The Closer s07e01 Episode Script
Unknown Trouble
Next time you might want to hold on to your girl a little tighter, you little punk.
[ Echoing .]
Ha ha.
She's mine.
Let's go.
Look at me now she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight she was chillin' with me all night everything was all right rollin' with a "g" and I'm-a put her in the limelight it's time to move on, do your own thing I'm the new man you're a has-been we doin' shopping sprees, I bought her new clothes I love staring at her pretty little rose oh, 'cause I'm a real man you're a real punk I got your ex on my lap, so what's up? Yeah I know you mad 'cause she likes the way I'm ownin' it hey, take your eyes off the prize get over it we so fly, we chillin' in the lear and I never knew how small you were from up here look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight it's mine now, and you will not be missing it quit having a hissy fit before I break a ligament I'm all, I am destined to be the greatest rapper alive I've giving you front seats when I see you in the club I'm coming with the thunder one shot, two shot, six feet under, under no wonder your girlfriend jumped ship she wanted a real man, that's me, that's it never slip, never fall I'm-a kick you when you down 'cause you're looking at a king, homeboy, bow down I hope you know now I'm the man on this block I ain't got time to kill, I'm for real with the Glock, rah look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right she's with me tonight look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" Provenza: Flynn, turn that off! She used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all ri-- Flynn! Sanchez: But no officers were dispatched here until the maids came to work this morning.
Maybe the call didn't go through.
So we have seven victims shot to death -- five young men, two young ladies.
Do we know who these people are? The guys all had I.
D.
, but the girls only had business cards.
Yeah, it looks like our ladies are from the same modeling agency -- Hollywood Tease.
This is Candy on the couch.
And you are with Delight.
Brenda: Looks like this massacre began with the two guys at the door.
Sanchez: They got C-Street tats.
Means they're Clinton Street Crips.
Probably the security team, but they never even drew their weapons.
So they either knew the guy, or it was a professional hit, which explains why there are no casings.
And who are these young men? Well, the rapper's name was Christopher Brooks.
Chris Brooks.
Flynn: A.
K.
A.
"C-game.
" You can download his new single for free.
Provenza: Gang members, empty vodka bottles, joints in the ashtray, half-naked girls -- I mean, it's like a murder had to happen.
[ Police radio chatter .]
Is this C-game famous? Sanchez: Never heard of him, Chief.
He's probably more of an up-and-comer.
Then who lives here? Lieutenant Tao, would you please look up the title on the house? Gabriel: Wait a minute, Chief.
Oh, my God, I know two of these guys.
They're brothers.
Their father is a Deacon at my church.
Both his kids, man -- that's -- look -- they are not gang.
How long has it been since you've seen them? Uh, I guess since they went off to college, but, I mean, I see their family all the time.
They're good people.
It's just -- Gabriel, look -- we've got drugs and strippers here.
These guys may have school lately, okay? Right, they smoked a little pot.
I understand that, but that does not mean -- you have their I.
D.
s.
Clinton Street, too? Yeah, but not every black kid on Clinton Street is a Crip.
You know that.
Flynn: Oh, come on, Gabriel.
This kid Chris called himself "C-game.
" That's slang for "cocaine.
" I know what the name means! - All right.
- He won't have a record.
- All right.
- Look it up.
Look him -- That's enough.
That's enough.
Lieutenant Flynn, Detective Gabriel, would you please check out the rest of the house, see what else we can find? Thank you.
rap means gangs.
And gangs usually means drugs.
Well, that may be true, but in the interest of a unified approach, let's try not to jump to conclusions.
Thank you.
The L.
A.
P.
D.
has a joint task force with the FBI looking into the rap business.
They're probably gonna grab this case, anyway, Chief.
And Chief Delk announces tomorrow afternoon.
Provenza: Yeah.
Who knows? Major Crimes may already be a thing of the past.
Title on the house belongs to a company called Shanked, Inc.
Sanchez: Shanked? That's a record label -- handles lots of rappers.
Brenda: I need to speak to someone from Shanked about the slaughter in their living room.
What's all this stuff on the floor? Tao: Foam.
Some sort of insulation material.
I already sent off a few pictures to S.
I.
D.
[ Camera shutter clicks .]
Chief, Buzz, we found something.
