1 00:00:03,724 --> 00:00:06,343 The thing about Creve Coeur, everyone comes out 2 00:00:06,344 --> 00:00:08,447 for the football games. 3 00:00:08,448 --> 00:00:09,723 We were doing pretty bad. 4 00:00:09,724 --> 00:00:13,171 Then Coach Jaz came and we got a playoff opportunity. 5 00:00:13,172 --> 00:00:15,481 It was Jaz that prepared them 6 00:00:15,482 --> 00:00:17,827 to win that state championship game. 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,999 It's not every day that we have 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,413 a prominent football coach murdered. 9 00:00:28,689 --> 00:00:30,792 Who would do this to Jaz Granderson? 10 00:00:30,793 --> 00:00:36,033 Who would have such ill intent that they would kill him? 11 00:00:36,034 --> 00:00:38,481 Could this be a parent? Could this be a rival coach? 12 00:00:38,482 --> 00:00:40,343 Could this be a player? 13 00:00:40,344 --> 00:00:41,654 I never heard the name. 14 00:00:41,655 --> 00:00:45,378 I mean, he could have known Susan, Jackie, and Teresa. 15 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:49,585 She could be an unwitting, unknowing participant in this, 16 00:00:49,586 --> 00:00:52,240 or she could actually be the catalyst event. 17 00:00:52,241 --> 00:00:53,413 We don't know. 18 00:01:31,206 --> 00:01:33,895 On October 16, around 12:50 in the morning, 19 00:01:33,896 --> 00:01:37,481 we received a call through our 911 dispatch center that 20 00:01:37,482 --> 00:01:39,551 there was a shooting victim. 21 00:01:41,827 --> 00:01:46,171 He was struggling to provide a location 22 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:47,999 to the 911 evaluator. 23 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,999 You could tell he was searching for something that he could 24 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,206 give to them to narrow down where he was at. 25 00:01:56,172 --> 00:01:59,895 His 911 call is one of the harder ones to me, 26 00:01:59,896 --> 00:02:02,620 because you can feel his, just, panic. 27 00:02:10,793 --> 00:02:14,378 Just the desperation in his voice, the fact that 28 00:02:14,379 --> 00:02:19,274 he knew that he was so mortally or gravely wounded, 29 00:02:19,275 --> 00:02:21,895 that if he did not get help, he was not gonna make it. 30 00:03:00,206 --> 00:03:02,378 So they sent officers to the area. 31 00:03:02,379 --> 00:03:05,550 Once they got there, were able to locate the victim, 32 00:03:05,551 --> 00:03:08,792 collapsed in the kind of common area between some 33 00:03:08,793 --> 00:03:10,067 apartment buildings. 34 00:03:14,310 --> 00:03:16,757 We were able to ascertain that the victim had been shot 35 00:03:16,758 --> 00:03:18,034 one time in the stomach. 36 00:03:22,931 --> 00:03:27,136 And as we were processing that scene, we found out that he had 37 00:03:27,137 --> 00:03:28,689 succumbed to his injuries. 38 00:03:29,620 --> 00:03:33,033 The victim had identification on him in the form 39 00:03:33,034 --> 00:03:35,274 of a driver's license. 40 00:03:35,275 --> 00:03:38,517 We learned that he was 27-year-old Jaz Granderson. 41 00:03:40,068 --> 00:03:44,550 He had connections to some of our very upper command staff 42 00:03:44,551 --> 00:03:46,206 for the things he's done in the community. 43 00:03:47,068 --> 00:03:50,171 Commanders, captains, the chief. 44 00:03:50,172 --> 00:03:55,274 It seemed that everybody knew who Jaz was. 45 00:03:55,275 --> 00:03:59,378 It's not every day that we have a prominent football coach... 46 00:03:59,379 --> 00:04:01,448 murdered in the city. 47 00:04:10,413 --> 00:04:13,724 Jaz was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. 48 00:04:14,689 --> 00:04:18,585 Me and his mom had gotten a divorce when he was 10, 49 00:04:18,586 --> 00:04:23,033 and I wind up getting custody of him when he was 11. 50 00:04:23,034 --> 00:04:26,481 Every day I would pick Jaz up from school and we would drive 51 00:04:26,482 --> 00:04:27,895 by Fairground Park. 52 00:04:27,896 --> 00:04:30,550 And he'd look at the kids out there practicing. 53 00:04:30,551 --> 00:04:33,240 And then when Jaz was six years old, he'd say, 54 00:04:33,241 --> 00:04:35,861 "Daddy, I wanna play football." 55 00:04:36,965 --> 00:04:39,102 Made that U-turn and went and signed him up, 56 00:04:39,103 --> 00:04:40,965 and he been playing ever since. 57 00:04:49,448 --> 00:04:53,136 Jaz came into Kirkwood High School as a truly 58 00:04:53,137 --> 00:04:54,862 squirrely underclassman. 59 00:04:56,206 --> 00:05:01,585 I was an assistant principal, but I always had the pleasure 60 00:05:01,586 --> 00:05:05,965 of having kind of a mother-son relationship with Jaz. 61 00:05:06,896 --> 00:05:10,240 I am that person that watches, I'm on the side of the field 62 00:05:10,241 --> 00:05:13,067 and I'm cheering and I'm running along. 63 00:05:13,068 --> 00:05:17,757 He was so fast and he had such great hands, 64 00:05:17,758 --> 00:05:21,654 and he did not like to lose-- at all. 65 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:25,240 Man, the way he come up and hit, Jaz will come up from 66 00:05:25,241 --> 00:05:28,413 that safety position and really ring your bell. 67 00:05:33,448 --> 00:05:37,481 Jaz's determination and his work ethic 68 00:05:37,482 --> 00:05:40,724 earned him a spot at University of Northern Iowa. 69 00:05:41,482 --> 00:05:46,343 Then in 2015, Jaz got an invite to the Kansas City Chiefs 70 00:05:46,344 --> 00:05:47,827 for a tryout. 71 00:05:48,689 --> 00:05:51,481 But unfortunately, he did not make the roster. 72 00:05:51,482 --> 00:05:54,067 He was kind of distraught. 73 00:05:54,068 --> 00:05:56,102 He was kind of upset about it, 74 00:05:56,103 --> 00:05:58,171 and I just had to pull him to the side. 75 00:05:58,172 --> 00:06:02,171 I said, "When your dream is derailed, it's derailed 76 00:06:02,172 --> 00:06:03,516 "for a reason. 77 00:06:03,517 --> 00:06:06,999 "So you have to get back on your track to kind of stay focused 78 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,274 and do what you gotta do." 79 00:06:08,275 --> 00:06:12,447 He knew his calling was to coach, and that's what 80 00:06:12,448 --> 00:06:13,827 he gravitated to. 81 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,136 In 2016, Jaz was offered his dream job 82 00:06:23,137 --> 00:06:26,688 at De Smet Jesuit High School for boys 83 00:06:26,689 --> 00:06:28,378 in Creve Coeur, Missouri. 