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Inside this car are multi-millionaire business owners Matthew Molicone and his wife Kimberly. Matthew is seconds away
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from confronting the man who's been in a secret affair with his wife. He has a plan to get revenge, but has no idea how
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horribly it's about to play out. >> Get out OF HERE, BRO. GET out of here. >> STAY AWAY FROM MY WIFE.
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>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT the >> [groaning] >> We're taking one back to the road.
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>> You need to get back over here. Give us my wife. Get to work, please. >> Hands up.
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>> As officers rush to the scene, they're met with multiple shooters, families scrambling for help, and two critically
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injured victims. And while Matthew sits in the back of a cop car, he has no idea
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his wife, the one he just got into a shootout over, is lying feet away with a fatal wound to her neck.
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>> Please. She's She didn't make it. SHE DIED. >> OH, NO. NO. NO. Sheriff's Department.
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>> Police are stepping inside the nearly 8,000 square ft mansion of Matthew and Kimberly Mullikone. Arriving in the
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middle of a rapidly developing homicide investigation. The married couple are well educated, successful business
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owners. Together they run State Barricades Incorporated, a traffic equipment company generating an
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estimated $3 to6 million annually. They live here with their three teenage children. And from the outside, the
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Mullicons appear to have built a stable, comfortable, and luxurious life. Or so it seems. Because behind these walls,
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someone has been living with a dark secret. One that's been buried for years. and it will soon change this
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family's life forever. These officers are here to execute a search warrant following the sudden
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passing of Kimberly the previous night. They need to document [music] the scene,
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collect evidence, and piece together what led up to the incident. >> Sheriff's department.
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>> Sheriff, >> we have overlooking upstairs. >> I'm going to clear this wing. Just there's a safe.
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>> Sheriff's permit. >> There's another room upstairs. >> Inside the mansion, the wealth is
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impossible to miss as officers sweep through multiple entertainment spaces and rooms dedicated to leisure. But as
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they look deeper, grim details start to emerge. >> Looks like maybe drugs on the table,
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boss. >> Yeah, on the table. >> And there's pain on the table. it. This is definitely a sign of there's
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a big struggle going on here. >> In the basement, on a coffee table, officers find lines of laid out beside a
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straw and a razor blade. The physical findings inside the mansion are only the first hints of what's been happening
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behind closed doors. And the officers searching this home are walking through the opening chapter of the tragic
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downfall awaiting the Miconee family. Approximately 15 hours earlier, around 7:15 p.m., Kimberly and Matthew start
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their night in the basement of their mansion, drinking, smoking, and using substances. This is not the first time
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they've done this, but this time, an argument about Kimberly's affair with another man is in full swing. Matthew
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believed the affair ended years ago after he confronted her about it. But earlier that day, he discovered it never
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stopped and that Kimberly transferred nearly $60,000 from their company funds to her lover's debit and credit
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accounts. Around 7:15 p.m., the argument escalates physically. Matthew begins throwing objects, breaking glass,
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shoving Kimberly, and shouting insults, and the basement starts to look like the
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aftermath of a struggle. At 9:20 p.m., the couple leave the mansion in their white Jeep Grand
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Cherokee. Matthew has one firearm on his hip and another accessible inside the vehicle. At the same time, Kimberly's
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secret lover is at home winding down from a barbecue with his [music] pregnant fiance, his parents next door,
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and his sister's kids playing outside. They have no idea that within minutes, their quiet evening will take a drastic
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change. 911. What is the address of the emergency? Need >> an ambulance. >> What is the address?
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>> House and they pulled out a >> What is the address? >> I don't know the address here.
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>> Where are you calling from? >> There's a house just out the 29 mile on the east side.
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>> I'm in the line of fire. >> Okay. Where is the person with the gun? >> Behind the car.
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>> Where is the person that is? >> He's in the south. Sir, do you have a weapon on you?
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>> Yes, I do. >> You You do? What is your name? >> Captain Mal. >> Approximately 5 minutes after this
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alarming call, a team of 31 officers from the Mcome County Sheriff's Office is mobilized and dispatched to the
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location. All they know is that a man named Matthew Molone is trapped in the line of fire and that somewhere nearby,
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an active shooter is targeting innocent victims. When officers arrive, they quickly notice Matthew taking cover
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behind a smoking car. >> Get down. Get down. Get down. Hands behind your back. >> Don't move.
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>> What's your name? Responsible. >> What's your name? >> What's your name? [snorts]
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>> Her name's Kim. >> Her name's Kim. >> Don't move. Don't move. >> All right. I got my wife.
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>> He's in custody. Homeowner and shooter still in the home. >> She didn't deserve this.
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>> Okay, we got a shooter in the house right there. >> He's 30 35ish. >> 35 years old.
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>> White t-shirt, black hair, white name. What's his name? >> Danny. >> Danny. >> We got Danny, 35 years old, white
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t-shirt, dark hair. >> Don't trust him. He carries two guns. >> Possible. Two guns.
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>> Help her, please. >> Never mind the shooter. >> Help. Never mind the shooter. You're
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buying a car. I need to get to work. >> Matthew is clearly distressed, begging officers to save his wife, Kimberly, who
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is still trapped in the backseat of a car about 100 ft away. 300 ft beyond the car stands the shooter's hideout. A
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house with multiple windows, an open garage door, and countless angles from which to fire. In the next few seconds,
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the officers must make a snap decision. Neutralize the shooter first and risk Kimberly bleeding out or step into the
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dangerous open field to save her. >> ANYBODY IN THE JEEP, STEP OUT NOW WITH YOUR HANDS UP. Hands up. Face away from
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me. Get out of the Jeep. >> I got you. I got you. Take her. [ __ ] >> All right.
