1 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:06,240 [quiet dark music] 2 00:00:13,146 --> 00:00:14,348 - [Blair] Oh my God. 3 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:15,716 [people chattering] 4 00:00:15,883 --> 00:00:18,919 It was a house party that unknowingly 5 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:23,924 and unexpectedly turned into a small oral sex orgy. 6 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:26,593 [party chatter] 7 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:27,861 - All of a sudden a man comes 8 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:29,630 through the door with a ski mask, 9 00:00:29,730 --> 00:00:33,033 opens fire, and just kills. 10 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:35,569 [gunshots] [sirens blaring] 11 00:00:39,139 --> 00:00:41,441 [weeping] 12 00:00:41,542 --> 00:00:43,844 I have to relive that night every single moment, 13 00:00:43,944 --> 00:00:45,145 you know what I'm saying? 14 00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:54,588 - Three people are dead, it was a massacre. 15 00:00:54,688 --> 00:00:57,524 - I remember the smell, the smell of death, 16 00:00:57,624 --> 00:00:59,960 you can just smell it in the air. 17 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:01,628 - [Paytra] Figure runs out of the house. 18 00:01:01,728 --> 00:01:03,430 - [Richard] You can see a shadow. 19 00:01:03,597 --> 00:01:06,099 He was wearing all black with a mask on. 20 00:01:14,107 --> 00:01:16,076 - Their lives were taken 21 00:01:16,243 --> 00:01:20,480 all in one night at the hands of one person. 22 00:01:20,614 --> 00:01:22,449 They were free spirits. 23 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:24,284 They were authentically them. 24 00:01:25,419 --> 00:01:27,554 - [Jaimie] It was a horrible, horrible event 25 00:01:27,654 --> 00:01:29,590 for the LGBTQ community. 26 00:01:32,592 --> 00:01:33,627 - [911 Operator] [indistinct] County 911, 27 00:01:33,794 --> 00:01:34,995 what's the address of your emergency? 28 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:35,963 [tense suspenseful music] 29 00:01:36,063 --> 00:01:37,064 - Okay, your wife was in a bar, 30 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:38,999 and you said she was unresponsive? 31 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:40,901 - [Lawyer] This is what he's gonna tell you. 32 00:01:41,034 --> 00:01:42,269 - [Speaker] I had to get out of that situation. 33 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:43,670 - And I grabbed the gun. 34 00:01:43,837 --> 00:01:44,638 - [Speaker 2] Trying to find the first place 35 00:01:44,738 --> 00:01:45,439 to put a body. 36 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:46,840 - No, sir. 37 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:48,041 - The only thing they could do was kill him. 38 00:01:48,141 --> 00:01:49,042 - [Judge] Do you want to say anything? 39 00:01:49,142 --> 00:01:50,077 - No. 40 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:51,311 - [Juror] We the jury find the defendant... 41 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:55,549 [dramatic music] 42 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:04,257 [sirens blaring] 43 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:09,363 - On the night of May 25th, 44 00:02:09,463 --> 00:02:11,031 there was a group of young people 45 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:13,166 that were at a house party. 46 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:14,801 They were very, very loud, 47 00:02:14,901 --> 00:02:16,837 they were very boisterous. 48 00:02:16,937 --> 00:02:18,438 They were having a real good time that night. 49 00:02:18,538 --> 00:02:20,007 [upbeat dance music] 50 00:02:20,107 --> 00:02:21,074 - [Narrator] They were all part of 51 00:02:21,174 --> 00:02:22,809 Detroit's LGBTQ community, 52 00:02:22,909 --> 00:02:25,879 and what's known as the ballroom scene. 53 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:29,049 - The ballroom scene was created for everyone 54 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:31,318 to come and showcase their talents, 55 00:02:31,418 --> 00:02:33,186 and their natural abilities. 56 00:02:33,353 --> 00:02:35,022 - [Narrator] But it's group that has been the target 57 00:02:35,188 --> 00:02:38,525 of a series of hate crimes in the Detroit area. 58 00:02:38,625 --> 00:02:41,795 - There were several attacks on gay 59 00:02:41,895 --> 00:02:43,230 and transgender people. 60 00:02:43,330 --> 00:02:47,067 It's just a serious matter no matter what or who. 61 00:02:47,234 --> 00:02:50,404 - Hate has been on the rise the last couple of years 62 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:55,509 because I believe it has been, quite frankly, easy 63 00:02:55,676 --> 00:02:57,711 to make us the monsters. 64 00:02:58,745 --> 00:03:01,048 - We do need to be careful. 65 00:03:01,148 --> 00:03:03,550 There is definitely a lot of fear and hate. 66 00:03:03,717 --> 00:03:05,986 I'm personally, I guess you could say 67 00:03:06,153 --> 00:03:07,988 a victim of fear. 68 00:03:08,155 --> 00:03:09,856 - [Narrator] Blair Keys was one of the people 69 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:11,792 at the house party that night. 70 00:03:11,892 --> 00:03:13,360 - I didn't feel unsafe with my girls, 71 00:03:13,460 --> 00:03:14,594 like I really didn't. 72 00:03:15,595 --> 00:03:17,364 Even though it was like 4-5:00 in the morning, 73 00:03:17,464 --> 00:03:19,199 it's like when I'm with my girls it's like 74 00:03:19,299 --> 00:03:20,734 [bleep] we have a good time. 75 00:03:20,901 --> 00:03:22,836 [people laughing] 76 00:03:23,003 --> 00:03:24,771 - [Jaimie] And they decided to go to the gas station 77 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:26,273 on Mack Avenue. 78 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:30,710 [camera clicks] 79 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:32,245 Excellent video stream. 80 00:03:32,345 --> 00:03:34,281 They were just purchasing stuff from the gas station. 81 00:03:35,215 --> 00:03:36,516 It was Alunte, 82 00:03:37,584 --> 00:03:39,086 Timothy, 83 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,021 Paris, 84 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:43,156 Blair. 85 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:45,358 - [Blair] You could see that we was 86 00:03:45,459 --> 00:03:47,494 clearly having a good time. 87 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:53,233 - [Narrator] Another customer catches the eye of Paris, 88 00:03:56,870 --> 00:03:59,806 and outside, as the young man leaves the gas station, 89 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:01,808 Paris goes after him. 90 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:03,877 - He's laughing and he's engaging, 91 00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:05,445 and Paris continues to flirt with him, 92 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:07,013 and he's kind of flirting back, 93 00:04:07,114 --> 00:04:08,715 and ultimately Paris asks him 94 00:04:08,815 --> 00:04:10,484 to come back to the house party. 95 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:14,087 - Blair is driving the vehicle, 96 00:04:14,221 --> 00:04:17,257 and he drives off. 97 00:04:17,424 --> 00:04:18,758 [tires squeal] 98 00:04:18,859 --> 00:04:21,762 - No shade. You know, do, do, do. 99 00:04:22,729 --> 00:04:23,597 - He's thinking about it, 100 00:04:23,697 --> 00:04:25,432 should I go, should I not go? 101 00:04:25,599 --> 00:04:27,467 I wanna go, I don't wanna go. 102 00:04:27,634 --> 00:04:28,702 He's kind of pacing. 103 00:04:28,869 --> 00:04:30,837 You'll see him walk 10 steps forward, 104 00:04:31,004 --> 00:04:33,073 10 steps back, forward, back, 105 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,842 then finally he makes a commitment. 106 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:38,078 - [Narrator] The newcomer shows up at the house party 107 00:04:38,245 --> 00:04:39,613 a few minutes later. 108 00:04:40,447 --> 00:04:41,681 - He was just mellow. 109 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:42,782 He was real mellow. 110 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:46,686 It was a house party that unknowingly 111 00:04:46,786 --> 00:04:49,656 and unexpectedly turned into a small 112 00:04:49,823 --> 00:04:52,125 oral sex orgy. 113 00:04:54,094 --> 00:04:57,030 - They were taking turns performing oral sex. 114 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:58,298 Everything was willing. 115 00:04:58,465 --> 00:05:00,467 He was a willing participant. 116 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:03,103 - I felt like I was in a movie. 117 00:05:03,270 --> 00:05:05,105 I was just like "Damn." 118 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:07,607 - They were kind of laughing, 119 00:05:08,542 --> 00:05:10,010 calling him a trade. 120 00:05:10,110 --> 00:05:13,880 So a trade is another word for a man that's down low, 121 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:16,550 meaning that you are in the closet. 122 00:05:16,716 --> 00:05:18,552 You're not openly gay. 123 00:05:18,718 --> 00:05:20,787 He walks back to the gas station, 124 00:05:20,954 --> 00:05:23,857 he goes, he grabs a juice or a pop. 125 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:26,993 He kind of threw his money at the cashier person, 126 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,596 and just several hours ago you were 127 00:05:29,696 --> 00:05:31,264 laughing and joking with this cashier person. 128 00:05:31,431 --> 00:05:36,403 He was making motions such as maybe a dry heaving, 129 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,240 almost like you're sick to your stomach 130 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:42,709 about what just occurred. 