Thats only the start in the twists to this hollywood mystery. S this is one of those stranger than fiction type things. Certainly nobody would write a script like this. The most stunning of all is what didnt happen my mom said dont shoot [ bleep ] that hit me harder than the bullet. That hid me the hardest. My mom never swore. Hello and welcome to dateline. Garrett ward was a mollywood stuntman who made his living pulling off deathdefying acts. Then one night he opened his door to a stranger and found himself in a terrifying scene that was all too real. Garrett was looking down the barrett 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. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with the the plot thickens. Action. It ranked second only to money. As the single most important word in hollywood. And here in l. A. Where life and art are often the same thing, theres a real life drama that rivaled any action movie, with
And here in l. A. Where life and art are often the same thing, theres a real life drama that rivaled any action movie, with a plot that includes all of the elements of classic film law. A mystery, featuring an assassin, a femme fatale and a stuntman who takes the fall. As for the money, well get to that. Lets start with the biggest name on the marquis, joe pesci, famous for his role as a cold blooded killer. This drama would costar his exwife claudia hair ra, a model and actress who appeared in the gangster film casino. It includes claudias brother, who harbors a terrible secret in his past. And finally, claudias second husband, Garrett Warren, a hollywood stuntman and martial arts expert, a man very familiar with danger. Early evening in the quiet town of west lake village, california, outside of l. A. , stuntman Garrett Warren heard a knock on his door and a voice on the other side asking about his new silver volvo parked in the driveway. Garrett answered and then comes our first plo
party. he said he hired fernandez one hernandez said that he didn t waste any of that on transportation. hernandez can be heard saying sorry that he didn t manage to kill garrett warren. and hernandez said that he was ready to try again. speaking to prosecutor hoon chun, quiroz explained his own involvement, that he had been hired as a hit man. and he explained where the trail lead. mr. quiroz told you that he didn t do it but that he was on in the plan? right. and that he did it at the behest of his friend, manny haro. what haro was a long term friend of quiroz s. they worked in the pizza business and the drug business. and if the name haro sounds familiar, but it is also
the night of the shooting. then, in a scene from columbo , came the latest twist, something the prosecutor saw during a court hearing. i m noticing some things. first of all, miguel quiroz is left handed. the shooter is described by the witnesses and his mother as right-handed. that s a little odd. odd because would left-handed person would try to commit murder with a gun in his right hand? that s like out of a movie? right, the script writer might do something like that. but in real life it doesn t make any sense. and then, prosecutor chun saw this photo, taken at a party, a barbecue. in this photo you have garrett warren and he is facing miguel quiroz and they are kneeling down. their children are in front of them. we can tell from this car on