WEBVTT 00:00:01.506 --> 00:00:03.967 Fear runs rampant when a member of Atlanta's 00:00:04.009 --> 00:00:05.677 most prominent religious family 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:08.054 is attacked at his home. 00:00:08.096 --> 00:00:11.683 They forced their way into the house at gunpoint. 00:00:11.725 --> 00:00:14.853 These young man rush him, and now the fight is on, 00:00:14.853 --> 00:00:16.438 and that's when shots rang out. 00:00:18.148 --> 00:00:20.025 Jerrick Jackson's senseless death 00:00:20.025 --> 00:00:23.361 leaves his family's faith shaken to the core. 00:00:23.403 --> 00:00:28.700 Why would somebody actually kill him for some credit cards? 00:00:28.742 --> 00:00:31.661 How could this have happened? 00:00:31.703 --> 00:00:33.580 narrator: As police try to find a motive 00:00:33.621 --> 00:00:36.166 behind this senseless killing... 00:00:36.207 --> 00:00:38.501 Jerrick hands over the wallet, the keys, 00:00:38.543 --> 00:00:43.631 the cell phones, the purse, to the young men wearing masks. 00:00:43.715 --> 00:00:46.259 The case heats up when the city of Atlanta 00:00:46.301 --> 00:00:48.428 bands together with the victim's family 00:00:48.470 --> 00:00:50.430 to find the killers. 00:00:52.307 --> 00:00:54.601 Every week, I would be down there preaching, 00:00:54.642 --> 00:00:57.562 trying to find the guys that did this. 00:00:57.604 --> 00:00:59.773 That brought more attention to this 00:00:59.814 --> 00:01:02.901 particular case, unlike any others. 00:01:02.901 --> 00:01:06.071 Which brings a main suspect to the forefront. 00:01:06.071 --> 00:01:08.323 For some reason, he doesn't want 00:01:08.364 --> 00:01:11.493 to give up the other individuals, but why? 00:01:29.677 --> 00:01:33.473 In 2013, people are flocking to Atlanta 00:01:33.515 --> 00:01:35.892 to be part of the cultural hotspot of the South. 00:01:37.894 --> 00:01:39.854 Since it was the home of Dr. King, 00:01:39.938 --> 00:01:41.940 it was kind of like the holy grail, 00:01:41.981 --> 00:01:44.317 so to speak, for African Americans. 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:46.778 Atlanta was kind of the gateway 00:01:46.820 --> 00:01:48.071 to change in the South, 00:01:48.113 --> 00:01:50.490 to, obviously, what it is today. 00:01:50.532 --> 00:01:53.993 While the exterior of the ATL is lit, 00:01:54.077 --> 00:01:56.121 the soul of the city is enriched 00:01:56.204 --> 00:01:58.331 by its deep religious roots. 00:01:58.373 --> 00:01:59.541 You need to lift your hands and say, 00:01:59.582 --> 00:02:02.961 "Lord, I know the process." 00:02:03.044 --> 00:02:04.838 And one day he gonna wake up and say, 00:02:04.921 --> 00:02:07.090 "Hey, I got it now, Mama! 00:02:07.132 --> 00:02:09.801 I know what it takes now!" 00:02:09.801 --> 00:02:14.889 Churches have always been very big as a part of Atlanta. 00:02:14.931 --> 00:02:19.435 You had the who's-who in church and major churches were here 00:02:19.519 --> 00:02:23.606 in Atlanta that was making an impact across the country. 00:02:23.606 --> 00:02:27.819 They had a lot of well-known mega pastors that was here. 00:02:27.861 --> 00:02:30.864 Atlanta was just the place to be. 00:02:30.905 --> 00:02:33.408 But not every night is angelic 00:02:33.449 --> 00:02:34.868 in this city of worship. 00:02:34.909 --> 00:02:38.663 Some nights, the devil himself runs rampant. 00:02:39.789 --> 00:02:45.295 Just after midnight on May 7, 2013, a 911 call 00:02:45.336 --> 00:02:46.921 comes in to Atlanta dispatch. 00:02:46.963 --> 00:02:50.300 A distraught woman says her stepfather has just 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:52.135 been shot in their house. 00:02:52.177 --> 00:02:54.888 You get the call, there's a person shot, 00:02:54.929 --> 00:02:57.640 they're requesting an ambulance. 00:02:57.640 --> 00:02:58.975 narrator: Police rush to the home 00:02:59.017 --> 00:03:01.477 of 47-yearold Jerrick Jackson 00:03:01.561 --> 00:03:04.147 in the affluent neighborhood of Riverside, 00:03:04.147 --> 00:03:07.317 just 20 minutes outside of downtown Atlanta. 00:03:07.358 --> 00:03:10.486 The officers get to the scene and there is a Porsche 00:03:10.486 --> 00:03:15.074 in the driveway with doors open and people crying, 00:03:15.158 --> 00:03:18.369 a lot of what you'd consider chaos. 00:03:18.453 --> 00:03:22.707 Then you step into the scene, a individual was shot. 00:03:22.790 --> 00:03:24.751 He was shot in the torso area, 00:03:24.792 --> 00:03:27.003 it was multiple shots. 00:03:27.045 --> 00:03:29.881 Clinging to life, the victim is rushed 00:03:29.923 --> 00:03:32.508 to Grady Memorial Hospital while police 00:03:32.508 --> 00:03:34.928 immediately talk to Jerrick's fiancée, 00:03:34.969 --> 00:03:38.139 Kimberly Little, who witnessed the shooting. 00:03:38.181 --> 00:03:40.058 We learn from Kimberly Little, 00:03:40.099 --> 00:03:42.393 Jerrick Jackson and Kimberly Little 00:03:42.477 --> 00:03:44.520 had just picked up their daughter 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:46.147 from college, and they bought her home. 00:03:46.189 --> 00:03:48.399 So they decided to go grab something to eat. 00:03:48.483 --> 00:03:51.110 They was driving their Porsche SUV. 00:03:51.152 --> 00:03:53.655 When they drove back home, they turned 00:03:53.696 --> 00:03:56.241 into their driveway, but they was being followed 00:03:56.324 --> 00:03:57.867 by a dark car. 00:03:57.909 --> 00:04:00.536 Nobody was alarmed at the time of the car 00:04:00.536 --> 00:04:02.080 just riding behind them. 00:04:02.121 --> 00:04:03.915 They started to get their things out of the vehicle. 00:04:03.915 --> 00:04:06.584 As they was in the driveway, they was approached 00:04:06.668 --> 00:04:08.878 by three to four young men 00:04:08.920 --> 00:04:11.881 that started brandishing firearms. 00:04:11.923 --> 00:04:14.717 And they started demanding their items. 00:04:14.801 --> 00:04:17.804 Jerrick and Kimberly hand over a wallet, the keys, 00:04:17.845 --> 00:04:21.391 the cell phones, the purse, they hand over everything 00:04:21.432 --> 00:04:24.102 that the men are requesting, but that wasn't enough. 00:04:24.143 --> 00:04:26.271 The men were demanding, they were yelling, 00:04:26.312 --> 00:04:29.649 wanting to get into the home to rob the house. 00:04:30.441 --> 00:04:33.528 They force their way into the house at gunpoint. 00:04:33.569 --> 00:04:37.282 They hear something upstairs, and there's conversations about 00:04:37.323 --> 00:04:38.866 who else is in the house and what's going on. 00:04:38.866 --> 00:04:40.493 from college, so that's who's upstairs. 