Figure he risked his life for 40 bucks . Mightve been worth the gamble, you know . Can i go now . I gotta get my daughter off to school. You know this guy . I dont know him. You see who shot him . Nope. Wasnt looking. They shot the hell out of him, didnt they . Can i leave now . I gotta get to work. Nobodys leaving. Well, how long you gonna keep me here . You know, the least you can do is buy the drinks. Forget it. Just get out of here. New yorks finest. Dont say much for new york. Any of the other ones here gonna be sober enough to make a statement . All right, cut out the drinking. Well, its a little late for that. You should have suspended service the minute you walked in here. They saw the guy get shot. They all need a drink. These are your hardcore boozers in here this early. Youre making excuses for them . All of them got their own excuse. No, im just saying. One thing i hate is a drunk witness. Look out. Man detective. Any of this Police Technique coming back to you . This is detective simone. We wanna know what happened here. And dont be giving these people no more drinks. There was 3 of them. One of them came around the bar and emptied the cash register. Then they shot the man, and they all ran out. Whyd they shoot him . They just shot him. They told us, dont nobody leave, and thats why they shot him. He was leaving . Thats right. So what did this guy look like, the one that pulled the trigger . Old man tall, had a hat on. A black hat. It was a brown hat. Woman a black hat. Was he white, black, or what . Black. It was all 3 of them black. They was 3 hardlooking guys, i tell you that. They would have killed me in a second. How about their ages . Looked to me about 30. Uh, nothing out of the ordinary as far as appearances. Runofthemill, as far as looks go. Anyone over here recognize these guys . No. No. Maybe from drinking here before. I never seen them. How many shots fired . Woman one. 2. It was one everybody get some i. D. On the table here. Were gonna need to take down your names. He was wearing a brown hat with one of them little bird feathers sir sir sir were done with the hat, ok . You gonna tell me you actually missed this . Wouldve had to beat it out of me. He came out from behind me. I didnt even know he was there. And id just unlocked my door and he grabbed me and he pushed me in. And he had his hand over my mouth. He got me down on the floor, and he said hed kill me if i screamed. Now, the cop said you told him you could tell the assailant was white. I saw him when he left. But the light was coming in from the street. Can you remember anything else about him . He had, um. An earring, like a hoop. And he had stubble whiskers. Oh, he looked. He looked like he was maybe late 20s. He much taller than you . Well, it seemed like he was, but. He wasnt real big. Maybe 6 feet . I was only staying there till i found an apartment. Now i dont know where to go. I dont even know in new york anymore. Where is your home, molly . Providence. I mean, i havent been here that long. I just got a job here, but maybe ill quit to rhode island. Only i cant face my parents. This will kill them. But im afraid to go back to that hotel. Youve seen a counselor here, havent you . You should call your parents. When youre ready to leave here, they could come for you and go get your things. Would you call them for me . Sure, ill call them. Whats their number . Look, i dont want them to know yet. Let me just think about this a little more. Ok. Can i help you . Yeah. I wanna speak to the detectives at the bar. Gina detective sipowicz. Will bartlett. I was at the bar. Something was wrong with what the people were saying. Uh, so, why dont you come on in here. Sit down. The man get shot, and it wasnt one of them stickup guys who done it. It wasnt, huh . I mean, everybody say it was, but i know what i seen. It was emmit purcell. Whos that . He comes in every now and again, some kind of jail guard on rikers island. You know him . Dont know him good. Talked to him a time or two. Was he with these stickup guys . No. He had nothing to do with them. He was just having a drink, they was sticking the place up, and i see purcells holding a pistol. And he went and shot that man. Now, the robbers, they took off. Purcell, he lit out the back. But everybodys talking how the robbers done it. Now, i dont know whether i should stay quiet or what. But it was purcell shot the man. So the customers covered up for him . Nah. Most of them had their head down. Plus theyre drunks. You know where we can find this guy purcell . No, sir, i dont. But you are sure about what youre saying here . I know what i seen. Unlike them others. Forgive me. I dont inquire about the situation. Let call the Inspector Generals Office at corrections. You guys gonna need me anymore . We got your address, right . Yeah. He took it down at the bar from my drivers license. So we got that if we need you. Am i gonna have to testify . Were not sure yet. Listen, we appreciate your coming in. Yeah. Sure. Listen, that had to have been a mistake. This is detective simone over at 15th squad. Im doing a check on one of your officers, a purcell. Hows your rape victim . Oh, lousy. Raped her and gave her a bad beating. White male, maybe late 20s. Hoop earring. Matches the other rapes. Its gotta be the same guy. They oughta have a Security Guard in that hotel, but the landlord dont give a damn. A month between the first and second rape. Only a week between this and that one. Hang on. Jill. Greg. Whats going on, lieu . Diane and james are working another rape at that hotel. I want you in there on surveillance. You can set up in a couple of rooms. But they never bother using it. We checked that out on the last rape. All right. Ill send tarr and rue over there. They can hook up monitors to the whole system. Ok, get over there and start now. Ok, boss. [knock on door] just got a tip a corrections officer was the shooter in our bar homicide. You think he was part