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[bell and music] Friends with 911. What's the location of your emergency? >> Uh South Street. I heard two guns fired.
Please hurry. Both of my friends. I think the killer's gone now. So I don't know. He's my
friend now. >> The one with the gun. What's his name? >> 17 years ago. >> What's going on?
>> Somebody hurt. >> Two people. >> Where they at? >> When police get to the scene, the first
person that they come upon is Connor. >> And they're trying to figure out what happened.
>> Two >> teenage males. >> Okay. >> Inside. >> Okay. >> I think they're deceased.
The officers aren't exactly sure when they walk into the house what they're going to see. And what did the police
[music] see? >> Ethan first and then you see Ben. They were both shot in the head.
>> I want to die. I'm going to die. I'm >> just going to detain you. Okay. >> They immediately turn around and they
say, "Detain him." >> Talking about Connor. Why did I do this? >> [music] >> He's going to buckle you up. All right.
>> I have your son in the back seat of the patrol car because he's indicated to us
that he >> took two people's lives today in your house. >> Okay. >> Dear God, we can go now.
[music] >> He never had a temper. always very mild, laidback. >> Had he ever [music] been in trouble?
>> No. >> No. Never. >> My son, he's a good boy. He's a good kid. It's okay. Relax. Okay.
>> That was not him that night. I know that was him physically, [snorts] but mentally that was not him.
>> Set a seat in here for me. Okay. that night he was just like, "Why would I do this?" [music] You know, those were
my friends. >> Can you tell me anything about your friends? About Ethan and Ben?
[snorts] >> I'm sorry. [snorts] All I'm going to say is that they were very good friends to me. That's all
[snorts and music] I'm going to say. I'm >> so evil. >> He talked about that it was evil what he
did. He knew what he was doing. He wanted to pull that trigger and he did. [panting]
>> Hey, listen to me. Take you some deep breaths. Okay. >> Connor's accused of shooting two
friends. He admits that he did it. What am I missing here? Why take this case on?
>> Well, because we wanted to get to the truth of what happened, the wise. >> It is baffling to me. Out of the blue, a
extremely incredible act of violence was committed. >> After our research, we realized that
there was a reason. >> Do you take uh any prescribed medications? >> Yes, sir, I do.
>> What do you take? [snorts] An expert with a defense saying the shooting was driven by psychosis caused by a popular
acne medication. >> You think the acne medication put you in a mental state where you could commit
murder? >> Yes, ma'am.

ALL NEW: A Texas teenager shoots two of his friends. He says a popular acne medication made him do it. "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith reports Saturday, Feb. 7 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Connor shoots his friends Ethan and Ben, raising questions about mental health and medication influence.

Key points

A Shocking Admission. Connor admits to shooting his friends, raising questions about his mental state.
The Role of Medication. A defense claims Connor's actions were influenced by an acne medication.

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Episode quotes

He knew what he was doing. He wanted to pull that trigger and he did.

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