00:04:40.576 --> 00:04:43.204 The intruders start making their way upstairs 00:04:43.288 --> 00:04:45.957 to where she is; that's when the struggle 00:04:45.999 --> 00:04:50.003 started between Jerrick and these individuals. 00:04:51.421 --> 00:04:53.840 Jerrick Jackson made the split-second decision 00:04:53.840 --> 00:04:56.509 to not allow the men to go upstairs 00:04:56.551 --> 00:04:58.177 to where his stepdaughter was. 00:04:58.177 --> 00:05:02.015 He knew something bad would happen. 00:05:02.015 --> 00:05:06.102 So these young men rush him, and now the fight is on, 00:05:06.185 --> 00:05:08.396 because he's not going to allow these men 00:05:08.479 --> 00:05:10.356 to get upstairs to his daughter. 00:05:10.356 --> 00:05:12.525 And that's when shots rang out. 00:05:17.780 --> 00:05:19.240 While Kimberly and her daughter 00:05:19.282 --> 00:05:21.743 have vivid recollections of the murder, 00:05:21.784 --> 00:05:24.454 neither can identify the killers. 00:05:24.454 --> 00:05:26.581 What we understood, based on talking 00:05:26.664 --> 00:05:32.086 with Ms. Little, was that there were at least four suspects. 00:05:32.086 --> 00:05:34.589 The only descriptions that we can get were 00:05:34.630 --> 00:05:38.593 individuals with hoodies and African American males. 00:05:38.634 --> 00:05:42.930 All the men was roughly between the ages of 18 and 24. 00:05:42.972 --> 00:05:45.767 The young men jump in their vehicle and leave. 00:05:45.808 --> 00:05:46.976 They let the officers know 00:05:47.018 --> 00:05:49.520 that they saw a dark in color vehicle. 00:05:49.562 --> 00:05:51.773 With very little evidence to identify 00:05:51.814 --> 00:05:55.276 the suspects or their vehicle, investigators take 00:05:55.318 --> 00:05:57.737 a closer look at the crime scene. 00:05:57.779 --> 00:05:59.447 There was very little in the way 00:05:59.530 --> 00:06:00.823 of physical evidence. 00:06:00.865 --> 00:06:02.867 There was blood at the scene. 00:06:02.909 --> 00:06:04.911 We collected that. 00:06:04.952 --> 00:06:06.454 You know, we know that there was a struggle, 00:06:06.537 --> 00:06:09.290 so there was a likelihood that someone would have touched 00:06:09.332 --> 00:06:13.086 something during that struggle, so we took fingerprints. 00:06:13.127 --> 00:06:16.297 We found four shell casings that--we're assuming 00:06:16.339 --> 00:06:19.592 at that point that there were just four shots fired. 00:06:21.135 --> 00:06:24.806 They were all the same caliber shell casing 00:06:24.847 --> 00:06:26.599 for a nine-millimeter gun. 00:06:26.641 --> 00:06:28.935 So we're not sure at this time if we have 00:06:28.976 --> 00:06:31.479 one weapon or multiple weapons. 00:06:31.479 --> 00:06:34.482 Detectives fan out to see if any neighbors 00:06:34.482 --> 00:06:38.069 witnessed the crime, but they come up empty. 00:06:38.152 --> 00:06:40.655 The only witnesses were Kimberly Little, 00:06:40.696 --> 00:06:43.658 and her daughter is upstairs. 00:06:43.699 --> 00:06:46.244 There was no outside witnesses. 00:06:46.327 --> 00:06:48.788 As detectives wrap up the crime scene, 00:06:48.830 --> 00:06:51.082 they try to understand what prompted 00:06:51.165 --> 00:06:53.876 this ruthless shooting. 00:06:53.918 --> 00:06:55.670 The belief was that the suspects followed 00:06:55.711 --> 00:06:57.880 Jerrick Jackson and his fiancée because they were 00:06:57.922 --> 00:07:00.883 driving a nice car, a Porsche SUV. 00:07:00.925 --> 00:07:03.177 The robbers wanted to get their hands on all 00:07:03.177 --> 00:07:05.721 of the valuables that were in the house. 00:07:05.763 --> 00:07:07.974 They took Ms. Little's belongings, 00:07:08.015 --> 00:07:12.687 her purse, ATM cards, a checkbook. 00:07:12.770 --> 00:07:14.021 narrator: Investigators alert 00:07:14.063 --> 00:07:15.690 Kimberly's financial institutions 00:07:15.773 --> 00:07:20.027 to be on the lookout for her stolen cards and checkbook. 00:07:20.069 --> 00:07:22.280 They then reach out to Jerrick's family 00:07:22.363 --> 00:07:26.033 to break the news that he has been shot. 00:07:30.371 --> 00:07:36.210 One of the officers called me at 2:00 saying, 00:07:36.210 --> 00:07:39.213 "Does your brother live on such and such street?" 00:07:39.213 --> 00:07:40.631 And I said yes. 00:07:40.673 --> 00:07:43.843 And they said, "Well, you need to come over here." 00:07:43.885 --> 00:07:46.304 I got dressed, probably broke every 00:07:46.387 --> 00:07:51.934 speeding record getting across town and there we were. 00:07:51.976 --> 00:07:56.898 My gut was telling me that he might have had an accident, 00:07:56.939 --> 00:08:03.571 but not--in no way was I prepared for this. 00:08:06.157 --> 00:08:08.743 We went to Grady Memorial Hospital, 00:08:08.743 --> 00:08:12.705 and we were sitting, waiting, but I knew 00:08:12.747 --> 00:08:15.333 when I saw the doctor come in the door. 00:08:15.416 --> 00:08:19.754 I said to myself, this is not a good sign here. 00:08:19.837 --> 00:08:24.884 And the doctor walked up to me and put his hand 00:08:24.926 --> 00:08:29.388 on my shoulder and said, "He didn't make it." 00:08:29.430 --> 00:08:34.101 And so when he said it to me, it was just like 00:08:34.101 --> 00:08:37.438 I left my body and just, I was there 00:08:37.438 --> 00:08:42.735 and not there and sayin', "How could this have happened?" 00:08:45.613 --> 00:08:48.449 narrator: The case is now a homicide. 00:08:48.449 --> 00:08:49.992 Word of Jerrick's death 00:08:50.034 --> 00:08:51.619 spreads quickly through the community, 00:08:51.702 --> 00:08:54.872 due to the prominence of his family name. 00:08:54.914 --> 00:08:57.291 Jerrick Jackson's older brother 00:08:57.291 --> 00:08:59.293 was Bishop Wiley Jackson, who founded 00:08:59.293 --> 00:09:02.004 a very prominent church in the Atlanta area. 00:09:02.046 --> 00:09:03.631 Gospel Tabernacle Cathedral 00:09:03.714 --> 00:09:07.260 was a well-known congregation in the Atlanta community. 00:09:07.301 --> 00:09:10.471 Everyone knew who Bishop Wiley Jackson was. 00:09:10.471 --> 00:09:13.266 I was one of the first African American pastors to go 00:09:13.307 --> 00:09:18.437 on television in Atlanta and, of course, all of the notoriety 00:09:18.479 --> 00:09:20.898 and everything that came along with that. 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:25.236 And nobody knew Jerrick was my brother. 00:09:25.319 --> 00:09:25.486 And he was the type of person that 00:09:25.486 --> 00:09:26.904 And he was the type of person that 00:09:26.946 --> 00:09:30.241 he wouldn't go around saying the pastor, 00:09:30.324 --> 00:09:32.535 or the bishop at that time, is my brother. 00:09:32.618 --> 00:09:36.205 He was just real low key about it. 00:09:36.247 --> 00:09:38.332 Is it possible Jerrick Jackson's 00:09:38.374 --> 00:09:41.877 prestigious family made him a target? 