131 00:05:42,876 --> 00:05:46,046 [dramatic music] 132 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:47,347 - [Blair] Oh my God. 133 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:48,748 - All of a sudden a man 134 00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:51,017 comes through the door with a sky mask, opens fire, 135 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,753 and just kills. 136 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,255 Starts shooting. 137 00:05:55,422 --> 00:05:57,858 [person indistinctly yelling] 138 00:05:58,024 --> 00:05:59,192 Blair runs into the bathroom. 139 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:01,228 He can actually hear Paris screaming. 140 00:06:02,395 --> 00:06:04,598 He's seeing blood coming through the wall. 141 00:06:15,842 --> 00:06:18,211 - Paris is shot, Alunte is shot. 142 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,082 They are slumped down next to each other 143 00:06:22,182 --> 00:06:23,950 outside of a bathroom door. 144 00:06:24,117 --> 00:06:25,819 Paris still had a pulse. 145 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:42,636 - I have to relive that night every single moment, 146 00:06:42,802 --> 00:06:43,703 you know what I'm saying? 147 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:46,840 [Blair crying] 148 00:07:02,622 --> 00:07:04,257 - [Narrator] A second 911 call came from Armand, 149 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:06,126 who was in the basement trying to stop the bleeding 150 00:07:06,226 --> 00:07:07,794 of his friend, Timothy. 151 00:07:20,073 --> 00:07:23,910 - Our operators are directing them to asking 152 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:25,478 about the wounds on the victims, 153 00:07:25,645 --> 00:07:28,648 who else is hurt, where to apply pressure. 154 00:07:53,006 --> 00:07:56,476 - EMS determined that Alunte and Timothy 155 00:07:56,643 --> 00:07:58,011 were dead on scene. 156 00:07:58,111 --> 00:08:02,082 Paris succumbed to her injuries about 10 hours later. 157 00:08:02,182 --> 00:08:04,584 - [Narrator] The shooter is seen on surveillance video 158 00:08:04,751 --> 00:08:06,686 running away from the house. 159 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:09,456 - You could see the shadow, 160 00:08:09,622 --> 00:08:12,192 He was wearing all black with a mask on. 161 00:08:13,426 --> 00:08:15,662 A smaller frame Black male, light complected. 162 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:19,199 - Three people dead, it was a massacre. 163 00:08:19,299 --> 00:08:20,433 [siren blaring] 164 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,836 - I remember the smell, the smell of death. 165 00:08:22,936 --> 00:08:25,004 You could just smell it in the air. 166 00:08:25,872 --> 00:08:27,507 - This was a hate crime. 167 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:29,542 It was a horrible, horrible event 168 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:31,544 for the LGBTQ community. 169 00:08:32,545 --> 00:08:35,248 [letters beeping] 170 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:36,883 - How you doing, brother? 171 00:08:36,983 --> 00:08:38,418 - I'm all right. 172 00:08:38,585 --> 00:08:39,753 - I'm Detective Mason from the Detroit Police Department. 173 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:41,988 - [Narrator] The best eyewitness was Blair. 174 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:45,358 - Our main focus right now is to try 175 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:47,794 to identify the person 176 00:08:47,894 --> 00:08:51,831 that, this stranger that came to the house. 177 00:08:51,931 --> 00:08:55,635 - Describe this person that came in and did that. 178 00:08:55,735 --> 00:08:57,070 - All I really saw was his eyes. 179 00:08:57,237 --> 00:08:59,205 I saw that he had on a black ski mask, 180 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:02,642 and a hat, maybe a black coat, 181 00:09:02,742 --> 00:09:03,810 like all black. 182 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:05,412 But I couldn't really tell him out 183 00:09:05,512 --> 00:09:08,281 'cause I was too busy trying to react to cover. 184 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:09,516 - We'll work through that. 185 00:09:09,616 --> 00:09:10,917 Now when you say ski mask, 186 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:12,352 just something to cover? 187 00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:13,219 - Mm-hmm. 188 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:17,223 - Was it here or just? 189 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:18,425 - It was like here, here, the top half, 190 00:09:18,591 --> 00:09:20,126 kind of like a hat, hat-like. 191 00:09:20,693 --> 00:09:21,661 - [Detective Mason] Okay, so half- 192 00:09:21,828 --> 00:09:24,798 - And now we're getting the information 193 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:27,867 that they had met this random guy at the gas station. 194 00:09:28,001 --> 00:09:29,903 - He was light skin. 195 00:09:30,070 --> 00:09:32,472 I can't really describe exactly what his features were, 196 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:34,507 I can only remember that he was light-skinned, 197 00:09:34,674 --> 00:09:36,276 and 5'8". 198 00:09:36,443 --> 00:09:38,278 - Who was talking to the light-skinned guy? 199 00:09:38,378 --> 00:09:39,446 - Paris. - Paris? 200 00:09:39,546 --> 00:09:41,114 - Yes. - Okay. 201 00:09:41,214 --> 00:09:43,983 - And her only intention was basically 202 00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:45,285 to have a good time. 203 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:47,754 And I know the definition of a good time 204 00:09:47,887 --> 00:09:49,055 can sometimes be dangerous, 205 00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:50,990 and what she was doing was dangerous, 206 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:54,194 but she literally meant no harm. 207 00:09:54,294 --> 00:09:56,496 I really thought that the police 208 00:09:56,663 --> 00:09:59,632 was gonna just try to just sweep it up under the rug, 209 00:09:59,799 --> 00:10:01,367 they really don't even give a damn about us. 210 00:10:01,468 --> 00:10:03,069 But when they actually 211 00:10:03,236 --> 00:10:05,271 worked as hard as they did to get him, 212 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:10,443 it really gave me a sense of relief. 213 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:14,314 - All right, man, so, you know 214 00:10:14,481 --> 00:10:15,715 we're from the homicide unit, right? 215 00:10:15,882 --> 00:10:17,817 - [Narrator] Armand Matthews was in the basement 216 00:10:17,984 --> 00:10:19,018 when the shooting began, 217 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:22,155 and did not see the masked man. 218 00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:23,790 - Why would somebody wanna come in there, 219 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:24,924 and try to harm you guys? 220 00:10:25,024 --> 00:10:26,326 - I don't know. 221 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:27,727 I predicted that it was a hate crime 222 00:10:27,827 --> 00:10:29,028 or some [bleep]. 223 00:10:29,128 --> 00:10:33,700 - Tell me, man, who do you think did this? 224 00:10:35,068 --> 00:10:37,637 - To be honest, I don't know. 225 00:10:40,039 --> 00:10:41,708 The BP boy. 226 00:10:43,076 --> 00:10:44,144 - What makes you think it might have been 227 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,678 the guy from BP? 228 00:10:45,778 --> 00:10:47,680 - He's a total stranger. All of them are, 229 00:10:47,780 --> 00:10:50,183 but [bleep] he's a down low. 230 00:10:50,350 --> 00:10:51,384 - [Detective] What's a down low? 231 00:10:51,551 --> 00:10:52,819 - They don't want it to be known. 232 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:54,554 They have a whole life. 233 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:56,956 Say for instance they have a baby mamma probably 234 00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:58,191 or something like that, 235 00:10:58,291 --> 00:10:59,592 then once they go behind close doors 236 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:01,561 that's all they want is to either try to fight you, 237 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:02,829 rob you, all type of [bleep]. 238 00:11:02,996 --> 00:11:06,966 - So at this time now we have a LGBTQ liaison. 239 00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:11,838 So any time that you come across a case 240 00:11:11,938 --> 00:11:17,343 that believes that it's related to the LGBTQ community, 241 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:23,316 we let that officer, Corporal Danni Woods, 242 00:11:23,950 --> 00:11:25,218 we notify her. 243 00:11:25,385 --> 00:11:27,620 - [Woods] And you said you think that he might have done it? 244 00:11:28,488 --> 00:11:30,190 - I mean he's a suspect 245 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:33,192 'cause the shooting took place after he left. 246 00:11:33,293 --> 00:11:35,295 So there's no telling who [indistinct]. 247 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,097 Somebody could have got mad, 248 00:11:38,264 --> 00:11:39,399 and said "You know what, I'm gonna go shoot 249 00:11:39,499 --> 00:11:40,633 one of these [bleep] [bleep] who did it." 250 00:11:40,733 --> 00:11:42,168 - [Narrator] The key would be the video 251 00:11:42,268 --> 00:11:44,237 from the BP gas station. 252 00:11:44,337 --> 00:11:46,639 - Because that video was crystal clear. 253 00:11:46,739 --> 00:11:49,275 He was somebody that we needed to talk to right away. 254 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:52,111 [dramatic music] 255 00:11:58,184 --> 00:12:00,553 - It was a time in Detroit 256 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:04,591 that was very dark and gloomy. 