.
05:40He had a pilot loading that we picked up, and that's it, no casing.
05:44There's a revolver that's unaccounted for.
05:46Mm-hmm.
05:46And we think the decedent had a revolver?
05:48Yes.
05:49And that's because there's no shell casings, or?
05:52Yes, he's actually not a barrel revolver.
05:54Okay.
05:56So, at this point, I'm trying to figure out why he had a shootout with these teenagers,
06:00and who's the aggressor in the situation.
06:03So, I need to start talking to witnesses who are actually there to help me figure all this out.
06:10All right, Miles.
06:11You want to try to talk to him?
06:12Yeah.
06:13Is this person, someone's transporting them, or what?
06:16He's in his car.
06:16It's okay.
06:17You want a transport, or do you want him to drive?
06:19Well, I don't want him to be a ghost on us.
06:23Hello.
06:23My name's Detective Riffle.
06:25We're going to talk to you at the station.
06:27Just hang tight for us, and we'll let you know.
06:29A witness that supposedly saw everything happen or unfold,
06:34who was waiting in their car, but didn't want to talk out there.
06:39So, I'm going to interview them at the station.
06:42Okay.
06:45All right, let's talk to some of these other people real quick.
06:49Hey, I'm Detective Riffle at the New Orleans Police Department.
06:52You saw what happened out here?
06:53Yes, sir.
06:54Can you tell me?
06:56So, two teenagers came.
06:58So, that's something.
06:59And I kind of heard, I turned around.
07:01He noticed I saw him.
07:03The other one was like, nah, we can't just go.
07:05And I saw the other one had a weapon.
07:08So, they went.
07:08Mm-hmm.
07:09They didn't came back.
07:11He was walking while he was shooting.
07:13This is the other guy that got shot?
07:15Yeah.
07:16The first time he shot was up, trying to scare the two teenagers.
07:19Okay.
07:20When he shot up once, these two were running.
07:22They didn't shoot.
07:23Why was he trying to scare them, do you think?
07:25Supposedly, they felt threatened.
07:27The people out here felt threatened?
07:29Yeah.
07:30How did the dude that got shot know that they felt threatened?
07:34I don't know.
07:35All right.
07:37There's a lot of people in the parking lot to speak with.
07:41I need to get down into the details about what actually happened.
07:46Hey, Detective Ruffles.
07:48Nice to meet you.
07:48Sorry under the circumstances.
07:51Yeah.
07:58So, he said that they ordered food.
08:01They started eating the food when he heard the gunshots.
08:04Yeah.
08:04And when he heard the gunshots, they went that way.
08:06We won.
08:06We won.
08:06Okay.
08:08I am very lucky to have Miles as a partner during this investigation.
08:12Miles speaks Spanish as his first language.
08:15So, it was great to have him there to help me translate.
08:19It would have taken a lot longer to figure things out if Miles wouldn't have been there.
08:24You know which one?
08:29Oh, .
08:35Okay.
08:39Hello.
08:40Do you all speak any English at all?
08:42No.
08:43So, can you ask them, did you all see what happened out here?
08:46Yes, did you see what happened?
08:48We were sitting there when the morenos were wandering around.
08:53They were seated right there.
09:08Mm-hmm.
09:10They told everybody around them, including the guy who was killed.
09:14Mm-hmm.
09:15Like, are they trying to rob us or something?
09:17The guy who got shot told them, like, hey, y'all, leave them alone.
09:21So, two African-American males came to the side over here.
09:25Okay.
09:25And that's when they heard the gunshots.
09:27You can ask them who started shooting it first.
09:31The African-American males.
10:03Yes.
10:04They felt like they might get robbed.
10:07All right.
10:07I'll meet you there.
10:08All right.
10:09I'm hoping that video surveillance will actually show the incident, so I don't have to rely
10:14strictly on witnesses.
10:17Supposedly, the victim lives , so we're going to go knock on the door.
10:21There might be some family that we can find there.
