1 00:00:03,481 --> 00:00:05,744 The owner of a world-famous pizzeria leaves work 2 00:00:05,787 --> 00:00:08,529 and is gunned down outside his Brooklyn home. 3 00:00:08,573 --> 00:00:10,531 He was running in, toward his backyard. 4 00:00:12,055 --> 00:00:13,491 Somebody was shooting after him. 5 00:00:13,534 --> 00:00:15,710 He was yelling out, "I've been shot. I've been shot." 6 00:00:24,589 --> 00:00:26,156 The shooter disappears... 7 00:00:26,199 --> 00:00:27,548 Neighbors saw a male, 8 00:00:27,592 --> 00:00:30,203 white with a black hooded sweatshirt running off. 9 00:00:30,769 --> 00:00:32,771 Leaving behind troubling questions. 10 00:00:32,814 --> 00:00:34,642 Who is this guy? Where did he come from? 11 00:00:34,686 --> 00:00:37,080 Why would he want Lou Lou dead? 12 00:00:38,124 --> 00:00:39,647 When the clues don't add up, 13 00:00:39,691 --> 00:00:41,606 detectives must reach out for help. 14 00:00:41,649 --> 00:00:44,391 I was told that the FBI was offering their assistance 15 00:00:44,435 --> 00:00:46,132 and that we were going to accept it. 16 00:00:46,176 --> 00:00:47,699 A couple of family members 17 00:00:47,742 --> 00:00:51,398 decided to put up a $50,000 reward. 18 00:00:51,442 --> 00:00:53,313 They pull his photo up. 19 00:00:53,357 --> 00:00:55,228 Oh, that definitely could be him. 20 00:01:00,755 --> 00:01:08,328 ♪ 21 00:01:14,682 --> 00:01:16,119 As a resident of Brooklyn, 22 00:01:16,162 --> 00:01:17,163 I can tell you there's 23 00:01:17,207 --> 00:01:18,295 nowhere else in the country 24 00:01:18,338 --> 00:01:19,426 where pizza is more connected 25 00:01:19,470 --> 00:01:21,776 to an area than New York City, 26 00:01:21,820 --> 00:01:23,996 and it boasts 30,000 pizzerias here. 27 00:01:24,039 --> 00:01:26,346 There was one spot my fellow detectives and I 28 00:01:26,390 --> 00:01:27,913 loved to go to the most, 29 00:01:27,956 --> 00:01:30,394 to get not a slice, but a square. 30 00:01:31,351 --> 00:01:33,136 This case will always stand out in my memory, 31 00:01:33,179 --> 00:01:35,921 because the victim was someone we were all friendly with. 32 00:01:35,964 --> 00:01:38,271 He was that gregarious man behind the pizza counter, 33 00:01:38,315 --> 00:01:39,751 Louis Barbati. 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,148 In June of 2016, Louis was inexplicably slain 35 00:01:45,191 --> 00:01:46,975 in broad daylight. 36 00:01:47,019 --> 00:01:48,542 Because his pizzeria, 37 00:01:48,586 --> 00:01:50,762 L&B Spumoni Gardens, was world-famous, 38 00:01:50,805 --> 00:01:53,330 all eyes were on us to solve this. 39 00:01:53,373 --> 00:01:56,289 And because we investigators were personally invested, 40 00:01:56,333 --> 00:02:00,206 we were doing this for Lou Lou, to get justice for his family. 41 00:02:04,471 --> 00:02:06,778 On June 30, 2016, 42 00:02:06,821 --> 00:02:09,302 a frantic call comes in to 911. 43 00:02:16,179 --> 00:02:19,356 Ma'am--ma'am-- 44 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,317 The victim's wife called 911, 45 00:02:24,361 --> 00:02:26,276 and she was hysterical screaming 46 00:02:26,319 --> 00:02:28,147 and pleading for someone to come to her address 47 00:02:28,191 --> 00:02:29,627 to help her husband, who'd been shot. 48 00:02:33,108 --> 00:02:34,893 Oh, God. 49 00:02:45,773 --> 00:02:49,255 June 30th. I got home, and I noticed my phone. 50 00:02:49,299 --> 00:02:50,822 I had a message from my sergeant. 51 00:02:50,865 --> 00:02:54,695 She said, "We have a murder in Dyker Heights." 52 00:02:54,739 --> 00:02:57,045 Could I come back in to handle it? 53 00:02:57,089 --> 00:02:59,831 Turned out I was in for a very long night. 54 00:03:04,662 --> 00:03:07,012 They learned that the victim was Louis Barbati, 55 00:03:07,055 --> 00:03:09,536 one of the co-owners of a famous pizzeria 56 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:11,930 in Brooklyn, L&B Spumoni Gardens. 57 00:03:11,973 --> 00:03:13,453 He had been at work, 58 00:03:13,497 --> 00:03:15,586 and he was heading home for dinner with his family. 59 00:03:16,761 --> 00:03:18,937 The backyard was very small. 60 00:03:18,980 --> 00:03:21,374 Lot of bullet holes in the PVC fence. 61 00:03:21,418 --> 00:03:22,723 Some blood. 62 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:27,075 I mean we knew he'd been shot numerous times. 63 00:03:27,119 --> 00:03:30,340 Even if he was a block away from the emergency room... 64 00:03:30,383 --> 00:03:32,429 he didn't have a chance. 65 00:03:34,909 --> 00:03:38,086 Louis Barbati had been married for 25 years. 66 00:03:38,130 --> 00:03:40,567 He and his wife Joann had two adult sons 67 00:03:40,611 --> 00:03:44,092 who were there the night of the shooting. 68 00:03:44,136 --> 00:03:47,618 My sergeant told me that the victim's wife 69 00:03:47,661 --> 00:03:50,969 wanted to speak to me as soon as possible... 70 00:03:51,012 --> 00:03:53,754 so I went in. I interviewed her. 71 00:03:53,798 --> 00:03:56,975 She had just went through the worst possible moment 72 00:03:57,018 --> 00:03:58,759 of her life. 73 00:03:58,803 --> 00:04:00,631 ♪ 74 00:04:00,674 --> 00:04:04,461 Joann. She was in the kitchen preparing dinner. 75 00:04:06,941 --> 00:04:10,249 She thought she heard gunshots, but it was hot that day. 76 00:04:10,293 --> 00:04:12,817 The windows were closed. The air conditioner was on, 77 00:04:12,860 --> 00:04:14,645 and this was a couple of days before the 4th of July, 78 00:04:14,688 --> 00:04:16,777 so fireworks aren't unusual. 79 00:04:19,389 --> 00:04:23,262 And then she heard her husband yelling out for her, 80 00:04:23,306 --> 00:04:25,090 "Help! Help!" 81 00:04:25,133 --> 00:04:26,352 He was yelling out to her, "I've been shot. 82 00:04:26,396 --> 00:04:27,658 I've been shot." 83 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:28,963 You could tell that, 84 00:04:29,007 --> 00:04:32,445 as he was running in toward his backyard, 85 00:04:32,489 --> 00:04:34,360 somebody was shooting after him. 86 00:04:34,404 --> 00:04:36,797 He's able to get in through the gate, 87 00:04:36,841 --> 00:04:40,018 through about three or four stairs, 88 00:04:40,061 --> 00:04:41,498 which would lead to his back door. 89 00:04:41,541 --> 00:04:45,937 And he had fallen face first on the stairs. 90 00:04:47,373 --> 00:04:50,507 The victim's wife ran through the back door 91 00:04:50,550 --> 00:04:54,815 and saw him laying by the stairs. 92 00:04:54,859 --> 00:04:57,383 By the time Louis' wife got outside, 93 00:04:57,427 --> 00:04:59,124 the shooter was gone. 94 00:04:59,167 --> 00:05:03,346 She tried to aid him, and she got her phone, 95 00:05:03,389 --> 00:05:04,782 and she called 911. 96 00:05:04,825 --> 00:05:09,352 And unfortunately, it was too late. 97 00:05:11,266 --> 00:05:15,836 He--he passed away right in her arms, I would say. 98 00:05:20,145 --> 00:05:22,365 All the detectives, myself included, 99 00:05:22,408 --> 00:05:25,368 knew this was going to be a high-profile case, 100 00:05:25,411 --> 00:05:28,675 because L&B Spumoni Gardens has been featured frequently 101 00:05:28,719 --> 00:05:30,895 on both local and national TV, 102 00:05:30,938 --> 00:05:33,854 and Louis was at its heart. 103 00:05:38,337 --> 00:05:40,861 Louis was famous for his Sicilian slice 104 00:05:40,905 --> 00:05:43,037 with the sauce on top of the cheese. 105 00:05:43,081 --> 00:05:46,432 They have tour buses that come here. Everything. 106 00:05:46,476 --> 00:05:50,044 This is Brooklyn. L&B is Brooklyn. 107 00:05:50,088 --> 00:05:52,264 When you go into L&B Spumoni Gardens, 108 00:05:52,307 --> 00:05:55,702 there's a strong sense of Italian-American pride, 109 00:05:55,746 --> 00:05:58,531 and you know, Louis was definitely part of that. 110 00:05:58,575 --> 00:06:00,620 He was a proud Italian-American. 111 00:06:00,664 --> 00:06:02,405 He loved being behind the counter. 112 00:06:02,448 --> 00:06:04,015 It really was his happy place. 113 00:06:04,058 --> 00:06:06,452 He would meet people. Talk to people. 114 00:06:06,496 --> 00:06:07,888 He had a lot of friends, 115 00:06:07,932 --> 00:06:10,413 and he knew everyone that came in, just about. 