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[gunshots]
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[phone line ringing]
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We still don't know at this
point if there is one suspect,
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multiple suspects.
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This was a drive-by shooting,
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so everything happened
very fast.
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[Mike Patterson]
We are four hours
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after the murder happened.
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We have video.
We have a suspect vehicle.
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[Steve Henkel]
They were at a loss as to why
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Jermaine would be targeted.
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He worked at a restaurant.
He had a son.
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There was nothing that would
indicate that he would be
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the target of a homicide
or a shooting.
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[Patterson] I had set up
the press conference
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for five o'clock,
but I'm purposely going slow
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because I am
waiting anxiously for
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that fifth surveillance team
to get put in place.
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[tense music]
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Welcome to Crime Beat.
I'm Antony Robart.
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Tonight, the first 48 hours
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of any homicide investigation
are critical,
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so in 2018,
when the city of Toronto
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experiences a surge of murders,
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detectives are pushed
to the brink
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to make those hours count,
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especially on one summer day
when a bold and reckless
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act of violence
leaves one man dead
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and another on the run.
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Here now is Catherine McDonald
with "Four Little Words."
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I don't know where...
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August 22nd, 2018
was a Wednesday
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much like many other Wednesdays
working on other cases.
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Team four was
on call number one,
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which meant the next homicide
in the City of Toronto
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was going to be ours.
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[gunshots]
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[John Barnes] At that time,
I was a neighbourhood officer
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at 12th Division,
and that morning,
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I was doing paperwork
at the station.
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I have the radio beside me,
I hear the call come over
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I believe at
9:55 in the morning
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of a shooting on Weston Road,
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and there's a vehicle stopped
with somebody shot inside.
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That's kind of
an all-hands-on-deck thing,
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so I went and grabbed
some keys, grabbed a car,
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hopped out on the road
as quickly as I could.
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[sirens wailing]
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I got to the scene
approximately ten minutes
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after the call came over.
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There's a lot of uniformed
officers there already.
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Weston Road had been
completely shut down.
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Some officers are
talking to witnesses.
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Um, other officers
are controlling traffic.
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So I started looking
for video surveillance.
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[Henkel] At 10:10 a.m.,
I received a call
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that there was
a shooting in 12 Division
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with multiple sounds
of gunshots.
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[Patterson] The information
that was coming across
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quite quickly was
that shooting happened
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as a result of a drive-by.
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One individual had been shot
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and it was
believed to be fatal.
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[Henkel] We ensured that
Forensic Identification
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Services were notified,
that the scene was secure,
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and that a canvass
for witnesses
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and closed-circuit TV
had started.
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[Barnes] I was able to find
a camera right there.
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There's a used car dealership.
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I saw the cameras
pointing out to Weston Road.
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I went inside right away.
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The cameras were working fine,
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and they captured a clear image
of what took place.
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And what I saw was
a light-coloured SUV
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that looked to be silver,
possibly a light blue.
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I could tell that
it was a Mazda CX-5
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driving north on Jane Street.
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[McDonald] The intersection
of Jane and Weston is unusual.
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Even though they cross,
because of their angles,
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they both run north-south.
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[Barnes] It stops at
the lights at Weston Road,
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and then it makes
a right-hand turn.
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So now it comes
south on Weston Road.
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It comes past
the car dealership,
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and then it actually
makes a U-turn,
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and you see a handgun emerge
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from the driver window
of the car.
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And within seconds,
then you see the white car
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that was passing stop
in the middle of Weston Road.
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Then our SUV accelerates
north out of the picture.
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[McDonald]
Something puzzled him.
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When the suspect
turned onto Weston,
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he was in front of the victim,
who was stopped at a red light
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north of the intersection
about five cars back.
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[Barnes] So I was having
a hard time understanding
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how the suspect vehicle could
have known the victim vehicle
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was where it was, if it was
the target of the shooting.
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As the suspect vehicle
comes down Weston Road
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and then makes a U-turn,
there's no way
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it could've known where the
victim vehicle was situated.
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So that part wasn't
making sense to me.
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It looked like that gun
came out at a specific time.
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Right before then
you see a couple of taps
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of the brakes as well,
of the suspect vehicle,
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which would indicate that
it's slowing down briefly.
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[McDonald] Because it did,
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the license plate
was mostly visible.
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[Barnes] So I ran out
to one of the police cars
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and I ran the partial license
plate looking for a Mazda CX-5,
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and I located one.
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[McDonald]
The plate was CCBX444,
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and it was indeed silver.
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[Barnes] It was registered to
a rental car company
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in the northwest end
of the city,
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not too far from where
we're located at that time,
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maybe a 10-, 15-minute
drive north.
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[Henkel] I had received by
10:30 the name of the deceased,
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the fact that there was
a passenger in the vehicle,
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and that the passenger
had been transported
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to 12th Division
for an interview,
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the scene had been contained,
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and that video canvass
was already in the works.
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So we already had
a suspect vehicle
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and a direction of travel.
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[McDonald] The deceased
was a 32-year-old man
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named Jermaine Titus.
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He had died of a single
gunshot wound to the head
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as he was driving his car.
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The passenger beside him
was unharmed.
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[Patterson]
After hanging up the phone,
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a flurry of activity.
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Doing all these
database checks,
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putting together
the best picture that we could
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to understand who the victim
was and who the passenger was
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and what connection they
might have to any criminality
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that might help explain why
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something like this
could happen.
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[Henkel] There's really
nothing surfacing
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that would suggest that,
you know, he's a gang member
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or something obvious
that would indicate
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that he should be the target
of a potential shooting.
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There's nothing of that sort
that sticks out to us.
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By 11:40,
Mike and I start making our way
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directly from headquarters
to the scene.
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[Patterson] It took
approximately 30 minutes,
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and when we pulled up to
the scene, it was as described.
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Yeah, we were coming
this way on Jane,
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and then we made
a left onto Weston,
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and then we stopped
pretty much right over here.
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I think the scout car
was set up right here.
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- [Henkel] Yeah.
- I believe it was a Volvo
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that was facing
this way on Weston.
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And we had
Jermaine Titus's vehicle,
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the Lexus, the white Lexus.
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And I remember when I got here,
I was scanning the area
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before we went into
the crime scene tape.
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This is what concerned me here,
is the backstop,
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the residential housing,
and, you know,
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the original 911 call,
potentially three shots.
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This is about where
Jermaine's vehicle ended up.
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Right here,
right across these two lanes.
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Front end of the vehicle
straddling both lanes
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at a 45-degree angle.
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[Patterson] Looking in and
seeing Jermaine in the vehicle
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and where the shot
placement was on him,
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do you remember thinking
at first this was
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like an execution-style--
like, there must have been--
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- It was a targeted hit.
- Right.
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It didn't look believable,
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because two vehicles
passing by at,
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I don't know, 30, 40
kilometres an hour on a road,
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and somebody being able
to drive one of those vehicles
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and shoot one-handed
with a handgun
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out the window with
any sort of precision
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on a person in a vehicle
moving the other way, it just--
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it doesn't seem possible.
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If I watched that in a movie,
I wouldn't have believed it.
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[Henkel] There was a round
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that had gone through
the driver's side window.
