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Communicate with them and the first thing i asked is, pat, you know, patrick. and they said he didn't make it. >> what kind of person was patrick? >> he was just like a ball of light. amazing musician. absolute pacifist. you know, just a very kind of spiritual person, you know? the world lost a very special person that day. that's my first experience with death, and it was rough. when i came out of the hospital, i was angry. it kept me up at night. you know, i would play it over and over in my head. the fact that i was robbed but not only robbed but robbed by friends, hurt. it was an awful fee...

This space, brother, you know, you know, this is -- this is the heavy lifting. what do you want out of this, brother? >> i just want the truth. >> you want the truth, bro? okay. so do you want to share the way that you perceive it or do you want me to say -- >> i'll tell you exactly what happened. i woke up and you were at the foot of my bed. i sat up and you pulled out a pistol and shot me twice. that quick. didn't say a word. nothing. knocked me over on my bed. i bled there for a while. i sat up in bed. hit my light. spit out a mouthful of blood. i could hear you guys in the front yard loadi...

Patrick and seriously wounded "gunner" johnson back in 1994. i really want to hear christian's side of this whole thing and what drove him to commit an act of violence like this. ♪ >> van. >> you all right, sir? >> good to see you, brother. >> good to see you. >> thank you for coming in. >> i know, thank you for making some time. >> making some time. i got lots of it, brother. >> good point. this is the place, huh? >> yep. this is where we do all the heavy lifting. >> yeah. one of the things i was curious about is just how you even got to know "gunner." >> you know, i just kind of met him in...

I had a pretty happy, carefree existence as a hippie. i didn't have support financially from my parents at that time. so i learned to sell marijuana. i thought of it not really as dealing drugs but as a service. it seemed really laid back. i didn't think of having to carry a gun, but eventually i started to because there was just so much money involved. >> and you're, like, how old? >> 19, 18, yeah. >> so, just take me back. describe what happened the night of the incident. >> it was december 20th of 1994. i remember patrick, a really good friend of mine, came by. i remember he tuned my mandol...

It was like getting hit by a boxer in the sweet spot. >> you were unconscious. >> it knocked me out. >> you were not expecting the first round. >> yeah. >> in that moment, brother, you couldn't have been any more courageous than to sit up and defend your friend's life and defend your life. >> i have no memory of it. >> you did, brother. you had heart in that situation and want you to know that. i want you to know that you stood up for patrick. you weren't there for that moment, brother, and as soon as i got to slowing down, when i understood you believed what you were saying, all these years i...