garages. he said the kids weren t after money, credit cards or valuables. this stunt happened often enough that it had a name, garage hopping. and the target was usually beer. the reason for garage hopping, or garage shopping, i ve heard it called both, was for kids to go in and look for alcoholic beverages that they could easily get and take. until this shooting, that sort of wasn t on anybody s radar in law enforcement? no. i had not heard of garage hopping. no. reporter: these three friends of diren s say they ve never gone garage hopping, but they know all about it. you all know people who do it or have done it? yeah. right? they understand it s illegal? uh-huh. yeah. but it seemed harmless? yeah. exactly. i mean, it s just it s like, hey, dude, this is a
facing. the judge sentenced him to 70 years. i almost wish he wouldn t have said he was sorry. it was so empty. they say, garage hopping is no longer popular. have attitudes changed since then? of course. it is unheard of. now it is? yes. his friends are hoping they will forget the one mistake. and remember the bright young man they loved. you are all pretty young to go through this. do you feel like this has changed you? yeah. 100%. every day, you wake up and think something like that could happen. you need to do things that matter.
and because he felt his life was threatened by the movement, specifically, of mr. dede, he had to take the steps, unfortunately, to take his life. the danger of a burglar is when there s a confrontation, and they all want to escape, and they ll do whatever they can to get away. reporter: the defense said there was no debate over one central fact. diren dede went into that garage to steal. and on the stand, kaarma s lawyer got diren s friend robby to admit that despite warnings, diren didn t see much wrong with garage hopping. i think diren never felt like it was a crime. but you were warning him. you were telling him it wasn t right. it was reckless. it was dangerous, right? yeah. yeah. like, i understand on this way. but he maybe didn t understand. reporter: in fact, the defense suggested that diren was part of a local burglary ring that was stealing more than just beer and may have been behind the previous break-ins at the
i hope no one ever finds themselves in my position. the judge sentenced him to 70 years in prison. i almost wish he had never said sorry because it was so empty and his face had just no expression. it was scary, almost like we were all taken aback, and i was like, take it back. there was no meaning in that. and they say garage hopping is no longer popular. have attitudes changed about all that since then? of course. i haven t heard a thing about it since. it s unheard of. now it is. yeah. dearen s friends are hoping people will forget the one deadly mistake dearen made and remember instead the bright, charming guy they loved. you know, you re all pretty young to have to go through this. do you feel like this has changed you? yeah. 100%, yeah. every day you wake up and you think, obviously something like that could happen, and you need
had reason to believe he was armed and ready to attack. and because he felt his life was threatened by the movement specifically, he had to take the steps unfortunately to take his life. the danger of a burglar is when there s a confrontation and they all want to escape, they ll do whatever they can to get away. there was no debate over one fact, he went into that garage to steal. and on the stand, his lawyer got his friend robby to admit that despite warnings, he didn t see much wrong with garage hopping. i think he never felt like it was a crime. but you were warning him. you were telling him it wasn t right, it was reckless. it was dangerous. i understand but he maybe didn t understand. in fact, the friend suggested that he was part of a local burglary ring that was stealing