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There was a heavy tint on it,
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so the window was intact
yet shattered,
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and the deceased
was slumped over
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on the driver's side
of the vehicle.
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[Patterson] What I noticed was
Jermaine Titus in the seat.
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It was reclined quite far back.
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It played into
the way we were thinking.
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Like,
here's a heavily tinted window,
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a shot through that window,
a person leaned back quite far.
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I'm thinking, "Is it him
that they're targeting?
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Is it the passenger
they're targeting?"
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The shooter would've had to
have known who was in the car.
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So that is playing into
my mind at the time.
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[Henkel] We had met with
our forensic officers,
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who had walked us through.
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There was a. 45 calibre shell
casing located at the scene,
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some bullet fragments.
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The original information
is that
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there were three shots fired.
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Where did these
extra rounds go?
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The passenger of
Jermaine Titus's vehicle,
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he, from what I understand,
when the officers arrived,
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was sitting on the curb,
unbelievably distraught.
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He could not explain
what happened,
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could not explain
why it happened.
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He was covered in fluids
as a result of the shooting,
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so he was brought
to the station
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not only to provide him
some help,
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but to give him a moment
to gather his thoughts
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and then provide us
with some information.
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[McDonald] Investigators
spoke with several witnesses
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at the scene and canvassed
for more security footage,
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hoping to track where
the suspect vehicle had fled.
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[Patterson] John Barnes was
able to identify very quickly
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that it was a rental
and where this rental was from.
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When you have a lead like this,
you run fast to chase it down.
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Welcome back. 32-year-old
Jermaine Titus was shot
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while driving in
the morning rush hour
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by someone in a passing car.
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In less than an hour,
police have identified
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the suspect's vehicle and
are racing to find the killer.
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Here again is
Catherine McDonald
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with "Four Little Words."
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[tense music]
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[Patterson] I asked a "be on
the lookout," or a BOLO, go out
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about that vehicle so that
every police officer in Ontario
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would have that information,
because we have someone who
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has shot what appears to be a
completely innocent individual
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in the middle of the city
in the middle of rush hour,
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and I didn't know
what they were capable of.
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[Henkel] So we leave the scene
shortly after twelve o'clock.
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We make our way to 12 Division.
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[Patterson]
Frankie's interview,
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he seems completely oblivious
to what happened.
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I mean, there was no indication
from the sounds of it
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that anything like this
was about to happen.
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[Henkel] We were
briefed upon arriving
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by one of the major crime
unit investigators who had
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interviewed the passenger in
the vehicle with the deceased.
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Jermaine Titus was
a friend of the passenger.
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Jermaine was driving
his friend to work.
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There was nothing
more than that.
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[Patterson]
Mr. Titus had picked him up
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with his six-year-old son
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and had dropped off
the son to school,
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and then the shooting
happened shortly thereafter.
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Thank God the child
wasn't in that car as well.
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We still don't know
at this point
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if there is one suspect,
multiple suspects.
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This was a drive-by shooting,
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so everything happened
very fast.
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[Patterson]
I'm sitting there thinking,
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"I have an individual
who has shot somebody.
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How do I prove that it was
that individual in the car,
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and that
that person was alone?"
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[McDonald] They learn more from
a witness who happened to be
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parking along Weston
when the shooting occurred.
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Jermaine's car had come to
a stop right in front of him.
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Less than a minute before,
he had been cut off
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by the suspect vehicle when
they both turned onto Weston
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at the same time
from opposite directions.
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As he pulls to the curb lane,
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he sees the car
make its U-turn
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but looks away
in order to park.
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He hears the shots fired
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and turns his head back
just as it speeds away.
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[Patterson] He got
a good look at the driver
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of the suspect vehicle,
and he was able to describe him
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with some degree of certainty
with regards to skin tone,
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hair, but most importantly,
was able to tell us that
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there was nobody else in
the front seat of that car.
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We are four hours
after the murder happened.
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We have video.
We have a suspect vehicle.
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Evidence to prove
that it was one individual.
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Shell casings.
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This case is coming
together very quickly.
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Detective Sergeant Patterson.
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[McDonald] Not long after,
another revelation.
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It's the guy from
the rental agency.
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[Henkel] Rental car company
was extremely cooperative.
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Buddy, there's video.
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There's video and
there's a contract. Okay.
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[Henkel] By 2:20 that
afternoon, we find out that
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the car had been rented out
on August 18th, 2022,
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so three, four days prior.
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The car had been
rented by a woman.
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But the person who
had rented the car
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was not the one
who paid for the vehicle.
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It was an independent
third-party woman as well.
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And when the CCTV footage
is reviewed,
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we've got a male and a female
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at the counter
renting the vehicle.
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The male is on the video
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carrying a distinctive satchel
across his body.
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Having been doing this
for quite some time,
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I've been involved in a number
of shootings and homicides
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where individuals
are known to carry guns
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within these type
of messenger bag satchels.
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So that was obviously
a key thing for me.
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Staff had identified
the female as the individual
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who filled out the contract
and rented the vehicle.
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The male at that point
in time is unknown to us.
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[McDonald] Officers begin
background checks on the women
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and uncover a connection
between the renter
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and a man named Shamoi Palmer.
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[Patterson] And it turns out
Shamoi has a criminal record
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with quite a bit
of violence on it.
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As we're hearing this,
you start thinking,
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"Okay, is this a gang shooting?
Is this an individual
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who was out in conflict
with another gang member?"
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But nothing that we could find
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on Jermaine Titus
indicated that.
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So the "why" is
still in the air.
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We didn't know.
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[McDonald] One of
the field investigators
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pulls a mugshot of Palmer.
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[Patterson] And he was able to
determine that the individual
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that was with the renter
at the time of the vehicle
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being picked up
was Shamoi Palmer.
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We had a possible suspect.
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Perfect. I'll send you
an email right now
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and I'll send you
all those particulars.
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[Patterson]
So we start researching
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where Shamoi might be.
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What addresses is
he associated to?
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[Henkel] The female
who had rented the car
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was living in
the east end of the city.
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I started organizing
surveillance teams now
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to go to the address in
the east end of the city.
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We started doing the same
thing in multiple other areas.
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We identified that the person
who had paid for the rental car
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was a woman by the name
of Egypt Morgan.
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The investigative team had
traced that credit card to
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an address that was 450 metres
from the crime scene.
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[McDonald] Investigators go
to that apartment building
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and speak to
the superintendent,
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who gives them access
to the security footage.
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[Patterson]
The officer identified
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Egypt coming and going.
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He was able to back up
and see her leaving
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just shortly before the murder.
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[Henkel]
And just prior to the homicide,
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they observed Shamoi Palmer
wearing the same satchel,
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on the phone,
running down the lobby,
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exiting the front lobby doors.
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[McDonald]
Exterior cameras caught him
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as he crossed the parking lot,
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racing out seconds later
in the silver Mazda,
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making his way onto
Jane Street northbound.
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He's seen in the lobby at
approximately 9:52, 9:53 a.m.
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The shooting,
the first 911 call's at 9:55,
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so the time frame
is very short.
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[Patterson] So now I am
hyper-focused on 55 Emmett.