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LET'S GO. COME THIS WAY. COME THIS WAY. COVER. CAM. Hang in there. Ambulance. >> Do we know how many we have in the
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house? >> You pulled me in front of the front door. Pull her this way. Pull her this
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way now. 5 ft. Come on. Let's go. Come on, man. It's time to start shooting. Do it.
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>> This am. >> She's more important than that [ __ ] >> She don't deserve this, man. Hey. Hey.
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Get to work. Please. Please. I don't care what you know. You got to get to work.
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>> You need to get back in here. >> Lay down. >> Give us my wife. Get to work. Please.
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PLEASE. PLEASE. I'M BEGGING YOU. >> CPR something. >> CPR. Listen. We We have an active
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shooter, man. We can't I can't. >> I'll do it then. >> I NEED A CAR. >> POLICE CAR DOWN THIS WAY.
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>> Need cover. >> We have Looks like one gunshot wound to the neck. The caller says there's an
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elderly male with a white t-shirt and it's at the garage. Her father, not the shooter.
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>> Okay. >> After managing to pull Kimberly from the car, paramedics begin working urgently
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to save her. She's been shot in the neck and is unconscious, so every passing second matters. At the same [music]
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time, SWAT prepares to move in and neutralize what they believe is an active shooter barricaded inside the
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house. At this point, officers are operating almost entirely off of Matthew's account, thinking there's an
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armed gunman inside. In reality, there's no active shooter at all. Only a wounded
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homeowner and several family members inside the residence. Without that context, every tactical decision carries
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enormous risk and [music] could put innocent lives in danger. And within seconds, that possibility is tested when
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the two elderly parents suddenly emerge from the house. Hands off. Hands off. >> You're ruining my boy.
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>> Come. Walk out. >> Come here, sir. >> Right behind you. You'll call it out. Come here,
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>> sir. >> How many? Come on, >> sir. Stop one second, ma'am. You keep walking towards me. Stop.
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>> Come on. >> Right here. Come. Come here. Come here. Come here. Over here. Hands behind your
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back. >> It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. >> It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's
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okay. >> Who else is in the house? >> My daughter alone. My little grandchildren.
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>> Two little children. My my daughter Gabriel. >> Your daughter two and your son. My
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>> Where's your son at? >> In the floor. >> Yeah, right here. >> Salvatore. Next to your left foot.
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>> Because of a language barrier, officers are only able to piece together fragments of what the elderly couple is
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saying. It sounds like their son is wounded inside the home along with his fianceé, sister, and two children.
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Strangely, the couple themselves appear unharmed, despite having just exited the
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same house where the alleged gunman is believed to be hiding. This observation leads officers to believe that the
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wounded son inside the house is the gunman Matthew claimed had been firing at him when police first arrived. But
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before they can reassess their strategy, someone else suddenly rushes out of the
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house. Keep walking. Come straight out. >> Go to your right side of the car. Right.
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>> Keep your hands up if you can see them. >> With the three more family members out
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of the house, police now believe only two people inside remain. The elderly couple's son and his fianceé. And based
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on Matthew's 911 call and earlier statements, they're operating under the assumption that the son inside is armed
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and extremely dangerous. So officers tighten the perimeter and cautiously advance towards the house, preparing for
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a potential shootout. >> I got it. There's a I got a revolver on the ground here.
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>> Hold that ground. >> Yep. I got a revolver on the ground right here. Hey, Ryan, careful. I think
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the shooting happened right here. So I see a shell. I got a pistol. So just watch where you're stopping.
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>> A couple more guns in the house. We just got the two. We're going to try to get
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this guy out. >> SHERIFF. SHERIFF. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. >> On the ground. On the ground.
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>> On the ground in that closet. We'll just leave it there, guys. Okay. It's going to hurt. Hey. Hey. Listen,
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dude. It's going to hurt, but it's it it's it's for your best good. All right. Is that bleeding hot? No.
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>> What's your name? >> Danny. >> Danny. I'm Jason. How you doing? >> Inside the residence, officers find
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38-year-old homeowner Daniel Geian suffering from two gunshot wounds. Beside him, his fianceé, Elona, is
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desperately trying to stop the bleeding. Police call in paramedics to treat Daniel's wounds. Daniel himself doesn't
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appear to be the aggressive gunman Matthew described, and his officers begin speaking with him. They quickly
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realize the situation may be the complete opposite of what they first believed. >> Or if it went in and then came out.
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>> Okay. >> So, I was running away. So what? >> I don't know how many obvious shots were fired.
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>> Whatever was in that gun. >> This is the gun that shot you here. >> No, that's the gun I I had with me.
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>> You didn't have a rifle? >> No, no rifle. >> Can we help you stand up or do you want
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us to carry it? >> Um, >> keep the camera back on. >> Keep the camera on. >> Yeah.
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>> What's that? Y got it. >> By some miracle, officers finally managed to stabilize the scene without
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further. Following this, Daniel is placed on a stretcher and carried out of the house
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to be [music] transported to the hospital. Thanks to his fiance's quick efforts to control the bleeding, he has
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a chance to survive. However, the outcome is [music] different for Kimberly as on the other side of the
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property, paramedics reach a grim conclusion. >> She Yeah. No, she's dead. >> We got a shine going.
