. >> to fill the void, malcolm started to hang out more with demarco carpenter.ketball player, and neighborhood jokester. >> i was going to be a comedian. i thought i was so funny. i always told jokes. and get the girls, and make them laugh. >> but in north tulsa, fun could easily turn tragic in a split second. malcolm and demarco were at a party spot, late one night, in december 1993, when a drive-by shooter hit the place. malcolm was grazed, but demarco was badly injured. he was rushed to the hospital, malcolm by his side. >> he said hang in, there keep your eyes open. and he was holding my hand. and i remember him squeezing, hold on, hang in there. losing his brother to prison, then seeing his friend almost die, hardened malcolm. he inched a bit closer to the streets. in fact, police caught him with a handgun, something he says, probably would not have happened, if cory had been around. >> he's always been the one to say man no, what are you doing. you do and none of that. you need to be in school. are you need to get that football. >> malcolm, had always want