257 00:12:04,691 --> 00:12:07,393 I prayed instantly, I was sad. 258 00:12:08,361 --> 00:12:09,796 - [Narrator] But there was hope 259 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:12,699 that with the video of the stranger at the gas station 260 00:12:12,865 --> 00:12:14,634 police could now track down 261 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:16,035 the suspected shooter. 262 00:12:16,202 --> 00:12:17,670 - The video was pulled, 263 00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:21,240 and the video was used for facial recognition. 264 00:12:21,341 --> 00:12:23,076 [video beeping] 265 00:12:23,176 --> 00:12:26,246 - [Narrator] And there was a match from state records. 266 00:12:26,346 --> 00:12:28,648 - We believe that this is Devon Robinson. 267 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:31,684 That's who it was in the gas station. 268 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:34,087 We get an address for him, 269 00:12:34,187 --> 00:12:38,024 so now our investigation goes to that address. 270 00:12:38,191 --> 00:12:40,159 - [Narrator] The home on Buckingham Road 271 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:44,030 is only a short distance away from the gas station. 272 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:48,835 - Devon and his mother moved out last night. 273 00:12:49,002 --> 00:12:53,206 We did end up getting a phone number for his mother. 274 00:12:53,306 --> 00:12:54,440 She was uncooperative 275 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:56,609 and refused to speak to us. 276 00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:58,411 - [Narrator] But during the search for Robinson 277 00:12:58,511 --> 00:13:00,146 detectives had been able to obtain 278 00:13:00,313 --> 00:13:02,348 neighborhood surveillance cameras to track 279 00:13:02,515 --> 00:13:04,384 the shooter's movements. 280 00:13:04,550 --> 00:13:06,786 - [Paytra] Figure runs out of the house, 281 00:13:06,953 --> 00:13:08,554 running on Devonshire, 282 00:13:08,721 --> 00:13:11,991 then on Brunswick, then to Buckingham. 283 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:16,429 - [Narrator] Devon Robinson lived at 3440 Buckingham. 284 00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:18,831 - [Paytra] And then the Buckingham surveillance video 285 00:13:18,998 --> 00:13:21,768 sees that figure running into the house. 286 00:13:21,868 --> 00:13:24,170 [suspenseful music] 287 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:26,773 - All that was tracked on cameras. 288 00:13:26,873 --> 00:13:29,208 The evidence showed that it was him. 289 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:32,412 - [Narrator] So now the hunt was on for Devon Robinson. 290 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:33,880 - And we sent that same clip, 291 00:13:34,047 --> 00:13:36,182 and it went out on the media that day. 292 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:38,551 - Detroit Police want to identify this man, 293 00:13:38,718 --> 00:13:40,119 described as a person of interest 294 00:13:40,219 --> 00:13:42,455 in a deadly triple shooting. 295 00:13:42,622 --> 00:13:43,956 - His face is all over the news, 296 00:13:44,057 --> 00:13:46,592 and some crime stopper tips came in 297 00:13:47,627 --> 00:13:49,195 with the location where he was. 298 00:13:49,295 --> 00:13:52,265 So a week and a half it took us to find him. 299 00:13:52,432 --> 00:13:53,566 [police sirens wailing] 300 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:55,268 - [Narrator] Robinson was taken into custody 301 00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:57,403 without incident. 302 00:13:57,503 --> 00:13:58,838 [indistinct] 303 00:13:58,938 --> 00:14:01,474 - [Ira] Do you know why you are here right now today? 304 00:14:01,641 --> 00:14:03,609 - Not really, but... 305 00:14:03,710 --> 00:14:05,011 - Okay. 306 00:14:05,111 --> 00:14:08,014 Well, you've been arrested for a triple homicide. 307 00:14:08,114 --> 00:14:09,716 - [indistinct] triple homicide? 308 00:14:09,882 --> 00:14:11,350 - Triple homicide. 309 00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:13,519 And those three individuals that we know 310 00:14:13,619 --> 00:14:15,121 that you're responsible for shooting. 311 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:17,523 We know exactly what you did, 312 00:14:17,623 --> 00:14:19,859 but we wanna know why you did what you did. 313 00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:21,160 What was your emotional state 314 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:22,328 during that time that night, 315 00:14:22,462 --> 00:14:23,429 and everything else? 316 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:27,467 - Both Investigator Todd 317 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:29,068 and Detective Houser, 318 00:14:29,235 --> 00:14:31,471 the tactics that they used, 319 00:14:31,637 --> 00:14:34,273 and the way that they approached this individual 320 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,544 was good in a way to try to make him feel comfortable. 321 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:40,046 - Our objective is to talk, 322 00:14:40,146 --> 00:14:41,848 and keep him from asking for a lawyer, 323 00:14:41,948 --> 00:14:44,584 'cause if he does so the interview's over. 324 00:14:46,252 --> 00:14:47,286 - I know you might be embarrassed to 325 00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:49,021 talk about some of the things, 326 00:14:49,188 --> 00:14:50,390 but what we talk about in this room 327 00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:51,924 is between us right now. 328 00:14:52,024 --> 00:14:53,659 We need to talk about some of these things, 329 00:14:53,826 --> 00:14:54,794 and we need to talk about 330 00:14:54,961 --> 00:14:56,262 some of the emotions you was feeling. 331 00:14:56,429 --> 00:14:57,396 I see it right now. 332 00:14:57,497 --> 00:14:58,631 You look like you full right now. 333 00:14:58,731 --> 00:14:59,866 You look like you wanna cry right now. 334 00:15:00,032 --> 00:15:00,833 You okay? 335 00:15:00,967 --> 00:15:02,168 - Yeah, I'm good. 336 00:15:02,268 --> 00:15:03,169 - You sure? - Yeah. 337 00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:04,370 - Okay. 338 00:15:05,538 --> 00:15:07,306 In the beginning he was 339 00:15:07,473 --> 00:15:10,410 portraying himself as a straight man. 340 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:13,813 He sat back with his arms crossing his body. 341 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:16,048 That showed me he was guarding, 342 00:15:16,149 --> 00:15:17,817 he was hiding something. 343 00:15:17,984 --> 00:15:18,818 - Right. 344 00:15:18,985 --> 00:15:20,286 - Because we know that, 345 00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:22,288 I mean, unless we got it wrong, 346 00:15:22,388 --> 00:15:26,125 did somebody take advantage of you on that night? 347 00:15:26,225 --> 00:15:27,994 - Ain't nobody take advantage of me. 348 00:15:28,161 --> 00:15:29,695 - So you wanna tell us what happened that night? 349 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:32,832 I mean, what caused somebody to go in and shoot somebody? 350 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:35,001 - That, I don't know about that. 351 00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:36,969 - [Ira] That's not true. - Don't know. 352 00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:38,171 - That's the worst thing to do too 353 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:39,572 'cause you create, what you show now 354 00:15:39,672 --> 00:15:41,407 is a conscienceness of guilt. 355 00:15:41,507 --> 00:15:43,709 If you lie about something, 356 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:45,678 you show a consciousness of guilt. 357 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:47,246 Now I'll tell you right now 358 00:15:47,346 --> 00:15:48,548 that's not a good way to go. 359 00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:51,384 - So Ira was the bad cop, 360 00:15:51,551 --> 00:15:52,819 and I was the good cop. 361 00:15:52,985 --> 00:15:54,787 I come with no judgment, you know. 362 00:15:55,721 --> 00:15:59,992 You know what I'm saying, ain't nobody judging you regardless. 363 00:16:00,092 --> 00:16:01,194 You know what I'm saying? 364 00:16:01,294 --> 00:16:04,564 Your mama, your family, ain't nobody gonna judge you 365 00:16:04,664 --> 00:16:06,265 for what happened. 366 00:16:06,432 --> 00:16:07,667 I can't judge you, he can't, 367 00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:08,835 only one person can judge, 368 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:10,203 that's the man above. 369 00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:11,604 - Right. 370 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:13,906 - So, just think it's smart just to talk about it. 371 00:16:16,342 --> 00:16:17,910 I think you'll feel better. 372 00:16:18,077 --> 00:16:19,545 Get that monkey off your back. 373 00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:22,281 - There ain't nothing to let out. 374 00:16:22,381 --> 00:16:23,783 I ain't did nothing. - [Richard] Okay. 375 00:16:23,950 --> 00:16:28,821 - He, he did not admit to 376 00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:31,123 doing the shootings or anything like that. 377 00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:33,593 - [Narrator] So, the detectives tried another approach, 378 00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:35,661 that the people at the house were already 379 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,496 under investigation. 380 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:39,799 - We had been investigating these guys, 381 00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:41,300 and we know they're involved 382 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:43,836 in a whole lot more stuff that you don't even know about. 