of the stickup team . Uh, no. He was just in there drinking. A guy named purcell. Works out at rikers. Inspector Generals Office said hes been out sick for the last 2 months. Maybe this guy was mistaken, cause everybody else in the joint said one of the skells blasted the guy. Hey, bobby. Good to see you working. Yeah. Thanks, lieu. Let me call this guy. Good morning, james. Good morning. I hope i didnt worry you. Where are you gonna be safer than at your mothers . Id very much like to accept your proposal. You just made me the happiest guy in america, gina. And i would very much like to accept. Consider it done. We, uh, owe each other a kiss. Minimum. Mr. Purcell, this is detective bobby simone. Im calling from the 15th squad. Were investigating an automobile report. The witness gave us your license number. No, sir, i dont know anything was told to contact you about a Traffic Accident. Thats right. Hey, james. Lets go. 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Probably too drunk. Open up, mr. Purcell. Come on. Well straighten this out real quick. Detective simone. This is detective sipowicz. Imim not focusing. Detectives shield, huh . Whats the matter with you . All right. You said something about a Traffic Accident . Yeah. Why dont you let me explain why were here. I can prove it wasnt me, cause i dont drive no more. Why dont you be quiet and listen to what my partners gonna tell you . We want to know what happened at that bar this morning, mr. Purcell. Yeah, even if you said you didnt on the phone. Yeah, well, we got some witnesses that put you there and told us some things, and we need to hear your side. Its kind of hard to say what all went on there. They was robbing the place. Did you recognize them . I dont remember. You dont remember if you recognized them . Yeah, uhhuh. Hey, hey. Pay attention. Im asking, did you recognize them . Um. No. You drunk . Im kinda vague. I might have had 2 or 3 drinks. Did you see the shooting happen . Mr. Purcell . Shooting. Did you see it happen . This your weapon . Uh, yes. Im a corrections officer. Rikers island. Thats right. Did you have this with you at the bar . Well, i take it when i go out. You got an expended round in here, purcell. You want to tell me about that . Hmm . Whend you fire this bullet . When did you fire this bullet . Which we got a witness says he saw you shoot. Now you better start explaining this empty casing. Looklook. Im a dying man. I got cancer of the pancreatic gland. And they cant operate. Do you hear what im saying . And im loaded on pain medication. And i took my medication. And that was a bad combination. Just set my head swimming. I was in a confusion when they pulled that holdup. They was threatening to shoot people, and i thought somebody oughta put a stop to it. Is that what you were trying to do . I was gonna pop one of them. To leave the bar after you did it. There was a commotion. Nobody even stopped me, so i wasnt even sure if id done it or not. This is going to ballistics. You gotta come in. If i went and killed a customer having a drink, i dont know how im gonna live with that. Look, were gonna have to take you in to the station house so we can sort this whole thing out. I dont wanna die in the lockup. Now dont go thinking like that. Come on, lets go. Come on. Take what you need with you. [sighs] whats wrong . I killed an innocent man, didnt i . What about your medication . No. What am i supposed to do now, write up my confession . Collect yourself a little there. Well come take your statement. Keep an eye on him. You know a good trait in me . Guy could have a hatchet splitting his forehead, mortal illness like this guy, ill land hard on them for their drinking. Him being so sick, you wouldnt wanna make book on that . Detective. Hey, whats up, gina . Bellevue reported they had a black male come into emergency with a bullet wound. Gina . 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Any witnesses see this happen . Nah. It wasnt nobody around. Pital . I hailed me a cab. Mmhmm. Nobodys around, but a cab just happened to come by. You ever been in trouble with the law, levon . Um, nothing to speak of. I mean, short of a speeding ticket or Something Like that. This guy that shot you, whatd he look like . Describe him. He was. I guess. I wasnt. I didnt really try and study him. You know, i was. Really wondering about what the hell had just happened to me. I didnt know, maybe i was gonna die. But the doc, you know, he did a great job. How about showing me where the phone is . Sure. Uh, theres one right down the hall. Take care of yourself, levon. Right. Thank you. Doc. Say you waited a few hours before you took the rest of that bullet out. Could he walk out of here . He could. Im not sure how responsible it would be to let him. There was a homicide in a bar this morning. This guy fits the description. We got the witnesses. All we need is time to put him in a lineup. Then you could have him back here, you can do all the surgery you want. You got the authority . If he starts bleeding, you have to bring him right in. Definitely. All right. Go ahead and take him. I like this guys ethics. [yawning] t me one, too, huh . Black, huh . Yeah. Its a woman coming in. Yeah. I dont like mine black. I used to take it with cream and sugar. Shes out of view. Now im restricting my calories. Ive been taking it with lowfat milk and just a dash of sugar. Course of the day, that makes a big difference. Shes in the elevator. Abby, now, she says renouncing coffee hey, whos that guy . Whered he come from . Thats him. Thats him. Possible suspect just entered the elevator. Theres a girl in there. Theyre going up. Yeah. We see him. Its the fifth floor. Lets go. Aah aah hey, let her go let her go let her go you gonna shoot me . You gonna shoot me . Get your hands behind your back. Stay down shut up, or iwill shoot you. Dont shoot me. Are you ok . Are you hurt . 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