We need an ambulance.
- They're on the way. - He said he shot him.
- They're on the way. - Is he breathing?
OK, he's still breathing.
Oh, we need you, Farron. We need you.
Oh, we need you, baby. We need you, no!
He's being transported to the hospital.
OK, hey, they said one of our suspects
might have been hit in the leg, too,
so let us know if somebody shows up at the hospital
as soon as you figure that out.
- He literally--he did. - We actually heard--
He was gonna get in the vehicle with--
- He ran? - Oh, yeah.
Like--
Hey, Cam.
They just now told me one of the shooters ran on foot.
Cool.
Hey, Hal, they said he went that way toward the creek.
Let's go this way.
Clear this, where he was kind of headed.
Let's go around the front and work this side down here.
This hoodie.
We tracked the suspect this way,
but now we can't find him.
Yo.
Yeah, I gotcha.
He has passed away.
Being deferred to Homicide.
narrator: For homicide detectives,
their chance of solving a murder
is cut in half
if they don't get a lead
within the first 48 hours.
So Brandon gave me a call about 30 minutes ago,
said we got a homicide.
Our victim already been transported?
He wasn't 10-7 here.
He was still--he still had a pulse when he was here.
They pronounced him at the hospital.
And who is "him"?
His name is Farron. F-A-R-R-O-N...
- Uh-huh. - Cooper.
narrator: 23-year-old Farron Cooper
was raised in Tulsa,
where he attended Union High School.
He loved music and dreamed of becoming a rapper.
He had three children and another on the way.
Yeah, he--well, yes.
Has anybody been able to say that they heard
one, two, three, four shots?
Yeah, I think he's the guy
that we're getting ready to talk to,
saying he heard two.
And the guy looks like he'd been shot twice?
narrator: Farron was shot once in the stomach
and once in the hip. - We heard two shots.
We got two casings.
narrator: Both of the casings are 40 caliber.
If you don't mind, just start photographing
and collecting it. I'd appreciate it.
An unknown Black male ran that way.
K-9 tracked for a long ways and found a hoodie
a pretty good ways back...
But couldn't find the suspect.
I got about eight witness statements.
One of our witnesses said, "Hey, y'all should be having
"another suspect show up at a hospital
with a shot in his leg."
narrator: Patrol checks nearby emergency rooms
and found a man recently admitted
with a gunshot wound to the leg.
We're going to bring him down.
He will be transported to Homicide
once he's released by the hospital.
Over there.
Looks like a camera right there.
We also have a Ring doorbell there.
narrator: Detectives find a security camera
on the house belonging to the mother of Farron's children.
Let me try to talk to the baby mama.
I'm Vernon. I know this is tough, OK?
I'm sorry for what you're going through.
We're more likely to process part of the house.
The easiest and quickest way
we can get that done is if you'd be willing to sign
what's called a search waiver.
Would you be willing to sign one, honey?
OK.
I know this is a tough time for you,
and we're probably going to need you
to go down to the detective division with us.
It won't take long.
How far along are you?
OK, yeah, I don't want that stress on you.
So we're going to get you taken care of
as quickly as we can. OK, honey?
You handle these main witnesses.
Head on downtown.
Have these people brought downtown.
Right.
narrator: While the team continues
to process the scene,
Detective Jeff Gatwood heads to Homicide
to begin interviewing witnesses.
Our victim that passed, Mr. Cooper,
the mother of his child,
I'ma go interview her in a second,
and we'll go from there.
I'm the one that's doing this investigation
of Mr. Cooper's shooting, OK?
This is Detective Ward.
This shouldn't have happened, OK?
But somebody shot him.
So it's very important that you tell me
everything that you know. Don't hold back.
narrator: She says when Farron was released
from jail earlier today, he showed up at the house
with a friend.
I'm assuming he lives with you?
How long was he in jail?
So how many kids do you have with Mr. Cooper?
I need you to tell me about what happened today.
You're doing a really good job, sweetie.
Clarification about the black truck--
when did this black truck come into play?
Who was in that truck?
So did you hear gunshots?
Hold on a second. Keep on talking to her.
I've got to take this call.
narrator: An officer calls Detective Gatwood
from the crime scene.
So I just want to make sure I kind of have an understanding
of what happened.
When did Farron show back up at the house?
How was things going when he was there at just the house?
Was it just you, and him, and the kids?
I want to ask you a question, and I don't want you to take it
the wrong way, but it's something that we kind of
need to understand, OK?
I know if he shows up and he's drunk
and he's having problems, and you're wanting him gone,
is there a chance that somebody else got called
to come over there to help with that?
