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Homicide Squad: New Orleans - Season 1 - Episode 10: The Rookie
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00:25You are list 9-1-1, what's the address of your emergency?
00:27It's Claiborne Avenue, man has been shot.
00:30Can you tell me how many people is injured?
00:32One. The man is in the house dead, you need to get out.
00:47Cases on the ground.
00:53Ready?
00:56N-O-P-D!
00:58Call out!
01:03Clear.
01:05We have a man with a gunshot.
01:08Careful.
01:35We're heading over to the 1,400 block.
01:41We got a call about a homicide over at the location, so I literally had just gotten home from our
01:49shift today, didn't even have a chance to change yet. I was taking care of my dog and then saw
01:56the email, so time to give her a treat, come back on to work.
02:03Currently, I'm the youngest homicide detective for the New Orleans Police Department. I came down here from Boston originally, and
02:10I came down for the job.
02:13New Orleans, New Orleans is the big easy.
02:15New Orleans is the big easy.
02:15Everybody just wants to surround you with love and warmth, and so I'm incredibly driven because I'm part of this
02:20community now. I love this city.
02:24Good morning.
02:26So where's Tanisha with the witness?
02:29She's the one with Graham.
02:31Over there?
02:32Yeah, she was walking.
02:33Gotcha.
02:34She said she actually heard shots.
02:35She heard the shots.
02:37Peered inside.
02:39Was walking by, heard the shots, peered inside, and sucked them on the ground.
02:43They had about nine shell casings inside, around the body.
02:47Who's the victim?
02:49Eric.
02:50Eric.
02:50Gary.
02:53The male inside the house is Eric Gary.
03:00I'm learning that Eric was homeless, but he's worked hard and actually now has a housing voucher.
03:06Mr. Gary was producing music.
03:09He was trying to get his feet under him.
03:11He was trying to live on the straight and narrow.
03:13What happened?
03:15Has crime lab already been in here to photograph?
03:17You took photographs already?
03:19No.
03:19All right, let's back, let's back out and let them take care of that first.
03:23Being a lead detective, it's my job right now to try to quarterback and make sure I know and understand
03:29everything that's going on.
03:31Heard you spoke to a witness.
03:33Yes.
03:34She said that she, her gunshot, so she said she came over this way to check on her people.
03:40And I tried to talk to her a little bit. She told me she was going to sleep and she
03:46ain't want to talk to her.
03:46When we work a crime scene, teamwork within homicide is very vital. I don't think that we could solve many
03:55of our cases if it wasn't for a team effort. Everybody has a little something different to bring to the
04:01table.
04:01So what I'm thinking, T, what I'm thinking, just looking at his injuries from the outside, it looks like he
04:08was in some kind of scuffle.
04:09That's what I said, just looking at the position of his hands.
04:12The blood on the back of his head.
04:14Yeah, like he could have been, you know, fight. I just say bag his hands.
04:18Yeah.
04:20Hey, Biscoe, you were first on scene, huh?
04:22Yes.
04:23Got anything good?
04:25You dealt with this dude last month.
04:28He was a victim. He just got jumped.
04:31So no saying whether it's connected or not.
04:34Gotcha.
04:36One of the sergeants who is on scene tells me Mr. Eric had some kind of altercation a couple of
04:41weeks ago when he was the victim of an attack.
04:44Is this a continuation of Mr. Eric Gary's attack from before?
04:48We don't know.
04:51What did you say?
04:53Uh, yeah.
04:55Yeah, we'll do all the casings, phones.
04:58The spent bullet.
04:59Yeah.
05:00Definitely do the bullet.
05:02Let's be extra careful with it just in case I decide to do prints on it.
05:06When I see Mr. Gary shot as many times as he is, one of the things that comes into my
05:12mind is, is my perpetrator somebody who knew Mr. Gary?
05:16Clearly, it's somebody who is angry.
05:20Yeah, just watch this step, because there's a bullet right here.
05:27Mr. Gary's apartment is still relatively put together.
05:32Aside from casings all over the floor and a couple live rounds, the furniture isn't really toppled over.
05:44You want to do the latch, too?
05:46Yep.
05:47Okay, into the latch.
05:48Just a case thing.
05:54I can tell you one thing, there definitely ain't no robbery gone wrong.
05:57This man in his second room, which is like a bedroom, got DJ equipment, a laptop, like a nice laptop.
06:06Cajun has cameras that'll reach over here.
06:08That's good to know if I call him in the morning.
06:13I've dealt with Cajun seafood before, and I'm going to go there later and try to see if I can
06:18maybe get some surveillance footage and figure out, is this somebody on foot, or is this a car?
06:29Ooh!
06:31They say never let them see you sweat, but I am sweat.
06:35Ooh!
06:52They say never let them see you sweat, but I am sweat.
06:56I'm a good friend.