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:44.005 They explored that angle. 00:09:44.046 --> 00:09:47.508 Were the young man targeting Mr. Jackson for what 00:09:47.508 --> 00:09:52.221 they believed to be a person who can be taken advantage of? 00:09:52.263 --> 00:09:54.849 The older, more prominent brothers, 00:09:54.932 --> 00:09:57.852 the bishops, were spared. 00:09:57.852 --> 00:10:00.062 They didn't consider them as targets because they 00:10:00.104 --> 00:10:03.065 were too prominent, whereas Jerrick Jackson 00:10:03.107 --> 00:10:06.861 was worthy enough to steal things from. 00:10:08.321 --> 00:10:10.823 The following day, as investigators try 00:10:10.865 --> 00:10:12.700 to figure out if the murder was a robbery 00:10:12.742 --> 00:10:16.203 or something more personal, they get a hit on one 00:10:16.245 --> 00:10:18.956 of Jerrick's fiancée's stolen checks. 00:10:18.998 --> 00:10:20.958 The bank contacted us, says, yes, 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:23.711 we've had someone try to cash checks 00:10:23.711 --> 00:10:26.130 on Ms. Little's account. 00:10:26.172 --> 00:10:28.257 After reviewing the bank's video 00:10:28.299 --> 00:10:31.052 of the transaction, police are astonished 00:10:31.093 --> 00:10:33.387 to realize the person cashing the checks 00:10:33.429 --> 00:10:36.390 is not a young man, but a woman. 00:10:37.850 --> 00:10:40.561 Detectives find video to show a young lady 00:10:40.603 --> 00:10:44.440 using Kimberly Little's checkbooks to make purchases. 00:10:44.482 --> 00:10:46.400 One location was Target. 00:10:46.442 --> 00:10:49.403 You know, the thought is, could the lady that cashed 00:10:49.403 --> 00:10:52.573 the checks have anything to do with this murder? 00:10:52.573 --> 00:10:55.785 The Black female that was using the checkbook also had 00:10:55.868 --> 00:10:57.244 Ms. Little's driver's license as well. 00:10:57.286 --> 00:10:59.163 so when she passed that checkbook along 00:10:59.246 --> 00:11:00.915 with Ms. Little's driver's license, 00:11:00.956 --> 00:11:03.876 she was able to make purchases at retail stores, 00:11:03.918 --> 00:11:06.420 as well as try to go to check cashing places 00:11:06.462 --> 00:11:09.715 to overwrite a check and get cash back. 00:11:09.757 --> 00:11:14.428 Everyone knew that they were looking for some young men 00:11:14.470 --> 00:11:17.848 wearing masks who had broken into a home 00:11:17.890 --> 00:11:19.975 and who had shot and killed that home's owner. 00:11:19.975 --> 00:11:23.437 to wonder, what could she have had to do with this murder? 00:11:33.322 --> 00:11:36.534 He calls and says, "I need to talk to the police 00:11:36.575 --> 00:11:38.577 about what happened." 00:11:38.619 --> 00:11:40.538 For some reason, he doesn't want 00:11:40.579 --> 00:11:44.166 to give up the other individuals, but why? 00:11:55.344 --> 00:11:57.263 are in a race to solve the brutal murder 00:11:57.304 --> 00:11:59.890 of 47-year-old Jerrick Jackson, 00:11:59.890 --> 00:12:02.727 a member of a prominent megachurch family 00:12:02.768 --> 00:12:04.895 who was robbed and killed by at least 00:12:04.979 --> 00:12:08.149 four masked assailants in his upscale home. 00:12:08.190 --> 00:12:08.315 The team has just received surveillance footage 00:12:08.315 --> 00:12:11.193 The team has just received surveillance footage 00:12:11.235 --> 00:12:13.237 of a woman attempting to cash 00:12:12.824 --> 00:12:15.704 He sees himself on the news. 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:17.408 Jerrick's fiancée's stolen checks at a nearby bank. 00:12:17.450 --> 00:12:20.369 Could this woman possibly be the mastermind 00:12:20.411 --> 00:12:23.914 behind this ruthless assassination? 00:12:25.082 --> 00:12:27.752 Police want to know, who is this person? 00:12:27.752 --> 00:12:30.421 What does she have to do with Jerrick Jackson's murder? 00:12:30.463 --> 00:12:33.424 She's at the bank trying to cash a check 00:12:33.424 --> 00:12:36.427 from Kimberly Little's purse. 00:12:36.469 --> 00:12:37.636 We put the video of the person out there, 00:12:37.636 --> 00:12:39.388 We put the video of the person out there, 00:12:39.430 --> 00:12:41.807 and there are people that called in 00:12:41.891 --> 00:12:44.226 and wanted to share some information. 00:12:44.268 --> 00:12:46.896 Police had no idea who this woman was, 00:12:46.937 --> 00:12:47.938 so what they did was, 00:12:47.938 --> 00:12:49.273 they took the surveillance photo, 00:12:49.315 --> 00:12:50.941 released it to the public. 00:12:50.941 --> 00:12:55.780 Someone actually called in and identified her. 00:12:55.780 --> 00:13:00.785 And we were able to make contact with that individual. 00:13:00.785 --> 00:13:02.161 narrator: Detectives bring the woman 00:13:02.203 --> 00:13:04.413 into headquarters for questioning. 00:13:04.455 --> 00:13:06.916 She says that she got the checkbook when someone 00:13:06.957 --> 00:13:10.044 approached on the street, "Hey, do you want any checks?" 00:13:10.085 --> 00:13:14.799 And he gave it to me, and she gave the individual some money. 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:17.635 She calmly told me that this is the type of crimes that 00:13:17.635 --> 00:13:19.512 she do, this is what she's comfortable with. 00:13:19.595 --> 00:13:20.930 She'd been doing it for years. 00:13:20.971 --> 00:13:23.057 That is her crime of choice. 00:13:23.098 --> 00:13:25.726 She was going to use it until they said she can't use it 00:13:25.810 --> 00:13:28.938 anymore, or she's learned over the years that 00:13:28.979 --> 00:13:30.981 there are signs to them making phone calls, 00:13:30.981 --> 00:13:32.942 and then she'll just leave, 'cause she knows that 00:13:32.983 --> 00:13:35.653 the gig up, they know that the checkbook is stolen. 00:13:35.653 --> 00:13:37.696 So as long as it went smoothly, 00:13:37.780 --> 00:13:39.990 she was down for the transaction. 00:13:39.990 --> 00:13:44.286 She came in and said, "I was given this material 00:13:44.328 --> 00:13:48.958 by a guy," and she never identified who the guy was. 00:13:48.999 --> 00:13:52.127 This lady gave us a very general description 00:13:52.169 --> 00:13:56.048 of a middle-aged Black male. 00:13:56.090 --> 00:13:58.843 And, of course, what we know about our suspects 00:13:58.884 --> 00:14:00.177 from the homicide, 00:14:00.511 --> 00:14:03.597 they were younger African American males. 00:14:03.597 --> 00:14:03.848 they were younger African American males. So from that perspective, they didn't match. 00:14:03.848 --> 00:14:06.934 So from that perspective, they didn't match. 