garrett warren phase s that this is post shooting. we can tell from the ages of those children, as well as the lakers championship t-shirt that quiroz s wearing is that it s very recently after the shooting. both men were guests at the same party after the shooting. but before garrett made his eyewitness id of quiroz. that s why you are done you think he identified him as the shooter? because it isn t right at this party? yes, classic. to both the prosecutor, and to garrett, the photo explained the i. d.. and all of a sudden when i looked at the photo lineup, it clicked, and then i thought it was him. so garrett was wrong in his assumption. so it left prosecutors with the question, who shot him? the cook heroes somehow be
date. russian authorities saying they recovered the bodies of ten people at the site of a plane crash believing to be carrying mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin. two u.s. officials tell msnbc news that intelligence points to sabotage. the kremlin denies any involvement. now, back to dateline. to dateline. welcome back to dateline. i m craig melvin. police had just arrested suspected drug dealer miguel quiroz for the attempted murder of garrett warren. they d been serving a search warrant on quiroz s car when they found garrett warren s photo in the trunk. he identified quiroz as a shooter. but the case against quiroz wasn t adding up. a closer look at the evidence led to a stunning discovery. garrett warren wasn t out of danger yet. here is josh mankiewicz with
anymore, i m not your client, 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 we re 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. i m looking at the pictures and i said by all means that the guy recognize. that s the guy who shot you?
los angeles county, nighttime. nighttime. a police informant wears a wire as he talks to a partner in crime. i don t go to worry about you. yeah you know, i m not like that. the informant, miguel quiroz, he s the pizza parlor owner turned small time drug dealer. and the middleman with a hit note in his car targeting garrett warren. now, he was cooperating with investigators. detectives already knew quiroz wasn t the shooter. quiroz told them the man was the man who pulled the trigger was a old friend of his name was jorge hernandez. as a deal with prosecutors, quiroz wore a body wire and approached jorge hernandez at a
yes. no doubt in your mind? no doubt in my mind. in 2003, detectives arrested miguel quiroz for attempted murder. he was neither a gang member nor hired gun. instead, he owned a pizza parlor. sheriff s detective mark again. he was this middle class, guy that everyone loved. and yet he was the shooter. yes. other than garrett s idea of miguel quiroz, there was nothing to suggest that the ever met. they ve never done a business deal before? no. quiroz ever connected to the gym? no. any chance that he was driving a car near gary that night? no, none whatsoever. so what their connection was, or why mr. quiroz would kill them, not clear? there was no direct connection whatsoever. and as detective soon learned, proving an attempted