The Closer (2005–2012): Season 1, Episode 4 - Show Yourself - full transcript
Brenda forms an alliance with a man while searching for a sniper, but her trust is put to the test when he manipulates and out-maneuvers her, causing a gang backlash.
SANCHEZ: DID YOU KNOW THESE
3 GUYS WHO WERE MURDERED?
GIRL: PAYASO, BIG
MOUSY, AND LITTLE MOUSY.
LITTLE MOUSY WAS MY FUTURE.
DID YOU BELONG TO HIM?
I WAS GOING TO.
[POLICE DISPATCHER ON RADIO]
THEY WERE JUST HERE
TO KICK IT, YOU KNOW?
HAD A 40, SMOKED SOME
GOOD MOTA BEFORE HE LEFT.
ABOUT WHAT TIME WAS THAT?
6:00.
LITTLE MOUSY GOT
HOME FROM THE MINT
AT LIKE 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA.
CALLATE. CALLATE, SHY
GIRL. VETE A LA CASA.
YOU'RE NEW, ESE.
I'M PUTTING IN WORK
6 MONTHS, VATO.
OH, YEAH? YOU GOT YOUR STRIPES?
CHAVALA.
PARK USED TO BE MINE, HOMEY.
SANCHEZ.
I HEARD OF YOU.
GUERO.
LITTLE MOUSY WAS
ONE OF MY BROTHERS.
MI SANGRE.
I'M GONNA KILL THE
NEXT JOKER I SEE, HOMES.
SANCHEZ: CALMATE.
THESE... ARE GONNA
PAY BIG TIME, HOMES!
OK, TAO, CAN YOU READ THAT?
HMM.
"TRUST NO BITCH."
WELL, AT LEAST HE'S NOT AFRAID
TO BE UP-FRONT WITH HIS FEELINGS.
SANCHEZ, WHO WERE
THE DEAD ONES DATIN'?
PLENTY OF THOSE
WOMEN SWITCH SIDES.
NOW OUR BLOOD IS ALL OVER.
THOSE BITCHES...
THEY DOWN WITH YOU GUYS?
WE DON'T KEEP NO
'HOOD RATS, HOMES.
NO?
IT'S GOIN' DOWN.
TRANQUILO.
DETECTIVE: TAG 'EM.
FLYNN: THE BULLETS
WEREN'T SPRAYED.
EACH VICTIM DIED FROM A
SINGLE SHOT TO THE T-ZONE.
PROVENZA: TOO BAD
HE ONLY GOT 3 OF 'EM.
WE SHOULD GIVE
THIS KILLER A MEDAL
FOR CLEANING UP
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHY IS PRIORITY HOMICIDE HERE?
I GUESS TRIPLE MURDER'S
OUR AUTOMATIC INVITATION.
THESE ARE NOT PRIORITY MURDERS.
WHERE'S SCARLETT O'HARA?
THE ONLY THING SHE GOT
OUT OF OUR HOMIES HERE
WERE DIFFERENT WAYS
THEY'D LIKE TO DO HER.
SHE'S IN THE VAN.
VAN? GOOD.
WE SHOULD PROCESS ALL
OUR CRIME SCENES THIS WAY.
COME ON.
YOU CAN BUY ME A CUP OF COFFEE.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
COME IN.
HEY.
DEPARTMENT OF
SANITATION'S ALL DONE.
CAN WE RELEASE THE SCENE?
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
THANKS.
CAN WE CLEAN UP
A LITTLE BIT IN HERE?
THIS PLACE IS A MESS.
SORRY.
EXCUSE ME, SIR. MAY I HELP YOU?
DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ARE.
DEPUTY CHIEF BRENDA JOHNSON.
COLONEL D.B. WALTER, UNITED
STATES MARINE CORPS, RETIRED.
MAY I HELP YOU?
DO YOU HAVE ANY WITNESSES?
WHY ARE YOU HERE?
HOW MANY SHOTS WERE FIRED?
I ASKED WHY YOU WERE HERE?
3, RIGHT?
THE SHOOTING START
ABOUT 8:00 LAST NIGHT?
LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT.
THIS IS NOT THE PLACE
OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
THIS IS THE PLACE
OF MY QUESTIONS.
LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT.
I'M NOT ANSWERING
ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS
UNLESS YOU ANSWER MINE.
IT'S A SERIOUS MATTER TO
WITHHOLD MATERIAL INFORMATION
ABOUT A HOMICIDE,
COLONEL WALTER.
I'M NOT WITHHOLDING ANY
MATERIAL INFORMATION, MA'AM.
IT'S JUST MY OPINION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR IT?
YES, I WOULD.
IN MY OPINION, THE SHOOTER WAS ON
THE ROOF OF THE PARK PLAZA HOTEL.
NOW, YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE ME
'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA
FIND ANY CASINGS UP THERE.
NOW I'LL ANSWER
YOUR NEXT QUESTION.
HOW DO I KNOW THAT?
IN MY OPINION,
WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH
AN ORDINARY SHOOTER.
WE'RE DEALING WITH A SNIPER,
AND SNIPERS ARE
TRAINED TO BE INVISIBLE.
I THINK I CAN HELP YOU FIND HIM.
AND HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?
I THINK I WAS HIS
FIRST INSTRUCTOR.
DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME?
NO... BUT HE'S MY SON.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW HIS NAME?
I HAVEN'T SEEN OR HEARD
FROM MY SON IN OVER A YEAR.
I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD
UNTIL ALL THESE
KILLINGS STARTED.
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN THESE?
YES.
NOW BACK TO MY OPINION.
I THINK IF WE WORK
TOGETHER, WE CAN STOP HIM,
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP MY OPINION
ABOUT THE SNIPER AWAY FROM THE PRESS,
OTHERWISE, WE BOTH
LOSE CONTROL OF THIS CASE.
I DON'T MAKE DEALS WITH SOMEONE
I JUST MET ON A CRIME SCENE.
GET TO KNOW ME.
BRENDA: TREES BLOCK THE VIEW
OF THE PARK FROM OVER THERE,
AND THAT ROOF
OFFERS NO PROTECTION.
GOOD EYE, CHIEF.
GOOD EYE.
THIS COBWEB'S BROKEN,
BUT THERE'S NO CIGARETTE BUTTS.
NO MARKS IN THE GRAVEL, EITHER.
YEAH, WELL, NOT EVEN
MR. NOBODY LEAVES NOTHIN' BEHIND.
I WANT THIS ENTIRE
ROOF PROCESSED BY S.I.D.
YOU GOT IT, MA'AM.
HOW'D YOU KNOW TO
COME UP TO THIS ROOF?
LUCKY GUESS.
THE ONLY WAY UP HERE'S
THROUGH THE BUILDING.
SEE IF THEY'VE GOT
SECURITY TAPES.
LOOKS LIKE A GOOD
PLACE TO SHOOT FROM.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE THE
FIRST PERSON TO THINK OF THAT.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
TAO: THAT'S LITTLE
MOUSY IN THE CENTER,
BIG MOUSY ON THE LEFT,
PAYOSO ON THE RIGHT.
[CORRECTING
PRONUNCIATION] PAYASO.
OK.
TAO: THE SHOOTER... [SIGHS]
WAITED UNTIL HE HAD
PROTECTION OF THE NIGHT.
AS YOU CAN SEE...
THEY HAD TIME TO BE AFRAID.
ALL RIGHT. CAN WE HIT
THE LIGHTS, PLEASE?
3 MATCH-GRADE PRECISION
BULLET FRAGMENTS WERE FOUND.
168-GRAIN DOVETAIL
HOLLOW POINT .308S.
THEY LEAVE SMALL ENTRANCE WOUNDS
AND GRAPEFRUIT-SIZED
EXIT WOUNDS.
DETECTIVE SANCHEZ, HOW MANY
SHARPSHOOTERS DID YOU SEE
DURING YOUR YEARS ON THE
GANG INTELLIGENCE TEAM?
NONE.
OK. WILL YOU SHOW US THE
LAY OF THE LAND PLEASE?
ALL RIGHT.
OUR VICTIMS... BIG
MOUSY, LITTLE MOUSY,
PAYASO. "CLOWN"?
THESE WERE NOT VETERANOS,
BUT THEY WEREN'T
JUST JUMPED IN, EITHER.
THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE
MANAGEMENT OF THE E/S 14,
WHICH MEANS "EAST SIDE CATORCE."
IT'S A LATINO GANG,
AND THEY CLAIM THE
BLOCKS FROM 14TH STREET
UP TO WILSHIRE BOULEVARD.
MACARTHUR PARK
IS WHERE THEIR TURF
OVERLAPS INTO ANOTHER
GANG... L.A. JOKERS.
NOW, BOTH GANGS ARE SIMILAR.
THE BOTH DEAL
COKE, ROCK, AND "H."
MOST RECENTLY, THEY BOTH
BRANCHED OUT INTO FIREARMS.
SO THEY'D HAVE NO
TROUBLE GETTIN' A GUN?
SANCHEZ: NO, NO ONE WOULD.
I MEAN, AN H-S
PRECISION PRO 2000'S
THE MOST POPULAR
RIFLE USED BY S.W.A.T.
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET.
BUT THERE'S NO ONE IN THE JOKERS
OR NEITHER OF THESE GANGS
THAT CAN SHOOT LIKE THIS.
NO NEW GUYS, NO OLD GUYS.
SO THERE'S A
SNIPER ON THE LOOSE.
THAT'S ONE WAY OF SAYIN' IT.
ANY LUCK WITH THOSE
SURVEILLANCE TAPES?
THE PARK PLAZA HOTEL
HAD A COOKING CONVENTION
IN THE LOBBY YESTERDAY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF
PEOPLE THERE. A LOT.
ALL RIGHT, LIEUTENANT FLYNN,
COULD YOU CHECK OUT
THOSE TAPES FOR ME, PLEASE,
AND, UH, SEE IF ANY
FACES POP OUT AT YOU?
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
WITH MILITARY OR POLICE TRAINING
WHO ALSO HAS A RECORD.
LIEUTENANT PROVENZA
CAN HELP YOU.
LIEUTENANT TAO AND
SERGEANT GABRIEL,
EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT WAS
PICKED UP ON THE STREETS,
COULD YOU CHECK AND SEE
WHO'S BOUGHT A SNIPER RIFLE
IN THE LAST YEAR?
THAT'S INTERNET AND RETAIL.
PRESS CONFERENCE.
SANCHEZ, I WANT YOU TO DO IT.
DO YOU WANT ME
TO DO IT IN ESPAÑOL?
COULDN'T HURT. COME ON.
UH, WILL, CAN I TALK TO
YOU FOR JUST A SECOND?
HOLA. SOY DETECTIVO SANCHEZ.
ESTOY AQUI PARA EXPLICAR
QUE PASO EN EL PARQUE.
IF YOU GO ON THE AIR
AND TELL LOS ANGELES
TO BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR A SNIPER,
IT'LL BE D.C. ALL OVER AGAIN.
PEOPLE WON'T GET OUT
OF THEIR CARS TO GET GAS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THE PRESS ALREADY
ASSUMES IT'S A GANG SHOOTING,
SO DOES IT HELP YOU TO HAVE
THEM CONTINUE THINKING THAT?
