Motel hallway video shows deadly shots fired
DAVE AND DEBRA.
WE'LL LOOK MORE AT THIS.
>>> GRAPHIC VIDEO SHOWS THE
MOMENT TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT TO
DEATH IN A RALEIGH HOTEL.
LAURA LESLIE HAS MORE ON HOW IT
IS BELIEVED TO HAVE UNFOLDED.
>> FACING THE DEATH PENALTY,
ALONG WITH BRANDON HILL.
PROSECUTOR SAYS THE TWO MEN
PLOTTED TO ROB AND KILL
PROSTITUTE APRIL HOLLAND AND
HER BOYFRIEND, DWIGHT HARVEY.
GILLARD'S ATTORNEYS SAY THIS
WAS NOT PREMEDITATED.
THAT DEADLY MINUTE IN 2016,
PLAYED OUT BEFORE JURORS ON THE
SCREEN TODAY.
A WARNING, SOME VIEWERS MAY
FIND THIS VIDEO DISTURBING.
>> Reporter: EARLY ONE DECEMBER
MORNING.
SAYAGA DILLARD AND THE OTHER
BRANDON HILL, VISITED APRIL
HOLLAND AT A HOTEL.
THEY WERE RESPONDING TO HER
ONLINE AD FOR PROSTITUTION.
SHOWN IN THE HALL, AS THE OTHER
VICTIM, HOLLAND'S BOYFRIEND,
DWIGHT HARVEY, WALKS BY.
>> ONE OF THE SHOOTINGS IS
CLEAR.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> WHICH IS THAT?
>> THE SHOOTING TELEVISION MR.
GARVEY.
>> Reporter: A FEW MINUTES
AFTER LITTLE MEN ENTER THE
ROOM, GARVEY PANICS AND STARTS
BEATING ON THE DOOR.
ACCORDING TO KATIE POM ROY,Y HE
COMES OUT OF THE AND ROOMAND
TUSSLES WITHIM HAD.
THE VIDEO SHOWS HIM FIRING AS
HILL KEEPS FIRING.
SEVEN SHOTS IN ALL, AS SMOKE
HALOS THE CAMERA.
AS HILL EXITS DOWN THE HALLWAY
TO THE LEFT.
PROSECUTORS SAY GILLARD FOLLOWS
HIM, FIRING BACK INTO THE HOTEL
ROOM HALLWAY.
>> HOW MANY SHOTS DO YOU SEE
FIRED?
>> TWO.
>> HOLLAND DIED FROM TWO
GUNSHOTS.
GARVEY WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES.
SHE WAS PREGNANT.
AND THE COUPLE HAD THREE OTHER
CHILDREN.
ATTORNEYS FOR GILLARD SAY IT
WASN'T PREMEDITATED.
THEY ARGUE IT WAS A CHAOTIC
SCENE GONE WRONG.
BUT PROSECUTORS ARE
ESTABLISHING A PATTERN BY
GILLARD AND HILL.
THE TWO MEN ARE SUSPECTED OF
RAPING AND ROBBING AT LEAST ONE
OTHER PROSTITUTE A WEEK AGO.
AND SOMEONE LOOKED UP THE
PENALTY FOR FETAL HOMICIDE
BEFORE THE CRIME TOOK PLACE.
>> TODAY WAS THE FIFTH DAY OF
GILLARD'S TRIAL THAT RESUMES
MONDAY MORNING.
HILL'S TRIAL WILL BE NEXT.
BACK TO YOU.