07:03I'm a good friend.
07:05What are you doing?
07:07Hi there, I'm Detective Williard, pleasure.
07:11You got your card.
07:12I will make sure I give you all my information.
07:15I want to first off say I am so sorry for y'all's loss.
07:21You know, I wish words, you know, were enough to express, you know, how sorry I am.
07:25But I know that, you know, nothing really, really helps right now.
07:30But let's start at the beginning.
07:32Okay.
07:33Eric, he had just got his face over there at ***.
07:36I'm going to say Eric called me on June the 20th.
07:39Long story short, he said, I ain't had no problems with nobody until these dudes just
07:46were coming around and stuff.
07:47Then when he get into the altercation with them, I said, you don't have to fight.
07:52He said, yeah.
07:53I said, oh, hell no.
07:56He said, I'm trying to tell you, man, I really think I'm just being set up.
08:02Mr. Eric's family member seems to be under the impression that Eric felt like he was going
08:07to be set up by these people hanging around out front of his apartment.
08:11Could it possibly be the same people?
08:14It could be.
08:15But until I have evidence that shows that, I need to be open that this could be anybody
08:20who could have done this to Eric.
08:30Yeah.
08:48Seeing Eric's family member like this, it motivates me to work harder.
08:59We're always trying to bring justice for the victim, but it's their living family members
09:05who are left behind, devastated.
09:09I want to bring justice to her.
09:11And right now, I have to make sure that I'm guided by the evidence that we have.
09:16And right now, that's the surveillance footage from Cajuns.
09:22Hi there.
09:23I'm Detective Williard.
09:24I just came to take a look at some of the cameras.
09:29You're welcome.
09:34So this is supposed to be the footage from Cajuns.
09:43139.
09:44Somebody on the porch.
09:51Oh, there we go.
09:52There's somebody walking out right now.
09:56Is it?
09:57They got in a car?
10:01Yeah.
10:04I think that's going to be the people responsible for this.
10:10Oh, what a lucky break that would be.
10:12Finding this car around the time of the murder.
10:14This is a huge lead.
10:16I didn't have a lot on scene, but now I can actually pursue this.
10:21I think we need to go up to R2C and figure out what kind of car that is.
10:25Maybe even get a plate.
10:27I want to figure out who's in this car, because once I do that, I might have my perpetrator.
10:49What's going on, y'all?
10:54Well, we might be cooking with some oil.
10:57I'm not going to say gasoline.
10:58But you have to.
10:59We might have a car.
11:02Is that Specklot?
11:03Yes.
11:04He is.
11:05So his door is open, and I think that's going to be our victim sitting on the porch.
11:11It's a car pulls up, and I think he might have an altercation or something.
11:15It's going to pull up right in front.
11:18So it's 137 right now.
11:20So I'm curious if we start to see flashes, even at this distance.
11:25Where are the casings at?
11:26Inside this front room.
11:28Right there.
11:29There he is.
11:30Now he's coming out.
11:30Come back to the car.
11:31Yep.
11:32Headlight start.
11:35Oh, there's the shooter right there.
11:38Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
11:40Yep.
11:40There he is.
11:41And then he goes around to the driver.
11:42So it's the driver of this car.
11:46Holy moly.
11:48So now he's got to track that car.
11:49Yep.
11:50That should be easy, because they're on Claiborne.
11:51Yep.
11:52Nice, dude.
11:53It depends.
11:54Right?
11:55Isn't this Claiborne right there?
11:56Yeah, but I don't know where there's LPRs.
11:58I mean, I know they've got RTC cameras all over Claiborne.
12:00Yeah, well, there's a camera right in this block.
12:01At least you'll see a better shot of the car.
12:03So, uh, damn.
12:07I didn't see the gun flash the first time.
12:10Which side would they be coming from?
12:12This side right here is where we should see it.
12:15Any second, start flying up.
12:19Unless it already did.
12:21Oh, there it is right there.
12:23Some kind of silver sedan.
12:26Let me see which way they go here.
12:30All right, I'm going to go canvas my neighborhood,
12:32because I've got to get video.
12:33Do your thing, dude.
12:34Just let me know what happens.
12:35Yeah.
12:36Seeing the car is huge because this is not a pedestrian.
12:39This is not somebody on a bicycle who killed Mr. Gary.
12:42This is somebody who showed up in a car and left in a car.
12:45So now I can figure out what car they were in
12:48and where did they go.
12:51Let's see, do we get it at St. Bernard and Roman?
12:53There it is right there.
12:55Does it got a plate?
12:58I can't tell.
13:02Can we check those license plate readers?
13:06St. Bernard and Claiborne.
13:09That's the bus.
13:11What is that right there?
13:13That's a Chrysler, isn't it?
13:15Yeah.
13:16With a Mississippi plate.