10:24And, uh, hopefully, the witness going to the 7th District Station tells us exactly what happened.
11:02Hello, how are you?
11:09He's aware of what happened?
11:10Yeah.
11:10Okay.
11:11Somebody called him.
11:13Okay.
11:20He knows him for 12 years.
11:22Okay.
11:22Was he a roommate?
11:23Yes.
11:24Okay.
11:24For 12 years.
11:25You have that phone to call him?
11:27No.
11:29He's from Honduras.
11:30He's from Honduras.
11:32Okay.
11:33Please.
11:34Okay, thank you.
11:37All right, are you going to the 7th District Station?
11:38Yeah.
11:42It seems like the victim has no family members here.
11:50Whatever family the victim does have lives in Honduras.
11:54I'm going to continue to try to track down David's family members.
11:58We always try to reach out to the next of kin as soon as possible, just to let them know
12:05what happened.
12:07Now, Miles and I are going to the 7th District Station to interview a witness who supposedly saw everything.
12:15And hopefully he gives us a detailed account of what he saw.
12:29Hello, Detective Riffle.
12:32I'm Detective Guerreri.
12:34So, just tell us what happened out there.
12:38So,
12:39I saw a teenage.
12:43They came up to her.
12:44And they asked her what she was selling.
12:46And I actually noticed that one of them in the room, I was holding something.
12:50I was like, are you wasting the fire on me?
12:53Yeah.
12:55And the one with the yellow hoodie said, no, I'm not here at all.
12:59They just left me.
13:01And that's why they came back.
13:03So, the guy that got shot, he's always there.
13:07Most of the time drinking.
13:09He was carrying a weapon.
13:10I'm breathing a ton of both of them.
13:13So, for the time he shot, it was up in the sky.
13:15Trying to scare them off.
13:17Because the guy was still not letting go of his face.
13:20Okay.
13:20The two teenagers bring him.
13:22But the other guy is still shooting at him.
13:24So, if he's still shot up in the sky, we're shot him straight.
13:27I was looking at the teenager.
13:29Those lights definitely hurt.
13:30Yeah.
13:31And when they got behind the red car that's all damaged, that's when they start shooting.
13:36Okay.
13:37Do you think you were trying to rob y'all or something?
13:39What's it like?
13:41The witness let us know that basically the teenagers
13:45were loitering in the area and kind of making everyone feel uncomfortable.
13:49He could see the firearm in their waistband.
13:51And they thought that there was a possibility that the teenagers were trying to rob them.
13:56David Cano shot a round into the air to scare the teenagers away.
14:00And the teenagers started to run away.
14:03And then David Cano fired another round.
14:06Then the teenagers who were running away started to return fire.
14:10So, why do you believe the guy shot in the air?
14:14He's always the threat.
14:16We have experiences like this before, like four more times that we have brought.
14:21Well, have you seen them before?
14:22Those two kids?
14:23No.
14:24Do you see where they went?
14:26I think it was far.
14:27Probably a little.
14:28Far or more.
14:28I don't know.
14:30They ran that way.
14:31Yeah.
14:32David Cano might have been the aggressor in this situation or maybe escalated a little too far.
14:38It just shifts my focus a little bit about what actually happened.
14:43So, if they went back the way that you said they went,
14:47there's cameras over there.
14:48They should have been able to see that.
14:50These cameras is what caught it, I'm assuming?
14:52Um, that video right there.
14:54That should catch it.
14:56Now, I really just need to see the video.
15:00Hopefully, that will clear all this up for me.
15:03I think that's it.
15:23So, got the video.
15:25All right.
15:27Y'all want to watch the video?
15:28Yeah.
15:30All right, let's see.
15:34So, the good news is this camera system has sound so you can hear everything.
15:38So, this is from the store that was open last night.
15:41That was further down.
15:44This is where all the witnesses were and kind of where everything happens.
15:50We see the two teenagers, one in the red hoodie, one in the tan hoodie.
