star. but she had a strong alibi. do you know who shot garrett warren? and that is only the start of the twist in the solving with mystery. this is one of those stranger than fiction kind of things. certainly, no one would write a script like this. the most stunning twist of all is what didn t happen. my mom suddenly said, don t you. that hit me hard in the balls. my mom never sore. hello, and welcome to dateline. garrett ward was a hollywood stunt man, who made his living pulling off death defying acts. then one night, he opened the door for a stranger and found himself in the middle of a terrifying scene that was all too real. garrett was looking down the barrel of a gun, moments later, four shots rang out. and soon investigators would be embroiled in a who done it with more twists than a feature film. here s josh mankiewicz with, the plot thickens. ready and action action. it ranks second only to money. i as the single most important word in hollywood. an
garrett warren was gunned down, shot four times in his own home, but somehow survived. it fits his character, really. a hollywood stuntman, martial artist, and former fighter. not only did he survive, he was able to identify a shooter. a man who had been caught with what looked like a hit note in his car. and they tell you his name is miguel quiroz? yes. did that name mean anything to you? not at the time at all. it s sounded at first like a strong case. but the more law enforcement and prosecutor chun investigated, the less clear became. you did a lot of work and was somewhat you did was help prove your defendants alibi? sure, so far. remember, multiple witnesses put miguel quiroz about 80 miles away from garret s home the night of the shooting. then, like a scene from columbo , came the latest
so let s date. they married in december 2002. maybe the happiness brought along by his second wife made it easier to get along with his first, claudia. the anger that had marked their divorce had faded. we re back to our visitations schedule again, back to shared custody, and we are on speaking terms and were friendly. it was about 18 months after garrett was shot when detectives got that lucky break. in an unrelated case, san bernardino police served a search warrant in the car belonging to a man named miguel quiroz. they were looking for drugs but they found something else under the spare tire in miguel quiroz s truck. it was a photo of garrett warren with a circle drawn on it, and his home address with very few people knew. so detectives showed guard a six pack of a photo lineup which included a photo of miguel quiroz.
remember that movie, my cousin vinny, where joe pesci played a lawyer who got his client acquitted of murder charges? well, this movie didn t end that way. on the eve of trial, claudia haro decided not to fight the charges, she pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted murder. she received a sentence of 12 years and four months. claudia s friend, julie the deal she was offered, she ll be out, and she ll get to see her daughter grow up. and that is why she took it. and at her sentencing, joe pesci showed up to support his ex-wife. as for the others, miguel quiroz and manny haro to plea deals, quiroz got a three year suspended sentence and return of cooperation. haro was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. he was released in june 2017. the hired gunman, hernandez,
learned, proving an attempted murder charges against miguel quiroz wouldn t be easy. multiple witnesses said they saw and spoke to quiroz at his pizza parlor on the night of the shooting. these witnesses were not really beholden that mr. quiroz? they were not members of his family, there are just customers. yes they were, they were frequent customers of that establishment. plus he had receipts. so it was a pretty good alibi. and so, at quiroz s preliminary hearing, evidence pointed both ways. witnesses put quiroz nearly 80 miles away from the scene of the crime the night it happen. but then why did quiroz have gareth s picture hidden in his car? how and why would carrot finger as the shooter? hoon chung knew he had more work to do. you have a guy stop for a drug charges, he has a map hidden in his car of somebody