13:17With a Mississippi plate.
13:20Oh, I think we got it, my friend.
13:23All right.
13:25The perpetrator doesn't know that we know about this car.
13:28If we keep it to ourselves,
13:30it's something that we can still try to work
13:32and try to identify what car this is
13:35and who it belongs to.
13:36This is a huge lead.
13:38Now we're cooking gasoline.
13:40I feel better now.
13:41All right.
14:00All right.
14:02I feel better now.
14:25Hello?
14:27Hi.
14:28This is Detective Williard
14:29with the New Orleans Police Department.
14:31I'm showing that your phone called 911
14:33about an incident.
14:37Okay.
14:37That's, listen, that's fine.
14:39I just am hoping for a little bit of information
14:42about how you found out about the shooting
14:44because it's...
14:45I was there.
14:46I saw it.
14:46You saw the shooting?
14:48I saw.
14:49I saw.
14:50I saw.
14:50I was in my car with a paper on bridge.
14:53The person went inside and just started shooting.
14:56Okay.
14:57So a person went inside and started shooting.
14:59Do you know who that person was?
15:01Uh-uh.
15:02It's my son who would like to get into this.
15:05I understand that,
15:07but you're going to be anxious
15:09until you share the info
15:10because that anxiety,
15:13seeing something like that,
15:14I can only imagine how you feel.
15:15But I know it ain't easy.
15:17It ain't easy to see something like that.
15:22You know?
15:23Nah, I can talk.
15:25Okay.
15:25Okay.
15:26So...
15:26Can you tell me what the person looked like?
15:29Was it a man or a woman?
15:30Yeah, a man.
15:34Were they skinny?
15:37Uh-huh.
15:38Smell.
15:39Oh, boy.
15:40He probably could have been in his early 40s.
15:43Facial hair?
15:44Anything like that?
15:45Yeah, he had his line down to his chin.
15:48He had a look vest on or something like that.
15:50What color was the vest?
15:53It was green,
15:55and he put his gun in the back of his hand.
15:58And he was taking his time to get in his car.
16:01You know what I'm saying?
16:02He was taking his time to get in his car.
16:04He looked back or whatever, you know,
16:06and he got in his car like,
16:07you ain't about some shit.
16:08Man, I tell you,
16:10I can believe what I spoke, man.
16:12And I'm like,
16:13we was a man.
16:16The dude just was sitting on his porch.
16:20And when he went inside,
16:22the dude got out the car
16:23and went inside
16:25and went to shop five or six times.
16:28So, like...
16:29And the girl was sitting on her porch with the dog.
16:32I mean, she was like...
16:33There was a girl also there?
16:35The girl.
16:36Yeah, the girl was sitting on her porch.
16:38So she was outside when this all happened?
16:41Yeah, yeah.
16:42Was the girl white, black?
16:44She was white.
16:45Yeah, she was white.
16:46Did you hear any kind of commotion or struggle or...?
16:49It wasn't nothing.
16:50It wasn't nothing.
16:51It wasn't anything.
16:53He just went in that dude's house
16:54and just shot that dude up.
16:56And he was just laying on his front floor, you know.
16:59I'm going like that.
17:02This is the part of the job
17:03where we're going to hit the ground running
17:05and actually start talking with people.
17:07The old gumshoe-style detective work.
17:09Now I need to start talking with people
17:11and hitting the street.
17:12The right thing to do is...
17:13is for all of us to work together
17:15and be able to figure out who did this.
17:37I got some news.
17:39I got the 911 records
17:41and there was actually two callers for this incident.
17:46One that came a little bit later
17:48and said, listen, I was there,
17:51I witnessed the whole thing.
17:53I saw everything.
17:55And she described the shooter and everything.
18:02So, you know, we actually have an idea
18:04about who the shooter might be.
18:07Jack is a Louisiana state trooper
18:10and huge mentor.
18:12He is brilliant and he is talented.
18:14Right now, I need to be able to find this car.
18:17And if anybody is going to be able to find it,
18:19it's going to be Jack.
18:20And now, if we find the car
18:23and find somebody matching
18:24that description with the car,
18:26you know, we probably got our shooter.
18:29All right, well, that's really good.
18:31That's a hell of a start.
18:32Yeah.
18:34We know what kind of car.
18:35It's a Mississippi license plate.
18:37It comes back to a woman in Mississippi.
18:39It's possible that one of her family members
18:42is driving her car.
18:43We know what the shooter looks like.
18:45Now we just got to find him.
18:47So I'm scooping riffle right now.
18:49Now we're going to go back into the neighborhood
18:52and go door to door
18:53because this witness said
18:54that the neighbor was on her porch
18:57with her dog
18:57when the shooting happened as well.
18:59So I want to talk to her
19:00and see what maybe she saw.
19:02That's awesome.
19:03All right.
