The Rx Defense
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
A Texas teenager shoots two of his friends. He says a popular acne medication made him do it. Tracy Smith reports.
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| 0:00.0 | Friends 1-9-1-1. |
| 0:02.0 | Hello. |
| 0:18.0 | Uh, 8-000-1-1-1, what's the location of your emergency? |
| 0:19.0 | Uh, in the middle south street, and I heard two guns fired. Please, hurry. I both are my friends. |
| 0:25.1 | I think the killer's still now, so I don't know. |
| 0:28.1 | He's my friend now. |
| 0:31.1 | The one with the gun, what's his name? |
| 0:35.1 | I call him. |
| 0:36.1 | 17 years of age, I don't know. What's his name? The car is open. 17 years of age. |
| 0:40.6 | What's going on? |
| 0:42.2 | Somebody hurt? |
| 0:43.9 | He's hurt. |
| 0:46.3 | People. |
| 0:48.8 | Where are they at? |
| 0:49.6 | When police get to the scene, the first person that they come upon is Connor. |
| 0:53.6 | And they're trying to figure out what happened. |
| 0:56.0 | Two teenage males. |
| 0:58.0 | Okay. |
| 0:59.0 | Inside. |
| 1:00.0 | Okay. |
| 1:01.0 | I think they're deceased. |
| 1:03.0 | The officers aren't exactly sure when they walk into the house what they're going to see. |
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