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Homicide Squad: New Orleans - Season 3 - Episode 07: Word of Mouth
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00:28The
00:29How do you hear my mama?
00:31What's the location of your emergency?
00:32Hello, yeah.
00:33I have someone who got shot on St. Rock,
00:35and he got a post, but he's not responding.
00:39What's the call street?
00:40Are you seeing an address?
00:42St. Rock and Trigger.
00:43Okay, and we have you in the St. Rock
00:45to the location now.
00:47He don't have no calls, no, though.
00:49I think he's gone.
00:51He's gone.
00:52He's gone.
00:53Come on, baby.
00:55Okay, the police is here.
01:18All right, we got EMS.
01:19EMS is here.
01:20Step back, honey.
01:21Step back.
01:21Come on.
01:24Yeah, I don't think he's crazy.
01:28Yo, we coming.
01:29It looks like he's going to find it.
01:32We're in that car, fuck.
01:35Okay, I want him to go.
01:51You have a male declared deceased.
01:54It's in the 3100 block of St. Rock.
01:58Apparently, it's an area where there's a club nearby.
02:02It sounds like no one's left on scene that was there.
02:07Let's go see what we got.
02:17When I arrived on scene, homicide sections that are working overnight had already made the
02:22scene, Sergeant Constantine, Arthur Hill, and Maurice Stewart.
02:28Scenes completely calmed down from when it happened.
02:32The body's in the grassy area between the sides of the street, quite a distance from any of the
02:39buildings on either the northbound or southbound side of the street.
02:45So we had, what, five wounds?
02:48Two in the back?
02:49Two in the back, it looks like.
02:51It looks like none of them were through-and-throughs.
02:54There's no exit.
02:55There's no blood on the ground.
02:57The girls that I talked to were called Golan.
02:59They already said who he was.
03:02We have Brandon Hayward.
03:03Hayward?
03:04The person deceased was Brandon Hayward.
03:09Brandon is from New Orleans.
03:11He's in his early 30s.
03:16That is the name of someone who says they may have some information but didn't want to talk
03:21to us out here.
03:23I learned that there was a witness who was there at the time of the incident.
03:28She is no longer on scene, so I'm not going to be able to talk to her now.
03:31But the fact that this person gave information to an officer to pass to me so that I can contact
03:37her later is a good sign.
03:39I spoke with someone else who knew the victim.
03:42She said she drove out here with the victim.
03:45What she said was they arrived at the club.
03:48She backed in like just past the tape.
03:51They backed in on the neutral ground.
03:52He told her for some reason to go ahead and walk in before me.
03:57And I asked her, why did he tell her that?
03:58She said she don't know.
04:00So she left him sitting in the passenger seat of the car.
04:03She goes around to the club, goes inside, gets a drink.
04:08He's still outside.
04:09And then all of a sudden, she came out and she saw them fanning him.
04:14It looks like he got out of the car and was back here for some reason.
04:18I asked her if he was beefing with someone.
04:20She said no, of course.
04:23So, I mean, that's pretty much all we have.
04:26I do have a phone number and an address and everything for the girl.
04:30Maurice told me that he had spoke to somebody else that supposedly arrived with a victim in a dark blue
04:37Toyota Camry.
04:38But she was inside the bar when the shooting happened.
04:41So, there's two witnesses that I'll have to speak to later.
04:51All right, ladies.
04:52Do you know this guy?
04:54Yeah, we know him.
04:54What's his name?
04:56I don't know his real name.
04:57That's okay.
04:58We call him Twin.
04:59He go by Twin?
05:00Mm-hmm.
05:02That's the bar where everybody was at.
05:04Okay.
05:05That's where everyone was right before they came here?
05:08Mm-hmm.
05:09Okay.
05:10The witnesses told me that they were at another bar with the victim right before they came over here.
05:15And they gave me that address.
05:17It's very important that we do some follow-up with that address.
05:22All right.
05:26I'm hoping to get some video from the club.
05:28It looked like some decent cameras on the outside of that.
05:32I just write warrants and rip everything.
05:34We'll come back tomorrow.
05:37No dice, man.
05:39No, nothing on the casings.
05:42There were no shell casings near the body.
05:45Clearly, he fell not where he was shot.
05:49He probably ran a little bit.
05:53Finding casings are important because we can track what gun fired,
05:58what casings.
05:59If you get casings, ultimately later, you can find a murder weapon
06:04and you can positively match the murder weapon to the scene.
06:08So I called the K-9 officers, asking them to come down,
06:12got the ballistics dog out.
06:14They started sweeping the area.
06:28So he alerted over here?
06:30He gave me some interest in this area.
06:33You find a couple, you know lunch is on me, right?
06:39Come on, man.
