Yeah, so how old are you? >> I am 18 I just turned >> Just turned 18? Okay. We got you on camera. There's cameras everywhere. >> I don't I never did anything. I don't know what to do. >> Meet 18-year-old Neomi Allen Bailey, a teen who wasn't just stupid enough to murder an innocent driver, but to commit that murder in front of dozens of cameras. >> You know pretty much all around the world now, there are cameras everywhere. There's pretty much nowhere you can be without without a camera. Speaking of, who's that there? >> It's >> And faced with the reality that her crimes have been recorded, it's about to lead to excuse >> Please stop grabbing me but I'm scared. Like I was just doing stuff that I saw on movies. >> after excuse until Neomi has nowhere left to hide. >> I'm sorry. Can I ask you a question? >> Yeah. >> I didn't know it was going to I thought it was going to be so bad. >> At 3:30 a.m. on August 8th, 2023, 52-year-old father Amare Gita wanted nothing more than to be home in his bed beside his wife. [music] After several hours of working for a rideshare app, he was exhausted, but there was money to make and a job to do. So he decided to rest for a few minutes and parked on the side of a street in Seattle. Moments later, a woman approached his car, [music] knocked on his window, and shot him dead in the street before leaping in his car and taking off with it. And get this, it was a Prius. [music] This woman murdered someone over a Prius. And very quickly police were able to find out who exactly that woman was. Two days after the incident, a traffic cop spotted the Prius parked illegally in a loading zone. When he put the license plate information in to issue a ticket, a bolo came back. Naturally, he called for backup. Police were almost certain that the thief had simply abandoned the car there to get rid of any evidence linking them to the crime, but they were wrong because they were about to meet a criminal even dumber than most. Moments after they began surveillance on the car, 18-year-old Neomi Allen Bailey strolled up and attempted to get in the driver's seat. Police immediately arrested her for possession of a stolen car. Keeping a car after you've stolen it is one thing, but nonchalantly parking it in a restricted zone without even changing the plates 2 days after its driver was murdered, it takes a special kind of stupid. As Neyani is placed into custody awaiting questioning, she had a question of her own for officers. >> Okay, can I can I like draw on a paper? >> Yeah. So, I've known a few people over the years that drawing helps them relax. Is that why you like to do it? >> Yeah, cuz like I have a lot of mental issues. So, like drawing it just brings me peace and stuff cuz I never had nothing like this happen before. So, >> Yeah. Well, you know, we're going to get you through this, okay? We're not going to hurt you or anything. We're just going to talk. >> We're going to let you in on a little secret here. Just going to talk is code for just going to throw you in jail forever. Neyani, however, continues doodling away seemingly oblivious to that. And if you enjoy killers like this realize they're not winning an Oscar, subscribe and check out our Spotify where we upload podcasts every week. >> So, then what brought you up to where the farmers market was today? What were you doing there? >> Uh bought the car so I wanted to go get the car. He got to tell me to hurry up. I was supposed to go get it last night, but I was too tired, man. But he said I might have like a ticket or something on there if I don't pick it up. >> So, you bought that car and tell me about the whole buying a car thing. How did that happen? >> So, I went on eBay and I mean not eBay, OfferUp. And I was just like looking for a car I already bought a car but it's in the shop and I was looking for a car so I could just be able to move around. And I found that one for like $500. >> And that It yesterday? >> Yeah. >> And it was on OfferUp? >> Yes, sir. >> For 500 bucks? >> Yes, sir. >> And then so once you agreed like to meet the person or where where did you take possession of the car? >> I would in uh met the person and got the got the key for the car and he told me where the car was parked at. >> And where was that? >> The I got the key um by the train station. >> And so you you met up with the dude and he handed you the key? >> And then I handed him the money that I had for him. >> And that was 500 bucks? >> Yeah. >> Did you get this guy's name? >> On the app his it said I could tell it was a fake name but on the app his name is like Tom Johnson. But he doesn't look like his real name is. >> Okay. So he he told you the car was parked at by Denny's parking showed you a picture of it on the phone? And he gave you the key? And he said better the you better get it cuz you'll get a ticket. >> Yeah. He said the like he said where it's parked at you can't have it parked there for too long. And then I was just like well why didn't you just park it like why didn't you just bring it to the train station and why didn't you just bring it here I could just go to where I'm going and he was like like