19:03Well, good.
19:04I'm going to go check the cameras early
19:07and then that way if I make anything,
19:09I'll have time to go look at it
19:10before the sun comes up.
19:12Thanks, Jack.
19:13You're the man.
19:13Bye, buddy.
19:17There's riffle there.
19:18All right.
19:25All right.
19:25Where are we going?
19:27We are going to go over to the scene.
19:30Where would the white lady live?
19:31Like the house right to the left.
19:33Is it worth knocking on her door right now?
19:35Yeah.
19:35Or is she too hot?
19:36No, I think, I think.
19:37We can't at least knock on that door.
19:46Hey, how are y'all doing?
19:48Did y'all know the gentleman
19:49from the other night
19:50about the shooting that happened?
19:52Don't know me.
19:53Yeah.
20:01I might have to come back later.
20:04Did you all see anything
20:06or know anything
20:06about the shooting the other day?
20:09No.
20:09Basically, everyone is saying
20:11they didn't see anything.
20:12You know, it's hard for them
20:14to come forward,
20:16but it's just,
20:17it has to be done.
20:18Like, we need this information.
20:20I know people don't always
20:21want to talk with us,
20:22but listen,
20:23we can use your help.
20:32So that was interesting.
20:35No real luck
20:36in locating the witness
20:39who actually saw it,
20:41but a female
20:43had came up to us
20:44while we were out here
20:45canvassing
20:46and said that
20:48the streets
20:48are saying
20:50that
20:50the perpetrator
20:52had pulled in front
20:53and parked in front
20:54of our victim's house
20:55and the victim had said,
20:58you can't park there.
20:59And
21:00they started getting
21:01into an argument
21:02and
21:03the argument
21:05had
21:06led to
21:07the perpetrator
21:08shooting the victim.
21:10Obviously,
21:11we can't hear anything
21:12in the video,
21:12but it does show
21:13the guy parked
21:14in front of the house,
21:15right?
21:15Like, right in front,
21:16like, right behind us.
21:18That might be the motive
21:19right there
21:19or something that dumb.
21:21Dude.
21:22If this whole thing
21:23is because
21:25the perpetrator
21:26parked in front
21:27of the victim's house,
21:29I don't
21:31know,
21:31quite frankly,
21:32how
21:33the victim
21:34would know
21:36the perpetrator.
21:38How are you
21:39going to shoot somebody
21:39just for saying
21:40don't park
21:41in front of my house?
21:42How crazy is that?
21:42I feel like
21:43we are getting
21:44so close.
21:46We need
21:47to find this vehicle.
22:15what's going on?
22:17What's going on?
22:17So,
22:19obviously,
22:19you were there
22:20when the incident happened.
22:21You were there
22:22on scene with me.
22:23The victim
22:24was sitting
22:24on his porch
22:25when a car
22:27pulled up
22:27in front of
22:28the house.
22:29The victim
22:29ends up going
22:30to walk
22:31inside his house.
22:32The driver
22:33of the vehicle
22:34gets out,
22:35goes into
22:36the victim's apartments,
22:37and all you can see
22:38is all of a sudden
22:39a bunch of muzzle flashes.
22:41Wow.
22:42I started searching
22:42for some of the
22:43previous license plate reads.
22:45I want to know
22:46where else
22:46does the car park?
22:47Mm-hmm.
22:48It parks
22:49over in the 1900 block
22:52of...
22:52Okay.
22:54Well, today,
22:55Jack happened
22:56to pass by
22:57at like 7 in the morning
22:58and he saw
22:59the car parked
23:00right up,
23:01backed up
23:01against this trash can
23:02blocking the license plate.
23:04Mm-hmm.
23:06That's the apartment
23:06right there.
23:07Apartment A.
23:08This is a huge break,
23:09but I need to figure out
23:11who was actually
23:12driving the car.
23:13So,
23:14what we did
23:14is we took
23:14a deep dive
23:15into some
23:16of the family members
23:17of the registered owner.
23:21And the person
23:22who immediately,
23:24like,
23:24came up
23:25as having
23:26that address
23:27or has had
23:28that address
23:29at some point
23:30is somebody
23:31by the name
23:32of Alton Witte,
23:35who's 32 years old.
23:37Okay.
23:37And he's got
23:38a criminal record.
23:39I started searching
23:40for license plate reads
23:42and I came across
23:43this one
23:44from June 12th.
23:45Mm-hmm.
23:45And it actually
23:46captures this dude
23:47right here
23:47looking like
23:48he just got out
23:48the car.
23:49Oh, that's him
23:50right there.
23:51I went through
23:52some other...
23:53There, him
23:53getting out the car.
23:54Ah.
23:55I think that guy
23:56in the high-visibility
23:57vest right there.
23:58Right.
23:59I think that's
24:00going to be
24:00our perp.