00:14:08.435 --> 00:14:10.354 The lady that cashed the checks was able 00:14:10.396 --> 00:14:13.440 to make some purchases with the checks, 00:14:13.524 --> 00:14:17.945 but she knows that it's connected with a murder, 00:14:17.987 --> 00:14:21.073 but she took it upon her own and essentially admitted, 00:14:21.115 --> 00:14:24.451 "Hey, I did do this, but it had nothing to do 00:14:24.535 --> 00:14:25.828 with the murder." 00:14:25.870 --> 00:14:27.830 Based on what we were able to determine, 00:14:27.872 --> 00:14:30.291 everything that she did was unknowing. 00:14:30.332 --> 00:14:31.709 Right or wrong, she just did it, 00:14:31.709 --> 00:14:35.045 and it had no connection to the homicide. 00:14:36.130 --> 00:14:37.590 narrator: Investigators also check 00:14:37.631 --> 00:14:39.008 into the woman's alibi 00:14:39.049 --> 00:14:40.718 from the time Jerrick was killed, 00:14:40.718 --> 00:14:43.345 and it appears she's telling the truth. 00:14:43.387 --> 00:14:47.057 Despite being in possession of the victim's stolen checks, 00:14:47.057 --> 00:14:50.895 the most police can charge her with is theft. 00:14:50.895 --> 00:14:56.066 She was charged with ID theft and booked accordingly. 00:14:57.192 --> 00:14:58.736 narrator: With the check-cashing woman 00:14:58.736 --> 00:15:00.571 cleared of any involvement, 00:15:00.613 --> 00:15:03.324 detectives are now back at square one. 00:15:03.365 --> 00:15:04.909 They return to Riverside 00:15:04.909 --> 00:15:08.495 to canvass Jerrick's neighborhood for leads. 00:15:08.537 --> 00:15:11.957 We found a house that, hey, this person had 00:15:11.999 --> 00:15:17.212 a camera situated, pointed towards the street. 00:15:17.254 --> 00:15:19.381 Detective scour the video footage 00:15:19.423 --> 00:15:23.302 for any dark vehicles leaving the crime scene. 00:15:23.344 --> 00:15:25.304 Just moments after the shooting, 00:15:25.346 --> 00:15:28.891 the camera picks up something suspicious. 00:15:28.933 --> 00:15:30.643 Looking at their footage, sure enough, 00:15:30.726 --> 00:15:35.397 we can see a black Mustang, but we were not able 00:15:35.439 --> 00:15:37.232 to get tag numbers as you would hope, 00:15:37.274 --> 00:15:40.903 but we had a black Mustang, and we have it on video. 00:15:41.946 --> 00:15:44.531 This black Mustang is critical. 00:15:48.118 --> 00:15:51.956 So at this point, let's try to find out 00:15:51.956 --> 00:15:55.793 what we can about this black Mustang. 00:15:55.834 --> 00:15:58.045 Generally, people, if they're going to commit 00:15:58.087 --> 00:16:01.966 crimes such as this, they're not going to do it 00:16:01.966 --> 00:16:05.469 in their vehicle, something that can be 00:16:05.511 --> 00:16:09.181 easily identified or that can be tracked back to them. 00:16:09.223 --> 00:16:12.559 So what are the likelihoods that this Mustang 00:16:12.643 --> 00:16:14.353 was involved in some other crimes 00:16:14.395 --> 00:16:17.815 or if it was stolen, and that's one of the routes 00:16:17.856 --> 00:16:20.150 we started going down. 00:16:22.319 --> 00:16:24.822 We start searching our databases. 00:16:24.863 --> 00:16:26.949 Were there any Mustang stolen, 00:16:26.991 --> 00:16:29.451 were Mustangs taken in robberies? 00:16:29.493 --> 00:16:31.787 We eventually learned that, hey, there was 00:16:31.829 --> 00:16:34.832 a black Mustang taken in a robbery 00:16:34.873 --> 00:16:36.542 by some individuals. 00:16:37.584 --> 00:16:40.421 Detectives notice the MO of the robbers 00:16:40.462 --> 00:16:42.423 is eerily familiar. 00:16:42.464 --> 00:16:45.843 A black Mustang had actually been carjacked days before 00:16:45.884 --> 00:16:50.556 by several young men wearing masks, brandishing guns. 00:16:50.597 --> 00:16:51.974 When you saw the police report 00:16:52.016 --> 00:16:53.976 and we talked to the owner, he was accosted 00:16:54.018 --> 00:16:56.937 by three to four young males, and they stole his car, 00:16:57.021 --> 00:16:58.605 which matched the description 00:16:58.689 --> 00:17:00.774 of what we already knew what was possibly 00:17:00.858 --> 00:17:03.861 in that car at this crime, so they were similar. 00:17:03.861 --> 00:17:06.530 So we started to look for that car. 00:17:06.530 --> 00:17:09.283 Investigators issue an alert for the vehicle 00:17:09.324 --> 00:17:12.036 and begin to search for any incidents 00:17:12.036 --> 00:17:14.204 involving a black Mustang in the week 00:17:14.288 --> 00:17:16.540 between the carjacking and the shooting. 00:17:16.582 --> 00:17:19.501 And they find a 911 call that came in just 00:17:19.543 --> 00:17:22.504 a few days before Jerrick was killed. 00:17:23.964 --> 00:17:26.925 A woman called in to say that these kids are 00:17:26.967 --> 00:17:30.763 doing donuts in the apartment complex in this Mustang. 00:17:30.804 --> 00:17:33.140 Y'all need to come over here and get them. 00:17:33.932 --> 00:17:37.394 And the apartment complex was only a short distance away 00:17:37.436 --> 00:17:39.688 from where Jerrick Jackson was killed. 00:17:52.701 --> 00:17:54.953 Atlanta detectives are working the case 00:17:54.953 --> 00:17:57.956 of Jerrick Jackson, a member of a prominent 00:17:58.040 --> 00:18:00.793 megachurch dynasty who was robbed and killed 00:18:00.834 --> 00:18:04.004 in his upscale home by four masked men. 00:18:04.088 --> 00:18:06.632 Video surveillance captured the men 00:18:06.673 --> 00:18:08.967 fleeing the scene in a black Ford Mustang, 00:18:08.967 --> 00:18:13.263 and investigators have just uncovered a 911 call placed 00:18:13.305 --> 00:18:17.476 a few days before the murder about a black Mustang causing 00:18:17.518 --> 00:18:20.687 problems in an apartment complex a few blocks 00:18:20.729 --> 00:18:23.107 from the scene of the crime. 00:18:23.148 --> 00:18:25.943 We went to the apartment where the individuals had 00:18:25.984 --> 00:18:30.864 supposedly went into, and we talk with Annika Jacobs. 00:18:30.948 --> 00:18:33.367 And she's like, well, I wasn't there, 00:18:33.408 --> 00:18:37.746 but that's my boyfriend, Demetrius Morgan. 00:18:37.830 --> 00:18:40.624 She said he lives here, with me and I don't know 00:18:40.666 --> 00:18:43.919 where they went, but they're not here. 00:18:44.002 --> 00:18:45.838 narrator: Investigators believe Annika 00:18:45.879 --> 00:18:48.132 has no involvement in the murder, 00:18:48.173 --> 00:18:49.883 but questions start to swirl 00:18:49.925 --> 00:18:51.760 around her boyfriend, Demetrius, 00:18:51.844 --> 00:18:54.471 and his connection to the black Mustang. 00:18:54.513 --> 00:18:56.473 We learned that Demetrius Morgan, 00:18:56.515 --> 00:19:01.645 whose nickname is "Meat Meat," he was 16 years old, so he was 00:19:01.687 --> 00:19:05.023 technically, in the state of Georgia, a juvenile. 