06:48Ultimately, we found no casings.
06:51You think it's a revolver?
06:52It could be a revolver, yeah.
06:53Because they're not throwing through.
06:54I was thinking rifle because they were small holes.
06:55There was one that was throwing through, like, the shoulder.
06:58I think that was throwing because they were close, though.
07:01The shooter probably was using a revolver,
07:04which wouldn't eject any shell casings.
07:07Generally, revolvers fire projectiles that are lead,
07:10so they're softer.
07:12They're more likely to deform on impact,
07:15so they generally stay inside the body.
07:18No phone out here?
07:19No phone.
07:21Anything else of note in his pockets?
07:27So is that a receipt?
07:28Yeah.
07:29Get a picture of that.
07:31Yeah, that'll be important.
07:33In the victim's pocket,
07:36the coroner found a receipt
07:38from a seafood restaurant in the East
07:41from that same day.
07:44I'll take a look at it.
07:45So he may be with somebody.
07:47It could stem from a fight he had
07:49at the seafood restaurant.
07:50You never know.
07:52So we're going to go there tomorrow
07:54and get that video footage,
07:55see if he's with anybody.
07:58Right now, I don't have a lot to go on.
08:00I also need to contact
08:02the two witnesses that were out here.
08:04And I'm hoping that some of the businesses
08:06in that area caught the incident on camera.
08:10So I think, like, 9 o'clock tomorrow morning,
08:12I'm just going to start hit the ground running.
08:14So we'll see.
08:16Thanks for coming out.
08:42Thanks for coming out.
08:47Hello.
08:48Hello, I'm looking for Ms. Charlotte Hayward.
08:50This is Detective Harmwood,
08:51New Orleans Police Department.
08:52Yes.
08:54I would like to sit down with you
08:55face to face at some point,
08:57just so you can see me
08:58and we can talk about
08:59whatever you need to talk about
09:00if there's any news I can give you.
09:02Okay.
09:04It's important to reach out
09:05to the family members of the victim
09:07and let them know that you're on the case
09:10and that you're there for them,
09:12but also give them enough space to grieve.
09:16She told me that he has a twin brother.
09:19They've been involved in making music
09:22since they were very young.
09:24Brandon has children.
09:25He has a lot of family members
09:27and I can't begin to imagine
09:29the depths of their despair.
09:31He's going to be missed.
09:34This is my cell phone
09:35just for families and witnesses.
09:37At your convenience,
09:38when you feel up to it,
09:40you call me back on this number
09:41and I will come over and talk to you.
09:43Okay?
09:44Okay.
09:45All right.
09:46Thank you, ma'am.
09:55Where that's from?
09:56This was in my decedent's pocket.
09:59It's from a seafood restaurant
10:01from 3 o'clock that afternoon.
10:04Lots of boiled potatoes.
10:06You want to go there?
10:07Yeah.
10:09Okay.
10:10I'll ride with you over there.
10:11All right.
10:13I don't want you to have to do anything by yourself.
10:16That's why I love you.
10:22Tell me the gist of what happened.
10:25Apparently there was a party,
10:26so there's a bunch of people
10:28parked at a neutral ground.
10:30There was some commotion, shots fired.
10:33The DJ makes the announcement,
10:34everybody go home,
10:35the party's over.
10:36So then everybody scatters.
10:39He's on the ground.
10:40He's got no phone.
10:42Oh, wow.
10:45I see Karen work.
10:48I see they work.
10:57Hello.
10:58I'm Detective Marshall.
11:00This is Detective Herman,
11:02New Orleans Police, Palmerside.
11:03We was wondering if your cameras were working.
11:06We were trying to see if a vehicle
11:07and a person came to this location on yesterday.
11:10About 3 o'clock yesterday.
11:12Okay.
11:13I spoke to somebody who said that,
11:16yes, they have video footage
11:17on the times I needed.
11:22That's been right up.
11:24Yeah.
11:25My victim, Brandon Hayward,
11:28does arrive.
11:29He's in a dark-colored Toyota Camry.
11:32That matched a description of the car
11:33that he arrived to the party in.
11:36He goes inside.
11:38He orders his boiled potatoes.
11:40They give it to him.
11:43He gets back in the car and he leaves,
11:45which appears to be the car
11:47and that the witness brought him to this party in
11:49moments before he was killed.
11:52Thank you very much for your help, sir.
11:57My victim, he's driving a dark-colored Toyota Camry.
12:02It's probably the witness's vehicle
12:04that he arrived to the party in.
12:06So I need to speak to this witness
12:08and find that car.
12:10Yeah.
12:12Finding the vehicle is important
12:14because you never know
12:15what kind of evidence can be in that car.