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We can't leave her, but we can't like just just take her because she's with you. She's
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>> Tragically, Kimberly does not survive her injuries, leaving behind her three children and her husband, Matthew, still
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unaware that she's dead. With that, the case immediately turns into a homicide investigation, and
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police must determine exactly what happened, as it's clear something isn't adding up. Just a few hundred feet away,
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Matthew is placed in a patrol car and transported [music] to the station. Daniel's fiance, sister, and parents are
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also taken to the station for questioning. Back inside the house, officers finally have a moment to
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breathe and begin piecing together what happened. But not for long, because they're about to discover there's an
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entire basement they missed during the initial search. It's completely unchecked with something interesting
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waiting downstairs. We got them. We got enough of these. I'll pick >> cleared it pretty quick. So, just take a
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good look around. I know there's a like there was a Ruger 102 in one. >> Okay. All right.
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>> You clear piss check, Ryan. All right. Come in with us here. >> You go with Justin.
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I'm just clearing that. We got a door closed. >> I'm just going to open it. Go ahead.
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>> Don't go. Don't go. You okay? >> Yep. Clear. >> As if things weren't already complicated, the officers just stumbled
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upon something entirely unexpected. A seemingly hidden marijuana grow operation. But the biggest discovery is
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what they don't find. [music] CCTV cameras. Officers already spotted multiple cameras around the house,
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making the absence of any in the basement suspicious. This exact CCTV system will soon prove crucial to
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solving the case, revealing exactly how the shooting unfolded and who fired the fatal shot.
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>> Beautiful. You got cameras. He's got cameras. By the time the house is fully cleared,
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police begin locking down the scene and send Kimberly's body for autopsy. Following this, some of the most
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experienced investigators in the state are brought in to take over the case, led by Detective Frasier of the Mcome
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County Sheriff's Office. Frraasier quickly begins identifying the people he and his team will need to focus on.
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Matthew, a supposed victim of the shooting. Daniel, the wounded homeowner, and Daniel's inner circle, mainly his
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sister Gabriella and his fianceé, Elona. Despite the detectives combined decades
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of experience, this case will push them to their limits, eventually leading to one of the most morally controversial
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trials in the state of Michigan and forcing detectives to make one of the hardest calls of their careers, letting
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the man who fired the fatal shot walk free. It's now 3 hours after the shooting, and
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based on preliminary statements from responding officers, investigators believe they may be dealing with a
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volatile dispute between two families with multiple shooters in the picture. So, they need to determine what sparked
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the conflict and who fired the fatal shot that ended Kimberly's life. However, there is one major problem
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ahead. In cases like this, there is no neutral ground. Every statement will be biased and each person will blame the
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other side. Additionally, both primary suspects are temporarily off the table as Daniel is being treated at the
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hospital and Matthew is too emotionally volatile to be interviewed. Still, investigators have to start somewhere.
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So, they decide to begin by interviewing Daniel's family, starting with his fianceé, Elona. Her account will be
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compared against other witness statements, looking for inconsistencies that might expose the truth. But for
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Aliona, this interview serves a different purpose as she will slowly begin to realize that the man she plans
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to marry has been living a secret double life for years. >> Anytime you want to be done, just let me
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know. You're not under arrest or anything like that. We're just trying to piece together what happened as I'm sure
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you are as well. Yeah, I would like to know kind of like >> Okay, >> we like heard like little shots and I
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didn't like for a second I was like, "Oh, is like like Danny like staring the chickens with like a fake gun or
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something like that?" Because like we have six chickens and they always come to the front and we're trying to train
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him to stay in the back. >> Okay. >> Not that like I wasn't concerned, but I was like, "Oh, maybe it's like the
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chickens." But then it [snorts] was like shot after shot after shot after shot. I
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was like, "Girls, like come over here. like stay away from the windows and like >> and then SWAT came in
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>> like literally like hands in the air like >> but I guess [snorts] >> you know whatever I don't know I guess
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that's how it works. So and then we were out then we came out of the front door too.
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>> Based on Aliona's words it appears she has no clear understanding of what sparked the shooting. In reality she
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knows more than she thinks. She just needs the right questions to connect the dots. There's no way. There's no way.
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>> Who's this guy at your house? >> He says stay away from my wife. So, that's got to be either somebody he's
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like >> Ellie >> either been with or is with right now. I don't know. >> Who Who has he been with?
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>> I know he was with the lady, but as far >> Kim. Okay. >> But as far as I know, they were like
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done. >> Okay. So, why is he showing up at your house now? >> Not that's that's a good question. Now,
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I don't I don't understand why she would come with him, like why she would bring
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him there. That's kind of weird, too, though. If I was having an affair, I wouldn't exactly take my husband
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to the person that I'm having an affair with. >> Sounds like maybe things didn't end
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there. [music] If that if this guy's showing up saying that, >> great timing. Things are finally starting to make
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sense in the room, and it's becoming clear to detectives that fiance, Daniel, had a past affair with Matthew's wife,
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Kimberly. Yet, Oona seems clueless that the affair was still ongoing. She's convinced it ended long ago and that
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they were happy together again. Whether that's the actual truth remains to be seen.
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By now, investigators understand they're dealing with people who have secrets and
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that no one involved can be taken at face value, especially the two men at the center of it all, Daniel and
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Matthew. So, with Elona's statement recorded, investigators wrap up the interview and prepare to speak with
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Daniel's sister, Gabriella, the mother who fled the house with her terrified children when SWAT arrived. Unlike
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Elona, Gabriella will prove far more aware of her brother's secret affair with Kimberly.
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>> There's a lot going on tonight and we're just trying to get to the bottom of it.