116 00:06:10,456 --> 00:06:12,937 People would come in and say, "Listen, I'm a little short," 117 00:06:12,980 --> 00:06:14,329 and he'd say, "Don't worry about it. 118 00:06:14,373 --> 00:06:17,289 You know, you can pay me when you get paid." 119 00:06:17,332 --> 00:06:20,858 He loved the Giants. He loved the Mets. 120 00:06:20,901 --> 00:06:22,207 He did everything with his sons, 121 00:06:22,250 --> 00:06:25,079 and he had dinner every night with his family. 122 00:06:25,123 --> 00:06:28,779 He exemplified what a good family man is. 123 00:06:34,741 --> 00:06:37,309 I'm a retired NYPD detective. 124 00:06:37,352 --> 00:06:42,227 Over 40 years ago, my cousin married Louis' cousin, 125 00:06:42,270 --> 00:06:45,448 so I actually became part of the family. 126 00:06:45,491 --> 00:06:46,927 We refer to him as Lou Lou. 127 00:06:46,971 --> 00:06:49,147 It was a nickname he was given from when he was young. 128 00:06:49,190 --> 00:06:52,280 We knew him and loved him as Lou Lou. 129 00:06:54,761 --> 00:06:56,937 On June 30, 2016, 130 00:06:56,981 --> 00:06:59,636 I'd gotten a call that there had been a shooting, 131 00:06:59,679 --> 00:07:01,507 and I went right to the house. 132 00:07:03,161 --> 00:07:06,512 It was a very busy crime scene. 133 00:07:06,556 --> 00:07:08,296 I met with some detectives 134 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:10,821 that I knew from the police force, 135 00:07:10,864 --> 00:07:14,781 but me now being retired, I didn't want to infringe. 136 00:07:14,825 --> 00:07:16,087 I wanted to go into the house 137 00:07:16,130 --> 00:07:18,785 to see Louis' wife and children. 138 00:07:23,094 --> 00:07:25,270 The thing that struck me the most was 139 00:07:25,313 --> 00:07:27,533 if you went into the house at that moment, 140 00:07:27,577 --> 00:07:29,970 the table was set for four people. 141 00:07:31,145 --> 00:07:34,148 And they were waiting for him to walk through the door, 142 00:07:34,192 --> 00:07:36,673 and a few minutes later, they would have had a meal. 143 00:07:36,716 --> 00:07:40,241 And unfortunately, he never got to have that meal. 144 00:07:44,855 --> 00:07:46,857 Louis is pronounced dead on the scene, 145 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:48,815 and when his body is taken away, 146 00:07:48,859 --> 00:07:50,730 detectives focus on a bag he was carrying 147 00:07:50,774 --> 00:07:52,776 when he was killed. 148 00:07:52,819 --> 00:07:58,085 Mr. Barbati. He had fallen face first on the stairs, 149 00:07:58,129 --> 00:08:01,262 and there was a bag underneath him. 150 00:08:03,569 --> 00:08:06,833 That was one of the first things investigated. 151 00:08:06,877 --> 00:08:08,792 They saw the bag, 152 00:08:08,835 --> 00:08:11,577 but forensic evidence-- you don't touch the stuff. 153 00:08:11,621 --> 00:08:13,318 You just look at the stuff. 154 00:08:15,581 --> 00:08:18,932 Subsequently, we found out that it did contain 155 00:08:18,976 --> 00:08:22,414 approximately $15,000 in cash. 156 00:08:22,457 --> 00:08:24,634 We don't know why. 157 00:08:26,287 --> 00:08:27,462 Coming up... 158 00:08:27,506 --> 00:08:29,943 In that area, we have some families 159 00:08:29,987 --> 00:08:33,773 that had ties to traditional Cosa Nostra, or mafia. 160 00:08:33,817 --> 00:08:36,341 It's possible that this was retribution. 161 00:08:36,384 --> 00:08:40,693 There was money lost, and maybe they took it out on Louis. 162 00:08:52,270 --> 00:08:56,143 ♪ 163 00:08:56,187 --> 00:08:58,929 In the investigation into Louis Barbati's murder, 164 00:08:58,972 --> 00:09:03,194 detectives focus on the $15,000 cash found at the crime scene. 165 00:09:04,456 --> 00:09:05,631 Our main question was 166 00:09:05,675 --> 00:09:08,416 why did he have over $15,000 in a bag? 167 00:09:10,767 --> 00:09:14,161 What was perplexing to authorities, at first, 168 00:09:14,205 --> 00:09:16,773 is the victim was holding on to $15,000 cash, 169 00:09:16,816 --> 00:09:19,210 and there it stayed, you know, next to his body. 170 00:09:21,125 --> 00:09:23,127 Lou was a big guy. 171 00:09:23,170 --> 00:09:26,217 He was over 240 pounds, I believe. 172 00:09:26,260 --> 00:09:29,742 He fell on top of the bag with the money, 173 00:09:29,786 --> 00:09:33,920 a-and he was literally dead weight. 174 00:09:33,964 --> 00:09:36,357 I believe it was a robbery. 175 00:09:36,401 --> 00:09:39,578 The shooter--I don't think he had the time 176 00:09:39,622 --> 00:09:42,799 to either try to go through his pants pocket or the bag. 177 00:09:42,842 --> 00:09:45,105 He just realized he had to get outta there. 178 00:09:46,629 --> 00:09:48,282 Well, since the money was there, 179 00:09:48,326 --> 00:09:54,419 was this a possible assassination, you know? 180 00:09:54,462 --> 00:09:57,117 Usually, when it's a hit they don't take the time 181 00:09:57,161 --> 00:09:59,859 to steal his wallet. Usually. 182 00:10:01,644 --> 00:10:03,428 Detectives consider the possibility 183 00:10:03,471 --> 00:10:05,822 that this much cash left at the crime scene 184 00:10:05,865 --> 00:10:07,345 could indicate a mob hit, 185 00:10:07,388 --> 00:10:09,913 but with Louis dead only a little more than an hour, 186 00:10:09,956 --> 00:10:11,610 it's way too early in the investigation 187 00:10:11,654 --> 00:10:13,568 to get attached to this theory. 188 00:10:13,612 --> 00:10:15,962 Unfortunately, the media has latched on 189 00:10:16,006 --> 00:10:19,096 to the idea of nob involvement and is running with it. 190 00:10:19,139 --> 00:10:21,838 We knew that there were camera crews out that night. 191 00:10:21,881 --> 00:10:23,404 That's not that unusual, 192 00:10:23,448 --> 00:10:27,191 but this seemed to be getting a lot more press. 193 00:10:27,234 --> 00:10:28,714 It was a world-famous pizzeria. 194 00:10:28,758 --> 00:10:32,022 You had the possibility of a mob hit. 195 00:10:32,065 --> 00:10:33,806 It was snowballing. 196 00:10:33,850 --> 00:10:35,895 When a man is gunned down in broad daylight 197 00:10:35,939 --> 00:10:37,505 carrying that much cash, 198 00:10:37,549 --> 00:10:39,290 and the cash stay with the body, 199 00:10:39,333 --> 00:10:41,248 it leads one to think, 200 00:10:41,292 --> 00:10:44,512 "Does this have something to do with the Mafia?" 201 00:10:44,556 --> 00:10:47,559 The Barbatis' neighborhood, Dyker Heights, 202 00:10:47,602 --> 00:10:50,475 has a reputation that's fueling the media's flames. 203 00:10:50,518 --> 00:10:53,565 It's a middle-class to upper middle-class neighborhood. 204 00:10:53,608 --> 00:10:55,306 Well-manicured lawns. 205 00:10:55,349 --> 00:10:57,438 Generally hard-working people 206 00:10:57,482 --> 00:11:00,311 that take pride in their homes. 207 00:11:01,834 --> 00:11:03,793 In that area, you have some families 208 00:11:03,836 --> 00:11:08,667 that had ties to traditional Cosa Nostra or mafia. 209 00:11:08,711 --> 00:11:11,191 Going back 40 years ago, very common. 210 00:11:11,235 --> 00:11:14,194 I saw it as a kid growing up. 211 00:11:15,195 --> 00:11:19,330 The Barbati family, already devastated by Louis' death, 212 00:11:19,373 --> 00:11:21,071 are appalled by this attention 213 00:11:21,114 --> 00:11:23,769 and turn to their attorney Arthur Aidala. 214 00:11:23,813 --> 00:11:26,554 And I can remember the family's frustration. 215 00:11:26,598 --> 00:11:29,775 His wife and his two sons were in the midst of losing him. 216 00:11:29,819 --> 00:11:31,777 They were all in tremendous pain. 217 00:11:31,821 --> 00:11:34,911 Louis lived a very simple life. 218 00:11:34,954 --> 00:11:37,522 There's an Italian expression, 219 00:11:37,565 --> 00:11:39,132 you know, "lavoro, casa, chiesa." 220 00:11:39,176 --> 00:11:40,786 Work. Home. Church. 221 00:11:40,830 --> 00:11:43,180 That's him. He was such a good guy. 222 00:11:43,223 --> 00:11:46,226 What happened, and how could this have happened? 