Help Her

Pain Killer

*District 21: Bullpen*

"Well, we know that Ray Price was shot from a distance. The problem is we don't know where the trigger was pulled." Adam pointed out as he walked over to the whiteboard and gestured to a map that was taped on it.

"It'll be hard tracking the trajectory. The bullet's still lodged in Price's shoulder." Jay added from where he was seated on Hailey's desk with a cup coffee in hand.

"No direct-eyeball witnesses, no shot spotter PODs. We pulled all surveillance." The blonde listed, shrugging her jacket off and moving from next to her partner to over by Adam. "As for motive-"

"He's black." Kevin muttered from where he was leaning back against Antonio's desk right next to the owner himself.

"There's that." Hailey nodded, crossing her arms. "He's also ahead in the polls. There's a lot of people that don't want him to be mayor."

"You know, if this is a straight-up assassination attempt of a public official, we're stepping into FBI territory." Antonio chimed in, glanced over at the two Sergeants.

Ana was seated at her desk and Hank was standing to her right.

"Look, we still don't know what it is for sure so we treat it like any other case." The older man retorted. "Get a list of suspects, anyone who might be targeting Price."

The brunette then caught sight of her best friend walking into the large area.

"Hospital detail just called from Med." Trudy informed. "Ray Price is out of surgery in stable condition. No major damage. The guy is one tough SOB." She remarked.

"Well, that's great news, Hun." Ana smiled.

"I also went through all the 911 calls pertaining to threats made against Price. A lot of racial slurs. Brick through his house window, his car was tagged with the N-word last year. It's an ugly list, but nothing actionable." The Desk Sergeant explained, bringing attention to the file in her hand which Kim snuck a peek at over her shoulder. "But there was one incident report that stuck out. It was a week ago. A man was seen in Price's yard having what was described as a 'violent argument' with him. Patrol responded, but Price refused to file charges. He said the whole thing was a misunderstanding." She summarized.

"Who made the 911 call?" Hank inquired.

"His daughter." Trudy replied.

*A Little While Later*

Turns out the man seen fighting with Ray went by the name of Mike Rankin and had a solid alibi for the time of the shooting. However, he did recall that it sounded like the bullet was fired from right behind him.

Hailey and Jay went to check it out only to find a security guard who'd chased their suspect but offered up very little information in return. The male Detective was in the middle of taping some things to the whiteboard when Hank came out of his Office.

"What do we got?" He inquired while adjusting his left sleeve.

"What we know is that our offender was an African American male. Unknown height, weight, age but he was carrying a backpack, which suggests that he was using a collapsible, long-range rifle." Jay explained, receiving a grunt in reply.

"Fled in a green car. Unknown year, make, or model." Hailey added from her partner's left.

"Do we have anything on the phone?" Ana wondered from her desk which Hank had stopped next to.

"Uh, pay-as-you-go burner. It was activated yesterday, no incoming or outgoing calls but he did keep it on so we were able to triangulate his movements." Adam reported, gesturing to the smaller whiteboard his partner was in front of.