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>> This is horrifying. Horrifying that this would happen on our home. My mom was
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inside. Ali, I could see them over at his house. My brother's barbecuing. They were hanging out. Girls were excited.
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DTE comes. We start having a conversation telling me what's going on. Well, then I started hearing crazy
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rounds of gunshots. like not normal. So I look over and I just start hearing yelling. I see this white Grand Cherokee
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in the driveway, a lady out of the car screaming. At that point, I had no idea who it was, what was going on. This
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maniac comes at me ready to shoot me and my husband. I heard the the lady go, "No, Matt, no. She has kids. No, Matt,
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no." And my husband's like, "What's what? What?" and I dropped to the ground. I pissed myself, lost my shoes,
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everything. >> Do Were you able to see where Dan came from? >> I don't know for certain. My brother
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didn't have My brother has a CPL. He didn't have it on him. Obviously, we were home. We would think that something
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like that would happen. I'm assuming he ran in, grabbed his gun, and came out. >> Okay.
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>> To defend himself, >> he normally carries a gun. >> He has a Yes, he always has his
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concealed uh pistol on him. Always. This is something a crazed lunatic would do to a
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to a family. >> Naturally, Gabriella takes her brother's side, claiming Matthew was the aggressor
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and insisting Daniel acted purely in self-defense. However, this version of events will later be called into
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question once detectives finally get their hands on the CCTV footage. For now, though, Frasier shifts the
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conversation to Daniel's secret affair, hoping to uncover whether Daniel could have killed his own lover. Worse yet, in
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front of his own children and family. >> As far as Dan goes and this this fella that shows up, have you ever seen this
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guy before? >> I have seen him once. Um, my brother Dan and Kim Malikon. >> Mhm.
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>> The reason why I found out who Matt was is because I saw her. She's like, "Matt,
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no." And I knew that was her husband. So, I knew that she had relations with my brother years ago. I know that she's
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had a tumultuous relationship over the years with her husband. That's all that I know. She used to call me on numerous
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times. Um, basically telling me, you know, what's going on with her life? I felt bad for her cuz I knew that she was
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an addict and I know that he was an addict. >> When's the last time that you've talked
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to her? >> Maybe a few months. >> So, it's been a little bit of a >> But she would call me from different
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numbers all the time. It would never be her number cuz I wouldn't pick up for her number.
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>> She texted you? >> Yeah. From different numbers again cuz I would not pick up for her anymore. I
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just I had her blocked. I couldn't I didn't want to expose myself to that anymore. I didn't think I didn't think
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it was appropriate. My brother knew that. Like what happened today I know is is wrong and it's inappropriate.
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>> Yeah. >> Highly inappropriate. >> Yeah. I understand. >> And mortifying and my children would be
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exposed to this. I'm very disturbed. >> Yeah. Okay. And and and that's fully. So, I mean, this and my parents and my
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80-year-old dad and my 76-year-old mom. I just >> I feel like I'm in a movie right now.
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>> Gabriella leaves little room for doubt. The affair between her brother and Kimberly is, in her view, the catalyst
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for the entire confrontation. With that in mind, detectives conclude Gabriella's
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interview and begin weighing their next move. Lead Detective Frasier has more than two decades of homicide experience,
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and by now he has a working theory of how the shooting began and what connects the two primary suspects. But one
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crucial detail remains unresolved. Who fired the fatal shot that ended Kimberly's life.
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to the investigation where Daniel has just been brought in from the hospital to provide his account of what happened
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the previous night. Detective Frasier knows that Daniel is a man with secrets. Everything he says could be a carefully
00:28:38
crafted story. And for all they know, they might be sitting across from Kimberly's killer.
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>> Mr. >> Hey, how you doing? I've seen better days. >> Oh, I'm sure you have. Obviously,
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there's a lot of things that took place tonight. So, um I'm going to start by just kind of letting you like why don't
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you just tell us what happened? I was just in a girl, you know, just got done barbecuing.
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>> Mhm. >> You know, and next thing you know, this white truck I I didn't know who it was
00:29:08
at all. you know, the white truck came out and um man came out of the car, came towards me. I didn't know who it
00:29:20
was, you know, I had my business truck outside. I figured, you know, was filming. He wanted something, but he
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came to me pretty aggressive. And from that point on, like it's just like a days for me and and he like, you know,
00:29:32
he he like showed me his gun, you know what I'm saying? and I I had my weapon on me and um you know I'm like leave and
00:29:42
next thing you know like you know he's he's ready to fire shots at me and that's all I remember. I swear like
00:29:49
everything was like blank from that point on like I just was like it just like I froze. I don't know.
00:29:59
I froze like when he pointed that gun at me like started shooting. I just froze.
00:30:03
I don't remember anything like I just froze. >> According to Daniel, Matthew arrived out
00:30:09
of nowhere and immediately started brandishing a gun on his property. But this is where the story begins to blur
00:30:15
between self-defense and murder because detectives are about to learn that Daniel's own actions may have set the
00:30:22
deadly shooting in motion. >> Would you be able to just kind of draw me a layout of where your garage and how
00:30:28
your driveway is and stuff? Okay. >> Of the barbecue was right here cuz I just got done barbecuing. Burke van was
00:30:38
right here. >> Okay. >> So, this car pulls up >> right in the freaking driveway like he
00:30:45
he owned the house. >> Okay. So, that car pulls up and you're outside. >> I'm outside. I'm like I'm in between the
00:30:53
garage like inside the garage. He comes up there. >> Stay away from my wife. I'm like, "What
00:31:00
are you talking about?" Say, and then all of a sudden then like it hits like a light bulb. He comes out of the car and
00:31:07
he's like, you know, he's brandishing his gun when he's walking up like he's about to shoot me.