223 00:11:46,270 --> 00:11:49,926 I don't think that there's ever gonna be full closure, 224 00:11:49,969 --> 00:11:54,713 because Louis is gone, you know, he's not coming back. 225 00:11:54,757 --> 00:11:56,584 I mean, I didn't see Louis every day. 226 00:11:56,628 --> 00:12:00,371 I saw him on occasion, but his children and his wife 227 00:12:00,414 --> 00:12:01,764 that saw him every day-- I mean I'm sure 228 00:12:01,807 --> 00:12:04,462 that there is an emptiness for them, you know. 229 00:12:04,505 --> 00:12:07,900 There's a blank spot. 230 00:12:07,944 --> 00:12:11,643 The detectives know they must block out the chaos 231 00:12:11,686 --> 00:12:14,559 caused by the media and start canvassing the neighborhood, 232 00:12:14,602 --> 00:12:16,735 before any possible leads grow cold. 233 00:12:16,779 --> 00:12:18,476 Extensive work has to be done. 234 00:12:18,519 --> 00:12:20,652 Interviews of everybody in the neighborhood. 235 00:12:20,695 --> 00:12:23,437 Call it canvass for witnesses. 236 00:12:23,481 --> 00:12:25,831 Canvass for video surveillance. 237 00:12:25,875 --> 00:12:28,007 Nowadays, a lot of people 238 00:12:28,051 --> 00:12:31,054 have cameras mounted at their houses. 239 00:12:31,097 --> 00:12:34,187 Well, that night they were knocking on everybody's door. 240 00:12:34,231 --> 00:12:37,887 We're looking for eyewitnesses or ear witnesses, 241 00:12:37,930 --> 00:12:40,890 but once it started coming out, "Oh, the Mafia's involved," 242 00:12:40,933 --> 00:12:43,762 people were politely closing the doors in our face. 243 00:12:43,806 --> 00:12:45,459 They didn't want to get involved in that. 244 00:12:46,939 --> 00:12:48,985 As the night of the murder turns to day, 245 00:12:49,028 --> 00:12:50,551 we have no new leads. 246 00:12:50,595 --> 00:12:52,945 And although we still have no proof of mob involvement, 247 00:12:52,989 --> 00:12:55,426 we need to explore every possible angle, 248 00:12:55,469 --> 00:12:57,907 so we reach out to a special branch of the FBI 249 00:12:57,950 --> 00:13:01,519 known as OCID--the Organized Crime Investigative Division-- 250 00:13:01,562 --> 00:13:03,782 and they agree to come on board. 251 00:13:04,914 --> 00:13:07,438 I was told that the FBI was offering their assistance 252 00:13:07,481 --> 00:13:09,266 in the case 253 00:13:09,309 --> 00:13:11,572 and that we were going to accept it. 254 00:13:12,269 --> 00:13:16,099 The FBI quickly unearths an old mafia feud 255 00:13:16,142 --> 00:13:18,623 centered on the recipe for the sauce 256 00:13:18,666 --> 00:13:21,800 on the famous Sicilian slice at L&B Spumoni Gardens. 257 00:13:21,844 --> 00:13:25,935 Years ago, an associate of a mafia crime family 258 00:13:25,978 --> 00:13:28,633 married into the Barbati family. 259 00:13:28,676 --> 00:13:30,809 He claimed that a fellow named Eugene Lombardo, 260 00:13:30,853 --> 00:13:32,332 a member of another crime family, 261 00:13:32,376 --> 00:13:36,771 stole L&B's sauce recipe to use in his own pizzeria. 262 00:13:36,815 --> 00:13:38,773 Mr. Lombardo opened his own pizza joint 263 00:13:38,817 --> 00:13:40,514 across the Verrazano Bridge, 264 00:13:40,558 --> 00:13:44,475 over in Staten Island, called The Square. 265 00:13:44,518 --> 00:13:47,782 His pie was suspiciously like L&B Spumoni Gardens. 266 00:13:47,826 --> 00:13:50,873 Specifically, there was a sign out front that said, 267 00:13:50,916 --> 00:13:53,963 "This is just like L&B Spumoni Gardens' pie." 268 00:13:55,399 --> 00:13:58,315 Although Mr. Lombardo denied stealing the recipe 269 00:13:58,358 --> 00:14:01,884 and L&B Spumoni Gardens played no part in the feud, 270 00:14:01,927 --> 00:14:04,669 there was allegedly a sit-down between two crime families 271 00:14:04,712 --> 00:14:07,715 to settle the dispute over the sauce recipe. 272 00:14:08,281 --> 00:14:11,197 And it's possible that this was retribution, 273 00:14:11,241 --> 00:14:12,938 because there was money lost. 274 00:14:12,982 --> 00:14:14,940 Maybe they took it out on Louis. 275 00:14:16,115 --> 00:14:17,900 Though it happened years ago, 276 00:14:17,943 --> 00:14:19,945 the FBI must carefully look for any connections 277 00:14:19,989 --> 00:14:23,340 between this feud and Louis Barbati's murder. 278 00:14:23,383 --> 00:14:25,603 And this will take time. 279 00:14:25,646 --> 00:14:26,691 From this point forward, 280 00:14:26,734 --> 00:14:28,736 the investigation splits in two. 281 00:14:28,780 --> 00:14:31,435 The FBI will investigate any possible mob activity, 282 00:14:31,478 --> 00:14:34,960 and the NYPD will follow the trail of an attempted robbery. 283 00:14:35,004 --> 00:14:36,701 ♪ 284 00:14:36,744 --> 00:14:38,964 The first step for detectives--find out 285 00:14:39,008 --> 00:14:43,708 why Louis was carrying $15,000 in a bag when he died. 286 00:14:43,751 --> 00:14:45,710 They start with a visit to Louis' restaurant 287 00:14:45,753 --> 00:14:47,538 L&B Spumoni Gardens. 288 00:14:47,581 --> 00:14:50,976 Louis co-owned the business with two siblings 289 00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:52,630 and three cousins. 290 00:14:52,673 --> 00:14:54,110 At certain times during the year, 291 00:14:54,153 --> 00:14:57,722 the business paid out bonuses to the six co-owners. 292 00:14:57,765 --> 00:15:01,073 We learned that the bonus, $15,483, 293 00:15:01,117 --> 00:15:02,770 was what Louis was carrying home 294 00:15:02,814 --> 00:15:05,034 the night he was murdered. 295 00:15:05,077 --> 00:15:07,079 And every dollar of it was in the bag 296 00:15:07,123 --> 00:15:09,038 found at the scene of the crime. 297 00:15:10,996 --> 00:15:14,130 No one would have known, other than the family member 298 00:15:14,173 --> 00:15:16,784 who actually put the payment for Louis in the safe, 299 00:15:16,828 --> 00:15:21,267 that Louis was leaving that day with the $15,483. 300 00:15:21,311 --> 00:15:25,228 At least, that's what Louis' family believed. 301 00:15:25,271 --> 00:15:27,404 So did someone else find out 302 00:15:27,447 --> 00:15:29,319 he was carrying that much cash? 303 00:15:29,362 --> 00:15:33,540 And was it someone from inside the business? 304 00:15:33,584 --> 00:15:36,761 We spoke to the entire staff. 305 00:15:36,804 --> 00:15:39,285 We couldn't find anybody to say a bad word about Lou. 306 00:15:39,329 --> 00:15:41,113 Everybody said he was the nicest guy. 307 00:15:41,157 --> 00:15:42,549 He was a great boss. 308 00:15:42,593 --> 00:15:44,029 It's been one day since Louis was murdered, 309 00:15:44,073 --> 00:15:47,032 and so far, his employees are coming up clean. 310 00:15:47,076 --> 00:15:49,252 There were no incidents at the store. 311 00:15:49,295 --> 00:15:50,644 There was no arguments. 312 00:15:50,688 --> 00:15:52,603 There was nothing that would stick out. 313 00:15:52,646 --> 00:15:54,561 They said it was just a regular day, 314 00:15:54,605 --> 00:15:55,998 like any other day. 315 00:15:59,566 --> 00:16:01,264 Meanwhile, the canvassing efforts 316 00:16:01,307 --> 00:16:05,094 in Barbati's neighborhood have produced the first real lead. 317 00:16:05,137 --> 00:16:08,271 We interviewed a neighbor who his girlfriend lived 318 00:16:08,314 --> 00:16:11,970 catty-corner across the street from Mr. Barbati's location. 319 00:16:12,014 --> 00:16:14,799 He told us he had pulled in earlier, 320 00:16:14,842 --> 00:16:20,283 and he noticed a white Acura TL on the corner, 321 00:16:20,326 --> 00:16:23,373 by the fire hydrant. 322 00:16:23,416 --> 00:16:25,592 So of course, we're, "Why did you notice that?" 323 00:16:25,636 --> 00:16:27,246 And he goes, "Well, because I park there." 324 00:16:29,683 --> 00:16:31,250 This is our first big lead, 325 00:16:31,294 --> 00:16:33,078 and it's quickly followed by a second 326 00:16:33,122 --> 00:16:35,124 and potentially much bigger one. 327 00:16:38,170 --> 00:16:41,086 There was another neighbor that told detectives 328 00:16:41,130 --> 00:16:42,957 that he saw the shooter fleeing the scene 329 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:44,611 wearing a dark-colored sweatshirt. 330 00:16:47,527 --> 00:16:49,138 A neighbor. 