1 00:00:03,724 --> 00:00:06,344 The thing about Creve Coeur, everyone comes out 2 00:00:06,413 --> 00:00:08,448 for the football games. -[crowd cheering] 3 00:00:08,517 --> 00:00:09,724 We were doing pretty bad. 4 00:00:09,724 --> 00:00:13,172 Then Coach Jaz came and we got a playoff opportunity. 5 00:00:13,172 --> 00:00:15,482 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 --> 00:00:25,000 -[siren wailing] -[Amy] 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 --> 00:00:30,793 Who would do this to Jaz Granderson? 10 00:00:30,793 --> 00:00:36,034 Who would have such ill intent that they would kill him? 11 00:00:36,103 --> 00:00:38,482 [Amy] Could this be a parent? Could this be a rival coach? 12 00:00:38,482 --> 00:00:40,344 Could this be a player? 13 00:00:40,413 --> 00:00:41,655 [Johnny] I never heard the name. 14 00:00:41,655 --> 00:00:45,379 I mean, he could have known Susan, Jackie, and Teresa. 15 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:49,586 She could be an unwitting, unknowing participant in this, 16 00:00:49,586 --> 00:00:52,241 or she could actually be the catalyst event. 17 00:00:52,310 --> 00:00:53,413 We don't know. 18 00:00:55,413 --> 00:00:56,448 [whistle blows] 19 00:00:56,448 --> 00:00:57,758 [crowd rhythmically stomping and clapping] 20 00:00:57,827 --> 00:00:58,689 [indistinct police radio chatter] 21 00:00:58,689 --> 00:00:59,793 [indistinct group cheer] 22 00:00:59,793 --> 00:01:01,827 [crowd continues stomping and clapping] 23 00:01:03,068 --> 00:01:05,517 -[siren wailing] -[group cheering continues] 24 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:10,620 [cheers of crowd fading out] 25 00:01:19,793 --> 00:01:21,137 [crickets chirping] 26 00:01:31,206 --> 00:01:33,896 On October 16, around 12:50 in the morning, 27 00:01:33,896 --> 00:01:37,482 we received a call through our 911 dispatch center that 28 00:01:37,482 --> 00:01:39,551 there was a shooting victim. 29 00:01:41,827 --> 00:01:46,172 He was struggling to provide a location 30 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:48,000 to the 911 evaluator. 31 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,000 You could tell he was searching for something that he could 32 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,206 give to them to narrow down where he was at. 33 00:01:56,172 --> 00:01:59,896 His 911 call is one of the harder ones to me, 34 00:01:59,896 --> 00:02:02,620 because you can feel his, just, panic. 35 00:02:10,793 --> 00:02:14,379 Just the desperation in his voice, the fact that 36 00:02:14,379 --> 00:02:19,275 he knew that he was so mortally or gravely wounded, 37 00:02:19,275 --> 00:02:21,896 that if he did not get help, he was not gonna make it. 38 00:02:21,896 --> 00:02:24,000 [rapid gunshots popping] 39 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,241 [police sirens wailing] 40 00:03:00,206 --> 00:03:02,379 [Amy] So they sent officers to the area. 41 00:03:02,379 --> 00:03:05,551 Once they got there, were able to locate the victim, 42 00:03:05,620 --> 00:03:08,793 collapsed in the kind of common area between some 43 00:03:08,793 --> 00:03:10,068 apartment buildings. 44 00:03:10,068 --> 00:03:12,310 [ominous music playing] 45 00:03:14,310 --> 00:03:16,758 We were able to ascertain that the victim had been shot 46 00:03:16,827 --> 00:03:18,034 one time in the stomach. 47 00:03:19,586 --> 00:03:22,137 [police sirens wailing] 48 00:03:22,931 --> 00:03:27,137 And as we were processing that scene, we found out that he had 49 00:03:27,206 --> 00:03:28,689 succumbed to his injuries. 50 00:03:29,620 --> 00:03:33,034 [Katie] The victim had identification on him in the form 51 00:03:33,103 --> 00:03:35,275 of a driver's license. 52 00:03:35,275 --> 00:03:38,517 We learned that he was 27-year-old Jaz Granderson. 53 00:03:40,068 --> 00:03:44,551 [Amy] He had connections to some of our very upper command staff 54 00:03:44,620 --> 00:03:46,206 for the things he's done in the community. 55 00:03:47,068 --> 00:03:50,172 Commanders, captains, the chief. 56 00:03:50,172 --> 00:03:55,275 It seemed that everybody knew who Jaz was. 57 00:03:55,275 --> 00:03:59,379 It's not every day that we have a prominent football coach... 58 00:03:59,379 --> 00:04:01,448 murdered in the city. 59 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,758 [dramatic music swells] 60 00:04:10,413 --> 00:04:13,724 [Johnny] Jaz was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. 61 00:04:14,689 --> 00:04:18,586 Me and his mom had gotten a divorce when he was 10, 62 00:04:18,586 --> 00:04:23,034 and I wind up getting custody of him when he was 11. 63 00:04:23,103 --> 00:04:26,482 Every day I would pick Jaz up from school and we would drive 64 00:04:26,482 --> 00:04:27,896 by Fairground Park. 65 00:04:27,896 --> 00:04:30,551 And he'd look at the kids out there practicing. 66 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:33,241 And then when Jaz was six years old, he'd say, 67 00:04:33,310 --> 00:04:35,862 "Daddy, I wanna play football." 68 00:04:35,931 --> 00:04:36,965 [makes tire screeching noise] 69 00:04:36,965 --> 00:04:39,103 Made that U-turn and went and signed him up, 70 00:04:39,103 --> 00:04:40,965 and he been playing ever since. 71 00:04:47,172 --> 00:04:49,448 [indistinct voices talking] 72 00:04:49,517 --> 00:04:53,137 Jaz came into Kirkwood High School as a truly 73 00:04:53,206 --> 00:04:54,862 squirrely underclassman. 74 00:04:56,206 --> 00:05:01,586 I was an assistant principal, but I always had the pleasure 75 00:05:01,586 --> 00:05:05,965 of having kind of a mother-son relationship with Jaz. 76 00:05:06,896 --> 00:05:10,241 I am that person that watches, I'm on the side of the field 77 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:13,068 and I'm cheering and I'm running along. 78 00:05:13,068 --> 00:05:17,758 He was so fast and he had such great hands, 79 00:05:17,827 --> 00:05:21,655 and he did not like to lose -- at all. 80 00:05:21,724 --> 00:05:25,241 [Johnny] Man, the way he come up and hit, Jaz will come up from 81 00:05:25,310 --> 00:05:28,413 that safety position and really ring your bell. 82 00:05:30,931 --> 00:05:33,448 [orchestral music playing] 83 00:05:33,517 --> 00:05:37,482 Jaz's determination and his work ethic 84 00:05:37,482 --> 00:05:40,724 earned him a spot at University of Northern Iowa. 85 00:05:41,482 --> 00:05:46,344 Then in 2015, Jaz got an invite to the Kansas City Chiefs 86 00:05:46,413 --> 00:05:47,827 for a tryout. 87 00:05:48,689 --> 00:05:51,482 But unfortunately, he did not make the roster. 88 00:05:51,482 --> 00:05:54,068 [Johnny] He was kind of distraught. 