84 00:06:38,172 --> 00:06:41,343 The thing about Creve Coeur and De Smet, 85 00:06:41,344 --> 00:06:43,274 everyone comes out for the football games. 86 00:06:43,275 --> 00:06:44,585 Everyone is there. 87 00:06:44,586 --> 00:06:46,861 It's often standing-room-only. 88 00:06:49,517 --> 00:06:53,102 I mean, you go to a De Smet Spartans football game, 89 00:06:53,103 --> 00:06:56,792 it's wall-to-wall people, people doing their little 90 00:06:56,793 --> 00:06:58,274 chants and cheers. 91 00:06:58,275 --> 00:07:01,688 It's just a good space to be in on Friday nights. 92 00:07:05,068 --> 00:07:08,654 At that time, De Smet was not known for being a winning team, 93 00:07:08,655 --> 00:07:11,688 but Jaz went in with the goal of really trying to build that team, 94 00:07:11,689 --> 00:07:14,378 and to bring in kids from the inner city to help them 95 00:07:14,379 --> 00:07:16,861 build their lives, and he made a really big impression 96 00:07:16,862 --> 00:07:18,034 on them there. 97 00:07:18,931 --> 00:07:20,792 We were doing pretty bad. 98 00:07:20,793 --> 00:07:23,171 We kind of just already predicted where the season 99 00:07:23,172 --> 00:07:24,862 was headed towards. 100 00:07:26,586 --> 00:07:29,895 Then Coach Jaz came and take over, and then we got 101 00:07:29,896 --> 00:07:31,137 a playoff opportunity. 102 00:07:34,172 --> 00:07:36,585 He worked very hard, and I'll just give 103 00:07:36,586 --> 00:07:38,448 you an example. He wore cleats to practice. 104 00:07:39,379 --> 00:07:41,688 As simple as that, he'd get out there and do a drill 105 00:07:41,689 --> 00:07:42,861 with you if he have to, 106 00:07:42,862 --> 00:07:45,931 and he'd do it with high energy, too. 107 00:07:48,896 --> 00:07:52,999 On October 2016, he sent me a text message and said, 108 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,171 "If I can get you into believing me this off-season, 109 00:07:56,172 --> 00:07:57,895 "I'll be sending y'all to D1 next year. 110 00:07:57,896 --> 00:07:59,827 Let's get ready to go hard." 111 00:08:04,172 --> 00:08:07,654 I was infuriated by Coach Jaz's murder. 112 00:08:07,655 --> 00:08:10,585 It's always hard taking such a heavy loss, 113 00:08:10,586 --> 00:08:13,240 and the way we took the loss, you know, 114 00:08:13,241 --> 00:08:17,343 not that natural causes took him, but somebody else, 115 00:08:17,344 --> 00:08:19,517 you know, took Coach Jaz from us. 116 00:08:20,689 --> 00:08:22,517 Coach Jaz meant everything to me. 117 00:08:35,172 --> 00:08:38,895 It was just crushing. It was absolutely 118 00:08:38,896 --> 00:08:42,033 heartbreaking that this had happened. 119 00:08:42,034 --> 00:08:45,654 There were so many unanswered questions. 120 00:08:45,655 --> 00:08:47,792 Who would do this to Jaz Granderson? 121 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:52,551 Who would have such ill intent that they would kill him? 122 00:08:57,068 --> 00:09:00,067 Oftentimes, when we get to scenes, the victim has already 123 00:09:00,068 --> 00:09:01,309 succumbed to his injuries. 124 00:09:01,310 --> 00:09:04,757 On this occasion, Jaz was in and out of consciousness, 125 00:09:04,758 --> 00:09:07,931 but he was trying his best to convey what happened. 126 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Jaz was able to mention something about an SUV. 127 00:09:15,482 --> 00:09:18,999 I think Jaz was trying to explain to us that 128 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,792 somebody left in an SUV. 129 00:09:20,793 --> 00:09:24,999 I think that it was paramount to him to get the SUV out there 130 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,517 so that we had clues. 131 00:09:29,620 --> 00:09:32,378 From the people on scene, we learned that there were 132 00:09:32,379 --> 00:09:36,102 screeching tires that one of them heard, but there was 133 00:09:36,103 --> 00:09:37,517 no SUV on scene. 134 00:09:44,379 --> 00:09:46,757 We then received a call 135 00:09:46,758 --> 00:09:48,481 from an individual who lived 136 00:09:48,482 --> 00:09:51,895 15 to 20 miles from where Jaz was shot 137 00:09:51,896 --> 00:09:56,240 that wanted to note that there was a strange SUV parked 138 00:09:56,241 --> 00:09:58,654 in the rear alley of their home, 139 00:09:58,655 --> 00:10:02,964 and that they saw two individuals exit the vehicle 140 00:10:02,965 --> 00:10:06,481 and kind of take off and run down the alleyway. 141 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:11,171 It was like a light bulb went off. 142 00:10:11,172 --> 00:10:15,206 That could be the SUV he was referring to. 143 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,033 The caller saw a black male with dreadlocks wearing 144 00:10:19,034 --> 00:10:21,067 dark clothes and black pants. 145 00:10:21,068 --> 00:10:23,550 The passenger was described also as a black male, 146 00:10:23,551 --> 00:10:25,171 but he was wearing something kind of unique. 147 00:10:25,172 --> 00:10:28,862 He was wearing a red jacket with a football logo of some sort. 148 00:10:30,103 --> 00:10:33,274 Knowing that Jaz is an assistant football coach at 149 00:10:33,275 --> 00:10:37,481 one of our bigger high schools, we wondered, could this 150 00:10:37,482 --> 00:10:40,171 be a parent? Could this be a rival coach? 151 00:10:40,172 --> 00:10:43,343 Could this be a player? We just didn't know. 152 00:10:54,965 --> 00:10:57,481 October 15, 2017, 153 00:10:57,482 --> 00:10:59,827 was the last time I talked to my son. 154 00:11:01,896 --> 00:11:03,999 We talked every day. 155 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,274 The moment that I knew something was wrong is when 156 00:11:07,275 --> 00:11:09,068 I kept hitting his location. 157 00:11:10,586 --> 00:11:14,378 And when the location first came up, it was like, 158 00:11:14,379 --> 00:11:16,241 he's at police headquarters. 159 00:11:18,896 --> 00:11:20,999 So I'm like, man, what is going on? 160 00:11:22,862 --> 00:11:26,930 And a short time after that, I got a call from 161 00:11:26,931 --> 00:11:28,655 a St. Louis police officer. 