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Homicide Squad: New Orleans - Season 3 - Episode 07: Word of Mouth
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00:32Hello, yeah, I have someone who got shot on St. Rock and he got a post, but he's not responding.
00:39What's the call street? Are you see an address?
00:42St. Rock and Trigger.
00:43Okay, and we have units in route to the location now.
00:47He don't have no calls, no, no.
00:49I think he's gone.
00:53Come on, baby.
00:55Okay, the police is here.
01:18All right, we got EMS. EMS is here. Step back. Come in. Step back.
01:24Yeah, I don't think he's a crazy.
01:51You have a male declared deceased.
01:53It'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 scene.
02:23Sergeant Constantine, Arthur Hill, and Maurice Stewart.
02:28The scene's completely calmed down from when it happened.
02:32The body's in the neutral ground in the grassy area between the sides of the street.
02:37Quite a distance from any of the buildings 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. There's no blood on the ground.
02:57The girls that I talked to were called Gohan.
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 to us
03:22out 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.
05:29It looked like some decent cameras on the outside of that.
05:32I just write warrants and rip everything.
05:35We'll come back tomorrow.
05:37No dice, no.
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 what casings.
05:59If you get casings, ultimately later you can find a murder weapon and you can positively match the murder weapon
06:06to the scene.
06:08So I called the canine officers, asked them to come down, got 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.
06:33If you 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.
07:00The shooter probably was using a revolver, which wouldn't eject any shell casings.
07:06Generally, revolvers fire projectiles that are lead, so they're softer.
07:12They're more likely to deform on impact, so they generally stay inside the body.
07:17No phone out here?
07:20No 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, the coroner found a receipt from a seafood restaurant in the east from that same day.
07:44I'll take a look at it.
07:46So he may be with somebody.
07:48It could stem from a fight he had at the seafood restaurant.
07:50You never know.
07:52So we're going to go there tomorrow and get that video footage, see if he's with anybody.
07:58Right now, I don't have a lot to go on.
08:00I also need to contact the two witnesses that were out here.
08:04And I'm hoping that some of the businesses in that area caught the incident on camera.
08:10So I think, like, 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, I'm just going to start hit the ground running.
08:14So we'll see.
08:15Thanks for coming out.
08:17Thanks for coming out.
08:47Hello.
08:48Hello.
08:48I'm looking for Ms. Charlotte Hayward.
08:50This is Detective Harmon with New Orleans Police Department.
08:52Yes.
08:53Um, I would like to sit down with you face to face at some point, just so you can see
08:58me and we can talk about whatever you need to talk about, if there's any news I can give you.
09:02Okay.
09:03It's important to give them enough space to grieve.
09:16She told me that.
09:18She told me that he has a twin brother.
09:19They've been involved in making music since they were very young.
09:24Brandon has children.
09:26He has a lot of family members.
09:27And I can't begin to imagine the depths of their despair.
09:31He's going to be missed.
09:34This is my cell phone just for families and witnesses.
09:37At your convenience, when you feel up to it, you call me back on this number and I will come
09:42over and talk to you.
09:43Okay?
09:45Okay.
09:45All right.
09:46Thank you, ma'am.
09:55Where that's from?
09:56This was in my decision's pocket.
09:59It's from a seafood restaurant from 3 o'clock that afternoon.
10:04Bought some boiled potatoes.
10:06You want to go there?
10:07Yeah.
10:08Okay.
10:09I'll ride with you over there.
10:11All right.
10:12I 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.
10:27So there's a bunch of people parked in a neutral ground.
10:30There was some commotion, shots fired.
10:33The DJ makes the announcement, everybody go home, the 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 cameras.
10:48I see it at work.
10:57Hello.
10:58I'm Detective Marshall.
11:00This is Detective Herman.
11:02New Orleans Police, Palmaside.
11:03We was wondering if your cameras were working.
11:06We were trying to see if a vehicle and a person came to this location on yesterday.
11:10About 3 o'clock yesterday.
11:12Okay.
11:13I spoke to somebody who said that, yes, they have video footage on the times I needed.
11:19Five, six, one.
11:22That's been right up.
11:24Yeah.
