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invasion during the investigation it was discovered that Barner was also involved in a nearby shooting that resulted in the death of Charles McCormick this wasn't the first time Barner had been involved in a murder in 2019 bicyclist Damon rothermel 50 was shot by a stray slug during a shootout between two cars during this interview Barner is confronted with audio evidence that has recorded him speaking about McCormick's death foreign I'm pretty sure I almost see information right but you are Dominique Gerard Barner uh 1031.93 all right I do have to ask you like five questions um keep reading right yeah all right what's the highest level of education and are you currently influencing drugs alcohol is that a no so all right all right do me a favor all right remember that Mark can you just read that out loud for me yeah it's Constitution all right so I'm just gonna read every bullet point and just ask you understand and then we'll go from there right you don't have to make a statement or say anything you understand anything you say can be used against you in court you understand you have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before you make a statement or for any questions are asked of you and have a lawyer with you during the question if you wish do you understand sure afford to hire a lawyer won't be appointed for you for any questioning if you wish you understand yeah and if you do answer questions you have the right to stop answering your questions at any time consult the word you understand do me a favor just sign right there all that's saying is that you understand your rights as I've written it's not like a mission to Gill or anything it's just saying you're just dangerous so I'm gonna start this interview a little differently normal I'm going to ask you a question I just want you to listen over here by the speakers right here just listen immediately after reading barner's rights the detective goes straight to an audio recording to show that they have evidence against him this is in part to try to avoid going in circles while Barner lies and also to shock him into talking all right all right so by expressing your face you know exactly where it was from okay I'm here to talk to you about the murder of Charles McCormick it's recording it goes off like that for about an hour about two hours somewhere in Wyoming all right for you y'all upset here's what it is now I know you're not my [ __ ] shooter at the end of the day only person I care about is my [ __ ] shooter okay now me and you both know like I said you're not my shooter right but I know you know exactly who is now let's call it what it is like you said several times in your drill calls I was gang I ain't regular knee but guess what you're still stuck in here I've heard you said that you said that what I said he said I'm not ring Lydia I'm gang like y'all supposed to come get me first out first day first before I even hit that door just can get me guess what you can how long it's been January 15 since we had you I don't remember saying no game though I but it was supposed to be your homeboys right you've been sitting there but you've been sitting in here for how long I [ __ ] you not I look at uh someone's Instagram every day they spend enough money on chains to [ __ ] mod you out but you're still sitting here well I don't know that's fine that's fair but you know his brother and I'm pretty sure you know a bunch of them not personally you know all right so I'm here to talk to you about murder it happened right there seven thousand one mirror room this is literally gonna be your one chance tell me exactly what happened I've already listened to this and I've had this deciphered I've had this audio chain well not changed I've had it uh enhanced to hear everything you said so floor is yours up against that well the floor is yours that means it's your turn on top I can play the Arcane s who no do not come out eventually don't worry about that but for right now this is just all you know what I was supposed to get like the state post talk with state this first time hearing about it but I don't think I'm I don't want to disrespect you because obviously I don't know what that I don't really hear nothing though all right okay well you said your lawyer so what are you trying to say when you say that no I'm saying my lawyer told me that I was supposed to meet up with State and you guys and then go from now you know anything about that no so I have no idea what you're referencing well when I went to court and I was trying to get a barn Dutch he told me all right well that's not your best interest he was like the state is throwing you a care basically he was like they know you didn't shoot nobody but they you know what I'm saying you know he was there and stuff like that so he was like if they did come talk to you tell them that you would want him present you want who president sorry the lawyer so you're saying you want your word present I'm just well y'all just told me y'all don't know nothing about the state being involved so so are you willing to speak with us without your attorney present is what he needs to know he said I can answer questions okay so are you okay with that yeah I'm okay with answering a little bit of questions into okay I feel like just uh yeah okay foreign one thing at a time I'll show you something that nobody knows in a second there we go foreign ER is reluctant to talk but says he will answer some questions there's some confusion as to what his lawyer meant but they have asked him several times if he wants to wait to speak with an attorney present foreign [Music] [Applause] all right so let me ask a simple question who was that okay I'll skip over this question all right fine well now that you're fine that's fine I don't want you to feel like about being an [ __ ] just like last time I told you I'm respectful fair enough how'd y'all find out where he was at Dan yes I didn't find out you need to find out okay did y'all know where he lived I did yeah who found out where you live said it's gonna be my only last time being able to talk to you yes so I can't get my lawyer to reach out and you won't be talking to me at a different time no you won't be talking to me at 20 times are you talking to if what you're saying is you want to talk to your lawyer that's that's your right you have that right but that's the only time you can have a conversation so I won't be able to talk to the state either that's between your lord of the state I'm gonna get in charge of anything uh yes today you're getting charged with murder second-degree murder and a flame before you say anything because he just said that again you keep bringing up your lawyer are you still good talking to us right now without him present are you just inquiring I mean if I was to tell you anything would that change anything not today maybe in the future look we here here's a Lowdown again real quick we can't promise you anything we will never promise you anything okay so I don't want you to think that but we do need to clarify before you keep asking questions and we keep asking you questions are you good to talk with us still right now without your lawyer because every time you bring him up I have to clarify that well I tell you how I told him things won't I mean it's just gonna get ugly for me I knew this day was coming but see you're good having him ask you a couple more questions I really just wanted like another day for another day to talk okay so you you don't want to talk to us which is what you're saying I want another day chaos works because right after you go to jail get arrested on this you gotta go to J1 and have a hearing yeah because then you represent my Lord so that I can't just come talk to you does that make sense so I can't just Reach Out grab right out of the gear yeah okay that's who you have on your other case yeah okay but I don't know if he's gonna represent you on this one yeah I have to get like some more money or something like that okay so like I said after you go here you get booked again you have a public defender automatically assigned you you want to go to J1 and at that point I can't talk to you does that make sense so once again it's your choice completely up to you you want to talk to that lawyer because I mean you say you want another day but you've had since about January think about all this will reach out to you no to think about all this because I know it's probably been I'll wait on you a little bit so what like I said it's completely to you but I have to know now do you want to talk to a lawyer you want to continue or you don't want to talk the questioning is barely underway before Barner changes his mind and backs out of asking questions the recordings seem to make him uneasy some of his statements hint that he might be willing to speak in exchange for a deal but the detectives don't have the power to make that promise and it is in his best interest to wait for his lawyer before committing I'm sorry I don't think to myself because I know a PD number foreign hey Dominique I know he already told you that you are being arrested for murder today okay what we're going to do is we're going to step out of this room we're gonna let you think yeah um y'all can just take me back over there if you want you don't want to talk to it I just want my lawyer present okay okay it's going to be a little bit because we have some paperwork to do okay so if you need to use the restroom or anything else do some paperwork before we can walk you back over so it's going to take a little while Marner chooses to wait until he can speak with his lawyer present and the detectives conclude the interview [Music] Dominique Barner eventually spoke about the content of the recordings and implicated Hakeem Robinson and Leroy Whitaker in Charles McCormick's death he is currently charged with second-degree murder and is in jail awaiting his trial which is set for December 15th