162 00:11:30,068 --> 00:11:33,585 I was in a panic mode then, and he said, 163 00:11:33,586 --> 00:11:36,758 "You coached my son with Jaz." 164 00:11:37,620 --> 00:11:39,067 He said, "Jaz is dead." 165 00:11:41,896 --> 00:11:42,999 And I said, "What? 166 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,550 What are you talking about, man?" 167 00:11:44,551 --> 00:11:45,655 And I was... 168 00:11:46,482 --> 00:11:49,206 I was just truly upset at losing my son. 169 00:11:50,482 --> 00:11:54,310 I had such anger in my heart, and I wish that on nobody. 170 00:11:55,482 --> 00:11:59,655 The community wanted answers. I had alumni from De Smet 171 00:12:00,413 --> 00:12:01,930 reached out to me. 172 00:12:01,931 --> 00:12:03,930 They said, "If there's anything we could do, 173 00:12:03,931 --> 00:12:05,895 please let us know." 174 00:12:05,896 --> 00:12:10,000 It was just a situation that really touched me, man. 175 00:12:11,793 --> 00:12:14,378 Monday morning, I arrived at school. 176 00:12:14,379 --> 00:12:16,999 I just remember all of us football players 177 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,792 being devastated. It just didn't make sense. 178 00:12:19,793 --> 00:12:21,930 We got playoffs coming up. 179 00:12:21,931 --> 00:12:25,826 When we found out how he died, it just didn't add up, because 180 00:12:25,827 --> 00:12:28,274 we all knew Coach Jaz, and we was all very close 181 00:12:28,275 --> 00:12:29,792 with Coach Jaz. 182 00:12:29,793 --> 00:12:33,585 So him leaving the way he did, him going the way he did, 183 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,000 it just didn't make sense. 184 00:12:49,137 --> 00:12:53,757 The individual that the witness saw leaving the SUV 185 00:12:53,758 --> 00:12:57,481 in the alley was wearing a red hooded jacket with what 186 00:12:57,482 --> 00:12:59,378 appeared to be a football logo. 187 00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:03,171 Maybe it belonged to someone that attended De Smet High School 188 00:13:03,172 --> 00:13:05,517 or was employed by them. 189 00:13:06,275 --> 00:13:10,930 I spoke to Jaz's father regarding his son and mainly 190 00:13:10,931 --> 00:13:15,136 trying to figure out is there anyone in his life that 191 00:13:15,137 --> 00:13:17,343 he was having a problem with? 192 00:13:17,344 --> 00:13:20,964 Was it anything relative to being a coach 193 00:13:20,965 --> 00:13:23,171 or even from when he was a player? 194 00:13:23,172 --> 00:13:27,137 Did he have any major issues we needed to be aware of? 195 00:13:28,275 --> 00:13:32,792 Johnny reported that Jaz was a well-liked, well-loved guy. 196 00:13:32,793 --> 00:13:37,757 He wasn't able to really say a bad thing about him. 197 00:13:37,758 --> 00:13:40,654 After speaking with all of Jaz's friends and family, 198 00:13:40,655 --> 00:13:42,895 there was no one that they could think of that could 199 00:13:42,896 --> 00:13:44,171 have committed this murder. 200 00:13:44,172 --> 00:13:45,585 Every parent... 201 00:13:45,586 --> 00:13:49,724 every player, every rival all seemed to love Jaz. 202 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,102 I responded up to take a look at where the car was found. 203 00:13:56,103 --> 00:14:01,102 It was a 2017 white Jeep Grand Cherokee. 204 00:14:01,103 --> 00:14:03,688 I wanted to see what condition it was in. 205 00:14:03,689 --> 00:14:07,240 Was there any potential evidence that I could see myself, 206 00:14:07,241 --> 00:14:09,171 near or around the car? 207 00:14:09,172 --> 00:14:12,688 We want to know if there's DNA, if there's fingerprints, 208 00:14:12,689 --> 00:14:15,240 if there is ballistic evidence. 209 00:14:15,241 --> 00:14:17,964 Unfortunately, we received nothing back in the form 210 00:14:17,965 --> 00:14:20,826 of biological evidence from anything recovered 211 00:14:20,827 --> 00:14:22,379 within the Jeep. 212 00:14:23,103 --> 00:14:26,999 But when our evidence technician looked in the center console, 213 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,964 they found identification for a man named Ronnie Wingo Jr. 214 00:14:35,275 --> 00:14:37,585 We knew that Ronnie Wingo, from the family, 215 00:14:37,586 --> 00:14:39,827 was Jaz Granderson's best friend. 216 00:14:41,620 --> 00:14:45,137 The caller saw a black male with dreadlocks. 217 00:14:46,379 --> 00:14:49,724 And he was very similar in description. 218 00:14:50,517 --> 00:14:52,999 Was this about something that had happened 219 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,724 while he and Ronnie were together? 220 00:14:57,413 --> 00:14:58,964 Jaz was living with Wingo. 221 00:14:58,965 --> 00:15:00,102 They were roommates. 222 00:15:00,103 --> 00:15:03,930 When Jaz and Ronnie was growing up, if Ronnie wasn't 223 00:15:03,931 --> 00:15:06,724 at our house, Jaz was at Ronnie's house. 224 00:15:08,068 --> 00:15:11,378 He wound up playing in the NFL, 225 00:15:11,379 --> 00:15:14,792 three years with Atlanta, maybe a year and a half 226 00:15:14,793 --> 00:15:16,240 with Buffalo. 227 00:15:16,241 --> 00:15:19,550 The last time I spoke to Jaz, he told me he was going to 228 00:15:19,551 --> 00:15:23,241 the bowling alley with Ronnie and some friends. 229 00:15:24,965 --> 00:15:29,171 Jaz's father, Johnny, told us that Ronnie was the last person 230 00:15:29,172 --> 00:15:31,551 that saw or spoke to Jaz. 231 00:15:39,310 --> 00:15:43,274 At about 11 a.m., Ronnie came into the St. Louis 232 00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:45,517 Metropolitan Police Department's headquarters. 233 00:15:47,620 --> 00:15:51,067 I was interested in the Jeep Grand Cherokee. 234 00:15:51,068 --> 00:15:54,000 Ronnie explained that it was a rental vehicle. 235 00:16:02,103 --> 00:16:07,137 He indicated that he let Jaz borrow the vehicle for the night. 236 00:16:50,068 --> 00:16:53,067 We had to ask ourselves after learning that he and Ronnie 237 00:16:53,068 --> 00:16:55,378 had been out that night, did something happen? 238 00:16:55,379 --> 00:16:59,274 Was there a dispute? Was this about a girl? 239 00:16:59,275 --> 00:17:01,171 Was this about something that had happened 240 00:17:01,172 --> 00:17:03,310 while he and Ronnie were together? 241 00:17:07,379 --> 00:17:09,757 First met Jaz playing football. 242 00:17:09,758 --> 00:17:12,654 I was six years old, he was seven. 243 00:17:12,655 --> 00:17:15,274 From there, we got super, super close. 244 00:17:15,275 --> 00:17:17,792 When me and Jaz first started playing football, we was able 245 00:17:17,793 --> 00:17:20,310 to really, really gel as friends and as brothers. 