00:19:05.023 --> 00:19:09.361 And he had no real run-ins with the law 00:19:09.444 --> 00:19:11.363 from an adult perspective. 00:19:11.446 --> 00:19:13.031 But where is he at? 00:19:13.073 --> 00:19:17.536 We need to try to find this person, Demetrius Morgan. 00:19:17.578 --> 00:19:19.496 Media blasts help get the word out 00:19:19.538 --> 00:19:22.332 that Demetrius Morgan is a person of interest 00:19:22.374 --> 00:19:24.710 in the Jerrick Jackson murder. 00:19:24.751 --> 00:19:26.378 We're following new developments this noon 00:19:26.378 --> 00:19:27.880 in the murder of a local father 00:19:27.921 --> 00:19:31.383 killed while trying to protect his family. 00:19:31.383 --> 00:19:32.885 What police are hoping, obviously, 00:19:32.926 --> 00:19:34.720 with all our viewers out there is that someone will 00:19:34.761 --> 00:19:38.056 watch this and make that phone call. 00:19:38.098 --> 00:19:40.350 narrator: And on May 10, 2013, 00:19:40.392 --> 00:19:43.061 three days into the investigation, 00:19:43.061 --> 00:19:46.064 police get an unexpected call. 00:19:46.064 --> 00:19:50.235 Demetrius Morgan sees himself on the news. 00:19:50.277 --> 00:19:53.780 He calls and says, "I need to talk to the police 00:19:53.822 --> 00:19:56.575 about what happened." 00:19:56.617 --> 00:19:59.244 We are able to get with Demetrius and were 00:19:59.244 --> 00:20:01.413 able to talk with him. 00:20:01.413 --> 00:20:05.751 He said, "Hey, I didn't have anything to do with this." 00:20:05.792 --> 00:20:08.795 But he admits that he was out that night 00:20:08.837 --> 00:20:13.425 with some individuals called Geno, Tray, and Big Poppa. 00:20:13.425 --> 00:20:14.551 You know, well, what can you tell me? 00:20:14.593 --> 00:20:15.719 What are their real names? 00:20:15.761 --> 00:20:19.264 He tells us, "I don't really know." 00:20:19.264 --> 00:20:21.350 For some reason, he doesn't want to give up 00:20:21.391 --> 00:20:23.602 the other individuals, but why? 00:20:23.685 --> 00:20:25.604 And it kind of makes you believe that he's involved 00:20:25.646 --> 00:20:28.273 a lot more than he wants to tell. 00:20:28.315 --> 00:20:29.942 We ask him about the car. 00:20:29.942 --> 00:20:33.111 He said, "I don't know who it belongs to." 00:20:33.153 --> 00:20:35.614 Demetrius gives up no information 00:20:35.656 --> 00:20:38.158 on the stolen Mustang or its whereabouts, 00:20:38.242 --> 00:20:40.160 and police have no other evidence 00:20:40.244 --> 00:20:43.247 to hold him on, so he is released. 00:20:43.288 --> 00:20:45.624 As their only real lead at this point, 00:20:45.666 --> 00:20:48.961 investigators decide to focus their efforts on finding 00:20:49.002 --> 00:20:53.715 the real names of Geno, Tray-Tray, and Big Poppa. 00:20:53.757 --> 00:20:56.468 What we're getting from Demetrius 00:20:56.468 --> 00:20:59.471 in that interview is the names of other individuals. 00:20:59.554 --> 00:21:01.473 We're still moving forward. 00:21:01.473 --> 00:21:04.184 That's when we went back to the media. 00:21:04.268 --> 00:21:07.145 Police released the nicknames to the news in hopes 00:21:07.145 --> 00:21:10.023 that someone will come forward with full names. 00:21:10.065 --> 00:21:12.901 While they wait for the media blast to pay off, 00:21:12.985 --> 00:21:16.863 they receive another piece of game-changing information. 00:21:16.905 --> 00:21:19.658 Someone called in and said the stolen Mustang 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:22.494 was parked in a different apartment complex 00:21:22.494 --> 00:21:25.330 over on the southeast side of town. 00:21:25.330 --> 00:21:26.790 They obviously dropped it off 00:21:26.832 --> 00:21:28.834 because it was hot and they left it. 00:21:28.875 --> 00:21:30.961 Discovering the VIN number matches 00:21:31.003 --> 00:21:34.172 the stolen Mustang leads police to believe this car 00:21:34.172 --> 00:21:37.634 was most likely used in Jerrick's murder. 00:21:38.885 --> 00:21:40.846 We started to go through the car, 00:21:40.887 --> 00:21:43.849 everything that was processed from the car--napkins, 00:21:43.890 --> 00:21:46.518 tissue paper, anything that was brought out of the car. 00:21:46.518 --> 00:21:47.894 Now, one of the things we located 00:21:47.936 --> 00:21:51.106 inside of that car was fingernail clippings. 00:21:53.483 --> 00:21:56.278 I wasn't 100% sure to tell, were they bitings, 00:21:56.320 --> 00:21:58.488 or were they clippings? 00:21:58.530 --> 00:22:00.032 Fingernail clippings on the ground, 00:22:00.032 --> 00:22:01.700 in my training experience, I would say that 00:22:01.742 --> 00:22:04.661 somebody's really nervous and is panicking. 00:22:04.703 --> 00:22:06.496 Now, that can easily belong 00:22:06.538 --> 00:22:08.790 to the owner of the vehicle's family, 00:22:08.832 --> 00:22:10.876 or it can belong to the suspect, 00:22:10.876 --> 00:22:12.711 or it can belong to just a random person 00:22:12.753 --> 00:22:14.963 that was inside of that car. 00:22:15.047 --> 00:22:17.215 The fingernail clippings are bagged 00:22:17.215 --> 00:22:18.550 and sent to the lab 00:22:18.633 --> 00:22:22.012 to begin the lengthy process of DNA analysis. 00:22:22.054 --> 00:22:25.223 Meanwhile, Jerrick's family continues their relentless 00:22:25.265 --> 00:22:28.226 pursuit for justice by making sure their brother's 00:22:28.226 --> 00:22:32.147 death stays in the forefront of the news cycle. 00:22:32.147 --> 00:22:35.734 Every week, I would be down there preaching. 00:22:35.776 --> 00:22:37.361 Put a full court press 00:22:37.444 --> 00:22:42.699 on trying to find the guys that did this. 00:22:42.741 --> 00:22:47.371 We didn't have no idea who these individuals were, 00:22:47.412 --> 00:22:50.957 but, you know, in the street, and news running the story, 00:22:51.041 --> 00:22:52.626 we started hearing these nicknames, 00:22:52.667 --> 00:22:55.587 and so we had bits and pieces 00:22:55.629 --> 00:23:01.760 that it was this group of guys that killed Jerrick. 00:23:04.096 --> 00:23:06.390 And we even put up a reward 00:23:06.390 --> 00:23:09.643 to try to find out what happened. 00:23:09.684 --> 00:23:11.895 And I'm asking every pastor here today, 00:23:11.895 --> 00:23:15.524 I want you to join me right here tomorrow, 00:23:15.565 --> 00:23:20.487 that we will establish a reward fund... 00:23:20.529 --> 00:23:23.240 For the apprehension 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:28.829 and arrests of the killer or killers 00:23:28.870 --> 00:23:30.789 of Jerrick Jackson. 