331 00:16:49,181 --> 00:16:51,575 He was in front of his house when the gunshots rang out. 332 00:16:53,925 --> 00:16:57,189 He saw a male running, crossing 12th Avenue, 333 00:16:57,233 --> 00:16:59,278 and going towards the white car catty-corner 334 00:16:59,322 --> 00:17:02,499 to where Mr. Lombardi lived. 335 00:17:02,542 --> 00:17:06,024 NYPD investigators have been scanning hundreds of hours 336 00:17:06,068 --> 00:17:09,027 of surveillance footage from the Barbatis' neighborhood. 337 00:17:09,071 --> 00:17:11,682 It's time to see if this guy was caught on tape. 338 00:17:11,725 --> 00:17:13,814 There were numerous places the detectives 339 00:17:13,858 --> 00:17:15,686 collected video from. 340 00:17:15,729 --> 00:17:18,515 Many, many hours of video surveillance, in this case. 341 00:17:23,259 --> 00:17:26,175 The tale of the tapes doesn't disappoint. 342 00:17:28,264 --> 00:17:30,701 The video surveillance that the detectives collected 343 00:17:30,744 --> 00:17:33,486 showed this white Acura actually 344 00:17:33,530 --> 00:17:36,707 circle Louis Barbati's block three times, 345 00:17:36,750 --> 00:17:41,973 from approximately 5:30 to about 5:45 p.m. 346 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:44,802 One of the things that we were able to see 347 00:17:44,845 --> 00:17:46,891 is that this particular Acura 348 00:17:46,934 --> 00:17:48,980 had a Christmas tree air freshener 349 00:17:49,023 --> 00:17:50,590 hanging in the windshield. 350 00:17:50,634 --> 00:17:53,376 Now, that's not the most unique thing in the entire world, 351 00:17:53,419 --> 00:17:55,378 but you don't really know what you're looking for at first 352 00:17:55,421 --> 00:17:57,206 in every case. 353 00:17:57,249 --> 00:18:00,209 We can't see the driver of the Acura get out of his car. 354 00:18:00,252 --> 00:18:01,862 But when we checked the footage 355 00:18:01,906 --> 00:18:05,039 captured from another camera on the street shortly after, 356 00:18:05,083 --> 00:18:07,129 a promising figure appears. 357 00:18:08,739 --> 00:18:10,349 It showed him walking. 358 00:18:10,393 --> 00:18:13,918 He kept his right arm still and his left arm moved. 359 00:18:13,961 --> 00:18:15,528 If you see somebody walking like that, 360 00:18:15,572 --> 00:18:19,010 nine out of ten times the guy's got a gun in his waistband. 361 00:18:19,053 --> 00:18:20,620 I've carried a gun for over 30 years. 362 00:18:20,664 --> 00:18:23,319 There have been times where I've thrown it in my waistband 363 00:18:23,362 --> 00:18:24,668 without a holster, 364 00:18:24,711 --> 00:18:28,193 and you self-consciously press against it, 365 00:18:28,237 --> 00:18:31,240 to keep it from falling. So it tells me, "All right. 366 00:18:31,283 --> 00:18:34,112 That guy's probably got the gun on him, at that point," 367 00:18:34,156 --> 00:18:37,289 and I'm convinced that definitely could be the guy. 368 00:18:47,865 --> 00:18:50,346 ♪ 369 00:18:50,389 --> 00:18:52,174 Detectives are finally able to view footage 370 00:18:52,217 --> 00:18:53,436 from the surveillance cameras 371 00:18:53,479 --> 00:18:55,438 in Louis Barbati's neighborhood, 372 00:18:55,481 --> 00:18:57,744 and they get a hit. 373 00:18:57,788 --> 00:19:00,269 A male who is in a black hooded sweatshirt 374 00:19:00,312 --> 00:19:03,185 and shorts walks basically directly across 375 00:19:03,228 --> 00:19:06,188 from where Lou parked. 376 00:19:06,231 --> 00:19:10,757 This was June 30th. It was hot as hell. 377 00:19:10,801 --> 00:19:12,324 A suspect would wear a sweatshirt 378 00:19:12,368 --> 00:19:13,630 like that in the summer 379 00:19:13,673 --> 00:19:15,545 if they wanted to conceal something unique 380 00:19:15,588 --> 00:19:18,461 about their arms, like tattoos. 381 00:19:18,504 --> 00:19:20,463 We saw that he had a strange walk to him. 382 00:19:20,506 --> 00:19:23,509 It was a limp of some kind. 383 00:19:23,553 --> 00:19:25,076 Before the incident, 384 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,819 the suspect walks down the block in the black hoodie. 385 00:19:28,862 --> 00:19:31,517 And he puts on a glove. 386 00:19:31,561 --> 00:19:34,390 And then he pulls a pistol out of his waistband, 387 00:19:34,433 --> 00:19:37,871 puts it to his side, and walks out of camera view. 388 00:19:40,004 --> 00:19:44,008 What the videotapes don't show is the actual moment 389 00:19:44,051 --> 00:19:45,879 of the weapon being discharged. 390 00:19:48,534 --> 00:19:50,232 Who is this guy? Where did he come from? 391 00:19:50,275 --> 00:19:53,800 Who is he affiliated with? Why would he want Lou Lou dead? 392 00:19:53,844 --> 00:19:55,454 ♪ 393 00:19:55,498 --> 00:19:57,804 Had this mystery killer somehow learned about the cash 394 00:19:57,848 --> 00:20:00,807 Louis was carrying and tried to rob him? 395 00:20:00,851 --> 00:20:03,332 Or was Louis somehow connected to this man? 396 00:20:08,728 --> 00:20:10,600 Questions were asked like, in the middle of the day, 397 00:20:10,643 --> 00:20:12,645 did Lou Lou leave for hours at a time? 398 00:20:12,689 --> 00:20:14,647 No. 399 00:20:14,691 --> 00:20:16,780 Was there any woman who would come in, 400 00:20:16,823 --> 00:20:18,695 and you know, he would, like, go sit in the corner 401 00:20:18,738 --> 00:20:22,176 and talk to in a--[ahem]-- "non-traditional way"? 402 00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:23,613 No. 403 00:20:23,656 --> 00:20:25,658 Did he have any fights with anybody? 404 00:20:25,702 --> 00:20:27,660 No. 405 00:20:27,704 --> 00:20:29,488 You know, what people don't understand, 406 00:20:29,532 --> 00:20:33,666 as a human being, all of us have our secrets. 407 00:20:33,710 --> 00:20:37,670 I've known people that had two families at the same time. 408 00:20:37,714 --> 00:20:40,194 Some people, they go places every day, 409 00:20:40,238 --> 00:20:42,196 and nobody knows about it. 410 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,502 Going through Louis' phone, 411 00:20:43,546 --> 00:20:47,419 we found a photo from Aqueduct Racetrack. 412 00:20:50,117 --> 00:20:53,860 One of the "aha" moments in the investigation 413 00:20:53,904 --> 00:20:56,515 was Lou Lou would take off on Wednesdays, 414 00:20:56,559 --> 00:20:58,169 and he said he was "going to the track." 415 00:20:58,212 --> 00:21:02,173 ♪ 416 00:21:02,216 --> 00:21:03,783 Is he really going to the track, 417 00:21:03,827 --> 00:21:05,785 or is that just an excuse? Because there's plenty of guys 418 00:21:05,829 --> 00:21:07,352 who say they're going to the track, 419 00:21:07,396 --> 00:21:08,571 and they're gonna go do things 420 00:21:08,614 --> 00:21:10,921 that they shouldn't be going to do. 421 00:21:13,010 --> 00:21:15,186 We asked the sons and the wife about it. 422 00:21:15,229 --> 00:21:17,144 She said, "Oh, he goes to the track 423 00:21:17,188 --> 00:21:19,756 once a week with his cousin." 424 00:21:19,799 --> 00:21:21,584 "Could you give us the cousin's name?" 425 00:21:21,627 --> 00:21:23,499 She gave us his name. We called him up and said, 426 00:21:23,542 --> 00:21:25,544 "Would you be willing to come down and talk to us?" 427 00:21:25,588 --> 00:21:27,329 He said, "Of course." 428 00:21:29,809 --> 00:21:31,463 He came right in and said-- 429 00:21:31,507 --> 00:21:32,943 he goes, "We went there once a week." 430 00:21:32,986 --> 00:21:35,162 He probably didn't bet over $100 the entire day. 431 00:21:35,206 --> 00:21:38,905 It was just a way for him to relax. 432 00:21:38,949 --> 00:21:42,387 Law enforcement looked into Louis' gambling, 433 00:21:42,431 --> 00:21:45,390 to find out if he was in debt to anyone. 434 00:21:45,434 --> 00:21:48,306 We learned that he was not in debt. 435 00:21:48,350 --> 00:21:50,177 Didn't owe anyone any money. 436 00:21:50,221 --> 00:21:54,747 There was nothing that investigators saw or found 437 00:21:54,791 --> 00:21:56,575 that was leading them to think 438 00:21:56,619 --> 00:21:58,403 that there was anything untoward, 439 00:21:58,447 --> 00:22:01,406 so the gambling part of it and the Aqueduct 440 00:22:01,450 --> 00:22:03,930 and the Belmont part of it went nowhere. 