00:31:12
>> Like what do you mean by that? >> Like he had his gun like he was pulling it up like you look like he was ready to
00:31:18
fire. He's like ready to fire and I you know he's ready to grab his gun and boom, I shot one in the air. I'm like
00:31:27
get the out of here. You shot one in the air? >> Yeah, cuz he was going to pull his gun
00:31:32
out and he like he looked like he was about to leave. The bastard started firing shots and I ran out and I I you
00:31:39
know I ran for my life at that point. I'm out of bullets. So then I'm running around the house. He got me. He's firing
00:31:46
at me at the corner of the house. I had another firearm inside the garage. >> So you grab that second firearm?
00:31:53
>> Yes. >> And what is it? What kind of gun is that? >> It was a It was a a Glock. Okay. So, it
00:31:58
was a 27. >> This is the time that you need to get this out, okay? We [snorts] don't want
00:32:04
to go down the road and you be like, "Oh, I said, you know, >> everything is on surveillance camera."
00:32:09
>> Okay? >> Everything is on surveillance camera. I'm going to tell you like what I
00:32:12
remember because after those shots were been fired at me, like I just don't remember anything after that point.
00:32:19
Like, I just like panicked. I panicked when he started shooting at me. Like, I panicked. I just wanted him to leave.
00:32:27
What Daniel has just revealed is exactly what investigators have been waiting for. During the house search, officers
00:32:34
observed multiple cameras positioned around the property, pointing directly towards where the shooting occurred.
00:32:40
Detective Frasier knows he needs access to that footage. But he must wait for the right moment to secure Daniel's
00:32:46
cooperation. Up to this point, Daniel has presented himself as nothing more than a victim, claiming he fired only a
00:32:54
warning shot. Yet, something about his story isn't adding up. Throughout the interrogation, he never once mentions
00:33:01
the other person in the car, Kimberly. Detectives already know about the secret affair from speaking with Daniel's
00:33:08
relatives, and they're not about to let him off the hook. So, Frasier begins to apply pressure, forcing Daniel to drop
00:33:14
the act and expose one of his secrets. >> Well, let's let's get into a little more
00:33:19
detail leading up to the point where you froze. Well, I saw like the woman come out of the car and you know I you know I
00:33:27
had I'd known this woman, you know what I mean? I didn't know she was married or
00:33:31
anything, you know? >> So So here's I'm going to I'm going to tell you right now, Dan, some of the
00:33:37
questions that we're asking you, right? We might already know the answers to some of them, right?
00:33:43
>> And I'm not I'm not trying this is your job. >> I'm not trying to play games with you
00:33:46
and I'm not trying to act like I know some you don't. trying to go home and get this done as possible.
00:33:52
>> Here's the deal, Dan. You know, obviously Kim was somebody that you knew, right?
00:33:57
>> And you knew knew her on a personal level? >> Yes. >> Can you explain that to me?
00:34:01
>> Oh, I've known this girl for quite some time. And um ever since I met my wife, I
00:34:08
I just parted way. Okay. You know, >> I'm trying to put this together. We we did get the information. We know that
00:34:15
you had relations with her. Let's go back. If I've had >> have had, right? >> But what I'm trying to figure out is why
00:34:22
tonight. >> That's what I'm trying to figure out, >> right? Danny, what happened recently?
00:34:27
Why would this come to fruition tonight? >> I swear on everything. I have no idea
00:34:31
cuz that's what my wife was telling me. What is going on? I don't have any calls
00:34:35
from like I don't call her period. Now, I know in the past your now fiance >> had some issues with her.
00:34:48
>> Yes. >> Do you know if maybe these two started talking recently or has she alluded to
00:34:53
that that maybe >> I know >> Do you know if Kim knows that you're having a baby?
00:34:59
>> I don't know. I don't know. I >> It's just Tuesday night, 9:00 at night. Why now?
00:35:07
>> I don't know. That's that's the same thing I'm trying to get at because I haven't with her in a long time. It's
00:35:13
already been 2 years. I was done. As soon as I met this girl, I was I was done. I'm like changing my life around
00:35:20
them. >> It's evident the detectives are on to something here. Daniel insists he hasn't
00:35:25
seen or texted Kimberly for 2 years. Something that can easily be verified once they access his phone. Though,
00:35:32
Daniel's phone holds something far more important to the investigation. CCTV footage. But once detectives decide to
00:35:40
ask Daniel for access, his answer will raise serious suspicion to say the least.
00:35:47
>> No, no, no. Me and my wife, man, we're best friends. Like, we do everything together. If I show you my phone, I'll
00:35:53
show you the things that we do. We We are always >> How can I access your phone?
00:35:57
>> Well, why you guys need my phone, though? >> Well, this is what's going to happen. We
00:36:00
have your phone. We also have your fiance's phone. We're going to get the information one way or another. The
00:36:05
other part of it too is it it just goes to the other part of this story, right? Because obviously there's a couple sides
00:36:12
to this story. You got your side, got his side, right? >> Obviously his take on things is
00:36:17
different than yours, right? It's going to be right. >> You have you have you're presenting us
00:36:21
with your your version. >> We have another version. >> Guess what? We've got cameras that
00:36:27
caught it all. >> Right. >> We need to look at that. >> Yeah. If we don't get to see these
00:36:31
cameras, >> I need to speak to somebody to tell me to direct me the right to the right
00:36:37
route. Guys, you got to understand. I want to help, but I have to have my motor.