11:25my victim brandon hayward does arrive he's in dark colored toyota camry that match a description
11:33of the car that he arrived to the party in he goes inside he orders his boiled potatoes
11:40they give it to him gets back in the car and he leaves which appears to be the car and
11:48that
11:48the witness brought him to this party in moments before he was killed thank you very much for your
11:53help sir my victim he's driving a dark colored toyota camry it's probably the witnesses vehicle
12:04that he arrived to the party in so i need to speak to this witness and find that car yeah
12:12finding the vehicle is important because you never know what kind of evidence can be in that car his
12:18cell phone sometimes vehicles navigation systems will show where he was earlier that day
12:24we're going to find out what happened we're going to get justice for brandon as quick as we can
12:33so
14:46You think you want to come down to the building and talk to me so I can get your statement
14:50from that for the night?
14:51Yeah.
14:54I'll send you a text with the address.
14:56When you get out front and you park, you give me a call back and I'll come down and let
15:00you in the building.
15:02How long do you think?
15:03You'll be able to come over now?
15:05Yeah.
15:06All right.
15:10This is coming in but she's very hesitant.
15:13We're hoping she actually shows up and lets us know what she saw and any other information
15:18that might be valuable to the investigation.
15:34So, you were at that bar?
15:38Yes.
15:40I was driving.
15:41I was driving.
15:43It was sitting in the passenger seat.
15:44Okay.
15:45And so when we pulled up, I stepped out the car.
15:47I'm like, you ready to come?
15:48He said, go ahead.
15:48I'm coming.
15:49I went across the street.
15:51I walked in.
15:52I seen the people I knew.
15:54We spoke and I went to the bar and got a drink.
15:58And then the girl who the party was for, she got on the mic and announced, everybody
16:03get to y'all call safely.
16:05Nothing about nothing was going on outside.
16:08As I walked to my car, the driver door was open and I'm like, he's not in the car.
16:13So, I see a crowd of people surrounding somebody.
16:15So, 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 to try to unlock his phone and call his mother, but I couldn't
16:25get the phone or nothing.
16:26Where is that phone now?
16:27I don't know if it was in my car or 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, like, he probably got into an altercation
16:39with somebody.
16:41How did you leave?
16:43I left when he was there.
16:44Like, when the police pulled up, they kept saying, he out here by himself.
16:47And I'm like, he out here with me.
16:49Wow.
16:49And I couldn't get in touch with nobody.
16:51So, I drove off and I went to the mama house and 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, which is good because then I know
17:03she 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 to determine if she's being honest in this interview or
17:15not.
17:16Where's your car now?
17:33Okay.
17:35That's fine.
17:37No.
17:37But then I do have a bullet hole 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 so that I don't have to break into it.
17:45I'm going to search it, see if his phone is in there.
17:47I'm going to see if I can find the bullet itself in your car.
17:51Okay.
17:53If you hear anything, please just pass along any information for me.
18:01The witness was truthful about the car.
18:03So, it leads me to believe that everything else about her statements were true.
18:08Unfortunately, the witness was inside the club when the shooting happened and she was
18:12not able to add any additional information.
18:15So, I'm hoping that the car will have some evidence that can point us in the right direction
18:18to find out who killed Brandon Hayward.
18:21Not so loud.
18:24I don't know what。
18:55The bullet and the victim's phone might be in there.
19:01Brandon Hayward supposedly arrived in this car the night he was killed.
19:05I have video of him in that car, and there's a bullet hole in the car.
19:10The big thing is to see if I can recover the projectile,
19:13match it to the projectiles they pulled out of his body.
19:18Did it come through?
19:20I'll see where it came to.
19:28Oh, Kevin.
19:31I don't see.
19:35There it is.
19:37All the way down behind that speaker, it looks like.
19:41We're winning.
19:42We're going to win a chicken dinner.
19:46Crime Lab was able to recover the bullet that went through the door.
19:50That'll go to ballistics, and we'll see if it matches the other projectiles we found in the decedent.
19:57Now we need to find the decedent's cell phone.
20:05I'm right here.
20:07Look at you.
20:11One on a second.
20:13Another phone?
20:17Oh.
