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The Ballad of Billy Balls

S2 [8] Cops Tend to Shoot | The Ballad of Billy Balls

The Ballad of Billy Balls

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.49.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

After months of anticipation, iO and Austin receive the biggest piece of evidence yet.

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0:00.0

So crime, F-A shooting, I don't know what F-A is, precinct of occurrence 9th, location 13th, 3rd

0:09.1

Ave.

0:10.1

Okay.

0:11.1

In front of me and my producer Austin is something we always knew we needed, but we're

0:14.8

never sure we'd be allowed to see.

0:17.7

Something essential to ever understanding the full story of what happened to Billy Balls.

0:26.0

We're finally holding the police report from Billy's shooting.

0:32.4

The NYPD sent a small stack of statements, forensic reports, handwritten notes, and 12 crime

0:39.1

scene photos.

0:40.1

Oh my god.

0:43.1

Oh, Jesus.

0:45.4

This is a photograph of the front door of 13th Ave.

0:53.2

It's a black and white, super high contrast.

0:58.0

Photograph clearly taken at night with a flash of the front of the storefront where my mom

1:02.5

and Billy lived.

1:04.8

And this is a crime scene photo.

1:08.3

I've heard so many stories from my mom about this storefront.

1:18.4

It's wild to finally see the whole place.

1:22.4

Oh my god.

1:25.6

Now I'm looking at a photograph of the inside of their apartment.

1:34.1

There's exposed pipes on the ceiling and just shit everywhere.

1:38.9

It's just one big open room and there's stuff piled on everything.

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