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I have video evidence
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of who I believe to be
Shamoi Palmer at that address.
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But I don't have any
surveillance officers
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at this point
to sit on that address.
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♪
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As we're finding this out,
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we get a call from
our same investigative team.
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They receive a call
from the rental car company,
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and the car
had just been returned.
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And we're now at 5:00 p.m.,
5:30 p.m. in the evening.
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[Patterson]
So an hour and a half before
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an individual had
dropped off the CX-5,
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I sent the detective
back there.
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He called me, said,
"Yep, the vehicle's here."
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And sure enough, on video,
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there is an individual
dropping off the CX-5
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and using his elbow
to close the driver door.
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Taking efforts to not leave
fingerprints is the theory.
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The detective is able
to clearly identify
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that it's Shamoi Palmer.
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[Henkel] The video shows him
exiting the parking lot
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onto the roadway,
and now we've got a new area
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to start canvassing along
to see if we can get
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last direction of travel and
see if anyone had picked him up
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or if he'd gone into a cab
or public transit.
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I get a phone call
a short time later
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from a very excited detective
who says they have located
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a shell casing that is
lodged on the windshield.
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Now we're looking
for Shamoi Palmer.
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We have overwhelming
evidence at this point
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to suggest he is the individual
that pulled the trigger.
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♪
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[tense music]
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You would think the main
channel, the channel one--
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Can you check the video file?
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Between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m.
that day,
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we are reviewing CCTV footage.
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We're delegating tasks.
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Actually, isn't this
the footage from the 7-Eleven?
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I ask that undercover officers
set up at all the different
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addresses that Shamoi
has ever been associated to.
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We really appreciate your help.
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We just don't want him to
slip through our fingers here.
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[Patterson] And now we're
talking seven or eight hours
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after the actual murder.
This is unheard of.
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But there was so much going on
in the city at the time,
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getting surveillance officers
was really difficult.
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[phone ringing]
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Detective Sergeant Patterson.
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We get most of the addresses
covered, but not all.
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A black satchel...
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Because of the public safety
risk, we start pinging phones.
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Okay, thanks.
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Okay.
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- I think we got it.
- Awesome. Awesome.
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The number that we had
for Shamoi Palmer,
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it had been off for
a significant amount of time
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and was not showing
any current location.
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♪
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Shortly after 7:00 p.m.,
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we're confident with the
identification of Mr. Titus,
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and Mike Patterson
arranges for a sergeant to go
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and do the death notification
to the family.
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[McDonald] In the meantime,
they make a critical call.
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[Patterson] So, clearly
see it. Looks like the...
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8:05 that night,
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just ten-plus hours
after the murder occurred,
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we informed all the officers
that were assisting
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with monitoring the addresses
of where Shamoi was
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that he is arrestable on sight
for first-degree murder.
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Detective Henkel. Yeah.
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We continued using
confidential informants,
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our covert operations,
whatever we could do
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to try to get him
off the streets.
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♪
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The family eventually comes
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an hour or so later
to 12 Division.
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As in any homicide,
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it's always obviously
devastating and traumatic.
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There's always a little bit
of denial. There's shock.
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They were at a loss as to
why Jermaine would be targeted.
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He worked at a restaurant,
he had a son,
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but there was nothing that
would indicate that he would
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be the target of
a homicide or a shooting.
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[Patterson] Knowing in my head
at that time that Shamoi Palmer
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was wanted for this murder,
I could not reveal that to them
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at the time for the integrity
of the investigation.
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As much as I would love to have
looked Mom in the eyes and say,
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"We're gonna
catch this person,"
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I couldn't at that point.
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♪
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[McDonald]
As the manhunt continued,
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the address they were
most interested in
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was the one where
Egypt Morgan lived.
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[Patterson] I was able to
convince our surveillance team
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to sit on this address
while we started working on
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a search warrant
to search the apartment,
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which is where we believed that
he would logically be staying.
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Whether he's there or not,
we didn't know.
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♪
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We wrapped up our day
around midnight
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and got, I think,
three or four hours of sleep,
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and then we resumed
the following day
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back at 12 Division.
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♪
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Detective Sergeant Patterson.
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[McDonald]
Still trying to find Palmer,
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the day begins with
a trip to the courthouse
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to obtain a Canada-wide
arrest warrant for him.
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Updates were also coming in
from surveillance teams
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who had been working
around the clock.
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[Patterson] I am struggling
to find resources again.
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What I have now is
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five addresses
where Shamoi could be.
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I could not determine with
any certainty where Shamoi was,
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so I had to have
them all covered.
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By four o'clock that afternoon,
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I was able to have four
of the five addresses covered.
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But, of course,
the one at 55 Emmett,
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I was still struggling,
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and the team that was
sitting there was exhausted.
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[McDonald] Believing Palmer
was still in the city,
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they began thinking of ways
to flush him out.
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From experience, we know that
most people that commit crimes,
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they watch the news.
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[McDonald] So they plan
a live news conference.
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Minutes before it starts,
Mike secures a team
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to cover
Egypt Morgan's apartment.
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But they need time
to get there.
492
00:23:25,900 --> 00:23:27,967
[Patterson] I had set up
the press conference
493
00:23:28,133 --> 00:23:29,700
for five o'clock.
494
00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:34,900
So, I'm walking the media
through the investigation.
495
00:23:35,066 --> 00:23:38,567
I'm making a plea for
more witnesses, dash cams,
496
00:23:38,734 --> 00:23:42,066
anything that the community is
willing to come forward with,
497
00:23:42,233 --> 00:23:44,300
but I'm purposely going slow.
498
00:23:44,467 --> 00:23:46,867
We're appealing to
the public to assist
499
00:23:47,033 --> 00:23:50,667
in tracing the final
24 hours of Mr. Titus' life.
500
00:23:50,834 --> 00:23:53,066
Because I am waiting
anxiously for that
501
00:23:53,233 --> 00:23:55,934
fifth surveillance team
to get put in place.
502
00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:58,300
And I have my phone
on the podium
503
00:23:58,467 --> 00:23:59,934
and I see the message come.
504
00:24:00,166 --> 00:24:03,400
At about 20 after 5,
I picked up the foam board
505
00:24:03,567 --> 00:24:06,633
of Shamoi Palmer's face
and I put it on that easel.
506
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,367
And I said something
along the lines of,
507
00:24:09,533 --> 00:24:12,433
"We have identified an
individual responsible."
508
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,000
He is now wanted
for first degree murder.
509
00:24:15,166 --> 00:24:16,400
And this is a reminder
510
00:24:16,567 --> 00:24:19,400
to those that may be
harbouring Mr. Palmer.
511
00:24:19,567 --> 00:24:21,533
That you will
also be investigated
512
00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:24,367
and you will be
charged for accessory
513
00:24:24,533 --> 00:24:25,767
after the fact to murder.
514
00:24:28,367 --> 00:24:29,800
Following the press conference,
515
00:24:29,967 --> 00:24:32,166
they reach out
to surveillance teams,
516
00:24:32,333 --> 00:24:34,333
instructing them to
start knocking on doors
517
00:24:34,500 --> 00:24:35,767
looking for Palmer.