12:18His cell phone,
12:19sometimes vehicles,
12:20navigation systems
12:21will show where he was earlier that day.
12:24We're going to find out what happened.
12:26We're going to get justice for Brandon
12:27as quick as we can.
13:04Once you're ready to go,
13:05I'm just going to follow you up.
13:06You go when you're ready, all right?
13:07All right.
13:10Through an intelligence source,
13:12I found out this car was parked
13:14behind this building over here.
13:16There's a bullet hole in it
13:18and it's the same car that I have the victim in on video
13:23at a seafood place earlier in the day
13:26before he was killed.
13:29We ran the plate and the car was registered
13:32to the witness that Detective Stewart spoke to
13:35at the crime scene
13:36who had said that she had arrived at the club
13:39with the victim.
13:40What she said was they arrived at the club.
13:43He told her for some reason
13:44to go ahead and walk in before me.
13:47And I asked her, why did he tell her that?
13:49She said she don't know.
13:51I am going to call her
13:52as soon as this car is put into the cage.
13:55I need her to come to headquarters
13:56and explain to me what happened that night
13:58from her perspective.
14:01And then I can ask her where her car is
14:03and see what she has to say about that.
14:05And then I can search it
14:06and hopefully get the projectile out of it.
14:10Hopefully it's not too badly tore up.
14:12Maybe if I find a murder weapon
14:13at some point in the future, match it up.
14:37Hello.
14:38This is Detective Herman Nolens, police department.
14:40Is this ?
14:41Yes.
14:42Hey.
14:43I would like to sit down with you
14:44face to face at some point.
14:46You think you want to come down
14:47to the building and talk to me
14:49so I can get your statement for the night?
14:51Yeah, I'll send the address.
14:54I'll send you a text with the address.
14:56When you get out front and you park,
14:58you give me a call back
14:59and I'll come down and let you in the building.
15:02How long do you think?
15:03You'd be able to come over now?
15:05Yeah.
15:06All right.
15:10The witness is coming in,
15:11but she's very hesitant.
15:13We're hoping she actually shows up
15:14and lets us know what she saw
15:16and any other information
15:18that might be valuable
15:18to the investigation.
15:35So, Friday, you were at that bar?
15:39Yes.
15:40We were driving when you were there.
15:41I was driving.
15:43It was sitting in the passenger seat.
15:44Okay.
15:45And so when we pulled up,
15:46I stepped out the car.
15:47I'm like, you ready?
15:47Are you coming?
15:48He said, go ahead.
15:48I'm coming.
15:49I went across the street.
15:51I walked in.
15:53I seen the people I know.
15:54We spoke.
15:55And I went to the bar and got a drink.
15:58And then the girl who the party was for,
16:01she got on the mic and announced,
16:02everybody gets to your car safely.
16:05Nothing about nothing was going on outside.
16:08As I walked to my car,
16:09the driver's door was open.
16:11And I'm like, he's not in the car.
16:12So I see a crowd of people surrounding somebody.
16:16So I go over there and I see him.
16:17I'm like, you know what happened?
16:19Nobody ever said he got shot or nothing.
16:21So I went back to the car
16:22to try to unlock his phone
16:24and call his mother,
16:24but I couldn't get the phone or not.
16:26I don't know if it was in my car
16:28or I dropped it somewhere right there.
16:31So you don't know anything about what happened?
16:32What have you heard rumor-wise as what happened?
16:35I only heard what his mama was telling me,
16:38like, can't be bothered
16:38that I got into an altercation with somebody.
16:41How'd you leave?
16:43I left when he was there.
16:44Like, when the police pulled up,
16:46they kept saying,
16:46he out here by himself.
16:47And I'm like, he out here with me.
16:49And I couldn't get in touch with nobody.
16:51So I drove off and I went to the mama house
16:53and I knocked on her door.
16:54It took me like 10 minutes to even get them up.
16:57The witness, she's very forthcoming.
17:00She tells me things that I already knew to be true,
17:02which is good because then I know she wants to help.
17:05The next step is to ask her about the vehicle.
17:07She doesn't know we've already found it.
17:09So her answers will be very telling
17:12to determine if she's being honest
17:14in this interview or not.
17:16Where's your car now?
17:19It spoke, uh,
17:21down to me
17:22because that's where I met everybody
17:24after I left his mama house.
17:26And my and her husband came around there with me.
17:28Like, they follow me back now.
17:30And my family and stuff
17:31had came over there with me
17:33and sit down and talk.
17:35I said, I don't want to pick it up today.
17:37But then I do have a bullet over in my car.
17:39Don't go pick it up today.
17:40I have it.
17:41So all I need for me really is the keys
17:43so that I don't have to break into it.
17:45I'm going to search it,
17:46see if his phone is in there.
