it's a place called pittsford, new york. and newspaper reporter john hand knows it well. >> it's a very nice community, very picturesque community. >> thick lawns, nice cars in the garage? >> lots of executives from kodak and xerox and lawyers. >> charlie was younger of two boys. his parents, born in china lived in canada before moving to upstate new york. his dad ran a tech business that thrived. the home radiated upper middle class comfort. his friend anna had been there on occasion. >> i went over to his house. i didn't know his parents very well. i talked to his mom a couple times, but i didn't really have much conversation with them when we were there. >> little was known about his parents, and charlie didn't offer any details if someone asked. if he had secrets, sorrows, they weren't for the outside world to know about. >> he's very good at like keeping his emotions in. >> i have no idea what the home situation is like. i didn't know before, and i don't know now. >> other than a few 911 dispatchers, and a few town offi

but charlie got in his car and started the drive to pittsford 100 miles away. coach didn't know but charlie tan's life as a student at cornell would soon be over. >> you didn't worry about charlie. he's very squared away, got his act together. know what is he's doing. >> only charlie tan wasn't at all okay. it snowed that night, a muffling blanket, covering the home where something awful was about to happen. >> coming up -- why did charlie need to rush home? the first clue coming from a friend's mom who called 911. >> he didn't give us a lot of details. i'm just worried that he might do something at his house. >> then charlie's mom makes a 911 call of her own. >> did you say you heard a shot? >> yes. >> does somebody in the house have a gun? >>> welcome back too "dateline extra." i'm tamron hall. charlie tan was studying among the academic elite at a prestigious university. he was bright, athletic, and made friends easily. when it came to his family, he played it close to the vest. so when his name was linked to violence in his hometown, it took the campus and

it's not very often you have a murder suspect who a bunch of people from pittsford are rallying aroundtured the hearts and mind of a community that couldn't imagine this exceptional young man in prison. these are lawyers and surgeons and big powerful people in new york state who are behind this kid. >> oh, yeah. >> we wish that hadn't happened but the kid deserves a break. >> the community felt that very strongly. >> so, when the trial began less than a year after the shooting, the sworn representative of the people with a murder case to prove found herself in an odd spot. >> the biggest problem was the defendant himself, because he did appear to be, you know, an upstanding, nice young man. >> monroe county district attorney sandra dorley. >> from the very beginning, people were disappointed that an indictment was filed against charlie tan and we're taking this to court. but, you know what? we have to prosecute people who violate the laws of our state. >> assistant d.a. prosecuted the case in court. he told the jury that yes, charlie tan was a high achiever, a bright young man who alwa

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