>> dinell thompson can attest to that. he's been shot eight times. >> i ain't scared of death, though. death's scared of me. >> prosecutors allege thompson has been on the other side of the gun plenty of times. besides the murder convictions he's currently appealing, thompson was charged with three additional drive-by murders while we were at maricopa. he has pled not guilty to the new charges. >> cousin ice. >> they're trying to say everybody that dies in phoenix he had something to do with it. >> just because i'm duker love. every time somebody's body comes up missing, they say i did it. >> dinell thompson had other choices in life before he took on the persona of duker love. >> he would have been a star football player. duker had scholarships to colleges, runningback. he chose to do the alley. you know what i mean? so, that's the mentality. >> yeah, i was ranked. i wasn't ranked in the nation -- i chose the streets over that.