WELL, BUT THE EAST SIDE CATORCES
ARE GONNA RETALIATE
AGAINST THE JOKERS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT
BOTH WAYS, BRENDA.
MAKE THE CALL.
OK.
OK.
"GANG VIOLENCE ESCALATES."
OK.
THAT'S SHORTY YOU HAVE THERE.
IT WASN'T AN IMPORTANT
MURDER AT THE TIME.
SINGLE VIC, GANG TERRITORY.
WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?
TOPO?
SAME DEAL.
WHAT IS THAT PERFUME?
I'M NOT WEARIN' ANY. OH.
WHY?
DO I SMELL?
YES... BUT GOOD.
UM... AHEM.
WE DIDN'T FIND CASINGS
OR BULLETS AT EITHER SCENE.
THE CASINGS I CAN'T EXPLAIN,
BUT THE BULLETS
HAVE SUCH VELOCITY,
THEY EITHER
DISINTEGRATE ON CONTACT
OR GO THROUGH THE HEAD
AND DEEP INTO WHATEVER'S
[SNIFFS] BEHIND THE TARGET.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR SHAMPOO?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS ON SALE.
USING MY HOMICIDE
ANALYST AGAIN, I SEE.
CAPTAIN TAYLOR,
THESE 2 GANG KILLINGS...
WHICH 2? GANG KILLINGS
ACCOUNT FOR 60%
OF THE HOMICIDES IN THIS CITY.
EAST SIDE CATORCES?
ONLY HAPPENED LAST MONTH.
2 VICS KILLED EXACTLY
THE SAME WAY,
SINGLE BULLET TO THE HEAD.
CATORCE GETS SHOT,
IT USUALLY MEANS
HE'S DONE SOMETHING WORSE
THAN THE JOKER WHO SHOT HIM.
IT'S A TWO-FER.
GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT.
WOULD YOU BE SAYING THIS
IF THE VICTIMS WERE BLACK?
I CAN GO. NO.
YES. NO!
THESE POOR,
MISUNDERSTOOD YOUTHS,
THEY KILL COPS.
SO WHEN THEY TURN UP DEAD,
I DON'T SEE BLACK,
BROWN, YELLOW, OR WHITE.
THE ONLY COLOR I SEE IS BLUE.
THIS GANG THING DIDN'T
START BECAUSE OF THE POLICE,
AND IT WON'T END
BECAUSE OF THE POLICE.
WE JUST CONTAIN IT.
SO INVESTIGATIN' THESE
MURDERS IS A WASTE OF TIME?
HOW YOU ALLOCATE YOUR
RESOURCES IS UP TO YOU, CHIEF.
I WAS GLAD TO GET YOUR CALL,
GLAD YOU KEPT THE
PRESS OUT OF THIS.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOIN' HERE.
I KNOW THE ESTEEM
POLICEWOMEN HOLD IN THE MILITARY.
IT'S PRETTY GUTSY OF YOU
TO ASK A WOMAN FOR HELP.
YOUR REPUTATION
CANCELED OUT THE AGENDA.
7 YEARS, C.I.A.,
4 YEARS, D.C.P.D.,
3 1/2 YEARS, ATLANTA P.D.
YOUR FATHER WAS A
CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY.
YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
WELL, I GOT TO KNOW YOU,
TOO, A LITTLE AS WELL... COLONEL.
YOUR MOST FAMOUS SHOT WAS FROM
A MOVING BOAT ON THE MEKONG DELTA.
YOU BLEW OFF THE HEAD OF AN
ENEMY SNIPER FROM 900 YARDS.
YOU HAD 72 CONFIRMED
KILLS IN VIETNAM.
THAT'S 9 SHORT OF THE RECORD.
SO YOU HAVE MY MILITARY FILE.
YEAH, IT WAS A BIG HELP,
SO I GOOGLED YOU.
AND YOU HAVE MY
SON'S FILE AS WELL.
MM-HMM.
MASTER GUNNERY
SERGEANT D.B. WALTER JR.,
WAS IN A SNIPER UNIT AS PART
OF THE INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN,
AND IN SPRING 2003,
HE WAS SENT HOME...
BECAUSE?
HIS WIFE WAS A SOCIAL WORKER...
KILLED BY A STRAY BULLET
SHOT BY AN EAST SIDE CATORCE.
HER NAME WAS DONNA.
WONDERFUL GIRL.
WONDERFUL.
IS HER CASE STILL OPEN?
YES.
STILL INTERESTED IN MY OPINION?
UH, VERY.
THAT'S WHY MY SON IS DOING THIS.
YOU PEOPLE CAN'T
FIND WHO KILLED HER,
AND HE'S NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL
EVERY EAST SIDE CATORCE IS DEAD.
THIS HAPPENED IN SPRING 2003.
WHAT TOOK YOUR SON SO
LONG TO SEEK REVENGE?
HE THOUGHT THE L.A.P.D.
WAS GONNA DO ITS JOB.
HE WAITED, AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
LAST CHRISTMAS, HE
WALKED OUT OF THE HOUSE
AND NEVER CAME HOME,
SET OUT TO START HIS OWN WAR.
TELL ME HOW YOU CAN HELP ME.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND
MY SON ON YOUR OWN.
HE'S BEHIND ENEMY LINES,
DISGUISED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
I CAN TELL YOU HOW HE THINKS.
I WANT YOUR SON'S
UNCENSORED MILITARY RECORDS.
I NEED A LIST OF EVERY
KNOWN EAST SIDE CATORCE,
NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
I WANT YOUR RECORDS, TOO.
ONLY IF...
I GIVE YOU THE LISTS?
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO
GET FROM HELPING ME?
MY WIFE DIED 14 YEARS AGO,
AND YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
MOVE FROM POST TO
POST, BASE TO BASE.
FAMILY BECOMES EVERYTHING.
MY BOY IS ALL I'VE GOT LEFT.
I HAVE A FEELING
IF I'M THERE WHEN YOU FIND HIM,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE HIM ALIVE.
[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]
[DOOR OPENS]
SO... PARTNERS THEN?
PARTNERS.
WELL, I KNOW YOU CAN TALK.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
AGAIN?
DOES THIS FACE LOOK FAMILIAR?
HIS WIFE WAS
KILLED, SPRING 2003.
SHE WAS A SOCIAL WORKER
CHECKIN' ON A FOSTER KID
WHEN SHE WAS HIT
BY STRAY BULLETS.
I REMEMBER THE CASE.
WHAT WAS HER LAST NAME AGAIN?
WALTER?
NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
IT WAS...
QUINN.
DONNA QUINN. SHE
KEPT HER MAIDEN NAME.
THERE SHE IS.
SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
MM-HMM.
LOOKS LIKE WE INTERVIEWED
SEVERAL EAST SIDE CATORCES, BUT...
NOTHIN'.
NADA.
AND HER HUSBAND CAME TO SEE YOU?
YEAH. HE, UH, WANTED TO KNOW
WHY WE WEREN'T DOING MORE.
WE OFFERED A REWARD,
SET UP A TIP LINE, RECANVASSED
THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I...
HOW DID HE ACT?
WAS HE ANGRY? DID HE LASH OUT?
NO, NO, NO. HE WAS VERY
CALM, VERY RESPECTFUL,
JUST LIKE HIS FATHER.
WHEN DID YOU MEET HIS FATHER?
OH, MUST HAVE BEEN JANUARY 2004.
CAME TO REPORT HIS SON MISSING.
ASKED TO SPEAK ONLY TO ME.
AND DID YOU LOOK FOR HIM?
WE FILED A MISSING
PERSONS REPORT,
BUT WE NEVER FOUND THE
BOY OR THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING.
HE WAS LICENSED TO
CARRY GUNS... MANY GUNS,
AND I ASSUMED... WELL,
HE KILLED HIMSELF.
SUICIDE RATE AMONG
RETURNING VETS
IS SOMEWHERE IN THE 17% RANGE.
I LOOKED AT THE
FATHER, AND I THOUGHT,
HERE'S A GUY WHO WOULD RATHER
BELIEVE THAT HIS SON IS MISSING
THAN... THAN THAT THE
BOY KILLED HIMSELF.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
THE POWER OF GRIEF.
OR THE NEED FOR REVENGE.
LET'S ASSUME THAT
THE SON IS ALIVE
AND HE'S THE SHOOTER.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
A CATORCE THAT'LL TALK TO ME.
I TOLD YOU HE WAS GONNA
STOP AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT.
I'M STILL FUZZY AS
TO WHY WE'RE ON HIM.
I'M NOT SURE THIS IS MORE FUN
THAN THE INTERNATIONAL
COOKING CONVENTION.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
DID YOU SEE THE GUY
SELLING STEAK KNIVES?
WHICH ONE? THERE
WERE LIKE 4 OF THEM.
I'M TALKIN' ABOUT THE ONE
WHERE YOU GOT THIS
REALLY NICE BUTCHER BLOCK.
I'M TELLIN' YOU, FLYNN,
THESE STEAK KNIVES
COULD CUT CANS.
AND HE HAD THIS DEAL
WHERE IF YOU BOUGHT ONE SET,
YOU GET THIS REALLY
NICE SET OF DISHTOWELS...
[FROM CELL PHONE] ♪
NOBODY KNOWS THE ♪
♪ TROUBLE THAT I'VE SEEN ♪
THIS WOMAN IS GOING
TO DRIVE ME CRAZY.
PROVENZA HERE.
HELLO, CHIEF.
UH-HUH.
THE COLONEL STOPPED
TO GET A BITE TO EAT.
YEP.
NOPE.
WE DON'T PLAN ON
LOSING HIM, MA'AM.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE SITTING HERE.
[HANGS UP]
MY EX-WIFE USED
TO CALL ME LIKE THAT,
TALK TO ME LIKE I WAS A CHILD.
[CHUCKLES] WHICH
EX-WIFE WAS THIS?
NUMBER 2.
AND NUMBER 4.
I FORGOT HOW ANNOYING SHE WAS
AND MARRIED HER TWICE.
HA HA HA HA!
DID YOU DIVORCE
HER, OR DID SHE...
DON'T GET BOGGED
DOWN IN TECHNICALITIES.
YEAH. YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
[CLOSES CELL PHONE]
YO, WHAT'S UP, MY BROTHER?
YOU LOOKIN' TO BUY SOME BLUNTS?
YO, WHERE YOUR HO AT, MY BROTHA?
OH.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU THE
ORIGINAL GANGSTA, YO.
I'M NOT YOUR BROTHER.
WHAT, YOU DON'T LIKE MEXICANS?
YEAH, I COULD TELL.
WATCH YOUR BACK, BROTHER.
WE'RE TAKING OVER.
JESUS.
YO, WHERE'D YOU
FIND THIS FOOL, MAN?
YEAH, HE COME WITH THE NEW JOB?
YO, HEH,
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE ANYWAY, ESE.
SOME ARE GONNA DIE SOONER...
PROLONGING IT WON'T MAKE
IT ANY BETTER, DETECTIVE TAO.
SPILL.
IT SEEMS COLONEL WALTER
EVADED SURVEILLANCE.
[DOOR OPENS]
WHO'S COLONEL WALTER,
AND WHY WAS HE BEING SURVEILLED?
SOMEONE THE CHIEF
WANTED US TO FOLLOW.
MAYBE I SHOULD GO TELL HER...