20:19Bingo, bango.
20:21His phone's everywhere.
20:25Holy s***.
20:27That one's destroyed.
20:28That's definitely not his working phone.
20:31I'll take all of them.
20:34We found five cell phones in the car.
20:37We'll work on trying to get digital forensics to get into them.
20:41I'm hoping one of them is Brandon.
20:44Because right now, the evidence is thin.
21:06A second witness on scene gave her name and phone number subtly to one of the officers who got it
21:13to me.
21:14That is the name of someone who says they may have some information but didn't want to talk to us
21:19out here.
21:21She claims to have been standing there, knows what happened, why the shooting happened, possibly saw the perpetrator.
21:29So we're on our way to the 5th District Police Station where we're going to see what she knows.
21:34So fingers crossed that this all works out.
21:38We need some good luck here.
21:57So from what I understand, and I just want to make it clear, you're a witness to what happened, right?
22:03Yes.
22:05I want to start from where I was having a party.
22:09So she invited Eric to the party.
22:11I went and picked Eric up.
22:13Eric.
22:14Eric is the dude who shot Twin.
22:17Okay.
22:19I went in there to the party.
22:21I didn't really say nothing to nobody, and I won't break out.
22:25Eric in the car.
22:26So I didn't know Twin pulled up behind my car.
22:29Three friends, so he hurried up and jumped out the car and he gave me a hug.
22:33Because I ain't seen him in a long time, right?
22:35Okay.
22:35And I was happy to see him, though, but I didn't know that was going to be my last day
22:39to see him.
22:41Eric was trying to figure out who I was talking to.
22:43So he got off the car and he spoke to Twin.
22:45Okay.
22:46When Twin saw him get off the car, Twin had like an attitude on his face and his whole demeanor
22:50changed.
22:52So Eric said, what's up?
22:54And Twin, after he finished talking to me, he spoke to him.
22:57He was like, what's up?
22:58He gave him a hug.
22:59So they must know each other.
23:00And then he went back talking to me.
23:03So Eric got in the car.
23:04I thought he was standing in the car.
23:06Wow.
23:07So me and Twin was still talking.
23:08Eric got out the car.
23:10And then they passed some words.
23:13Some words.
23:14Like, uh, why you still talking to her?
23:17It's time to, yeah.
23:18All your words.
23:19Yeah.
23:20Eric said that I took too long to end the conversation with me and Twin.
23:25They started to, like, you know, raise up to each other.
23:28So I'm trying to jump in the middle of the thing.
23:31But Twin pushed me.
23:32And that's when Eric got mad.
23:34Because Twin pushed me because I'm trying to break them up.
23:36So they started tussling first.
23:38Then Eric went back to the car and got whatever was in his bag or whatever.
23:43And there was he dead.
23:44So he started shooting?
23:46Yes.
23:47When he shot him, he ran.
23:48And he still was shooting at him.
23:51Did you see the kind of gun it was?
23:53I know I didn't see the gun.
23:54I didn't see it.
23:56Okay.
23:57After he shot him, he was like, oh, get in the car.
23:59I said, I'm not bringing you nowhere.
24:01So he ran off.
24:03You didn't know Eric's last name?
24:05Garrison.
24:07How old were you?
24:0832, I think.
24:10Do you remember what Eric was wearing?
24:13Eric had on some jean pants.
24:15And he had a white shirt.
24:17And the homeless, he stayed in the tent.
24:21How did he get in contact?
24:22He called me private.
24:23Like, see if you go to my phone?
24:25He called me private.
24:27That's him calling you private?
24:29Mm-hmm.
24:29Oh.
24:30This particular witness knew everything.
24:34She was able to identify the alleged perpetrator as Eric Garrison.
24:39Everything she described was correct.
24:42Based on what we had on the scene,
24:44the way she spoke about him,
24:46and her mannerisms and her demeanor overall.
24:50There's no reason to disbelieve anything she says.
24:53Give me a couple minutes.
24:54I need to find a picture of him.
24:56Mm-hmm.
24:56And I want to make sure we're talking about the same.
24:58Oh, that's fine.
24:59Does that make sense?
25:01People believe in the system, I should have.