Are you sure?
OK.
So...
who is [bleep]?
What do you mean your friend?
So was he over there tonight?
narrator: She admits there was another man
already at the house when Farron showed up.
So you didn't tell us that earlier, did you?
I was just kind of starting to dig into the fact
that I think Farron may have showed up causing problems
after getting out of jail,
and I was trying to ask her if maybe she had--
OK, so [bleep] and Farron got into an argument.
OK, because this is what's important
is that we get all the truth
because, again, Farron's dead,
and you have to tell the whole truth to us.
narrator: She says her friend had been at the house
for half an hour when Farron and his friend first arrived.
So this is just--we're just looking at each other's guns.
Yeah, they was looking at-- yeah, they're just looking.
narrator: She says a short while later,
Farron's friend left the house.
narrator: She says that her friend claimed
that he couldn't find his gun.
narrator: She says Farron called his friend
that left and demanded he return
so they could search his car.
narrator: She says, minutes later,
her sister arrived to pick up her children for the evening.
So Farron was putting the kids
in your sister's car, right?
Putting kids--
It sounds like to me why this happened
is, there was obviously people that
got upset about a gun missing.
And it sounds like it went south from there.
But we're going to find out.
So everything you've told me so far is the truth?
All right.
OK, hang tight.
So after we cleared the crime scene,
a family member showed up and told us about a friend that
was staying with her while Farron was in jail,
the same person at the hospital
with a gunshot wound to his leg.
He walked out of Hillcrest. Officers caught him coming out.
narrator: Officers took the friend into custody
and are transporting him to Homicide.
Now, we--yeah, he needs to come in and talk.
Witnesses, we need to still talk to them.
narrator: Detective Vernon McNeal interviews
a neighbor who was outside at the time of the shooting.
How many people hopped out?
OK, so the driver--
So there's four in total, I'm guessing.
OK.
Describe the shooter. How tall do you think he was?
And he had dreads.
About how far--how long were the dreads, you think?
Shoulder length.
narrator: Lieutenant Brandon Watkins
interviews another neighbor.
Mm-hmm.
Pulled the guy that was shot into the car?
narrator: She says the man who was shot in the leg
got into the black truck that had just shown up.
Mm-hmm.
Black truck pulls up.
One of the backseat passengers
puts his hoodie up, yanks the cords down,
pulls it, has his gun out.
And the dude-- victim says,
"Man, don't do this in front of my kid"
and tries to swipe at the gun.
And then he fires twice.
The dude shoots twice at him.
And one of the rounds went through and hits
the kid with a gunshot wound.
How did he get to the hospital?
They loaded him up.
So after the gunshots go off, the other guys grab
the gunshot dude, load him up into the car,
and they're yelling at the shooter, "Run."
The car or the black truck?
- The black truck. - Yeah.
They load him up in the black truck, and they take off.
This is clear as mud, isn't it?
It's just chaotic with all the different moving parts.
And it had a lot of drama over guns and women--
makings of a good blues song right there--
that turned into a murder/shooting.
narrator: Five hours in...
Just have a seat over there.
We've got a guy that we're going to go
interview here in a second.
He was a survivor of this deal.
So he's been shot, and hopefully
he'll be honest and tell us who shot him and what's this about.
Yeah, Brad.
narrator: Before Gatwood can begin the interview...
OK, go ahead.
narrator: He gets a break.
All right. Thanks, buddy.
Blackwell out of SID with a gun crime unit,
he just gave me a call.
I guess he has an informant
that called him and said that there's a guy
they call Q-blood.
He might be the possible shooter on this deal.
Q-blood and--
went there to fight the victim.
And it went from a fist fight to a gun fight.
Supposedly, Q-blood shot our victim,
and then he shot his homeboy.
So this kid, he may know everything...
- Yeah. - That we need to know.
We just got to figure out who the hell Q-blood is.
He's witnessed this.
He's going to know who all was involved.
You all right, big man?
I'm Detective Gatwood. This is Detective Ward.
We're homicide detectives. OK?
Yeah, Homicide.
Mr. Cooper? You know Mr. Cooper?
OK. Well, he's passed away.
So real quick, have you been shot?
Where at?
OK.
Where do you live at?
Uh-huh.
You couch surfing?
OK.
You've been staying there with her?
OK.
So let's go back to today.
Were you over at that--
Were you there at that house today?
Were there other people with him?
And what was his boys doing?
Did somebody's gun end up missing earlier at the house?
We talked to your girl.