89 00:05:54,068 --> 00:05:56,103 He was kind of upset about it, 90 00:05:56,103 --> 00:05:58,172 and I just had to pull him to the side. 91 00:05:58,172 --> 00:06:02,172 I said, "When your dream is derailed, it's derailed 92 00:06:02,172 --> 00:06:03,517 "for a reason. 93 00:06:03,517 --> 00:06:07,000 "So you have to get back on your track to kind of stay focused 94 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,275 and do what you gotta do." 95 00:06:08,275 --> 00:06:12,448 He knew his calling was to coach, and that's what 96 00:06:12,517 --> 00:06:13,827 he gravitated to. 97 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,137 In 2016, Jaz was offered his dream job 98 00:06:23,206 --> 00:06:26,689 at De Smet Jesuit High School for boys 99 00:06:26,689 --> 00:06:28,379 in Creve Coeur, Missouri. 100 00:06:28,379 --> 00:06:30,758 [crowd cheering] 101 00:06:38,172 --> 00:06:41,344 The thing about Creve Coeur and De Smet, 102 00:06:41,413 --> 00:06:43,275 everyone comes out for the football games. 103 00:06:43,275 --> 00:06:44,586 Everyone is there. 104 00:06:44,586 --> 00:06:46,862 It's often standing-room-only. 105 00:06:46,931 --> 00:06:48,413 [crowd cheering] 106 00:06:49,517 --> 00:06:53,103 [Johnny] I mean, you go to a De Smet Spartans football game, 107 00:06:53,103 --> 00:06:56,793 it's wall-to-wall people, people doing their little 108 00:06:56,793 --> 00:06:58,275 chants and cheers. 109 00:06:58,275 --> 00:07:01,689 It's just a good space to be in on Friday nights. 110 00:07:01,689 --> 00:07:04,206 [crowd cheering] 111 00:07:05,068 --> 00:07:08,655 At that time, De Smet was not known for being a winning team, 112 00:07:08,724 --> 00:07:11,689 but Jaz went in with the goal of really trying to build that team, 113 00:07:11,689 --> 00:07:14,379 and to bring in kids from the inner city to help them 114 00:07:14,379 --> 00:07:16,862 build their lives, and he made a really big impression 115 00:07:16,931 --> 00:07:18,034 on them there. 116 00:07:18,931 --> 00:07:20,793 [Dirone] We were doing pretty bad. 117 00:07:20,793 --> 00:07:23,172 We kind of just already predicted where the season 118 00:07:23,172 --> 00:07:24,862 was headed towards. 119 00:07:26,586 --> 00:07:29,896 Then Coach Jaz came and take over, and then we got 120 00:07:29,896 --> 00:07:31,137 a playoff opportunity. 121 00:07:34,172 --> 00:07:36,586 He worked very hard, and I'll just give 122 00:07:36,586 --> 00:07:38,448 you an example. He wore cleats to practice. 123 00:07:39,379 --> 00:07:41,689 As simple as that, he'd get out there and do a drill 124 00:07:41,689 --> 00:07:42,862 with you if he have to, 125 00:07:42,931 --> 00:07:45,931 and he'd do it with high energy, too. 126 00:07:48,896 --> 00:07:53,000 On October 2016, he sent me a text message and said, 127 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,172 "If I can get you into believing me this off-season, 128 00:07:56,172 --> 00:07:57,896 "I'll be sending y'all to D1 next year. 129 00:07:57,896 --> 00:07:59,827 Let's get ready to go hard." 130 00:08:04,172 --> 00:08:07,655 I was infuriated by Coach Jaz's murder. 131 00:08:07,724 --> 00:08:10,586 It's always hard taking such a heavy loss, 132 00:08:10,586 --> 00:08:13,241 and the way we took the loss, you know, 133 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:17,344 not that natural causes took him, but somebody else, 134 00:08:17,413 --> 00:08:19,517 you know, took Coach Jaz from us. 135 00:08:20,689 --> 00:08:22,517 Coach Jaz meant everything to me. 136 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,413 [police radio chatter] 137 00:08:35,172 --> 00:08:38,896 [Romona] It was just crushing. It was absolutely 138 00:08:38,896 --> 00:08:42,034 heartbreaking that this had happened. 139 00:08:42,103 --> 00:08:45,655 There were so many unanswered questions. 140 00:08:45,724 --> 00:08:47,793 Who would do this to Jaz Granderson? 141 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:52,551 Who would have such ill intent that they would kill him? 142 00:08:54,310 --> 00:08:57,068 [dramatic music playing] 143 00:08:57,068 --> 00:09:00,068 Oftentimes, when we get to scenes, the victim has already 144 00:09:00,068 --> 00:09:01,310 succumbed to his injuries. 145 00:09:01,310 --> 00:09:04,758 On this occasion, Jaz was in and out of consciousness, 146 00:09:04,827 --> 00:09:07,931 but he was trying his best to convey what happened. 147 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Jaz was able to mention something about an SUV. 148 00:09:15,482 --> 00:09:19,000 I think Jaz was trying to explain to us that 149 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,793 somebody left in an SUV. 150 00:09:20,793 --> 00:09:25,000 I think that it was paramount to him to get the SUV out there 151 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,517 so that we had clues. 152 00:09:29,620 --> 00:09:32,379 From the people on scene, we learned that there were 153 00:09:32,379 --> 00:09:36,103 screeching tires that one of them heard, but there was 154 00:09:36,103 --> 00:09:37,517 no SUV on scene. 155 00:09:44,379 --> 00:09:46,758 [Katie] We then received a call 156 00:09:46,827 --> 00:09:48,482 from an individual who lived 157 00:09:48,482 --> 00:09:51,896 15 to 20 miles from where Jaz was shot 158 00:09:51,896 --> 00:09:56,241 that wanted to note that there was a strange SUV parked 159 00:09:56,310 --> 00:09:58,655 in the rear alley of their home, 160 00:09:58,724 --> 00:10:02,965 and that they saw two individuals exit the vehicle 161 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,482 and kind of take off and run down the alleyway. 162 00:10:06,482 --> 00:10:08,551 [dramatic music playing] 163 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:11,172 It was like a light bulb went off. 164 00:10:11,172 --> 00:10:15,206 That could be the SUV he was referring to. 165 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,034 [Amy] The caller saw a black male with dreadlocks wearing 166 00:10:19,103 --> 00:10:21,068 dark clothes and black pants. 167 00:10:21,068 --> 00:10:23,551 The passenger was described also as a black male, 168 00:10:23,620 --> 00:10:25,172 but he was wearing something kind of unique. 169 00:10:25,172 --> 00:10:28,862 He was wearing a red jacket with a football logo of some sort. 170 00:10:30,103 --> 00:10:33,275 Knowing that Jaz is an assistant football coach at 171 00:10:33,275 --> 00:10:37,482 one of our bigger high schools, we wondered, could this 172 00:10:37,482 --> 00:10:40,172 be a parent? Could this be a rival coach? 173 00:10:40,172 --> 00:10:43,344 Could this be a player? We just didn't know. 174 00:10:43,413 --> 00:10:44,827 [dramatic chord strikes] 175 00:10:54,965 --> 00:10:57,482 [Johnny] October 15, 2017, 176 00:10:57,482 --> 00:10:59,827 was the last time I talked to my son. 177 00:11:01,896 --> 00:11:04,000 We talked every day. 178 00:11:04,068 --> 00:11:07,275 The moment that I knew something was wrong is when 179 00:11:07,275 --> 00:11:09,068 I kept hitting his location. 