441 00:22:10,807 --> 00:22:13,026 Five days after Louis Barbati is killed, 442 00:22:13,070 --> 00:22:15,202 hundreds of mourners attend his funeral 443 00:22:15,246 --> 00:22:17,291 in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. 444 00:22:17,335 --> 00:22:20,599 I think that the outpouring that we got from the community 445 00:22:20,643 --> 00:22:22,122 after he was killed 446 00:22:22,166 --> 00:22:25,082 showed us just really how much he was loved. 447 00:22:26,213 --> 00:22:30,653 In my heart of hearts, I saw what this family went through, 448 00:22:30,696 --> 00:22:32,872 and I don't think they'll ever be over it. 449 00:22:32,916 --> 00:22:35,353 They'll never be the same again. 450 00:22:36,354 --> 00:22:38,530 Louis' family must bury him 451 00:22:38,574 --> 00:22:41,577 with no answers about why he was killed. 452 00:22:43,013 --> 00:22:45,537 And the media is increasing their suffering 453 00:22:45,581 --> 00:22:47,670 by running wild with rumors 454 00:22:47,713 --> 00:22:50,281 of connections between Louis and the Mob. 455 00:22:50,324 --> 00:22:51,456 When people talked about 456 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:53,153 that this was an organized crime hit, 457 00:22:53,197 --> 00:22:56,940 the family were offended, on the highest levels. 458 00:22:56,983 --> 00:22:59,638 The insinuation when you say it's organized crime is, 459 00:22:59,682 --> 00:23:02,336 "Well, Lou Lou's gotta be a member of organized crime." 460 00:23:02,380 --> 00:23:05,035 And that hurt them a lot. 461 00:23:06,689 --> 00:23:09,126 Someone actually sent me a clip 462 00:23:09,169 --> 00:23:11,650 from the "London Mail" newspaper. 463 00:23:11,694 --> 00:23:13,739 That this was in the "London Mail." 464 00:23:13,783 --> 00:23:15,480 Lou Lou followed in their father's, 465 00:23:15,524 --> 00:23:17,090 their grandfather's footsteps. 466 00:23:17,134 --> 00:23:18,614 They ran a very respectable business. 467 00:23:18,657 --> 00:23:21,486 A real American success story. 468 00:23:21,530 --> 00:23:23,488 Lou Lou didn't deserve this. 469 00:23:23,532 --> 00:23:26,796 ♪ 470 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:29,233 The FBI continues to investigate the allegations 471 00:23:29,276 --> 00:23:31,017 of mob involvement, 472 00:23:31,061 --> 00:23:33,629 sifting through all the rumors to see if any could be true. 473 00:23:33,672 --> 00:23:35,892 Meanwhile, investigators working with 474 00:23:35,935 --> 00:23:38,024 surveillance footage make another discovery 475 00:23:38,068 --> 00:23:40,766 that moves the investigation forward. 476 00:23:40,810 --> 00:23:42,420 They've been checking the security cameras 477 00:23:42,464 --> 00:23:43,987 at L&B Spumoni Gardens 478 00:23:44,030 --> 00:23:46,903 and have taken note of a particular vehicle. 479 00:23:48,774 --> 00:23:52,038 It's a car that's becoming very familiar. 480 00:23:52,822 --> 00:23:55,999 One of the views we got from the video at L&B-- 481 00:23:56,042 --> 00:23:59,132 you see a white car that could be an Acura TL 482 00:23:59,176 --> 00:24:01,613 come down and park behind the restaurant, 483 00:24:01,657 --> 00:24:03,833 well before the incident. 484 00:24:03,876 --> 00:24:07,053 And a short time later, you see a male walk around the corner 485 00:24:07,097 --> 00:24:11,971 towards what would be the back of L&B where Lou had parked. 486 00:24:12,015 --> 00:24:14,278 The suspect is seen at Spumoni Gardens 487 00:24:14,321 --> 00:24:16,541 between 1:05 and 1:10 p.m., 488 00:24:16,585 --> 00:24:18,369 and that was before Louis Barbati 489 00:24:18,412 --> 00:24:19,718 had gotten to work that day. 490 00:24:19,762 --> 00:24:22,155 We believed he was looking for Louis Barbati. 491 00:24:25,071 --> 00:24:26,116 Coming up... 492 00:24:26,159 --> 00:24:27,683 He said, "I have information 493 00:24:27,726 --> 00:24:29,902 about who this person in the video was, 494 00:24:29,946 --> 00:24:31,687 but I want to know about the reward." 495 00:24:31,730 --> 00:24:34,167 And says, "Yeah, there's a reward." 496 00:24:34,211 --> 00:24:35,560 They pull his photo up. 497 00:24:35,604 --> 00:24:37,823 Oh, that definitely could be him. 498 00:24:48,138 --> 00:24:51,750 ♪ 499 00:24:51,794 --> 00:24:54,579 The investigation into Louis Barbati's murder is heating up 500 00:24:54,623 --> 00:24:57,147 due to several hits on surveillance footage. 501 00:24:57,190 --> 00:24:59,541 We saw the suspect park his car and get out 502 00:24:59,584 --> 00:25:03,414 at L&B Spumoni Gardens hours before the shooting. 503 00:25:03,457 --> 00:25:06,243 We also have footage of him walking on Louis' street, 504 00:25:06,286 --> 00:25:09,725 gun in hand, right before the murder happened. 505 00:25:09,768 --> 00:25:12,510 Now, we have to figure out who he is. 506 00:25:15,382 --> 00:25:18,472 It's time to appeal for help from a new source-- 507 00:25:18,516 --> 00:25:20,910 the public. 508 00:25:20,953 --> 00:25:23,086 We had a Crime Stoppers reward right away we put out, 509 00:25:23,129 --> 00:25:25,871 which is up to $2,500. 510 00:25:25,915 --> 00:25:28,526 And then the family-- they put up money. 511 00:25:28,570 --> 00:25:31,442 That's independent of the police department. 512 00:25:31,485 --> 00:25:36,490 A couple of family members decided to put up a reward, 513 00:25:36,534 --> 00:25:40,538 a $50,000 reward for the arrest of the perpetrator 514 00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:41,757 in this case. 515 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,628 That same day, at a press conference, 516 00:25:43,672 --> 00:25:46,022 I released the grainy surveillance video of the man 517 00:25:46,065 --> 00:25:49,808 we believed could be responsible for Louis' death. 518 00:25:49,852 --> 00:25:51,505 Neighbors saw a male, white, 519 00:25:51,549 --> 00:25:54,291 with a black hooded sweatshirt running off. 520 00:25:55,814 --> 00:25:58,338 There's 8.6 million people in New York City, 521 00:25:58,382 --> 00:25:59,644 so why wouldn't you see 522 00:25:59,688 --> 00:26:01,733 if someone knew who this person was? 523 00:26:01,777 --> 00:26:03,735 But you have to understand you're going to get 524 00:26:03,779 --> 00:26:06,477 a lot of information, and it all has to be vetted. 525 00:26:07,696 --> 00:26:09,088 When you turn it over to the public, 526 00:26:09,132 --> 00:26:11,308 you obviously run the risk 527 00:26:11,351 --> 00:26:13,092 of getting a false identification. 528 00:26:13,136 --> 00:26:14,920 You're going to run into some accusations 529 00:26:14,964 --> 00:26:18,402 that are unreliable, to say the least. 530 00:26:19,533 --> 00:26:21,100 When we put details out there, 531 00:26:21,144 --> 00:26:23,494 we deliberately don't reveal everything. 532 00:26:23,537 --> 00:26:25,975 Like in this case, the suspect's limp, 533 00:26:26,018 --> 00:26:27,324 or our theory about the hoodie 534 00:26:27,367 --> 00:26:29,674 covering identifying scars or tattoos. 535 00:26:29,718 --> 00:26:31,937 This allows us to weed out the bum tips 536 00:26:31,981 --> 00:26:34,548 from the legitimate ones. 537 00:26:37,421 --> 00:26:39,771 The first two tips didn't pan out. 538 00:26:39,815 --> 00:26:44,341 One said this guy had a large tattoo on his leg. 539 00:26:44,384 --> 00:26:46,648 We knew our subject didn't have that, 540 00:26:46,691 --> 00:26:48,562 so we were able to discount him. 541 00:26:48,606 --> 00:26:52,349 The other one--his size and shape weren't right. 542 00:26:57,049 --> 00:26:58,703 A call comes in from someone 543 00:26:58,747 --> 00:27:02,011 who is positive they can ID the mystery man 544 00:27:02,054 --> 00:27:04,100 on the neighborhood videotape. 545 00:27:04,143 --> 00:27:06,580 Hopefully, this tipster is legit. 546 00:27:06,624 --> 00:27:10,802 Someone called L&B, after seeing the video, 547 00:27:10,846 --> 00:27:16,460 so the L&B Spumoni Gardens personnel called me. 548 00:27:16,503 --> 00:27:19,245 I called the witness back, and he said, 549 00:27:19,289 --> 00:27:22,727 "I have information of who this person in the video was, 550 00:27:22,771 --> 00:27:25,338 but I want to know about the reward." 