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Homicide Squad: New Orleans - Season 3 - Episode 04: Hidden in the Shadows
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00:28Voice 17
00:29We got shots fired, man.
00:33Location.
00:35I need a race track.
00:36Start me some units.
00:39Yeah, shots fired.
00:41Come on, shot me some units.
00:44Come on, let's go.
00:45Let's roll.
00:47All units staged on me at the...
00:51Observe four subjects in the area.
00:53They lost me on.
00:54I'm going to stand by.
00:57All four units with a race track.
00:59Turn the ball, shot.
01:01No.
01:02420, we 10-4.
01:03We en route.
01:0410-4.
01:12We got a victim yet, right?
01:14No, we don't.
01:16We got about eight, nine-millimeter showcase.
01:19We got some clothing, and then we got a blister pack of some narcotics, like some pills over there.
01:25Let's call a 4-4 right now.
01:27Can you keep us updated?
01:28If you get any calls for a gunshot victim...
01:32Careful.
01:35Now, we're wondering...
01:39Please, please, please, please, please, please, please.
01:43Please, please, please.
01:43You're in the car, stop.
01:45Send the police.
01:46Please.
01:47Just send the police.
01:49I do have this gent over to the dispatcher.
01:52Please, don't hurry up.
01:57What you got going on?
01:58It's inside of this vehicle.
02:00They got a car.
02:01It's trying to hear.
02:02Whoa.
02:03Don't touch the car.
02:04Don't touch the car.
02:07I'm going to have a hold of this.
02:08Don't have a hold.
02:09Yes, I am.
02:10Please, please, we can't.
02:12No hotel, we can't.
02:14Please.
02:16No.
02:17No.
02:17No.
02:18No.
02:19No.
02:37I have a deceased male victim in his 20s.
02:42From what I know so far, somebody ambush style started shooting at him.
02:48I hit him, and the person that he was with drove back here.
02:54I'm not sure if it's his residence or what.
02:58You got to get out, bro.
03:01Bro, that's my partner, bro.
03:04That's my partner, bro.
03:06Man, bro.
03:08Who is she?
03:11Hey, we got the person that was in the car with him, in the back of the car.
03:14It's like the music by the show.
03:16Okay.
03:17Want to take it to the 4th district?
03:18I'll let him in.
03:19Okay.
03:21The scene is chaotic.
03:23There's people screaming, trying to get to the body.
03:26Of course, they're shocked.
03:27They see their loved one is shot in the head.
03:29In the passenger seat of the vehicle, we learned that the surviving victim was the driver of
03:35the vehicle and drove the victim to the residence after the shooting.
03:40The actual shooting happened at a restaurant parking lot, which is probably five or ten minutes away.
03:47At this point, we're going to take the surviving victim back to the 4th district station for questioning.
03:56When I arrive on scene, the victim has been taken from the scene by the coroner's office.
04:06I learned that the victim's name was Malcolm Solomon.
04:09He was 22 years old and a New Orleans native.
04:12His friends and family called him Paul.
04:17I was told there was a police officer in the gas station on the opposite side of the restaurant
04:23where the shooting took place.
04:25That officer heard the gunshots, so he called them out on the radio,
04:30and then he made his way over there.
04:32By the time he got there, the perpetrators had fled,
04:36and the surviving victim had left in her car with the deceased victim.
04:40Once they got to his house, the call was made to 911
04:43that there was a shot person there, and then it was pretty easy to connect the two.
04:51When I got over there, somebody jumped out the dumpster and...
04:55Dumpster?
04:55...and started shooting.
04:56Everybody would talk to you.
04:58That's the girl that was with him in the truck.
05:00Okay.
05:00Okay.
05:02Go talk to her and see what she says.
05:05Being that this was a secondary scene, there's not a lot going on here.
05:10Usually we have casings to pick up, surveillance footage to download.
05:14For this scene, we don't have any of that,
05:15which is good because we can, you know, leave the family members to grieve
05:20and come talk to them at a later point.
05:24Myself and Detective Ray L. Johnson are going to the 4th District Station
05:29to interview the surviving victim.
