man put a pistol to my face smack me in the mouth with it my mouth busted open the man still got the [ __ ] gun in my face and I got mad and I told him to shoot me he said we we get you're mad over in you know taking your stuff trying to pay you pay back so after all this I leave mad about that this video contains the interrogation of a man who fatally shot another and was then involved in a standoff with a SWAT team Johnny Trigg had been out of prison for 8 months he had been in on charges of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and having Weapons Under Disability for which he served 9 months things had been going smoothly he was getting his life back on track and he expected to put prison behind him unfortunately he became the target of bullying by another man in his apartment muan tlor various Witnesses from other residences of the apartment agreed that Taylor would frequently harass trig for no reason matters came to a head over a bag of charcoal it must have been the last straw for Trigg who pursued Taylor out of the building firing a gun and striking him when the police arrived Taylor was in critical condition and trig was nowhere to be found Taylor was taken to the hospital where he died several days later from his injuries trig was found a week later and and faced off against the SWAT team before finally being taken in all right Mr all right so obviously we're here to talk about a homicide okay man um the incident happened last you know last last Wednesday the 18th soda B on West Stewart okay you currently staying on West Stewart I'll go check on my dad every day my dad's diabetic okay is it your Dad's apartment there in that 17 19 okay you go there every day and check on him check on my dad but prior to trig breaks down in tears he has only recently been released from prison and knows that he will most likely be returning for the rest of his life my D and I was and with a p knocked out got my face me he K me he F over my property I don't even know this gentl this never seen him and I had not been going down here to see my dad on a regular basis because when did all that happen the 22nd or 23rd April April okay so last month the guy told me the next time he see opportunity present the that morning I was just getting my long trying to move my resident God came out you see me had them all blue back in the house and came back with a he came out who who's he who's the guy that came out with a gun the dead gentleman where did he come out of girl house which is two doors from my door two doors from your door good morning excuse see me I'm back in the house this time I was coming back out the trash can put it in the back of my truck I came back out the house G hand looking for me did he say anything to you yeah [ __ ] what he said yeah [ __ ] said yeah [ __ ] te that guy mhm you ever seen this guy before before all this incident and everything like that yeah every time I would go see my dad I would see him never knew to guy never had no altercations r with any I don't know why CH and when he when he hit you in the mouth of the gun over a month would you go to the hospital or anything yes where what where' you go toy went to the valley I got okay listen to my old por no longer my guns all up with you make a police report at that time I'm not going to lie to you sir that was a major pain they gave my medications I so out of it I just was willing to leave it alone I said I don't even know the guy I tried to move to alleviate everything gu just constant constant every chance he got told me where did you get the so you where did you get the gun that you used around around okay are you allowed to carry gun no sir I been shot okay shot okay so never going to hurt nobody my tell me what happened before that assault and everything listen there's a lot of stuff that we know before the Assa yeah you need you need to start being truthful with me I am okay cuz I know a lot more than you think I do sir God from the beginning give me a PO so from the beginning tell me what happened before this incid before this is all when he get them out where did this all start at how did this all start it started in the disordera bass I pull up I got two relatives and the vehicle pull up the gentleman caride me I took I to I said I'm just pulling up to this I took all agressive I took you a never took nothing from I bought you bought it I land it to you what what he what he take or what did he borrow from you [ __ ] B [ __ ] Char It seems impossible that such violence could break out over a simple bag of charcoal but similar events have occurred for Less I just released another extremely intense interrogation on my patreon this time about a son of a millionaire being interrogated for the death of his father his trial was the longest and most expensive trial in the history of St John watch it right now at patreon.com back/ stranger stories plus Char [ __ ] man did all what he didck like like a grilling charcoal using a grill was it just sitting on your back porch okay see he takes back of charcoal did he end up paying you for it either then or down the road they told me he left the money but the way he approached me and all I did is just told the man I said I don't care what it is over here don't touch over here in this was the same day about my okay so this all same everybody over here tell you I didn't I wrong I tried to wa this I been going to my dad on a regular basis because of this and every [ __ ] time this gent see one of my vehicles every [ __ ] time Fu ask do you know me what do you know me from Why You Bing me I'm tired of prison you see me all the time you see me with my kids you see what I'm doing man let me so he he bars back a charcoal from you he repays you supposedly and then he just pulls out a pistol and and hits you with it okay so this so this so this was a month ago okay so last week on the 18th no I'm going go back okay there I've seen him at the Stage store mhm and he [ __ ] with me got my little alcohol beverage what do you mean he [ __ ] with you him