551 00:27:25,382 --> 00:27:28,559 And I says, "Yeah, there's a reward of $50,000, 552 00:27:28,602 --> 00:27:30,735 but, you know, I need to know if your information 553 00:27:30,779 --> 00:27:35,479 is good and correct." So he was reluctant. 554 00:27:35,522 --> 00:27:37,568 He was worried about his safety and things like that, 555 00:27:37,611 --> 00:27:41,833 but he said to me the name Andy Fernandez. 556 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,970 I contacted the detective in the case and told them 557 00:27:48,013 --> 00:27:51,625 that this individual had given information. 558 00:27:51,669 --> 00:27:53,497 Didn't know if it was good or not. 559 00:27:55,455 --> 00:27:56,587 I was sitting at my desk, 560 00:27:56,630 --> 00:27:58,241 and I yelled out to one of my guys, 561 00:27:58,284 --> 00:27:59,416 "Who's got a computer up?" 562 00:27:59,459 --> 00:28:01,984 One of my partners said, "I do." 563 00:28:02,027 --> 00:28:06,205 We find an Andreas Fernandez who can fit the bill. 564 00:28:06,249 --> 00:28:07,337 They pull his photo up. 565 00:28:07,380 --> 00:28:09,469 Oh, that definitely could be him. 566 00:28:11,036 --> 00:28:14,823 Fernandez matched the suspect from the video surveillance 567 00:28:14,866 --> 00:28:16,476 physically to a T. 568 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,784 We have something here. We have a possible. 569 00:28:19,828 --> 00:28:23,092 6'3" over 200 pounds. He fits our mode. 570 00:28:23,135 --> 00:28:25,616 He looks like him. 571 00:28:25,659 --> 00:28:29,620 As we dig deeper, we learn Andreas Fernandez 572 00:28:29,663 --> 00:28:32,797 is a 44-year-old former construction worker. 573 00:28:32,841 --> 00:28:34,494 He was originally from Brooklyn. 574 00:28:34,538 --> 00:28:36,496 Moved out, and he was living on Long Island. 575 00:28:36,540 --> 00:28:38,498 He had a minor criminal record. 576 00:28:38,542 --> 00:28:39,978 And when we look up 577 00:28:40,022 --> 00:28:42,807 what kind of car he drives, we are blown away. 578 00:28:44,287 --> 00:28:48,465 This guy's got a white Acura TL 2013 579 00:28:48,508 --> 00:28:51,207 registered under his name. So I'm like, "All right. 580 00:28:51,250 --> 00:28:53,644 This is definitely the best lead we've had." 581 00:28:53,687 --> 00:28:57,300 And then we get another call. Same information. 582 00:28:57,343 --> 00:28:59,476 And we get another call. Same information. 583 00:28:59,519 --> 00:29:03,306 So now, it's looking like the public has helped us. 584 00:29:03,349 --> 00:29:06,178 They've given us our name. 585 00:29:07,353 --> 00:29:10,661 We knew we'd found our guy. 586 00:29:10,704 --> 00:29:13,838 He's obviously a dangerous person. 587 00:29:13,882 --> 00:29:16,667 We want to get him off the streets as soon as possible. 588 00:29:16,710 --> 00:29:20,584 Now, the biggest unanswered question in my mind is 589 00:29:20,627 --> 00:29:24,283 what made this perpetrator 590 00:29:24,327 --> 00:29:29,723 seek out Lou Lou and murder him? 591 00:29:29,767 --> 00:29:31,856 Coming up... 592 00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:34,859 I couldn't sleep the night before we were gonna do it. 593 00:29:34,903 --> 00:29:37,122 The cell site evidence--it just doubles down on the video, 594 00:29:37,166 --> 00:29:38,471 to show you that he was there. 595 00:29:40,691 --> 00:29:42,214 I introduced myself, and then I asked him. 596 00:29:42,258 --> 00:29:43,955 I go, "Do you think it's unusual the FBI 597 00:29:43,999 --> 00:29:46,566 and the NYPD is in your house?" 598 00:29:58,274 --> 00:30:03,322 ♪ 599 00:30:03,366 --> 00:30:05,324 The investigation into Louis Barbati's 600 00:30:05,368 --> 00:30:08,414 shooting death in Brooklyn has finally turned a corner 601 00:30:08,458 --> 00:30:10,677 with the discovery of the suspect's name-- 602 00:30:10,721 --> 00:30:13,071 Andreas Fernandez. 603 00:30:13,115 --> 00:30:15,378 We don't have a motive, so we're eager to sit him down 604 00:30:15,421 --> 00:30:17,510 and ask some questions. 605 00:30:17,554 --> 00:30:20,687 But we can't bring him in just yet. 606 00:30:20,731 --> 00:30:24,778 You have to get the DA in line, 607 00:30:24,822 --> 00:30:28,304 ready to say, "Okay." 608 00:30:28,347 --> 00:30:31,611 You only want to go forward against the right person, 609 00:30:31,655 --> 00:30:34,092 in any case, at all, let alone a case like this. 610 00:30:34,136 --> 00:30:38,096 So before you're going to authorize an arrest, 611 00:30:38,140 --> 00:30:40,229 we need to have enough to ensure 612 00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:42,884 that the right person's going to be prosecuted. 613 00:30:44,537 --> 00:30:46,888 We need more proof that Fernandez is the guy 614 00:30:46,931 --> 00:30:48,628 we see in all those surveillance videos. 615 00:30:48,672 --> 00:30:51,675 Chances are he's been carrying around a tracking device-- 616 00:30:51,718 --> 00:30:53,503 his cellphone. 617 00:30:53,546 --> 00:30:58,290 So when they got a hold of Fernandez's cellphone records, 618 00:30:58,334 --> 00:31:00,553 the records actually had within them 619 00:31:00,597 --> 00:31:04,340 what's called real-time transmission information. 620 00:31:04,383 --> 00:31:07,560 It allows an expert in this field to map 621 00:31:07,604 --> 00:31:11,956 all of his movements throughout the day of June 30th of 2016. 622 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,916 Armed with a warrant, we are hoping our suspect's movements 623 00:31:14,959 --> 00:31:18,267 on the day of the crime will link him to Louis Barbati. 624 00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:20,486 ♪ 625 00:31:20,530 --> 00:31:23,054 We have cell site data that we put together 626 00:31:23,098 --> 00:31:26,014 that maps him coming from Long Island... 627 00:31:26,057 --> 00:31:27,493 into Brooklyn. 628 00:31:27,537 --> 00:31:30,105 At about 1:00. you see him on the highway. 629 00:31:31,802 --> 00:31:34,892 This is hitting the cell towers. 630 00:31:34,936 --> 00:31:36,502 He goes directly to the vicinity 631 00:31:36,546 --> 00:31:41,681 of L&B Spumoni Gardens around 1:05 to 1:10 p.m., 632 00:31:41,725 --> 00:31:45,424 Which matches up exactly with when you see that white car 633 00:31:45,468 --> 00:31:48,036 that looks like the Acura on the video surveillance. 634 00:31:49,602 --> 00:31:52,344 He leaves the area of L&B Spumoni Gardens. 635 00:31:52,388 --> 00:31:55,173 He actually goes to the victim's neighborhood, 636 00:31:55,217 --> 00:31:58,350 earlier than the time of the homicide... 637 00:31:59,351 --> 00:32:01,484 And then returns to the victim's neighborhood 638 00:32:01,527 --> 00:32:04,530 around the time we capture him on video surveillance 639 00:32:04,574 --> 00:32:08,273 doing three loops in the Acura around the victim's block. 640 00:32:08,317 --> 00:32:11,407 His cellphone was in the exact same position 641 00:32:11,450 --> 00:32:14,192 by the Barbati home, right before the homicide. 642 00:32:15,498 --> 00:32:17,804 The shooting happens at 7:01 p.m. 643 00:32:23,462 --> 00:32:26,117 And right after that, there are cellphone records 644 00:32:26,161 --> 00:32:28,598 showing the Acura start to move away 645 00:32:28,641 --> 00:32:30,121 from the Barbati neighborhood. 646 00:32:30,165 --> 00:32:33,820 And ultimately, the cellphone records pick up and show 647 00:32:33,864 --> 00:32:38,042 the owner of the cellphone moving now out of Brooklyn, 648 00:32:38,086 --> 00:32:40,305 ultimately ending in Long Island, 649 00:32:40,349 --> 00:32:42,264 right at the Fernandez residence. 650 00:32:47,312 --> 00:32:50,098 Finally, five months after Louis Barbati's murder, 651 00:32:50,141 --> 00:32:54,058 we have enough to arrest Andreas Fernandez. 652 00:32:54,841 --> 00:32:58,062 The cell site evidence--it just doubles down on the video, 653 00:32:58,106 --> 00:33:00,282 to show you that he was there. 654 00:33:02,023 --> 00:33:03,198 We still don't have a motive, 655 00:33:03,241 --> 00:33:05,635 but at least now we can bring this guy in 656 00:33:05,678 --> 00:33:08,072 and see what he has to say for himself. 