Instagram videos led police to Durham murder suspects, warrant shows
RALEIGH, CHELSEA DONOVAN WRAL
NEWS, A GOOD RESOURCE. CHELSEA,
THANK YOU.
>> SHOW THIS 2 YEAR-OLD BOY YOU
SEE OVER HERE AND 15 YEAR OLD
AJ CLENDENNING. THEY ARE SOME
OF THE RECENT YOUNG VICTIMS
OF GUN VIOLENCE IN DURHAM, A
14 YEAR-OLD IS FACING CHARGES
FOR CLENDENNING IS MURDER AS
WELL AS BEING CHARGED FOR
SHOOTING A STATE TROOPER.
A NEWLY RELEASED UNSEALED
WARRANT IN THAT MURDER OF
ANOTHER MAN, BENJAMIN MORRIS
SHOWS THE PEOPLE CHARGED IN
HIS DEATH WERE JUST 13, 15 AND
18 AT THE TIME.
>> AND TODAY WE LEARNED SOCIAL
MEDIA PLAYED A PART IN
IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECTS.
WE SAY YOU THIS PUSH ALERT JUST
HOURS AGO WRAL'S MONICA CASEY
HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY.
AND MONICA, WHAT KIND OF POST
LED POLICE TO FINDING THE
SUSPECTS?
>> WELL, DENVER THIS MORNING
SAYS POLICE FOUND MULTIPLE
INSTAGRAM VIDEOS RIGHT AFTER
THE SHOOTING WHERE THOSE
SUSPECTS WERE HOLDING GUNS AND
MAKING GAMES SIGNS. AN ATTORNEY
HERE IN DURHAM TELLS ME THIS IS
HAPPENING MORE OFTEN AND THE
PEOPLE COMMITTING SERIOUS
CRIMES. KEEP GETTING YOUNGER.
>> IN 3 YOUNG PEOPLE FACE
CHARGES FOR THE MURDER OF A
MAN AT THIS BUS. STOP IN DURHAM
IN JULY OF
2023.
>> A NEWLY UNSEALED SEARCH
WARRANT SAYS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
CAPTURED 18 YEAR-OLD JAKARI
HENDERSON HANGING OUT OF THE
PASSENGER WINDOW. FIRING A GUN
AND A 15 YEAR-OLD SHOOTING FROM
THE BACK SEAT. THOSE 2 ALONG
WITH A 13 YEAR-OLD POSTED LIVE
AND RECORDED VIDEOS ON
INSTAGRAM RIGHT AFTER THE
SHOOTING. IT'S MORE LIKE A
GAME. THERE'S JUST THERE'S AN
UTTER LACK OF EMPATHY THAT YOU
SEE OUT THERE. DURHAM ATTORNEY
DANIEL, MY OR ISN'T SURPRISED
TO HEAR THE AGES OF THOSE
SUSPECTS OR ABOUT THE VIDEO
EVIDENCE
AGAINST THEM.
>> AND YOU ARE SEEING A RECORD
AT ALL. I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE
THINGS AND A LOT OF THE
DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS ARE WILL GO
INTO GANG BEES TERRITORY AND
THEY LOAD UP ON INSTAGRAM.
MYERS SAYS GAMES ARE ACTIVELY
RECRUITING YOUNGER PEOPLE.
THEY WANT TO SHOW THEIR
BUDDIES. THEY WANT TO PROVE TO
THE GANG. LOOK, I
DID THIS.
>> SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF IT
ON SOCIAL MEDIA NOWADAYS AND IT
IS THE YOUNGER AND YOUNGER
KIDS. IN ONE VIDEO, THE 13
YEAR-OLD MAKES A GAME SYMBOL
AND SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE
WARRANT SAYS, QUOTE, THE WIPING
YOUR NOSE BY EXTENDING AN INDEX
FINGER OR USING THE SLIDE OF A
GUN SYMBOLIZES TAKING OUT A
RIVAL GANG MEMBER THROUGH
EITHER PHYSICAL ASSAULT OR
SHOOTING.
>> THE SYMBOL WAS FOR THE 8
TREY GANGSTER CRIPS. THAT NAME
MAY SOUND FAMILIAR. IT'S THE
ANTONIO DAVENPORT AND ERIC
DIXON. JUNIOR WERE ASSOCIATED
WITH.
>> THOSE 2 WERE CONVICTED IN
2022 OF KILLING 9 YEAR-OLD ZION
PERSON.
>> THE WARRANT IN THIS CASE
ALSO SAYS A WITNESS CALLED
9-1-1 AFTER SEEING THE SUSPECTS
TOSSED A GUN FROM THE CAR ON
85 POLICE FOUND THE GUN JUST
25 FEET AWAY FROM THE ROAD
POLICING FOUND THE STOLEN CAR
USED IN THE SHOOTING LATER THAT
NIGHT WITH SHELL CASINGS INSIDE