And i said, did he survive . And he said, no. Steve pitt was unforgettable. Hes oneofakind. He was the first to die that week. Hunted down by a man with a gun and a grudge. I felt that when this shooter crossed steve off, that he was moving down a list. A long list. He came running towards my vehicle. There was Blood Dripping from her face. Six murders. In four days. This is a Homicide Investigation in overdrive, wasnt it . It was. A incity under siege. Is there was a lot of fear. There was a lot of unrest in the community. People were desperate for a suspect. Who else could have been on that list . I had my own personal terrorist. People dont get gunned down in their offices. N could those six lives have been saved . Steve always said these things never happen in a vacuum. There are always Warning Signs. So moving him the way that we did was stunning to me. Hello and welcome to dateline. Forensic psychiatrist, steve pitt, was well known for his work on high profile criminal cases. Whe
scottsdale, arizona. it doesn t happen. natalie s hunch was right. scottsdale police were able to confirm for us that the murder scene on thursday and the murder scene on friday was connected. firearms analysis showed a 40 caliber weapon had been used in the homicide of dr. steve pitt. the same caliber gun killed paralegals valeria sharp and laura anderson. ten about ten hours after the paralegals were killed about ten minutes after midnight this morning, we received a call of a shooting at the business complex behind me. an adult male shot twice in the head at an office, seven miles from the law firm. doorbell rang, wanted to ignore it, because it s the middle of the night. it was 3 am. psychotherapist karen kolbe s husband answer the door. he came back in to get me and said, you need to get up,
name is rick od. by the time that you see this tape um, i ll be gone. i ve been up all night. doorbell rang, and it was a fedex package. i open it up and it was a video. i m happy. and i want very much to follow my classmates and my teachers, tendo. took about three hours for san diego county sheriff detectives to zero in on this encinitas hotel and this particular hotel room room 2 22 . this is where two people tried to commit suicide. i gotta call someone was alive. still. ever experienced such a hmm. refusing emotion, too. you know, maybe my father s alive, but is that good? i don t know. you know? i
charges. obviously we want to see it through to a conviction and appropriate sentencing reporter: 84-year-old andrew lester faces the possibility of life in prison if charged with first degree assault and armed criminal action for shooting 16-year-old ralph yarl in the head and arm after yarl hoping to pick up his younger brothers thursday accidently went to the wrong home ralph says he was shot through the screen door at point-blank range, and when he went to the ground he was shot a second time. reporter: meanwhile new details on the homeowner s possible defense per a probable cause statement andrew lester telling detective he was in bed thursday night when he heard his doorbell rang. adding he picked up his gun and saw a black male approximately 6 feet tall pulling on his exterior storm door handle lester said he believed someone was attempting to break in and shot twice, atting he was scared to death and the two exchanged no words nbc news has made multiple attempts to reach
84-year-old andrew lester has turned himself in and has been charged. what he told police he did when he heard the doorbell acknowledging he fired without saying a word. high school ralph yarl on the door, he ran for help after being shot but was turned away by two neighbors before a third helped him. abcs alec perez on the story again tonight. reporter: tonight andrew lester, the white man accused of shooting black 16-year-old ralph yarl who mistakenly bring his doorbell, turning himself into police. to be 84-year-old charged with felony assault and armed criminal action. and now new details from court documents. lester telling investigators he had just gone to bed thursday night when the doorbell rang. he picked up his gun saying he saw a black male pulling on the storm door handle. he believes someone was attempting to break into the house. and fire two times through the glass door. striking yarl, adding it was the last thing he wanted to do, but he was scared to death of the team