180 00:11:10,586 --> 00:11:14,379 And when the location first came up, it was like, 181 00:11:14,379 --> 00:11:16,241 he's at police headquarters. 182 00:11:18,896 --> 00:11:21,000 So I'm like, man, what is going on? 183 00:11:21,068 --> 00:11:22,862 [cellphone vibrates] 184 00:11:22,862 --> 00:11:26,931 And a short time after that, I got a call from 185 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,655 a St. Louis police officer. 186 00:11:30,068 --> 00:11:33,586 I was in a panic mode then, and he said, 187 00:11:33,586 --> 00:11:36,758 "You coached my son with Jaz." 188 00:11:37,620 --> 00:11:39,068 He said, "Jaz is dead." 189 00:11:39,068 --> 00:11:41,068 [melancholic piano music playing] 190 00:11:41,896 --> 00:11:43,000 And I said, "What? 191 00:11:43,068 --> 00:11:44,551 What are you talking about, man?" 192 00:11:44,620 --> 00:11:45,655 And I was... 193 00:11:46,482 --> 00:11:49,206 I was just truly upset at losing my son. 194 00:11:50,482 --> 00:11:54,310 I had such anger in my heart, and I wish that on nobody. 195 00:11:55,482 --> 00:11:59,655 The community wanted answers. I had alumni from De Smet 196 00:12:00,413 --> 00:12:01,931 reached out to me. 197 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,931 They said, "If there's anything we could do, 198 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,896 please let us know." 199 00:12:05,896 --> 00:12:10,000 It was just a situation that really touched me, man. 200 00:12:11,793 --> 00:12:14,379 Monday morning, I arrived at school. 201 00:12:14,379 --> 00:12:17,000 I just remember all of us football players 202 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,793 being devastated. It just didn't make sense. 203 00:12:19,793 --> 00:12:21,931 We got playoffs coming up. 204 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,827 When we found out how he died, it just didn't add up, because 205 00:12:25,896 --> 00:12:28,275 we all knew Coach Jaz, and we was all very close 206 00:12:28,275 --> 00:12:29,793 with Coach Jaz. 207 00:12:29,793 --> 00:12:33,586 So him leaving the way he did, him going the way he did, 208 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,000 it just didn't make sense. 209 00:12:37,896 --> 00:12:40,068 [dramatic chord strike] 210 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,137 [dramatic music playing] 211 00:12:49,206 --> 00:12:53,758 [Katie] The individual that the witness saw leaving the SUV 212 00:12:53,827 --> 00:12:57,482 in the alley was wearing a red hooded jacket with what 213 00:12:57,482 --> 00:12:59,379 appeared to be a football logo. 214 00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:03,172 Maybe it belonged to someone that attended De Smet High School 215 00:13:03,172 --> 00:13:05,517 or was employed by them. 216 00:13:06,275 --> 00:13:10,931 I spoke to Jaz's father regarding his son and mainly 217 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:15,137 trying to figure out is there anyone in his life that 218 00:13:15,206 --> 00:13:17,344 he was having a problem with? 219 00:13:17,413 --> 00:13:20,965 Was it anything relative to being a coach 220 00:13:20,965 --> 00:13:23,172 or even from when he was a player? 221 00:13:23,172 --> 00:13:27,137 Did he have any major issues we needed to be aware of? 222 00:13:28,275 --> 00:13:32,793 Johnny reported that Jaz was a well-liked, well-loved guy. 223 00:13:32,793 --> 00:13:37,758 He wasn't able to really say a bad thing about him. 224 00:13:37,758 --> 00:13:40,655 After speaking with all of Jaz's friends and family, 225 00:13:40,724 --> 00:13:42,896 there was no one that they could think of that could 226 00:13:42,896 --> 00:13:44,172 have committed this murder. 227 00:13:44,172 --> 00:13:45,586 Every parent... 228 00:13:45,586 --> 00:13:49,724 every player, every rival all seemed to love Jaz. 229 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,103 [Katie] I responded up to take a look at where the car was found. 230 00:13:56,103 --> 00:14:01,103 It was a 2017 white Jeep Grand Cherokee. 231 00:14:01,103 --> 00:14:03,689 I wanted to see what condition it was in. 232 00:14:03,689 --> 00:14:07,241 Was there any potential evidence that I could see myself, 233 00:14:07,310 --> 00:14:09,172 near or around the car? 234 00:14:09,172 --> 00:14:12,689 We want to know if there's DNA, if there's fingerprints, 235 00:14:12,689 --> 00:14:15,241 if there is ballistic evidence. 236 00:14:15,310 --> 00:14:17,965 [Katie] Unfortunately, we received nothing back in the form 237 00:14:17,965 --> 00:14:20,827 of biological evidence from anything recovered 238 00:14:20,896 --> 00:14:22,379 within the Jeep. 239 00:14:23,103 --> 00:14:27,000 But when our evidence technician looked in the center console, 240 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,965 they found identification for a man named Ronnie Wingo Jr. 241 00:14:30,965 --> 00:14:33,241 [dramatic music playing] 242 00:14:35,275 --> 00:14:37,586 [Amy] We knew that Ronnie Wingo, from the family, 243 00:14:37,586 --> 00:14:39,827 was Jaz Granderson's best friend. 244 00:14:41,620 --> 00:14:45,137 The caller saw a black male with dreadlocks. 245 00:14:46,379 --> 00:14:49,724 And he was very similar in description. 246 00:14:50,517 --> 00:14:53,000 Was this about something that had happened 247 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,724 while he and Ronnie were together? 248 00:14:57,413 --> 00:14:58,965 [Johnny] Jaz was living with Wingo. 249 00:14:58,965 --> 00:15:00,103 They were roommates. 250 00:15:00,103 --> 00:15:03,931 When Jaz and Ronnie was growing up, if Ronnie wasn't 251 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,724 at our house, Jaz was at Ronnie's house. 252 00:15:08,068 --> 00:15:11,379 He wound up playing in the NFL, 253 00:15:11,379 --> 00:15:14,793 three years with Atlanta, maybe a year and a half 254 00:15:14,793 --> 00:15:16,241 with Buffalo. 255 00:15:16,310 --> 00:15:19,551 The last time I spoke to Jaz, he told me he was going to 256 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:23,241 the bowling alley with Ronnie and some friends. 257 00:15:24,965 --> 00:15:29,172 [Katie] Jaz's father, Johnny, told us that Ronnie was the last person 258 00:15:29,172 --> 00:15:31,551 that saw or spoke to Jaz. 259 00:15:39,310 --> 00:15:43,275 At about 11 a.m., Ronnie came into the St. Louis 260 00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:45,517 Metropolitan Police Department's headquarters. 261 00:15:47,620 --> 00:15:51,068 [Katie] I was interested in the Jeep Grand Cherokee. 