00:23:32.666 --> 00:23:34.292 narrator: With the family and media 00:23:34.376 --> 00:23:36.086 urging the public for help, 00:23:36.128 --> 00:23:37.587 police finally get a break 00:23:37.629 --> 00:23:39.506 in uncovering the true identity 00:23:39.548 --> 00:23:44.845 of Demetrius' friends--Geno, Big Poppa, and Tray-Tray. 00:23:44.928 --> 00:23:47.848 Someone actually called us with the names, 00:23:47.931 --> 00:23:50.434 they were able to give us Montravious Bradley, 00:23:50.475 --> 00:23:53.812 Alejandro Pitts, and Geno Lewis. 00:23:53.854 --> 00:23:58.400 Montravious Bradley was the individual known as Tray. 00:23:58.442 --> 00:24:03.447 Alejandro Pitts was Big Poppa, and Geno was Geno Lewis. 00:24:03.447 --> 00:24:06.324 So we need to start talking to these individuals. 00:24:13.748 --> 00:24:15.792 In murder cases, everyone's a suspect, 00:24:15.792 --> 00:24:17.586 but you get to weed them out. 00:24:17.586 --> 00:24:20.422 No one's really talking at this point. 00:24:20.464 --> 00:24:22.424 We were able to track them down by 00:24:22.466 --> 00:24:24.676 the location of their cell phones. 00:24:36.313 --> 00:24:38.482 Two weeks into the murder investigation 00:24:38.523 --> 00:24:40.692 of prominent megachurch family member 00:24:40.692 --> 00:24:43.320 Jerrick Jackson, detectives have tied 00:24:43.361 --> 00:24:47.282 16-year-old Demetrius Morgan to the getaway vehicle. 00:24:47.324 --> 00:24:50.535 Demetrius has denied any involvement in the killing, 00:24:50.577 --> 00:24:52.579 but he has given detectives nicknames 00:24:52.621 --> 00:24:54.873 of the friends he was with that night. 00:24:54.915 --> 00:24:58.543 And when police released those names to the press, 00:24:58.585 --> 00:25:00.545 people began calling in. 00:25:00.587 --> 00:25:03.965 From these nicknames, we were able to develop 00:25:04.049 --> 00:25:06.384 real names, which actually starts 00:25:06.384 --> 00:25:09.888 to give us suspects in this particular case. 00:25:16.478 --> 00:25:18.230 narrator: Investigators track down 00:25:18.313 --> 00:25:20.607 17-year-old Montravious Bradley, 00:25:20.649 --> 00:25:23.902 AKA Tray-Tray, who immediately lawyers up 00:25:23.944 --> 00:25:26.321 and refuses to talk with police, 00:25:26.363 --> 00:25:30.700 while 19-year-old Geno Lewis goes into hiding. 00:25:30.742 --> 00:25:32.494 Two weeks after the murder. 00:25:32.536 --> 00:25:36.081 authorities locate 17-year-old Alejandro Pitts, 00:25:36.122 --> 00:25:39.084 AKA Big Poppa, and speak to him 00:25:39.125 --> 00:25:42.087 about his whereabouts the night of the murder. 00:26:08.446 --> 00:26:12.367 was the only person he saw the night Jerrick was killed. 00:26:23.712 --> 00:26:27.132 Big Poppa was with Demetrius Morgan that night. 00:26:27.173 --> 00:26:30.302 We were wondering, is this guy the ringleader? 00:26:30.385 --> 00:26:32.470 Where's he at in the big picture? 00:26:52.782 --> 00:26:56.620 So we have Big Poppa with his self-serving statement, 00:26:56.661 --> 00:26:57.787 and we go from there. 00:27:03.585 --> 00:27:06.004 Detectives confirm Big Poppa's alibi 00:27:06.046 --> 00:27:08.632 with his girlfriend, leaving them with nothing 00:27:08.673 --> 00:27:11.468 to hold the suspects on while they wait months 00:27:11.509 --> 00:27:15.055 for the DNA results from the black Mustang to come back. 00:27:15.096 --> 00:27:16.056 Police didn't know a lot, 00:27:16.097 --> 00:27:17.849 they did not have much to go on. 00:27:17.891 --> 00:27:20.810 No one's really talking at this point, 00:27:20.852 --> 00:27:23.605 and so how are we gonna figure out 00:27:23.647 --> 00:27:26.358 which one of these individuals are involved? 00:27:26.358 --> 00:27:30.528 Big Poppa, Demetrius Morgan, Alejandro Pitts? 00:27:28.347 --> 00:27:30.567 Big Poppa says that his girlfriend 00:27:30.612 --> 00:27:33.073 Demetrius gives us this, "I didn't do it." 00:27:33.114 --> 00:27:35.867 So then, at this point, we're starting 00:27:35.909 --> 00:27:37.202 to look at other things. 00:27:37.285 --> 00:27:39.204 One of the things that we knew 00:27:39.204 --> 00:27:41.956 was their phone number, 00:27:42.040 --> 00:27:44.376 and we were able to track them down 00:27:44.459 --> 00:27:47.212 by the location of their cell phones. 00:27:47.253 --> 00:27:50.590 We obtained court orders for the triangulation 00:27:50.632 --> 00:27:54.719 of the phone signals that enables officers 00:27:54.761 --> 00:27:59.891 to locate the phone user on the night of the incident. 00:27:59.891 --> 00:28:01.768 Investigators pull the suspects' 00:28:01.810 --> 00:28:04.562 cell phone records and find the evidence 00:28:04.604 --> 00:28:08.775 they've been searching for that ties them to the crime. 00:28:08.817 --> 00:28:12.654 We got hits off of two of the suspects' cell phones, 00:28:11.999 --> 00:28:14.789 He was just saying, hey, I had nothing to do with this. 00:28:12.696 --> 00:28:14.572 who, at the time of the murder, 00:28:14.614 --> 00:28:16.741 they were pinging off the cell phone tower 00:28:16.783 --> 00:28:18.868 closest to where Jerrick Jackson lived, 00:28:18.910 --> 00:28:22.372 so we have them in the area at that time. 00:28:23.707 --> 00:28:26.334 Police are now able to place the suspects 00:28:26.418 --> 00:28:27.711 at Jerrick Jackson's house 00:28:27.752 --> 00:28:31.297 at the exact moment he was killed. 00:28:31.381 --> 00:28:34.676 In murder cases, you always explore all possibilities. 00:28:34.718 --> 00:28:37.262 Everyone's a suspect, but you get to weed them out. 00:28:37.262 --> 00:28:38.805 No, this person could not have been there. 00:28:38.847 --> 00:28:41.433 And what you end up with is what you have left, 00:28:41.516 --> 00:28:43.727 you eliminate all the other possibilities, 00:28:43.768 --> 00:28:47.605 and you're left with these four co-defendants. 00:28:47.689 --> 00:28:51.443 We have their real names, we have cell phone pings. 00:28:51.526 --> 00:28:54.779 We're getting everything that we need and at this point, 00:28:54.821 --> 00:28:58.491 we have enough probable cause to make an arrest. 00:28:58.575 --> 00:29:02.454 So we secure arrest warrants for these individuals. 00:29:04.122 --> 00:29:06.499 narrator: By August 1, 2013, 00:29:06.583 --> 00:29:09.627 three months after Jerrick Jackson's murder, 00:29:09.711 --> 00:29:12.630 detectives turn up the heat on the investigation 00:29:12.714 --> 00:29:18.011 and arrest Demetrius, Geno, Tray-Tray, and Big Poppa. 00:29:20.972 --> 00:29:26.394 The Atlanta Police Department were exemplary 00:29:26.478 --> 00:29:29.397 in this whole process because they said that, 00:29:29.481 --> 00:29:32.484 "Hey, we know that this was an honest guy, 00:29:32.484 --> 00:29:37.322 and that he died trying to protect those that he loved." 