15:55And you see the victim, David, gets out of the driver's seat.
16:03And then a few minutes later, you can hear that first shot.
16:11And then you see the two guys running away, basically, being scared off.
16:17And then you see the decedent follow them.
16:23And it looks like the decedent shoots in their direction and actually hits this car window.
16:29Who saw that?
16:37And then the guy in the red shoots back.
16:43One of those strikes, David, he kind of grabs himself.
16:48And then he walks over to the white truck.
16:51And later, falls down next to the white truck.
16:57The two teenagers who are being shot at run this way.
17:02So, we're trying to get a better angle to just see what kind of, like, maybe where they went.
17:08Right.
17:10There's an RTCC camera down there, so we might go there and just see what video we can get.
17:15Obviously, we need to find them to get their statements and everything and see what they were thinking.
17:21All right.
17:29Looking at the video, I mean, it's pretty clear the decedent did more than just shoot in the air.
17:35But, like, you can clearly see he shoots at them, and you see that glass break.
17:39They were actually retreating.
17:41Yeah.
17:42And the guy that shot back at them almost got hit.
17:45Yeah.
17:46Well, you have a unique case, because in Louisiana, it's a stay-in-your-ground state.
17:52So, when you're being fired upon, you can shoot back in self-defense.
17:58In Louisiana, we have a stay-in-your-ground law, which is basically you don't have a duty to retreat.
18:05In a lethal force situation, I'm going to investigate this incident the same, regardless if it's a self-defense case
18:12or if it's a homicide.
18:14Someone lost their life, so I'm going to get to the bottom of it.
18:20We're going to find out the truth.
18:25Okay.
18:33Unit 1723.
18:35I guess you get you on the air, you have a question.
18:381723.
18:38Yeah.
18:39A 7th District detective is trying to raise a homicide detective,
18:43so that's usually, like, they'll probably have information or something
18:46possibly related to last night, since it's in the 7th District, hopefully.
18:50Maybe a witness.
18:51Maybe one of the kids came forward.
19:19So this is a s**t who runs a store out there?
19:33Okay, what is the address?
19:38Yeah, that's going to be one of those stores that was probably closed last night.
19:40Yeah.
19:42Okay.
19:43Okay.
19:43All right, thanks.
19:44Bye.
19:47Tiani just called, and the 7th District who was calling on the radio said a m****** called
19:53the 7th District station saying he has video, so we'll go over there and see what he's got,
19:59because it might be the same guy.
20:00That's perfect.
20:01So we'll see which one it was.
20:02If they're in the store, he might see their faces.
20:03All right.
20:03That's good.
20:04All right, let's go in here and get this video real quick.
20:07All right.
20:10If I can get good video surveillance of these teenagers' faces, one option I can do is send
20:16out a Be On The Lookout flyer to the department to say, hey, has anyone recognized these kids?
20:21Has anyone seen them before?
20:23But before that, I arrive at the real-time crime center to check the cameras there.
20:30I get the video surveillance from the camera on the street that my witness said the teenagers ran back to
20:38after the homicide occurred.
20:43I see the two teenagers still wearing the same clothing right after the shooting, and you see them running away,
20:50and turn the corner towards Peltier Drive.
21:10So after the shooting, the two suspects take a right on Peltier, and they keep going.
21:16The street after the bridge.
21:17Yes.
21:18And if you keep going down that road, you hit a large apartment complex back there.
21:22So the cameras for that apartment complex, they're really good.
21:26I've used them in the past.
21:28They, like, move, and they follow motion.
21:30So you might be able to find out, if they do go back there, what actual apartment that they will
21:36stay in.
21:36Because the cameras are usually that good.
21:39Now, we're going to go back to the crime scene.
21:42Meet with who supposedly has video of these guys in his store prior to the shooting happening.
21:49Okay.
21:50And meet Tiani.
21:51Right.
21:57So the shooting happened down here?
21:59The deceased was about right where your car is, so, like, shooting that way.