518
00:24:35,934 --> 00:24:38,266
[Patterson] We also had
tasked our surveillance unit,
519
00:24:38,433 --> 00:24:40,000
who was sitting at the address
on Emmett Avenue,
520
00:24:40,166 --> 00:24:42,266
to go and do the door knock
and to arrest him on site
521
00:24:42,433 --> 00:24:43,533
if he was there.
522
00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:45,066
So those were instructions.
523
00:24:49,066 --> 00:24:51,900
I guess the tactic of
the news conference had worked.
524
00:24:52,066 --> 00:24:58,033
Because at 5:43,
so just a few minutes later,
525
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,567
I get a very excited phone call
from a detective
526
00:25:01,734 --> 00:25:06,633
at 12 Division who has
Shamoi Palmer under arrest.
527
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,667
They never got a chance
to get to the door.
528
00:25:09,433 --> 00:25:12,433
They observed Mr. Palmer
exiting the lobby doors,
529
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,867
getting into an Uber.
530
00:25:15,667 --> 00:25:17,500
He gets jammed up
in Toronto traffic.
531
00:25:17,667 --> 00:25:18,667
The surveillance team
532
00:25:18,834 --> 00:25:20,300
is desperately trying
to get to him.
533
00:25:20,467 --> 00:25:22,200
They end up boxing
the vehicle in
534
00:25:22,367 --> 00:25:25,767
and arresting Shamoi Palmer
in the back of the Uber.
535
00:25:26,533 --> 00:25:27,734
[Henkel] He had the satchel,
536
00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:29,400
some of the clothing
he had been seen with
537
00:25:29,567 --> 00:25:31,767
earlier in the day
and a couple of cell phones,
538
00:25:31,934 --> 00:25:33,500
but no weapon at that time.
539
00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:37,400
He was transported
to 12 Division.
540
00:25:37,567 --> 00:25:39,567
I had instructed
the surveillance resources
541
00:25:39,734 --> 00:25:42,900
at the Emmett address
to secure the apartment
542
00:25:43,066 --> 00:25:44,233
pending a search warrant.
543
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,000
[Patterson] I made sure
to call Jermaine Titus' mother
544
00:25:49,166 --> 00:25:52,300
a few minutes before
I did the media stand-up...
545
00:25:52,467 --> 00:25:55,066
Mr. Titus leaves behind
his loving family
546
00:25:55,233 --> 00:25:56,800
and a four-year-old son.
547
00:25:56,967 --> 00:25:57,967
...to let her know that
548
00:25:58,133 --> 00:26:00,400
I was going to be
presenting an update.
549
00:26:01,467 --> 00:26:04,667
The pleasure of calling
her afterwards
550
00:26:04,834 --> 00:26:07,133
and telling her
that he was under arrest
551
00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:09,000
was something
that you can't describe
552
00:26:09,166 --> 00:26:10,533
as an investigator.
553
00:26:11,433 --> 00:26:13,133
[Henkel] He wasn't interested
in speaking with us.
554
00:26:13,300 --> 00:26:15,567
He said he had bigger
concerns to deal with.
555
00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:18,433
I would disagree
when you're being charged
556
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:19,600
with first-degree murder
557
00:26:19,767 --> 00:26:22,967
and your life
is hanging in the wind,
558
00:26:23,133 --> 00:26:24,934
but he didn't seem phased.
559
00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:26,767
He said we'll be speaking
with each other
560
00:26:26,934 --> 00:26:29,767
for a number of years and
wanted to go back to his cell.
561
00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:31,800
[McDonald] The following day,
562
00:26:31,967 --> 00:26:34,033
they search
Egypt Morgan's apartment.
563
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,333
[Patterson] He had quite
a large living space
564
00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:38,533
and a red leather
sectional couch
565
00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:41,333
and a massive TV on the wall.
566
00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,266
I can remember thinking,
567
00:26:43,433 --> 00:26:45,800
"I wonder
if my theory is correct."
568
00:26:45,967 --> 00:26:49,033
Is it the media that
flushed out Shamoi Palmer?
569
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,533
So, I picked up the remote
and turned on the TV
570
00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:55,433
and sure enough, what was
last seen was local media.
571
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,467
Moments into the search,
572
00:26:57,633 --> 00:26:58,967
there was a particular officer
573
00:26:59,133 --> 00:27:00,300
that was looking
at the cushions,
574
00:27:00,467 --> 00:27:02,266
pulling the cushions up
and then he got down
575
00:27:02,433 --> 00:27:04,333
on his hands and knees
and he looked under the couch
576
00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:07,467
and he turns to me and goes,
"Sir, I think we got a gun."
577
00:27:07,633 --> 00:27:11,233
[Henkel] It was
a .45 calibre Parrot 1911
578
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,867
with a flashlight and
a laser sight mounted to it.
579
00:27:15,033 --> 00:27:17,066
[Patterson I mean, there's
no good reason to own this.
580
00:27:17,233 --> 00:27:18,767
It's illegal to own
it in the first place,
581
00:27:18,934 --> 00:27:22,667
but my hopes were that
this was the murder weapon.
582
00:27:22,834 --> 00:27:24,266
[Henkel]
Following the search warrant,
583
00:27:24,433 --> 00:27:25,900
Egypt Morgan was taken
into custody
584
00:27:26,066 --> 00:27:29,467
on August 28th and a number of
firearm charges were laid.
585
00:27:29,633 --> 00:27:31,000
Then our
investigation continues.
586
00:27:31,166 --> 00:27:34,500
We start working on getting
the cell phones extracted
587
00:27:34,667 --> 00:27:38,700
and within a week,
we're on to our next homicide.
588
00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:41,567
[McDonald] As the work
of building the case
589
00:27:41,734 --> 00:27:45,200
against Shamoi Palmer begins,
the big question remains
590
00:27:45,367 --> 00:27:47,500
[Henkel] We did ask him if
he knew who Jermaine Titus was.
591
00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:50,033
He said he didn't know
who that person was.
592
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:51,967
So we know
who we believe did it,
593
00:27:52,133 --> 00:27:54,967
but we don't know
the motive for it and why.
594
00:27:55,133 --> 00:27:58,934
That doesn't come into play
till about August of 2019.
595
00:28:08,567 --> 00:28:10,767
[McDonald] After Palmer's
arrest, police submitted
596
00:28:10,934 --> 00:28:13,066
several items
for forensic testing
597
00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:15,433
to prove he was the shooter
598
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,734
and hopefully shed light
on a motive.
599
00:28:17,900 --> 00:28:19,700
[Henkel] We've put requests
in for gunshot residue
600
00:28:19,867 --> 00:28:22,100
on the clothing that
Mr. Palmer was arrested in.
601
00:28:22,266 --> 00:28:24,900
We've requested DNA swabs
to be examined
602
00:28:25,066 --> 00:28:28,867
from the suspect vehicle
and the firearms as well.
603
00:28:29,033 --> 00:28:30,500
[McDonald]
There were also the phones.
604
00:28:30,667 --> 00:28:33,166
When Palmer was arrested,
they had seized two.
605
00:28:34,300 --> 00:28:36,633
Hey guys, Palmer's phone
extraction's back.