383 00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:46,806 Okay, but just like they took advantage of you, 384 00:16:46,906 --> 00:16:50,109 we understand they took advantage of some other people. 385 00:16:50,276 --> 00:16:51,944 - [Narrator] But none of that was true. 386 00:16:52,111 --> 00:16:54,280 - No one in the house was under investigation. 387 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:56,115 There were no wire taps. 388 00:16:56,282 --> 00:16:58,718 There were no satellites watching the house. 389 00:16:58,818 --> 00:17:00,152 We can tell lies. 390 00:17:00,253 --> 00:17:01,020 He believed it, 391 00:17:01,187 --> 00:17:02,522 and it worked. 392 00:17:02,622 --> 00:17:04,624 We know for a fact that you were there 393 00:17:04,790 --> 00:17:06,993 at the house that night. 394 00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:09,061 - The people that you're talking about? 395 00:17:09,228 --> 00:17:10,162 - Yeah. 396 00:17:10,263 --> 00:17:11,430 You know Paris? 397 00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:13,833 - I ain't know Paris other than that night. 398 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,568 - Other than that night, 399 00:17:15,668 --> 00:17:16,502 so you did meet him at the gas station. 400 00:17:16,669 --> 00:17:18,638 Him or her, right? 401 00:17:18,804 --> 00:17:21,040 - Not really at no gas station. 402 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:22,375 - [Richard] In the neighborhood? - Yeah. 403 00:17:22,475 --> 00:17:23,876 - You did meet him. 404 00:17:23,976 --> 00:17:25,611 All right, so let's talk about that. 405 00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:29,715 That is important because if you didn't do anything 406 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:31,083 the word is out. 407 00:17:31,183 --> 00:17:32,151 We think you did. 408 00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:33,286 - Right. 409 00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:34,687 - [Richard] So it's up to you to clear it up. 410 00:17:34,787 --> 00:17:35,588 - Right. 411 00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:37,056 - It's up to you to clear it up. 412 00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:39,125 So if we gotta get to the point 413 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:41,827 of them leaving this Earth. 414 00:17:41,994 --> 00:17:43,062 - Right. 415 00:17:43,229 --> 00:17:45,197 - We can talk about everything 416 00:17:45,298 --> 00:17:46,098 that happened before that 417 00:17:46,265 --> 00:17:47,233 because maybe you didn't. 418 00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:48,768 Maybe somebody else came in. 419 00:17:48,868 --> 00:17:50,236 Maybe somebody else in the house 420 00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:53,706 they took advantage after what they did to you. 421 00:17:56,108 --> 00:17:57,209 We know about that. 422 00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:58,878 We know, I'll just say, 423 00:17:58,978 --> 00:18:01,480 we know that you had sex, 424 00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:03,316 or oral sex was performed on you, 425 00:18:03,482 --> 00:18:05,818 some sexual acts was performed on you 426 00:18:05,985 --> 00:18:07,553 in the house over there. 427 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:08,621 We know that. 428 00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:09,622 - Right. 429 00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:11,190 - [Richard] You admitting that? - Right. 430 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:12,158 - Okay. 431 00:18:12,258 --> 00:18:13,059 Did you take your clothes off? 432 00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:13,993 Did Paris take clothes off? 433 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:15,194 Were you all naked? 434 00:18:15,628 --> 00:18:16,662 - No. 435 00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:17,763 - No? 436 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:19,065 Just pulled your pants down, 437 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:20,499 and sexual act went on. 438 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:22,969 You don't remember? 439 00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:24,870 - That's exactly what happened. 440 00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:26,038 That's the thing, 441 00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:30,276 don't nobody know that. 442 00:18:30,376 --> 00:18:32,845 - Don't nobody know what? 443 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:35,047 - Don't nobody know I'm sitting down low. 444 00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:36,916 - [Richard] Are you? - Yeah. 445 00:18:37,016 --> 00:18:38,150 - [Richard] Okay. - Don't nobody know, 446 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:41,354 not even my mama, not my pops, nobody. 447 00:18:42,788 --> 00:18:46,392 - My pops would disown me, my uncle would disown me. 448 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:48,828 He's very, very clear about the fact 449 00:18:48,995 --> 00:18:50,563 that he was embarrassed about 450 00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:52,632 what had happened in that house. 451 00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:53,766 - Okay, so don't nobody know 452 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:55,134 that you're down low. 453 00:18:55,234 --> 00:18:57,403 So, with that being said, 454 00:18:57,503 --> 00:19:00,373 that's the point of what we're talking about. 455 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:04,110 Now were you threatened to be exposed? 456 00:19:04,276 --> 00:19:05,311 - No. 457 00:19:07,346 --> 00:19:08,648 I ain't mad about, 458 00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:13,419 it's the thing of everybody finding out. 459 00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:14,887 - You don't want people to find out? 460 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:16,222 - No, I'm talking about my family, 461 00:19:16,389 --> 00:19:18,124 like my mama, my daddy. 462 00:19:18,224 --> 00:19:19,658 - You don't want them to find out? 463 00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:20,793 - [Devon] They're the only people- 464 00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:22,395 - That you don't want to find out? 465 00:19:22,561 --> 00:19:23,629 Why not? 466 00:19:23,796 --> 00:19:26,365 - Because I haven't told them myself. 467 00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:27,967 - There's no doubt in my mind 468 00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:29,268 that that's what this was all about. 469 00:19:29,435 --> 00:19:31,670 Devon Robinson preferred to kill these people 470 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:33,606 rather than have it get out 471 00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:34,974 all over the neighborhood 472 00:19:35,074 --> 00:19:37,009 what he had been engaged in with them that evening. 473 00:19:38,344 --> 00:19:40,446 - [Narrator] But the detectives still needed to prove 474 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:42,281 that the man seen running away 475 00:19:42,448 --> 00:19:45,584 from the house that night was Devon Robinson. 476 00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:47,920 They needed a confession. 477 00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,790 [dramatic music] 478 00:19:57,663 --> 00:20:01,033 - LGBTQ community members, often their first, 479 00:20:02,101 --> 00:20:05,404 their first encounter with harassment 480 00:20:05,504 --> 00:20:09,041 is in the home, it's from family. 481 00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:13,079 It's from a brother, a sister, a mother, a father 482 00:20:13,179 --> 00:20:17,716 who cannot for any reason look beyond 483 00:20:17,817 --> 00:20:20,386 their own personal feelings and emotions, 484 00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:21,921 and just love. 485 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:24,623 - [Narrator] And detectives felt 486 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:26,025 that's what they were dealing with 487 00:20:26,192 --> 00:20:28,260 as they questioned Devon Robinson. 488 00:20:28,427 --> 00:20:32,431 - I wanna feel like I wanted to tell them before. 489 00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:35,267 - Wanted to tell them what, 490 00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:36,802 that you were down low? 491 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:38,704 - Yeah, but can't. 492 00:20:39,672 --> 00:20:41,040 - So if that's your concern 493 00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:44,009 on talking and explaining everything, 494 00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:46,412 I think you need to get over that 495 00:20:46,512 --> 00:20:49,448 because they gonna love you, get past it. 496 00:20:50,316 --> 00:20:51,417 - Right. 497 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:53,752 My mama still don't know nothing. 498 00:20:53,853 --> 00:20:56,489 - I wanted to know if he committed these crimes, 499 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:58,124 if he was the shooter. 500 00:20:58,224 --> 00:20:59,258 I wanted him to tell me he did it. 501 00:21:00,693 --> 00:21:03,596 - [Ira] There's gotta be a reasonable explanation for why, 502 00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:05,764 and we know you know why. 503 00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:07,666 - Why would I know why? 504 00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:09,368 - [Ira] Because you were responsible for it. 505 00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:12,671 And you know we know you were responsible for it. 506 00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:15,708 Son, can you sit up please? 