22:03Okay.
22:04When he got hit.
22:05All right.
22:06Y'all ready to go into the talk?
22:07Yeah.
22:12Oh, how you doing?
22:13I'm Detective Guerreri.
22:15Hello.
22:16You have, um, some video for us to look at?
22:18Yes.
22:19Okay.
22:19Do you mind if we take a look?
22:20Yeah.
22:20Okay.
22:21Can we go?
22:21Yeah.
22:24Okay.
22:25So is this yesterday?
22:27Yeah.
22:27Okay.
22:31Looking at the grocery store cameras.
22:34It was an older system, so the video was kind of grainy.
22:37It wasn't, like, super clear.
22:39But you can clearly see two people, one in the red hoodie, one in the tan hoodie.
22:45So we know it's a suspect, but still no clear face shots.
22:50It was too difficult to make out, really, who they were.
22:56All right.
22:57I think we're done.
22:58All right.
23:00Appreciate it.
23:08So, the supermarket video happens around 6.38 p.m.
23:13The shooting happens around 7.15.
23:16We know from here they go straight that way.
23:19The RTCC camera captures them taking a right and going towards apartments.
23:25So, waiting for that video, for now.
23:37So, he was here last night.
23:39Right, I remember.
23:40Yeah.
23:41Hi.
23:41He was good friends with David.
23:47He said, yeah, he lived close to David, so he knew him.
23:52We run into a friend of David's.
23:56He was clearly sad.
23:58He appeared to be crying, and he was just remembering the good times and telling us about David.
24:05It was very emotional.
24:08He said he was holding him in his arms.
24:10When he was dying, he was holding his hands.
24:13Wow.
24:14Sorry.
24:15He said that this is the tree that they used to hang out at.
24:20Wow.
24:21Yeah.
24:21Yeah.
24:22Sorry, you have to go through this.
24:24It's cool.
24:25Okay.
24:34Well, you can see, like, how the emotion that he has.
24:38Yeah.
24:39He lost his friend.
24:41That's tough.
24:43So, we definitely wanted to find these guys as soon as possible.
24:47It seems to be a self-defense shooting.
24:50The issue is, you ran away from the scene and never contacted the police and never gave any kind of
24:56statement to us.
24:57So, we can't just assume without talking to them what actually happened.
25:02No.
25:03Justifiable homicides, they do happen, but they're not super common.
25:08Like, out of 40 cases, maybe two or three have been justifiable.
25:13There's a fine line in self-defense, and if anyone needs to be held responsible for David's death, we're going
25:20to find out the truth.
25:40So, Miles, you want to come see this?
25:42This is a camera located on a building closest to Alcy FouchƩ, the street where the shooting happened, down there
25:50to the left.
25:50This is before the shooting.
25:53Basically, this camera turns, like, every 10, 15 seconds, and it tracks motion as well.
26:02There's two guys on a bicycle.
26:05We got our tan hoodie and red hoodie.
26:08You can't see their faces.
26:11Looking at the footage, we know it's them based on their clothing.
26:16From the store and from witness statements, they're wearing the exact same clothing.
26:23Okay, so they go into this driveway.
26:25See them get off the bike, put it right in this driveway by this fourplex.
26:31This is before they go to the store.
26:33So now they're walking on foot, and the shooting and the stores and all that are over there to the
26:37left.
26:38So one of them probably lives in that fourplex.
26:42So I think the approach today is to go find that location, knock on all four doors and see what
26:48we can find.
26:49Hopefully get lucky, and it's our suspects.
27:06So this article came out, woman asked for help after two shootings and three days in her neighborhood.
27:14Oh, wow.
27:16I'm an organizer.
27:18She's an organizer?
27:19Yeah, and her name is Christiana, and she held a vigil for David Cano on Friday night.
27:29At this point, we haven't been able to find David's family members to inform them of what happened.
27:35But Miles found out that someone had held a vigil for him, who acts kind of as a community liaison
27:42for that area of town.
