Paula Levine

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

To Eric, Rashawn saying clip up meant bring a gun next time.

It was a threat.

According to their teammate Chris Zellner, Brian and Rashawn didn't get along afterwards.

Prosecutors talk about whether a suspect has motive, means, and opportunity for committing a crime.

From all the stories we'd heard, we knew that Brian and Rashawn were at odds and that it likely had something to do with Jada.

That could have been a motive.

What about the means?

Brian was killed at close range with a handgun.

Remember, before the 2006 season started, a shooting that involved two Hurricanes players led head coach Larry Coker to institute a no-guns rule, a rule the players routinely broke.

At least two of Rashawn's teammates say they saw him with a gun.

Dave Howell told police that Rashawn threatened him with a gun, and his description of that gun could match the one used to kill Brian.

Remember how police couldn't find a spent bullet casing at the crime scene?

The gun Dave said Rashawn pointed at him was a revolver, meaning it wouldn't have left casings behind.

And teammate Kareem Brown told police that Rashawn said he always carried a revolver, a .38 caliber handgun.

According to a detective's report, the medical examiner said a .38 was possibly the caliber of the bullet that killed Brian.

So that could have been the means.

And what about opportunity?

To establish that, we'd have to track Rashawn's movements as closely as possible on the day of the murder.

On the morning of November 7, 2006, Rashawn found out that he was suspended from the team for failing a drug test.