507 00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:17,877 Let's not do that, okay? 508 00:21:19,044 --> 00:21:19,845 - It' ain't nothing. 509 00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:21,280 It ain't what you saying. 510 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:23,249 Well it is what you saying, 511 00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:24,517 you're basically accusing me 512 00:21:24,717 --> 00:21:26,185 for something I didn't do. 513 00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:29,321 - [Narrator] Then detectives told Robinson 514 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:31,957 what the neighborhood surveillance cameras showed. 515 00:21:33,025 --> 00:21:37,196 - We got video, no [bleep], 516 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:40,366 mind you, there's cameras everywhere. 517 00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:41,667 We have cameras everywhere. 518 00:21:41,834 --> 00:21:43,002 - Right. 519 00:21:43,169 --> 00:21:44,837 - To track, tracks you. 520 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:49,475 Boom, boom, boom, you can piece all that together. 521 00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:50,309 - Right. 522 00:21:50,476 --> 00:21:52,211 - No [bleep]. 523 00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:53,112 - I'm listening to you. 524 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:54,313 - I need you to hear me. 525 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:55,481 If you're listening- - I'm hearing. 526 00:21:55,581 --> 00:21:57,082 - [Richard] No, right, I'm just saying. 527 00:21:57,183 --> 00:21:59,351 - [Ira] What's going on right now, this is serious. 528 00:21:59,518 --> 00:22:01,220 It's very serious. 529 00:22:01,387 --> 00:22:03,355 But you have to show some remorse. 530 00:22:03,455 --> 00:22:04,390 You're not a killer. 531 00:22:04,557 --> 00:22:05,791 I can look at you, 532 00:22:05,958 --> 00:22:07,059 and tell you're not just some coldblooded killer. 533 00:22:07,226 --> 00:22:08,594 Somebody would have to- 534 00:22:08,694 --> 00:22:09,795 - I didn't kill nobody. - You. 535 00:22:09,895 --> 00:22:11,630 Nah, you shot somebody and they died. 536 00:22:11,730 --> 00:22:14,033 You shot somebody and they died. 537 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,202 - What was striking about watching that interview 538 00:22:16,368 --> 00:22:18,404 was that he would laugh, 539 00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:19,672 he would laugh. 540 00:22:19,838 --> 00:22:21,774 - Let me tell you something, 541 00:22:21,874 --> 00:22:23,642 quit laughing, it ain't funny, man. 542 00:22:23,742 --> 00:22:24,710 Three people died, three people died. 543 00:22:24,877 --> 00:22:25,844 That's not funny. 544 00:22:25,945 --> 00:22:27,913 - What's funny is you sitting here 545 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,615 trying to accuse me of something 546 00:22:29,715 --> 00:22:31,116 I didn't really do, 547 00:22:31,217 --> 00:22:32,484 that's what's funny. 548 00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:33,953 - I'm talking to my partner now, 549 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:35,354 and you can listen. 550 00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:36,488 - I'm listening. 551 00:22:36,589 --> 00:22:37,790 - [Richard] It's the fact that he's ashamed 552 00:22:37,957 --> 00:22:40,459 to talk to his parents about his lifestyle. 553 00:22:40,626 --> 00:22:44,096 I think he's kind of ashamed, scared 554 00:22:44,263 --> 00:22:47,233 and embarrassed to talk about the actions 555 00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:48,901 that he did. 556 00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:50,870 You can't deny technology. 557 00:22:51,837 --> 00:22:53,239 You can't. 558 00:22:53,339 --> 00:22:54,607 - You damn sure can't, 559 00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:58,410 but I know what I didn't and did do. 560 00:22:58,510 --> 00:22:59,712 - That's fine. 561 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,413 - I told y'all everything I knew that night. 562 00:23:01,513 --> 00:23:02,348 - That's not the truth. 563 00:23:02,514 --> 00:23:03,949 - I don't wanna talk no more. 564 00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:05,751 - [Richard] Why mama leave then? 565 00:23:05,851 --> 00:23:06,685 Why she move? 566 00:23:06,785 --> 00:23:08,554 - Don't wanna talk no more. 567 00:23:08,654 --> 00:23:10,589 - [Ira] Okay, well don't talk, listen. All right? 568 00:23:11,624 --> 00:23:13,525 And what you need to listen to is, 569 00:23:14,627 --> 00:23:16,762 look here, this is a lot more serious 570 00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:19,098 than you can realize. 571 00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:20,399 - I know it's serious. 572 00:23:20,499 --> 00:23:22,368 - [Ira] It's extremely serious. 573 00:23:22,468 --> 00:23:24,203 Three people died, man. 574 00:23:24,303 --> 00:23:25,271 Three people died. 575 00:23:26,639 --> 00:23:27,973 - Look, I don't even wanna talk to y'all no more. 576 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:29,074 - [Ira] Okay, don't talk then. - Can I have an attorney? 577 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:30,676 - [Ira] Yeah, you can have an attorney. 578 00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:33,712 - Even though he did not admit to it, 579 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:36,081 I feel he still confessed, 580 00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:38,050 'cause he told a lot. 581 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:39,585 He put himself there, 582 00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:41,553 the sexual acts he confirmed. 583 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:42,955 - [Ira] I'm telling you this, 584 00:23:43,055 --> 00:23:46,458 the stuff that you said already is real damaging. 585 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:47,826 - [Devon] How is that damaging? 586 00:23:47,993 --> 00:23:50,029 - [Ira] Because it shows a consciousness of guilt. 587 00:23:50,195 --> 00:23:51,030 You lied. 588 00:23:51,130 --> 00:23:52,364 You lied to us. 589 00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:53,499 - [Devon] Lied about what? 590 00:23:53,666 --> 00:23:54,833 - [Ira] You lied about murdering these guys. 591 00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:56,201 You lied about it. 592 00:23:56,368 --> 00:23:58,203 And you're showing no remorse for it whatsoever. 593 00:23:58,304 --> 00:23:59,672 - [Devon] What you mean remorse? 594 00:23:59,838 --> 00:24:02,975 I didn't do anything 'cause I was never there. 595 00:24:03,075 --> 00:24:04,443 - [Ira] You were never there, huh? 596 00:24:04,543 --> 00:24:05,811 - [Devon] I was never there. 597 00:24:05,911 --> 00:24:06,545 - [Ira] You was there, you told us you were there. 598 00:24:06,712 --> 00:24:07,880 You was lying on the bed 599 00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:08,681 getting a blow job. 600 00:24:08,847 --> 00:24:09,948 - [Devon] I was there, 601 00:24:10,115 --> 00:24:11,684 but I wasn't there when three people got killed. 602 00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:13,285 - [Ira] You wasn't there when three people got killed? 603 00:24:13,385 --> 00:24:14,586 - [Devon] No. 604 00:24:14,753 --> 00:24:15,554 - [Ira] Okay. And you didn't kill 'em? 605 00:24:15,654 --> 00:24:16,422 - [Devon] No. 606 00:24:16,588 --> 00:24:17,856 - [Ira] Okay, all right. 607 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:22,127 You stick with that. - [Devon] Okay. 608 00:24:22,227 --> 00:24:25,030 [door squeals] 609 00:24:25,197 --> 00:24:26,565 - [Narrator] Devon Robinson was charged 610 00:24:26,665 --> 00:24:28,968 with three counts of first-degree murder, 611 00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:31,770 but in a call from jail as he awaited trial, 612 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:33,172 Robinson told his family 613 00:24:33,272 --> 00:24:37,109 and friends the witnesses were all lying about him. 614 00:24:37,276 --> 00:24:39,244 - My lawyer told me we gonna beat them. 615 00:24:39,345 --> 00:24:40,679 I didn't do [bleep]. 616 00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:41,680 I'm innocent. 617 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:43,982 - Man, they ain't got [bleep]. 618 00:24:45,384 --> 00:24:47,086 - Yeah, yeah, tell the world that I'm coming home. 619 00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:48,687 I'll be home in a minute, man. 620 00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:50,723 [dramatic music] 621 00:24:55,294 --> 00:24:58,330 [letters beeping] 622 00:24:58,464 --> 00:25:00,432 - We're live right now in a new trial. 623 00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:02,835 Devon Kareem Robinson is facing 10 counts, 624 00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:05,204 including three counts of murder 625 00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:07,840 in connection with this really horrific shooting 626 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:09,608 that he allegedly engaged in 627 00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:11,510 because of their sexuality. 628 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:13,445 - Morning. 629 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,149 The whole issue in this case was identification. 630 00:25:17,316 --> 00:25:19,551 It was very important that the jury know 631 00:25:19,718 --> 00:25:21,987 that the only issue that they needed to focus on 632 00:25:22,154 --> 00:25:23,822 was the identity of the shooter. 633 00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:26,992 So you're gonna learn that when these four individuals 634 00:25:27,092 --> 00:25:29,762 go to BP gas station there's cameras everywhere. 