he didn't really he didn't really want to explain all that much but I was just like you know. >> So you didn't know this guy? >> No, I met him on the >> You met him on OfferUp? So your phone is here. Can we still see still see all that stuff on your phone? >> I could try to pull it up on OfferUp, yeah. >> Okay. >> I don't have the uh the app still on my phone. >> You don't have the app still on your phone? >> No. >> How come? >> Because I only was looking for one thing I don't really use stuff like that and >> Um, did you felt okay about getting the keys to that car without seeing the car? I mean, what if the guy just gave you some random keys? >> I didn't feel okay at all, but I don't know why I just ignored all the signs. >> Yeah, I see. You gave him 500 bucks, and he just gave you a key. I mean, it could have not have gone any worse. >> like that's just common sense. >> What time did you What time do you think you met with him at the train station? >> I believe it was like Like 8:30 9:00. >> 8:30 9:00 this morning? >> No, not this morning. I got with him yesterday. >> Last night? How come he didn't give you the car last night? >> [snorts] >> He gave me the keys, but I didn't go get the car last night. I went back to my mom's tired, and I was then supposed to meet my mom. That's where I was going this morning, but I didn't go to their house. I just going somewhere and find a new place to go to sleep. >> So, he gave you the key last night to you at 8:30 9:00, and you didn't want to go there to get the car last night, so you waited until today? >> Yeah, I waited until today because like I didn't want to drive tired at night, and also I do not have a license, so like I knew that wasn't be safe or smart. >> Yeah. >> But now it seems like none of it was smart at all. >> Yeah. >> Wasn't smart is the understatement of the century. It's like saying Niani's story almost doesn't make sense because for a quick review, Niani claims that she bought a nearly new Prius off of the app OfferUp for 500 bucks, yet she's conveniently deleted all the evidence of that purchase off of her phone, despite the fact that she claims to have bought it less than 48 hours ago. >> So, it is It's really important that you're honest with us about everything. Cuz this is kind of important. >> Okay. >> Um And you you know, lying is just going to get you in trouble, make you >> Yeah. >> things worse. So, be real sure you're telling us the truth about everything, okay? >> Okay. >> So, we're interested in something that happened down near the stadium Tuesday [clears throat] morning. >> Mhm. >> You know about that? Heard something about that? >> By the stadium, anything like two o'clock Tuesday morning. I thought you guys had something else. >> Yeah, no. Did you Did you hear about something that happened down there by the stadium Tuesday morning? >> No, I did not. I don't believe. >> Didn't hear about anything that happened down there? No? Okay. Um I'm pretty sure you were down there, so that's why I was wanting you to think real hard about Tuesday morning. I'm talking about really early, like 3:30 in the morning. Um think back through your schedule and make sure you're not mistaken about where you were on Tuesday 3:30 in the morning. Did you go on a real long walk in the middle of the night? You do that sometimes, right? You go on these long walks. >> Yeah, I go on long walks sometimes. >> Yeah, in fact, um you know, in in downtown Seattle and pretty much all around the world now, there are cameras everywhere. Like, there's pretty much nowhere you can be without without a camera picking you up. Who's that there? >> That's me. >> That's you, okay. You know where that is? >> No, I did not. >> No? No idea? You see saw bikes? You know those bikes there? >> Yeah, I see bikes all the time. >> Yeah. You remember walking by the stadium in the middle of the night? You know [snorts] the way by that statue, the guy holding the baseball bat? Walking through there? >> No, I wanted to go by the train. >> You wanted to go by the train? >> Yeah, cuz I was waiting for and then when I was on the west side I could make my way up to my brother's house. >> Yeah. So, that's that didn't happen, right? You didn't get to the train, DID YOU? >> NO, I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T just walking along until I got to like like I got to like the the freeways that I was walking on and >> Yeah, it wasn't quite that far, now was it? It wasn't quite to the freeways. >> It was >> See, we know what happened. >> Like >> Because since Tuesday me, my partner here, about 10 or 12 other detectives have been doing nothing but investigating this thing that happened. We [clears throat] got a pretty good handle on what happened. >> [snorts] >> So, you know, what we don't know is why it happened, you know, or some parts of how it happened. We know that you were there. >> [snorts] >> Um we got you on camera. There's cameras everywhere. This happened right in front of a bank. Banks have cameras all over the place. So, it's really important that we hear your side of the story cuz, you know, there could be all kinds of things