262 00:15:51,068 --> 00:15:54,000 Ronnie explained that it was a rental vehicle. 263 00:16:02,103 --> 00:16:07,137 He indicated that he let Jaz borrow the vehicle for the night. 264 00:16:50,068 --> 00:16:53,068 [Amy] We had to ask ourselves after learning that he and Ronnie 265 00:16:53,068 --> 00:16:55,379 had been out that night, did something happen? 266 00:16:55,379 --> 00:16:59,275 Was there a dispute? Was this about a girl? 267 00:16:59,275 --> 00:17:01,172 Was this about something that had happened 268 00:17:01,172 --> 00:17:03,310 while he and Ronnie were together? 269 00:17:07,379 --> 00:17:09,758 [Ronnie] First met Jaz playing football. 270 00:17:09,758 --> 00:17:12,655 I was six years old, he was seven. 271 00:17:12,724 --> 00:17:15,275 From there, we got super, super close. 272 00:17:15,275 --> 00:17:17,793 When me and Jaz first started playing football, we was able 273 00:17:17,793 --> 00:17:20,310 to really, really gel as friends and as brothers. 274 00:17:21,793 --> 00:17:25,241 I just miss our friendship, just our brotherhood with 275 00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:26,413 each other. 276 00:17:27,586 --> 00:17:29,344 He was a hell of a dude. 277 00:17:33,310 --> 00:17:35,482 The night of the 15th, we was just chilling. 278 00:17:35,482 --> 00:17:37,551 There was no problem. 279 00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:41,000 We didn't live that type of life to where we had beef 280 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,103 or anybody looking for us or following us 281 00:17:44,103 --> 00:17:45,655 or anything like that. 282 00:17:49,275 --> 00:17:52,103 When he left, he said he was gonna see a lady friend. 283 00:17:53,482 --> 00:17:55,103 I didn't ask no questions. 284 00:17:55,103 --> 00:17:57,000 It was just, "I'm about to leave, go see somebody." 285 00:17:57,068 --> 00:18:00,068 "Aight, I'll be here when you get back." 286 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,413 But I didn't even know her name. 287 00:18:04,068 --> 00:18:05,517 This is an important clue. 288 00:18:07,172 --> 00:18:10,000 [Katie] It was a very big deal to learn that Jaz 289 00:18:10,068 --> 00:18:12,275 was going to meet up with a female. 290 00:18:12,275 --> 00:18:14,758 [Ronnie] We was 27 at the time. 291 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:17,172 We was young, bachelors. 292 00:18:17,172 --> 00:18:20,620 So there was nothing that out of the ordinary. 293 00:18:22,793 --> 00:18:26,241 Jaz truly was that guy that had the total package. 294 00:18:26,310 --> 00:18:28,275 He was smart. He was athletic. 295 00:18:28,275 --> 00:18:32,758 He had a million-dollar smile and just the charisma 296 00:18:32,827 --> 00:18:35,931 that he could walk in and you were going to take note of him. 297 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,862 And the fact that he was a great guy really made it much 298 00:18:39,862 --> 00:18:42,379 easier for young ladies to be drawn to him. 299 00:18:42,379 --> 00:18:45,137 [Amy] Ronnie didn't know much about her, 300 00:18:45,206 --> 00:18:46,862 by much I mean anything. 301 00:18:46,862 --> 00:18:48,862 But we knew that he had left, 302 00:18:48,862 --> 00:18:52,241 in that Jeep Cherokee, and he was meeting a girl. 303 00:18:53,965 --> 00:18:56,103 [dramatic music swells] 304 00:19:10,862 --> 00:19:14,103 The first Friday after Coach Jaz died, 305 00:19:14,103 --> 00:19:15,758 we played Hazelwood Central. 306 00:19:15,758 --> 00:19:18,482 [indistinct] whatever he had, he gave. 307 00:19:18,482 --> 00:19:20,517 He would always let me know when he could be here. 308 00:19:20,586 --> 00:19:22,379 Jaz was -- "No I'm quitting, I'm showing up." 309 00:19:22,379 --> 00:19:24,344 And that's what I want you guys to do, man. 310 00:19:24,344 --> 00:19:27,000 It was actually the playoff game. 311 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,068 Coach Jaz's dad did come to the locker room that day. 312 00:19:30,068 --> 00:19:33,586 All I can say is that Jaz wanted them to continue 313 00:19:33,586 --> 00:19:35,896 their lives and do the best that they could. 314 00:19:35,896 --> 00:19:41,172 [Shawndrea] I felt such a sense of sadness, profound sadness, 315 00:19:41,172 --> 00:19:42,827 because you have this young guy 316 00:19:42,896 --> 00:19:45,000 who brought so much to these kids. 317 00:19:45,068 --> 00:19:47,034 And then to have him taken away like that is just... 318 00:19:47,034 --> 00:19:48,103 a horrible thing. 319 00:19:48,103 --> 00:19:51,517 So the energy behind 320 00:19:51,586 --> 00:19:54,724 what he brought to them was really something special. 321 00:20:00,482 --> 00:20:02,137 We had a little moment of silence 322 00:20:02,137 --> 00:20:06,034 and a tribute also to Coach Jaz. 323 00:20:06,034 --> 00:20:10,517 We even had his Grizzly symbol put on our helmets. 324 00:20:10,586 --> 00:20:14,000 And then we wore neon for him. 325 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,620 Emotions were just really off the rail. 326 00:20:17,689 --> 00:20:21,241 I can only imagine the pain of having lost a coach, 327 00:20:21,241 --> 00:20:24,172 a coach that was revered, a coach that was loved. 328 00:20:24,172 --> 00:20:27,103 They knew, tonight, we're not just playing for us. 329 00:20:27,103 --> 00:20:29,137 We're playing for Coach Granderson. 330 00:20:29,137 --> 00:20:30,137 And we're gonna go out here, 331 00:20:30,137 --> 00:20:33,344 and we're going to do everything we can 332 00:20:33,344 --> 00:20:37,965 to really show everyone how much we loved him. 333 00:20:37,965 --> 00:20:40,551 It was definitely kind of crazy to go into the game with that 334 00:20:40,551 --> 00:20:43,862 feeling, but at the same time, you know you gotta play hard, 335 00:20:43,862 --> 00:20:45,586 because that's all he ever wanted from us. 336 00:20:45,586 --> 00:20:49,827 [football team chanting] 337 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,758 The violent weekend throughout the area of St. Louis claimed 338 00:20:54,758 --> 00:20:56,034 the life of a beloved coach. 339 00:20:56,034 --> 00:20:58,896 He actually taught football here at De Smet High School. 340 00:20:58,896 --> 00:21:00,206 As you can see, the football players 341 00:21:00,206 --> 00:21:03,931 and the coaches who are still here are dealing with the loss. 342 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,586 According to St. Louis City Police, 343 00:21:05,586 --> 00:21:09,172 27-year-old Jaz Granderson was shot and killed last night 344 00:21:09,172 --> 00:21:11,724 on Minnesota near Hill in South St. Louis. 345 00:21:11,793 --> 00:21:15,137 For me as a reporter, I came in, I got my assignment. 346 00:21:15,137 --> 00:21:17,379 And I didn't realize the gravity 347 00:21:17,379 --> 00:21:18,655 of what had occurred. 