05:34We're done collecting over here.
05:36I think we're just getting the last-minute information from the owner.
05:41Have Wayne get a number for me so I can try to get some footage.
05:44I'm at the 4th District now.
05:46We're about to talk to somebody that was with him, apparently.
05:50I'm having Detective Wayne Lewis follow up with the owner of the restaurant
05:53to see if there's any surveillance footage that captured the incident
05:56so that we can get a better idea of what happened to Malcolm.
06:02They so bad.
06:04They so bad.
06:06They so bad.
06:08Hey, how you doing?
06:10Ooh, they're my friend, dad.
06:13They have no reason to do him, dad.
06:16Bring it for me, guys.
06:17Come on, breathe in.
06:21Breathe for me so we can help you, guys.
06:23Okay.
06:24We've got to find out exactly what happened,
06:26so just try to calm down for us real quick
06:28because we don't want to keep you in here all night, okay?
06:31We was trying to cop some weed.
06:33We were supposed to give this with me, but they were supposed to give us the weed.
06:38I got out of the car and I went in the passenger side in his car.
06:42When I went to get him the money for the weed, bro, that's when two other dudes came from like
06:49behind a trash can
06:50and they just pulled gun stuff to me.
06:54When I gave him my money, the other one opened the car door.
06:59I was going and said, get out.
07:01I wasn't trying to get out of my money because I didn't have the weed, bro.
07:06So I was like, man, I'm trying to get out of my money.
07:09I'm trying to grab my money, too.
07:11He just got the gun and he started shooting.
07:24The surviving victim has probably been through one of the most traumatic experiences she's been in her entire life.
07:30It was apparent very quickly that she was there to tell us what happened
07:34and she wanted to get justice for Malcolm.
07:35It was a red car and then these shots didn't work by my ear like I can't hear nothing out
07:43of this ear at all.
07:44Do you know these guys?
07:45I just know them as a phone.
07:47If you could, show us.
07:49That's his number right there.
07:51Red Nissan.
07:52I know it was a red car.
07:53I wasn't tripping.
07:55She actually shows us a text message that the perpetrator had texted her.
07:59It says red Nissan SUV.
08:01So we know that we're looking for a red Nissan SUV.
08:05It was three people in that car.
08:07So if you could, describe the one who...
08:10I know exactly how the one that was...
08:12And the driver's side, the one that I was giving them, gave the money to.
08:16Okay, describe.
08:17He was dark-skinned.
08:18He was tall.
08:19He looked like he was like 18, 19, bro.
08:23Yeah.
08:23He had like twists, but he had a ski mask, but his ski mask wasn't down.
08:29That's why I didn't even think of nothing either.
08:31His ski mask was lifted up on his hair like...
08:34The other dude that opened the car on me, he was red.
08:38He had a bush.
08:39He had a red hoodie on.
08:41The other dude, I'm not gonna lie.
08:42I didn't see the other dude that good.
08:44Okay.
08:46Let me just check that out real quick.
08:47We'll be right back with you, okay?
08:53Hey, you can check a number for us right quick.
08:56Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:58We took the phone number that she gave us, entered it into a law enforcement database.
09:09Oh.
09:09Oh, Kimoni Johnson.
09:12Yeah, she just described him like that, too.
09:14Yeah.
09:15I should do a lineup, though.
09:16Yeah, do a lineup for certain.
09:20We're going to make a six-pack photographic lineup and have another detective show it to her
09:26to see if she will pick out Kimoni Johnson as the driver.
09:33Detective Wayne Lewis came to the 4th District Station after looking at the footage from the
09:38restaurant parking lot, and he told us what he saw.
10:01We know the surviving victim statements are pretty accurate because Detective Lewis was able to tell
10:07on the surveillance footage that the perpetrators did show up in a red SUV.
10:13And then two people get out of that car from the rear driver's side and the front passenger's side.
10:19And those two people walk off camera in the direction of the dumpster.
10:25The surviving victim pulls into the spot right next to them on their passenger's side.