that would have happened, you know, things things get crazy. I mean, my partner and I have been in this room probably thousands of times talking to someone just like you in that chair right there under these same circumstances. >> Okay, I see you. >> But we're not going to hurt you. We're going to get you through this thing, okay? We're just here to get the truth, um settle this issue and and and we'll get you moving on with your life. Whatever's going to happen, we're going to be honest with you about everything. >> Okay. >> Okay? >> So, what do you Like what what what do you want me to do? >> [snorts] >> I want you to tell me what happened, you know, why it happened. >> Not just one, but several cameras captured the murder of Amari Gita at the hands of Na'omi. Because Na'omi didn't commit this act of violence in the middle of nowhere. She had the audacity to commit it in the middle of a city street surrounded by businesses and homes. Clear footage was caught from multiple angles of the attack, but still she believes she can twist the story to make herself the victim. First, she was the innocent person who just happened to buy a stolen car. Now she's a victim in a very different way, one that mocks the actual experience of women everywhere. >> I was walking and she was trying to go Is this trying to keep going? >> Yeah, you want to keep moving, but something happened to you. Something Something stopped you. Something drew your attention. What was that? What was it that drew your attention from your walk? >> I thought somebody was I thought somebody was like hurt. >> You thought somebody was what? >> You thought somebody was hurt in the car. >> You thought somebody was hurt in the car? Okay. What did you do? >> I I got in the window and I was like I asked if he was okay. I did that to the other guy in the street for me before I got out there. I knocked on the door and I asked if he was okay cuz he was like this. >> This was a a different car? Yeah. Okay. So there's a guy sleeping in the car? >> Yeah, he was like, "Yeah, I'm good. I'm good." And then he asked if I was okay. I said, "Yeah." And then I asked this other guy if he was okay. And then he was like, "I'm good. I'm good." And he said, "Are you okay?" And I was like, I told him I need to go to the hospital. >> Why did Why did you go to the hospital? You didn't mention that yet. >> Because >> [snorts] >> I need to like I need to uh fight him. >> You were fighting? >> No, like I I I get into fights. >> You get into fights. Okay. >> So, then I like I get beat up pretty badly. Like, I still got something right here. >> Did you get in a fight on Tuesday morning? >> Yes. >> Where Where did that happen? >> I was walking so long. >> Before you went to these two cars? So, um you you needed to go to the hospital for some injury related to that? >> Yeah. >> And what was the injury? >> The injury like that I was getting hit in my face and in my head. >> Okay. >> Neani hasn't quite thought out the fact that if she had gotten into a fight, that also would have been on camera on the busy city street. And not only that, but the evidence would have been all over her face. Police looked her over during booking and confirmed that she had no scratches, no bruises, and no marks that indicated she had gotten in a physical fight with anyone. Because at the end of the day, Neani's biggest op is herself, and she's about to prove that in a shocking way. >> Okay, so you go to that first car where the guy's passed out. "Hey, are you okay?" "Yeah, I'm fine." And then you go to keep going. >> [snorts] >> You come up to this next car and you do the same thing. You knock on the window. >> "Are you okay?" >> Are you knocking on the passenger side or the driver side? >> I knocked on the driver side. >> Okay. And what happened? >> And then he was on the phone and he's like, "Are you okay?" And like, his eyes get like big like this. So, like and I get scared like really really really fast. So, >> You don't need to get scared in here. We're going to get you through this. We're not going to hurt you, okay? Just relax. >> Okay. Cuz like I know like I know like you know the like what what could possibly happen in in like these type of these type of buildings and then what can happen. Like I've heard a lot. That's why I'm so scared to be in here. >> Okay. You don't need to be scared. >> But you guys know >> We're just talking to you. Okay. >> Is it all right we having a I have my parents in the car. I don't know what to tell them about this. >> Okay. What medicine are you talking about? >> I'm supposed to go get evaluated and some medication for all that. Mental illness cuz I have [clears throat] a problem speaking in general. So. >> You're doing well now. I can understand you fine. >> You're doing okay. >> No, I'm serious. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, I believe you. So you got to go to the doctor to find out what medicine you need. You just haven't gotten to that point. >> Yeah, and I haven't gotten my seizure medicine either. >> Okay. >> My head just go all over the place. >> Yeah. >> So I always be out of place too cuz I've been I've been getting hurt a lot lately. >> Yeah. >> So. >> Why don't you hey just take a deep breath. Take a breath. Take a deep breath. >> Yeah, but >> That's what I do when I get nervous I take a deep breath. >> Like I know everything I do is going to look wrong but I really just don't know what to do. >> [snorts] >> You just got to be honest. That's all. >> I am. I am. >> That's all I'm asking. Yeah, you're you're doing great. I appreciate that. I appreciate you not lying to me and respecting >> to tell you exactly what happened. >> Okay. Go right ahead. >> Okay, so I knocked on this bro I'm so sorry. Bro I knocked on his door and he opens the door and he's like I said are you okay? He's like yeah, I'm okay. Are you okay? And I said yeah, I just need to go to the hospital. And and like he's he starts saying something else. Like I I'm not really listening cuz bro I didn't sleep in a few days. So. He says He's like He's like >> [sighs] >> I don't want to say the wrong thing since I don't want to distort anything. So, I can say it clearly to you. Okay, so he opens the door and then he start talking. All right, I tell him I need to go to the hospital. He's like, "Okay, I can take you. I can take you." So, then like I start calming down cuz I got scared when he opened the door. So, he's like, "Okay, I can take you. I can take [clears throat] you." I'm like, "Okay." And then like calm down and who are you and I think about I think I'm about to get in the car and he's like he's like, "You know, you didn't need to be scared. Like why are you you know?" Cuz I was talking to him aggressively cuz I was scared. So, yelling at him like he's like, "Calm down. Calm down." I was like, "Okay, man. Okay." He's like, "You'll take me to the hospital?" I'm like, "Yeah. Yeah. You're for real? Like you're serious? You'll take me to the hospital, bro? You're not going to hurt me?" I said, "Bro, please, bro." He's like, "Okay." He's like, "Yeah." And then out of nowhere, bro, he just he just tries to grab me like this and I got scared. >> [snorts] >> And I pulled out a weapon. I hurt cuz he started grabbing me, bro. I got scared. That's what I did. And I didn't know what to do and I know I still had to go to the hospital. I didn't know where to go. Didn't know what to do. Didn't know what to what to say. But then I knew that I knew I did something wrong and I couldn't couldn't stay there. >> So, then what happened? >> So, then I I drove away. I don't even know where I went. I just went somewhere. And I just And I just sat down in the car and I was just started crying. And I was just I didn't know what to do. My phone was dead, so I was like, "I can't call the police or nothing." But then I was like, "If I call the police, they're going to hurt me." And I was just like, "I don't know what to do." She started freaking out. And then I was just like Like, "I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do." That's why I just keep driving around. And then I'm just like, "I hope he's okay." cuz I didn't see any I didn't see anything. But I just heard the sound and I got scared. And then he like got on me, so I ran into his car and I drove off. >> You said you heard the sound? >> Yeah, I heard the sound cuz >> Sound of what? >> I I pulled out a weapon. >> What kind of weapon? >> I pulled out a pistol. >> Okay. >> And I shot him when he when he started grabbing me and I I said, "Let go." I said, "Let go." I tried to push him off me a few times before I did. Because I was like, like, you know, maybe he thinks I'm trying to be weird. But then I was just like, "I didn't do anything wrong." So he's and I got I got scared cuz I thought he was just going to try to hurt me. Cuz it's like he said he was going to take me to the hospital. And I said, "I'm not going to do anything wrong." I said I would be I like I calmed down and I thought we had an understanding. And then I I just got confused after he reached for me. When he reached for me and he grabbed me, I started like reliving situations that I already been through before. And then I was just like I just I was scared that something else going to happen then, probably what he was trying to do. I don't know what he was trying to do. He probably thought I was trying to hurt him, and then I ended up hurting him on accident. But I >> [clears throat] >> I didn't know what he was going to do until he grabbed me. He grabbed me and he held onto me for more than three times with me saying to let go and then go away, and I couldn't get myself out of like his like cuz he was holding me. I couldn't like release myself, and I couldn't move. I started getting scared, so I just freeze. And I I shot down. >> It's a classic excuse, self-defense. Though there's a huge problem with the self-defense story. Firstly, 52-year-old Amari wouldn't hurt a fly. A dedicated father to two young kids, he was known for being gentle, kind, and loving to strangers and family alike. He served as a mentor to dozens of people in the community, and no one had ever had a single violent interaction with him. Secondly, Na'omi is still facing the exact same problem. The entire