and two of his guys pull behind my truck talking [ __ ] I was with my man [ __ ] them little young punk I don't know I don't even know the that then what morning all I was trying to do was get my proper cover my [ __ ] hurt me man was he was he going to his so came out of his apartment you came out in your apartment no as he was coming out his apartment on his way wherever what time is this about early early early early early that dad usually get his insul he usually want his insul around 5:30 no l than sixes so it had been around 620 I believe 625 and guy came out put to of shoes in the back of my truck the man was halfway to his vehic like with turned around went back into his residence looking for Triggs is trying to suggest that this was self-defense but there is only his word to support this claim how do you know he's looking for you see you see me coming I was going back in as he was going back in Grandma cuz I got all my stuff right there door I know yall seen that when went in the apartment all my stuff is ly by the door just my eyes went weapon in came from the around my truck weapon that I had was inside the truck he came around I was already weapon in hand he the weapon Tre father man had a weapon I had a weapon I've been shot before took my how many how many times did you shoot you what don't me how many times do you think you shot six so when you go to shoot when you shoot the first time does what's he do does he take off running dides he go back in the apartment uh no he took off the forensics team found three casings at the scene trying to I guess the element of surprise he was trying to I don't know I can't say what the man was trying to do I just know of PR I was to so when you go to shoot though so you shoot the first time does he take off running away from the apartment in the cars and you shoot you continue to shoot let me ask you this did your gun Jam at any time or missfire I think you can I think there's some stuff that you're not telling me that you want to get that's really holding you down all right listen listen I told you I told you there's a lot more than I know true sir there a I don't think you are there's a lot more to this story than you're not telling me telling you to God true everything transpires I'm not fabricated anything when you went to fire the first time did you gun Jam or did Miss fire the the first time the incident this incident that happened a week almost a week ago that invol that involved shooting this guy uh no I don't like I said sir like I'm I'm not lying to you I'm not anything to you sir I'm telling you to God I'm TR I don't know what stories you got I don't know any of this all I can tell you sir is what I encountered what I experienced you know at that time there's other people that are up right tell you know I'm telling there's there's other people that are up and out and about at that time there's other people that saw what happened okay they saw what happened exactly I'm not fabricating anything we're trying to come you know we obviously everybody's got a story everybody sees what they saw and you were obviously the one involved in it and you know for the most part for the most part I think you're being truthful there's some stuff that I that I'm just going to call out honest truth sir us you can give me a polycraft right now okay so if if if what you're saying true if what you're saying is true this gentleman had a gun and you're claiming this that you shot in self-defense why didn't you stay there when for the police and tell your side of story then instead of being on the run for almost a week you know I'm listen to my councel my I obtain councel the very next day my counsel told me just chill out do what youve been doing let me sort of do this [ __ ] that's who's your counsel Charles slicer okay so Mr slicer told you to stay on the Run he told me to sit back chill out and let him SW through this mess I had myself into okay first was just a colonious assault the Dynamics was going to change I was understanding now it's a murder that's what I'm facing yeah cuz the guy died heard yeah he died he died on Saturday wasu Mr TR where were you standing um when you shot the first time my truck right next to your truck the driver side or passenger side driver suck cuz I came from the driver came from the driver side and then the next shot that you fired where do you think you were at probably in between my vehicle and his what kind of vehicle does he have or what color is it at least I believe it was his girlfriend's vehicle what color it was gold t T cover now as you were firing at him obviously he's running away from [Music] you Taylor was struck in the back and the side which shatters Trig's claim of self-defense well he's shot in the back so obviously he's running away from you yeah so yeah so away from and you're continuing to fire at him no no well yes he he well he couldn't have been running because y'all can clearly see it wasn't just one gun being fired no it was just one gun being fired really yes no other guns were being fired really yes and he shot in the back which is an indicator that he was running away no sir how was he shot in the back he was shot in the back probably from the angle that I was standing and the angle that he was standing that's the only thing I can I can recall like I said sir because you shot a car you shot him in the back once I seen weapon in hand that's just like if I had a weapon and Y sent to a weapon but what did y well I mean here here's the thing like there's there's no weapon recovered at the scene there's no other casings recovered at the scene everyone else that we interviewed said that he's walking out to the car getting into the car when you open fire on it so and we've got that from different Witnesses they're all confirming that so to us what makes sense is that you'd been beaten multiple times by this guy who sounds like an absolute jackass part of my language and you were upset and angry understandably and this was your opportunity no sir my opportunity was