10:32The surviving victim gets out of her car, walks around the front of her car, gets in the passenger's side
10:40of the perpetrator's car.
10:43There was an exchange of money, and then as she's seated in the perpetrator's vehicle, roughly a minute passes when
10:52the two people that were hiding by the dumpster approach the back of the car.
10:55One person goes and opens her door, and began to rob her.
11:00She tried to take her money back.
11:02The surviving victim runs around the front of her car.
11:06One of the two started shooting at her, and in turn, Malcolm gets shot as he's seated in the front
11:13passenger's seat of her car.
11:16From what we have right now, we can't identify a license plate, but it corroborates her story as far as
11:22the timeline of events.
11:24Now I want to show the surviving victim a lineup.
11:28Being in a traumatic incident like that, I wanted to get her to look at it as quick as possible,
11:33because that face is still fresh in her mind.
11:36It's time to go through those pictures.
11:39Does that make you recognize any of those persons in those pictures?
11:54That looks like the driver, the one that, that when I got in the car, the dark-skinned ones, they
12:00had the ski mask up.
12:28This face was smooth, just like the students that got in the car.
12:32It was just one person, and when I got in the car, I just seen him.
12:36That looks like the other person that was...
12:38Okay.
12:40The surviving witness identified the suspect as Kamani Johnson, and said, that looks like the driver.
12:50Pretty excited that she picked him out.
12:53This essentially is going to be enough for me to get an arrest warrant for Kamani.
12:59Hello.
13:00Good morning.
13:01Do you want to sign an arrest warrant?
13:03Let me back up.
13:04We talked to a witness who gave us a number of the person she was going to meet.
13:10She identified him as the person that she met up with.
13:14Wow.
13:15What was the motive?
13:17It was a robbery.
13:18The motive was a robbery.
13:19The person that they ID'd, is that the shooter?
13:22He was the driver of the perp vehicle.
13:25We have at least two shooters, three suspects.
13:28Awesome.
13:29Yeah.
13:29That's great.
13:30Great job.
13:32At this point, we're two hours into the investigation, maybe three, and we already have one of our prime suspects
13:38identified.
13:39But there's three perpetrators, and they would all be culpable for the death of Malcolm.
13:48I was able to get search warrants for the phone number that was registered to Kamani Johnson.
13:54So hopefully, we're able to get better video footage after the sun comes up, and get a better view of
14:00what actually took place.
14:21On a late night, early morning investigation, I'll be able to go home, decompress, change clothes, shower, maybe get a
14:29couple hours of sleep,
14:30and then come back early in the morning, and then come back early in the morning when businesses open, and
14:34start back with the investigation.
14:45We're looking for a small red Nissan SUV.
14:49May or may not have ballistic damage.
14:51It appeared to be a narcotics transaction that turned into a robbery.
14:57The female victim told us all she had was $50.
15:01It's crazy.
15:03Stupid.
15:05I sent the warrant to Vals.
15:07I would imagine they'll be up on him pretty quick.
15:10Yeah.
15:12I was able to talk to Malcolm's mother.
15:16She was handling it a lot better than expected.
15:20Everything that we've uncovered so far, he wasn't involved in the robbery.
15:24He was sitting in the car the whole time.
15:28Malcolm Solomon didn't get out of the vehicle.
15:30He was seated in the passenger side.
15:32It's just sad.
15:33I really don't know why they shot him.
15:36It's messed up that the innocent person got killed.
15:39Yeah, he was just chilling.
15:47So, the perp car was back then right here, right?
15:49The perp car was back then there.
15:50It's one of these three spots.
15:54They jump around a little bit.
15:56It backs it over here, and then it comes over here, and then it goes back over there.
16:00And then when they finally pull up, it's in that second spot.
16:04She pulls up right next to it.
16:07Did you see where the casings were?
16:09Like, I know there was three groups.
16:11There was casings there.
16:13There was casings over here, and then there was more casings.
16:16How far back?
16:17The placement of the casings is significant because it may be able to tell me who was standing where when
16:24the gunshots were going off.
16:27Where the call went?
16:28The call went around the upper center.
16:30Oh, okay.