657 00:33:08,116 --> 00:33:12,163 At that point, the feds are still taking the lead. 658 00:33:12,207 --> 00:33:14,078 They were going to execute a search warrant 659 00:33:14,122 --> 00:33:17,081 to arrest Fernandez at his house on Long Island. 660 00:33:17,125 --> 00:33:19,518 We were invited along. 661 00:33:19,562 --> 00:33:22,086 I couldn't sleep the night before we were gonna do it. 662 00:33:24,697 --> 00:33:28,049 The entry team knocked for a few minutes. 663 00:33:28,092 --> 00:33:30,355 He never answered. 664 00:33:30,399 --> 00:33:33,837 They finally made the decision to knock the door down. 665 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:37,275 So now, maybe we're gonna find out the specifics 666 00:33:37,319 --> 00:33:40,539 of what took place and why Lou Lou was murdered. 667 00:33:43,716 --> 00:33:45,718 One of the first things we notice 668 00:33:45,762 --> 00:33:48,982 when we arrest Fernandez are the tattoos on his arm, 669 00:33:49,026 --> 00:33:52,073 squaring with our theory of why the guy in the video 670 00:33:52,116 --> 00:33:55,119 was wearing a hoodie in June. 671 00:33:55,163 --> 00:33:56,990 I introduce myself, and then I asked him. 672 00:33:57,034 --> 00:33:58,383 I go, "Do you think it's unusual the FBI 673 00:33:58,427 --> 00:34:01,343 and the NYPD is in your house?" 674 00:34:01,386 --> 00:34:04,215 And he said yes, 675 00:34:04,259 --> 00:34:09,568 and then the FBI gave Miranda warnings to Fernandez, 676 00:34:09,612 --> 00:34:11,570 and then he asked for an attorney. 677 00:34:11,614 --> 00:34:13,268 He wanted to speak to a lawyer, 678 00:34:13,311 --> 00:34:16,271 and we did not have the opportunity to speak to him. 679 00:34:16,314 --> 00:34:19,100 No. He didn't want to make any statements. 680 00:34:19,143 --> 00:34:20,884 But even without a confession, 681 00:34:20,927 --> 00:34:22,755 a search around Fernandez's home 682 00:34:22,799 --> 00:34:24,714 gives us plenty of incriminating evidence 683 00:34:24,757 --> 00:34:26,977 to tie him to Barbati's murder. 684 00:34:27,020 --> 00:34:29,458 The white Acura was in his garage. 685 00:34:29,501 --> 00:34:30,937 Even the Christmas tree air freshener 686 00:34:30,981 --> 00:34:34,593 that we saw in the surveillance video is there. 687 00:34:34,637 --> 00:34:36,595 They were looking for clothing 688 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:40,599 similar to the clothing that the suspect wore on the video. 689 00:34:40,643 --> 00:34:43,776 So they found sweatshirts that were similar in appearance. 690 00:34:43,820 --> 00:34:46,301 They found jean shorts that were similar in appearance. 691 00:34:46,344 --> 00:34:48,520 Those were all collected. 692 00:34:48,564 --> 00:34:51,784 We also discover a business card in Fernandez's wallet 693 00:34:51,828 --> 00:34:55,005 with Barbati's address written on the back. 694 00:34:55,048 --> 00:34:56,572 I knew Fernandez was my shooter, 695 00:34:56,615 --> 00:35:00,053 but this just added another piece. 696 00:35:00,097 --> 00:35:02,143 Here's the victim's home address-- 697 00:35:02,186 --> 00:35:03,535 not the business address-- 698 00:35:03,579 --> 00:35:07,104 his home address written in this guy's wallet. 699 00:35:07,931 --> 00:35:10,325 The video shows that he was there, 700 00:35:10,368 --> 00:35:12,544 and then the cell site evidence. 701 00:35:12,588 --> 00:35:15,634 But to find that business card in his home 702 00:35:15,678 --> 00:35:17,810 with Louis Barbati's address hand-written 703 00:35:17,854 --> 00:35:20,857 on the back of the business card? 704 00:35:20,900 --> 00:35:23,686 That is icing on the cake. 705 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,906 Now that the NYPD has solid evidence 706 00:35:26,950 --> 00:35:29,170 connecting Fernandez to Louis, 707 00:35:29,213 --> 00:35:31,302 the FBI steps in to see if Fernandez 708 00:35:31,346 --> 00:35:33,304 has any connections to the Mob. 709 00:35:33,348 --> 00:35:35,698 And specifically to the old feud 710 00:35:35,741 --> 00:35:39,223 over the L&B Spumoni Gardens pizza sauce recipe. 711 00:35:39,267 --> 00:35:41,791 This was relative to the prior investigation 712 00:35:41,834 --> 00:35:44,185 of a place in Staten Island called Squares 713 00:35:44,228 --> 00:35:49,494 who allegedly stole the sauce recipe from Spumoni Gardens. 714 00:35:49,538 --> 00:35:50,843 Allegedly, they stole the sauce. 715 00:35:50,887 --> 00:35:52,497 They stole the whole product. 716 00:35:52,541 --> 00:35:54,412 The FBI questioned some people 717 00:35:54,456 --> 00:35:58,938 that had to do with the old L&B sauce case, 718 00:35:58,982 --> 00:36:01,854 because their specialty was the mafia families. 719 00:36:01,898 --> 00:36:04,292 They knew the players. 720 00:36:04,335 --> 00:36:06,511 They have people they can go to. 721 00:36:06,555 --> 00:36:08,731 They also went to talk to Louis' family 722 00:36:08,774 --> 00:36:10,689 and restaurant staff again, 723 00:36:10,733 --> 00:36:13,736 to flush out any connections to the Mob or Fernandez. 724 00:36:13,779 --> 00:36:17,043 The Barbati family cooperates fully with the FBI, 725 00:36:17,087 --> 00:36:19,524 confident that whatever they may find with Fernandez, 726 00:36:19,568 --> 00:36:22,048 there'll be no links between Louis and the Mob. 727 00:36:22,092 --> 00:36:26,314 The FBI agents--they gave me the confidence 728 00:36:26,357 --> 00:36:28,751 that we're just trying to figure out who killed Lou Lou, 729 00:36:28,794 --> 00:36:32,798 so they had unfettered access to everything. 730 00:36:32,842 --> 00:36:34,626 The books. The records. 731 00:36:34,670 --> 00:36:36,759 Every witness they wanted we brought in. 732 00:36:38,282 --> 00:36:39,979 The FBI are tremendous investigators. 733 00:36:40,023 --> 00:36:42,765 We had meetings. We'd come up with a strategy. 734 00:36:42,808 --> 00:36:46,072 And they wanted to see was it the retribution for the sauce? 735 00:36:46,116 --> 00:36:48,814 And then we see, "Okay. What do you got?" 736 00:36:58,781 --> 00:37:03,089 ♪ 737 00:37:03,133 --> 00:37:05,309 Louis Barbati's alleged murderer Andreas Fernandez 738 00:37:05,353 --> 00:37:06,658 is in custody. 739 00:37:06,702 --> 00:37:09,400 The FBI has been investigating an old mob feud 740 00:37:09,444 --> 00:37:11,228 over L&B's tomato sauce, 741 00:37:11,272 --> 00:37:14,318 and now, they look to see if Fernandez was involved. 742 00:37:14,362 --> 00:37:16,494 ♪ 743 00:37:16,538 --> 00:37:20,150 The FBI questioned people involved in that case, 744 00:37:20,193 --> 00:37:22,370 and it turned out that it had nothing to do 745 00:37:22,413 --> 00:37:24,676 with this incident. 746 00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:26,765 Nothing. No one touched them. 747 00:37:26,809 --> 00:37:28,332 No one's involved. 748 00:37:28,376 --> 00:37:30,029 No one's shaking anyone down. 749 00:37:30,073 --> 00:37:31,727 No one's affiliated with any family. 750 00:37:31,770 --> 00:37:33,424 That's all malarky. 751 00:37:33,468 --> 00:37:36,253 Pardon me for using an Irish term. 752 00:37:36,297 --> 00:37:37,820 And of course, Lou Lou had nothing to do 753 00:37:37,863 --> 00:37:39,648 with organized crime. 754 00:37:39,691 --> 00:37:41,954 ♪ 755 00:37:41,998 --> 00:37:46,002 So the Mafia sauce feud is put to rest. 756 00:37:46,045 --> 00:37:49,484 The FBI was ultimately unable to find any connection 757 00:37:49,527 --> 00:37:52,313 between the Mafia and Andreas Fernandez. 758 00:37:52,356 --> 00:37:54,227 He wasn't working for nobody. 759 00:37:54,271 --> 00:37:56,752 He has a construction accident settlement 760 00:37:56,795 --> 00:37:58,710 that he's collecting on, 761 00:37:58,754 --> 00:38:01,583 and he wasn't doing anything, this guy. 762 00:38:01,626 --> 00:38:04,368 Lives with his mother, I think, too. 763 00:38:05,108 --> 00:38:09,591 I'm glad that any stigma regarding organized crime 764 00:38:09,634 --> 00:38:11,636 and fights over pizza sauce-- 765 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,029 that's all been buried, 766 00:38:13,072 --> 00:38:16,815 and that's all been taken care of, and put aside. 