17:47I'm going to see if I can find
17:49the bullet itself in your car.
17:51Okay.
17:53If you hear anything,
17:56please just pass along
17:57any information for me.
18:01The witness was truthful about the car.
18:03So it leads me to believe
18:04that everything else
18:05about her statements were true.
18:08Unfortunately,
18:08the witness was inside the club
18:10when the shooting happened
18:11and she was not able
18:13to add any additional information.
18:15So I'm hoping that the car
18:16will have some evidence
18:17that can point us in the right direction
18:18to find out who killed Brandon Hayward.
18:55The bullet and the victim's phone
18:58might be in there.
19:01Brandon Hayward
19:02supposedly arrived in this car
19:03the night he was killed.
19:05I have video of him in that car
19:07and there's a bullet hole in the car.
19:10The big thing is to see
19:11if I can recover the projectile,
19:13match it to the projectiles
19:15they pulled out of his body.
19:17Did it come through?
19:20I'll see where it came to.
19:28Okay.
19:31I don't see.
19:35There it is.
19:37All the way down behind that speaker
19:39it looks like.
19:41We're winning.
19:42We're gonna win
19:43and check the dinner.
19:46Crime Lab was able to recover
19:47the bullet that went through the door.
19:50That'll go to ballistics
19:51and we'll see if it matches
19:53the other projectiles we found
19:55in the decedent.
19:57Now we need to find
19:59the decedent's cell phone.
20:05I'm right there.
20:07We'll get you.
20:11One on a second.
20:13Another phone?
20:17Oh.
20:19Bingo, bango.
20:21His phone's everywhere.
20:25Oh,
20:26that one's destroyed.
20:28That's definitely not his working phone.
20:31I'll take all of them.
20:34We found five cell phones
20:36in the car.
20:37We'll work on trying
20:39to get digital forensics
20:40to get into them.
20:41I'm hoping one of them
20:42is Brandon.
20:44Because right now
20:45the evidence is thin.
21:06A second witness on scene
21:08gave her name and phone number
21:11subtly to one of the officers
21:12who got it to me.
21:14That is the name of someone
21:16who says they may have
21:17some information
21:18but didn't want to talk
21:19to us out here.
21:21She claims to have been
21:22standing there,
21:23knows what happened,
21:25why the shooting happened,
21:27possibly saw the perpetrator.
21:29So we're on our way
21:31to the 5th District Police Station
21:32where we're going to see
21:33what she knows.
21:34So fingers crossed
21:36that this all works out.
21:38We need some good luck here.
21:53What's up?
21:53Yeah, that'll work.
21:57So from what I understand
21:58and I just want to make it clear
22:00that you're a witness
22:02of what happened, right?
22:04Start from where?
22:05I want to start from where
22:07was having a party.
22:09So she invited Eric to the party.
22:11I went to pick Eric up.
22:13Eric?
22:14Eric is the dude
22:15who shot 20.
22:17Okay.
22:19I went in there
22:19to the party.
22:21I didn't really say
22:22nothing to nobody
22:23and I walked back out.
22:25Eric in the car.
22:27So I didn't know
22:27Twin pulled up behind my car.
22:29Three friends.
22:30So he hurried up
22:31and jumped out the car
22:32and he gave me a hug.
22:33Because I ain't seen him
22:34in a long time, right?
22:35Okay.
22:35And I was happy to see him though,
22:37but I didn't know
22:37that was going to be my last day
22:39to see him.
22:41Eric was trying to figure out
22:42who I was talking to.
22:43So he got out the car
22:44and he spoke to Twin.
22:45Okay.
22:46When Twin saw him
22:47get out the car,
22:47Twin had like an attitude
22:48on his face
22:49and his whole demeanor changed.
22:52So Eric said,
22:53what's up?
22:54And Twin,
22:55after he finished
22:56talking to me,
22:57he spoke to him.
22:57He was like,
22:58what's up?
22:58He gave him a dab.
22:59So they must know each other.
23:01And then he went back
23:02talking to me.
23:03So Eric got in the car.
23:04I thought he was
23:05standing in the car.
23:06Wow.
23:07So man, Twin was still talking.
23:08Eric got out the car.
23:10And then they passed
23:11some words.
23:13Some words.
23:13Like, uh,
23:16why are you still
23:16talking to her?
23:17It's time to get...
23:18All the other words.
23:20Eric said that I took
23:21too long
23:22to end the conversation
23:24with me and Twin.
23:25They started to,
23:26like, you know,
23:27raise up to each other.
23:28So I'm trying to jump
23:29in the middle of the thing.
23:31But Twin pushed me
23:32and that's when
23:33Eric got mad.
23:34Because Twin pushed me
23:35because I'm trying
23:35to break them up.