encounter was caught on camera. The footage showed Na'omi knocking on his door, him stepping out of the vehicle, and Na'omi immediately shooting him. In total, their interaction lasted just 7 seconds before Amari was bleeding out on the ground. And yet she's trying to play the victim. If you recall, she's trying to play the victim who really really just wanted to go to the hospital. So, she must have gone there after she stole Amari's car, right? >> When um right after this happened. Driving away. Uh did you try to go to the hospital? No. Did you try to use his phone or your phone to call for help? >> I still got my my phone service. It tried to call >> You tried to call your brother, but he didn't answer it. That was quite a few hours later though, right? >> Yeah, it doesn't >> So, she doesn't questions that way because that puts the answer in your mouth. So, if I ever do that and I'm wrong >> No. >> tell me I'm wrong. >> Yeah, I'll tell you when you're wrong. But, like that's like when I talk, sometimes I need like a little actually like to help me get >> Sure. We'll just agree that makes you tell me if I say something wrong. >> Okay. I will. >> Thank you. Um but um didn't try to drive to a fire station or any hospital? [clears throat] You probably know where Harborview is, right? You know how to get to Harborview from here? >> how to how to get there, but >> You don't? >> I don't know how to get there, but I followed the like the signs after I I drove by there around downtown hoping that I'd find a hospital, but I don't know exactly how to get there. >> Did you try to go to any hospital? >> I didn't try to go to any anywhere right after because I knew like if like like just like right after I feel like totally what happened because nothing would seem right or it wouldn't seem like I'm telling the truth after, yeah, but really like I don't know why I don't be listening to myself, but I wanted to go and it should be like like just say what happened. But I don't know how to explain that like it was an accident. >> It was an accident? >> Yeah. >> Shooting him was an accident? Is that what you're saying? Is that what you mean? >> Yes, but I did honestly I did it out of out of impulse. I was holding it to where it seemed to be like to like try to get him to to like get away from me cuz after I dropped it, I thought he was going to I didn't want him to grab it cuz I didn't want him to use it on me or point it at me. When I was picking it up, when I was holding it, but I did not mean to shoot him. I just I just I just like thought that I have But it was an accident. So >> When you walked up on the car, the second car that the man was in You went to the driver's side of the car. And can you tell me that part again about what what he did your your your physical interaction with him? Did he open the door or did you open the door? How about this? Did you start it out with knocking on the windows? Is that what you said? >> Yeah, I don't know. >> Did you knock on the Did the window go down? You rolled the window down? Open the window? >> honest, like I just tried to I I'm trying to tell you the best of what I can remember cuz I don't cuz I don't want to say something that I think I know. >> Yeah, so you you don't know. >> I can't remember exactly everything cuz it's like Like I can't believe that that situation was real. So now I'm just thinking that it's just my mind. >> Yeah, I should have told you that from the beginning. >> But exactly what I But All right, I like this is like what I knocked on the door. >> Yeah. >> And then Like I I don't know if he opened the door. I don't know if I opened the door or he opened the door, but I told you he opened the door. That's like I just remember the door is open and then >> Okay. >> I like at first I was like at first I was just like I was just being aggressive or something. I needed to like Like I need I need I need to take a bow. Like you know, I I assumed that he was okay. First >> She's still just sitting there in the car? >> I don't know. I'll go meet her. I just want to make sure she's okay. And I guess she's okay first. Open the door. She said, "Yeah, I'm okay." And then I start like I start getting like aggressive after you open the door cuz I got a little hostile. Cuz I like I just So then I was just I started to like >> Did you have the gun in your hand at that point? >> Cuz I had it like this. >> But did you have it in your hand? >> I was holding onto it. >> Okay. >> Because I was scared after he opened the door. But then I was and then like I was like I can't you know I can't eat. >> So when when >> So >> Yeah. Go ahead. >> Okay. So then I'm holding the gun like like I need I need to go to the hospital. Like I need I need I just kept saying I need Cuz with my nerves I can't talk straight. And I can't think. And then like I get mad at myself when I mess up. So I started just getting you all mad and then I was like and then I was like I I start like I was mad at him. I was going to pull at him. Then I go listen. But he sees that I'm holding onto it. So then he's like So then he gets up and then he gets up to go like this and