25:03Okay.
25:05No problem.
25:10Hey, I need a confirmation photo.
25:14Eric Garrison, about 32 years old.
25:33You see the hairstyle?
25:34How old is that photo?
25:36One of the detectives in the 5th District was able to run the name for me, find someone reasonably the
25:41right age with that name, able to get a driver's license photo.
25:45He got a career in my history?
25:47Yeah.
25:48In this particular instance, there's no reason to do a six-pack line-up.
25:52She said she knew this person for a while, so we showed her a single driver's license photo.
25:58Um, I'm going to hang you the folder, you look at it, and you tell me if this is the
26:03person you know who shot Twin.
26:06Mm-hmm.
26:06All right?
26:06Can we look at that?
26:09Mm-hmm.
26:14Yeah, this shot.
26:15That's him?
26:15That's the person who shot Twin?
26:17Okay.
26:33My witness, she identified the shooter.
26:35She said, his 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 a couple times from a number that says, you know, private caller.
26:47So he's blocking his own phone number.
26:50I gave his name to the FBI task force so they can maybe put eyes on him.
26:56And if they're able to put eyes on him, as soon as I have a judge's signature on the warrant,
27:00they'll be able to just scoop him up.
27:16Hey, this is Detective Herman.
27:18Hi, Detective.
27:19Hey, Mr.
27:21Hey, he keeps saying, meet him at the house and all that stuff.
27:26Is he communicating with you via text message?
27:29No, he's communicating.
27:30He keeps calling me.
27:32He keeps telling you to meet.
27:33I keep telling him to turn himself in.
27:36And he's thinking I'm telling himself in.
27:38Okay.
27:39You're going to get a call from one of our social workers.
27:42They're going to have some information for you.
27:44And if you want to get out of town, they can help you do that.
27:47Okay.
27:48And I'll be in contact with you again.
27:50Okay.
27:52All right, bye.
27:55It's important to get this perpetrator off the street as soon as we can, because that's a real threat to
28:00her safety.
28:02Especially if he thinks the witness ID'd him as the shooter.
28:06Right now, I need to see if I can find any video of the incident occurring or of the perpetrator
28:12fleeing to help strengthen the case.
28:18Yes, ma'am.
28:19This is Detective Herman Norris, police department.
28:22Yes.
28:22You know, there was an incident in the block of St. Rock on early...
28:30Yeah.
28:31I authored a search warrant this morning for video surveillance.
28:34Do you have video surveillance equipment at the building?
28:37Yes.
28:37Okay.
28:38What's the website that you use?
28:42If you want to just tell me the name and password, and I'll see if I can get it done.
28:46Yes.
28:49Okay, I'll see if I can get that done, and I'll either tell you that I got it already, or
28:54that I'm coming to meet you.
28:55Okay.
28:56Thank you so much.
28:57All right, bye.
29:03I'm going to try to see if I can log into this website and see the camera footage.
29:09That's cool.
29:09They gave you remote access.
29:11Yeah.
29:12I just want video of the incident.
29:15It'd be great if we had the whole thing captured on camera.
29:19I got my fingers crossed.
29:25All right.
29:28I know roughly about what time the call came in, so I know exactly at what time to look.
29:33And I was at the scene, so I know exactly where the body was found, so I know exactly where
29:38to look.
29:40There's glare.
29:41Son of a bitch.
29:44It's going to happen right here where I can't see.
29:51Literally, it's on camera, but there's a glare from the light outside, so I'm not going to be able to
29:56see it happen.
29:56Yeah.
29:57It ought to be too easy, bro.
29:59Oh, come on.
30:05It doesn't appear I'm going to get anything extra.
30:08That's disappointing.
30:11Missy?
30:13Check this out.
30:15But this is after it happened and they're starting to clear out.
30:18She turns the lights off.
30:19Wait, watch this.
30:21This is what it looks like at the time it happens.
30:23Yeah, that glare.
30:23Yeah.
30:24Right after it happens, they're shutting the place down.
30:28Everybody's leaving.
30:30And then she clicks the lights off and, look, can see.
30:35Of course.
30:37It's clear as day when she turns the lights off.
30:40You think that we're going to make it easy for you?