606
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,467
The day of the murder,
the morning of.
607
00:28:38,633 --> 00:28:41,633
So, in June 2019,
the first thing I did was
608
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,734
go to the phone log pre-murder
609
00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:47,867
and there's a text exchange
between Trap,
610
00:28:48,033 --> 00:28:49,633
which we determined
to be Palmer,
611
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:53,333
and Arby's, which was
determined to be Egypt Morgan.
612
00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:56,033
[Henkel] And it starts at 9:48
with, "Baby."
613
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,667
And he responds
at the same time, "Yo."
614
00:28:58,834 --> 00:29:02,033
She says, "Skeeno is in 711!
Right now, behind me."
615
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:03,433
He responds, "Okay."
616
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,100
Minutes later, she adds,
617
00:29:05,266 --> 00:29:07,600
he's waiting at the 35
going over the bridge.
618
00:29:07,767 --> 00:29:09,967
She repeats that message
at 9:54
619
00:29:10,133 --> 00:29:11,767
because there's no response,
I'm assuming.
620
00:29:11,934 --> 00:29:14,734
She adds, blue sleeves.
621
00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:17,667
There is
a bit of a gap in time.
622
00:29:17,834 --> 00:29:20,266
She repeats
blue sleeves at 9:55.
623
00:29:20,433 --> 00:29:22,533
And then finally, be careful.
624
00:29:23,867 --> 00:29:25,467
[Henkel] So when you look at
the last text message
625
00:29:25,633 --> 00:29:27,500
at 9:57, "Be careful."
626
00:29:27,667 --> 00:29:30,266
While the shooting
has already taken place.
627
00:29:30,433 --> 00:29:32,567
After reading
that text exchange,
628
00:29:32,734 --> 00:29:36,333
it dawned on me that Jermaine
was never the intended target.
629
00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,800
We know Jermaine
was not at the 7-Eleven.
630
00:29:38,967 --> 00:29:40,800
He wasn't in the area yet.
631
00:29:40,967 --> 00:29:45,600
So this Skeeno is the person
who was the intended target.
632
00:29:45,767 --> 00:29:49,533
So we know Titus was in a car
and he was never at 7-Eleven.
633
00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:51,000
To people
not familiar in the area,
634
00:29:51,166 --> 00:29:52,367
it wouldn't mean very much.
635
00:29:53,066 --> 00:29:55,433
Yeah, so that's the 7-Eleven
at Jane and Weston.
636
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:56,734
It's right on the corner there.
637
00:29:56,900 --> 00:29:59,633
And then 35 is the 35 bus.
638
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:01,467
But having worked in
the area for years,
639
00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:03,367
I know that's
one of the bus routes.
640
00:30:03,533 --> 00:30:06,433
So to me, that's waiting
for the bus at Jane and Weston.
641
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:10,200
And knowing that now, we went
back and looked at the video.
642
00:30:10,367 --> 00:30:11,767
[Henkel]
But from the scene itself,
643
00:30:11,934 --> 00:30:13,934
we don't know who Skeeno is.
644
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:15,700
We don't see anyone
with blue sleeves.
645
00:30:15,867 --> 00:30:18,867
So that leads me to reach
out to our covert operations.
646
00:30:19,033 --> 00:30:21,767
And we are successful in
identifying an individual
647
00:30:21,934 --> 00:30:25,934
who uses that street name,
has a history with the police,
648
00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:28,567
drug convictions,
possible gang affiliations.
649
00:30:28,734 --> 00:30:30,934
We're leading up now
to the preliminary hearing
650
00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:33,133
and want to
get him to court somehow.
651
00:30:33,300 --> 00:30:35,633
So, we draft a subpoena up.
652
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,867
[McDonald]
As they try to locate Skeeno,
653
00:30:38,033 --> 00:30:39,867
phone records reveal even more
654
00:30:40,033 --> 00:30:42,300
about Palmer's
activities that day
655
00:30:42,467 --> 00:30:44,934
and Egypt Morgan's
involvement.
656
00:30:45,100 --> 00:30:47,300
[Jitta] About 10:15 or 10:17,
657
00:30:47,467 --> 00:30:51,133
he starts querying
social media outlets,
658
00:30:51,300 --> 00:30:52,233
like news outlets,
659
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,300
in order to find out
what's going on.
660
00:30:54,467 --> 00:30:56,767
[McDonald] At one point,
Morgan sends a text
661
00:30:56,934 --> 00:30:59,300
joking about a mistake
in a news report, saying...
662
00:31:02,834 --> 00:31:05,900
[Jitta] It dawns on him,
he no longer wanted to text.
663
00:31:06,066 --> 00:31:08,133
He says, if anything, WhatsApp.
664
00:31:09,767 --> 00:31:12,633
On that WhatsApp exchange,
he tells her,
665
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:13,867
"I returned the rental."
666
00:31:14,033 --> 00:31:16,500
And she responds, "Good. Hot."
667
00:31:16,667 --> 00:31:18,333
And then she makes arrangements
668
00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:20,600
for him to get picked up
from where he was
669
00:31:20,767 --> 00:31:22,633
in order to bring him back
to her apartment.
670
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,567
A lot of the communication was
with other identified people.
671
00:31:26,734 --> 00:31:29,133
He's looking for someone
to rent a car for him.
672
00:31:30,133 --> 00:31:32,200
So, he's looking
for an exit plan.
673
00:31:35,266 --> 00:31:37,133
[McDonald]
Things go quiet for a while.
674
00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:38,567
Until the next day,
675
00:31:38,734 --> 00:31:41,166
around the time of
the police press conference.
676
00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:44,200
[Jitta] At 5:06,
Palmer misses a voice call.
677
00:31:44,367 --> 00:31:46,533
But then,
a text exchange happens.
678
00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:50,000
And Morgan says, "Baby tell
me what I need to do please."
679
00:31:50,166 --> 00:31:51,166
My heart. Right now.
680
00:31:51,333 --> 00:31:53,100
My sister's crib
is always free for me."
681
00:31:53,266 --> 00:31:54,467
He responds, "Okay."
682
00:31:54,633 --> 00:31:57,166
She said, "We can go,
the door is open."
683
00:31:57,333 --> 00:31:59,333
He asks where.
She provides him an address.
684
00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:01,033
Then she orders an Uber,
685
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,567
tells him,
go down the flight of stairs.
686
00:32:03,734 --> 00:32:05,266
And that's when the Uber comes.
687
00:32:05,433 --> 00:32:09,967
So, in the extract
where he is taking an Uber
688
00:32:10,133 --> 00:32:11,800
to her sister's place,
689
00:32:11,967 --> 00:32:14,266
Palmer says,
"We need to talk, baby."
690
00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:16,133
And she says, "Okay."
691
00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:19,200
And he says, "Imma turn in."
And she says, "Nah bro."
692
00:32:19,367 --> 00:32:21,000
I can't do two Ubers at once.
693
00:32:21,166 --> 00:32:23,100
And he says,
"I'm not talking about Uber.
694
00:32:23,266 --> 00:32:24,500
Going in."
695
00:32:24,667 --> 00:32:27,567
And she says,
"Stop talking dumb [bleep]."