She already said you had a gun earlier, and Cooper had a gun.
narrator: He says she searched Farron's friend's car
but didn't find his missing gun.
OK, so what happened from there?
And what was this truck? What did it look like?
So the guy in the black truck gave you a ride out of there?
OK, so what happened to Mr. Cooper?
You're not the only one who got shot.
That's not what I said.
I said, "What happened to Mr. Cooper?"
Did you know anybody in that black truck?
Who do you think-- if you thought you knew him,
who is he?
You need to spill it.
You're going to have to tell us
who you think it is did the shooting.
Because the deal is you got shot,
and then you end up leaving in that truck
that did the shooting.
Did you call anybody to come help you out there?
Do you understand how this thing works?
If this guy's over there and he's starting [bleep],
he's threatening you...
[bleep] like that--
It's perfectly understandable for you to call up some friends
and say, "Hey, man, I need some help over here."
And the idea is they're going to come over here,
and he's going to see, OK, [bleep] it, I'm out, right?
One of them jumps out and does some crazy [bleep].
They may not have left in the truck,
but they showed up in the truck.
You called for some help.
Some dudes showed up,
and he was on some [bleep],
and he jumped out, and that was not
what your intention was, and if that's the case,
we need to know that right now.
Because if not, you're lumped in with them.
You're responsible for this man's death.
I want you to help yourself.
Yeah, we want you to help yourself.
I mean, I don't know if you're...
A suspect or not at this point.
OK.
Q-blood.
Look--
What did Q do?
Just spill the beans.
What did he do?
Who did he start fighting with?
And what?
Who shot?
So why would Q shoot Cooper and you?
Did you see Q with a gun?
Yes or no? Come on.
Just be honest.
Huh?
Did you see him shoot Coop? Yes or no?
Q, you need to give us his name.
I'm about to give you some reality right here.
You asked if you could go home to your son later.
You might be going to jail for felony murder.
No, listen to me real quick. No, listen.
Listen, listen.
You want to go to jail for felony murder,
or do you want to be honest about everything?
Because, look, you--
Q--
so you have a problem with us looking at your phone?
I'm going to get his phone.
What is Q's real name?
It's been--no, it's been like pulling teeth
with you to get anywhere.
What is it?
You said it. You let it slip.
narrator: Gatwood sends the shooter's name to the team.
What's his number?
- First name Quentin. - Oh, Quentin.
Oh, perfect.
narrator: Crime analyst Margo Heyne-Bell
looks up the name and phone number
in the database. - Cha-ching.
Gotcha.
We're looking at a photo.
It goes with the phone number.
It goes with the first name, starts with a Q--
Quentin Caldwell.
Pull that up bigger picture.
I'ma take a picture and verify.
Bam.
Born in 2002. That makes him pretty young.
narrator: Quentin Caldwell grew up in Tulsa.
He is 20 years old and has two daughters.
He has no prior convictions.
Who is this?
OK.
How can we find Quinn?
narrator: He gives detectives the location.
OK, hang tight. We'll be back in a minute.
All right?
He was minimizing a lot of things.
I think he called his friends, and then it went bad from there
once they showed up.
We do have a suspect in this thing.
His name's Quinn.
I'll talk to the district attorney tomorrow.
It's almost 2:00 in the morning.
Detective McNeal's gonna run out
to the victim's mother's house.
We like to meet with the families of the victims
and do a face-to-face, let them know
who's investigating their loved one's murder.
narrator: The next day, as Gatwood works on
the murder warrant for Quentin Caldwell...
She gave us access to her Ring account,
and so I was able to pull a whole bunch of video.
At 2:45 p.m., it shows the friend showing up
to the residence with a child.
At 3:08 p.m., it shows Farron and his friend.
And it shows them coming into the house, carrying some kids.
And then you start to hear her and Farron
kind of arguing with each other.
And then it sounds like it's
Farron and the friend are talking back and forth.
They're talking about who has bodies
and all this other stuff.
4:27 p.m., him and Farron are kind of talking
out in front of the car.
They're not yelling.
It seems like they're just talking.
So the last recording is at 4:35 p.m.
The shooting happened an hour after
the Ring stopped recording.
The Ring bell video really didn't help out
on the arrest warrant, but it did corroborate
some of the statements that were taken from the witnesses.
Farron just got out of jail, went over to the house,
and she had a friend there.
And at some point,
Farron got into it with the friend.
I believe there's some jealousy that was involved,
but it may have been over also the gun that came up missing.
After the Ring video, the friend
ended up calling his friends to come over to the house.
And when they got there, Farron ended up
getting killed in front of his kids.