246 00:17:21,793 --> 00:17:25,240 I just miss our friendship, just our brotherhood with 247 00:17:25,241 --> 00:17:26,413 each other. 248 00:17:27,586 --> 00:17:29,344 He was a hell of a dude. 249 00:17:33,310 --> 00:17:35,481 The night of the 15th, we was just chilling. 250 00:17:35,482 --> 00:17:37,550 There was no problem. 251 00:17:37,551 --> 00:17:40,999 We didn't live that type of life to where we had beef 252 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,102 or anybody looking for us or following us 253 00:17:44,103 --> 00:17:45,655 or anything like that. 254 00:17:49,275 --> 00:17:52,103 When he left, he said he was gonna see a lady friend. 255 00:17:53,482 --> 00:17:55,102 I didn't ask no questions. 256 00:17:55,103 --> 00:17:56,999 It was just, "I'm about to leave, go see somebody." 257 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,068 "Aight, I'll be here when you get back." 258 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,413 But I didn't even know her name. 259 00:18:04,068 --> 00:18:05,517 This is an important clue. 260 00:18:07,172 --> 00:18:09,999 It was a very big deal to learn that Jaz 261 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,274 was going to meet up with a female. 262 00:18:12,275 --> 00:18:14,757 We was 27 at the time. 263 00:18:14,758 --> 00:18:17,171 We was young, bachelors. 264 00:18:17,172 --> 00:18:20,620 So there was nothing that out of the ordinary. 265 00:18:22,793 --> 00:18:26,240 Jaz truly was that guy that had the total package. 266 00:18:26,241 --> 00:18:28,274 He was smart. He was athletic. 267 00:18:28,275 --> 00:18:32,757 He had a million-dollar smile and just the charisma 268 00:18:32,758 --> 00:18:35,930 that he could walk in and you were going to take note of him. 269 00:18:35,931 --> 00:18:39,861 And the fact that he was a great guy really made it much 270 00:18:39,862 --> 00:18:42,378 easier for young ladies to be drawn to him. 271 00:18:42,379 --> 00:18:45,136 Ronnie didn't know much about her, 272 00:18:45,137 --> 00:18:46,861 by much I mean anything. 273 00:18:46,862 --> 00:18:48,861 But we knew that he had left, 274 00:18:48,862 --> 00:18:52,241 in that Jeep Cherokee, and he was meeting a girl. 275 00:19:10,862 --> 00:19:14,102 The first Friday after Coach Jaz died, 276 00:19:14,103 --> 00:19:15,757 we played Hazelwood Central. 277 00:19:15,758 --> 00:19:18,481 whatever he had, he gave. 278 00:19:18,482 --> 00:19:20,516 He would always let me know when he could be here. 279 00:19:20,517 --> 00:19:22,378 Jaz was-- "No I'm quitting, I'm showing up." 280 00:19:22,379 --> 00:19:24,343 And that's what I want you guys to do, man. 281 00:19:24,344 --> 00:19:26,999 It was actually the playoff game. 282 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,067 Coach Jaz's dad did come to the locker room that day. 283 00:19:30,068 --> 00:19:33,585 All I can say is that Jaz wanted them to continue 284 00:19:33,586 --> 00:19:35,895 their lives and do the best that they could. 285 00:19:35,896 --> 00:19:41,171 I felt such a sense of sadness, profound sadness, 286 00:19:41,172 --> 00:19:42,826 because you have this young guy 287 00:19:42,827 --> 00:19:44,999 who brought so much to these kids. 288 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,033 And then to have him taken away like that is just... 289 00:19:47,034 --> 00:19:48,102 a horrible thing. 290 00:19:48,103 --> 00:19:51,516 So the energy behind 291 00:19:51,517 --> 00:19:54,724 what he brought to them was really something special. 292 00:20:00,482 --> 00:20:02,136 We had a little moment of silence 293 00:20:02,137 --> 00:20:06,033 and a tribute also to Coach Jaz. 294 00:20:06,034 --> 00:20:10,516 We even had his Grizzly symbol put on our helmets. 295 00:20:10,517 --> 00:20:13,999 And then we wore neon for him. 296 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,619 Emotions were just really off the rail. 297 00:20:17,620 --> 00:20:21,240 I can only imagine the pain of having lost a coach, 298 00:20:21,241 --> 00:20:24,171 a coach that was revered, a coach that was loved. 299 00:20:24,172 --> 00:20:27,102 They knew, tonight, we're not just playing for us. 300 00:20:27,103 --> 00:20:29,136 We're playing for Coach Granderson. 301 00:20:29,137 --> 00:20:30,136 And we're gonna go out here, 302 00:20:30,137 --> 00:20:33,343 and we're going to do everything we can 303 00:20:33,344 --> 00:20:37,964 to really show everyone how much we loved him. 304 00:20:37,965 --> 00:20:40,550 It was definitely kind of crazy to go into the game with that 305 00:20:40,551 --> 00:20:43,861 feeling, but at the same time, you know you gotta play hard, 306 00:20:43,862 --> 00:20:45,585 because that's all he ever wanted from us. 307 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,757 The violent weekend throughout the area of St. Louis claimed 308 00:20:54,758 --> 00:20:56,033 the life of a beloved coach. 309 00:20:56,034 --> 00:20:58,895 He actually taught football here at De Smet High School. 310 00:20:58,896 --> 00:21:00,205 As you can see, the football players 311 00:21:00,206 --> 00:21:03,930 and the coaches who are still here are dealing with the loss. 312 00:21:03,931 --> 00:21:05,585 According to St. Louis City Police, 313 00:21:05,586 --> 00:21:09,171 27-year-old Jaz Granderson was shot and killed last night 314 00:21:09,172 --> 00:21:11,723 on Minnesota near Hill in South St. Louis. 315 00:21:11,724 --> 00:21:15,136 For me as a reporter, I came in, I got my assignment. 316 00:21:15,137 --> 00:21:17,378 And I didn't realize the gravity 317 00:21:17,379 --> 00:21:18,654 of what had occurred. 318 00:21:18,655 --> 00:21:21,585 When I went to the school, you could tell the kids were, 319 00:21:21,586 --> 00:21:23,136 you know, kind of trying to do their thing. 320 00:21:23,137 --> 00:21:25,723 I sensed the energy of it. 321 00:21:25,724 --> 00:21:27,688 I kept thinking, how are they doing this? 322 00:21:27,689 --> 00:21:30,999 But at the same time, I also knew that Jaz would have told 323 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,931 them, "Keep going, keep pushing, don't stop." 324 00:21:38,482 --> 00:21:39,999 I played very hard out there. 325 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,517 We just couldn't score. 326 00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:46,000 We lost 0 to 20. 