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Video obtained by the I-Team shows the moment murder suspect Terrell Rhodes was able to grab a gun from a Metro police detective in an interview room. According to police, he had just confessed to killing 2-year-old Amari Nicholson and drew a map showing where the body could be found.
The video shows one of his hands cuffed to the table, and he tries to slip his hand out. He likely knows he’s going to jail, and he’s upset. The situation inside the interview room escalates quickly.
He is agitated, and detectives come back into the room to calm him down. That’s when he reaches over and grabs the gun from homicide detective Opal Deeds’ holster.
She and another detective struggle to get the loaded firearm back.
The detective testified in front of the grand jury that during the struggle, she heard Rhodes say he wanted to kill someone, and that the gun was pointed at her and another detective.
Two other officers enter the room.
A minute after he took the gun, Rhodes appears to be restrained.
The next day, May 12, investigators found Amari’s body near Paradise Road and Twain Avenue.