23:36So they started
23:37tussling first
23:38and Eric went back
23:39to the car
23:40and got whatever
23:41was in his bag
23:41or whatever.
23:43And there was he dead.
23:44So he started shooting?
23:46Yes.
23:47When he shot him,
23:48he ran.
23:48And he still
23:49was shooting at him.
23:51Did you see
23:52the kind of gun it was?
23:53I know I didn't see
23:54the gun.
23:54I didn't see it.
23:56Okay.
23:57After he shot him,
23:58he was like,
23:58uh, get in the car.
23:59I said,
24:00I'm not bringing you nowhere.
24:01So he ran off.
24:03You didn't know
24:03Eric's last name?
24:05Garrison.
24:07How old were you?
24:0832, I think.
24:10Do you remember
24:11what Eric was wearing?
24:12Eric had on
24:14some jean pants
24:15and he had
24:16a white shirt
24:17and the homeless
24:18is dead in the tent.
24:21How did he get
24:21in contact?
24:22He called me private.
24:23Like, see if you
24:24go to my phone?
24:25He called me private.
24:27That's him calling you?
24:28Mm-hmm.
24:29Oh.
24:30This particular witness
24:32knew everything.
24:33She was able
24:34to identify
24:35the alleged perpetrator
24:37as Eric Garrison.
24:39Everything she described
24:40was correct.
24:42Based on what we had
24:43on the scene,
24:44the way she
24:45spoke about him
24:46and her mannerisms
24:48and her demeanor overall,
24:50there's no reason
24:51to disbelieve
24:51anything she says.
24:53Give me a couple minutes.
24:54I need to find
24:55a picture of him
24:56and I want to make sure
24:57we're talking about
24:58the same.
24:59Does that make sense?
25:01He don't believe
25:01in the system
25:02once you're back.
25:03Okay.
25:05No problem.
25:10Hey, I need
25:11a confirmation photo.
25:13Eric Garrison,
25:15about 32 years old.
25:33You see the hairstyle?
25:34How old is that photo?
25:36One of the detectives
25:37in the 5th District
25:38was able to run
25:38the name for me,
25:39find someone reasonably
25:41the right age
25:41with that name,
25:42able to get
25:43a driver's license photo.
25:45He got a criminal history?
25:47Yeah.
25:48In this particular instance,
25:49there's no reason
25:50to do a six-pack lineup.
25:52She said she knew
25:53this person for a while.
25:55So we showed her
25:56a single driver's license photo.
26:00I'm going to hang you
26:01the folder.
26:01You look at it
26:02and you tell me
26:02if this is the person
26:03you know who shot Twin.
26:06I don't know.
26:06Give me a little bit.
26:13Yeah, this shot.
26:15That's him?
26:15That's the person
26:16who shot Twin?
26:17Okay.
26:33My witness,
26:34she identified the shooter.
26:35She said,
26:37his name is Eric Garrison.
26:39I don't know where he is.
26:41She said he was homeless.
26:43She said that he's called
26:44a couple times
26:45from a number
26:46that says,
26:46you know,
26:47private caller.
26:47So he's blocking
26:48his own phone number.
26:51I gave his name
26:51to the FBI task force
26:54so they can
26:55maybe put eyes on him.
26:56And if they're able
26:57to put eyes on him,
26:58as soon as I have
26:59a judge's signature
27:00on the warrant,
27:00they'll be able
27:01to just scoop him up.
27:16Hey, this is Detective Herman.
27:18Hi, Detective.
27:20Hey, Mr.
27:21Hey, he keeps saying
27:23meet him at the house
27:24and all that stuff.
27:26Is he communicating
27:27with you
27:28via text message?
27:29No, he's communicating
27:30he's calling me.
27:32He keeps telling you
27:33to meet?
27:33I keep telling him
27:34to turn himself in.
27:36And he's thinking
27:37I'm telling himself in.
27:38Okay.
27:39You're going to get a call
27:40from one of our social workers.
27:42They're going to have
27:43some information for you.
27:44And if you want
27:45to get out of town,
27:46they can help you do that.
27:48Okay.
27:48And I'll be in contact
27:49with you again.
27:50Okay.
27:52All right, bye.
27:55It's important
27:56to get this perpetrator
27:57off the street
27:58as soon as we can
27:59because that's a real threat
28:00to her safety,
28:02especially if he thinks
28:03the witness ID'd him
28:04as the shooter.
28:06Right now,
28:07I need to see
28:08if I can find any video
28:09of actually the incident
28:11occurring
28:11or of the perpetrator fleeing
28:13to help strengthen the case.
28:18Yes, ma'am.
28:19This is Detective
28:20Herman Nolens,
28:21Police Department.