635 00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:31,597 You're gonna see that this is where these individuals 636 00:25:31,764 --> 00:25:34,032 for the first time come into contact 637 00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:36,201 with the defendant, Devon Robinson. 638 00:25:36,301 --> 00:25:37,870 Ultimately defendant ends up 639 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:39,638 walking himself over to Devonshire, 640 00:25:39,805 --> 00:25:41,006 where Paris has invited him. 641 00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:43,642 You're gonna learn that the defendant's ultimately taken 642 00:25:43,809 --> 00:25:46,078 upstairs to the house on Devonshire, 643 00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:47,312 and you're gonna hear upstairs 644 00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:49,314 that the defendant receives oral sex 645 00:25:49,481 --> 00:25:51,116 from several people in the house. 646 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:52,584 So at the end of the case, 647 00:25:52,751 --> 00:25:53,886 I'm gonna ask that you listen to all the evidence, 648 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:56,555 listen to the witnesses, look at some video, 649 00:25:56,655 --> 00:25:58,824 and most importantly I want you to listen 650 00:25:58,991 --> 00:26:02,327 to what the defendant says on the house [indistinct]. 651 00:26:02,428 --> 00:26:03,395 And at the end of this case, 652 00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:04,396 I'm gonna ask that you go back 653 00:26:04,496 --> 00:26:05,464 in that jury room, 654 00:26:05,631 --> 00:26:07,366 and I'm gonna ask for justice. 655 00:26:10,469 --> 00:26:11,537 - Attorney Callanan, do wish to make 656 00:26:11,637 --> 00:26:12,404 an opening statement at this time? 657 00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:14,106 - I do, Your Honor. 658 00:26:17,476 --> 00:26:18,677 Good morning. 659 00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:22,080 This case, I'm here to tell you 660 00:26:22,247 --> 00:26:24,149 it's packed full of emotion, right? 661 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,519 We have TV cameras. 662 00:26:27,619 --> 00:26:29,788 We've got three victims. 663 00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:33,992 We've got sex involved. 664 00:26:34,092 --> 00:26:37,229 This thing is, I'm sure, 665 00:26:37,396 --> 00:26:39,798 not part of your everyday life. 666 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:47,005 So right now it's time to put both feet on the ground, 667 00:26:47,873 --> 00:26:49,508 take a deep breath, we're here, 668 00:26:49,675 --> 00:26:54,079 we're real, we're relaxed, we're gonna make them prove it. 669 00:26:55,314 --> 00:26:58,250 You heard the prosecutor say in her opening remark 670 00:26:58,383 --> 00:27:01,820 that you're gonna have to decide 671 00:27:01,987 --> 00:27:03,956 is the issue of identification. 672 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:07,559 Well, she hit it right on the nose. 673 00:27:09,094 --> 00:27:12,297 And I'm gonna tell you that it just doesn't add up. 674 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:14,633 You've got Mr. Keys, 675 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:19,238 he's going to be their primary witness in this case. 676 00:27:19,338 --> 00:27:22,241 He didn't look, he didn't see it. 677 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:27,546 You're gonna hear from witness Armand Matthews, 678 00:27:27,713 --> 00:27:30,349 who was in the room when the shooting occurs, 679 00:27:30,516 --> 00:27:33,719 he didn't see the defendant shooting. 680 00:27:33,819 --> 00:27:37,022 [tense music] 681 00:27:37,189 --> 00:27:39,191 They don't see it. 682 00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:42,594 It happens right in front of them, 683 00:27:42,694 --> 00:27:43,795 and they don't see it. 684 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:46,164 When the responding officers come out, 685 00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:51,003 they're unable to tell who did this. 686 00:27:52,271 --> 00:27:56,575 They don't have beyond a reasonable doubt, 687 00:27:56,675 --> 00:27:59,912 and they're gonna stretch everything they can 688 00:28:00,078 --> 00:28:03,248 so that you believe that he's guilty of something. 689 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:04,716 Well, I'm here to tell you 690 00:28:04,883 --> 00:28:07,586 he never directly admits his involvement 691 00:28:07,753 --> 00:28:10,822 in the killing of these three individuals, 692 00:28:10,989 --> 00:28:13,125 and we hope that at the conclusion 693 00:28:13,225 --> 00:28:16,328 of these proceedings that you find the defendant 694 00:28:16,428 --> 00:28:17,596 not guilty. 695 00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:20,866 We appreciate your attention, thank you. 696 00:28:23,302 --> 00:28:26,438 [dramatic music] 697 00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:27,706 - Raise your right hand for me, please? 698 00:28:27,873 --> 00:28:29,041 Do you solemnly swear 699 00:28:29,141 --> 00:28:30,375 or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, 700 00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:32,344 and nothing but the truth, so help me God? 701 00:28:32,511 --> 00:28:33,912 - Yes. 702 00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:36,448 - [Narrator] The prosecution's key witness was Blair Keys. 703 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,184 - It was very scary, 704 00:28:39,351 --> 00:28:44,356 but, of course, I was, my mind was made up 705 00:28:45,224 --> 00:28:46,391 because at the end of the day 706 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:48,327 I had to do what I had to do for my girls. 707 00:28:50,162 --> 00:28:52,230 - [Jaimie] What did you see [indistinct]? 708 00:28:52,397 --> 00:28:56,368 - I see him coming in with a ski mask and- 709 00:28:56,468 --> 00:28:59,471 - [Jaimie] Did this person have a weapon? 710 00:28:59,638 --> 00:29:01,073 - Yes, he was shooting. 711 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,240 - [Jaimie] What did he do? 712 00:29:02,341 --> 00:29:04,242 - I was in a two second shot. 713 00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:05,644 That's how I got a good glance, 714 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:08,080 at least at his eyes. 715 00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:09,414 That's how I remembered. 716 00:29:09,514 --> 00:29:10,616 - [Jaimie] Are you able to identify 717 00:29:10,716 --> 00:29:12,417 the person who was the shooter that night? 718 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:13,952 - Yes. - [Jaimie] Why? 719 00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:17,389 - [Jaimie] And who did that look like to you? 720 00:29:21,293 --> 00:29:22,361 - [Jaimie] The person sitting in the courtroom today, 721 00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:23,462 the defendant, Mr. Robinson? 722 00:29:25,030 --> 00:29:25,831 I did not look at him. 723 00:29:25,998 --> 00:29:27,299 They forced me to look at him, 724 00:29:27,466 --> 00:29:28,233 like "Is that the man?" 725 00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:29,001 Of course that's the man. 726 00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:31,336 Now lock him the [bleep] up. 727 00:29:32,304 --> 00:29:34,806 - You stated in your statement of May 25th 728 00:29:34,906 --> 00:29:38,210 that the light-skinned male left 729 00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:40,879 right after the orgy was over, is that right? 730 00:29:43,982 --> 00:29:46,151 - [Evan] He walked out, correct? - Yes. 731 00:29:46,251 --> 00:29:47,753 - [Evan] And when he walked out, 732 00:29:47,853 --> 00:29:50,422 he didn't say anything to any of you did he? 733 00:29:50,589 --> 00:29:51,823 - No. 734 00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:53,792 - [Evan] He didn't threaten you in any way, did he? 735 00:29:53,892 --> 00:29:54,593 - No. 736 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,261 But the look in his eye- 737 00:29:56,428 --> 00:29:59,164 - [Evan] Sir, sir- - [Judge] Mr. Keys, 738 00:29:59,264 --> 00:30:00,832 I'm gonna remind you to only respond 739 00:30:00,932 --> 00:30:04,202 to questions that are posed to you, okay? 740 00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:05,871 - [Evan] Can I ask that you strike 741 00:30:06,038 --> 00:30:07,105 "the look in his eyes"? 742 00:30:07,272 --> 00:30:08,273 - [Judge] Yes, the court will strike 743 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,575 "the look in his eyes" from the record. 744 00:30:10,676 --> 00:30:12,511 - I really don't wanna go back through those emotions, 745 00:30:12,678 --> 00:30:16,715 but, yes, it was very emotional. 746 00:30:16,882 --> 00:30:18,950 - [Narrator] The prosecution's other eyewitness 747 00:30:19,117 --> 00:30:20,986 from that night was Armand Matthews, 748 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:22,921 who described how Robinson acted 749 00:30:23,021 --> 00:30:25,023 after having sex at the party house. 750 00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:27,759 - He acknowledged everybody and everything, 751 00:30:27,859 --> 00:30:30,262 and he seemed really shook. 752 00:30:30,429 --> 00:30:33,231 The energy I got off of him 753 00:30:33,332 --> 00:30:34,633 is not friendly energy. 754 00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:37,803 He gave off energy like he was disgusted. 755 00:30:37,969 --> 00:30:39,905 - [Jaimie] Did you say goodbye to the defendant at all? 756 00:30:40,072 --> 00:30:41,039 - I did. 757 00:30:41,206 --> 00:30:43,041 I told him take care, whatever, 758 00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:44,242 and he told me "Y'all gonna see me again." 759 00:30:44,409 --> 00:30:46,078 I didn't know what that was about, 760 00:30:46,178 --> 00:30:47,512 "We'll see you again." 