NO, NO.
SHE AND TAYLOR ARE
PLAYING NICE FOR A CHANGE.
WHY DON'T WE ALL
JUST ENJOY THE MOMENT.
WHAT'S UP, YO?
YOU MEAN YOUR MOMMY AND DADDY
GONNA WATCH OUT FOR YOU, MAN?
YOU CAN'T SLIDE UP IN
HERE BY YOURSELF, OR WHAT?
IS HE THAT OTHER ONE'S DADDY?
YOU KNOW, THE FOOL.
HEY, YOU LOOK ALIKE.
MR. GARCIA...
[IMITATES ACCENT] MR. GARCIA?
ES TAN BONITA CUANDO
NO ABRE LA BOCA.
SPEAKIE SPANISH?
LIKE YOUR PRISON?
HEY, MAN, I CAME IN
HERE BECAUSE YOU SAID
YOU WERE GONNA MAKE THAT
CARJACKING THING GO AWAY.
WE MIGHT. JUST LISTEN.
SPRING 2003 THIS WOMAN,
DONNA QUINN, WAS KILLED.
WITNESSES SAW A GANGSTER CAR
SPEEDING AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.
MAN, EVERY HOMIE IN
THE CITY'S GOT A CUTLASS.
THAT DON'T MEAN NOTHING.
YOUR BROTHER MARTIN GARCIA,
"MOSCA," HAD A CAR LIKE
THAT REGISTERED TO HIM.
ALL RIGHT.
HAY UN HOMBRE WHO WAS
JUST BUGGING ME ABOUT THIS.
HE WAS BUGGING A COUPLE OF US.
OH, YEAH? WHAT'S HE LOOK LIKE.
LIKE THAT ONE RIGHT THERE,
PERO MAS TALLER,
ATLETICO.
FIRME.
HEH.
DO YOU LIKE YOUR MEN... BURNT?
[SLAMS CHAIR DOWN]
ENOUGH TALK.
YOU TELL US WHO SHOT THIS WOMAN.
I KNOW YOU CAN SPEAK ENGLISH.
I KNOW YOU SPEAK
PERFECTLY GOOD ENGLISH.
HEY, MAN, BITCH IS DEAD.
REST IN PEACE.
WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU DID IT,
BUT YOU WERE THERE.
NAH, MAN. SPRING 2003?
I WAS RIGHT IN THE BEEF.
I WAS IN COUNTY. WAYSIDE, HOMES.
SHE WAS SHOT MARCH 22.
YOU WERE RELEASED
FROM PRISON 4 DAYS BEFORE.
AND THE PERSON WHO LIVED AT
THE HOUSE WHERE SHE WAS SHOT
IS RUMORED TO HAVE
KILLED YOUR PRIMO.
SO COME ON.
MUST HAVE HAD SOME
PAYBACK COMING.
MAN, SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW
MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO, HOMES.
SO WHY YOU ASKING ME
ALL THESE QUESTIONS?
BECAUSE THE JOKERS DIDN'T
DO THE SHOOTINGS IN THE PARK.
YOUR FRIENDS WERE
KILLED BY A SNIPER.
NO WAY.
SAME GUY SHOT
SHORTY AND TOPO, TOO.
THINK ABOUT IT, SON.
ONE SHOT TO THE
HEAD, EACH OF 'EM.
IT WAS RETALIATION FOR
DONNA QUINN'S DEATH.
WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?
WHO WAS SHE HAVING
FOLLOWED AGAIN?
NOW WE DON'T KNOW
WHO'S NEXT ON HIS LIST,
BUT IF THAT SNIPER WANTS
YOU, HE'S GONNA GET YOU,
UNLESS YOU TELL
US WHO KILLED HER,
AND THEN MAYBE WE
CAN STOP THIS GUY.
THINK OF YOUR HOMIES.
YOU COULD SAVE THEIR
LIVES, NOT JUST YOURS.
WE CAN FIND YOU A
NEW PLACE TO LIVE.
WE CAN GET YOUR WHOLE FAMILY
OUT OF HERE IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
IF YOU'RE SICK OF THE
LIFE, THIS IS YOUR OUT.
YOUR ABUELITA'S IN
THE HOSPITAL, ¿QUE NO?
YEAH. SHE'S AT GOOD SAMARITAN.
SHE'S REALLY SICK.
OH. WACHA.
WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF HER
WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU?
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
MAN, NO ONE EVEN KNEW THAT
BLACK BITCH WAS EVEN THERE, MAN.
HOMIE, ¿QUE PASA?
HERMANO, I GOTTA GO, MAN.
WE WERE JUST TALKING, RIGHT?
AM I UNDER ARREST? NO.
PLEASE... LATER, SANCHEZ.
WAIT.
ANOTHER CATORCE IS DEAD.
AND WHO THE HELL IS
COLONEL WALTER U.S.M.C?
BECAUSE FLYNN AND
PROVENZA LOST HIM.
CAN I TALK TO YOU
FOR A MINUTE, WILL?
WHAT?
I... I MIGHT HAVE
MADE A BIG MISTAKE.
I MIGHT HAVE GIVEN A LIST OF
KNOWN CATORCES TO THE KILLER.
YOU... YOU MIGHT HAVE?
PLUS THEIR ADDRESSES.
I MAY HAVE LED OUR
KILLER TO THE NEXT VICTIM.
HE LIVED IN THIS BUILDING.
HIS STREET NAME IS
"VAQUERO," COWBOY,
BUT I'M WAITING FOR AN I.D.
HE WAS KILLED BY A...
SINGLE SHOT TO THE HEAD.
SOMEBODY BRIEFED YOU ALREADY?
HOW'D YOU GET HERE SO FAST?
POLICE SCANNER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BELIEVE ME. I DON'T.
HAVEN'T LIED TO YOU YET.
WHY WOULD I START NOW?
BECAUSE YOU FOUND
YOUR SON, OR YOU DID THIS.
YOU HAD ME FOLLOWED.
YOU KNOW I DIDN'T.
YOU DELIBERATELY
EVADED SURVEILLANCE.
YOU PAID SOME GUY FROM
THE GAS COMPANY 200 BUCKS
TO SWAP CLOTHES WITH YOU.
I DIDN'T KILL HIM.
I AM BRINGING YOU
IN FOR QUESTIONING.
MAN: iVIVA LA CATORCE!
[GUNSHOTS] GET DOWN!
[TIRES SCREECH]
CHIEF?
I'M FINE.
[HELICOPTER]
THIS IS THE FALLOUT FROM
TRUSTING YOUR SUSPECT:
4 PEOPLE KILLED LAST NIGHT,
INCLUDING THESE 2 YOUNG BOYS.
I KNOW. BELIEVE ME, I KNOW.
I'VE HEARD CAPTAIN
TAYLOR'S SIDE ON THIS, TOO.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE.
WHY WERE YOU NOT SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THE SON WAS DEAD, THE
COLONEL WAS THE SHOOTER?
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, I THINK I DO,
BECAUSE EVERY TIME
YOU SEE A MILITARY MAN,
YOU GO ALL WEAK IN THE KNEES.
GUY PUTS A LITTLE AMERICAN
FLAG PIN ON HIS LAPEL,
AND SUDDENLY YOU
THINK HE'S YOUR DAD...
ALL RIGHT, WILL!
I MAY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE, OK?
BUT IF WE ANNOUNCE
THAT WE'RE REDIRECTING
THIS INVESTIGATION
TOWARDS THE SNIPER,
I'LL LOSE ALL CREDIBILITY
WITH COLONEL WALTER.
HE'LL NEVER TALK TO ME AGAIN.
WELL, USE THAT CREDIBILITY
NOW, BRENDA, OR LOSE IT,
BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA
LET A GANG WAR START
JUST SO YOU CAN GET
THIS GUY TO CONFESS.
YOU WANT ANOTHER
CRACK AT HIM, FINE.
YOU HAVE UNTIL THE 6:00 NEWS
TO BREAK HIM IN HALF.
YOU DON'T HAVE A POLICE
SCANNER IN YOUR CAR.
SO EITHER YOU KNEW WHERE THE
CRIME WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE,
IN WHICH CASE YOU ARE NOT
SHARING INFORMATION WITH ME
AS YOU PROMISED TO DO,
OR YOU'RE KILLING THESE
CATORCES YOURSELF.
WELL, IF YOU THINK I DID IT,
WHY DON'T YOU HOLD ME
HERE UNTIL THE NEXT MURDER.
I HAVE NO INTENTION
OF WAITING AROUND
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DIE.
WE ARE GETTING TO THE
TRUTH OF THIS, COLONEL,
RIGHT NOW, THIS INSTANT.
EITHER YOU PROVE TO ME
THAT YOU HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS,
OR I WALK OUT OF
HERE AND CALL THE FBI,
THE C.I.A., AND
HOMELAND SECURITY
AND TELL THEM I HAVE A MILITARY-TRAINED
SNIPER IN MY INTERVIEW ROOM
WHO'S USING THE CITIZENS OF
LOS ANGELES FOR TARGET PRACTICE.
HOW CAN I PROVE THAT I'M NOT...
THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM.
OK.
WAIT, WAIT!
WAIT.
WAIT A MINUTE.
2 FIRST-CLASS TICKETS, L.A.X.
OUR PASSPORTS, HIS AND MINE.
GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA.
HERE.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND
HIM BEFORE YOU DID,
TO GET HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
MY BOY IS NOT A
MURDERER, HE'S A SOLDIER.
AND WHO IS HE KILLING?
HE'S KILLING OUR
ENEMIES IN THE STREETS.
[SLAMS PAPERS ON TABLE]
MEET MIGUEL AND LUIS.
THEY WERE ALSO SHOT
TO DEATH LAST NIGHT.
WHY?
BECAUSE THEY WERE
STANDING NEXT TO A JOKER
WHOM THE CATORCES
DECIDED TO BLOW AWAY
IN RETALIATION FOR
YOUR SON'S KILLINGS.
OH, MY GOD.
[SOFTLY] OH, MY GOD.
ARE THEY OUR ENEMIES, TOO?
OR JUST COLLATERAL DAMAGE
IN YOUR SON'S PRIVATE WAR?
YOU KNOW I DON'T
THINK LIKE THAT.
I HELPED YOU. I GAVE YOU...
USELESS INFORMATION!
DON'T PRETEND THAT
WE WERE PARTNERS.
YOU MANIPULATED ME...
I NEVER MANIPULATED YOU!
I HAVE NOTHING BUT THE
UTMOST RESPECT FOR YOU.
SNIPERS ARE INVISIBLE,
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID,
TRAINED TO AVOID DETECTION.
YET YOU DELIBERATELY
CAUGHT MY ATTENTION
BY WALKING ACROSS MY CRIME SCENE
WITH A RIFLE SCOPE IN YOUR HAND,
CONNED ME INTO KEEPING
THE TRUTH FROM THE PRESS,
TRADED ME MEANINGLESS
MILITARY RECORDS
FOR NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
YOUR SON'S POTENTIAL VICTIMS.
I HAD TO STOP HIM,
YOU KNOW THAT.
HE CAN BE STOPPED.
MY BOY IS NOT A MONSTER.
WE'VE GOT 3 HOURS
LEFT TO PROVE THAT,
BECAUSE THEN MY BOSS CALLS
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND RELEASES YOUR
SON'S PHOTO TO THE PRESS.