27:45So we could probably find her.
27:47It says she's working to raise money for Cano's family to send his body back to his mother in Honduras
27:54for a proper burial.
27:55So she's got to know his mother then, right?
27:58Yeah, or some kind of family.
27:59Something.
28:00My best hope is that maybe she will help me identify some family members of David's.
28:07It's coming together, so she's got to find the puzzle pieces to put together.
28:10Well, the major puzzle piece right now is the kids who ran away, and that's who we need to find.
28:16Yeah.
28:21We're going to go knock on these doors over here.
28:24Hopefully get lucky and it's our suspects.
28:29Who's the case?
28:30It's Detective with the police department.
28:35Hey, how are you doing?
28:36My name is Detective Riffle.
28:37How are y'all?
28:38How are you doing?
28:39So we're investigating a shooting that happened Wednesday.
28:42Right.
28:43Did y'all hear anything about it?
28:44Well, we heard it just like everybody else heard it.
28:46Does anyone else live here with y'all?
28:49Okay.
28:49Right.
28:50We appreciate it.
28:51We're just trying to find out what happened.
28:52Thank you for your time.
28:54All right.
28:54Thank y'all.
29:02All right.
29:05Unfortunately, the suspects, they weren't at the apartment complex.
29:09So right now, we're going to find Christina, who is the organizer in that article, who may
29:17or may not know the victim's family members from Honduras.
29:20So hopefully she does know a contact information or something, so that then we can then reach
29:26out to the victim's mother and let them know what's going on.
29:35Hey, how you doing?
29:36Good morning.
29:37Sorry to bother you.
29:38You're so good.
29:39Hi.
29:39Hi.
29:40My name is Detective Riffle with the New Orleans Police Department, Homestead Division.
29:44How you doing, sir?
29:45My partner, Miles.
29:46Hey.
29:47We're investigating the shooting of David.
29:48Uh-huh.
29:49And we got information you might know his family members or his mother or something.
29:52I do know his mother.
29:53Oh, perfect.
29:53Do you have a contact?
29:57Christina tells us that she's known David for the past 15 years, ever since he moved to
30:03New Orleans, and she has the phone number for his family in Honduras.
30:17Let me just first say I'm sorry for your loss, and I want to express my condolences to you
30:23and your family for, um, for David.
30:31Notifying the family is always an important phone call.
30:35I'm responsible for trying to comfort the mother as much as possible and to let them know
30:41that we're doing everything we can to get to the truth of what happened.
30:46Let her know when we get any updates we can share, we will reach back out to her.
30:55She said, please do what you can.
30:57Okay.
30:58Tell her thank you, and we'll be in touch.
31:03Okay.
31:04All right.
31:06Well, thank you.
31:07No problem.
31:08Y'all be safe out there.
31:09Yes, ma'am.
31:09Thank you very much.
31:12After speaking with Christina, it was clear to me that David had good intentions.
31:18It's just that in the moment, he wasn't making the clearest decisions, from what I'm seeing
31:24in video surveillance, and from talking to witnesses, it seems like David chose to put
31:30the law in his own hands.
31:33Ultimately, we don't like citizens doing that, because now situations like this happen.
31:40It didn't have to happen.
31:49All right.
31:50So, go back to the video and see if we can see anything on there.
31:58Unfortunately, Miles and I were kind of back at square one with trying to identify the teenagers.
32:07Miles, did you see this crime stopper's tip?
32:10Do you have it pulled up right here?
32:12Yeah.
32:15This is the crime stopper's tip.
32:18It says they were planning to rob someone that night.
32:20Ended up being a shootout.
32:22And it says that the individual wearing the tan hoodie the night of is named...
32:31Oh, that's huge.
32:42This crime stopper's tip, they attach this little clip, and it says the clip is...
32:51...wearing the same hoodie supposedly he was wearing the night of my shooting.
32:55And we never released anything out to the media.