348 00:21:18,655 --> 00:21:21,586 When I went to the school, you could tell the kids were, 349 00:21:21,586 --> 00:21:23,137 you know, kind of trying to do their thing. 350 00:21:23,137 --> 00:21:25,724 I sensed the energy of it. 351 00:21:25,793 --> 00:21:27,689 I kept thinking, how are they doing this? 352 00:21:27,689 --> 00:21:31,000 But at the same time, I also knew that Jaz would have told 353 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,931 them, "Keep going, keep pushing, don't stop." 354 00:21:35,586 --> 00:21:37,413 [crowd cheering] 355 00:21:38,482 --> 00:21:40,000 [Dirone] I played very hard out there. 356 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,517 We just couldn't score. 357 00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:46,000 We lost 0 to 20. 358 00:21:48,758 --> 00:21:50,310 [Johnny] This was the first time 359 00:21:51,137 --> 00:21:53,827 they knew Jaz wasn't on that sideline. 360 00:21:54,793 --> 00:22:00,724 I just think they was just too distraught and upset 361 00:22:00,793 --> 00:22:02,448 behind losing Coach Jaz. 362 00:22:02,448 --> 00:22:07,068 I was actually able to sense how people felt about him. 363 00:22:07,068 --> 00:22:09,344 A lot of times you may or may not get that in stories, 364 00:22:09,344 --> 00:22:11,689 but in this case, I sensed it when I started 365 00:22:11,689 --> 00:22:13,655 covering the story. 366 00:22:13,655 --> 00:22:16,000 People really cared for him. 367 00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:26,931 [Shawndrea] The people in Creve Court 368 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,827 did not want this whole thing to slide. 369 00:22:28,896 --> 00:22:31,000 They all wanted justice for Jaz, and they wanted 370 00:22:31,068 --> 00:22:33,551 to make sure that they could do everything possible to help 371 00:22:33,551 --> 00:22:35,689 investigators make that happen. 372 00:22:35,689 --> 00:22:39,413 [Amy] Generally speaking, with any investigation, we're asking 373 00:22:39,482 --> 00:22:41,103 for community help. 374 00:22:41,103 --> 00:22:42,827 With this particular investigation, 375 00:22:42,896 --> 00:22:44,310 we didn't have to ask. 376 00:22:45,379 --> 00:22:46,586 Everybody knew Jaz. 377 00:22:46,586 --> 00:22:47,896 Everybody wanted to make sure 378 00:22:47,896 --> 00:22:50,103 that his case stayed in the limelight. 379 00:22:50,103 --> 00:22:52,000 And because of that, we did receive 380 00:22:52,068 --> 00:22:53,448 an anonymous call. 381 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,965 This anonymous caller told us that we needed to speak 382 00:23:00,965 --> 00:23:04,448 to a woman named Destiny Logan, who lived within the complex 383 00:23:04,448 --> 00:23:08,827 where Jaz was shot and ultimately found collapsed. 384 00:23:08,896 --> 00:23:13,931 They said that Destiny may have been someone that Jaz 385 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,379 was going to visit. 386 00:23:18,103 --> 00:23:21,517 Knowing that Jaz had left the apartment, 387 00:23:21,586 --> 00:23:26,000 taking Ronnie's vehicle, and going to meet a female, 388 00:23:26,068 --> 00:23:28,620 I was wondering if Destiny 389 00:23:28,689 --> 00:23:31,000 was the female that we'd been looking for. 390 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,172 [suspenseful music playing] 391 00:23:34,379 --> 00:23:36,000 [Amy] That night Jaz was murdered, 392 00:23:36,068 --> 00:23:38,034 there was a particular apartment where there 393 00:23:38,034 --> 00:23:39,517 were lights on. 394 00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:42,689 Somebody was in there. 395 00:23:42,689 --> 00:23:44,103 Obviously, we did knock on that door. 396 00:23:44,103 --> 00:23:45,931 They did not answer. 397 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,896 It was later determined that Destiny was right there, 398 00:23:48,896 --> 00:23:50,413 in that apartment complex. 399 00:23:55,482 --> 00:23:59,413 Once Destiny was identified, we went back to talk to her. 400 00:24:06,758 --> 00:24:10,413 [Katie] Destiny did advise us that she was home the night 401 00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:12,000 of the shooting, and she heard shots, 402 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,000 and she heard what she described as tires screeching. 403 00:24:18,896 --> 00:24:22,172 But she did not know Jaz personally, 404 00:24:22,172 --> 00:24:23,965 knew nothing of the incident. 405 00:24:23,965 --> 00:24:25,586 We had no reason to believe 406 00:24:25,586 --> 00:24:27,413 that she wasn't telling the truth. 407 00:24:27,482 --> 00:24:28,827 [Amy] We didn't believe that she actually 408 00:24:28,896 --> 00:24:31,137 had a connection to him. 409 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:34,448 Why the tipster gave us Destiny, I'm not really sure. 410 00:24:34,448 --> 00:24:36,931 But once we got to Destiny, 411 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,379 we started making some progress. 412 00:24:40,793 --> 00:24:43,137 [Katie] She did mention that her neighbor had been 413 00:24:43,137 --> 00:24:48,551 an exotic dancer and insinuated that she often had company 414 00:24:48,551 --> 00:24:52,689 and that if Jaz was there in that apartment complex 415 00:24:52,689 --> 00:24:55,241 to meet up with someone, it was likely her neighbor. 416 00:24:56,482 --> 00:24:59,551 The only problem was she couldn't give us her name. 417 00:24:59,551 --> 00:25:02,965 She just knew that she lived within the complex, 418 00:25:02,965 --> 00:25:04,172 around that way. 419 00:25:12,758 --> 00:25:16,103 Jaz was in possession of his cellular phone. 420 00:25:16,103 --> 00:25:19,000 Unfortunately, it was password protected. 421 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,000 We transferred the phone to our cyber crimes detectives to 422 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,068 determine if they would be able to bypass the password and get 423 00:25:27,068 --> 00:25:30,000 into the device, but they were unsuccessful. 424 00:25:30,068 --> 00:25:33,758 Since the phone was not gonna be an investigative option, 425 00:25:33,758 --> 00:25:37,137 the next thing is to try to get the phone records. 426 00:25:37,137 --> 00:25:41,517 While it won't necessarily have text content or any photographs 427 00:25:41,586 --> 00:25:44,137 or social media like the actual phone would, 428 00:25:44,137 --> 00:25:46,758 it will tell us who he was in phone contact with, 429 00:25:46,758 --> 00:25:49,241 both voice calls and texts. 