28:22Yes.
28:22You know there was
28:23an incident in the
28:24block of St. Rock
28:26on early...
28:30Yeah.
28:31I authored a search warrant
28:33this morning
28:33for video surveillance.
28:34Do you have video surveillance
28:35equipment at the building?
28:37Yes.
28:38Okay.
28:38What's the website
28:39that you use?
28:42If you want to just tell me
28:43the name and password
28:44and I'll see if I can
28:46get it done.
28:49Okay, I'll see
28:50if I can get that done
28:51and I'll either tell you
28:52that I got it already
28:53or that I'm coming
28:54to meet you.
28:55Okay.
28:56Thank you so much.
28:57All right, bye.
29:03I'm going to try to see
29:04if I can log into this
29:05website and see
29:06the camera footage.
29:09That's cool.
29:09They gave you remote access.
29:11Yeah.
29:12I just want video
29:13of the incident.
29:15It would be great
29:16if we had the whole thing
29:17captured on camera.
29:19I got my fingers crossed.
29:25All right.
29:28I know roughly about
29:29what time the call came in,
29:31so I know exactly
29:32at what time to look.
29:33And I was at the scene,
29:34so I know exactly
29:35where the body was found,
29:37so I know exactly
29:38where to look.
29:40there's glare.
29:41Son of a bitch.
29:44It's going to happen
29:45right here
29:45where I can't see.
29:50Literally,
29:51it's on camera,
29:52but there's a glare
29:53from the light outside,
29:55so I'm not going to be
29:55able to see it happen.
29:57That would have been
29:57too easy, bro.
30:00Oh, come on.
30:06It doesn't appear
30:07I'm going to get
30:07anything extra.
30:09That's disappointing.
30:11Missy?
30:13Check this out.
30:15But this is after it happened
30:17and they're starting
30:17to clear out.
30:18She turns the lights off.
30:19Wait, watch this.
30:21This is what it looks like
30:22at the time it happens.
30:23Yeah.
30:24Right after it happens,
30:27they're shutting
30:27the place down.
30:28Everybody's leaving.
30:30And then she clicks
30:31the lights off
30:32and, look,
30:34can see.
30:35Of course.
30:37It's clear as day
30:38when she turns
30:39the lights off.
30:40You think that we're
30:41going to make it easy,
30:42points?
30:43Yeah.
30:47There you go.
30:52No,
30:55that's my shooter
30:56running away.
30:59There's some video
31:00from another angle
31:02that shows right
31:03after the shooting.
31:05It's a person running,
31:07wearing what the witness said.
31:08The shooter was wearing
31:09a white shirt.
31:11But it's not clear enough
31:13to identify this person.
31:16Yeah, can't see nothing
31:17but a blur running.
31:35I need your advice.
31:37What's happening?
31:38There's a bar.
31:40Some girl's having
31:41her birthday party out there.
31:42and my victim,
31:44he's in the car.
31:45The victim sees
31:47the witness.
31:48He gave her a hug.
31:49They talk.
31:50It seems like
31:51the shooter,
31:52there might be
31:53some jealousy there.
31:54And he got out the car
31:55and got mad about it.
31:56Okay.
31:56They exchange words.
31:57Shooter goes back
31:58to his car,
31:59grabs a gun,
32:00comes back out
32:01and just shoots him.
32:02All right,
32:03so there's some
32:03escalation there.
32:04Yeah.
32:05Detective Fife
32:06is one of the
32:07best detectives
32:08that I've had
32:09the experience
32:09of working with.
32:11I regularly go to him
32:12to make sure
32:13that I'm not getting
32:14tunnel vision
32:15in my pursuit
32:16of a suspect
32:16to make sure
32:17I'm seeing
32:18all the angles
32:19as clearly as possible.
32:20So I speak to him
32:22making sure
32:22that I have enough
32:23probable cause now
32:24to write an arrest
32:24warrant for Eric Garrison.
32:26So just
32:28a good witness statement?
32:30Yeah.
32:30She explained
32:31exactly how it went down.
32:34Okay,
32:34so she's got details
32:35of the scene, right?
32:36Details of the scene.
32:37She did the
32:37confirmation photo,
32:39no problem.
32:40And then
32:41he started calling
32:42the witness
32:42apparently a bunch
32:44of times.
32:45So that's sort
32:46of where I'm at.
32:47You have video?
32:48I got surveillance footage.
32:50There's a guy
32:51in all white
32:51running past the camera,
32:53which is the direction
32:54she said he ran.
32:55Okay.
32:56And it's the timings, right?
32:57But the strength
32:58of the case
32:58is going to be
33:00defending her statement.
33:01Yeah.
33:02And so any little thing
33:03might help.
