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
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. and here in l. a., where life and art are often the same form, there is a real life drama that rivals in the action movie with a plot that includes all the element of a classic film noir. a mystery, featuring an assassin, a femme fatale, a hollywood star, and a stunt man who takes the fall. and as for the money, we will get to that. let s start with the biggest name on the marquee, joe pesci. fa
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
we go back round and round about this and finally he admits that he was one of the middlemen. miguel quiroz admitted that while he wasn t the shooter, he was in on the plot. and that he was caught by his own carelessness. he explained that that hid note had been sent directly to him, that he had put it under the spare tire, in the trunk of his car, and literally, he said, he had forgotten about it. so the reason you ended up fighting that hid note under the spare tire in the trunk of mr. quiroz s carr was because he put it there for safekeeping and forgot it? this is one of those stranger than fiction, kind of things. certainly no one would write a script like this because it would kind of look like any self respecting director or producer and saying, come on, that is ridiculous. but people forget things. disorganized crime? yeah. luckily for prosecutors, miguel quiroz had not sworn a
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. he 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 party.