00:36:41
>> What kind of cameras do you have? >> I have Ring cameras. >> Ring cameras. >> And they're surrounded.
00:36:46
>> You You said it caught the whole thing, right? >> Shut up. Yes. >> I know what you're doing, Danny. You
00:36:51
want to watch this first and make sure that it all adds up. >> No, no. I'm I'm I I'm telling you guys
00:36:56
100% truth, guys. Honest to God, >> I have nothing to hide. I want to help you guys. But now, like,
00:37:02
>> are you worried about it? >> Absolutely not. This man came to my house. I mean, this man came to my own.
00:37:09
>> Are you into some other illegal activity that you're worried about on your phone?
00:37:13
>> Absolutely not. >> Like, I know you have a grow for it. I got to speak to somebody. If I
00:37:19
could speak to somebody, one of my to see what the house should do. I I want to I do want to let you know something
00:37:26
though in this situation. Uh Kim, she's dead. So she was struck by a bullet and she's
00:37:36
dead. So I mean I don't I apparently nobody told you that. >> I don't know. I don't know what the hell
00:37:48
happened if he did. >> Did anybody Did anybody tell you that, Danny? Okay. So maybe this will shed a little bit of
00:37:55
light of why we have to do our due diligence here because somebody lost their life.
00:38:01
>> He came to my house. I did nothing wrong. >> We're just trying to make >> I did nothing wrong. I did nothing
00:38:06
wrong. They came to my house, man. I had my nieces. This guy is shooting at me. [ __ ] 17 [ __ ] shots.
00:38:15
>> Needless to say, this is not what investigators were hoping for. Even after Detective Frasier brings up the
00:38:21
marijuana grow operation in the basement as leverage to encourage cooperation, Daniel quickly clarifies that everything
00:38:28
is legal and refuses to grant access to his phone without an attorney present, effectively forcing them to end the
00:38:34
interview. With Daniel's refusal, detectives become more certain than ever that there's something on that phone he
00:38:41
doesn't want them to see. Yet, the only other way to access it is through a search warrant. Something far easier
00:38:48
said than done. Now it's Daniel's word against Matthews. A development that complicates the investigation
00:38:55
significantly. The CCTV footage could have been crucial during Matthew's interview. With multiple cameras around
00:39:01
the house recording 24/7, the answer to who fired the fatal shot lies somewhere in that footage.
00:39:08
Despite this setback, detectives settle on a strategy. They decide to hold Matthew overnight. time that may
00:39:15
pressure him to break and reveal how the shooting really unfolded when the interview begins. In the meantime,
00:39:22
officers obtain a search warrant for Matthew and Kimberly's home and head there, hoping to find anything that
00:39:27
could help guide his interrogation. When officers arrive at the Miconee residence, they're initially met with
00:39:34
signs of wealth and comfort, but that impression fades quickly once they step into the basement.
00:39:42
table. >> Is it just the rifle on that table? >> No. >> No. >> Only Paul's in there right now. There's
00:39:56
>> No, but there's definitely signs of stuff being thrown and shattered. There was definitely a struggle in his
00:40:04
>> It's clear that the basement was the aftermath of a violent altercation. Officers also discover pain residue and
00:40:12
a straw, suggesting that Matthew may have been heavily under the influence of drugs and alcohol during the shooting.
00:40:18
As they continue the search, officers locate multiple gun safes in the basement and elsewhere in the house.
00:40:24
Upstairs in the primary bedroom closet, they find a small clear plastic bag containing.
00:40:31
Taken together, the findings paint a picture of a home stocked with firearms and narcotics. details that will be
00:40:38
crucial during Matthew's interview. With the scene documented, officers relay their findings to Detective Frasier, who
00:40:44
decides it's time to speak with Matthew. He's been restless for hours about Kimberly's condition, still unaware of
00:40:52
her tragic death. >> Is she okay? >> I wasn't out there, sir. I' I've been here the whole time.
00:40:59
>> You can't find out for me. >> I told you we couldn't tell you, sir. >> Oh my god.
00:41:05
No. God, help her. God, please. She didn't deserve this. >> What's up? >> Hey, >> how's my wife?
00:41:19
>> All right, here's what's going to happen. >> Is she okay, >> Matt? >> Yeah. >> If I unhandcuff you, you're going to
00:41:27
behave yourself? >> Yes. >> Okay. We don't have any issues there. >> What? >> When I unhandcuff you, I want you to
00:41:32
have a seat. Okay, partner. >> Oh, boy. It's not good. >> No, it's not good. But
00:41:37
>> is she alive? Is she alive? >> Hold on. Relax. Sit down. >> Is my wife alive?
00:41:46
>> We're going to talk real quick here. Okay, hold on one second. >> Oh my god. Tell me,
00:41:55
please. >> She's She didn't MAKE IT. SHE >> OH, [screaming] NO. NO. NO. NO. [screaming]
00:42:06
Oh my god. No. No. Oh my god. Was she in the chest? Oh my god. I saw her. I was next to her trying to
00:42:21
get the out of there as these shes were dry in reverse. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. What has he done? Matthew appears
00:42:34
devastated, unable to control his emotions. Yet to Detective Frasier, something about his reaction feels off.