16:31Trying to get away from it.
16:33Where is black going?
16:35Really?
16:36Damn.
16:37So there's probably them bussing back at her.
16:39Yeah, so they're shooting back at her.
16:41There's two groups of 9mm casings, and there's one .40 caliber casing, so it appears likely that there's going to
16:48be three guns involved.
16:49The car, it pulls in here, it stops, they get in, and then it goes around.
16:54I want to go over to the next door and see if that's got audio.
16:59It's a storage facility.
17:01Looks like a decent camera.
17:04We know the surviving victim statements are pretty accurate, but the more angles that can tell us what happened is
17:10a good step in the right direction to be able to explain everything.
17:15Hi, how you doing?
17:17Detective Johnson, Detective Deesburg.
17:19How are y'all?
17:20We investigating the incident that happened over there.
17:22We saw you had a camera on the little backside back there.
17:25Do they have audio?
17:26Or no?
17:27No.
17:28No.
17:29It was 10.50 on Saturday night.
17:33Oh, there we go.
17:34Nice.
17:35Okay, that's the thing coming in.
17:36Yeah.
17:38Oh, yeah, this is going to be perfect.
17:39Look, I got a plate on it, huh?
17:41It does, yeah.
17:42Look like it.
17:45That's one getting out.
17:48Two getting out.
17:52He starts it up and pulls over here.
17:56Shortly after, the surviving victim pulls into the spot right next to them on their passenger side.
18:01You can see shapes.
18:03You can see the cars really well, but it's pretty dark.
18:06The surviving victim told me she gets out of her car, gets in the perpetrator's car.
18:13All right, so now they're coming up.
18:15So that's the perpetrator.
18:18That's the dude in the red hoodie.
18:20He opens the door.
18:22Gun on her.
18:27Wow.
18:28That's the shot to his forehead.
18:32Yeah, she just ducked off to take cover.
18:34Mm-hmm.
18:35It's kind of shocking to actually see what occurred.
18:39Two other armed individuals creep from around the corner, and it looks like they're trying to rob the surviving victim.
18:47But at some point, they just shoot.
18:50And our surviving victim is ducking and running, trying not to get shot.
18:55Malcolm Solomon.
18:56The victim was just seated in the passenger seat.
18:58He didn't do anything.
18:59He never got off the car.
19:01I honestly don't even think he saw it coming.
19:04It looks like the suspect that approached the passenger side of the car first is the one who fired the
19:09shot that killed Malcolm.
19:41The victim was just the one who fired the shot that killed him.
19:43Good morning.
19:44Good morning.
19:44Good morning.
19:45So Commander Johnson, the person that's wanted for a homicide over the weekend, was located here by the U.S.
19:51Marshals this morning.
19:52They transported him and one other person to Detective Bureau.
19:56Detective Deesburg and Rayelle over there right now are questioning them.
20:00We're going to go inside and search and see if we can find any weapons or the clothing that they
20:04were wearing.
20:05Great. That's wonderful.
20:06All right. Good deal.
20:06Sure.
20:19Myself and Rayelle decide to talk to Kamani first because he is the one that's under arrest for second-degree
20:25murder.
20:26All right. My name is Detective Deesburg.
20:28Hey, no, no.
20:28My partner is Detective Johnson.
20:30Hey, no, I ain't doing what's up, man.
20:31Come on, I can kill us.
20:33Kamani didn't seem surprised or worried about anything, really.
20:39Where were you at Saturday night?
20:42Saturday night.
20:45This afternoon.
20:46Yeah, this past Saturday, the 26th.
20:49At home.
20:50What's your phone number?
20:57That's the only phone you had?
20:59Yeah.
21:00I got an arrest warrant for you, obviously.
21:02Oh, damn. He told me that.
21:04For the homicide.
21:05All right.
21:05Okay, so Saturday night, let's start again with where you were.
21:11Because I work for New Orleans, right?
21:12Yeah, it is.
21:13I know you weren't home.
21:15What?
21:16My house?
21:16Mm-hmm.
21:17I wouldn't be here if you were home.