696
00:32:27,734 --> 00:32:29,967
So, this is moments
before he's arrested.
697
00:32:30,133 --> 00:32:33,900
And then he says, got pulled
over. Just now. On God.
698
00:32:34,066 --> 00:32:35,834
And that's the last
thing Palmer says.
699
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,533
And she replies within seconds,
"Nah. Where, tell him cut."
700
00:32:39,700 --> 00:32:41,433
Indicating, like, tell the Uber
701
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,633
to try to evade the police
that are pulling him over.
702
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,500
[McDonald] Since the murder,
703
00:32:45,667 --> 00:32:47,567
Egypt Morgan had been
on house arrest
704
00:32:47,734 --> 00:32:49,867
on the original
firearms charges.
705
00:32:50,033 --> 00:32:52,500
These texts tell them
she was more involved
706
00:32:52,667 --> 00:32:55,000
in Jermaine's death
than they had thought.
707
00:32:55,166 --> 00:32:57,767
[Jitta] So post-murder,
Palmer tells Morgan,
708
00:32:57,934 --> 00:32:59,767
"I returned the rental."
709
00:32:59,934 --> 00:33:03,033
And she responded, "Good. Hot."
710
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,934
So, she knew that was not good
711
00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:06,967
to be wheeling that
around any further.
712
00:33:07,133 --> 00:33:10,567
And then after that, she
sent an Uber to go pick him up.
713
00:33:10,734 --> 00:33:13,734
So that elevates
Morgan's role in this.
714
00:33:14,867 --> 00:33:17,233
[McDonald]
Forensic tests were ongoing.
715
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,433
A mixed DNA profile
had been found in the car
716
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,500
and on the gun and ammunition.
717
00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:25,667
DNA warrants were issued
for both Palmer and Morgan.
718
00:33:25,834 --> 00:33:28,266
As investigators waited
for the results,
719
00:33:28,433 --> 00:33:30,867
another piece
of evidence emerged.
720
00:33:31,033 --> 00:33:32,033
Hey Robin, come and see this.
721
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:33,166
Look at this.
722
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,367
[girl squealing]
723
00:33:37,033 --> 00:33:38,834
One morning in August,
724
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,233
I took the entire day to go
through the cell phone extract.
725
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:43,500
That's got to be the gun.
726
00:33:43,667 --> 00:33:45,867
Approximately 40,000 images
727
00:33:46,033 --> 00:33:48,266
and a couple thousand
video files.
728
00:33:48,433 --> 00:33:52,533
And on one of the files,
I found a Snapchat.
729
00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:56,166
And it shows Shamoi Palmer
standing in a hotel room
730
00:33:56,333 --> 00:33:58,000
holding a pistol at his side.
731
00:33:58,166 --> 00:34:00,900
And then he raises
the pistol at the person
732
00:34:01,066 --> 00:34:03,934
holding the camera
filming the video.
733
00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:05,867
And he actually lights up.
734
00:34:06,033 --> 00:34:09,300
There's a spotlight
and a laser sight that's on it.
735
00:34:09,467 --> 00:34:12,000
And there's a female heard
in the background laughing.
736
00:34:12,166 --> 00:34:16,667
We now had a video of Palmer
holding the murder weapon.
737
00:34:17,700 --> 00:34:20,233
[McDonald] It was not the only
thing tying him to the gun.
738
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,233
Gunshot residue was
found on his clothing.
739
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:24,834
A very small amount.
740
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,300
But the ballistics report
741
00:34:26,467 --> 00:34:29,367
and his DNA results
erased any doubt
742
00:34:29,533 --> 00:34:30,700
that he was the shooter.
743
00:34:30,867 --> 00:34:34,467
[Stewart] The gun itself
came back as conclusive
744
00:34:34,633 --> 00:34:36,633
that it was the same gun.
745
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,533
The shell casings matched
forensically
746
00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:41,033
back to the shell casing
found on the windshield
747
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,633
and the shell casings
found at the scene.
748
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,767
Palmer's DNA came back
and there was a match
749
00:34:47,934 --> 00:34:50,834
to the steering wheel,
the gun and the ammunition.
750
00:34:51,867 --> 00:34:54,233
[McDonald] As they waited on
Morgan's DNA results,
751
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,800
investigators met with
Crown attorneys to go over
752
00:34:56,967 --> 00:34:58,367
what they did have.
753
00:34:58,533 --> 00:35:01,400
After reviewing all
the extraction reports
754
00:35:01,567 --> 00:35:03,533
and the cell phone information,
755
00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:07,867
she was rearrested
because of her telling Palmer
756
00:35:08,033 --> 00:35:11,433
about the whereabouts of Skeeno
and providing him assistance
757
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,400
with trying to get away
the day that he was arrested.
758
00:35:14,567 --> 00:35:17,734
[McDonald]
On September 16th, 2019,
759
00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:20,233
Egypt Morgan
was taken into custody
760
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,400
and charged with conspiracy to
commit an indictable offence,
761
00:35:23,567 --> 00:35:25,900
accessory after
the fact to murder
762
00:35:26,066 --> 00:35:27,433
and failure to comply
763
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,567
with the conditions
of house arrest.
764
00:35:29,734 --> 00:35:32,533
[Jitta]
The very next day on the 17th
765
00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:37,066
is when we get the DNA report
back with her DNA
766
00:35:37,233 --> 00:35:40,967
on the firearm, the magazine
and the ammunition.
767
00:35:41,667 --> 00:35:44,600
We then consulted with
Crown attorneys
768
00:35:44,767 --> 00:35:47,200
and after discussion with them,
769
00:35:47,367 --> 00:35:51,500
we decided to upgrade the
charges to first degree murder.
770
00:35:51,667 --> 00:35:53,000
[McDonald]
Even though they knew
771
00:35:53,166 --> 00:35:55,133
Skeeno was
the intended target,
772
00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:57,233
they still didn't understand
773
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,533
why Jermaine
was the one Palmer shot at.
774
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:02,333
[Henkel]
We are now coming close
775
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:04,000
to the preliminary hearing
776
00:36:04,166 --> 00:36:06,567
which is scheduled
for October of 2019
777
00:36:06,734 --> 00:36:09,166
and while we were
prepping one of the witnesses
778
00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:10,667
who was at the scene,
779
00:36:10,834 --> 00:36:13,166
we actually put the CCTV
footage of the shooting
780
00:36:13,333 --> 00:36:17,667
and where this witness was up
on a 60-inch screen TV.
781
00:36:17,834 --> 00:36:19,333
To me, the Crown
and I look at each other
782
00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:22,567
because in high definition
on the screen,
783
00:36:22,734 --> 00:36:25,066
we see an individual running
between two houses
784
00:36:25,233 --> 00:36:26,633
with blue sleeves.
785
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:36,834
Welcome back.
786
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000
At the time
Jermaine Titus was shot,
787
00:36:39,166 --> 00:36:43,033
police believed he'd been
targeted, but didn't know why.
788
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,266
Ten months later,
investigators learned
789
00:36:45,433 --> 00:36:48,734
the real target was
a man known as Skeeno.