327 00:21:48,758 --> 00:21:50,310 This was the first time 328 00:21:51,137 --> 00:21:53,827 they knew Jaz wasn't on that sideline. 329 00:21:54,793 --> 00:22:00,723 I just think they was just too distraught and upset 330 00:22:00,724 --> 00:22:02,447 behind losing Coach Jaz. 331 00:22:02,448 --> 00:22:07,067 I was actually able to sense how people felt about him. 332 00:22:07,068 --> 00:22:09,343 A lot of times you may or may not get that in stories, 333 00:22:09,344 --> 00:22:11,688 but in this case, I sensed it when I started 334 00:22:11,689 --> 00:22:13,654 covering the story. 335 00:22:13,655 --> 00:22:16,000 People really cared for him. 336 00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:26,930 The people in Creve Court 337 00:22:26,931 --> 00:22:28,826 did not want this whole thing to slide. 338 00:22:28,827 --> 00:22:30,999 They all wanted justice for Jaz, and they wanted 339 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,550 to make sure that they could do everything possible to help 340 00:22:33,551 --> 00:22:35,688 investigators make that happen. 341 00:22:35,689 --> 00:22:39,412 Generally speaking, with any investigation, we're asking 342 00:22:39,413 --> 00:22:41,102 for community help. 343 00:22:41,103 --> 00:22:42,826 With this particular investigation, 344 00:22:42,827 --> 00:22:44,310 we didn't have to ask. 345 00:22:45,379 --> 00:22:46,585 Everybody knew Jaz. 346 00:22:46,586 --> 00:22:47,895 Everybody wanted to make sure 347 00:22:47,896 --> 00:22:50,102 that his case stayed in the limelight. 348 00:22:50,103 --> 00:22:51,999 And because of that, we did receive 349 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,448 an anonymous call. 350 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,964 This anonymous caller told us that we needed to speak 351 00:23:00,965 --> 00:23:04,447 to a woman named Destiny Logan, who lived within the complex 352 00:23:04,448 --> 00:23:08,826 where Jaz was shot and ultimately found collapsed. 353 00:23:08,827 --> 00:23:13,930 They said that Destiny may have been someone that Jaz 354 00:23:13,931 --> 00:23:15,379 was going to visit. 355 00:23:18,103 --> 00:23:21,516 Knowing that Jaz had left the apartment, 356 00:23:21,517 --> 00:23:25,999 taking Ronnie's vehicle, and going to meet a female, 357 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,619 I was wondering if Destiny 358 00:23:28,620 --> 00:23:30,999 was the female that we'd been looking for. 359 00:23:34,379 --> 00:23:35,999 That night Jaz was murdered, 360 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,033 there was a particular apartment where there 361 00:23:38,034 --> 00:23:39,517 were lights on. 362 00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:42,688 Somebody was in there. 363 00:23:42,689 --> 00:23:44,102 Obviously, we did knock on that door. 364 00:23:44,103 --> 00:23:45,930 They did not answer. 365 00:23:45,931 --> 00:23:48,895 It was later determined that Destiny was right there, 366 00:23:48,896 --> 00:23:50,413 in that apartment complex. 367 00:23:55,482 --> 00:23:59,413 Once Destiny was identified, we went back to talk to her. 368 00:24:06,758 --> 00:24:10,412 Destiny did advise us that she was home the night 369 00:24:10,413 --> 00:24:11,999 of the shooting, and she heard shots, 370 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,000 and she heard what she described as tires screeching. 371 00:24:18,896 --> 00:24:22,171 But she did not know Jaz personally, 372 00:24:22,172 --> 00:24:23,964 knew nothing of the incident. 373 00:24:23,965 --> 00:24:25,585 We had no reason to believe 374 00:24:25,586 --> 00:24:27,412 that she wasn't telling the truth. 375 00:24:27,413 --> 00:24:28,826 We didn't believe that she actually 376 00:24:28,827 --> 00:24:31,136 had a connection to him. 377 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:34,447 Why the tipster gave us Destiny, I'm not really sure. 378 00:24:34,448 --> 00:24:36,930 But once we got to Destiny, 379 00:24:36,931 --> 00:24:39,379 we started making some progress. 380 00:24:40,793 --> 00:24:43,136 She did mention that her neighbor had been 381 00:24:43,137 --> 00:24:48,550 an exotic dancer and insinuated that she often had company 382 00:24:48,551 --> 00:24:52,688 and that if Jaz was there in that apartment complex 383 00:24:52,689 --> 00:24:55,241 to meet up with someone, it was likely her neighbor. 384 00:24:56,482 --> 00:24:59,550 The only problem was she couldn't give us her name. 385 00:24:59,551 --> 00:25:02,964 She just knew that she lived within the complex, 386 00:25:02,965 --> 00:25:04,172 around that way. 387 00:25:12,758 --> 00:25:16,102 Jaz was in possession of his cellular phone. 388 00:25:16,103 --> 00:25:18,999 Unfortunately, it was password protected. 389 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,999 We transferred the phone to our cyber crimes detectives to 390 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,067 determine if they would be able to bypass the password and get 391 00:25:27,068 --> 00:25:29,999 into the device, but they were unsuccessful. 392 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,757 Since the phone was not gonna be an investigative option, 393 00:25:33,758 --> 00:25:37,136 the next thing is to try to get the phone records. 394 00:25:37,137 --> 00:25:41,516 While it won't necessarily have text content or any photographs 395 00:25:41,517 --> 00:25:44,136 or social media like the actual phone would, 396 00:25:44,137 --> 00:25:46,757 it will tell us who he was in phone contact with, 397 00:25:46,758 --> 00:25:49,241 both voice calls and texts. 398 00:25:51,689 --> 00:25:53,861 Once we got the cellphone records back, 399 00:25:53,862 --> 00:25:57,930 we determined that between him leaving Ronnie Wingo, 400 00:25:57,931 --> 00:26:00,619 with that car, and him being shot, 401 00:26:00,620 --> 00:26:03,310 there were several outgoing calls to the same number. 402 00:26:04,862 --> 00:26:10,999 The outgoing calls were between 12:15 a.m. and 12:40 a.m. 403 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,930 And the 911 call was received at 12:50 a.m. 404 00:26:14,931 --> 00:26:18,412 So this was right before he was shot. 405 00:26:18,413 --> 00:26:21,792 That's definitely important to note, that he was, 406 00:26:21,793 --> 00:26:25,516 at the very least, in phone contact with this individual 407 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:28,310 immediately prior to his death. 