21:19Yeah, I see what y'all are saying.
21:21But I don't leave the house.
21:23My brother don't even let me go out past 11.
21:25She'd be crying about that s***.
21:26And if I go out, I'd be locked up.
21:27So where were you at before 11?
21:29I stay home.
21:30So if somebody said they saw you, they would be totally incorrect?
21:34Somebody said they saw me where?
21:36The mall?
21:37No, a s***.
21:38Somebody said it's a vehicle.
21:39Yeah, no, you're a s***.
21:40They have a hellerone.
21:42Hellerone.
21:43For sure, 100%.
21:44Not a lot of people that look like you.
21:46I'm 6'5".
21:47That's true.
21:48Exactly, bro.
21:49I'm 6'5".
21:49Well, if you see me as a s***, bro, you're going to notice me.
21:52Mm-hmm.
21:54Kimani tells me his name.
21:56He gives me a phone number for him,
21:58which is not the phone number that I already have for him.
22:01I have him ID'd out of a photo lineup.
22:05That looks like the draw of the dark-skinned one.
22:09They had the ski masks up.
22:10So he's the alleged perpetrator.
22:14I'm not going to sit there and beg him for information.
22:18Do you know him?
22:19Who?
22:20Ray.
22:21Ray?
22:22Who are my brothers?
22:23Hello, brothers?
22:24Hello, brothers.
22:25Gotcha.
22:27Well, we'll see how it goes for you.
22:53So the person that was in the same apartment as Kimani,
22:56his name is Gregory Jones.
22:59Me and Deesburg, we asked him the same questions that we asked Kimani.
23:03Where were you at Saturday night?
23:06Saturday night.
23:09Inside.
23:10Inside.
23:11My grandmother.
23:12Cool.
23:14Gregory has given us a similar story that Kimani told us.
23:17Gregory states that he was home at the time of the murder
23:20because his grandmother gives him a curfew of 11 o'clock.
23:24We're investigating the homicide that happened on Saturday.
23:26I don't want to be as honest as I can with you.
23:28And I'm asking you the question where you were,
23:30but I need you to be 100% sure about what you tell me next.
23:33So don't get caught up in some that you may not want to be a part of.
23:36Okay?
23:37So I want to give you another opportunity to explain about Saturday night.
23:51We're not going to find any guns in the house.
23:55Gregory Jones is held in the custody of the sheriff's office
23:59pending the results of the search warrant.
24:07We have in the closet on the top shelf in a purse, two guns,
24:13one with an extended magazine, .40 caliber, and then a 9mm glocks.
24:19That's what we have on scene.
24:20And then two magazines upstairs.
24:23During the search, unfortunately, we didn't find any cell phones,
24:27but it's a very exciting find.
24:29Two guns that match the crime scene in the house.
24:33So now I'm looking more at Gregory as potentially being a co-perpetrator.
24:39Today we were expecting to find Kamani Johnson,
24:42but we were not expecting to find Gregory Jones
24:45or anybody else that matched the descriptions given by the surviving witness.
24:50The other dude that opened the car on me, he was red.
24:54He had a bush.
24:57I asked him to hold Gregory until we got done here to see what we got.
25:02Okay, well, go to the bureau, call NCIC, find out if the guns are stolen.
25:07Okay, good.
25:12Calling NCIC when we find guns is part of our procedure.
25:16We have to know if they're stolen or if they're not.
25:19Got two guns.
25:20Both calibers match the crime scene.
25:24But right now I don't have much to charge Gregory Jones with.
25:28So running these guns to see if they're stolen can help me lock him down
25:33so that I can further investigate Gregory Jones as a potential suspect in this case.
25:39That way we can charge him hopefully while he's still in jail
25:42and we don't have to go look for him again.
25:47Hey, man.
25:48Let me ask you.
25:49So we found two guns in the house.
25:50Are those y'all or who they belong to?
25:55Huh?
25:57You don't have no gun?
26:06All right.
26:09One of the guns did come back stolen.
26:11So Gregory's getting booked on that.
26:14So he'll be in jail for a couple of days.