430 00:25:51,689 --> 00:25:53,862 [Amy] Once we got the cellphone records back, 431 00:25:53,862 --> 00:25:57,931 we determined that between him leaving Ronnie Wingo, 432 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,620 with that car, and him being shot, 433 00:26:00,689 --> 00:26:03,310 there were several outgoing calls to the same number. 434 00:26:04,862 --> 00:26:11,000 [Katie] The outgoing calls were between 12:15 a.m. and 12:40 a.m. 435 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,931 And the 911 call was received at 12:50 a.m. 436 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,413 So this was right before he was shot. 437 00:26:18,482 --> 00:26:21,793 That's definitely important to note, that he was, 438 00:26:21,793 --> 00:26:25,517 at the very least, in phone contact with this individual 439 00:26:25,586 --> 00:26:28,310 immediately prior to his death. 440 00:26:37,482 --> 00:26:42,896 We learned that the subscriber name listed was Jherrica Dixon. 441 00:26:44,551 --> 00:26:48,965 Jherrica had an apartment on Hill Street within the same 442 00:26:48,965 --> 00:26:51,310 apartment complex where Jaz was shot. 443 00:26:53,448 --> 00:26:56,000 [Johnny] I never heard the name Jherrica Dixon. 444 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:00,068 Jaz had multiple relationships. 445 00:27:00,137 --> 00:27:02,413 He wasn't in a committed relationship, 446 00:27:02,482 --> 00:27:04,620 and he was honest about it. 447 00:27:04,689 --> 00:27:09,241 I mean, he could have known Susan, Jackie, and Teresa. 448 00:27:09,241 --> 00:27:11,965 I just couldn't understand what happened. 449 00:27:11,965 --> 00:27:14,965 It was a top priority for the police department. 450 00:27:14,965 --> 00:27:17,758 And with me knowing those guys the way I did, 451 00:27:17,758 --> 00:27:19,655 and for as many years as I did, 452 00:27:19,655 --> 00:27:21,517 they broke everything down and said, 453 00:27:21,586 --> 00:27:25,482 for whatever reason, Jaz had went to go see Jherrica. 454 00:27:26,482 --> 00:27:30,586 And I don't know if it was before he went in, 455 00:27:30,586 --> 00:27:32,068 or after he came out... 456 00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:35,482 [suspenseful music playing] 457 00:27:35,482 --> 00:27:37,413 ...that he had got shot. 458 00:27:46,896 --> 00:27:49,103 [Ronnie] The loss of Jaz affected me 459 00:27:49,103 --> 00:27:52,413 in a very, very distraughtful, hard manner. 460 00:27:52,482 --> 00:27:55,000 I kind of isolated myself. 461 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,517 I just sat on the couch listening to music for days, 462 00:27:59,586 --> 00:28:02,724 didn't do nothing, couldn't work, couldn't really 463 00:28:02,793 --> 00:28:06,724 talk on the phone, or just sat at my house. 464 00:28:09,586 --> 00:28:11,517 It still affects me to this day. 465 00:28:14,965 --> 00:28:17,482 I didn't know Jherrica personally or never seen her. 466 00:28:17,482 --> 00:28:19,137 But I did know of her, 467 00:28:19,137 --> 00:28:23,586 from him saying different stuff about her. 468 00:28:23,586 --> 00:28:25,137 He had seen her before. 469 00:28:25,137 --> 00:28:27,517 It wasn't like a one-time thing. 470 00:28:27,586 --> 00:28:29,931 She was never brought around, 471 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,034 or I'd never be around her like that. 472 00:28:32,034 --> 00:28:36,034 [Katie] Jherrica Dixon was not a name that had come up at any point 473 00:28:36,034 --> 00:28:37,758 at that time in the investigation, 474 00:28:37,758 --> 00:28:40,310 whether from family, friends, or otherwise. 475 00:28:40,379 --> 00:28:43,000 So this was definitely something that we could 476 00:28:43,068 --> 00:28:45,965 move forward with and try to do a workup on Jherrica, 477 00:28:45,965 --> 00:28:48,827 and figure out who she was and where she's from. 478 00:28:50,689 --> 00:28:54,000 Through the phone records, we learned that Jherrica opened 479 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,655 that account on October 14th of 2017, 480 00:28:57,655 --> 00:29:02,793 and she closed it on October 17th of 2017, 481 00:29:02,793 --> 00:29:05,413 which is the day after Jaz was murdered. 482 00:29:07,793 --> 00:29:12,379 It was pretty telling to us that potentially she deleted 483 00:29:12,379 --> 00:29:15,586 this phone account the day after Jaz was killed. 484 00:29:15,586 --> 00:29:20,620 It looked like an attempt to hide communication with Jaz. 485 00:29:21,896 --> 00:29:25,931 We learned that she was a 23-year-old exotic dancer. 486 00:29:26,965 --> 00:29:29,586 She worked on the East Side, which is where a lot 487 00:29:29,586 --> 00:29:32,206 of our adult entertainment clubs are. 488 00:29:33,655 --> 00:29:35,241 [indistinct radio chatter] 489 00:29:35,241 --> 00:29:37,758 [Amy] The night that Jaz was shot and killed, 490 00:29:37,758 --> 00:29:41,724 we discovered a group of .45 caliber shell casings 491 00:29:41,793 --> 00:29:44,068 that were kind of right next to each other 492 00:29:44,068 --> 00:29:46,103 at Minnesota and Hill, 493 00:29:46,103 --> 00:29:49,241 basically around the corner from Jherrica's residence. 494 00:29:50,241 --> 00:29:53,586 The shell casings matched .45 caliber shell casings 495 00:29:53,586 --> 00:29:56,000 that were recovered from an incident that happened 496 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,275 the night before Jaz was killed. 497 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:03,103 Another individual, a man named Jeremy Williams, 498 00:30:03,103 --> 00:30:06,689 was shot and carjacked. -[gunshot] 499 00:30:07,551 --> 00:30:10,827 [Amy] Jeremy Williams, thankfully, survived his attack, 500 00:30:10,896 --> 00:30:14,310 and he was able to tell us exactly what happened. 501 00:30:17,103 --> 00:30:21,275 [Katie] On October 15, Jeremy Williams was gonna meet up 502 00:30:21,275 --> 00:30:26,275 with a female when a masked armed man approaches his car, 503 00:30:26,275 --> 00:30:28,275 essentially orders him to exit. 504 00:30:29,275 --> 00:30:32,689 And after Jeremy exits, he's shot in the leg. 505 00:30:32,689 --> 00:30:35,586 That individual then enters Jeremy's car 506 00:30:35,586 --> 00:30:37,137 and flees the scene. 507 00:30:37,137 --> 00:30:38,448 [engine humming] 508 00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:44,862 Jeremy indicated that the woman that he was going to meet 509 00:30:44,862 --> 00:30:46,310 was Jherrica Dixon. 510 00:30:49,241 --> 00:30:52,551 He said she was completely surprised and shocked 511 00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:55,137 that this happened to him. 512 00:30:55,137 --> 00:30:58,517 But I don't find it to be a coincidence that these 513 00:30:58,586 --> 00:31:02,931 two incidents within 24 hours of each other both involved her. 514 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,137 [Amy] What we didn't want to do was tip her off that we were 515 00:31:08,137 --> 00:31:11,896 looking at her as potentially being complicit. 