790
00:36:48,900 --> 00:36:51,834
What they couldn't do
was place him at the scene
791
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,967
until just as the case
is about to head to court.
792
00:36:57,166 --> 00:36:58,967
Here now is Catherine McDonald
793
00:36:59,133 --> 00:37:02,500
with the conclusion
of "Four Little Words."
794
00:37:05,266 --> 00:37:07,300
[Henkel] We were reviewing
this video with a witness
795
00:37:07,467 --> 00:37:10,767
and as we're playing it,
you see the bus making a turn,
796
00:37:10,934 --> 00:37:13,200
you see our suspect
right now making a right turn
797
00:37:13,367 --> 00:37:14,500
onto Weston Road
798
00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:16,734
and that person
in the centre image
799
00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:18,900
takes notice of the person
in the SUV
800
00:37:19,066 --> 00:37:23,166
and will start walking towards
us and as he's doing that,
801
00:37:23,333 --> 00:37:26,233
you start seeing the
distinctive blue sleeves here
802
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,934
and the Crown and I looked
at each other going,
803
00:37:29,100 --> 00:37:31,000
"Oh my God, this is Skeeno."
804
00:37:31,166 --> 00:37:32,800
He's been there the whole time
805
00:37:32,967 --> 00:37:34,467
and he is actually
the same person
806
00:37:34,633 --> 00:37:36,333
that ducks
in between the two homes,
807
00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:38,100
which we thought initially,
808
00:37:38,266 --> 00:37:41,033
it was somebody running for
cover when the shots rang out.
809
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,300
You can see that as
Shamoi Palmer's driving the SUV
810
00:37:44,467 --> 00:37:47,533
back the other way
and the shots ring out,
811
00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:50,367
they're aligned with
where Skeeno is
812
00:37:50,533 --> 00:37:53,433
and poor Jermaine Titus
happened to just be driving by
813
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,600
at the same time and
was accidentally struck.
814
00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:59,233
Skeeno did turn up to
the court the very first day
815
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:00,834
for the preliminary hearing
816
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,100
and he did not
want to participate
817
00:38:03,266 --> 00:38:04,834
with the proceedings.
818
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,367
I ask him if he
knows Jermaine Titus,
819
00:38:06,533 --> 00:38:08,233
he doesn't know who
Jermaine Titus is.
820
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,400
When I ask him if he
knows Shamoi Palmer,
821
00:38:10,567 --> 00:38:12,633
he denies knowing
who this person is.
822
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,667
Then I show him
the surveillance photos,
823
00:38:14,834 --> 00:38:16,033
he confirms that's him.
824
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,400
He said he had just
dropped off his kid at school
825
00:38:18,567 --> 00:38:20,867
and was just taking the bus
because he doesn't drive
826
00:38:21,033 --> 00:38:22,967
and that's why
he was at the bus stop.
827
00:38:23,133 --> 00:38:25,734
He confirmed he was
in the 7-Eleven prior to.
828
00:38:25,900 --> 00:38:27,633
He's confirming
little bits and pieces,
829
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,700
but denying any knowledge
of Mr. Palmer.
830
00:38:30,867 --> 00:38:34,166
I asked him if he was
the target of that shooting.
831
00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:36,333
Initially he denied it,
then I asked him
832
00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:38,000
why he was going
in between the homes.
833
00:38:38,166 --> 00:38:39,633
He says he has
friends in the area.
834
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:41,433
So, we were playing
a cat and mouse game.
835
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,400
So, the good things
that came out of it
836
00:38:43,567 --> 00:38:44,533
is he confirmed his identity,
837
00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:46,500
identified who he was
on the photos.
838
00:38:46,667 --> 00:38:49,734
So, now we have who we believe
was the intended victim
839
00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:51,000
and we're able to confirm
840
00:38:51,166 --> 00:38:53,133
that Mr. Titus was
just an unfortunate victim
841
00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:55,367
of a random act of violence.
842
00:38:57,266 --> 00:38:59,700
[McDonald] The trial for
Shamoi Palmer and Egypt Morgan
843
00:38:59,867 --> 00:39:02,200
began in September 2022.
844
00:39:02,367 --> 00:39:03,233
In her opening address,
845
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,033
the Crown Prosecutor told
the jury
846
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,367
that Shamoi Palmer
was the gunman
847
00:39:07,533 --> 00:39:09,633
and that his girlfriend,
Egypt Morgan,
848
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,400
sent him a text message
just before the shooting
849
00:39:12,567 --> 00:39:14,867
putting the plan in motion.
850
00:39:15,033 --> 00:39:20,066
Egypt Morgan, at the time of
the murder, was 18 years old.
851
00:39:20,233 --> 00:39:23,066
Just living life,
going to work every day,
852
00:39:23,233 --> 00:39:24,900
really just a regular girl.
853
00:39:25,066 --> 00:39:26,834
[Patterson]
No connections with police,
854
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,700
no indications that she would
have any affiliations
855
00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:31,100
to any criminality.
856
00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:34,934
[Stewart] At the trial, the
Crowns were able to establish
857
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:39,300
that Egypt Morgan knew that
Palmer was looking for Skeeno,
858
00:39:39,467 --> 00:39:42,133
that Palmer had
access to his gun,
859
00:39:42,300 --> 00:39:45,000
and that some harm
would befall Skeeno.
860
00:39:45,767 --> 00:39:47,734
[Jitta] Once the Crown
rested their case,
861
00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:50,400
the defence lawyer
for Egypt Morgan
862
00:39:50,567 --> 00:39:53,133
decided to put his client
on the stand.
863
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:55,667
Egypt Morgan testified
864
00:39:55,834 --> 00:39:58,400
that she and Palmer never had
the intent together
865
00:39:58,567 --> 00:40:01,767
to cause bodily harm
or cause death to anyone.
866
00:40:01,934 --> 00:40:03,800
Morgan admitted Palmer
had asked her to let him know
867
00:40:03,967 --> 00:40:06,567
if she ever saw Skeeno,
though she didn't know why.
868
00:40:06,734 --> 00:40:08,333
She said later that day,
Palmer told her
869
00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:11,533
he wanted to switch things up
to find a cheaper rental car.
870
00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:13,567
She told the jury
she was unaware
871
00:40:13,734 --> 00:40:16,467
Shamoi Palmer
had discharged a firearm.
872
00:40:16,633 --> 00:40:18,900
She only realized what had
happened the following day
873
00:40:19,066 --> 00:40:20,867
when she saw
Palmer's face on TV
874
00:40:21,033 --> 00:40:23,300
while she was out
getting her hair done.
875
00:40:23,467 --> 00:40:26,533
She was downplaying
their relationship
876
00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:29,300
and how much
he had meant to her,
877
00:40:29,467 --> 00:40:31,800
that she had
put the whole thing past her
878
00:40:31,967 --> 00:40:35,300
and didn't really care
too much for him any longer.
879
00:40:35,467 --> 00:40:38,767
So in November 2022,
the trial was still going on.
880
00:40:38,934 --> 00:40:40,700
They were working on
closing arguments
881
00:40:40,867 --> 00:40:42,467
and received an email
882
00:40:42,633 --> 00:40:45,000
to contact
somebody from Corrections.