761 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:49,214 I didn't know what that was about. 762 00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:50,949 - [Narrator] On cross examination, 763 00:30:51,116 --> 00:30:52,484 the defense lawyer focused on 764 00:30:52,584 --> 00:30:55,187 the 911 call that Armand had made. 765 00:30:57,155 --> 00:30:58,990 [dramatic music] 766 00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:00,625 - [Evan] You didn't say who, did you? 767 00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:01,960 - I did not. 768 00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:05,797 - [Evan] And, in fact, in your prior testimony 769 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,867 you indicated that you didn't see 770 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,002 the individual shooting people. 771 00:31:11,103 --> 00:31:12,838 - I did not. 772 00:31:12,938 --> 00:31:14,106 - The defense did a great job 773 00:31:14,272 --> 00:31:16,808 that he couldn't be positively identified. 774 00:31:16,908 --> 00:31:18,677 - [Narrator] So, at the end of the day, 775 00:31:18,844 --> 00:31:21,446 there was still no positive identification 776 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:25,384 that it was Devon Robinson seen running away from the house. 777 00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:28,286 [dramatic music] 778 00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:36,328 [letters beeping] 779 00:31:36,428 --> 00:31:37,562 - [News Anchor] Okay, welcome back everybody. 780 00:31:37,662 --> 00:31:39,331 So we're about to jump live once again 781 00:31:39,431 --> 00:31:40,866 into the Robinson courtroom, 782 00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:43,068 the man accused of opening fire on multiple individuals, 783 00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:44,803 killing three. 784 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:47,672 - [Narrator] Members of Detroit's LGBTQ Community 785 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:50,442 were in the courthouse everyday. 786 00:31:50,542 --> 00:31:51,676 - I ain't gonna lie to y'all, 787 00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:53,678 we did have a plan to attack this man. 788 00:31:53,779 --> 00:31:56,114 Seeing him, instantly it was just 789 00:31:58,784 --> 00:32:00,118 an anger. 790 00:32:00,218 --> 00:32:03,221 It was a hard hatred came over me 791 00:32:03,388 --> 00:32:05,557 to get this man. 792 00:32:05,657 --> 00:32:08,560 - This case was unique in the sense that 793 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:09,795 it was a hate crime, 794 00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:12,531 however, this crime involved self-hate. 795 00:32:12,631 --> 00:32:13,965 - [Narrator] And prosecutors introduced 796 00:32:14,065 --> 00:32:15,267 jailhouse phone calls, 797 00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:17,969 where Robinson, despite what he told police, 798 00:32:18,069 --> 00:32:20,172 denied he was gay to his mother, 799 00:32:20,272 --> 00:32:21,840 who is a lesbian. 800 00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:04,683 - He wasn't comfortable with who he was, 801 00:33:04,783 --> 00:33:06,484 or who he wanted to be. 802 00:33:06,585 --> 00:33:10,155 He just could not be his true authentic self. 803 00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:38,850 - [Narrator] And to introduce the video 804 00:33:38,950 --> 00:33:40,619 of Robinson's interrogation, 805 00:33:40,785 --> 00:33:44,556 prosecutors called Detective Richard Houser to the stand. 806 00:33:44,656 --> 00:33:46,358 - [Jaimie] Did you interview the defendant in this case, 807 00:33:46,458 --> 00:33:47,192 Devon Robinson? 808 00:33:47,292 --> 00:33:48,593 - Yes, I did. 809 00:33:48,693 --> 00:33:50,195 - [Jaimie] Do you see Mr. Robinson in the courtroom today? 810 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:51,596 - Yes. 811 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:52,364 - [Jaimie] Would you please indicate for the record 812 00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:53,198 where he's seated, 813 00:33:53,298 --> 00:33:54,366 and what he's wearing? 814 00:33:54,466 --> 00:33:56,635 - He's at the defense table in black. 815 00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:58,370 I looked at him the whole time, 816 00:33:58,470 --> 00:33:59,671 we were eye to eye, 817 00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:02,040 but this guy, he was just a kid 818 00:34:03,642 --> 00:34:05,443 that turned to be a killer. 819 00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:08,847 - [Jaimie] And was that interview recorded? 820 00:34:08,947 --> 00:34:09,848 - Yes. 821 00:34:09,948 --> 00:34:10,815 - [Jaimie] And is that the subject 822 00:34:10,916 --> 00:34:12,083 of people's exhibit number 51? 823 00:34:12,183 --> 00:34:13,318 - [Richard] Yes. 824 00:34:13,418 --> 00:34:14,552 - [Narrator] Prosecutors played the entire 825 00:34:14,653 --> 00:34:16,621 three-hour interrogation, 826 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:18,924 including the part where Robinson acknowledged 827 00:34:19,024 --> 00:34:21,793 he couldn't admit he was gay to his family. 828 00:34:23,028 --> 00:34:26,798 - I felt like I wanted to tell them before- 829 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:30,402 - You wanted to tell them what, that you down low? 830 00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:32,237 - Yeah, but can't. 831 00:34:34,205 --> 00:34:36,174 My mama still don't know I'm not. 832 00:34:36,274 --> 00:34:38,843 [light emotional music] 833 00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:41,479 - [Jaimie] Cross examination. 834 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:43,014 - [Narrator] On cross examination, 835 00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:45,317 Robinson's lawyer challenged the detective 836 00:34:45,517 --> 00:34:47,919 over the tactics used to get him to admit 837 00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:49,754 he was at the house party. 838 00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:52,223 - [Evan] You're a professional, 839 00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:54,793 you do things in a professional way, right? 840 00:34:54,893 --> 00:34:56,061 - Absolutely. 841 00:34:56,227 --> 00:34:58,063 - [Evan] You lie to defendants, do you not? 842 00:34:58,229 --> 00:34:59,965 - Just doing my job. 843 00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:01,499 - [Evan] That's not the question. 844 00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:03,802 I asked if you lie to defendants. 845 00:35:03,969 --> 00:35:05,403 - To defendants? 846 00:35:05,570 --> 00:35:06,571 - [Evan] Yeah. 847 00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:07,839 - Do I lie? 848 00:35:07,939 --> 00:35:08,606 - [Evan] Yeah, when you interrogate somebody 849 00:35:08,707 --> 00:35:10,041 you lie, correct? 850 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:11,643 - At times I do, yes. 851 00:35:11,810 --> 00:35:13,678 - [Evan] You lied during this police interrogation, correct? 852 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:14,913 - Correct. 853 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,881 - [Evan] You lied multiple times to him 854 00:35:16,982 --> 00:35:18,917 during this police interrogation, correct? 855 00:35:19,017 --> 00:35:20,151 - Yeah. 856 00:35:21,152 --> 00:35:22,153 The defense attorney yelled at me quite a bit 857 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:23,221 during trial, 858 00:35:23,388 --> 00:35:25,323 but I'm used to it. 859 00:35:25,423 --> 00:35:26,624 - [Evan] You're trying to get him 860 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:28,593 to go along with what you're saying, right? 861 00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:32,197 - [Richard] I'm trying to get him to tell the truth, sir. 862 00:35:33,398 --> 00:35:35,433 - [Evan] What you believe to be the truth. 863 00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:36,835 - [Richard] Right. 864 00:35:37,002 --> 00:35:39,404 - [Evan] He never admitted shooting anybody, did he? 865 00:35:39,504 --> 00:35:40,805 - No, sir. 866 00:35:40,905 --> 00:35:43,208 - [Evan] I have nothing to address. 867 00:35:43,308 --> 00:35:45,176 [dramatic music] 868 00:35:45,276 --> 00:35:48,046 [letters beeping] 869 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:49,614 - Mr. Robinson, please stand. 870 00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:51,883 Your attorney has indicated on the record 871 00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:54,719 that you do not wish to testify in this case, 872 00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:55,553 do you further indicate that? 873 00:35:55,654 --> 00:35:56,921 - Yes, ma'am. 874 00:35:57,022 --> 00:35:57,989 - So you understand that you have an absolute right 875 00:35:58,156 --> 00:35:59,224 to not testify? 876 00:35:59,391 --> 00:36:00,592 - Yes, ma'am. 877 00:36:00,692 --> 00:36:01,860 - [Judge] And it is in fact your desire 878 00:36:02,027 --> 00:36:03,361 to not testify, 879 00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:06,598 and to waive your right to testify in this case, sir? 880 00:36:06,731 --> 00:36:07,565 - Yes. 881 00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:08,466 - Thank you, you may be seated. 882 00:36:08,633 --> 00:36:10,035 Will you call the jury back out? 883 00:36:11,069 --> 00:36:12,037 - [Narrator] As both sides prepare 884 00:36:12,203 --> 00:36:13,872 to give their closing arguments, 885 00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:15,106 prosecutors were concerned 886 00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:17,842 the jury might take sympathy on Devon. 