24:02I'm curious
24:03to see what
24:03he looks like
24:05and see if he
24:06will match
24:06the person
24:08in that photo
24:09from the license plate read.
24:12Let's look.
24:14Mm-hmm.
24:15That looks...
24:16That looks pretty
24:17damn close.
24:18Right.
24:19So, right now,
24:19we got people
24:20doing surveillance
24:21on the car.
24:22We're waiting
24:22for any kind
24:23of activity.
24:24The minute
24:24he goes
24:25to that car,
24:26they're going
24:27to be on him.
24:27And the minute
24:28he goes back
24:29inside,
24:30they're going
24:30to surround
24:30the house.
24:31Already got
24:31a warrant
24:32for the house,
24:33got a warrant
24:33for the car.
24:34We're going
24:34to hit it.
24:37That's what
24:37I'm talking about.
24:38We're going to hit it.
24:39I want to go
24:39to RTCC
24:40to surveil
24:41the apartment
24:42from the RTCC
24:43camera
24:44and watch
24:45who's coming
24:45and going.
24:46I'm hoping
24:46I spot
24:47my perpetrator.
25:02Maybe I'm
25:03crazy.
25:06Hold up.
25:07Hold up.
25:08Wait a minute.
25:09I got him,
25:10I think.
25:11One of the RTCC
25:12cameras is close
25:13enough that we
25:14can actually fix
25:15it where the car
25:16is at.
25:16I can see
25:17about 30 minutes
25:18ago,
25:19somebody had
25:19dropped him
25:20off.
25:20When he gets
25:20out,
25:21I see in his
25:22hand he's
25:22holding a
25:23high-visibility
25:24vest.
25:26That's exactly
25:27what my witness
25:27saw.
25:38Hey, Jack.
25:40At 2.51,
25:41he's outside
25:41holding his
25:42high-visibility
25:42vest.
25:44He went in
25:45and then he
25:46went out.
25:47Oh, it's
25:48such a tough
25:48call, dude.
25:50It looks
25:51like him.
25:52I'm going to
25:53be honest,
25:53it looks like
25:54him.
25:55How's this?
25:55I'm going to
25:56tell you what.
25:56I'll upload
25:57the snippet and
25:58you tell me
25:59what you think.
26:01Less than
26:02five minutes
26:02later, he
26:03leaves the
26:04apartment and
26:04the car was
26:05backed up
26:05against a
26:06dumpster.
26:06I can't
26:07really see it
26:08now, but I
26:09know the car
26:09is there.
26:10And we're
26:11trying to
26:11decide, is
26:12this the
26:13moment?
26:13Are we
26:14going to hit
26:14this house?
26:16My heart's
26:17racing.
26:18Yeah, that's
26:19him.
26:21We're in
26:22the same
26:22pants,
26:24boots.
26:25That's the
26:25right build.
26:33There it is.
26:34Okay.
26:35Hold on.
26:35What kind of
26:36car is that?
26:38It's a
26:40hondo.
26:43What I'll do
26:44is I'll just
26:44kind of keep
26:45taps on this,
26:47let it go
26:48back to
26:48live mode,
26:49and then
26:52just monitor.
26:53Oh, yeah.
26:54All right.
26:55Watching these
26:55cameras, I can
26:56see that the
26:57suspect leaves
26:58with somebody
26:5830 minutes
26:59ago.
27:00But RTCC
27:01really means
27:02real time.
27:02I can watch
27:03a live feed
27:03on any of
27:04these cameras.
27:05So now I'm
27:06going to watch
27:06the live feed
27:07of this
27:07camera to
27:08see if
27:08he comes
27:08back.
27:09There's no
27:10saying what
27:10he doing
27:11right now.
27:14Hold on.
27:15Let's see.
27:15What was that?
27:19They might be
27:20coming back.
27:29I'm pretty
27:30positive it is.
27:35So I think
27:36that this is
27:37possibly a
27:38perpetrator.
27:39Alton
27:40Witte.
27:41How confident
27:42are we that
27:43that's him?
27:46I can't be
27:48100%.
27:51Hey, Jack.
27:52Hey, bro.
27:57All right.
27:58Before we
27:59start sounding
27:59the alarms,
28:00I mean, we
28:01got to figure
28:01out if this
28:02is our guy.
28:03I feel good.
28:04I feel like
28:05this is the
28:06guy.
28:06It's just
28:07like, how
28:07do we say
28:08it, you
28:08know?
28:11But how
28:12do you
28:12feel?
28:18I'm
28:18conflicted
28:19between
28:20wanting to
28:20like, make
28:21sure we
28:21secure him,
28:22but also
28:23not wanting
28:24to rush
28:24it and
28:24blow it.
28:26Right.