3 HOURS, AND I LOSE CONTROL
OF THIS INVESTIGATION.
3 HOURS, AND THIS TURNS
INTO A FULL-ON MANHUNT.
THEY'LL KILL HIM.
THEN TELL ME HOW HE'S
CHOOSING HIS VICTIMS.
LOOK OVER THE SURVEILLANCE TAPES
THAT WE'VE GOT FROM
THE PARK PLAZA HOTEL.
SEE IF YOU CAN HELP US I.D. HIM.
HELP ME SAVE YOUR SON'S LIFE.
WHO IS MANIPULATING WHO?
OK.
I'LL HELP YOU...
IF YOU TAKE ME ALONG.
SORRY.
NO MORE NEGOTIATING.
DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND, PLEASE.
3 HOURS, AND THE
CLOCK IS TICKING.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
STOP THE TAPE HERE.
BACK IT UP A BIT.
HMM. FREEZE IT RIGHT HERE.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO
SEE THIS ENHANCED?
YOU GOT IT.
[TYPING ON KEYBOARD]
BRENDA: IS IT THE MAILMAN?
NO.
SUNGLASSES AND BACKPACK.
NO.
NO, THAT'S NOT HIM.
I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT MY
SON KNEW THE HOTEL SO WELL
THAT HE WAS ABLE TO
AVOID THE CAMERAS.
SO, NOW TELL ME HOW
HE'S CHOOSING HIS VICTIMS.
AFTER DONNA DIED,
THERE WAS AN
ARTICLE IN THE TIMES
WITH THIS PHOTO.
IT WAS A SKATEBOARD STAR
WHO WAS INTRODUCING
A NEW LINE OF CLOTHES,
SAID HIS INSPIRATION
CAME FROM THE STREETS.
LOOK HOW FAT AND HAPPY THEY ARE.
INFURIATED MY SON
AND INFURIATED ME.
FIRST VICTIM, SHORTY.
NEXT, TOPO.
LITTLE MOUSY, BIG MOUSY,
PAYASO.
VAQUERO.
HE'S GOING IN ORDER.
MM-HMM.
THIS GUY IS NEXT. HIS
NAME IS HECTOR VASQUEZ.
"TOKER."
OK, THANK YOU.
NO WAY.
A MAN'S LIFE IS IN DANGER.
SO SAYS YOUR SOURCE,
WHO'S BEEN SO GOOD
AT TELLING THE TRUTH.
LOOK, YOU ARE UPSET ABOUT...
YEAH, ABOUT CHILDREN
GETTING SHOT.
THIS GUY TOKER SPENT 2 YEARS IN
JUVIE FOR ASSAULTING HIS MOTHER.
I'M NOT GETTING YOU BODYGUARDS
TO PROTECT A GANGBANGER.
BUT MY TEAM IS MY TEAM, RIGHT?
HAVE YOU EVER RUN ONE OF THESE?
WILL YOU TAKE TACTICAL?
YEAH. YOU WANT
MY MEN IN ON THIS?
HOW YOU ALLOCATE YOUR
RESOURCES IS UP TO YOU, CAPTAIN.
AND I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY
THAT WHILE WALTER
JR., OUR SNIPER,
HAS BEEN TRAINED BY THE BEST
HE'S OUT TO GET THE
CATORCES, NOT US.
UM, CAPTAIN TAYLOR HAS
AGREED TO RUN THIS OPERATION.
SO, CAPTAIN TAYLOR?
SHE'S DELEGATING?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THAT? PIGS CAN FLY.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, LISTEN UP.
FIRST WE'LL GET ONTO THE ROOFS
OF THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS.
ONCE WE ARE IN
POSITION TO COVER HIM
WE WILL SEND SANCHEZ
UP TO TOKER'S HOUSE,
LET HIM TRY AND TALK THE
BOY INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
AND IF WE ARE LUCKY...
EMPHASIS ON LUCKY...
WHILE OUR SNIPER'S
FIXATED ON HIS NEXT TARGET,
WE'LL GET A CHANCE
TO SURPRISE HIM.
WE GOT ABOUT 45
MINUTES UNTIL NIGHTFALL.
KEEP YOUR TALKIES ON,
AND I WANT TO SEE
VESTS ON EVERYONE,
AND I MEAN EVERYONE.
WHAT ARE WE STILL
DOING HERE? LET'S DO THIS.
UH, MAYBE IT WOULD BE BETTER
IF WE LEFT THE O.G. HERE, SIR.
FINE WITH ME.
YOU GUYS GO GET SHOT AT,
AND I'LL WATCH IT ON TV.
I'LL MEET YOU AT THE HOUSE.
I'VE GOTTEN PERMISSION
FOR YOU TO ACCOMPANY US.
NO.
IT'S TOO LATE.
I'LL WAIT FOR YOU HERE.
I PROMISE YOU, SIR,
I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER
TO BRING YOUR SON IN ALIVE.
MMM. YEAH.
HEY.
I'LL DRIVE.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE HAVING
FOR DINNER? DRIVE-THROUGH?
OK, WHATEVER. SOUNDS GOOD.
HEY, UM, WILL YOU
WATCH THE DOORS
AND SEE IF YOU SEE A
TALL BLACK MAN LEAVING?
HE'S 6'2" AND HAS
PERFECT POSTURE.
IS HE COMING TO DINNER WITH US?
NO. THIS IS LESS ABOUT DINNER
AND MORE ABOUT A JOINT OPERATION
BETWEEN THE FBI AND THE L.A.P.D.
IS THIS OFFICIAL?
OH, OF COURSE. YEAH.
I'M JUST A LITTLE BEHIND ON
MY PAPERWORK, THAT'S ALL.
HE'S PULLING OUT OF THE LOT.
[TRUCK ENGINE STARTS]
COULD YOU FOLLOW HIM, PLEASE,
AND BE EXTRA CAREFUL,
BECAUSE HE'S VERY GOOD
AT DETECTING SURVEILLANCE.
ON-BOARD COMPUTER:
HELLO, MR. HOWARD.
THE TIME IS 7:32 PM.
YOUR LOCATION IS 150
NORTH LOS ANGELES STREET.
WHAT IS THAT?
I CALL HER TARA.
I THINK IT'S THE SAME WOMAN
WHO DOES MY VOICE MAIL.
MY NAVIGATION SYSTEM.
OH. I HAVE GOT TO
GET ONE OF THOSE.
I MUST REALLY LIKE YOU.
[STARTS UP ENGINE]
USUALLY WE DO THIS WITH BACKUP.
WHERE WE BLOCK OFF
THE SURROUNDING AREA...
BRENDA: CAN YOU STILL SEE HIM?
OR, YOU KNOW WHAT
I WOULD HAVE DONE?
I WOULD'VE PUT AN
AUTO-TRACK ON HIS CAR,
OR A GPS HOMING
DEVICE ON THE CAR...
I COULD'VE DONE ALL THAT,
BUT INSTEAD I CALLED YOU.
AND FOR THAT I AM GRATEFUL.
SANCHEZ.
SANCHEZ, GO.
WHAT'S GOING ON? DO YOU THINK
HE KNOWS HE'S BEING FOLLOWED?
I'M DRIVING PARALLEL TO
HIM, SO I DON'T THINK SO.
UH-OH.
WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ON?
I THINK HE'S WINKING AT ME.
DON'T LOOK DIRECTLY AT HIM!
BRENDA... DON'T
LOOK AT ME EITHER!
YOU KNOW, WHEN I IMAGINED
YOU IN MY BACK SEAT,
THIS ISN'T EXACTLY
WHAT I HAD IN MIND.
CAPTAIN, WHAT'S THAT?
THAT'S HIM.
ALL UNITS RESPOND,
200 BLOCK OF LOMA.
GRAY APARTMENT
BUILDING, ON THE ROOF.
LET'S MOVE IT NOW!
FBI! DON'T MOVE!
STAND UP! PUT YOUR
HANDS OVER YOUR HEAD NOW!
BACK UP.
BACK UP.
HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD, SLOWLY.
PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND
YOUR BACK, SLOWLY.
ON YOUR KNEES. ON YOUR KNEES.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
TAYLOR. GO.
LET ME SHOW THIS
HIGH-POWERED SNIPER RIFLE.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
TAYLOR. GO.
THIS IS SANCHEZ.
TOKER'S IN COUNTY.
HE'S BEEN THERE
FOR, LIKE, 4 DAYS NOW.
UNBELIEVABLE!
ARE WE ANYWHERE
NEAR LUCAS AVENUE?
[TYPES ON KEYBOARD]
WE'RE MOVING AWAY
FROM LUCAS AVENUE.
[SIGHS]
WANTED HIM TO BE
TELLING ME THE TRUTH.
SHE SET US UP. NO, SHE DIDN'T.
WELL, THEN, WHERE IS SHE?
THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION. I'LL FIND OUT.
SHE WAS NEVER PLANNING TO SHOW.
YOU KNOW, I HAD HER ALL WRONG.
SHE'S AN EVEN BIGGER BITCH
THAN I THOUGHT SHE WAS.
HEY, IT'S GABRIEL.
WHERE ARE YOU?
SUCH A SUCK-UP.
YEAH, WELL, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
YEAH, NO KIDDING.
TOKER IS IN COUNTY.
JESUS SAID HE SAW THE
COLONEL TALKING TO THESE GUYS.
HE MUST HAVE KNOWN.
NO, I DIDN'T KNOW TILL JUST NOW.
I FOLLOWED HIM TO
COVER OUR BASE...
DO YOU REALLY THINK I'D SEND
YOU ON A WILD-GOOSE CHASE?
DAMN IT.
WHAT? WHAT'S... WHAT'S GOING ON?
THE COLONEL LIED TO ME.
HEY, YOU WANT ME TO TURN AROUND,
'CAUSE HE STOPPED HIS CAR.
THEN LET ME OUT!
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
NOT UNLESS YOU
KEEP YOUR PHONE ON.
[LONG BEEP]
[RING]
HOW ABOUT THAT?
YOU GOT ME ON SPEED DIAL.
OK. I'M GONNA PARK THE CAR,
AND I'M GONNA MEET YOU...
HEY, WAIT! BRENDA, WAIT!
BRENDA, WAIT FOR ME!
OH!
IT WASN'T THE MAN
WITH THE SUNGLASSES.
IT WAS THE MAILMAN!
FRITZ: MAILMAN? WHAT MAILMAN?
I SHOULD'VE KNOWN.
I SHOULD'VE KNOWN!
BRENDA, WHERE ARE YOU?
GOING INTO THE WHITE BUILDING
ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE HOSPITAL.
BRENDA, WAIT FOR ME.
I'M ALMOST THERE. WAIT.
HELLO, FRITZ?
HELLO, FRITZ?
FRITZ!
POLICE. PUT YOUR WEAPON DOWN.
PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR.
BACK AWAY FROM THE GUN.
PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD.
DO NOT TURN AROUND.
DO NOT TURN AROUND!
DO NOT TURN AROUND!
[GUNSHOT]
COLONEL WALTER!
COLONEL WALTER, SHOW YOURSELF!
I KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
SHOW YOURSELF!
COLONEL WALTER!
[SOFTLY] OH, PLEASE.