then like he's like what's wrong? Like calm down calm down calm down. And then I was like I need to go to the hospital or I need to go to I need to go to the hospital bro. I need to go. He's like he tells me he's like you need to go. He's like okay okay I'll take you. You don't need to do that. I'll take you. And then I'm like okay man. And then like I'm about like I'm about to like like go and then he starts walking up to me. So I'm holding it in my hand. He's he's walking up to me and then he's like like he's like okay okay. And then I'm about to go get in the car. I start walking up there and then he starts grabbing me and then like we're shuffling, and then he like I dropped the the gun before. After that, I panicked cuz I didn't I don't know if he's going to pick it up. I heard I heard the the sound, and then I was like, "Oh my god." Like I thought I shot myself all this even though like even though it I know it wasn't facing my way. Like I like I like I was like I was like I was watching videos of like it it like backfired or something. So, when I felt like the the bullet go like this in my stomach, I thought I was just looking like this, and then like he was still holding on for a few seconds, and then he just let go of me, and I was just like this. And then like he he threw up, and then I just I was scared. >> And then and then what? Did he Did he >> [clears throat] >> end up going down to the ground? >> I heard it fall, but I was over the counter cuz I was scared to look at him. After after that >> Okay. And then he goes to the ground, and then you just climb in the car? >> I ran I hopped in the car. >> Okay. Um When you're driving down the road did you remove anything from the car? >> I I threw his wallet. >> Threw his wallet? Okay. And Like pretty quickly after you got in the car or way down the road? >> Like down the road cuz there wasn't anybody. Like I didn't want it to seem like Like cuz it was a accident, and I didn't want it to seem like I was just trying to do something wrong. >> Yeah. What What about his phone? >> [snorts] >> Oh. >> Do you remember anything about that? >> I don't I didn't see his phone. I didn't have his phone. >> You don't remember seeing his phone or doing anything with the phone? >> I didn't have his phone. >> Say again. >> I didn't have it. >> You didn't have it? Did Did you see his phone in the car? >> Um yes. >> And it was like how long were those things there or did you even see it? >> No, I did it. I did it the Yeah, I did it the I did it the way I did >> The thing the phone sits in? >> Yeah, I did that. >> You put the phone in the whole holder or whatever it is? >> it up and threw it out. >> Okay. >> I was doing like I was doing stuff that I saw in movies. >> Yeah. >> Like I did that as I scared. >> Yeah. Awesome. >> And I actually posted it. >> Yeah. >> I'm in trouble. I know I'm in trouble, but like >> It depends on what you mean by trouble. Um like >> Am I going to have to stay somewhere? >> Probably. Yeah, I'm not going to lie to you. But we we don't know yet for sure. You know, we're going to figure this out. We're going to get through the rest of this story. We're going to talk to our supervisor. >> Yeah, but I I love >> Yeah, we'll get you a phone in here. You call anybody you want. It doesn't matter. >> After discussing a murder in detail, Neani if she'll have to go anywhere. Meanwhile, Amari's family had to go to lots of places, to the morgue to identify him, to the funeral parlor to discuss what to do with his body, to his funeral where his 10-year-old son sang a song he composed with the lyrics, "I wish I could have stopped my dad from going to work that night. Wherever you are, Dad, I hope you're safe." While Amari's wife and children were doing that, Neani was doing something that truly speaks to to character. And for us, it's one of the most disturbing details of the case. >> When I got in the car today, I was going to just try to and then I was going to call uh like what do you call it like report things? >> 911? >> Well, there's like a hotline Crime Stoppers? No, there's like an anonymous hotline that you call. >> So, Crime Stoppers is the same as Crime Stoppers to Blind River? >> Yeah. Yeah, I was in the car that and then say like where the car was. >> Yeah. >> And then like and then just pray. >> Yeah. >> Cuz so there was that's real, bro. >> It's real. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. >> I don't I never did anything >> [snorts] >> and this is I don't know what to do. What do you want me to do? >> [snorts] >> I was doing like I was doing stuff that I saw on movies. >> Yeah. >> So like after that I got scared. >> Yeah. So then I mean I think probably there's a few things in the early part of your story here that probably weren't exactly correct, right? I mean part about the car obviously you didn't get the car from >> No, I didn't I didn't get the car, but I said that out of fear because I didn't know what was going >> Yeah, that's all right. So, >> [snorts] >> um but the part about going to Walmart, was that true? >> Yeah. >> You did go to Walmart because some of your clothes had blood on them, is that why? >> No, because I didn't cuz after I went to my after I went to my to my to my mom's and took a shower I mean not my mom's my brother's took a shower I got some clothes from Walmart. But they like they weren't like fitting me cuz I was a little bit Don't tell anybody. I was a little bit bigger than you. So, I had to go get some clothes at Dave >> Okay. Does your mom live out of town somewhere? Where does she live? >> She lives in Florida. >> In Florida? So, she just came in just for a random visit with with you and your brother? >> Yeah, she like spends She's She spends her summers out here with you. >> Okay. [clears throat] >> Naomi left out what she bought on that Walmart trip that she took using Amari's car after she murdered him. Less than 24 hours after she shot him, she purchased an Xbox and an Apple Watch for herself. Then, she went and got her hair done. All the while, Amari's family was living in a nightmare. >> I can't take it back, bro. >> Yeah. >> And like like I can't believe I keep saying it, but I can't believe that I can't believe that >> It's pretty serious stuff. It is, yeah. But, we're going to get you through this. We're not going to hurt you. >> I know, bro, but I don't know what to do, bro. >> Okay. >> I'm alone. I'm depressed, bro. >> thing you can do is just keep telling us the truth. >> Yeah, okay. I'm sorry. >> She's about to have a chance to do just that, because this isn't the only case police are looking at her for. Another detective comes in with a shocking claim. >> Okay, so I'll get right into why I'm here talking to you, okay? >> Okay. [clears throat] >> So, I had an incident come across my desk that occurred on July 26th at the Mount Baker Bicycle Tunnel. All right. And what happened was there there was a some graffiti written on some walls, and there was Do you remember that incident? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I was uh I was on the on the walk uh I was spray painting >> Mhm. >> and [clears throat] then this guy came up to me and took a picture. And I smiled for the picture and then like he like he started like walking up to me and then I was like get out of my face. Telling him to get out of my face and then >> Did he tell you who he was? >> No, he didn't say who he was. He didn't like really say nothing that like that I remember. >> Mhm. >> He [clears throat] didn't say anything. >> Okay. Well, what what happened next after you told him to get out of your face? >> Then I told him to back up. I started backing up and he started coming towards me and I threw the can at him. >> Okay. >> [clears throat] >> And then he pushed me up against the wall and then I started like throwing punches and then I had the uh I had the the same pistol on me. >> You had a pistol with you? >> Yeah, so I I adjusted it cuz I felt it falling down my pants. And then he like started reaching and tried to tried to like grab it after he saw it and then he started yelling like I have like he said she's got a gun cuz there was another guy running down the tunnel asking what's wrong. >> Okay. >> And then and then like I start pushing off and then I like I get up and I'm like about to start moving and then like he pushes me up again. And then like he like when I feel him start pulling the gun again, I picked it up and like I like pushed him and like told him to get back. >> Did you actually physically push him with the gun? >> Yeah, I pushed him like like this. Like I pushed like I pushed it up and like pushed him back. >> Do you Did the gun touch his body? >> I don't I can't really remember anything but I told him to get back and then I put it away cuz then I was like like it you know, that's bad. >> Right. >> And like I didn't want to accidentally do what I did on Tuesday. >> Yeah. No, I understand. I understand. >> Neani's aggression and use of a firearm wasn't a one-off mistake. It was a pattern. And for police, this last piece of the puzzle was something they were eager to take to court while prosecuting Neani. With that kind of violent temperament, surely the jury and judge would find Neani was better off behind bars. Unfortunately, that's not how it worked in this case. Neani was sentenced to just 20 years in prison for the murder of Amari Gueda. For his family, it was a devastating blow. His wife wrote this message to be read at Neani's trial. Nothing prepares you for the shock, the confusion, and the pain of being told that the person you love is suddenly gone forever. In that moment, my children and I lost the heart of our family. We hope that his wife, kids, and loved ones have comfort in knowing that the heart of their family is still with them, just in a different form. He should still be alive to see his kids grow up, to hold his wife's hand, and grow old with her. Instead, [music] he was snatched away all for nothing. Thank you for tuning in. Besides subscribing to help us make more videos exactly like this one, you can also listen to all of our crime podcasts over on Spotify. And before you go, check out one of the craziest cases I've ever covered right here, or one of my newest uploads right here.