to get my belongings in this Taylor was unarmed and trig could have left at any time he continues to lie even though there were multiple witnesses to the incident my new res that was my opportunity I just have my le I fear this God I have even been going down there to check on my father on a regular basis because of this Gody do you hear what I'm saying to you every chance this guy got to [ __ ] T me he Ted me every [ __ ] chance he got I don't even know this guy never had no dealings with him no ocations with him no nothing that's I don't understand why he did all of what he to me I I believe property I believe that stuck a gun in my face approximately 5 to seven minutes you told me you would kill me you SN me a second time and at this time I'm ask me why and I believe all is over me telling you what you can do and not do with my property I don't care what it is what would give you okay example the same $10 he tried to give me he could have went and got his own [ __ ] trunk he was neet picking constantly picking bullying me yeah absolutely was bullying you he was [ __ ] bullying and Mr no no no one's no one's even questioning that because that that's I mean we've heard that from multiple people that he was an absolute bully tell you man I'm a good guy I'm a guy very man and all I came home trying to while Taylor may very well have been harassing and bullying Trigg it doesn't change the fact that he was unarmed at the time stay the [ __ ] out of trouble I did so much I never done you got my license insurance life insurance policy my own place of residence now I was doing so [ __ ] good for myself man I was doing something that I never did in 44 [ __ ] years for myself man only for this gentleman to come and [ __ ] with me for once I'm still puzzled I did nothing wrong to this gentleman what so ever cuz he was a bully man I did nothing wrong to him put a pistol to my face me in the mouth with it put it to my face for 5 seven minutes my cousins that was in the with it were verifi my little brother came at the ass in and see everything my mouth busted open the man still got the [ __ ] gun in my face and I got mad and I told him to shoot me if it mean that much to you you got to do all this around my [ __ ] man really you doing all this to me over my [ __ ] the same $10 you could have went and bought your own [ __ ] tr it was bullying me for me to pull up and he was aggressive obnoxious pull up to this just imagine you pulling up to your residence he said we we get you're mad over in you know taking your stuff trying to pay you pay back so after all this I wasn't even mad about that trans hard so fast yeah he had set in his mind do all the what he wanted to do from my on April 22nd this guy was a jerk man I I get it the the problem is that going back to the all right so but if we go fast forward to the 18th all right which was last week we've got you shooting at him standing in the road then we've got your additional casings going down the sidewalk as if you're going down towards dinner continuing to shoot and then we've got a windshield that's shot out and we've got him shot in the back I mean so you're you're pursuing after him you're you're alleging you're in fear for your life I'm telling you to gu but you're pursuing for you to tell me that there was not a gun on the same where is the gun I don't think there was one yes it was Sir where was the gun that you used at the gun that I used I don't it was on it should have been on the scene where it should have been right beside this [ __ ] vehicle see what I'm saying did you drop it after you shot him yeah I panicked when I seen that gun in that man's hand after the same [ __ ] gun you smack me in the mouth with know clip hanging out that long that's how I know is the man had a weapon in hand when he came back out for the second okay so after the shooting where did you go did you go back in your apartment yes yes I did I did then would you go out the back door or out the front door when you left before no actually no I stayed I stayed there I was trying to find my cell phone I couldn't find their cell phone were you inside the apartment keys my house keys was still there my door was wide open I ran out of here I wasn't here for my life did you run out the front door uh like Stewart Street side yeah Stewart Street side I ran yeah I ran towards the park the Stewart Street side yes and where'd you go from there uh I went when I left there I went to my mom's house first I let my mom know what took place she told me look running ain't going to make it better I said no I'm not running I said I need an attorney and I contact attorney a counsel my counsel been telling me since the incident sit back chill see what I got to do do this [ __ ] right now it's a long all but the Dynamics should change so what' you do with the gun the gun say no that's what I'm trying to tell you man that's how I know it's a bush the gun that was used should have still been on the scene and the gun that he had should have still been on his person I'm telling you right now there's no guns on scene what I'm listen listen officers were there pretty quickly after the shooting came out okay there's eyewitnesses multiple eyewitnesses that watch this whole thing transpire and ain't none of them not one said this dude ran up and got the gun and took it into this apartment or you dropped the gun no they're saying he's run away you shot him you ran back into your apartment then the police showed up and then obviously you know SWAT sand off happened and everything when you weren't even all of the evidence is stacking up against trig but he still refuses to tell the truth and you at Jal now you say okay so you didn't drop the G sir the gun should have still been on the scene I'm telling you the gun it's truth sir the gun should have still okay so let me ask you this where so since this okay you haven't been at your mom's house since then no where you been at stand here stand here last night I talked to my sister probably around I got my phone probably around