28:26This is one
28:27of the most
28:28painful parts
28:29because we
28:31want to move
28:31in, but we
28:32want to make
28:33sure that we
28:33have the
28:33right guy.
28:34We're going
28:35to watch
28:35this car and
28:36see who
28:37comes and
28:37goes from
28:37it.
28:38Because the
28:38person who's
28:39driving this
28:40car is
28:41probably my
28:42perpetrator.
28:43Finding
28:44this guy is
28:44not the
28:44issue.
28:46I just
28:46want to,
28:48like, is
28:48there anything
28:48we could do
28:50in the next
28:51day or two
28:51or ours that
28:53would solidify
28:54the guy that
28:55we're seeing
28:55on camera as
28:57the guy we
28:58believe did
28:58the homicide?
29:00Not without
29:01blowing it.
29:02I think the
29:02thing I don't
29:03want to do is
29:04the thing that
29:05is the right
29:06answer and
29:06the right
29:06thing to do,
29:07which is let
29:08it play out
29:09and just keep
29:10watching.
29:10I'm leaning
29:11that way, too.
29:12Once we hit
29:13the house, we've
29:14shown our hand.
29:15Right now, it's a
29:15waiting game.
29:16Patience is a
29:17virtue, and we're
29:18going to surveil.
29:18We need to see
29:20him actually
29:20driving the car
29:21and then move
29:22in and get
29:22him.
29:40He could be
29:41leaving this
29:42house any
29:43minute, and
29:44if he leaves...
29:49Oh, man.
29:50This dude
29:51could literally
29:51walk out of his
29:52house and hop in
29:53that car and
29:54disappear on us
29:55any second.
29:57And so right
29:58now, we're
29:59racing the clock
30:00to get him.
30:01All elements
30:02at half a peak.
30:04Permission to move
30:04to target location.
30:07Permission to move
30:08to target location
30:09real quick.
30:10Racing all elements
30:12moving to target
30:12location on my go.
30:13Three, two,
30:14one, go.
30:16Activate BWC.
30:17Activate BWC.
30:20All right, do that.
30:24We got contact on that.
30:26We got contact.
30:27All right.
30:40Morning, guys.
30:41Good morning.
30:42Good morning.
30:43Appreciate the help.
30:44What's going on?
30:46I did see a vest.
30:48The high-vis one?
30:49Yep.
30:50Perfect.
30:52Perfect.
30:52All right, sir.
30:54I'm Detective
30:54Williard with the
30:55New Orleans Police
30:55Department.
30:56What's your first name?
30:59L-T.
31:00Can you spell that?
31:02A-L-T-O-N.
31:04All right.
31:05Your last name?
31:06W-H-I-T-E-Y.
31:08All right.
31:09Well, I appreciate it.
31:10I'm going to get with you
31:10probably a little bit more
31:12once we draft some stuff up.
31:13We're just going to have you
31:14detained.
31:15You're not under arrest.
31:16You're just detained right now.
31:17Okay?
31:18While we figure out some stuff
31:19that's going on.
31:21At this point,
31:22I don't talk to him much,
31:23but knowing that he's going to be
31:25a possible suspect,
31:26I have him transported to the
31:285th District Station
31:29so I can question him
31:30once we finish with the search warrant.
31:33How do we get an arrest warrant
31:34for him to do?
31:35So we're going to talk to him
31:37for sure.
31:37Okay.
31:37See what he says.
31:39But that's why I lined up
31:40Crime Lab to get those guns
31:42tested right away
31:43so that way we can know
31:44if we get a ballistics match.
31:46Here's the thing is,
31:47I got him operating that car.
31:50That's the perp car.
31:51Okay?
31:51That's the perp car.
31:52With the Mississippi tags on it?
31:54So that's the perp car right there.
31:56Huh?
31:56Telling it.
31:57We're going to tow it.
31:58I got a search warrant for it anyway,
31:59but we're going to tow it.
32:01And then we got the guns,
32:06if they match the brand,
32:08you know, caliber and all that.
32:10Hey, Donald?
32:11Yup?
32:12Guns, vest,
32:13what else before we search
32:14do we know we're interested in?
32:17This camo stuff right here.
32:19Okay.
32:20You're laughing,
32:21I was just going to be the same time.
32:22Hey, Sarge.
32:24Yeah?
32:24Same brand of ammo.
32:26All right.
32:27So, yeah,
32:28we probably got it.
32:29It's going to be the gun.
32:31While conducting the search warrant,
32:32we also find nine millimeter guns,
32:35ammunition that matches
32:36what we had on the crime scene,
32:38and high visibility tops.
32:40I'm pretty confident
32:41we have the right guy,
32:42but I'm not quite
32:44at arrest warrant territory yet.
32:46I'm going to roll.
32:47Joe's on the way
32:48to headquarters with the car
32:49to the evidence cage.