408 00:26:37,482 --> 00:26:42,896 We learned that the subscriber name listed was Jherrica Dixon. 409 00:26:44,551 --> 00:26:48,964 Jherrica had an apartment on Hill Street within the same 410 00:26:48,965 --> 00:26:51,310 apartment complex where Jaz was shot. 411 00:26:53,448 --> 00:26:55,999 I never heard the name Jherrica Dixon. 412 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:00,067 Jaz had multiple relationships. 413 00:27:00,068 --> 00:27:02,412 He wasn't in a committed relationship, 414 00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:04,619 and he was honest about it. 415 00:27:04,620 --> 00:27:09,240 I mean, he could have known Susan, Jackie, and Teresa. 416 00:27:09,241 --> 00:27:11,964 I just couldn't understand what happened. 417 00:27:11,965 --> 00:27:14,964 It was a top priority for the police department. 418 00:27:14,965 --> 00:27:17,757 And with me knowing those guys the way I did, 419 00:27:17,758 --> 00:27:19,654 and for as many years as I did, 420 00:27:19,655 --> 00:27:21,516 they broke everything down and said, 421 00:27:21,517 --> 00:27:25,482 for whatever reason, Jaz had went to go see Jherrica. 422 00:27:26,482 --> 00:27:30,585 And I don't know if it was before he went in, 423 00:27:30,586 --> 00:27:32,067 or after he came out... 424 00:27:35,482 --> 00:27:37,413 ...that he had got shot. 425 00:27:46,896 --> 00:27:49,102 The loss of Jaz affected me 426 00:27:49,103 --> 00:27:52,412 in a very, very distraughtful, hard manner. 427 00:27:52,413 --> 00:27:54,999 I kind of isolated myself. 428 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,516 I just sat on the couch listening to music for days, 429 00:27:59,517 --> 00:28:02,723 didn't do nothing, couldn't work, couldn't really 430 00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:06,724 talk on the phone, or just sat at my house. 431 00:28:09,586 --> 00:28:11,517 It still affects me to this day. 432 00:28:14,965 --> 00:28:17,481 I didn't know Jherrica personally or never seen her. 433 00:28:17,482 --> 00:28:19,136 But I did know of her, 434 00:28:19,137 --> 00:28:23,585 from him saying different stuff about her. 435 00:28:23,586 --> 00:28:25,136 He had seen her before. 436 00:28:25,137 --> 00:28:27,516 It wasn't like a one-time thing. 437 00:28:27,517 --> 00:28:29,930 She was never brought around, 438 00:28:29,931 --> 00:28:32,033 or I'd never be around her like that. 439 00:28:32,034 --> 00:28:36,033 Jherrica Dixon was not a name that had come up at any point 440 00:28:36,034 --> 00:28:37,757 at that time in the investigation, 441 00:28:37,758 --> 00:28:40,309 whether from family, friends, or otherwise. 442 00:28:40,310 --> 00:28:42,999 So this was definitely something that we could 443 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,964 move forward with and try to do a workup on Jherrica, 444 00:28:45,965 --> 00:28:48,827 and figure out who she was and where she's from. 445 00:28:50,689 --> 00:28:53,999 Through the phone records, we learned that Jherrica opened 446 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,654 that account on October 14th of 2017, 447 00:28:57,655 --> 00:29:02,792 and she closed it on October 17th of 2017, 448 00:29:02,793 --> 00:29:05,413 which is the day after Jaz was murdered. 449 00:29:07,793 --> 00:29:12,378 It was pretty telling to us that potentially she deleted 450 00:29:12,379 --> 00:29:15,585 this phone account the day after Jaz was killed. 451 00:29:15,586 --> 00:29:20,620 It looked like an attempt to hide communication with Jaz. 452 00:29:21,896 --> 00:29:25,931 We learned that she was a 23-year-old exotic dancer. 453 00:29:26,965 --> 00:29:29,585 She worked on the East Side, which is where a lot 454 00:29:29,586 --> 00:29:32,206 of our adult entertainment clubs are. 455 00:29:35,241 --> 00:29:37,757 The night that Jaz was shot and killed, 456 00:29:37,758 --> 00:29:41,723 we discovered a group of .45 caliber shell casings 457 00:29:41,724 --> 00:29:44,067 that were kind of right next to each other 458 00:29:44,068 --> 00:29:46,102 at Minnesota and Hill, 459 00:29:46,103 --> 00:29:49,241 basically around the corner from Jherrica's residence. 460 00:29:50,241 --> 00:29:53,585 The shell casings matched ...45 caliber shell casings 461 00:29:53,586 --> 00:29:55,999 that were recovered from an incident that happened 462 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,275 the night before Jaz was killed. 463 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:03,102 Another individual, a man named Jeremy Williams, 464 00:30:03,103 --> 00:30:06,689 was shot and carjacked. 465 00:30:07,551 --> 00:30:10,826 Jeremy Williams, thankfully, survived his attack, 466 00:30:10,827 --> 00:30:14,310 and he was able to tell us exactly what happened. 467 00:30:17,103 --> 00:30:21,274 On October 15, Jeremy Williams was gonna meet up 468 00:30:21,275 --> 00:30:26,274 with a female when a masked armed man approaches his car, 469 00:30:26,275 --> 00:30:28,275 essentially orders him to exit. 470 00:30:29,275 --> 00:30:32,688 And after Jeremy exits, he's shot in the leg. 471 00:30:32,689 --> 00:30:35,585 That individual then enters Jeremy's car 472 00:30:35,586 --> 00:30:37,136 and flees the scene. 473 00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:44,861 Jeremy indicated that the woman that he was going to meet 474 00:30:44,862 --> 00:30:46,310 was Jherrica Dixon. 475 00:30:49,241 --> 00:30:52,550 He said she was completely surprised and shocked 476 00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:55,136 that this happened to him. 477 00:30:55,137 --> 00:30:58,516 But I don't find it to be a coincidence that these 478 00:30:58,517 --> 00:31:02,931 two incidents within 24 hours of each other both involved her. 479 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,136 What we didn't want to do was tip her off that we were 480 00:31:08,137 --> 00:31:11,895 looking at her as potentially being complicit. 481 00:31:11,896 --> 00:31:14,067 We didn't want her to wipe her social media. 482 00:31:14,068 --> 00:31:17,033 We didn't want her to get rid of evidence. 483 00:31:17,034 --> 00:31:19,964 We didn't want her to notify the shooter that we were 484 00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:21,688 looking at the situation. 