DON'T LEAVE ME HERE.
COLONEL WALTER.
COLONEL WALTER.
SHOW YOURSELF!
3 GUYS WHO WERE MURDERED?
GIRL: PAYASO, BIG
MOUSY, AND LITTLE MOUSY.
LITTLE MOUSY WAS MY FUTURE.
DID YOU BELONG TO HIM?
I WAS GOING TO.
[POLICE DISPATCHER ON RADIO]
THEY WERE JUST HERE
TO KICK IT, YOU KNOW?
HAD A 40, SMOKED SOME
GOOD MOTA BEFORE HE LEFT.
ABOUT WHAT TIME WAS THAT?
6:00.
LITTLE MOUSY GOT
HOME FROM THE MINT
AT LIKE 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA.
CALLATE. CALLATE, SHY
GIRL. VETE A LA CASA.
YOU'RE NEW, ESE.
I'M PUTTING IN WORK
6 MONTHS, VATO.
OH, YEAH? YOU GOT YOUR STRIPES?
CHAVALA.
PARK USED TO BE MINE, HOMEY.
SANCHEZ.
I HEARD OF YOU.
GUERO.
LITTLE MOUSY WAS
ONE OF MY BROTHERS.
MI SANGRE.
I'M GONNA KILL THE
NEXT JOKER I SEE, HOMES.
SANCHEZ: CALMATE.
THESE... ARE GONNA
PAY BIG TIME, HOMES!
OK, TAO, CAN YOU READ THAT?
HMM.
"TRUST NO BITCH."
WELL, AT LEAST HE'S NOT AFRAID
TO BE UP-FRONT WITH HIS FEELINGS.
SANCHEZ, WHO WERE
THE DEAD ONES DATIN'?
PLENTY OF THOSE
WOMEN SWITCH SIDES.
NOW OUR BLOOD IS ALL OVER.
THOSE BITCHES...
THEY DOWN WITH YOU GUYS?
WE DON'T KEEP NO
'HOOD RATS, HOMES.
NO?
IT'S GOIN' DOWN.
TRANQUILO.
DETECTIVE: TAG 'EM.
FLYNN: THE BULLETS
WEREN'T SPRAYED.
EACH VICTIM DIED FROM A
SINGLE SHOT TO THE T-ZONE.
PROVENZA: TOO BAD
HE ONLY GOT 3 OF 'EM.
WE SHOULD GIVE
THIS KILLER A MEDAL
FOR CLEANING UP
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHY IS PRIORITY HOMICIDE HERE?
I GUESS TRIPLE MURDER'S
OUR AUTOMATIC INVITATION.
THESE ARE NOT PRIORITY MURDERS.
WHERE'S SCARLETT O'HARA?
THE ONLY THING SHE GOT
OUT OF OUR HOMIES HERE
WERE DIFFERENT WAYS
THEY'D LIKE TO DO HER.
SHE'S IN THE VAN.
VAN? GOOD.
WE SHOULD PROCESS ALL
OUR CRIME SCENES THIS WAY.
COME ON.
YOU CAN BUY ME A CUP OF COFFEE.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
COME IN.
HEY.
DEPARTMENT OF
SANITATION'S ALL DONE.
CAN WE RELEASE THE SCENE?
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
THANKS.
CAN WE CLEAN UP
A LITTLE BIT IN HERE?
THIS PLACE IS A MESS.
SORRY.
EXCUSE ME, SIR. MAY I HELP YOU?
DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ARE.
DEPUTY CHIEF BRENDA JOHNSON.
COLONEL D.B. WALTER, UNITED
STATES MARINE CORPS, RETIRED.
MAY I HELP YOU?
DO YOU HAVE ANY WITNESSES?
WHY ARE YOU HERE?
HOW MANY SHOTS WERE FIRED?
I ASKED WHY YOU WERE HERE?
3, RIGHT?
THE SHOOTING START
ABOUT 8:00 LAST NIGHT?
LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT.
THIS IS NOT THE PLACE
OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
THIS IS THE PLACE
OF MY QUESTIONS.
LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT.
I'M NOT ANSWERING
ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS
UNLESS YOU ANSWER MINE.
IT'S A SERIOUS MATTER TO
WITHHOLD MATERIAL INFORMATION
ABOUT A HOMICIDE,
COLONEL WALTER.
I'M NOT WITHHOLDING ANY
MATERIAL INFORMATION, MA'AM.
IT'S JUST MY OPINION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR IT?
YES, I WOULD.
IN MY OPINION, THE SHOOTER WAS ON
THE ROOF OF THE PARK PLAZA HOTEL.
NOW, YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE ME
'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA
FIND ANY CASINGS UP THERE.
NOW I'LL ANSWER
YOUR NEXT QUESTION.
HOW DO I KNOW THAT?
IN MY OPINION,
WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH
AN ORDINARY SHOOTER.
WE'RE DEALING WITH A SNIPER,
AND SNIPERS ARE
TRAINED TO BE INVISIBLE.
I THINK I CAN HELP YOU FIND HIM.
AND HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?
I THINK I WAS HIS
FIRST INSTRUCTOR.
DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME?
NO... BUT HE'S MY SON.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW HIS NAME?
I HAVEN'T SEEN OR HEARD
FROM MY SON IN OVER A YEAR.
I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD
UNTIL ALL THESE
KILLINGS STARTED.
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN THESE?
YES.
NOW BACK TO MY OPINION.
I THINK IF WE WORK
TOGETHER, WE CAN STOP HIM,
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP MY OPINION
ABOUT THE SNIPER AWAY FROM THE PRESS,
OTHERWISE, WE BOTH
LOSE CONTROL OF THIS CASE.
I DON'T MAKE DEALS WITH SOMEONE
I JUST MET ON A CRIME SCENE.
GET TO KNOW ME.
BRENDA: TREES BLOCK THE VIEW
OF THE PARK FROM OVER THERE,
AND THAT ROOF
OFFERS NO PROTECTION.
GOOD EYE, CHIEF.
GOOD EYE.
THIS COBWEB'S BROKEN,
BUT THERE'S NO CIGARETTE BUTTS.
NO MARKS IN THE GRAVEL, EITHER.
YEAH, WELL, NOT EVEN
MR. NOBODY LEAVES NOTHIN' BEHIND.
I WANT THIS ENTIRE
ROOF PROCESSED BY S.I.D.
YOU GOT IT, MA'AM.
HOW'D YOU KNOW TO
COME UP TO THIS ROOF?
LUCKY GUESS.
THE ONLY WAY UP HERE'S
THROUGH THE BUILDING.
SEE IF THEY'VE GOT
SECURITY TAPES.
LOOKS LIKE A GOOD
PLACE TO SHOOT FROM.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE THE
FIRST PERSON TO THINK OF THAT.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
TAO: THAT'S LITTLE
MOUSY IN THE CENTER,
BIG MOUSY ON THE LEFT,
PAYOSO ON THE RIGHT.
[CORRECTING
PRONUNCIATION] PAYASO.
OK.
TAO: THE SHOOTER... [SIGHS]
WAITED UNTIL HE HAD
PROTECTION OF THE NIGHT.
AS YOU CAN SEE...
THEY HAD TIME TO BE AFRAID.
ALL RIGHT. CAN WE HIT
THE LIGHTS, PLEASE?
3 MATCH-GRADE PRECISION
BULLET FRAGMENTS WERE FOUND.
168-GRAIN DOVETAIL
HOLLOW POINT .308S.
THEY LEAVE SMALL ENTRANCE WOUNDS
AND GRAPEFRUIT-SIZED
EXIT WOUNDS.
DETECTIVE SANCHEZ, HOW MANY
SHARPSHOOTERS DID YOU SEE
DURING YOUR YEARS ON THE
GANG INTELLIGENCE TEAM?
NONE.
OK. WILL YOU SHOW US THE
LAY OF THE LAND PLEASE?
ALL RIGHT.
OUR VICTIMS... BIG
MOUSY, LITTLE MOUSY,
PAYASO. "CLOWN"?
THESE WERE NOT VETERANOS,
BUT THEY WEREN'T
JUST JUMPED IN, EITHER.
THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE
MANAGEMENT OF THE E/S 14,
WHICH MEANS "EAST SIDE CATORCE."
IT'S A LATINO GANG,
AND THEY CLAIM THE
BLOCKS FROM 14TH STREET
UP TO WILSHIRE BOULEVARD.
MACARTHUR PARK
IS WHERE THEIR TURF
OVERLAPS INTO ANOTHER
GANG... L.A. JOKERS.
NOW, BOTH GANGS ARE SIMILAR.
THE BOTH DEAL
COKE, ROCK, AND "H."
MOST RECENTLY, THEY BOTH
BRANCHED OUT INTO FIREARMS.
SO THEY'D HAVE NO
TROUBLE GETTIN' A GUN?
SANCHEZ: NO, NO ONE WOULD.
I MEAN, AN H-S
PRECISION PRO 2000'S
THE MOST POPULAR
RIFLE USED BY S.W.A.T.
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE
ON THE INTERNET.
BUT THERE'S NO ONE IN THE JOKERS
OR NEITHER OF THESE GANGS
THAT CAN SHOOT LIKE THIS.
NO NEW GUYS, NO OLD GUYS.
SO THERE'S A
SNIPER ON THE LOOSE.
THAT'S ONE WAY OF SAYIN' IT.
ANY LUCK WITH THOSE
SURVEILLANCE TAPES?
THE PARK PLAZA HOTEL
HAD A COOKING CONVENTION
IN THE LOBBY YESTERDAY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF
PEOPLE THERE. A LOT.
ALL RIGHT, LIEUTENANT FLYNN,
COULD YOU CHECK OUT
THOSE TAPES FOR ME, PLEASE,
AND, UH, SEE IF ANY
FACES POP OUT AT YOU?
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
WITH MILITARY OR POLICE TRAINING
WHO ALSO HAS A RECORD.
LIEUTENANT PROVENZA
CAN HELP YOU.
LIEUTENANT TAO AND
SERGEANT GABRIEL,
EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT WAS
PICKED UP ON THE STREETS,
COULD YOU CHECK AND SEE
WHO'S BOUGHT A SNIPER RIFLE
IN THE LAST YEAR?
THAT'S INTERNET AND RETAIL.
PRESS CONFERENCE.
SANCHEZ, I WANT YOU TO DO IT.
DO YOU WANT ME
TO DO IT IN ESPAÑOL?
COULDN'T HURT. COME ON.
UH, WILL, CAN I TALK TO
YOU FOR JUST A SECOND?
HOLA. SOY DETECTIVO SANCHEZ.
ESTOY AQUI PARA EXPLICAR
QUE PASO EN EL PARQUE.
IF YOU GO ON THE AIR
AND TELL LOS ANGELES
TO BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR A SNIPER,
IT'LL BE D.C. ALL OVER AGAIN.
PEOPLE WON'T GET OUT
OF THEIR CARS TO GET GAS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THE PRESS ALREADY
ASSUMES IT'S A GANG SHOOTING,
SO DOES IT HELP YOU TO HAVE
THEM CONTINUE THINKING THAT?
WELL, BUT THE EAST SIDE CATORCES
ARE GONNA RETALIATE
AGAINST THE JOKERS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT
BOTH WAYS, BRENDA.
MAKE THE CALL.
OK.