is it that blue phone that was in there yeah I was probably around uh 3 this morning she was getting up for work mhm I was on man just wandering around you know just really want to get this [ __ ] behind me I haven't had a good night's rest since this [ __ ] I bet I bet You' been on the run and all this stuff's been in your head like but like I want to get this behind where's your truck at as hell my mom's told it to my mom's what kind of gun did you have uh n the nine you know what kind it was little brain brain or anything like that okay all right so so what time did you get to your sisters this morning have you been staying at your sisters no this the first night I ever stayed with my sister so you went there last night what last night what time well this morning actually around this this morning yeah uh she had to be the I about 3:30 4:00 okay so okay and so she let go to sleep on the couch or theom all right and then like I said I woke up this morning to this and thank you for not hurting thank you for not hurting appreciate so what about the so the gun that was found in the couch straight up is that the gun don't don't listen be straight no sir the gun that was in the couch should have still and on the sc one on scene so what was the deal with the gun in the couch I don't know Tri we've been being very respectful sorry I'm telling you to go go DNA a gun fingerprint I don't know nothing about no gun okay so if your DNA is not on that gun you mind if we collect your DNA to compare so we we'll do we'll do that in a little bit okay the cell phone that's your cell phone the blue one that was right there on the little table okay what what's the which phone number is that um I actually that was my sister's phone that's your sister's phone she saying it's not her phone the the phone that I got that's my big sister's phone that's the phone I've been using at two what number is that 5 52 is 52 roll um 7251 937 937 did you know the passcode on that phone um yeah what's the passcode um 0 0737 and that's your sister so okay what's what's your sister Lita Lita you know where she says that all right all right these are the D slots okay so anything that was on that gun okay I'm going to send the gun and I'm going to send these to the lab just to compare okay have you ever done these before okay basically I'm going I'll open up I'll have you grab it just swab the inside your cheeks and everything really good okay and then we'll put them right back in here all right Budd grab both them swab both inside your cheeks real well Trigg is confident that the DNA test will come out in his favor but many people underestimate just how difficult it can be to fully remove traces from items put them right back in there all right thank sir all [Music] right now let's step up give us just a minute need anything right now got your P cigarette huh give us just a minute on that [Music] okay just couple followup questions with here Budd all have you been staying at your sister's house before this at all no so you're not living with your sister you literally went over there 4:00 3:30 4:00 this morning that's it phone okay but I'm just saying you like you don't have any clothes there you don't get mail there nothing right okay were you by yourself when you went over there H were you by yourself when you went over there or did your girlfriend over there well my cousin dropped me off over there what's your is this the same cousin that was with you during the the the accident what's your cousin's name Les orange what is it Les orange Leslie Ellens yeah and they dropped you off over on Redwood was anybody else with you no no he he dropped me I didn't want him to know where I was going so he dropped me off at what's that going to be dead door and Redwood okay okay like block up BL up and walk I didn't want him to know where I was going okay and you were by yourself mhm okay toana wasn't with you no when I got when I got when I got to my sisters this morning M I had called her cuz she had called me yesterday and uh told me that you know the US Marshal was looking for me and I was like oh [ __ ] I ain't running from nobody I'm just doing what my chancel told me to do like right now I a't supposed to be doing this but I did nothing wrong I don't feel I've done anything wrong okay but again just to confirm when you got to your sister's house this morning you were by yourself and you have not seen your girlfriends no no I I seen her this morning when where did you see her at uh she came to my sisters she came over to redw M when you got there this morning no actually when when y'all got the call when y'all was at her house this morning mhm she came to see me she brought me some cigarettes brought me a pack of cigarettes and uh it was so crazy it was so coincidental because same time she bringed the cigarettes after she dropped the grandbaby off of school y was calling okay so did you ever come inside the house or did she just drop off the cigarettes to you she came in for a second okay the detectives are trying to determine if his family was knowingly harboring a suspect so the proper charges can be made if needed anything else can you tell us Mr Sir when was the last okay when was the last time you talked to Mr slicer um Monday Monday so Monday Monday he had do court yesterday so I was going to contact him again today okay I did like I said I just want to get this behind you man what you know whatever come out of this man I I just want it behind me okay I did nothing wrong man I I I swear I never remember any of this [ __ ] you can't just keep [ __ ] Tor T the person you steady playing with [Music] [ __ ] all right just we'll be right back in right we'll be Johnny Trigg was convicted of murder for the death of Taylor and was sentenced to 21 years in prison additionally he was given 1220 days for violating his parole that'll do it for today if you like this video and want to support the channel there's a patreon link in the description below where you can do just that thank you for watching and stay safe