00:29:37.363 --> 00:29:40.742 I never lost hope because detectives talked to us 00:29:40.784 --> 00:29:44.746 and told us, "Hey, we're going to find out who did this." 00:29:44.788 --> 00:29:47.332 And so we had that assurance. 00:29:50.043 --> 00:29:54.172 While in custody, Geno, Tray-Tray, and Big Poppa 00:29:54.214 --> 00:29:57.342 continue to deny any involvement, 00:29:57.383 --> 00:30:01.387 but Demetrius starts to fall apart. 00:30:01.471 --> 00:30:03.681 Really, what cracked was Demetrius. 00:30:05.266 --> 00:30:07.393 He surrendered himself. 00:30:07.477 --> 00:30:08.978 When he finally came to terms with it, 00:30:09.020 --> 00:30:11.481 that's when he just gave it up. 00:30:23.576 --> 00:30:24.953 in the senseless killing 00:30:24.994 --> 00:30:27.872 of prominent megachurch member Jerrick Jackson, 00:30:27.914 --> 00:30:31.709 the youngest suspect, 16-year-old Demetrius Morgan, 00:30:31.793 --> 00:30:34.963 is taken into custody and starts to give up 00:30:35.004 --> 00:30:38.424 valuable information of what really happened 00:30:38.508 --> 00:30:40.134 that fateful night. 00:30:41.803 --> 00:30:43.805 Demetrius Morgan wound up talking. 00:30:43.847 --> 00:30:46.724 He said, "Hey, this is what I did, 00:30:46.724 --> 00:30:48.434 this was my involvement." 00:31:26.014 --> 00:31:28.600 and I just want to get it all over with, 00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:30.602 let's move forward with it. 00:31:30.643 --> 00:31:33.897 Demetrius then gives up a new suspect, 00:31:33.938 --> 00:31:39.110 a final fifth person there that night, Felton Lovejoy. 00:31:58.004 --> 00:32:01.466 It was just more a crime of opportunity. 00:32:01.466 --> 00:32:02.926 They just saw a car that they liked, 00:32:02.967 --> 00:32:06.763 they knew was an expensive car, and they followed it. 00:32:06.804 --> 00:32:08.181 You drive around the neighborhood, 00:32:08.222 --> 00:32:10.892 and you can pretty much tell who has the money, 00:32:10.892 --> 00:32:13.478 These young men were looking for who had the money. 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:15.188 They'd driven around this neighborhood 00:32:15.229 --> 00:32:18.441 several times before, and on this particular night, 00:32:18.483 --> 00:32:21.319 whereas Jerrick Jackson wasn't specifically targeted, 00:32:21.361 --> 00:32:26.199 his Porsche SUV was targeted, ending in his death. 00:32:27.951 --> 00:32:30.119 There's nothing to suggest that, well, we know 00:32:30.203 --> 00:32:33.331 this Jackson family and this guy is gonna have money. 00:32:33.373 --> 00:32:35.500 Well, how would they know that? 00:32:35.541 --> 00:32:38.336 Jerrick Jackson driving this Porsche, 00:32:38.378 --> 00:32:41.506 they had been on the prowl, and they decided 00:32:41.547 --> 00:32:44.300 that this was going to be our victim. 00:32:45.707 --> 00:32:48.277 It was just, this is my involvement, 00:32:59.649 --> 00:33:02.110 Demetrius says he waited in the car 00:33:02.151 --> 00:33:03.319 while the other four 00:33:03.403 --> 00:33:05.238 surrounded Jerrick and Kimberly 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:07.991 and forced them into the house. 00:33:23.548 --> 00:33:27.135 And he had to come to that point where he realized 00:33:27.176 --> 00:33:30.304 that he was involved in it a lot deeper 00:33:30.346 --> 00:33:34.017 than he initially stated a couple days after the murder. 00:33:35.184 --> 00:33:37.562 Demetrius Morgan clearly was driving the car. 00:33:37.603 --> 00:33:41.274 He clearly knows the intimate details of the murder. 00:33:41.315 --> 00:33:42.859 He knows that they started outside, 00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:45.069 they went inside, those are things 00:33:45.111 --> 00:33:48.114 that the average person didn't get off the news. 00:33:48.156 --> 00:33:50.241 So clearly he was there, 00:33:50.283 --> 00:33:53.202 so it gives his statement value. 00:34:15.892 --> 00:34:17.894 He said, I knew that we were going out 00:34:17.935 --> 00:34:19.604 to do something, and it happened. 00:34:19.645 --> 00:34:22.899 Someone wound up dying because of those choices. 00:34:22.899 --> 00:34:25.443 And I don't know if it took him a while to come to grips 00:34:25.485 --> 00:34:28.404 with that, but at some point, he just came to grips with it. 00:34:42.668 --> 00:34:44.754 Now, did they plan for murder? 00:34:44.796 --> 00:34:48.091 It didn't matter; an individual was killed. 00:34:48.174 --> 00:34:50.593 Authorities now have a clearer picture 00:34:50.635 --> 00:34:52.512 of what happened that night, 00:34:52.553 --> 00:34:54.764 as well as a new co-conspirator. 00:34:54.806 --> 00:34:58.518 As the fifth accomplice, Felton Lovejoy, is arrested, 00:34:58.601 --> 00:35:02.313 another strike against the suspects emerges. 00:35:02.355 --> 00:35:04.899 Shortly before getting ready to go to trial, 00:35:04.941 --> 00:35:06.609 that's when we got the DNA evidence back 00:35:06.651 --> 00:35:08.611 for the fingernail clippings. 00:35:08.653 --> 00:35:11.906 And it concluded that the DNA found inside 00:35:11.948 --> 00:35:16.619 that stolen vehicle belonged to the two co-defendants. 00:35:17.787 --> 00:35:20.039 In a criminal case, typically one of the big issue 00:35:20.081 --> 00:35:21.374 is the identity, who did it, 00:35:21.374 --> 00:35:23.501 but we were able to identify that quickly 00:35:23.543 --> 00:35:26.754 based on the co-defendants' statement 00:35:26.796 --> 00:35:29.841 and the forensic evidence. 00:35:29.882 --> 00:35:32.552 There was sufficient evidence to show that 00:35:32.593 --> 00:35:34.387 they were at the location. 00:35:35.346 --> 00:35:38.266 Almost a year after the cold-blooded killing 00:35:38.349 --> 00:35:41.394 of Jerrick Jackson, the trials begin, 00:35:41.394 --> 00:35:45.857 and Alejandro 'Big Poppa' Pitts is the first to plead. 00:35:45.898 --> 00:35:50.653 One of the lesser culpable, in this case, we identified 00:35:50.695 --> 00:35:54.991 as Alejandro Pitts, and in exchange for something 00:35:55.074 --> 00:35:59.579 less than life sentence, but still 25 years-- 00:35:59.620 --> 00:36:02.540 and 25 years to the count of armed robbery 00:36:02.582 --> 00:36:05.418 in the state of Georgia is not parole-able, 00:36:05.418 --> 00:36:07.837 so it is not a walk in the park. 00:36:07.879 --> 00:36:11.257 In exchange for that, he decided to testify for us. 00:36:12.008 --> 00:36:13.551 narrator: Felton Lovejoy, 00:36:13.593 --> 00:36:15.720 Montravious "Tray-Tray" Bradley, 00:36:15.761 --> 00:36:19.098 and Geno Lewis decide to roll the dice 00:36:19.098 --> 00:36:22.435 and go to trial instead of pleading. 