26:24From what I have so far,
26:27Kamani is identified as the driver of the perpetrator's vehicle.
26:32There was two other perpetrators.
26:36Gregory matches the general description of the second perpetrator.
26:40He's lighter-skinned.
26:42He has a bushy-style haircut.
26:45But it's not enough to arrest him for murder.
27:05So what are we doing today?
27:06We're going to Malcolm's mom's house.
27:11So we arrested Kamani last Thursday.
27:14Right.
27:15So I'm just going to go give her an update,
27:17let her know that he's in jail
27:18and that he was arrested with somebody else.
27:21And we're working on Gregory Jones as a potential suspect.
27:26Yeah, it'll be nice telling her, of course,
27:27that we got one of the guys,
27:29but we still got some more work to do
27:30to find out who these other ones were.
27:32Hopefully that'll give her a little bit of closure.
27:34Yeah.
27:42How are you doing?
27:43Why don't we step inside?
27:47Meeting in person,
27:48rather than simply calling them on the phone,
27:51shows the family that I care
27:53about this investigation and Malcolm.
27:57We want to bring them good news
27:58that we have made an arrest
28:00and that we're continuing to thoroughly investigate
28:03the other two perpetrators.
28:06Getting justice for Malcolm Solomon is important
28:10because this can be anybody's tragic ending.
28:21All right.
28:22Well, that went pretty well.
28:24Yeah.
28:24She's been pretty calm the entire time.
28:27They had a lot of questions
28:28that I know you couldn't answer.
28:30Yeah.
28:31Unfortunately.
28:31You know, families usually do.
28:32And unfortunately, this early in the investigation,
28:35you really just can't tell them a lot.
28:37Like, I can tell you his name.
28:39Yeah.
28:39Because he's in jail.
28:41You know, the other people that I'm looking at,
28:42I don't want to put them out there just yet.
28:45Right.
28:47So, but I think she took it pretty well.
28:49Mm-hmm.
28:50As well as she could, I guess.
28:53You know.
28:54I'm glad I was able to at least give him
28:56that initial closure
28:57that somebody's been arrested
28:59and that we're still working on it.
29:03Yeah.
29:04The last couple of days,
29:06Gregory Jones has been in custody
29:07for possession of a stolen firearm.
29:09But we need more probable cause
29:10to charge him for Malcolm's murder.
29:12I mean, right now,
29:13the clock is ticking for D-Sberg.
29:15Any day now, Gregory could be released
29:17or bailed out of jail.
29:47The last couple of days,
29:48I finally got the ballistics comparison back.
29:52So, that's a big win.
29:55I compiled the lineup
29:57to show the surviving witness
29:59to identify another suspect
30:01at the crime scene.
30:03So, we're headed to the 4th District Station
30:05to see who she picked.
30:16Good morning.
30:27I see that the surviving witness
30:31picked Gregory Jones.
30:37Okay, so, what did number two do
30:38both of the data of the S4?
30:41Because of this fellow
30:42that was put in the car door open.
30:44Is it a driver or a passenger door?
30:46No, the passenger side.
30:48Okay.
30:50He said that he was pulling
30:51on the door handle of the car.
30:53The passenger door.
30:55Good.
30:58With the identification process
31:00of Gregory Jones being successful
31:03and the ballistic match
31:05of the guns that were found
31:06in the house
31:06they were both living in,
31:08puts me over the top
31:09with probable cause
31:10to be able to charge
31:11Gregory Jones with the homicide.
31:19Oh, yeah.
31:24Actually, she did.
31:26Wow.
31:28No.
31:29She picked Gregory out
31:30and said that he was the one
31:32that opened the passenger side door.
31:34That's pretty good.
31:35Well, I'm about to head back
31:36to headquarters
31:37and type up this arrest warrant, so.
31:40All right, bro.
31:42I'm hoping that Gregory Jones
31:44is still in jail.
31:44Thank you so much.
31:46You're welcome.
31:46So that I can go charge him
31:47with the homicide
31:48without having to track him down
31:50and arrest him again.
31:51All right, let's go type
31:52this arrest warrant.