516 00:31:11,896 --> 00:31:14,068 We didn't want her to wipe her social media. 517 00:31:14,068 --> 00:31:17,034 We didn't want her to get rid of evidence. 518 00:31:17,034 --> 00:31:19,965 We didn't want her to notify the shooter that we were 519 00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:21,689 looking at the situation. 520 00:31:21,689 --> 00:31:24,758 We are trying to determine whether or not she actually 521 00:31:24,758 --> 00:31:26,482 had anything to do with it. 522 00:31:31,793 --> 00:31:33,517 [phone ringing] 523 00:31:33,586 --> 00:31:37,689 [Katie] I reached out to a crime analyst that I trust, 524 00:31:37,689 --> 00:31:42,517 and I asked her if she recalled any incidents recently 525 00:31:42,586 --> 00:31:44,103 involving Jherrica Dixon. 526 00:31:47,344 --> 00:31:50,448 She recalled from memory 527 00:31:50,448 --> 00:31:53,931 an incident from September 16 of 2017, 528 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,241 just a couple of months prior to Jaz's murder, 529 00:31:57,241 --> 00:32:00,862 in which an individual named Tommy Anderson 530 00:32:00,862 --> 00:32:04,379 was robbed and shot just on the other side 531 00:32:04,379 --> 00:32:09,448 of the same apartment complex where Jaz was shot. 532 00:32:09,448 --> 00:32:12,448 [Amy] On October 25, we were able to talk to Tommy Anderson, 533 00:32:12,448 --> 00:32:14,482 and he was able to give us his account 534 00:32:14,482 --> 00:32:16,482 as to what happened with his case. 535 00:32:18,655 --> 00:32:22,482 [Katie] He indicated that he met Jherrica at the beginning 536 00:32:22,482 --> 00:32:25,758 of the summer of 2017 at a gas station, 537 00:32:25,758 --> 00:32:28,448 and they exchanged phone numbers 538 00:32:28,448 --> 00:32:31,241 with the intent to hang out at some point. 539 00:32:31,241 --> 00:32:35,896 [Amy] She had invited him over to watch a movie at her house. 540 00:32:35,896 --> 00:32:39,586 When Tommy Anderson arrived, she came out of the house 541 00:32:39,586 --> 00:32:41,689 and she got in his car. 542 00:32:41,689 --> 00:32:45,758 Tommy thought it was strange because his whole intent 543 00:32:45,758 --> 00:32:48,000 going over there was for them to hang out and watch a movie. 544 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,310 So he didn't understand why they were just 545 00:32:50,379 --> 00:32:52,137 sitting in his car communicating. 546 00:32:52,137 --> 00:32:58,896 And the next thing he knew, a Black male in dark clothing 547 00:32:58,896 --> 00:33:01,241 approached the driver's side of his car 548 00:33:01,241 --> 00:33:04,793 and tapped on the window with the barrel of a gun. 549 00:33:07,172 --> 00:33:12,103 Tommy exited the car, and this masked individual... 550 00:33:12,103 --> 00:33:13,793 [gunshot] 551 00:33:13,793 --> 00:33:15,793 ...shot him in the shoulder. 552 00:33:18,034 --> 00:33:20,517 Tommy was trying to flee. 553 00:33:20,586 --> 00:33:22,586 He gets a certain distance away, 554 00:33:22,586 --> 00:33:24,068 and when Tommy turns around, 555 00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:28,655 he sees that this suspect is gone, 556 00:33:28,655 --> 00:33:32,000 his vehicle is gone, and Jherrica is also gone. 557 00:33:42,241 --> 00:33:46,827 We couldn't learn from Jaz what exactly happened to him, 558 00:33:46,896 --> 00:33:50,344 but we knew, at least from Jeremy Williams and now, 559 00:33:50,344 --> 00:33:53,862 you know, Tommy Anderson, that they were asked to come 560 00:33:53,862 --> 00:33:59,413 to a specific location in which an armed subject approached them 561 00:33:59,482 --> 00:34:02,413 and shot them and took off in their vehicle. 562 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,172 Was Jherrica known to this armed suspect? 563 00:34:08,172 --> 00:34:11,068 Was this person known to Jaz? 564 00:34:11,068 --> 00:34:16,482 I definitely thought it was odd that Jaz was shot in a place 565 00:34:16,482 --> 00:34:18,310 that could lead to death. 566 00:34:19,275 --> 00:34:23,068 [Amy] Jaz's shooting was center mass, maximum damage. 567 00:34:23,068 --> 00:34:25,862 As compared to Jeremy and Tommy, 568 00:34:25,862 --> 00:34:27,827 it felt much more personal. 569 00:34:27,896 --> 00:34:32,551 [Katie] It definitely made me wonder if the killer had some other 570 00:34:32,551 --> 00:34:35,793 motive other than just stealing the car. 571 00:34:35,793 --> 00:34:38,931 I had a lot of questions at this point about 572 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,103 the relationship between Jaz and Jherrica. 573 00:34:56,689 --> 00:35:00,241 [Katie] We knew that the individual that had robbed and shot 574 00:35:00,241 --> 00:35:03,551 Jeremy Williams and Tommy Anderson was a male, 575 00:35:03,551 --> 00:35:06,000 so we knew it wasn't Jherrica. 576 00:35:06,068 --> 00:35:09,000 But was it someone that she was close to or someone 577 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,620 that she would have been in phone contact with? 578 00:35:11,620 --> 00:35:15,965 Tommy told me that Jherrica communicated with him 579 00:35:15,965 --> 00:35:18,310 through the same 8-3-0-2 number 580 00:35:18,310 --> 00:35:21,310 that had been in communication with Jaz Granderson. 581 00:35:21,310 --> 00:35:23,000 But he said every other time 582 00:35:23,068 --> 00:35:25,793 he ever communicated with Jherrica, 583 00:35:25,793 --> 00:35:27,655 he communicated through a different number 584 00:35:27,655 --> 00:35:30,275 that ended in 4-0-0-0. 585 00:35:30,275 --> 00:35:33,724 This was definitely Jherrica Dixon's 586 00:35:33,724 --> 00:35:36,379 primary cellphone number. 587 00:35:36,379 --> 00:35:39,655 And I was able to receive a search warrant 588 00:35:39,655 --> 00:35:41,551 for this cellphone number. 589 00:35:41,551 --> 00:35:44,034 I located Jherrica's Facebook. 590 00:35:44,034 --> 00:35:48,068 I noticed that she tagged another individual, 591 00:35:48,068 --> 00:35:53,068 and his name was Kirk Kobang. 592 00:35:56,965 --> 00:36:01,034 I entered Jherrica Dixon's primary cellphone number 593 00:36:01,034 --> 00:36:04,482 into one of our law enforcement databases, 594 00:36:04,482 --> 00:36:08,379 and I learned that a gentleman by the name of Kurt Wallace 595 00:36:08,379 --> 00:36:14,172 had used her phone number as an emergency contact in the past. 596 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:17,137 I looked at prior photographs, 597 00:36:17,137 --> 00:36:20,758 and I determined Kirk Kobang was Kurt Wallace. 