00:42:42
Detectives like Frraasier are trained never to take anything at face value, carefully watching for even the smallest
00:42:49
inconsistencies in a suspect's behavior. And in the moments that follow, Frasier's instincts would [music] prove
00:42:56
correct as Matthew's behavior is about to shift completely. just happened. PSYCHO [screaming]
00:43:06
THAT. OH MY GOD. DID HE MAKE IT? That's why my wife's dead is cuz I'm a horrible child.
00:43:19
What a psychopath. >> Do you want to tell me about it? >> Sure. This guy and my wife have been
00:43:25
having an affair for 9 and 1/2 years. I found out about it 6 and 1/2 years ago and um and I found out about it again 45
00:43:35
days ago. We were going to the house for her to tell him, "Stop calling me. I'm done with you. He's engaged, too." You
00:43:43
know, he's cheating on his fiance. She's cheating on me. You know, she was going
00:43:48
to end it. I said, "I'll go with you. make sure it's safe there cuz he's got got him and
00:43:54
the girl there. >> After his emotional breakdown, Matthew suddenly regains composure, prompting
00:44:02
Detective Frasier to question whether the reaction was genuine or calculated. But once he's calm, Frasier asks Matthew
00:44:10
to walk him through the shooting step by step. It's a strategic decision to lock
00:44:14
him into a specific version of events, especially because Matthew has absolutely no idea the entire
00:44:21
confrontation was captured on surveillance cameras. >> And I get out of the car. As soon as I
00:44:28
get out of the car, he comes out of the garage. Well, like us, like a police officer, right at my face, and I put my
00:44:35
hands up and I say, "Whoa, bro." And she screams at him, "Danny." And I said, "Stop with
00:44:43
my wife." Soon as I said that, he shot at me. I ducked around to the back of this car, this car here.
00:44:51
And I pulled my firearm and I started at him. He ran this way. I said, "Kim, get
00:44:57
in the car." We got in the car. We were backing out and he my wife and the car stopped working. I couldn't get it in
00:45:04
gear. So, I got in behind I got behind the car and I called 911. That's it. That's it.
00:45:11
That's how fast it when he shot my wife, the car like stopped somehow and I I got
00:45:18
out. He was shooting at the car. I got out of the car and I I was shoot back again and he ran around the side of the
00:45:25
house [music] and then I didn't see him no more. And then I went to my wife and I hid behind the back of the car. Why
00:45:33
would he do that? Like she went there to talk to him and this guy comes out like
00:45:38
goddamn Rambo firing his I had my hands in the air with no weapon. My clip was concealed. Off detective. My gun was in
00:45:49
its holster and concealed. I was like this. As expected, Matthew's story is the complete opposite of Daniel's. He
00:45:58
insinuates that he acted in self-defense and claims that Kimberly's death was simply because he's a bad shot. Though
00:46:04
one detail in his account immediately stands out. Matthew insists his weapon was concealed the entire time. Yet when
00:46:12
he reenacts the moment and raises his hands, the detective can clearly see that the gun would have been visible.
00:46:18
But before Detective Frasier can press him on that inconsistency, he is called out of the room with a critical update.
00:46:24
The CCTV footage has just come in. Daniel has finally agreed to grant access to the footage, either out of
00:46:31
guilt or confidence that it will clear his name. So, detectives immediately begin combing through the recordings,
00:46:37
and it doesn't take long before cracks begin to form in both men's stories. At 9:30 p.m., Matthew's car arrives at
00:46:47
the property, and at first, events appear to follow his version of the story. The first gunshot heard in the
00:46:57
background is fired by Daniel as a warning, just as both men described in their interviews. But in the minutes
00:47:03
that follow, things begin to unfold very differently from what either man claimed. And it will determine which of
00:47:09
them spends the rest of his life behind bars. >> Danny, get out of >> Stay AWAY FROM MY WIFE.
00:47:21
>> STOP IT. STOP IT. STAY AWAY FROM MY WIFE. >> DANNY, [screaming] NO. IS THAT >> Who else has a
00:47:57
>> Get out OF HERE. LET'S GO. >> WHO ELSE HAS A GUN? >> Let's go. Get out of here.
00:48:13
>> In the chaos, as both men exchange gunfire, a single bullet tragically strikes Kimberly. And although Matthew
00:48:21
was clearly the aggressor, the fatal shot came from Daniel's weapon, complicating the investigation and
00:48:28
making it harder to determine who is truly at fault. Armed with this new evidence, Detective Frasier returns to
00:48:35
the interrogation room, ready to apply more pressure, knowing the CCTV footage has completely dismantled Matthew's
00:48:42
version of events. And in the next few moments, Matthew would unknowingly dig himself into a grave.
00:48:49
>> Were you guys drinking today? >> Yeah. >> Okay. How about drugs? Were you doing
00:48:54
any drugs? What were you doing? >> A little coana. Okay. So, you're doing marijuana doing some
00:49:04
drinking and you decide to go up there with her. You'reing pissed. >> Uh, no. >> You weren't mad. Some guy is boinking
00:49:16
your wife. >> Detective, listen. >> And you're not mad about it? >> I've known about this for 6 and 1/2
00:49:20
years, >> right? >> I was mad. >> And you were told it was cut off, right? >> Yeah.
00:49:25
>> And then today, you're told it's not cut off. off 45 days ago. I was told it's
00:49:30
not cut off. >> And you're saying your wife was driving and your wife was in that driver's seat.
00:49:36
Every time you guys went to leave, went to do whatever, you're saying now that your your wife was in the driver's seat.
00:49:44
>> Yes. She drove there and she got in the driver's seat and put it in reverse >> to back up.