00:36:22.518 --> 00:36:25.980 The most serious charge that they were facing 00:36:26.022 --> 00:36:27.607 was the count of murder. 00:36:27.690 --> 00:36:29.567 The minimum sentence 00:36:29.609 --> 00:36:32.737 in the state of Georgia is life. 00:36:43.873 --> 00:36:46.125 A year after the brutal slaying 00:36:46.125 --> 00:36:47.752 of Jerrick Jackson, 00:36:47.793 --> 00:36:51.297 the multiple trials for his killers get underway. 00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:54.175 Will Jerrick's prominent religious family 00:36:54.258 --> 00:36:57.053 finally get the justice they deserve? 00:36:57.136 --> 00:36:59.847 The case moved on fast to trial 00:36:59.889 --> 00:37:04.227 because the community expectation was swift justice. 00:37:06.562 --> 00:37:09.357 Alejandro Pitts testified against them. 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:12.944 Alejandro was almost like a second lookout, 00:37:12.985 --> 00:37:14.403 he was the person who was 00:37:14.487 --> 00:37:17.448 in front of the house but did not go in. 00:37:17.490 --> 00:37:20.326 But the door was open such that he was able to see 00:37:20.368 --> 00:37:22.620 what was going on, and for us, 00:37:22.662 --> 00:37:25.122 I believe there was very convincing evidence 00:37:25.164 --> 00:37:27.583 to the jury that these were the right people, 00:37:27.625 --> 00:37:31.796 and these were the people who actually shot Mr. Jackson. 00:37:31.837 --> 00:37:32.964 narrator: Felton Lovejoy 00:37:33.005 --> 00:37:35.508 and Montravious "Tray-Tray" Bradley, 00:37:35.508 --> 00:37:38.344 believed to be the shooters, are found guilty 00:37:38.344 --> 00:37:40.972 of armed robbery and felony murder, 00:37:41.013 --> 00:37:43.891 and both receive life in prison. 00:37:43.933 --> 00:37:46.852 In a separate trial, Geno Lewis receives 00:37:46.894 --> 00:37:49.981 a 25-year sentence for armed robbery. 00:37:50.022 --> 00:37:53.150 While Demetrius Morgan was the first to tell the tale 00:37:53.192 --> 00:37:57.738 of what happened that night, something unexpected happens 00:37:57.780 --> 00:38:00.533 when it's time for his actual sentencing. 00:38:00.616 --> 00:38:04.120 When Demetrius was about to be sentenced, 00:38:04.203 --> 00:38:08.916 we had a rather extraordinary experience 00:38:08.958 --> 00:38:11.210 with the victim's family. 00:38:11.252 --> 00:38:15.006 First, the judge was-- they were talking about, 00:38:15.047 --> 00:38:17.675 you know, up to 30 and 40 years, 00:38:17.717 --> 00:38:21.887 and I was like, no. 00:38:21.929 --> 00:38:24.807 I got to adding up numbers. 00:38:24.849 --> 00:38:26.309 I had hoped that maybe, 00:38:26.392 --> 00:38:31.689 after he got out, he might get his life together. 00:38:31.731 --> 00:38:34.650 And then, besides, I know this don't have much 00:38:34.692 --> 00:38:38.696 to do with the story, but we in Georgia. 00:38:38.738 --> 00:38:41.282 I've ministered at prisons, 00:38:41.324 --> 00:38:44.285 and I've counselled a lot of guys in there. 00:38:44.327 --> 00:38:47.246 As a pastor, your heart goes out. 00:38:47.288 --> 00:38:51.000 As a man, I get it, 00:38:51.042 --> 00:38:53.878 and maybe all of that came to play, 00:38:53.919 --> 00:38:56.547 and asked them for mercy for him. 00:38:57.882 --> 00:39:00.009 Me and my brother talked about, we can't 00:39:00.051 --> 00:39:04.305 preach this stuff and talk about it and not live it. 00:39:04.347 --> 00:39:08.601 So we went for Demetrius Morgan, 00:39:08.642 --> 00:39:11.645 and we spoke on his behalf. 00:39:12.855 --> 00:39:16.567 I've been a prosecutor in three different counties, 00:39:16.609 --> 00:39:19.028 handled hundreds of cases. 00:39:19.070 --> 00:39:22.615 I've never seen family of the victim 00:39:22.656 --> 00:39:29.205 reach out to the DA's office and offer grace of this kind. 00:39:29.288 --> 00:39:31.874 It just doesn't happen. 00:39:31.916 --> 00:39:37.171 Forgiveness is easy to say, 00:39:37.213 --> 00:39:39.340 but it is hard to do. 00:39:40.633 --> 00:39:43.886 I realized that no amount of years, 00:39:43.928 --> 00:39:48.391 no matter what it was, wasn't gonna change the fact 00:39:48.474 --> 00:39:50.935 that my brother is gone. 00:39:52.770 --> 00:39:56.107 And I felt... 00:39:57.775 --> 00:40:01.237 That was the right thing to do. 00:40:01.278 --> 00:40:02.822 narrator: The judge gives Demetrius 00:40:02.822 --> 00:40:06.325 the lightest sentence of the five assailants. 00:40:06.367 --> 00:40:06.450 Demetrius Morgan, the youngest of the young men, 00:40:06.450 --> 00:40:08.285 He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. 00:40:08.327 --> 00:40:10.037 narrator: As the Jackson family 00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:12.456 receives the justice they deserve, 00:40:12.540 --> 00:40:15.668 the Atlanta community is forever changed 00:40:15.709 --> 00:40:17.420 by this tragedy. 00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:20.589 I wanna talk for just a few moments 00:40:20.589 --> 00:40:24.844 about that little dash that's in between 00:40:24.885 --> 00:40:28.139 when you're born and when you die. 00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:28.556 when you're born and when you die. 00:40:29.682 --> 00:40:31.058 My brother Jerrick had his dash, 00:40:31.058 --> 00:40:32.852 My brother Jerrick had his dash, 00:40:32.893 --> 00:40:34.353 and I can stand to say 00:40:34.437 --> 00:40:38.691 that he was a man that enjoyed every minute of his dash. 00:40:39.692 --> 00:40:43.863 Jerrick Jackson did not die cowering at the guns 00:40:43.904 --> 00:40:45.197 that were pointed at him. 00:40:45.281 --> 00:40:47.867 He fought--he fought like hell. 00:40:47.908 --> 00:40:49.660 And he fought for what he loved. 00:40:49.743 --> 00:40:52.580 I don't want him to be known as a victim. 00:40:52.621 --> 00:40:54.915 I want him to be known as someone who fought 00:40:54.957 --> 00:40:57.460 for what he treasured. 00:40:58.461 --> 00:41:01.464 He had the courage to fight, 00:41:01.505 --> 00:41:04.425 and at least I know that he was trying 00:41:04.467 --> 00:41:10.055 to defend someone he loved and cared about. 00:41:10.097 --> 00:41:12.641 And that's who we are as Jacksons, 00:41:12.683 --> 00:41:16.061 that's the way my mother and father raised us. 00:41:16.103 --> 00:41:20.483 He raised us to be the bigger person, 00:41:20.524 --> 00:41:25.988 and to always exemplify righteousness, 00:41:26.030 --> 00:41:30.659 and just being great individuals. 00:41:30.743 --> 00:41:34.914 I thank God that they were able to solve it 00:41:34.955 --> 00:41:36.499 and bring it to an end 00:41:36.540 --> 00:41:40.336 so that we could get some closure to move on.