30:43Yeah.
30:47There you go.
30:52No, .
30:59There's some video from another angle that shows right after the shooting.
31:05It's a person running, wearing what the witness said.
31:08The shooter was wearing a white shirt.
31:11But it's not clear enough to identify this person.
31:15Yeah, I can't see nothing but a blur running.
31:34Okay.
31:35I need your advice.
31:37What's happening?
31:38There's a bar.
31:40Some girl's having her birthday party out there.
31:42And my victim, he's in the car.
31:45The victim sees the witness.
31:48He gave her a hug.
31:49They talk.
31:50It seems like the shooter, there might be some jealousy there.
31:54And he got out the car and got mad about it.
31:56Okay.
31:56They exchange words.
31:57Shooter goes back to his car, grabs a gun, comes back out, and just shoots him.
32:02All right, so there's some escalation there.
32:04Yeah.
32:05Detective Fife is one of the best detectives that I've had the experience of working with.
32:10I regularly go to him to make sure that I'm not getting tunnel vision in my pursuit of
32:16a suspect, to make sure I'm seeing all the angles as clearly as possible.
32:20So I speak to him, making sure that I have enough probable cause now to write an arrest
32:24warrant for Eric Garrison.
32:26So just a good witness statement?
32:29Yeah.
32:30She explained exactly how it went down.
32:34Okay, so she's got details of the scene, right?
32:36Details of the scene.
32:37She did the confirmation photo, no problem.
32:40And then he started calling the witness, apparently a bunch of times.
32:45So that's sort of where I'm at.
32:47You have video?
32:49I got surveillance footage.
32:50There's a guy in all white running past the camera, which is the direction she said he ran.
32:55Okay.
32:56And it's the timings, right?
32:57But the strength of the case is going to be defending her statement.
33:02And so any little thing might help.
33:05I think you're good for arrest warrant, dude.
33:07If he's out and about, that's more time to convince her to change her story.
33:14I think you know what 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 write an arrest warrant for Eric Garrison for murder.
33:53I got a call this morning.
33:56Apparently, last night, Eric Garrison started calling the witness a bunch of times.
34:03So the officers went out.
34:05How many times have you called you, dude?
34:07You've been calling me all day.
34:08And what exactly did he say?
34:10He said, tell your mom and them, I'm about to come kill all y'all.
34:13Tell your brothers to be outside with his guns ready, because I'm coming to kill all y'all.
34:18He actually calls her again while the officers standing there.
34:22He's trying to make it seem like it was my fault.
34:25I didn't make you put no trigger.
34:26You need to call him yourself.
34:28Then you go, you want to answer?
34:30Put it on speaker.
34:33Hello.
34:34I don't know what time of day it is.
34:37I don't know what time of day it is.
34:39All it was safe.
34:41All I was waiting on.
34:44What you waiting on?
34:45Oh, nothing.
34:47Oh, nothing, my love.
34:50I'm not watching.
34:54Oh, nothing, my love.
34:58So, this morning, I put together a bolo to get his face on the news, which we hadn't done earlier.
35:05Sometimes it's easier for us to find him if he doesn't know he's wanted.
35:09He might be doing his regular stuff.
35:12The vital offender warrant squad task force with the U.S. Marshals, they're all actively out there now trying to
35:19find this guy before he actually makes good on any of those threats.
35:26All right.
35:28Yep.
35:32All right, good.
35:32Where was he?
35:33Where did you find him?
35:35In Dallas?
35:37Did he have anything on him?
35:38A gun?
35:39A phone?
35:39Anything?
35:41Mm-hmm.
35:42Do me a favor.
35:43Send me a picture of what he looks like now in custody.
35:47Okay.
35:48Thank you very much.
35:49All right.
35:50Bye.
35:54The U.S. Marshals did their job.
35:56They coordinated, actually, with Dallas, Texas.
36:00They were able to get GPS locations for his phone at a Greyhound station.
36:06They took him into custody in Dallas, Texas, just now.
36:10And that's him in the back of a police car.
36:14No gun, though.
36:16When he's finally extradited here, I'll try to talk to him.
36:21So I'm going to call the mom and let her know that he's in handcuffs.