767 00:38:16,859 --> 00:38:19,383 And I was so happy for the family 768 00:38:19,427 --> 00:38:21,298 when that was made very clear to them, 769 00:38:21,342 --> 00:38:25,171 and they saw that there was nothing there, as well. 770 00:38:26,042 --> 00:38:28,044 Our detectives have taken the investigation 771 00:38:28,087 --> 00:38:29,872 as far as they can, 772 00:38:29,915 --> 00:38:31,787 and they have no further understanding 773 00:38:31,830 --> 00:38:34,442 of why Fernandez killed Louis. 774 00:38:34,485 --> 00:38:36,313 It's a relief to have him off the street, 775 00:38:36,357 --> 00:38:39,621 but it's so very frustrating that we can't get any answers 776 00:38:39,664 --> 00:38:41,405 about why the murder happened. 777 00:38:41,449 --> 00:38:44,756 From what I know, it was never proven. 778 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:48,934 We have no real knowledge that the defendant 779 00:38:48,978 --> 00:38:51,981 and Louis ever spoke, ever saw each other, 780 00:38:52,024 --> 00:38:54,679 ever hung out together, ever did anything together. 781 00:38:55,941 --> 00:38:58,074 Law enforcement never found a link 782 00:38:58,117 --> 00:39:01,164 between Andy Fernandez and L&B 783 00:39:01,207 --> 00:39:03,296 other than the video surveillance 784 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:06,517 that put him there on the day of the crime. 785 00:39:07,475 --> 00:39:09,955 We have to hope that all the circumstantial evidence 786 00:39:09,999 --> 00:39:12,436 against him will be enough to put him away 787 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,046 when he goes to trial-- 788 00:39:14,090 --> 00:39:16,353 the eyewitnesses, the surveillance tapes, 789 00:39:16,397 --> 00:39:18,660 the cellphone data and the business card 790 00:39:18,703 --> 00:39:20,488 with Barbati's address. 791 00:39:20,531 --> 00:39:23,708 If he's acquitted, you can't bring him back again to trial, 792 00:39:23,752 --> 00:39:25,057 so you have one shot. 793 00:39:25,101 --> 00:39:28,060 And so you take the best shot you have. 794 00:39:29,192 --> 00:39:32,195 Fernandez is charged with attempted robbery and murder 795 00:39:32,238 --> 00:39:35,459 for the shooting death of Louis Barbati. 796 00:39:35,503 --> 00:39:38,941 And in December 2019, his murder trial begins 797 00:39:38,984 --> 00:39:41,857 at the state supreme courtroom in Brooklyn. 798 00:39:43,511 --> 00:39:46,035 Now, me being a retired detective, 799 00:39:46,078 --> 00:39:48,733 I'd been through a million trials and murder cases 800 00:39:48,777 --> 00:39:51,040 and, you know, maybe I had a thick skin. 801 00:39:51,083 --> 00:39:53,608 I didn't think I would become emotional. 802 00:39:54,739 --> 00:39:58,917 But one of the first witnesses was Lou Lou's wife, 803 00:39:58,961 --> 00:40:01,572 and she started to tell the story, 804 00:40:01,616 --> 00:40:03,182 and she started to break down. 805 00:40:03,226 --> 00:40:06,577 And they played the 911 tape. 806 00:40:06,621 --> 00:40:08,797 I started to become emotional, 807 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,495 and I put my head down like this. 808 00:40:11,539 --> 00:40:16,282 And I started to hear sniffling from family members next to me. 809 00:40:16,326 --> 00:40:19,242 And then I started to hear it from jurors. 810 00:40:19,285 --> 00:40:21,549 And then the perpetrator's family, 811 00:40:21,592 --> 00:40:23,942 there were people crying. 812 00:40:23,986 --> 00:40:26,771 And when I looked over at the perpetrator, 813 00:40:26,815 --> 00:40:29,731 he showed no remorse, 814 00:40:29,774 --> 00:40:33,169 and he sat there like he was sitting on a park bench 815 00:40:33,212 --> 00:40:36,564 watching the birds, twiddling his thumbs. 816 00:40:36,607 --> 00:40:39,436 Andreas Fernandez kept pretty calm in the courtroom. 817 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:44,267 That changed when the jury returned its verdict. 818 00:40:44,310 --> 00:40:46,530 After they deliberate for less than a day, 819 00:40:46,574 --> 00:40:48,924 the jury finds Andreas Fernandez 820 00:40:48,967 --> 00:40:51,143 guilty of second-degree murder 821 00:40:51,187 --> 00:40:54,886 and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. 822 00:40:54,930 --> 00:40:58,542 Andreas Fernandez is sentenced to 24 years to life in prison. 823 00:41:04,461 --> 00:41:08,813 The family was broken on June 30, 2016 824 00:41:08,857 --> 00:41:11,468 when this murder took place. 825 00:41:11,512 --> 00:41:14,166 Now there was some solace that they can say, 826 00:41:14,210 --> 00:41:16,691 "Well, we know who the person is that was responsible, 827 00:41:16,734 --> 00:41:18,214 and he's sitting in jail." 828 00:41:18,257 --> 00:41:20,869 And maybe they can move forward a little bit. 829 00:41:20,912 --> 00:41:23,524 Because he was never willing to speak to law enforcement, 830 00:41:23,567 --> 00:41:28,267 it's still a mystery as to why Fernandez shot Louis Barbati. 831 00:41:28,311 --> 00:41:30,966 Never spoke, which is his right. 832 00:41:31,009 --> 00:41:34,099 Fernandez maintains his innocence. 833 00:41:34,143 --> 00:41:35,623 I can tell you, 834 00:41:35,666 --> 00:41:38,974 just on behalf of the L&B Spumoni Gardens family, 835 00:41:39,017 --> 00:41:44,588 they're still tortured by the lack of a motive. 836 00:41:44,632 --> 00:41:47,330 They have no answers as to why. 837 00:41:47,373 --> 00:41:50,159 Even though someone was convicted, 838 00:41:50,202 --> 00:41:54,511 there still is no clear motive why. 839 00:41:54,555 --> 00:41:56,469 During the trial, we did learn a lot. 840 00:41:56,513 --> 00:41:59,298 And the perpetrator was convicted, 841 00:41:59,342 --> 00:42:01,997 and he's probably gonna spend a lot of years 842 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,172 in jail over that. 843 00:42:03,215 --> 00:42:05,174 But me personally, I wanted an answer. 844 00:42:05,217 --> 00:42:08,307 I wanted to know why. 845 00:42:08,351 --> 00:42:11,963 My feeling tells me it was an attempted robbery. 846 00:42:12,007 --> 00:42:14,096 From the minute I walked into the scene 847 00:42:14,139 --> 00:42:15,706 and in the years that I've been doing this, 848 00:42:15,750 --> 00:42:21,364 that's what my investigative gut told me about that. 849 00:42:23,235 --> 00:42:24,889 While it feels great to track down the killer 850 00:42:24,933 --> 00:42:26,543 and see him sentenced, 851 00:42:26,587 --> 00:42:29,328 it's also frustrating when we still have open questions. 852 00:42:29,372 --> 00:42:33,028 But the most important thing is we got Lou Lou's killer. 853 00:42:37,249 --> 00:42:39,338 We always had faith in the system. 854 00:42:39,382 --> 00:42:42,646 We had faith in God and our law enforcement, 855 00:42:42,690 --> 00:42:46,128 to bring justice, and they did. 856 00:42:46,171 --> 00:42:48,478 Justice was served the best it could be served. 857 00:42:48,521 --> 00:42:51,568 I mean there's nothing that's gonna bring Lou Lou back. 858 00:42:51,612 --> 00:42:56,268 I just--I wish I was here. I'd love to give him a big hug. 859 00:42:56,312 --> 00:42:59,184 He was like a big bear. 860 00:42:59,228 --> 00:43:02,579 You know, Louis Barbati--he was a good guy to have around. 861 00:43:02,623 --> 00:43:08,411 I mean he definitely was a huge piece of what made L&B L&B. 862 00:43:08,454 --> 00:43:10,587 When you go in there, you know, there's Lou Lou's picture 863 00:43:10,631 --> 00:43:12,676 in his red L&B hat still hanging on the hook 864 00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:14,939 where he left it that day when he left. 865 00:43:14,983 --> 00:43:16,985 You put the cheese on, and then the sauce. 866 00:43:17,028 --> 00:43:18,551 It's a little different style. 867 00:43:18,595 --> 00:43:20,292 If I could say one thing to Lou Lou now, 868 00:43:20,336 --> 00:43:23,208 I would say you'd be very proud of your family, 869 00:43:23,252 --> 00:43:25,646 so I know you're smiling down from up there and saying, 870 00:43:25,689 --> 00:43:28,779 "Thanks, guys, for doing the right thing." 871 00:43:28,823 --> 00:43:32,696 ♪