32:50I'm going to roll
32:50to the 5th District.
32:51I'll meet you over there.
32:52All right.
32:53Thanks for the assist, dude.
32:54See you over there.
32:57I want to talk to him.
32:58Depending on what he tells me
33:00will depend on whether or not
33:01I can actually book Mr. Alton
33:04with this homicide.
33:14Right now,
33:15we just finished up
33:16the search warrant.
33:17Our suspect was there,
33:20Alton Witte.
33:20He's the person
33:21who we've actually been watching now
33:23for the last day or two
33:25come and go from the vehicle.
33:28We got him en route
33:30to the 5th District station
33:32where we're going to interview him
33:34and talk to him
33:35and see if he wants to talk to us
33:37about what may have happened
33:39that night.
33:39But I think we probably
33:43got our guy right here.
33:45We're just going to let
33:46the rest of the evidence
33:47come in and lead us.
33:49We're just going to let
34:18one of the biggest hurdles
34:19that we have to overcome
34:21is proving that Mr. Alton
34:23was the only one
34:24who could have been there
34:25the night of the murder.
34:26So if I can get Alton
34:28to say that he's the only person
34:30who drives that car
34:31and that the high visibility tops
34:34and the guns are his,
34:36that would corroborate everything
34:38that we've gotten
34:39from video and from witnesses.
34:42That will help lock this in.
34:45So, Alton,
34:46you mentioned when we're out there
34:48I see that you're not
34:51residing permanently
34:52over there on the
34:53but you've been there
34:55about how long?
34:56I think about a month
34:57or something.
34:58A month, maybe a little bit longer.
35:01Okay.
35:02Now, there was a car
35:05that was parked out front.
35:07Okay.
35:08A Chrysler.
35:09Okay.
35:11Is that your car?
35:14Yeah, that's the car we drive.
35:16Is it registered to you?
35:17No.
35:19Who does it belong to?
35:22A mom.
35:24Belongs to your mom?
35:26Anybody aside from you
35:27drive the car?
35:28No, I don't know.
35:29I don't mind my technique, son.
35:32As soon as Alton says
35:34that he drove that vehicle,
35:36that's a huge break
35:37because now I know
35:39who's behind the wheel
35:40of that car.
35:41What did you do for?
35:43New glass work
35:44on the high-rise bills.
35:45Glass work on the high-rise bills.
35:47What kind of uniform
35:49do you wear?
35:50Shirt, jeans.
35:52What's it look like,
35:53that shirt?
35:54It's the color
35:55that construction work as well.
35:57Like the visibility vest?
36:00Mm-hmm.
36:00And the shirt?
36:01Bright yellow, bright green?
36:03Okay.
36:06Alton,
36:07you know where KJC food is?
36:09Mm-hmm.
36:10On Claiborne?
36:12You ever frequent that area?
36:13Maybe across the street?
36:15Yeah, I'm always around
36:17in that area.
36:18Do you ever remember
36:19where you were
36:21this past Wednesday?
36:22Maybe around like
36:23two in the morning?
36:26I was out and about
36:27around that time.
36:29You know where you were
36:29out and about at?
36:31About around the same area.
36:32Around in, you know...
36:33That Claiborne-Carrie-like area?
36:35I probably was out and about
36:36around that time.
36:37Okay.
36:37I wasn't specifically there.
36:40Okay.
36:40Right.
36:41Would it surprise you
36:42that I have
36:43video of you there?
36:44No, you probably
36:45saw him around
36:46in the area.
36:47Okay.
36:47Yeah.
36:48Um,
36:49did you get into
36:50any arguments
36:51maybe Wednesday
36:52morning like that
36:53around 2 a.m
36:54with anybody
36:55in that area?
36:56No.
36:57Do you know
36:57why you're here now
36:59and why police
37:00came to the door?
37:01Yeah.
37:23Alton's admitting
37:24to everything
37:25except for the
37:25murder itself.
37:26That's a
37:27huge thing.
37:29Now's his chance
37:30to tell us
37:31why he decided
37:32to kill Mr. Eric.
37:34In the next hour,
37:37are our forensic people
37:38going to tell me
37:39that your guns
37:43shot off rounds
37:45in that area
37:46where we had a homicide
37:49across from Cajuns?
37:51Are you...
37:52Is your gun
37:52going to match?
37:54No, it is.
37:55Oh, no.
37:56I don't know.
37:57I don't know.
38:05I don't know.
38:05Is your gun
38:06going to match?
38:07Yes or no?
38:08Oh, no.
38:09It's not going to match.
38:10But whatever
38:11happened to one down,
38:12I don't have no deal
38:13as well.
38:13You have no deal
38:14as well?
38:15I don't know.
38:15This is sort
38:16of like
38:16last chance
38:17to maybe explain
38:18what was going
38:19on before
38:19it kind of finishes.