485 00:31:21,689 --> 00:31:24,757 We are trying to determine whether or not she actually 486 00:31:24,758 --> 00:31:26,482 had anything to do with it. 487 00:31:33,517 --> 00:31:37,688 I reached out to a crime analyst that I trust, 488 00:31:37,689 --> 00:31:42,516 and I asked her if she recalled any incidents recently 489 00:31:42,517 --> 00:31:44,103 involving Jherrica Dixon. 490 00:31:47,344 --> 00:31:50,447 She recalled from memory 491 00:31:50,448 --> 00:31:53,930 an incident from September 16 of 2017, 492 00:31:53,931 --> 00:31:57,240 just a couple of months prior to Jaz's murder, 493 00:31:57,241 --> 00:32:00,861 in which an individual named Tommy Anderson 494 00:32:00,862 --> 00:32:04,378 was robbed and shot just on the other side 495 00:32:04,379 --> 00:32:09,447 of the same apartment complex where Jaz was shot. 496 00:32:09,448 --> 00:32:12,447 On October 25, we were able to talk to Tommy Anderson, 497 00:32:12,448 --> 00:32:14,481 and he was able to give us his account 498 00:32:14,482 --> 00:32:16,482 as to what happened with his case. 499 00:32:18,655 --> 00:32:22,481 He indicated that he met Jherrica at the beginning 500 00:32:22,482 --> 00:32:25,757 of the summer of 2017 at a gas station, 501 00:32:25,758 --> 00:32:28,447 and they exchanged phone numbers 502 00:32:28,448 --> 00:32:31,240 with the intent to hang out at some point. 503 00:32:31,241 --> 00:32:35,895 She had invited him over to watch a movie at her house. 504 00:32:35,896 --> 00:32:39,585 When Tommy Anderson arrived, she came out of the house 505 00:32:39,586 --> 00:32:41,688 and she got in his car. 506 00:32:41,689 --> 00:32:45,757 Tommy thought it was strange because his whole intent 507 00:32:45,758 --> 00:32:47,999 going over there was for them to hang out and watch a movie. 508 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,309 So he didn't understand why they were just 509 00:32:50,310 --> 00:32:52,136 sitting in his car communicating. 510 00:32:52,137 --> 00:32:58,895 And the next thing he knew, a Black male in dark clothing 511 00:32:58,896 --> 00:33:01,240 approached the driver's side of his car 512 00:33:01,241 --> 00:33:04,793 and tapped on the window with the barrel of a gun. 513 00:33:07,172 --> 00:33:12,102 Tommy exited the car, and this masked individual... 514 00:33:13,793 --> 00:33:15,793 ...shot him in the shoulder. 515 00:33:18,034 --> 00:33:20,516 Tommy was trying to flee. 516 00:33:20,517 --> 00:33:22,585 He gets a certain distance away, 517 00:33:22,586 --> 00:33:24,067 and when Tommy turns around, 518 00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:28,654 he sees that this suspect is gone, 519 00:33:28,655 --> 00:33:32,000 his vehicle is gone, and Jherrica is also gone. 520 00:33:42,241 --> 00:33:46,826 We couldn't learn from Jaz what exactly happened to him, 521 00:33:46,827 --> 00:33:50,343 but we knew, at least from Jeremy Williams and now, 522 00:33:50,344 --> 00:33:53,861 you know, Tommy Anderson, that they were asked to come 523 00:33:53,862 --> 00:33:59,412 to a specific location in which an armed subject approached them 524 00:33:59,413 --> 00:34:02,413 and shot them and took off in their vehicle. 525 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,171 Was Jherrica known to this armed suspect? 526 00:34:08,172 --> 00:34:11,067 Was this person known to Jaz? 527 00:34:11,068 --> 00:34:16,481 I definitely thought it was odd that Jaz was shot in a place 528 00:34:16,482 --> 00:34:18,310 that could lead to death. 529 00:34:19,275 --> 00:34:23,067 Jaz's shooting was center mass, maximum damage. 530 00:34:23,068 --> 00:34:25,861 As compared to Jeremy and Tommy, 531 00:34:25,862 --> 00:34:27,826 it felt much more personal. 532 00:34:27,827 --> 00:34:32,550 It definitely made me wonder if the killer had some other 533 00:34:32,551 --> 00:34:35,792 motive other than just stealing the car. 534 00:34:35,793 --> 00:34:38,930 I had a lot of questions at this point about 535 00:34:38,931 --> 00:34:42,103 the relationship between Jaz and Jherrica. 536 00:34:56,689 --> 00:35:00,240 We knew that the individual that had robbed and shot 537 00:35:00,241 --> 00:35:03,550 Jeremy Williams and Tommy Anderson was a male, 538 00:35:03,551 --> 00:35:05,999 so we knew it wasn't Jherrica. 539 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,999 But was it someone that she was close to or someone 540 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,619 that she would have been in phone contact with? 541 00:35:11,620 --> 00:35:15,964 Tommy told me that Jherrica communicated with him 542 00:35:15,965 --> 00:35:18,309 through the same 8-3-0-2 number 543 00:35:18,310 --> 00:35:21,309 that had been in communication with Jaz Granderson. 544 00:35:21,310 --> 00:35:22,999 But he said every other time 545 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,792 he ever communicated with Jherrica, 546 00:35:25,793 --> 00:35:27,654 he communicated through a different number 547 00:35:27,655 --> 00:35:30,274 that ended in 4-0-0-0. 548 00:35:30,275 --> 00:35:33,723 This was definitely Jherrica Dixon's 549 00:35:33,724 --> 00:35:36,378 primary cellphone number. 550 00:35:36,379 --> 00:35:39,654 And I was able to receive a search warrant 551 00:35:39,655 --> 00:35:41,550 for this cellphone number. 552 00:35:41,551 --> 00:35:44,033 I located Jherrica's Facebook. 553 00:35:44,034 --> 00:35:48,067 I noticed that she tagged another individual, 554 00:35:48,068 --> 00:35:53,068 and his name was Kirk Kobang. 555 00:35:56,965 --> 00:36:01,033 I entered Jherrica Dixon's primary cellphone number 556 00:36:01,034 --> 00:36:04,481 into one of our law enforcement databases, 557 00:36:04,482 --> 00:36:08,378 and I learned that a gentleman by the name of Kurt Wallace 558 00:36:08,379 --> 00:36:14,171 had used her phone number as an emergency contact in the past. 559 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:17,136 I looked at prior photographs, 560 00:36:17,137 --> 00:36:20,758 and I determined Kirk Kobang was Kurt Wallace. 561 00:36:22,034 --> 00:36:25,378 Kurt Wallace is a 24-year-old Black male 562 00:36:25,379 --> 00:36:29,447 who has a criminal history dating back to 2009, 563 00:36:29,448 --> 00:36:31,205 when he was first arrested 564 00:36:31,206 --> 00:36:32,999 for a shooting case as a juvenile, 565 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,724 but tried as an adult. 