

Shanning Station was only five minutes away, but the detectives theorize Joe may have responded to a drug activity call in the Raymond Jennings projects which was outside of their district. They inform Butch that Joe was murdered at about 1 A.M., an hour after their shift ended. Present: He tells them Diane miscarried a few weeks later. They speak with Joe’s partner, Butch Rinaldi, as they patrol the murder scene.įlashback: Butch recalls the night when Joe’s wife, Diane, came to the scene and broke down as Joe’s body was put in an ambulance. His blood was found in a stolen vehicle that was abandoned two days after his murder along with an unidentified fingerprint. Jeffries pulls down the evidence box for them and requests to be on the case, as he knew Joe personally. A tech examines the audio and cleans up the sound to hear a PA system for Shanning Station. Vera and Rush listen to the recording and hear someone scream, “Runner! Runner! Runner!” before three shots are heard followed by a passing train. The woman was told that Rush handles the “old murders.” She reluctantly gives her name, Denise Funderbunk, and leaves upset when she finds out she won’t be getting a reward. Present Day: A woman brings Rush an old tape player she found in the garbage and insists she needs to listen to it. The scene ends with three gunshots and a dead Joe on the ground near an underpass by his cruiser. Joe Washington tells his partner to head home to be with his family while he investigates. Two rookie cops joke about their pregnant wives when they get a call for a domestic disturbance. On the tape are his last words: "Runner! Runner! Runner!" When a found cassette player is brought into the station, Lily reopens the 1973 cold case of a 21-year-old rookie cop who was shot while responding to a drug activity call in another district.