887 00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:20,345 - He was 18 at the time. 888 00:36:20,512 --> 00:36:21,646 I think a lot of times 889 00:36:21,746 --> 00:36:23,815 people have sympathy for younger people, 890 00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:25,016 but these acts were just, 891 00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:26,985 they were so monstrous. 892 00:36:27,152 --> 00:36:28,153 These acts were monstrous. 893 00:36:28,319 --> 00:36:30,155 Three people lost their lives. 894 00:36:30,321 --> 00:36:33,024 [dramatic music] 895 00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:40,665 [letters beeping] 896 00:36:41,466 --> 00:36:42,834 - Thank you. 897 00:36:42,967 --> 00:36:43,768 Good morning. 898 00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:44,669 This is a case about hate. 899 00:36:44,836 --> 00:36:46,805 It's a case about self-hate. 900 00:36:47,906 --> 00:36:50,708 We know that the defendant wore a mask. 901 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,277 Now does this mean that every time 902 00:36:52,444 --> 00:36:54,079 a shooter disguises himself 903 00:36:54,245 --> 00:36:57,348 that we can never know for sure who it was? 904 00:36:57,515 --> 00:37:00,118 No, that is absolutely not the case. 905 00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:01,886 You don't get to put on a mask, 906 00:37:01,986 --> 00:37:04,322 and get away with mass murder. 907 00:37:04,422 --> 00:37:06,491 Three people lost their life in this case. 908 00:37:06,591 --> 00:37:08,626 Yeah, we want the right person. 909 00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:10,662 Two people survived, 910 00:37:10,829 --> 00:37:12,130 and had to be brave enough to come in here, 911 00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:13,665 and face him down. 912 00:37:13,832 --> 00:37:15,633 So I'm gonna ask that you go in there, 913 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,736 do all the work, look at all the evidence, 914 00:37:18,837 --> 00:37:20,872 and hold the defendant responsible. Thank you. 915 00:37:21,940 --> 00:37:25,243 [soft tense music] 916 00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:29,013 - You're not here, you're not here to judge 917 00:37:29,114 --> 00:37:31,549 the morality of Mr. Robinson. 918 00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:36,955 You're not here to judge the morality 919 00:37:37,055 --> 00:37:39,924 of the victims [indistinct]. 920 00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:44,195 Stop and think for just a minute, will you please? 921 00:37:46,231 --> 00:37:47,832 He didn't threaten anybody. 922 00:37:47,999 --> 00:37:51,436 He didn't say "Oh, I'm ashamed of what I did." 923 00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:56,241 He was a willing participant. 924 00:37:57,642 --> 00:38:01,279 He has got absolutely no reason in the world 925 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:06,651 to go and shoot three individuals, 926 00:38:06,751 --> 00:38:09,587 God forbid be the last one at that party, 927 00:38:10,655 --> 00:38:13,358 because guess what? You get blamed. 928 00:38:14,592 --> 00:38:17,028 The burden is beyond a reasonable doubt. 929 00:38:17,195 --> 00:38:22,200 Your just thinking that it could be him isn't good enough. 930 00:38:23,802 --> 00:38:26,437 You have got to have an abiding conviction 931 00:38:26,604 --> 00:38:30,241 to a moral certainty that it's him. 932 00:38:30,341 --> 00:38:33,077 [dramatic music] 933 00:38:34,546 --> 00:38:37,415 [letters beeping] 934 00:38:40,752 --> 00:38:43,922 - In the courtroom you have the victim's family, 935 00:38:44,022 --> 00:38:47,425 and in this case we have the gay community was there 936 00:38:47,592 --> 00:38:49,394 because it was a high-profile case. 937 00:38:51,963 --> 00:38:55,033 - Every time a jury goes in for me, 938 00:38:55,133 --> 00:38:58,336 it's always nerve wracking. 939 00:38:58,436 --> 00:39:00,171 And it's probably even more nerve wracking 940 00:39:00,271 --> 00:39:02,307 when they say they have a verdict. 941 00:39:02,540 --> 00:39:03,641 - Ladies and gentleman of the jury, 942 00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:05,243 the court has received a note indicating 943 00:39:05,410 --> 00:39:06,711 that you reached a verdict. 944 00:39:06,878 --> 00:39:07,779 Is that correct? 945 00:39:07,912 --> 00:39:08,813 - [Foreperson] That's correct. - [Juror] Yes. 946 00:39:10,248 --> 00:39:13,718 - How do you find the defendant, Devon Robinson, 947 00:39:13,885 --> 00:39:16,554 as to count one, homicide, murder, first degree, 948 00:39:16,654 --> 00:39:19,757 premeditated, Alunte Davis? 949 00:39:22,994 --> 00:39:25,196 - [Jury Member] We find the defendant guilty. 950 00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:27,265 [tense music] 951 00:39:27,432 --> 00:39:29,267 - [Court Clerk] Timothy Blanchard? 952 00:39:29,434 --> 00:39:30,802 - [Juror] Guilty. 953 00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:35,240 - [Court Clerk] Paris Cameron? - [Juror] Guilty. 954 00:39:36,841 --> 00:39:38,176 - He dropped his head. 955 00:39:38,276 --> 00:39:41,746 I'm sure he cried when he got back to his cell. 956 00:39:41,913 --> 00:39:44,682 [letters beeping] 957 00:39:46,417 --> 00:39:48,553 - [Narrator] Because Robinson was 18 years old 958 00:39:48,653 --> 00:39:49,821 at the time of the crime, 959 00:39:49,988 --> 00:39:51,990 Michigan law mandated that he would not 960 00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:54,792 face a sentence of life in prison. 961 00:39:54,959 --> 00:39:57,128 - I'm Paris Cameron mom, 962 00:39:58,096 --> 00:40:00,465 speaking on behalf of him, 963 00:40:00,632 --> 00:40:03,134 I feel like I shouldn't even be in here. 964 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:08,239 Just being here is really traumatized for me, 965 00:40:09,474 --> 00:40:12,910 so I'm asking you can you please give him 966 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:16,881 at last 40-60 years, please? 967 00:40:16,981 --> 00:40:18,316 Let my son get his justice. 968 00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:21,886 - I'm speaking on my son, 969 00:40:21,986 --> 00:40:24,188 and the other families, 970 00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:25,957 for the families, 971 00:40:26,057 --> 00:40:27,926 for three families that have to go through this, 972 00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:31,562 I'm sorry. 973 00:40:31,663 --> 00:40:34,265 [gentle music] 974 00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:37,802 - Mr. Robinson, this is your opportunity 975 00:40:37,969 --> 00:40:40,271 if you wish to address the court. 976 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:43,574 - First I wanna start off by saying 977 00:40:43,675 --> 00:40:48,046 that my actions were 100% unacceptable. 978 00:40:48,146 --> 00:40:51,215 Everyday since May 25, 2019, 979 00:40:51,316 --> 00:40:54,152 I have lived with regret, 980 00:40:54,319 --> 00:40:55,920 and I wish it never happened. 981 00:40:56,020 --> 00:40:58,122 Because of prior traumatic events 982 00:40:58,222 --> 00:41:01,392 I felt deceived, humiliated, 983 00:41:01,492 --> 00:41:03,328 and I became devastated, 984 00:41:04,295 --> 00:41:05,863 and I impulsively overreacted. 985 00:41:07,432 --> 00:41:11,436 I'm talking today because it bothers me everyday 986 00:41:11,602 --> 00:41:16,107 to know the pain I have inflicted on so many others. 987 00:41:17,642 --> 00:41:19,844 So I just want to apologize to anyone 988 00:41:20,011 --> 00:41:22,513 this may have affected over the years. 989 00:41:23,881 --> 00:41:25,984 I hope that my family and friends can forgive me 990 00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:27,652 for their loss. 991 00:41:27,752 --> 00:41:31,689 I pray that the families of Paris Cameron, 992 00:41:31,789 --> 00:41:34,592 Alunte Davis and Timothy Blanchard 993 00:41:34,759 --> 00:41:37,395 can all find forgiveness in their hearts, 994 00:41:37,562 --> 00:41:39,797 and if not I understand because 995 00:41:39,897 --> 00:41:42,433 I still have not forgave myself. 996 00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:43,801 - Thank you. 997 00:41:43,901 --> 00:41:45,036 I appreciate the statements 998 00:41:45,203 --> 00:41:46,871 that you're making on the record today 999 00:41:47,038 --> 00:41:49,440 that you are remorseful. 1000 00:41:49,607 --> 00:41:52,510 I appreciate that you are apologizing to the family. 1001 00:41:52,677 --> 00:41:54,579 This was not an impulsive act. 1002 00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:56,647 This was not an impulsive act. 1003 00:41:56,748 --> 00:41:59,183 You left that home, 1004 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:00,985 you went back to your house, 1005 00:42:01,152 --> 00:42:03,688 you changed clothes, you came back, 1006 00:42:03,788 --> 00:42:06,758 and you shot three people to death, 1007 00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:08,526 and nearly killed two others. 1008 00:42:09,761 --> 00:42:12,964 You will be sentenced to no less than 35 years, 1009 00:42:13,064 --> 00:42:16,667 and no more than 60 years for each of the three counts 1010 00:42:16,834 --> 00:42:19,771 of homicide in the first degree, premeditated. 1011 00:42:21,406 --> 00:42:26,377 - I'm glad that we were able to achieve justice for them. 1012 00:42:27,078 --> 00:42:28,813 They were free spirits, 1013 00:42:28,913 --> 00:42:31,048 they were authentically them. 1014 00:42:31,149 --> 00:42:35,019 I knew them to be very proud of who they were. 1015 00:42:35,186 --> 00:42:37,221 - I just think that it's really important 1016 00:42:38,356 --> 00:42:40,124 that people understand that when people 1017 00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:41,993 are not accepted in their communities, 1018 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,595 when they are not accepted by their families, 1019 00:42:44,762 --> 00:42:48,499 self-hate makes people do terrible things. 1020 00:42:48,666 --> 00:42:51,269 [gentle music]