32:21Got the warrant typed up?
32:22I should check
32:23if he's still in there.
32:26Jefferson Parish Jail.
32:30Now that I have
32:31the arrest warrant in hand,
32:32I want to see
32:33if Gregory Jones
32:34is still in jail
32:35for the gun arrest
32:36by Jefferson Parish.
32:38Search.
32:39He is not in there.
32:40So, yeah,
32:41so he's bonded out
32:43on his stolen gun charge.
32:46It's frustrating
32:46that he's not in jail anymore,
32:48but the arrest warrant
32:49is never going to go away,
32:50so he'll get picked up
32:52eventually.
32:53The marshals are going to find you
32:54pretty much wherever you go.
32:56Here we go.
32:58I'll send this warrant off
32:59to Vows
33:00to go look for him again
33:01once he's in custody.
33:03It'll be another clearance
33:05for this case,
33:07and then I'll have to work
33:08on the third perpetrator,
33:10see what I can find out
33:12on him.
33:42that's the next case.
33:42We'll see you next time.
33:42One of the best
33:42in the 11th century.
33:51I'm definitely intrigued about why he has the plate from the perpetrator vehicle, why
33:56it's on a different car.
33:57So hopefully he can explain that or he's going to have some more serious questions to answer.
34:03He might be the third suspect.
34:13I usually ask how you doing, but I know it's kind of a rough morning for you.
34:18So my name is Detective Deesbury, this is Detective Jefferson.
34:22I'm interested in your car that you have right now, where you got it from, who you got it
34:28from, and pretty much everything like that.
34:31I bought it last Tuesday.
34:34Okay.
34:35Where'd you buy it from?
34:37A homeboy of mine on West Wego, website of a friend.
34:41Was the plate on the car when you bought it?
34:43No.
34:44Where'd you get the plate from?
34:46So I was waiting on the template, and I just got a plate from the junkyard, and just in
34:56between get my template because I didn't want to get pulled over.
34:58That's what happened.
34:59Okay.
35:00What are you talking about?
35:01It's like a bin until I just throw old stuff.
35:03We just throw all our junk in.
35:05It's aluminum.
35:06So we just throw it in.
35:07And you just wanted that payment.
35:08I just went from, you know, a plate.
35:10Okay.
35:11And just put it on the fire until, like I said, my product template came.
35:14So no telling when that plate came.
35:16Right, there's no telling.
35:17I was just using it as a stopgap, man, between getting, I didn't think it was going to be
35:21all this.
35:22He doesn't really know what's going on.
35:23He seems very nervous.
35:24I pretty much explained to him where the plate is from.
35:28He doesn't know anything about the homicide, and he just explained how he came into possession
35:32of the plate.
35:56The plate on this car came off of a homicide vehicle.
36:00I'm not worried about the car itself.
36:01I just want to take the plate off, photograph the plate on the car.
36:05Okay.
36:05And then fingerprint the plate after you take it off.
36:08Okay.
36:09Sounds good.
36:12License plates are pretty conductive to lifting fingerprints off of them because they're
36:18a smooth surface.
36:18They're not permeable.
36:19So I'm hoping that if the plate was taken off of the perpetrator vehicle by the suspects,
36:25maybe their fingerprints will still be on the license plate somewhere.
36:29We got one right there.
36:31Okay.
36:31One right there.
36:35We got some right here in the middle.
36:46905 for prints.
36:48Yes.
36:48Six.
36:50Yes.
36:50Two on the front.
36:51Four on the back.
36:52So this dude, he works at the scrap yard.
36:55She was like, man, I'm just going to grab this plate that's in the box, put it on my car
36:59so I don't get pulled over between then and now.
37:02What's the odds of grabbing that plate?
37:03I was like, bro, you grabbed the worst possible plate you could have grabbed out of that.
37:07Oh my God.
37:07So out of all of the plates in the box, he grabs the one that's tied to a murder.
37:12Hey, Mr. .
37:13Step on out.
37:21I don't think he's going to be one of my perpetrators.
37:23He was pretty straightforward about where he got the plate from.
