5:00 in the morning when there's not a lot of people on the street. people have a little bit to drink, their defenses come down. >> many of the neighbors here have installed security cameras outside their houses. >> we actually created a little network on our street. so our cameras are tied in to each other. so it's not like that it stops crime, but it certainly -- there's a number of times we've seen things on there and turned over the footage to the police department. >> at 5:00 a.m., brad in your leaves the bar. the neighborhood security cameras record him walking down burgundy street. >> i was alone that night. and just walking back to my car, which is probably about five blocks away from the main strip of frenchman street. >> bradner is text messaging a friend and doesn't notice a man approach from behind. >> i was in my own little world. and it just -- i just saw a movement out of the corner of my eye. >> bradner pivots and finds himself staring down the barrel