566 00:36:38,448 --> 00:36:40,136 I was able to get a good 567 00:36:40,137 --> 00:36:42,550 cellphone number for Kurt Wallace. 568 00:36:42,551 --> 00:36:46,895 We could see that Kurt Wallace was in the area 569 00:36:46,896 --> 00:36:51,481 of 328 Hill Street at the time Jaz Granderson was shot. 570 00:36:51,482 --> 00:36:55,585 And then within a few minutes of the 911 call, 571 00:36:55,586 --> 00:36:58,309 he was on the highway, heading north, 572 00:36:58,310 --> 00:37:01,309 which is the location where Ronnie Wingo's car 573 00:37:01,310 --> 00:37:02,931 was later recovered. 574 00:37:08,379 --> 00:37:12,688 On November 15th, Jherrica Dixon and Kurt Wallace 575 00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:16,136 were indicted federally for Jaz Granderson's carjacking, 576 00:37:16,137 --> 00:37:17,931 resulting in a murder. 577 00:37:20,413 --> 00:37:22,447 On the same day that they were indicted, 578 00:37:22,448 --> 00:37:25,067 we knew that Jherrica Dixon had a court date 579 00:37:25,068 --> 00:37:26,689 on an unrelated charge. 580 00:37:27,655 --> 00:37:29,757 We sent officers over to the courthouse. 581 00:37:29,758 --> 00:37:33,067 Also present with her, actually outside the courtroom, 582 00:37:33,068 --> 00:37:34,964 was Kurt Wallace. 583 00:37:34,965 --> 00:37:38,999 We were able to take them both into custody at the same time, 584 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,896 at the same place, unarmed. 585 00:37:43,551 --> 00:37:46,274 During Jherrica's confession, she admitted 586 00:37:46,275 --> 00:37:52,137 that she essentially lured Jaz to her apartment on Hill Street. 587 00:37:53,758 --> 00:37:56,688 He drove there, parked his vehicle, 588 00:37:56,689 --> 00:38:00,067 and before he could even get out, 589 00:38:00,068 --> 00:38:03,654 he's approached on the driver's side by Kurt Wallace, 590 00:38:03,655 --> 00:38:08,481 and on the passenger side by Kurt's cousin, Floyd Barber. 591 00:38:08,482 --> 00:38:11,585 Ultimately, Jaz exits the vehicle, 592 00:38:11,586 --> 00:38:15,240 at which time Kurt Wallace shoots him. 593 00:38:19,068 --> 00:38:22,412 I think that Kurt was getting rid of his competition, 594 00:38:22,413 --> 00:38:25,620 because Jaz was everything Kurt wasn't. 595 00:38:28,172 --> 00:38:31,412 They couldn't have been more opposite people. 596 00:38:31,413 --> 00:38:37,240 Jaz was a good-looking, successful guy, athletic, 597 00:38:37,241 --> 00:38:40,033 you know, has a good job, great friend group. 598 00:38:40,034 --> 00:38:44,240 Kurt spent most of his adult life in prison 599 00:38:44,241 --> 00:38:47,000 and was unable to get out of that lifestyle. 600 00:38:49,448 --> 00:38:53,930 Kurt Wallace pled guilty to four counts of carjacking 601 00:38:53,931 --> 00:38:59,033 and one count of carjacking, resulting in death. 602 00:38:59,034 --> 00:39:01,102 The man who pleaded guilty in the killing 603 00:39:01,103 --> 00:39:02,654 of a high school football coach 604 00:39:02,655 --> 00:39:05,136 is headed to prison for the next 60 years. 605 00:39:05,137 --> 00:39:08,205 A judge handed down that sentence to Kurt Wallace today. 606 00:39:08,206 --> 00:39:11,999 He admitted to shooting De Smet coach Jaz Granderson 607 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,999 during a string of carjackings in 2017. 608 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,103 Jherrica Dixon received a 19-year sentence. 609 00:39:20,241 --> 00:39:24,586 Jherrica and Kurt were like a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. 610 00:39:26,137 --> 00:39:28,171 When I learned of the arrest, it was conflicted for me, 611 00:39:28,172 --> 00:39:30,136 because it's like, they're gonna go to jail, 612 00:39:30,137 --> 00:39:33,205 but at the end of the day, Jaz is still gone. 613 00:39:33,206 --> 00:39:35,412 I was happy we got justice, but at the same time, 614 00:39:35,413 --> 00:39:37,757 it's like, they killed an innocent, you know, 615 00:39:37,758 --> 00:39:40,861 guy that was giving back to the community. 616 00:39:40,862 --> 00:39:45,688 I have wondered if he thought he was protecting Jherrica Dixon, 617 00:39:45,689 --> 00:39:49,447 not knowing that she was actually involved 618 00:39:49,448 --> 00:39:51,861 in this carjacking. 619 00:39:51,862 --> 00:39:53,895 Knowing him, he would have 620 00:39:53,896 --> 00:39:56,930 made a move to make sure she was safe. 621 00:39:56,931 --> 00:40:00,412 You've spent all of your life being this football player. 622 00:40:00,413 --> 00:40:02,205 And you're tough on the field. 623 00:40:02,206 --> 00:40:05,274 And you're basically invincible while you're out there. 624 00:40:05,275 --> 00:40:10,206 And so that could have possibly carried over into this night. 625 00:40:11,793 --> 00:40:15,067 I think Coach Jaz's story just got ended way too soon, 626 00:40:15,068 --> 00:40:18,136 I think Coach Jaz would probably be coaching 627 00:40:18,137 --> 00:40:20,689 in the NFL right now. 628 00:40:21,793 --> 00:40:25,930 Not every coach can make you believe that college football 629 00:40:25,931 --> 00:40:28,655 or, you know, the NFL is within grasp. 630 00:40:39,206 --> 00:40:44,516 In 2019, Jaz's team, the De Smet Spartans, 631 00:40:44,517 --> 00:40:45,999 had reached the state finals 632 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,068 and they won the state championship. 633 00:40:50,655 --> 00:40:52,654 It was Jaz that prepared them 634 00:40:52,655 --> 00:40:54,654 to win that state championship game. 635 00:40:54,655 --> 00:40:57,792 And it was such a great, great honor 636 00:40:57,793 --> 00:40:59,585 to see them accomplish that, man. 637 00:40:59,586 --> 00:41:02,205 I was just so happy, man. 638 00:41:02,206 --> 00:41:05,930 This is the ring that they issued. 639 00:41:05,931 --> 00:41:12,723 And on the back, they have Jaz's name and DS, 640 00:41:12,724 --> 00:41:14,000 which stands for De Smet. 641 00:41:16,034 --> 00:41:19,757 Jaz was not only a coach, he was a mentor and a friend. 642 00:41:19,758 --> 00:41:22,102 He helped those kids. 643 00:41:22,103 --> 00:41:24,516 I would like Jaz to be remembered 644 00:41:24,517 --> 00:41:28,447 as a young man that truly put community first. 645 00:41:28,448 --> 00:41:31,413 He was truly a great son.