OK.
"GANG VIOLENCE ESCALATES."
OK.
THAT'S SHORTY YOU HAVE THERE.
IT WASN'T AN IMPORTANT
MURDER AT THE TIME.
SINGLE VIC, GANG TERRITORY.
WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?
TOPO?
SAME DEAL.
WHAT IS THAT PERFUME?
I'M NOT WEARIN' ANY. OH.
WHY?
DO I SMELL?
YES... BUT GOOD.
UM... AHEM.
WE DIDN'T FIND CASINGS
OR BULLETS AT EITHER SCENE.
THE CASINGS I CAN'T EXPLAIN,
BUT THE BULLETS
HAVE SUCH VELOCITY,
THEY EITHER
DISINTEGRATE ON CONTACT
OR GO THROUGH THE HEAD
AND DEEP INTO WHATEVER'S
[SNIFFS] BEHIND THE TARGET.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR SHAMPOO?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS ON SALE.
USING MY HOMICIDE
ANALYST AGAIN, I SEE.
CAPTAIN TAYLOR,
THESE 2 GANG KILLINGS...
WHICH 2? GANG KILLINGS
ACCOUNT FOR 60%
OF THE HOMICIDES IN THIS CITY.
EAST SIDE CATORCES?
ONLY HAPPENED LAST MONTH.
2 VICS KILLED EXACTLY
THE SAME WAY,
SINGLE BULLET TO THE HEAD.
CATORCE GETS SHOT,
IT USUALLY MEANS
HE'S DONE SOMETHING WORSE
THAN THE JOKER WHO SHOT HIM.
IT'S A TWO-FER.
GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT.
WOULD YOU BE SAYING THIS
IF THE VICTIMS WERE BLACK?
I CAN GO. NO.
YES. NO!
THESE POOR,
MISUNDERSTOOD YOUTHS,
THEY KILL COPS.
SO WHEN THEY TURN UP DEAD,
I DON'T SEE BLACK,
BROWN, YELLOW, OR WHITE.
THE ONLY COLOR I SEE IS BLUE.
THIS GANG THING DIDN'T
START BECAUSE OF THE POLICE,
AND IT WON'T END
BECAUSE OF THE POLICE.
WE JUST CONTAIN IT.
SO INVESTIGATIN' THESE
MURDERS IS A WASTE OF TIME?
HOW YOU ALLOCATE YOUR
RESOURCES IS UP TO YOU, CHIEF.
I WAS GLAD TO GET YOUR CALL,
GLAD YOU KEPT THE
PRESS OUT OF THIS.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOIN' HERE.
I KNOW THE ESTEEM
POLICEWOMEN HOLD IN THE MILITARY.
IT'S PRETTY GUTSY OF YOU
TO ASK A WOMAN FOR HELP.
YOUR REPUTATION
CANCELED OUT THE AGENDA.
7 YEARS, C.I.A.,
4 YEARS, D.C.P.D.,
3 1/2 YEARS, ATLANTA P.D.
YOUR FATHER WAS A
CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY.
YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
WELL, I GOT TO KNOW YOU,
TOO, A LITTLE AS WELL... COLONEL.
YOUR MOST FAMOUS SHOT WAS FROM
A MOVING BOAT ON THE MEKONG DELTA.
YOU BLEW OFF THE HEAD OF AN
ENEMY SNIPER FROM 900 YARDS.
YOU HAD 72 CONFIRMED
KILLS IN VIETNAM.
THAT'S 9 SHORT OF THE RECORD.
SO YOU HAVE MY MILITARY FILE.
YEAH, IT WAS A BIG HELP,
SO I GOOGLED YOU.
AND YOU HAVE MY
SON'S FILE AS WELL.
MM-HMM.
MASTER GUNNERY
SERGEANT D.B. WALTER JR.,
WAS IN A SNIPER UNIT AS PART
OF THE INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN,
AND IN SPRING 2003,
HE WAS SENT HOME...
BECAUSE?
HIS WIFE WAS A SOCIAL WORKER...
KILLED BY A STRAY BULLET
SHOT BY AN EAST SIDE CATORCE.
HER NAME WAS DONNA.
WONDERFUL GIRL.
WONDERFUL.
IS HER CASE STILL OPEN?
YES.
STILL INTERESTED IN MY OPINION?
UH, VERY.
THAT'S WHY MY SON IS DOING THIS.
YOU PEOPLE CAN'T
FIND WHO KILLED HER,
AND HE'S NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL
EVERY EAST SIDE CATORCE IS DEAD.
THIS HAPPENED IN SPRING 2003.
WHAT TOOK YOUR SON SO
LONG TO SEEK REVENGE?
HE THOUGHT THE L.A.P.D.
WAS GONNA DO ITS JOB.
HE WAITED, AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
LAST CHRISTMAS, HE
WALKED OUT OF THE HOUSE
AND NEVER CAME HOME,
SET OUT TO START HIS OWN WAR.
TELL ME HOW YOU CAN HELP ME.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND
MY SON ON YOUR OWN.
HE'S BEHIND ENEMY LINES,
DISGUISED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
I CAN TELL YOU HOW HE THINKS.
I WANT YOUR SON'S
UNCENSORED MILITARY RECORDS.
I NEED A LIST OF EVERY
KNOWN EAST SIDE CATORCE,
NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
I WANT YOUR RECORDS, TOO.
ONLY IF...
I GIVE YOU THE LISTS?
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO
GET FROM HELPING ME?
MY WIFE DIED 14 YEARS AGO,
AND YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
MOVE FROM POST TO
POST, BASE TO BASE.
FAMILY BECOMES EVERYTHING.
MY BOY IS ALL I'VE GOT LEFT.
I HAVE A FEELING
IF I'M THERE WHEN YOU FIND HIM,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE HIM ALIVE.
[ELEVATOR BELL RINGS]
[DOOR OPENS]
SO... PARTNERS THEN?
PARTNERS.
WELL, I KNOW YOU CAN TALK.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
AGAIN?
DOES THIS FACE LOOK FAMILIAR?
HIS WIFE WAS
KILLED, SPRING 2003.
SHE WAS A SOCIAL WORKER
CHECKIN' ON A FOSTER KID
WHEN SHE WAS HIT
BY STRAY BULLETS.
I REMEMBER THE CASE.
WHAT WAS HER LAST NAME AGAIN?
WALTER?
NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
IT WAS...
QUINN.
DONNA QUINN. SHE
KEPT HER MAIDEN NAME.
THERE SHE IS.
SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
MM-HMM.
LOOKS LIKE WE INTERVIEWED
SEVERAL EAST SIDE CATORCES, BUT...
NOTHIN'.
NADA.
AND HER HUSBAND CAME TO SEE YOU?
YEAH. HE, UH, WANTED TO KNOW
WHY WE WEREN'T DOING MORE.
WE OFFERED A REWARD,
SET UP A TIP LINE, RECANVASSED
THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I...
HOW DID HE ACT?
WAS HE ANGRY? DID HE LASH OUT?
NO, NO, NO. HE WAS VERY
CALM, VERY RESPECTFUL,
JUST LIKE HIS FATHER.
WHEN DID YOU MEET HIS FATHER?
OH, MUST HAVE BEEN JANUARY 2004.
CAME TO REPORT HIS SON MISSING.
ASKED TO SPEAK ONLY TO ME.
AND DID YOU LOOK FOR HIM?
WE FILED A MISSING
PERSONS REPORT,
BUT WE NEVER FOUND THE
BOY OR THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING.
HE WAS LICENSED TO
CARRY GUNS... MANY GUNS,
AND I ASSUMED... WELL,
HE KILLED HIMSELF.
SUICIDE RATE AMONG
RETURNING VETS
IS SOMEWHERE IN THE 17% RANGE.
I LOOKED AT THE
FATHER, AND I THOUGHT,
HERE'S A GUY WHO WOULD RATHER
BELIEVE THAT HIS SON IS MISSING
THAN... THAN THAT THE
BOY KILLED HIMSELF.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
THE POWER OF GRIEF.
OR THE NEED FOR REVENGE.
LET'S ASSUME THAT
THE SON IS ALIVE
AND HE'S THE SHOOTER.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
A CATORCE THAT'LL TALK TO ME.
I TOLD YOU HE WAS GONNA
STOP AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT.
I'M STILL FUZZY AS
TO WHY WE'RE ON HIM.
I'M NOT SURE THIS IS MORE FUN
THAN THE INTERNATIONAL
COOKING CONVENTION.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
DID YOU SEE THE GUY
SELLING STEAK KNIVES?
WHICH ONE? THERE
WERE LIKE 4 OF THEM.
I'M TALKIN' ABOUT THE ONE
WHERE YOU GOT THIS
REALLY NICE BUTCHER BLOCK.
I'M TELLIN' YOU, FLYNN,
THESE STEAK KNIVES
COULD CUT CANS.
AND HE HAD THIS DEAL
WHERE IF YOU BOUGHT ONE SET,
YOU GET THIS REALLY
NICE SET OF DISHTOWELS...
[FROM CELL PHONE] ♪
NOBODY KNOWS THE ♪
♪ TROUBLE THAT I'VE SEEN ♪
THIS WOMAN IS GOING
TO DRIVE ME CRAZY.
PROVENZA HERE.
HELLO, CHIEF.
UH-HUH.
THE COLONEL STOPPED
TO GET A BITE TO EAT.
YEP.
NOPE.
WE DON'T PLAN ON
LOSING HIM, MA'AM.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE SITTING HERE.
[HANGS UP]
MY EX-WIFE USED
TO CALL ME LIKE THAT,
TALK TO ME LIKE I WAS A CHILD.
[CHUCKLES] WHICH
EX-WIFE WAS THIS?
NUMBER 2.
AND NUMBER 4.
I FORGOT HOW ANNOYING SHE WAS
AND MARRIED HER TWICE.
HA HA HA HA!
DID YOU DIVORCE
HER, OR DID SHE...
DON'T GET BOGGED
DOWN IN TECHNICALITIES.
YEAH. YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
[CLOSES CELL PHONE]
YO, WHAT'S UP, MY BROTHER?
YOU LOOKIN' TO BUY SOME BLUNTS?
YO, WHERE YOUR HO AT, MY BROTHA?
OH.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU THE
ORIGINAL GANGSTA, YO.
I'M NOT YOUR BROTHER.
WHAT, YOU DON'T LIKE MEXICANS?
YEAH, I COULD TELL.
WATCH YOUR BACK, BROTHER.
WE'RE TAKING OVER.
JESUS.
YO, WHERE'D YOU
FIND THIS FOOL, MAN?
YEAH, HE COME WITH THE NEW JOB?
YO, HEH,
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE ANYWAY, ESE.
SOME ARE GONNA DIE SOONER...
PROLONGING IT WON'T MAKE
IT ANY BETTER, DETECTIVE TAO.
SPILL.
IT SEEMS COLONEL WALTER
EVADED SURVEILLANCE.
[DOOR OPENS]
WHO'S COLONEL WALTER,
AND WHY WAS HE BEING SURVEILLED?
SOMEONE THE CHIEF
WANTED US TO FOLLOW.
MAYBE I SHOULD GO TELL HER...
NO, NO.
SHE AND TAYLOR ARE
PLAYING NICE FOR A CHANGE.