And she's sitting there,
carrying his newborn baby-to-be.
So it's terrible.
It's something that shouldn't have happened,
that's for sure.
narrator: The next morning...
I just walked a warrant through today for murder.
So right now, Quentin Caldwell is wanted
for first-degree murder.
Our warrant squad will be setting up on a location
that he possibly may be at.
We are going to a house where we believe
the homicide suspect, Quentin Caldwell,
according to sources, he was dropped off last night.
I do see movement over close to the front door on our house.
narrator: But as the clock ticks away...
I don't think it's our suspect.
He's not even close to six foot.
narrator: They come up empty.
Dang it.
narrator: In the first 48,
Tulsa Homicide responded to the scene
where 23-year-old Farron Cooper was found shot,
learned that a man staying with the mother
of Farron's children was shot and wounded
after the two men had an argument,
heard from a confidential informant
that the shooter was a man named Q-blood,
also known as Quentin Caldwell,
and issued a warrant for Quentin's arrest,
but have been unable to find him.
Over the next several months...
A lady called me and said she thinks she saw him.
narrator: Homicide and the warrants squad continue
to search for Quentin...
Didn't see him.
narrator: And turn to the public for help.
Tulsa Police are still looking for the man
they say shot and killed another man.
If you have any idea where Caldwell could be,
you can just call Crime Stoppers.
narrator: 18 months after Farron's death.
When you went out there today,
did you actually see-- visually see Quentin?
I saw--yes, he looked just like Quentin.
narrator: Farron's mother calls detectives.
And I seen him go into the building.
The victim's mother saw the suspect.
Right now, our warrant squad is setting up on an apartment
where he may have went into.
You've got the north hallway covered, correct?
Hey, that's him in the living room, guys.
Send Quentin out.
Spread 'em!
All right. Have a seat, brother.
Gatwood has jury trial in the morning
where he's going to be testifying all day,
so I'm going to go ahead
and interview Quentin and see if he's willing to tell us
why all this happened.
All right, Quentin.
Is it cool if I you Quentin? - Yeah.
All right. Call me Vernon.
I'm a detective here with the Tulsa Police
Department Homicide Unit.
So Quentin, the reason you're here
has to do with the murder of a guy named Farron Cooper.
I want you to have the opportunity to tell us
your side of the story.
Oh, this is-- brother, this is a scary--
this is a scary situation, man.
OK.
When Farron Cooper was killed, were you there?
Then who did?
Because this is--
right now--OK.
Mm-hmm.
narrator: He says the man who had been staying at the house
threatened Farron with a gun.
You said he snatched the gun. Who did he snatch it from?
OK.
Mm-hmm.
- Who were you tussling with? - With--
Farron?
OK.
Mm-hmm.
OK, how many times did the gun go off?
I believe that there was a little fight,
a little, you know, scuffle,
but the independent witness said you shot twice,
once in the leg, and then when Farron was on the ground,
you shot him again.
This gentleman said it was like an execution.
This guy does not know you.
No, dude, look at me.
Do I think you're some monster? No, dude.
I think you made a terrible decision.
I'm not saying you did.
But, man, what it boils down to is nobody--
nobody there said you acted in self-defense.
No, you'll--you'll be able to see your daughter.
How many kids you have?
You will have opportunities to still hold your babies
and see your babies grow up.
And they'll know that they still have their dad.
Farron's babies, they're never going to hug their dad again.
He's not going to get them-- watch them grow up.
All right.
Hang out here, man.
They'll come and get you in a minute.
All right?
He's kind of trying to claim it was self-defense.
And nobody out there said it was self-defense.
It's sad.
I mean, when you bring a gun into a disturbance,
it can go south.
He did show a little bit of emotion,
but it's sad that that's--
that he put himself in the situation.
And so it took a lot longer than what we wanted to,
but it's nice to have that person off the streets.
It's been over a year.
Today, it's his birthday.
If he was here, he'd have been like,
Mom, give me the bounce house for my birthday,
just so he could do this with the kids.
He just loved his kids.
Happy Birthday, Daddy.
I love you.
But I hate that the youngest one,
he doesn't get the opportunity to even know him, see him.
I was on the phone when it happened
with the baby's mother, who was there.
Quentin got a brother who, he came
and saw me after it happened.
We talked for about two hours.
He told me about the kind of person that Quentin is.
And it hurt because I knew that if Quentin had have met Farron
under different circumstances, that they would have
actually been friends.
Farron was a good son.
He loved me, and we went through a lot together.
So we had--the friendship that I had with my son,
and it can't be replaced. I'll never get it back.