598 00:36:22,034 --> 00:36:25,379 [Amy] Kurt Wallace is a 24-year-old Black male 599 00:36:25,379 --> 00:36:29,448 who has a criminal history dating back to 2009, 600 00:36:29,448 --> 00:36:31,206 when he was first arrested 601 00:36:31,206 --> 00:36:33,000 for a shooting case as a juvenile, 602 00:36:33,068 --> 00:36:35,724 but tried as an adult. 603 00:36:38,448 --> 00:36:40,137 I was able to get a good 604 00:36:40,137 --> 00:36:42,551 cellphone number for Kurt Wallace. 605 00:36:42,551 --> 00:36:46,896 We could see that Kurt Wallace was in the area 606 00:36:46,896 --> 00:36:51,482 of 328 Hill Street at the time Jaz Granderson was shot. 607 00:36:51,482 --> 00:36:55,586 And then within a few minutes of the 911 call, 608 00:36:55,586 --> 00:36:58,310 he was on the highway, heading north, 609 00:36:58,310 --> 00:37:01,310 which is the location where Ronnie Wingo's car 610 00:37:01,310 --> 00:37:02,931 was later recovered. 611 00:37:08,379 --> 00:37:12,689 On November 15th, Jherrica Dixon and Kurt Wallace 612 00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:16,137 were indicted federally for Jaz Granderson's carjacking, 613 00:37:16,137 --> 00:37:17,931 resulting in a murder. 614 00:37:20,413 --> 00:37:22,448 On the same day that they were indicted, 615 00:37:22,448 --> 00:37:25,068 we knew that Jherrica Dixon had a court date 616 00:37:25,068 --> 00:37:26,689 on an unrelated charge. 617 00:37:27,655 --> 00:37:29,758 We sent officers over to the courthouse. 618 00:37:29,758 --> 00:37:33,068 Also present with her, actually outside the courtroom, 619 00:37:33,068 --> 00:37:34,965 was Kurt Wallace. 620 00:37:34,965 --> 00:37:39,000 We were able to take them both into custody at the same time, 621 00:37:39,068 --> 00:37:41,896 at the same place, unarmed. 622 00:37:43,551 --> 00:37:46,275 [Katie] During Jherrica's confession, she admitted 623 00:37:46,275 --> 00:37:52,137 that she essentially lured Jaz to her apartment on Hill Street. 624 00:37:53,758 --> 00:37:56,689 He drove there, parked his vehicle, 625 00:37:56,689 --> 00:38:00,068 and before he could even get out, 626 00:38:00,137 --> 00:38:03,655 he's approached on the driver's side by Kurt Wallace, 627 00:38:03,655 --> 00:38:08,482 and on the passenger side by Kurt's cousin, Floyd Barber. 628 00:38:08,482 --> 00:38:11,586 Ultimately, Jaz exits the vehicle, 629 00:38:11,586 --> 00:38:15,241 at which time Kurt Wallace shoots him. 630 00:38:15,241 --> 00:38:16,931 [gunshot] 631 00:38:19,068 --> 00:38:22,413 [Katie] I think that Kurt was getting rid of his competition, 632 00:38:22,413 --> 00:38:25,620 because Jaz was everything Kurt wasn't. 633 00:38:28,172 --> 00:38:31,413 They couldn't have been more opposite people. 634 00:38:31,413 --> 00:38:37,241 Jaz was a good-looking, successful guy, athletic, 635 00:38:37,241 --> 00:38:40,034 you know, has a good job, great friend group. 636 00:38:40,034 --> 00:38:44,241 Kurt spent most of his adult life in prison 637 00:38:44,241 --> 00:38:47,000 and was unable to get out of that lifestyle. 638 00:38:49,448 --> 00:38:53,931 Kurt Wallace pled guilty to four counts of carjacking 639 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:59,034 and one count of carjacking, resulting in death. 640 00:38:59,034 --> 00:39:01,103 [reporter] The man who pleaded guilty in the killing 641 00:39:01,103 --> 00:39:02,655 of a high school football coach 642 00:39:02,655 --> 00:39:05,137 is headed to prison for the next 60 years. 643 00:39:05,137 --> 00:39:08,206 A judge handed down that sentence to Kurt Wallace today. 644 00:39:08,206 --> 00:39:12,000 He admitted to shooting De Smet coach Jaz Granderson 645 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,000 during a string of carjackings in 2017. 646 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,103 Jherrica Dixon received a 19-year sentence. 647 00:39:20,241 --> 00:39:24,586 Jherrica and Kurt were like a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. 648 00:39:26,137 --> 00:39:28,172 [Ronnie] When I learned of the arrest, it was conflicted for me, 649 00:39:28,172 --> 00:39:30,137 because it's like, they're gonna go to jail, 650 00:39:30,137 --> 00:39:33,206 but at the end of the day, Jaz is still gone. 651 00:39:33,206 --> 00:39:35,413 I was happy we got justice, but at the same time, 652 00:39:35,413 --> 00:39:37,758 it's like, they killed an innocent, you know, 653 00:39:37,758 --> 00:39:40,862 guy that was giving back to the community. 654 00:39:40,862 --> 00:39:45,689 [Romona] I have wondered if he thought he was protecting Jherrica Dixon, 655 00:39:45,689 --> 00:39:49,448 not knowing that she was actually involved 656 00:39:49,448 --> 00:39:51,862 in this carjacking. 657 00:39:51,862 --> 00:39:53,896 Knowing him, he would have 658 00:39:53,896 --> 00:39:56,931 made a move to make sure she was safe. 659 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,413 You've spent all of your life being this football player. 660 00:40:00,413 --> 00:40:02,206 And you're tough on the field. 661 00:40:02,206 --> 00:40:05,275 And you're basically invincible while you're out there. 662 00:40:05,275 --> 00:40:10,206 And so that could have possibly carried over into this night. 663 00:40:11,793 --> 00:40:15,068 [Dirone] I think Coach Jaz's story just got ended way too soon, 664 00:40:15,068 --> 00:40:18,137 I think Coach Jaz would probably be coaching 665 00:40:18,137 --> 00:40:20,689 in the NFL right now. 666 00:40:21,793 --> 00:40:25,931 Not every coach can make you believe that college football 667 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,655 or, you know, the NFL is within grasp. 668 00:40:34,620 --> 00:40:37,931 -[crowd cheering] -[announcer indistinctly speaking] 669 00:40:39,206 --> 00:40:44,517 [Johnny] In 2019, Jaz's team, the De Smet Spartans, 670 00:40:44,517 --> 00:40:46,000 had reached the state finals 671 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,068 and they won the state championship. 672 00:40:50,655 --> 00:40:52,655 It was Jaz that prepared them 673 00:40:52,655 --> 00:40:54,655 to win that state championship game. 674 00:40:54,655 --> 00:40:57,793 And it was such a great, great honor 675 00:40:57,793 --> 00:40:59,586 to see them accomplish that, man. 676 00:40:59,586 --> 00:41:02,206 I was just so happy, man. 677 00:41:02,206 --> 00:41:05,931 This is the ring that they issued. 678 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:12,724 And on the back, they have Jaz's name and DS, 679 00:41:12,724 --> 00:41:14,000 which stands for De Smet. 680 00:41:16,034 --> 00:41:19,758 Jaz was not only a coach, he was a mentor and a friend. 681 00:41:19,758 --> 00:41:22,103 He helped those kids. 682 00:41:22,103 --> 00:41:24,517 I would like Jaz to be remembered 683 00:41:24,517 --> 00:41:28,448 as a young man that truly put community first. 684 00:41:28,448 --> 00:41:31,413 He was truly a great son.