WHY DON'T WE ALL
JUST ENJOY THE MOMENT.
WHAT'S UP, YO?
YOU MEAN YOUR MOMMY AND DADDY
GONNA WATCH OUT FOR YOU, MAN?
YOU CAN'T SLIDE UP IN
HERE BY YOURSELF, OR WHAT?
IS HE THAT OTHER ONE'S DADDY?
YOU KNOW, THE FOOL.
HEY, YOU LOOK ALIKE.
MR. GARCIA...
[IMITATES ACCENT] MR. GARCIA?
ES TAN BONITA CUANDO
NO ABRE LA BOCA.
SPEAKIE SPANISH?
LIKE YOUR PRISON?
HEY, MAN, I CAME IN
HERE BECAUSE YOU SAID
YOU WERE GONNA MAKE THAT
CARJACKING THING GO AWAY.
WE MIGHT. JUST LISTEN.
SPRING 2003 THIS WOMAN,
DONNA QUINN, WAS KILLED.
WITNESSES SAW A GANGSTER CAR
SPEEDING AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.
MAN, EVERY HOMIE IN
THE CITY'S GOT A CUTLASS.
THAT DON'T MEAN NOTHING.
YOUR BROTHER MARTIN GARCIA,
"MOSCA," HAD A CAR LIKE
THAT REGISTERED TO HIM.
ALL RIGHT.
HAY UN HOMBRE WHO WAS
JUST BUGGING ME ABOUT THIS.
HE WAS BUGGING A COUPLE OF US.
OH, YEAH? WHAT'S HE LOOK LIKE.
LIKE THAT ONE RIGHT THERE,
PERO MAS TALLER,
ATLETICO.
FIRME.
HEH.
DO YOU LIKE YOUR MEN... BURNT?
[SLAMS CHAIR DOWN]
ENOUGH TALK.
YOU TELL US WHO SHOT THIS WOMAN.
I KNOW YOU CAN SPEAK ENGLISH.
I KNOW YOU SPEAK
PERFECTLY GOOD ENGLISH.
HEY, MAN, BITCH IS DEAD.
REST IN PEACE.
WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU DID IT,
BUT YOU WERE THERE.
NAH, MAN. SPRING 2003?
I WAS RIGHT IN THE BEEF.
I WAS IN COUNTY. WAYSIDE, HOMES.
SHE WAS SHOT MARCH 22.
YOU WERE RELEASED
FROM PRISON 4 DAYS BEFORE.
AND THE PERSON WHO LIVED AT
THE HOUSE WHERE SHE WAS SHOT
IS RUMORED TO HAVE
KILLED YOUR PRIMO.
SO COME ON.
MUST HAVE HAD SOME
PAYBACK COMING.
MAN, SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW
MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO, HOMES.
SO WHY YOU ASKING ME
ALL THESE QUESTIONS?
BECAUSE THE JOKERS DIDN'T
DO THE SHOOTINGS IN THE PARK.
YOUR FRIENDS WERE
KILLED BY A SNIPER.
NO WAY.
SAME GUY SHOT
SHORTY AND TOPO, TOO.
THINK ABOUT IT, SON.
ONE SHOT TO THE
HEAD, EACH OF 'EM.
IT WAS RETALIATION FOR
DONNA QUINN'S DEATH.
WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?
WHO WAS SHE HAVING
FOLLOWED AGAIN?
NOW WE DON'T KNOW
WHO'S NEXT ON HIS LIST,
BUT IF THAT SNIPER WANTS
YOU, HE'S GONNA GET YOU,
UNLESS YOU TELL
US WHO KILLED HER,
AND THEN MAYBE WE
CAN STOP THIS GUY.
THINK OF YOUR HOMIES.
YOU COULD SAVE THEIR
LIVES, NOT JUST YOURS.
WE CAN FIND YOU A
NEW PLACE TO LIVE.
WE CAN GET YOUR WHOLE FAMILY
OUT OF HERE IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
IF YOU'RE SICK OF THE
LIFE, THIS IS YOUR OUT.
YOUR ABUELITA'S IN
THE HOSPITAL, ¿QUE NO?
YEAH. SHE'S AT GOOD SAMARITAN.
SHE'S REALLY SICK.
OH. WACHA.
WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF HER
WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU?
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
MAN, NO ONE EVEN KNEW THAT
BLACK BITCH WAS EVEN THERE, MAN.
HOMIE, ¿QUE PASA?
HERMANO, I GOTTA GO, MAN.
WE WERE JUST TALKING, RIGHT?
AM I UNDER ARREST? NO.
PLEASE... LATER, SANCHEZ.
WAIT.
ANOTHER CATORCE IS DEAD.
AND WHO THE HELL IS
COLONEL WALTER U.S.M.C?
BECAUSE FLYNN AND
PROVENZA LOST HIM.
CAN I TALK TO YOU
FOR A MINUTE, WILL?
WHAT?
I... I MIGHT HAVE
MADE A BIG MISTAKE.
I MIGHT HAVE GIVEN A LIST OF
KNOWN CATORCES TO THE KILLER.
YOU... YOU MIGHT HAVE?
PLUS THEIR ADDRESSES.
I MAY HAVE LED OUR
KILLER TO THE NEXT VICTIM.
HE LIVED IN THIS BUILDING.
HIS STREET NAME IS
"VAQUERO," COWBOY,
BUT I'M WAITING FOR AN I.D.
HE WAS KILLED BY A...
SINGLE SHOT TO THE HEAD.
SOMEBODY BRIEFED YOU ALREADY?
HOW'D YOU GET HERE SO FAST?
POLICE SCANNER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BELIEVE ME. I DON'T.
HAVEN'T LIED TO YOU YET.
WHY WOULD I START NOW?
BECAUSE YOU FOUND
YOUR SON, OR YOU DID THIS.
YOU HAD ME FOLLOWED.
YOU KNOW I DIDN'T.
YOU DELIBERATELY
EVADED SURVEILLANCE.
YOU PAID SOME GUY FROM
THE GAS COMPANY 200 BUCKS
TO SWAP CLOTHES WITH YOU.
I DIDN'T KILL HIM.
I AM BRINGING YOU
IN FOR QUESTIONING.
MAN: iVIVA LA CATORCE!
[GUNSHOTS] GET DOWN!
[TIRES SCREECH]
CHIEF?
I'M FINE.
[HELICOPTER]
THIS IS THE FALLOUT FROM
TRUSTING YOUR SUSPECT:
4 PEOPLE KILLED LAST NIGHT,
INCLUDING THESE 2 YOUNG BOYS.
I KNOW. BELIEVE ME, I KNOW.
I'VE HEARD CAPTAIN
TAYLOR'S SIDE ON THIS, TOO.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE.
WHY WERE YOU NOT SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THE SON WAS DEAD, THE
COLONEL WAS THE SHOOTER?
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, I THINK I DO,
BECAUSE EVERY TIME
YOU SEE A MILITARY MAN,
YOU GO ALL WEAK IN THE KNEES.
GUY PUTS A LITTLE AMERICAN
FLAG PIN ON HIS LAPEL,
AND SUDDENLY YOU
THINK HE'S YOUR DAD...
ALL RIGHT, WILL!
I MAY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE, OK?
BUT IF WE ANNOUNCE
THAT WE'RE REDIRECTING
THIS INVESTIGATION
TOWARDS THE SNIPER,
I'LL LOSE ALL CREDIBILITY
WITH COLONEL WALTER.
HE'LL NEVER TALK TO ME AGAIN.
WELL, USE THAT CREDIBILITY
NOW, BRENDA, OR LOSE IT,
BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA
LET A GANG WAR START
JUST SO YOU CAN GET
THIS GUY TO CONFESS.
YOU WANT ANOTHER
CRACK AT HIM, FINE.
YOU HAVE UNTIL THE 6:00 NEWS
TO BREAK HIM IN HALF.
YOU DON'T HAVE A POLICE
SCANNER IN YOUR CAR.
SO EITHER YOU KNEW WHERE THE
CRIME WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE,
IN WHICH CASE YOU ARE NOT
SHARING INFORMATION WITH ME
AS YOU PROMISED TO DO,
OR YOU'RE KILLING THESE
CATORCES YOURSELF.
WELL, IF YOU THINK I DID IT,
WHY DON'T YOU HOLD ME
HERE UNTIL THE NEXT MURDER.
I HAVE NO INTENTION
OF WAITING AROUND
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DIE.
WE ARE GETTING TO THE
TRUTH OF THIS, COLONEL,
RIGHT NOW, THIS INSTANT.
EITHER YOU PROVE TO ME
THAT YOU HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS,
OR I WALK OUT OF
HERE AND CALL THE FBI,
THE C.I.A., AND
HOMELAND SECURITY
AND TELL THEM I HAVE A MILITARY-TRAINED
SNIPER IN MY INTERVIEW ROOM
WHO'S USING THE CITIZENS OF
LOS ANGELES FOR TARGET PRACTICE.
HOW CAN I PROVE THAT I'M NOT...
THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM.
OK.
WAIT, WAIT!
WAIT.
WAIT A MINUTE.
2 FIRST-CLASS TICKETS, L.A.X.
OUR PASSPORTS, HIS AND MINE.
GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA.
HERE.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND
HIM BEFORE YOU DID,
TO GET HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
MY BOY IS NOT A
MURDERER, HE'S A SOLDIER.
AND WHO IS HE KILLING?
HE'S KILLING OUR
ENEMIES IN THE STREETS.
[SLAMS PAPERS ON TABLE]
MEET MIGUEL AND LUIS.
THEY WERE ALSO SHOT
TO DEATH LAST NIGHT.
WHY?
BECAUSE THEY WERE
STANDING NEXT TO A JOKER
WHOM THE CATORCES
DECIDED TO BLOW AWAY
IN RETALIATION FOR
YOUR SON'S KILLINGS.
OH, MY GOD.
[SOFTLY] OH, MY GOD.
ARE THEY OUR ENEMIES, TOO?
OR JUST COLLATERAL DAMAGE
IN YOUR SON'S PRIVATE WAR?
YOU KNOW I DON'T
THINK LIKE THAT.
I HELPED YOU. I GAVE YOU...
USELESS INFORMATION!
DON'T PRETEND THAT
WE WERE PARTNERS.
YOU MANIPULATED ME...
I NEVER MANIPULATED YOU!
I HAVE NOTHING BUT THE
UTMOST RESPECT FOR YOU.
SNIPERS ARE INVISIBLE,
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID,
TRAINED TO AVOID DETECTION.
YET YOU DELIBERATELY
CAUGHT MY ATTENTION
BY WALKING ACROSS MY CRIME SCENE
WITH A RIFLE SCOPE IN YOUR HAND,
CONNED ME INTO KEEPING
THE TRUTH FROM THE PRESS,
TRADED ME MEANINGLESS
MILITARY RECORDS
FOR NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
YOUR SON'S POTENTIAL VICTIMS.
I HAD TO STOP HIM,
YOU KNOW THAT.
HE CAN BE STOPPED.
MY BOY IS NOT A MONSTER.
WE'VE GOT 3 HOURS
LEFT TO PROVE THAT,
BECAUSE THEN MY BOSS CALLS
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND RELEASES YOUR
SON'S PHOTO TO THE PRESS.