36:26Hey, Ms. Charlotte.
36:29Yeah?
36:30Just giving you a call back so I can give you a proper update.
36:33So the gentleman was arrested this morning in Dallas, Texas, at a Greyhound station.
36:40Okay.
36:41And that's sort of where we stand.
36:43Do you have anything that you could think of that 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, this is my number.
36:51You reach out to me.
36:52If any family members, if anyone wants to ask me any questions about the case, you just
36:56give them my number.
36:57Okay.
36:58All right.
37:00No problem.
37:00Bye.
37:03This is the witness.
37:05I'll call her next.
37:07Hello.
37:08Hey, it's Detective Herman.
37:11How you doing?
37:12So he's in custody.
37:14He was arrested out of state.
37:16I know because he's calling me from jail.
37:18He's calling you from jail?
37:20Yeah.
37:22At the beginning of the phone call, it'll say, you know, this is a call from an inmate
37:25and everything's recorded.
37:26There should be an option if you listen to the whole thing to prevent that inmate from
37:32calling you if that's something you want to do.
37:34Okay.
37:35He'll be sent back to New Orleans in the next week or two, and then we'll start the process
37:38of the criminal case against him here.
37:41Okay.
37:42Bye.
37:42Bye.
37:43Bye.
37:45Clearing the case and getting an arrest warrant is a relief.
37:48You get to give somebody the start of their closure.
37:51Like, this is the person that's wanted for killing your loved one.
37:55But that's the beginning of the work because now we have to take it to court.
38:00So I still have a lot of work ahead of me.
38:27I still have to take it to court.
38:32So I'll be right back.
38:37hey what's happening the firearms report came back the bullets they recovered from inside
38:43my decedent on autopsy and the bullet we pulled out of that car were fired from the same gun
38:49it's a 38 caliber class ammunition which includes 38 special 357 magnum and nine millimeter
38:57they won't be able to tell you exactly what type of gun it was fired from but the type of
39:03projectiles
39:03recovered from the body of the decedent are consistent with a revolver and then the suspect
39:10called the witness from jail 21 phone calls he makes the day he's arrested all to her that's your
39:17witness this is my witness from jail he's talking to her about how much he loves her and that if
39:22you
39:22love me you wouldn't want to see me in jail it's kind of frantic yeah listen to this
39:38and that's usable right yeah it's showing that he's trying to manipulate her at one point he says
39:44i love you so much you love me too yeah well then we should get married because if you marry
39:48me then
39:48they can't make you say anything bad about me how romantic if they got married that's not like a
39:53workaround for no people watch too much tv legal knowledge comes from law and order he's in custody
39:59so we'll see how it goes in court
40:12my name is charlotte marie hayward i am brandon's mother
40:18all of my kids had their own special gifts but brandon drew logos he did tattoo drawings he had his
40:30first art show he was about five that's my twin that's my better half my heart we split seeds so
40:40being a twin is like having a better half that pushes you it helps you not make the bad decisions
40:46in life our angel what's up right over there that is nice it would be him to be our guardian
40:56angel
40:56because he just can't take anyone else having to do that
41:03one of the most important things for me as a parent was to allow them to feel safe
41:09and loved and to be themselves they became musicians right off the bat
41:15i want to say maybe fourth grade third grade they were already in jazz fest
41:21yeah you know it's a big honor to be a musician in jazz fest
41:24like he plays the piano by ear he plays the guitar he play every instrument that i can name
41:30like a harmonica everything so it's just it's crazy man
41:45the things that brandon would do were always about togetherness love forgiveness family things like
41:55that so wherever he went he definitely made a mark he made a difference
42:06brandon hayward was killed for no reason he had children now his family has to take care of his kids
42:16his parents don't get to see him get married one day and he misses everything and that's tragic
42:26there was no reason for a shooting to happen
42:29for whatever perceived slight eric garrison thought he incurred it didn't need to end in violence
42:35but case is resolved and mr garrison is in jail by the time eric garrison was extradited back to
42:43new orleans he had a lawyer and they weren't going to give me a statement so i never spoke directly
42:48with the suspect and we never found the weapon
42:53you
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