32:58I've released nothing to the media.
33:02That's the same sweater from inside the store?
33:05It looks like it.
33:05Yeah, I remember that.
33:07It matches all that.
33:07Can you still have that so we can prepare it?
33:09Yeah, I can pull it up.
33:13Oh, yeah, that's definitely the same hoodie.
33:15Absolutely, yeah.
33:16That's definitely the hoodie, dude.
33:22He's got two open warrants for two different incidents.
33:25He's 17 years old.
33:29Since the person of interest has outstanding warrants for his arrest, we know it's only
33:33a matter of time before he gets found and arrested.
33:36And when that happens, I want to use that opportunity to go speak with this individual to hopefully
33:42get their version of what happened out there.
33:46It's likely he's probably the guy in the tan hoodie the night of my shooting.
33:53However, the guy who actually shoots back, shooting David, is a guy in a red hoodie.
33:58So we don't know who that person is yet.
34:01Hopefully, he can identify who the red hoodie is.
34:05What casings he had on the scene?
34:07David.
34:07We think had a revolver, so no casings from him.
34:09But the guy in the red hoodie, I think it was four or five casings.
34:12Ballistics all came from one guy.
34:14And he's doing it like return firing.
34:16Yeah, clearly.
34:16Yeah.
34:43Hey.
34:44What are you doing there?
34:45You have a seat over here?
34:54I'm investigating, and I said, okay, it had been December 13th, so about two months
35:01ago now.
35:02Okay, you're familiar.
35:04Okay, so we know you were there, okay?
35:06And we know what happened.
35:07We know, like, the sequence of events.
35:09What we don't know is, like, why it happened.
35:12Like, why this person didn't think they did, and why y'all didn't job yet.
35:16Just along with us through that thing.
35:17I don't know if he didn't know how to do the winter frame, and he was telling me about
35:21the good people to sell.
35:23And then I was reading on him to do what he had to do.
35:27And all of them, I seen on shots, and I took, and ran.
35:30Okay.
35:31Who was he planning on selling?
35:34I don't know, sir.
35:35I don't know if he's in the business like that.
35:38What's, so you said you saw shots, like, where were they coming from?
35:43The man that died.
35:45Mm-hmm.
35:48Can you give me, like, one half of the leg up to him doing that?
35:52Well, really, I came because I had my head down and stuff.
35:56I took ran, because I didn't know why he was shooting or what was going on with the
36:00guy who was drunk.
36:01The guy who was drunk?
36:03Yeah.
36:03Do you know why, like, why I didn't think he was drunk?
36:06Oh, because I'm on his friend.
36:09And my friend was talking to you, like, who's sitting down, who's sitting down?
36:14Yeah, he's drunk.
36:15His friend basically told us he was drunk.
36:19He said after they had made it back, after the shooting occurred, his friend had told him
36:25that he had shot back at the individual.
36:28I asked him why he never contacted the police.
36:31He said he was scared, and he didn't believe he did anything wrong, because he just ran away.
36:37What is your friend's name?
36:41I don't hear the news.
36:43That was my first time in school, and now that I've never seen them again.
36:48Do you know his phone number right now, Chance?
36:52Mr. Crowe.
36:54News.
36:56I'm 15.
36:58That's all I know.
37:00This is all I know.
37:01I ain't gonna be drunk, and I ain't gonna do nothing right now.
37:05It doesn't appear on me.
37:07I ain't gonna be drunk.
37:09All right, Tom.
37:11I don't have any questions I have for you.
37:15I'm not writing an arrest warrant for this individual, because at this point of my investigation,
37:20there's nothing to charge him with.
37:47Hey, how are you?
37:50Mine's Detective Pickle.
37:52We need to talk to your son.
37:54We just need to get a statement from him.
37:56We know he was there, and we just need to get his version of what happened.
38:00Oh, I knew it.
38:01He ran away.
38:11He ain't been going to school or nothing.
38:14When is the last time you saw him?