33:05I think you're good
33:06for a arrest warrant, dude.
33:08If he's out
33:08and about,
33:09that's more time
33:10to convince her
33:12to change her story.
33:14I think you know
33:15what you got to do.
33:16Yeah.
33:17It's good to talk it out, though.
33:19I have probable cause,
33:21so I'm able to
33:23write an arrest warrant
33:24for Eric Garrison
33:26for murder.
33:54I got a call
33:54this morning.
33:56Apparently,
33:57last night,
33:58Eric Garrison
33:59started calling
34:00the witness
34:00a bunch of times.
34:02So the officers
34:04went out.
34:05How many times
34:06he called you, dude?
34:07He been calling me
34:07all day.
34:08And what exactly
34:09did he say?
34:10He said,
34:11tell your mom and them
34:12I'm about to come
34:12kill all y'all.
34:13Tell your brothers
34:14to be outside
34:15with his guns ready
34:16cause I'm coming
34:16to kill all y'all.
34:18He actually calls
34:19her again
34:20while the officers
34:21standing there.
34:22He's trying to make
34:23it seem like
34:24it was my fault.
34:25I didn't make you
34:25put no trigger.
34:26You need to call
34:27him yourself.
34:28Here you go.
34:28You want to answer?
34:30Put it on speaker.
34:33Hello.
34:34I know what time
34:35of day it is.
34:37I know what time
34:38of day it is.
34:39All it was fake.
34:41All I was waiting on.
34:44What you waiting on?
34:45Oh, nothing.
34:47Oh, nothing,
34:48my love.
34:58So this morning
34:59I put together
35:00a bolo
35:01to get his face
35:02on the news
35:03which we hadn't
35:04done earlier.
35:05Sometimes it's easier
35:06for us to find him
35:07if he doesn't know
35:08he's wanted.
35:09He might be doing
35:10his regular stuff.
35:12The vital offender
35:13warrant squad
35:14task force
35:14with the U.S. Marshals,
35:15they're all actively
35:17out there now
35:19trying to find
35:19this guy
35:20before he actually
35:21makes good
35:22on any of those threats.
35:26Hello?
35:28Yep.
35:31All right, good.
35:32Where was he?
35:33Where did you find him?
35:35In Dallas?
35:37Did he have
35:37anything on him?
35:38A gun?
35:39A phone?
35:39Anything?
35:40Mm-hmm.
35:42Do me a favor.
35:43Send me a picture
35:44of what he looks like
35:45now in custody.
35:47Okay.
35:48Thank you very much.
35:49All right.
35:50Bye.
35:54The U.S. Marshals
35:55did their job.
35:56They coordinated,
35:58actually,
35:59with Dallas, Texas.
36:00They were able
36:01to get GPS locations
36:03for his phone
36:03at a Greyhound station.
36:06They took him
36:06into custody
36:07in Dallas, Texas
36:08just now.
36:10and that's him
36:12in the back
36:13of a police car.
36:14No gun, though.
36:16When he's finally
36:17extradited here,
36:18I'll try to talk to him.
36:20So I'm going to call
36:21the mom
36:22and let her know
36:23that he's in handcuffs.
36:26Hello?
36:27Hey, Ms. Charlotte.
36:29Yeah?
36:30I'm just giving you
36:30a call back
36:31so I can give you
36:32a proper update.
36:33So the gentleman
36:34was arrested this morning
36:36in Dallas, Texas,
36:38at a Greyhound station.
36:40Okay.
36:41And that's sort of
36:42where we stand.
36:43Do you have anything
36:44that you could think of
36:44that you wanted to ask me?
36:46No, not right now.
36:48All right.
36:48I can't think of it right now.
36:49Okay.
36:49Well, anything you need,
36:51this is my number.
36:51You reach out to me
36:52if any family members,
36:53if anyone wants
36:54to ask me any questions
36:55about the case.
36:56You just give them
36:56my number.
36:57Okay.
36:58All right.
37:00No problem.
37:00Bye.
37:01Bye.
37:03This is the witness.
37:05We'll call her next.
37:08This is Detective Herman.
37:12So he's in custody.
37:14He was arrested out of state.
37:19He's calling you from jail?
37:20Yeah.
37:22At the beginning
37:23of the phone call,
37:23it'll say, you know,
37:24this is a call from an inmate
37:25and everything's recorded.
37:26There should be an option
37:28if you listen to the whole thing
37:29to prevent that inmate
37:31from calling you
37:32if that's something
37:33you want to do.
37:34Okay.
37:35He'll be sent back
37:36to New Orleans
37:36in the next week or two
37:37and then we'll start
37:38the process of the criminal
37:39case against him here.
37:41Okay.
37:42Bye.
37:42Bye.
