. >> reporter: the investigators believe those four men were targeted rodney prichett. they followed him around the mall, then killed him just steps outside. four men behind bars for a highly publicized killing just a week before christmas. rodney gunned down outside the center. his father spoke to wjz. >> they need to be in jail. you can't go around here killing people. >> reporter: investigators say brandon spotted prichett inside a store and called frank williams who drove to the mall with two other men. they used cell phones to communicate as they followed him throughout the mall. it all ended here where he was shot and killed. hundreds of surveillance cameras tracked the suspects. >> the video footage from the cameras in and around the mall was absolutely essential in helping us solve this case. >> reporter: neighbors are still wary of what happened. >> you don't really think about the mall being that bad. i guess it's gotten worse. >> i don't know the reason why it happened, but it shouldn't have. >> reporter: meantime, the victim's family is still coming to grips