38:16Last time he was at my house, my dream.
38:19Did you put him out as a runaway or anything?
38:21No.
38:22Yeah.
38:23The mother of the teenager in the red hoodie
38:26told me that they hadn't seen him in months.
38:29And that he had run away.
38:31When you see him again, let him know we need to talk to him.
38:35We just need his version of what happened.
38:37That's all we shared about.
38:38Right.
38:38OK?
38:39OK, thank you.
38:40Thank you all.
38:43I ultimately get an arrest warrant for the 15-year-old.
38:46I charge him with obstruction of justice
38:48and juvenile possession of a handgun.
38:50I know he had a firearm.
38:53And after he shot David, he left the crime scene
38:56with the pistol that he used to shoot him,
38:58which is obstruction of justice for removing evidence
39:01from a crime scene.
39:26The juvenile suspect is found outside of our parish.
39:31The juvenile suspect is found outside of our parish.
39:34He was arrested in connection with David's death.
39:35But he and his mother refused to give me a statement.
39:40He was then booked and eventually brought into juvenile custody.
39:47Ultimately, even though this appears to be a case of self-defense,
39:52it was a juvenile in possession of an illegal firearm.
39:54So he's arrested in connection with David's death.
40:27Hey, how are you?
40:28Good afternoon, can I come in?
40:30Yes.
40:30Thank you very much.
40:34Christina, the person who organized the vigil for David Cano,
40:39she acts as a community liaison for the Hispanic community
40:43out in this area of town.
40:45I talked to his mother.
40:47I think she's being very strong.
40:49Yeah.
40:50Because it's the only son she had here in the U.S.,
40:52so it's the only hope that she had for any, like, support
40:55or anything that she had back there was him.
40:58I think for a lot of her prayers, the miracle happened
41:00that we were able to raise so quickly the money
41:02to be able to send him back home, you know.
41:05That's great.
41:07David was a friend of mine.
41:09He was a very good guy.
41:11He was very, very humble.
41:13He doesn't have family here.
41:15He doesn't have a wife.
41:16He was a baker.
41:17Like, he worked in the Dong Phong Baker for over 10 years.
41:20Uh-huh.
41:21At the Vietnamese store,
41:22he'll be the one taking out their trash from him.
41:24He really loved the people that sold food all there.
41:27Like, that was his spot.
41:28You know, and it was just, like, pretty much,
41:30I really think he just felt like he was the protector.
41:33There's a lot of community members right now that feel unsafe.
41:38Uh-huh.
41:38And they're getting guns that are not registered
41:41and things like that.
41:42What I explained to them is that that gun
41:45will not always be what saves your lives.
41:47Yeah.
41:47Because even if you shoot one of them,
41:50they could come back and retaliate.
41:52Yeah.
41:52Then they're going to retaliate.
41:52Might do more harm than good.
41:54I'm going to be always to protect my community.
41:57And the best way that I can
41:58is to make sure that y'all have every information that y'all need.
42:02Okay.
42:02Well, we appreciate it.
42:04As a detective,
42:06we don't always get lucky with video surveillance evidence
42:09and other things.
42:10We are at the mercy, a lot of times,
42:12of the community and the people involved
42:15to tell us what it is that they know
42:18and what's going on.
42:19Y'all only have so much y'all can do.
42:21That's why we got to stay together.
42:23We're doing everything we can.
42:25Thank you, guys.
42:26Y'all be safe out there.
42:28Thanks for your time.
42:35Working in New Orleans,
42:37it has its challenges,
42:39but it's also great.
42:42It's a very unique place.
42:45You have so many different cultures.
42:47You have very different neighborhoods,
42:50each one with their separate, unique vibe.
42:53And it's something that I'm trying to protect.
42:58I'm happy I chose New Orleans
43:00to become a homicide detective.
43:01And from one to two hours.
43:06It's OK.
43:07I wouldn't walk online to one day...
43:07and let me check out the audience.
43:08Oh
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