00:49:49
>> Correct. >> But the car wouldn't What happened with the car? >> I don't know if we hit something. I I it
00:49:55
was smoking. Maybe he shot it. I don't know. It wouldn't It wouldn't move. >> What do you mean you were What is that?
00:50:02
>> I had it in reverse and it it felt like it was stuck either [clears throat] in some mud.
00:50:08
>> Mhm. It It just It would It wasn't going and then it started smoking from the hood.
00:50:14
And when I saw that, I got out of the car. >> So, you were It was like Was it like
00:50:21
>> you had it in gear, but you were stopping on the gas? She fell over to the side. He's at us at
00:50:29
this point. I hop from the passenger into the driver, turn it, and I it won't go. I got And I'm like this, you know.
00:50:40
Mhm. And it won't go. So then finally, I put it in park and I get out and I go behind the vehicle and that's where I
00:50:45
called you. In a not so unexpected turn, Matthew admits to taking beforehand. Something [music] detectives already
00:50:53
knew after searching his house. It's at this moment that Detective Frasier would
00:50:58
finally confront Matthew with the one piece of evidence he can't talk his way out of.
00:51:04
>> I don't know anybody that's going to buy this. I wasn't mad. I went there like
00:51:10
all cool, all great. just thought it was going to be a, >> you know, I'm sorry, but I don't believe
00:51:16
that for a second, Matt. And and I don't think anybody else does either because it just doesn't make any sense.
00:51:23
>> Well, that's going to be easy to prove your uh theory wrong. >> Go check for blood in the garage or a
00:51:30
bullet hole in the in the in the garage. >> Also, the cameras. >> Okay, there you go. Beautiful. We got
00:51:37
cameras. He's got cameras, >> does he? >> I can't tell you [music] all that. >> Well, I hope hope he does. You better.
00:51:46
You You'll look for those, correct? >> We gather all the facts. >> Okay, good. >> Everybody's got a story, right, to tell
00:51:52
>> I hope he's got cameras. >> You know, the the problem is is that you drove up there in that driveway
00:51:59
and [music] that started this whole chain of events. >> What's illegal about that? One of the
00:52:04
cameras, um, you know, those Ring doorbell ones. >> Uhhuh. >> One of the cameras was pointed right
00:52:11
where you guys were. >> Okay. Good. >> And And [music] you're telling me right now
00:52:16
>> this is true. >> You'll see. >> You're saying the exact This exact story is true. What you what you described to
00:52:23
me. >> Yes. I I hope you >> And that's it. You're not >> leaving anything out. That's [music] how
00:52:27
quick and that's what happened. >> I don't know how this is going to play out. I really don't. the truth prevails.
00:52:36
>> Hopefully, it does. >> With the evidence laid bare, Detective Frasier concludes the interview. Now, he
00:52:42
and his team need to do their due diligence before making the hardest decision of the entire case. Who, if
00:52:49
anyone, should be charged for Kimberly's death. In the days [music] that follow,
00:52:55
recorded jail calls capture Matthew sounding confident he can beat the case, insisting the truth will clear his name.
00:53:02
Hi. [music] >> Hi. >> Hi. >> Love you guys. >> Love you. >> Love you, too. >> I miss you.
00:53:13
>> Miss you, too. >> Going to get all this situated. I'm going to get home to you soon. Okay.
00:53:19
>> All right. >> Thank good. >> Okay. Good. I got the truth. I got God. And I got the best lawyer in the state
00:53:26
of Michigan. So, I'm going to get home to you guys soon. All right. >> All right, Dad. Sounds good.
00:53:32
>> As Matthew waits in jail, detectives and prosecutors continue investigating to
00:53:37
determine which of the two men will ultimately be held accountable for Kimberly's death. On paper, the answer
00:53:44
isn't obvious. The fatal bullet came from Daniel's gun, but the CCTV shows Matthew initiating the confrontation.
00:53:52
Detectives and prosecutors debate two options. charge both men and let a jury decide or treat Daniel as a homeowner
00:54:00
defending himself and his family and place the legal responsibility solely on Matthew. In the end, they make the call.
00:54:08
Under Michigan's self-defense law, even if Daniel's bullet killed Kimberly, Matthew created the deadly crossfire and
00:54:15
therefore bears the legal responsibility for her death. With this, Matthew is formally charged with attempted murder
00:54:22
for shooting at Daniel. voluntary manslaughter for Kimberly's death and multiple counts of felony firearm. In
00:54:29
the weeks that follow, investigators uncover a darker side of the marriage. Multiple witnesses describe a pattern of
00:54:36
alleged abuse between Matthew and Kimberly, including physical violence and intimidation. That context offers
00:54:43
detectives insight into why Kimberly may have gone along with an armed trip to her lover's house instead of walking
00:54:49
away. Two years later in May 2024, Matthew's jury trial begins. During the trial, the two sides present very
00:54:58
different versions of the same shootout. Matthew's lawyers argue self-defense, claiming Daniel was the one who came out
00:55:04
armed and aggressive, forcing Matthew to fire back and [music] protect himself and Kimberly. They portray him as a
00:55:10
devastated husband and a father who snapped under emotional strain. [music] The prosecution frames Matthew as a
00:55:16
jealous husband who armed himself, consumed drugs and alcohol and drove to Daniel's home looking for a
00:55:22
confrontation. After an 8-day trial, the jury rejects Matthew's full self-defense
00:55:28
claim, and finds him guilty. He is sentenced to a maximum of 40 years with parole possible after roughly 18 years.
00:55:37
Meanwhile, Daniel Geon, the man who fired the fatal shot, is ultimately released without charges.