38:21You know what I mean?
38:22I don't have
38:23nothing to do
38:23with that.
38:24Right now,
38:25we got
38:26video
38:28that shows
38:29you shot
38:31and killed
38:32a man
38:33on North
38:34Claiborne.
38:35I'm sure
38:36you don't want
38:37to get ahead
38:38of this.
38:39You know what?
38:41Okay.
38:42Here's where
38:43we're at.
38:44I'll give you
38:44this last opportunity
38:46because what
38:47happens next
38:48is this.
38:48When I step
38:49out of this room
38:49next,
38:50I'm going to be
38:51starting to type
38:51in arrest warrant
38:52for second-degree murder.
38:54He says
38:55that he's
38:55in the area
38:56where the homicide
38:57occurred regularly.
38:58He drives the car.
38:59He wears
39:00the high-visibility
39:01tops,
39:01and his guns
39:02are loaded
39:03with the same
39:03type of ammunition,
39:05even if the guns
39:06from Alton's apartment
39:07don't match
39:08the caissons
39:08we had on scene.
39:09All it does tell me
39:11is that he possibly
39:12got rid of
39:12the murder weapon.
39:13We still have
39:14enough evidence
39:14to charge him
39:15with the murder.
39:16Is there anything
39:18that you would
39:18like to tell me?
39:20I have everything
39:21I need at this point.
39:23Continuing this
39:24interview
39:24and Alton's
39:25continued denials
39:26are not going
39:27to get us anywhere,
39:27so I decide
39:28to end the interview.
39:30Best of luck to you.
39:38Mr. Whitty
39:39is now going
39:41to be placed
39:41under formal arrest.
39:44He will be transported
39:45and booked
39:46on his warrant
39:46for second-degree murder,
39:48and so tonight
39:49we can rest
39:50a little bit easier
39:51knowing that
39:51he won't be out there
39:53to hurt anybody else.
40:07It's one of the
40:08most suspenseful moments
40:10of my career
40:11so far,
40:12but, uh,
40:15we did it.
40:18We, uh,
40:19we are, uh,
40:20getting justice
40:21for Eric.
40:23Getting justice
40:23for Eric.
40:25I became a homicide
40:26detective because
40:28I knew I was good
40:29at being a detective.
40:30I knew I was good
40:31at investigating,
40:34and, you know,
40:34I'm part of this
40:35community now,
40:35so I'm very driven
40:37to make sure
40:38that these cases
40:40get solved,
40:41my cases get solved,
40:42and I'm able to
40:43be part of the solution.
40:59He's booked.
41:01Should be in court
41:02right now.
41:03See if he gets
41:04a bond or not.
41:05All right,
41:05this morning,
41:06I'm going to call
41:06the family
41:07and let them know
41:08before it hits the news.
41:14Oh, good morning.
41:15Hi, it's Detective Williard
41:17with the New Orleans
41:17Police Department's
41:18Homicide Division.
41:20Hi, Detective.
41:20So around
41:217 o'clock last night,
41:23we arrested
41:24Eric's killer.
41:26You did?
41:27We did.
41:28We got him.
41:28For sure.
41:29We're for sure.
41:30We got him.
41:31Ah!
41:32I'm sorry,
41:33my brother.
41:33We say,
41:33I'll do a lot.
41:35All I know
41:36is y'all got him.
41:38He got arrested.
41:39Yep.
41:40We did.
41:41Thank you, Lord.
41:43It seems like
41:44Eric really was
41:45a great guy
41:46who was just trying
41:47to get his feet under him.
41:48He wasn't into drugs.
41:49He wasn't into
41:50any of that.
41:51I'm so glad.
41:53Oh, my God.
41:54I'm so glad
41:55because it's like,
41:56you know what?
41:56You're going to
41:57at least be at peace
41:58that he got arrested.
42:01Yes.
42:01Yes, he did.
42:03Okay.
42:04Thank you so much,
42:05buddy.
42:05He's been called.
42:06You're very welcome.
42:08So this was the first
42:09actual investigation
42:11that, you know,
42:12we had to run with
42:13that I've had the opportunity
42:15to make the call.
42:16It's hard to describe
42:18how it feels
42:19calling the family
42:20of the deceased.
42:22Being able to call
42:23Rosa and tell her
42:24we got the guy.
42:27That's what this is about.
42:29That's probably
42:29one of the best phone calls
42:32I'll ever be able
42:33to make in my career.
42:36So that's a good one.
42:39I don't have any reason
42:41to think that Eric knew
42:43who his killer was.
42:46We may never know
42:47the reason why Eric was killed.
42:51It's going to bother us.
42:52It's going to bother me.
42:54But we don't always
42:55solve every case,
42:57but we were able
42:58to solve this one
42:58and we were able
43:00to bring justice for Eric.
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