3 HOURS, AND I LOSE CONTROL
OF THIS INVESTIGATION.
3 HOURS, AND THIS TURNS
INTO A FULL-ON MANHUNT.
THEY'LL KILL HIM.
THEN TELL ME HOW HE'S
CHOOSING HIS VICTIMS.
LOOK OVER THE SURVEILLANCE TAPES
THAT WE'VE GOT FROM
THE PARK PLAZA HOTEL.
SEE IF YOU CAN HELP US I.D. HIM.
HELP ME SAVE YOUR SON'S LIFE.
WHO IS MANIPULATING WHO?
OK.
I'LL HELP YOU...
IF YOU TAKE ME ALONG.
SORRY.
NO MORE NEGOTIATING.
DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND, PLEASE.
3 HOURS, AND THE
CLOCK IS TICKING.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
STOP THE TAPE HERE.
BACK IT UP A BIT.
HMM. FREEZE IT RIGHT HERE.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO
SEE THIS ENHANCED?
YOU GOT IT.
[TYPING ON KEYBOARD]
BRENDA: IS IT THE MAILMAN?
NO.
SUNGLASSES AND BACKPACK.
NO.
NO, THAT'S NOT HIM.
I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT MY
SON KNEW THE HOTEL SO WELL
THAT HE WAS ABLE TO
AVOID THE CAMERAS.
SO, NOW TELL ME HOW
HE'S CHOOSING HIS VICTIMS.
AFTER DONNA DIED,
THERE WAS AN
ARTICLE IN THE TIMES
WITH THIS PHOTO.
IT WAS A SKATEBOARD STAR
WHO WAS INTRODUCING
A NEW LINE OF CLOTHES,
SAID HIS INSPIRATION
CAME FROM THE STREETS.
LOOK HOW FAT AND HAPPY THEY ARE.
INFURIATED MY SON
AND INFURIATED ME.
FIRST VICTIM, SHORTY.
NEXT, TOPO.
LITTLE MOUSY, BIG MOUSY,
PAYASO.
VAQUERO.
HE'S GOING IN ORDER.
MM-HMM.
THIS GUY IS NEXT. HIS
NAME IS HECTOR VASQUEZ.
"TOKER."
OK, THANK YOU.
NO WAY.
A MAN'S LIFE IS IN DANGER.
SO SAYS YOUR SOURCE,
WHO'S BEEN SO GOOD
AT TELLING THE TRUTH.
LOOK, YOU ARE UPSET ABOUT...
YEAH, ABOUT CHILDREN
GETTING SHOT.
THIS GUY TOKER SPENT 2 YEARS IN
JUVIE FOR ASSAULTING HIS MOTHER.
I'M NOT GETTING YOU BODYGUARDS
TO PROTECT A GANGBANGER.
BUT MY TEAM IS MY TEAM, RIGHT?
HAVE YOU EVER RUN ONE OF THESE?
WILL YOU TAKE TACTICAL?
YEAH. YOU WANT
MY MEN IN ON THIS?
HOW YOU ALLOCATE YOUR
RESOURCES IS UP TO YOU, CAPTAIN.
AND I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY
THAT WHILE WALTER
JR., OUR SNIPER,
HAS BEEN TRAINED BY THE BEST
HE'S OUT TO GET THE
CATORCES, NOT US.
UM, CAPTAIN TAYLOR HAS
AGREED TO RUN THIS OPERATION.
SO, CAPTAIN TAYLOR?
SHE'S DELEGATING?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THAT? PIGS CAN FLY.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, LISTEN UP.
FIRST WE'LL GET ONTO THE ROOFS
OF THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS.
ONCE WE ARE IN
POSITION TO COVER HIM
WE WILL SEND SANCHEZ
UP TO TOKER'S HOUSE,
LET HIM TRY AND TALK THE
BOY INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
AND IF WE ARE LUCKY...
EMPHASIS ON LUCKY...
WHILE OUR SNIPER'S
FIXATED ON HIS NEXT TARGET,
WE'LL GET A CHANCE
TO SURPRISE HIM.
WE GOT ABOUT 45
MINUTES UNTIL NIGHTFALL.
KEEP YOUR TALKIES ON,
AND I WANT TO SEE
VESTS ON EVERYONE,
AND I MEAN EVERYONE.
WHAT ARE WE STILL
DOING HERE? LET'S DO THIS.
UH, MAYBE IT WOULD BE BETTER
IF WE LEFT THE O.G. HERE, SIR.
FINE WITH ME.
YOU GUYS GO GET SHOT AT,
AND I'LL WATCH IT ON TV.
I'LL MEET YOU AT THE HOUSE.
I'VE GOTTEN PERMISSION
FOR YOU TO ACCOMPANY US.
NO.
IT'S TOO LATE.
I'LL WAIT FOR YOU HERE.
I PROMISE YOU, SIR,
I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER
TO BRING YOUR SON IN ALIVE.
MMM. YEAH.
HEY.
I'LL DRIVE.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE HAVING
FOR DINNER? DRIVE-THROUGH?
OK, WHATEVER. SOUNDS GOOD.
HEY, UM, WILL YOU
WATCH THE DOORS
AND SEE IF YOU SEE A
TALL BLACK MAN LEAVING?
HE'S 6'2" AND HAS
PERFECT POSTURE.
IS HE COMING TO DINNER WITH US?
NO. THIS IS LESS ABOUT DINNER
AND MORE ABOUT A JOINT OPERATION
BETWEEN THE FBI AND THE L.A.P.D.
IS THIS OFFICIAL?
OH, OF COURSE. YEAH.
I'M JUST A LITTLE BEHIND ON
MY PAPERWORK, THAT'S ALL.
HE'S PULLING OUT OF THE LOT.
[TRUCK ENGINE STARTS]
COULD YOU FOLLOW HIM, PLEASE,
AND BE EXTRA CAREFUL,
BECAUSE HE'S VERY GOOD
AT DETECTING SURVEILLANCE.
ON-BOARD COMPUTER:
HELLO, MR. HOWARD.
THE TIME IS 7:32 PM.
YOUR LOCATION IS 150
NORTH LOS ANGELES STREET.
WHAT IS THAT?
I CALL HER TARA.
I THINK IT'S THE SAME WOMAN
WHO DOES MY VOICE MAIL.
MY NAVIGATION SYSTEM.
OH. I HAVE GOT TO
GET ONE OF THOSE.
I MUST REALLY LIKE YOU.
[STARTS UP ENGINE]
USUALLY WE DO THIS WITH BACKUP.
WHERE WE BLOCK OFF
THE SURROUNDING AREA...
BRENDA: CAN YOU STILL SEE HIM?
OR, YOU KNOW WHAT
I WOULD HAVE DONE?
I WOULD'VE PUT AN
AUTO-TRACK ON HIS CAR,
OR A GPS HOMING
DEVICE ON THE CAR...
I COULD'VE DONE ALL THAT,
BUT INSTEAD I CALLED YOU.
AND FOR THAT I AM GRATEFUL.
SANCHEZ.
SANCHEZ, GO.
WHAT'S GOING ON? DO YOU THINK
HE KNOWS HE'S BEING FOLLOWED?
I'M DRIVING PARALLEL TO
HIM, SO I DON'T THINK SO.
UH-OH.
WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ON?
I THINK HE'S WINKING AT ME.
DON'T LOOK DIRECTLY AT HIM!
BRENDA... DON'T
LOOK AT ME EITHER!
YOU KNOW, WHEN I IMAGINED
YOU IN MY BACK SEAT,
THIS ISN'T EXACTLY
WHAT I HAD IN MIND.
CAPTAIN, WHAT'S THAT?
THAT'S HIM.
ALL UNITS RESPOND,
200 BLOCK OF LOMA.
GRAY APARTMENT
BUILDING, ON THE ROOF.
LET'S MOVE IT NOW!
FBI! DON'T MOVE!
STAND UP! PUT YOUR
HANDS OVER YOUR HEAD NOW!
BACK UP.
BACK UP.
HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD, SLOWLY.
PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND
YOUR BACK, SLOWLY.
ON YOUR KNEES. ON YOUR KNEES.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
TAYLOR. GO.
LET ME SHOW THIS
HIGH-POWERED SNIPER RIFLE.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
TAYLOR. GO.
THIS IS SANCHEZ.
TOKER'S IN COUNTY.
HE'S BEEN THERE
FOR, LIKE, 4 DAYS NOW.
UNBELIEVABLE!
ARE WE ANYWHERE
NEAR LUCAS AVENUE?
[TYPES ON KEYBOARD]
WE'RE MOVING AWAY
FROM LUCAS AVENUE.
[SIGHS]
WANTED HIM TO BE
TELLING ME THE TRUTH.
SHE SET US UP. NO, SHE DIDN'T.
WELL, THEN, WHERE IS SHE?
THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION. I'LL FIND OUT.
SHE WAS NEVER PLANNING TO SHOW.
YOU KNOW, I HAD HER ALL WRONG.
SHE'S AN EVEN BIGGER BITCH
THAN I THOUGHT SHE WAS.
HEY, IT'S GABRIEL.
WHERE ARE YOU?
SUCH A SUCK-UP.
YEAH, WELL, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
YEAH, NO KIDDING.
TOKER IS IN COUNTY.
JESUS SAID HE SAW THE
COLONEL TALKING TO THESE GUYS.
HE MUST HAVE KNOWN.
NO, I DIDN'T KNOW TILL JUST NOW.
I FOLLOWED HIM TO
COVER OUR BASE...
DO YOU REALLY THINK I'D SEND
YOU ON A WILD-GOOSE CHASE?
DAMN IT.
WHAT? WHAT'S... WHAT'S GOING ON?
THE COLONEL LIED TO ME.
HEY, YOU WANT ME TO TURN AROUND,
'CAUSE HE STOPPED HIS CAR.
THEN LET ME OUT!
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
NOT UNLESS YOU
KEEP YOUR PHONE ON.
[LONG BEEP]
[RING]
HOW ABOUT THAT?
YOU GOT ME ON SPEED DIAL.
OK. I'M GONNA PARK THE CAR,
AND I'M GONNA MEET YOU...
HEY, WAIT! BRENDA, WAIT!
BRENDA, WAIT FOR ME!
OH!
IT WASN'T THE MAN
WITH THE SUNGLASSES.
IT WAS THE MAILMAN!
FRITZ: MAILMAN? WHAT MAILMAN?
I SHOULD'VE KNOWN.
I SHOULD'VE KNOWN!
BRENDA, WHERE ARE YOU?
GOING INTO THE WHITE BUILDING
ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE HOSPITAL.
BRENDA, WAIT FOR ME.
I'M ALMOST THERE. WAIT.
HELLO, FRITZ?
HELLO, FRITZ?
FRITZ!
POLICE. PUT YOUR WEAPON DOWN.
PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR.
BACK AWAY FROM THE GUN.
PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD.
DO NOT TURN AROUND.
DO NOT TURN AROUND!
DO NOT TURN AROUND!
[GUNSHOT]
COLONEL WALTER!
COLONEL WALTER, SHOW YOURSELF!
I KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
SHOW YOURSELF!
COLONEL WALTER!
[SOFTLY] OH, PLEASE.
DON'T LEAVE ME HERE.
COLONEL WALTER.
COLONEL WALTER.
SHOW YOURSELF!