37:27That plate could have come in off the street from any of the dozens of local scrappers that go around
37:34and just pick up metal and trash and bring it to these scrap yards.
37:39Now I'm just still looking for this car and see if we can find Gregory Jones.
37:46The arrest warrant is a paper document.
37:49It goes into a nationwide database.
37:51So no matter where you're at in the country, if a police officer stops you and runs your name, they're
37:57going to see that you're wanted for murder.
38:00They'll find him.
38:02Cannot run the paper.
38:31J.D.
38:32What's up, dude?
38:33Waynathan.
38:34See you over there.
38:35All right.
38:36What's going on, buddy?
38:37So they finally found a story, Ryan.
38:38Gregory Jones.
38:40Oh.
38:41The marshals picked him up in the east.
38:43They were having trouble finding him.
38:45They couldn't pin him down close enough to hit a house.
38:49How the arrest went?
38:50Anything crazy?
38:51No.
38:51The marshals pretty much just said they rolled up on the house and he was outside.
38:55They saw him go inside, so they surrounded the house, called him out.
38:59But he came out unarmed, hooked him up, and took him to jail.
39:03Good decision.
39:03Yeah.
39:04Yeah.
39:05Kamani and Gregory's cell phone records both came back and put him on scene, traveling
39:10from the house to the scene, and then back to where they laid up that night.
39:15Late time.
39:16It's over.
39:16So we have the guns, phone records, putting them on scene, the car right by their house.
39:21Like, we got everything.
39:23Didn't you get, like, a license plate off the car?
39:26Yeah, the plate was on somebody else's car that worked at a junkyard.
39:30We took the plate and fingerprinted it, but none of the fingerprints were suitable.
39:34But that doesn't hinder my investigation.
39:38Any updates on the third suspect?
39:40Not really.
39:41You got the two you need right now.
39:43Yeah, for sure.
39:44With that being said, how do you think Malcolm's family going to react to it?
39:48I think they're going to be relieved because four or five months I've been telling them
39:51that we've been looking for this dude and we finally got Gregory in jail.
39:55He's not running around anymore.
39:57The marshals are relentless.
39:59They'll find you.
40:00Congrats.
40:01Thanks, bro.
40:12Thanks, bro.
40:16I'll see you next time.
40:19Bye!
40:45Thank you all for being here.
40:47Today, we gather not only in remembrance, but in resilience.
40:53We honor survivors, their stories and the voices that have emerged through the pain,
40:58demanding healing and justice.
41:00We are here to hold space for those of you who've lost, uplift those who are still healing
41:05and stand united in our commitment to justice for all.
41:10Please now welcome Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hudson.
41:15Good evening, everyone.
41:17I look at these beautiful pictures, these beautiful faces, your brothers, your sisters,
41:24your children.
41:25You know, I just can't think of any deeper pain than the loss of a child.
41:30I think we owe it to this community.
41:32We owe it to you to take it further and try to prevent this from happening in the future.
41:38And we want your help to be able to do that.
41:40We do not want this circle to grow and grow and grow.
41:44Chief Gurnan, thank you so much, Sheriff.
41:48I really do appreciate all of you coming out here.
41:50I think that it's important that as those who have experienced pain and heartbreak move
41:56towards a sense of healing, you know that you're not doing this alone.
42:01My commitment to you on the part of the New Orleans Police Department is that we pledge
42:05to you our support.
42:07When you need that love, when you need that support, when you need those resources, please
42:11reach out to us.
42:13We stand here today with all of those families that have experienced this pain and trauma
42:18as you remember and find solace in the thoughts of your loved ones being in a better place.
42:29As a homicide detective, you're the voice for the victim, essentially.
42:33You have to get the answers for the family to have closure.
42:40This was a difficult case to work.
42:42Malcolm was totally innocent.
42:44Just wrong place, wrong time.
42:45And it's not just important for NOPD, it's important for everyone in the city for us
42:51to solve these crimes and the people that are responsible are going to face the consequences.
42:56I definitely think I've gotten justice for Malcolm Solomon.
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