883
00:40:45,166 --> 00:40:46,633
What came to light that
884
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:50,834
Egypt Morgan was sending
Shamoi Palmer letters in jail
885
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,133
in spite of their court order
not to communicate.
886
00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:56,066
Some of the writings
were about her own testimony.
887
00:40:56,934 --> 00:40:58,600
[McDonald]
Cell searches were done
888
00:40:58,767 --> 00:41:01,400
and almost a dozen
letters were seized,
889
00:41:01,567 --> 00:41:04,633
but they were not immediately
introduced at courts.
890
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,200
We can't determine 100%
that it's from Morgan.
891
00:41:07,367 --> 00:41:09,667
Further investigation
needed to be done,
892
00:41:09,834 --> 00:41:11,367
so everyone was fine
893
00:41:11,533 --> 00:41:14,834
to let that investigation
happen naturally
894
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,367
and they would continue
on with the closings,
895
00:41:17,533 --> 00:41:20,367
the verdict,
address that as a side issue.
896
00:41:20,533 --> 00:41:22,033
[McDonald] On December 1st,
897
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,800
the jury found Shamoi Palmer
guilty of first-degree murder.
898
00:41:25,967 --> 00:41:29,934
[Jitta] That's an automatic
25-year sentence
899
00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:32,900
with no eligibility
for parole until after 25.
900
00:41:34,266 --> 00:41:36,867
Jermaine Titus' family
was present
901
00:41:37,033 --> 00:41:39,667
every single day
for that trial.
902
00:41:40,667 --> 00:41:41,834
It's a long journey.
903
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,433
It's bittersweet.
904
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,300
He went out that day
with the intentions
905
00:41:46,467 --> 00:41:48,734
of killing someone
906
00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:52,166
and the life
he took was the life of my son.
907
00:41:53,066 --> 00:41:54,066
Innocent.
908
00:41:54,233 --> 00:41:55,734
You know, you
just feel very vulnerable
909
00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:58,834
and very nervous
and very apprehensive about
910
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,934
where you are,
who's around you.
911
00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:03,233
I also find that when I drive,
912
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:07,166
I'm constantly looking
and observing my surroundings,
913
00:42:07,333 --> 00:42:09,967
listening deeply for
any, you know,
914
00:42:10,133 --> 00:42:12,100
loud, impactful bangs,
915
00:42:12,266 --> 00:42:14,567
maybe reflective of
possibly a gunshot.
916
00:42:15,367 --> 00:42:17,133
[McDonald] Despite facing
the same charge,
917
00:42:17,300 --> 00:42:20,600
Egypt Morgan was found
guilty of manslaughter.
918
00:42:20,767 --> 00:42:23,033
[Jitta] I believe
it was tough for a jury
919
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,767
to convict an 18-year-old
young woman at the time
920
00:42:26,934 --> 00:42:29,834
for sending texts to the person
921
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,900
who ultimately shot
and killed the person.
922
00:42:33,066 --> 00:42:36,533
She was culpable,
but to send Morgan to prison
923
00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:37,767
for the rest of her life
924
00:42:37,934 --> 00:42:41,000
from a text would be
a little difficult to do.
925
00:42:41,900 --> 00:42:43,834
[McDonald] Though Palmer's
sentence was automatic,
926
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,633
it would be
almost another year
927
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,333
before Morgan received hers.
928
00:42:48,500 --> 00:42:51,867
It took a while because
there was submissions made
929
00:42:52,033 --> 00:42:54,500
about what was
contained in those letters.
930
00:42:54,667 --> 00:42:57,300
[Stewart] The letters were
basically her talking about
931
00:42:57,467 --> 00:42:59,567
how she would account
for certain issues
932
00:42:59,734 --> 00:43:02,300
and certain questions
that she was going to face
933
00:43:02,467 --> 00:43:03,867
when she took the stand.
934
00:43:04,033 --> 00:43:06,433
And then there were
lots of other letters
935
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:10,333
expressing her plans
to continue the relationship
936
00:43:10,500 --> 00:43:12,233
with Palmer
after they hopefully,
937
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,800
in her mind,
got past this trial.
938
00:43:14,967 --> 00:43:18,633
[Jitta] The sentencing didn't
come back until October of 2023
939
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,600
and Morgan received
a sentence of ten years
940
00:43:21,767 --> 00:43:22,767
for manslaughter.
941
00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:24,900
And I believe
that those letters
942
00:43:25,066 --> 00:43:26,934
led to that ten-year sentence.
943
00:43:27,567 --> 00:43:29,133
Yes, she sent texts.
944
00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:31,233
If it was not for those texts,
945
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,667
the sequence of events
would not have happened.
946
00:43:33,834 --> 00:43:34,934
That's one thing.
947
00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:36,367
Don't be on the stand.
948
00:43:36,533 --> 00:43:38,233
Swear and lie.
949
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,133
I don't
know that she understood
950
00:43:41,300 --> 00:43:44,367
the seriousness
of what she was doing.
951
00:43:45,133 --> 00:43:47,033
She was a young person.
952
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,934
I think she was just
in love with Shamoi.
953
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:53,734
And I think that
misguided her loyalties.
954
00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:56,000
She received
the penalty she deserved.
955
00:43:56,166 --> 00:44:00,100
She started a series of events
956
00:44:00,266 --> 00:44:03,333
that caused the death
of an innocent person.
957
00:44:04,567 --> 00:44:07,400
[McDonald] Four little words
was all it took.
958
00:44:07,567 --> 00:44:10,900
[Patterson] Jermaine Titus was
an upstanding citizen,
959
00:44:11,066 --> 00:44:14,834
an individual who worked,
took care of his child,
960
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,900
had a loving family.
961
00:44:17,066 --> 00:44:19,033
There was nothing to indicate
962
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,967
that he was anything more
than an upstanding citizen
963
00:44:22,133 --> 00:44:24,066
and contributor to society.
964
00:44:24,233 --> 00:44:28,967
And that just added to
the tragedy that much more.
965
00:44:29,133 --> 00:44:30,734
He's a good person.
966
00:44:30,900 --> 00:44:34,700
One that will be very
much missed by his family.
967
00:44:35,934 --> 00:44:37,767
[Robart]
We spoke to the Titus family,
968
00:44:37,934 --> 00:44:40,834
but they did not wish
to participate in this episode.
969
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:42,800
Still serving
his life sentence,
970
00:44:42,967 --> 00:44:47,400
Shamoi Palmer won't be
eligible for parole until 2043.
971
00:44:47,567 --> 00:44:51,400
As for Egypt Morgan, her
firearms charges were stayed.
972
00:44:51,567 --> 00:44:53,367
When she was sentenced
for manslaughter,
973
00:44:53,533 --> 00:44:56,266
she had already
served over four years.
974
00:44:56,433 --> 00:44:58,066
After receiving
additional credits,
975
00:44:58,233 --> 00:45:01,233
she will be released
in August 2027.
976
00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:05,000
Thank you for joining us
tonight on Crime Beat.
977
00:45:05,166 --> 00:45:06,266
I'm Antony Robart.
978
00:45:08,066 --> 00:45:09,667
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979
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