to the sketch christine helped draw of the gunman. we started trying to get background on him. quick computer searches revealed he had a criminal past. he had just been convicted of a violent crime. armed robbery in nevada. yeah. that nevada armed robbery occurred in 2010. a year and a half before the shootings. spellman and some accomplices broke into a home and held a family hostage before robbing them and taking off. anybody get killed? no. and at the time of the shootings in 2012, dylan spellman was in the coarea awaiting stensing fawai awaiting sentencing for the robbery. what intrigued chaves were unusual similarities between the nevada crime and the shootings in texas. we start going through the case file we started seeing more
courtney with the deal and true to form, the inmate made everyone wait again, for months. until his defense lawyers delivered the word. joel courtney was not interested. he did not return a counteroffer. he outright rejected our offer. feels like holding her family hostage in some ways, you know. courtney s sister dina watched all of this unfold, knowing a trial would mean she would have to testify about the times joel tried to rape her as a teenager, about his unexpected visit to her oregon home just before brooke s abduction, and about his incriminating, presumably drug-induced statements. dina knew her testimony could help put her own brother on death row. my mom and i actually talked about this before she got sick and talked about, you know, we ve always said that we believe in the death penalty and here it is your brother.
until his defense lawyers delivered the word. joel courtney was not interested. he did not return a counteroffer. he outright rejected our offer. feels like holding her family hostage in some ways, you know. courtney s sister dina watched all of this unfold, knowing a trial would mean she would have to testify about the times joel tried to rape her as a teenager, about his unexpected visit to her oregon home just before brooke s abduction, and about his incriminating, presumably drug-induced statements. dina knew her testimony could help put her own brother on death row. my mom and i actually talked about this before she got sick and talked about, you know, we ve always said that we believe in the death penalty and here it is your brother. my brother, her son. and so if you believe in it for some person that you don t know, does that still hold true if it s your loved one?
minutes after the encounter began, shots are fired. doyle can be heard on the tapes. my gun is cocked and locked. reporter: and doyle shooting gonzalez five times. doyle held gonzalez s family hostage. two of those children under the age of 10 years old. i don t know how many times he was hit. the guy kept charging at him. they re coming as fast as they can. reporter: when the police arrived, doyle was arrested and taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder as well as three counts of assault. i asked police investigators with the citrus county sheriff s office if it complicates the investigation that they told the victim not to pursue the alleged shooter. what i was told is that doyle had the opportunity to not
the phone reporting 911 about the erratic driving. gonzalez can be heard he will follow doyle home. 911 advises him not to go. he does it any way. when he gets outside of doyle s residence, two minutes after the encounter began, shots were fired. doyle can be heard on his 911 tape telling police he has a gun. my gun is out. cocked and loaded. reporter: things turned violent. shooting and killing gonzalez. doyle essentially held gonzalez s family hostage. two children in the car under the age of 10 years old. i don t know how many times he hit. he fired multiple times. the guy kept charging at him. they are coming as fast as they can. reporter: when the police eventually arrived, doyle was arrested and taken into custody and charged with second-degree