37:45Clearing the case
37:46and getting an arrest warrant
37:46is a relief.
37:48You get to give somebody
37:49the start of their closure,
37:51like this is the person
37:52that's wanted
37:53for killing your loved one.
37:55But that's the beginning
37:56of the work
37:57because now we have to
37:58take it to court.
38:00So I still have
38:01a lot of work ahead of me.
38:28I still have to
38:32take it to court.
38:37Hey.
38:38What's happening?
38:40The firearms report
38:41came back.
38:42The bullets,
38:42they recovered from inside
38:43my decedent on autopsy
38:45and the bullet
38:46we pulled out
38:46of that car
38:47were fired
38:48from the same gun.
38:50It's a .38 caliber
38:52class ammunition
38:52which includes
38:53.38 Special
38:54.357 Magnum
38:56and 9mm.
38:57They won't be able
38:58to tell you
38:59exactly what type
39:00of gun it was fired from
39:01but the type
39:02of projectiles
39:03recovered from the body
39:04of the decedent
39:05are consistent
39:06with a revolver.
39:07And then
39:09the suspect
39:10called the witness
39:12from jail.
39:1221 phone calls
39:13he makes
39:14the day he's arrested
39:15all to her.
39:16That's your witness again?
39:17This is my witness
39:18from jail.
39:19He's talking to her
39:20about how much
39:21he loves her
39:21and that
39:22if you love me
39:23you wouldn't want
39:23to see me in jail.
39:24It's kind of frantic.
39:26Yeah.
39:26Listen to this.
39:38And that's usable, right?
39:39Yeah.
39:40It's showing that
39:40he's trying to manipulate her.
39:42At one point
39:43he says
39:44I love you so much
39:45you love me too.
39:45Yeah.
39:46Well then we should
39:46get married
39:47because if you marry me
39:48then they can't make you
39:49say anything bad about me.
39:50How romantic.
39:52If they got married
39:53that's not like
39:53a workaround for...
39:54No.
39:55People watch too much TV.
39:56Legal knowledge
39:57comes from law and order.
39:59He's in custody
39:59so we'll see
40:01how it goes in court.
40:12My name is
40:13Charlotte Marie Hayward.
40:14I am Brandon's mother.
40:18All of my kids
40:19had their own
40:21special gifts
40:23but Brandon
40:25drew logos.
40:26he did
40:28tattooed drawings.
40:29He had his first art show
40:31he was about five.
40:34That's my twin.
40:35That's my
40:35better half
40:37my heart.
40:38We split seeds so...
40:40Being a twin is like
40:42having a better half
40:43that pushes you.
40:44It helps you
40:44not make the bad decisions
40:46in life.
40:48Our angel.
40:50What's up?
40:50Right?
40:50Over there.
40:52That is nice.
40:54It would be him
40:55to be our guardian angel
40:56because he just
40:57can't take anyone else
40:58having to do that.
41:04One of the most
41:05important things
41:06for me as a parent
41:07was to allow them
41:08to feel safe
41:09and loved
41:10and to be themselves.
41:12They became musicians
41:14right off the bat.
41:15I want to say
41:16maybe fourth grade,
41:18third grade,
41:18they were already
41:19in Jazz Fest.
41:21Yeah.
41:21You know,
41:22it's a big honor
41:23to be a musician
41:24in Jazz Fest.
41:25Like, he plays
41:26the piano by ear,
41:27he plays the guitar,
41:28he plays every instrument
41:29that I can name.
41:30Like, a harmonica,
41:32everything.
41:32So it's just,
41:33it's crazy, man.
41:45The things that Brandon
41:47would do
41:48were always about
41:51togetherness,
41:52love,
41:53forgiveness,
41:54family,
41:55things like that.
41:56So wherever he went,
41:58he definitely made a mark.
42:00He made a difference.
42:06Brandon Hayward
42:07was killed
42:08for no reason.
42:10He had children.
42:12Now his family
42:14has to take care
42:15of his kids.
42:17His parents don't get
42:18to see him get married
42:18one day,
42:19and he misses everything.
42:21And that's tragic.
42:26There was no reason
42:27for a shooting to happen.
42:29For whatever perceived slight
42:30Eric Garrison thought
42:32he incurred,
42:33it didn't need
42:33to end in violence.
42:36But case is resolved,
42:38and Mr. Garrison
42:39is in jail.
42:40By the time
42:41Eric Garrison
42:42was extradited
42:42back to New Orleans,
42:43he had a lawyer,
42:44and they weren't going
42:45to give me a statement.
42:46So I never spoke directly
42:48with the suspect,
42:49and he never found
42:51the weapon.
42:53.
42:53.
42:53.
42:53.
42:53.
42:53.
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