Oh.
[ Grunts .]
Is this C-game's room? No, this stuff belongs to his brother, Kevin.
It still doesn't prove they were gang.
David, since all these boys lived in Clinton and you're acquainted with Chris and Kevin's parents -- You want me to do the notification.
Yes, please.
Thank you.
I know you can handle it.
So, Lieutenant, how much would you say is here? I had property count it.
The total's $750,000 on the nose.
Well, like we said, rap means gangs.
Gangs means drugs.
But if it was a drug deal gone sideways, why murder seven people and leave the cash behind? As to the, uh, two young ladies, we have Michelle Simpson, A.
K.
A.
"Candy," 19, Seattle, and Rina Watkins, A.
K.
A.
"Delight," 20, Detroit.
And maybe Gabriel can tell us about our Clinton Street boys.
David? [ Sighs .]
Yes? Oh, yes, uh Christopher Brooks, A.
K.
A.
"C-game," got his degree in music from UCLA.
And his brother, Kevin Brooks, graduated USC with a degree in Economics.
His parents said that neither one of them have ever been involved with gangs.
But they're both on the record company's payroll.
Shanked, owned by Antwone Decker, lifelong Crip, with a sheet to prove it -- drugs, extortion, probably worse, Chief.
Brenda: Well, if he owns the company, he also owns the house where we found our victims.
Let's invite Mr.
Decker in for a chat, please.
[ Keys clacking .]
Tao: Gabriel's right -- no criminal record for Kevin or Chris, A.
K.
A.
"C-game.
" But I got his bio off the Shanked Records website.
It says his debut album drops next week.
And according to this, his brother, Kevin, was his manager.
[ Clatter .]
Taylor: Uh, just packing a few of my boxes back here.
[ Chuckles .]
Sorry, it -- it slipped.
Yeah.
We have this, Chief -- copy of the 911 call from last night.
[ Telephone rings .]
Woman: 911.
What's your emergency? Hello? Rap music playing .]
911.
What's your emergency? Tao: Communications never located the signal, so it was classified as "unknown trouble.
" Have you found anything else useful from the victims' cellphones? Oh, the girls give us a pretty detailed timeline on the night.
Rena texts her service that she and Michelle have arrived at the house.
Michelle downloads C-game's single.
they take pictures.
someone orders pizzas from Michelle's phone.
And then at 2:07 a.
m.
, Rena sends her last call to 911.
Just got an advanced copy of the department's new organizational chart.
Delk makes this official at a 5:00 p.
m.
news conference tomorrow.
Notice anything? [ Gasps .]
He's keeping Major Crimes! Yes, that.
Yeah, congratulations.
But look here -- I am now Captain of Traffic, Valley Bureau.
[ Gasps .]
Oh, Will, I'm so sorry.
That's just terrible.
[ Sighs .]
I don't believe this.
I won't accept the job, of course, but I still have to be out of my office tomorrow, after which you will be directing all of your inquiries to new Assistant Chief Russell Taylor.
Oh.
Believe it or not, it may be getting worse.
I just found out there are -- Good afternoon, Chief.
Delk: Chief Johnson, Chief Pope, may we speak privately, please? I-I'm in the middle of -- You're in the middle of it, all right.
Let's go.
What's on your mind, Chief? Pizza -- someone ordered it.
We had vodka bottles, joints in the ashtrays, and half-naked girls, but where was the pizza? [ Door closes .]
Delk: Chief Johnson, last summer, did Major Crimes investigate the murders of an elderly convenience-store owner and his 8-year-old grandson, referred to as the "Shootin' Newton" murders? In the course of closing a case in which three Army Rangers were shot to death, yes, we dealt with Shootin' Newton.
Why? And did you obtain a confession from the suspect Turell Baylor that you could not use in court? I asked the D.
A.
to give Turell immunity, so, yes, his confession was useless.
And did you then escort Turell, a black gang member, back to his house, after which he was beaten to death? What is this about? Turell's mother has filed a civil suit against the city, the L.
A.
P.
D.
, Chief Pope, yourself, and every member of your division for the wrongful death of Turell Baylor.
Oh, for heaven's sakes.
One of the more serious accusations in her suit is that you drove Mr.
Baylor home knowing that he could be executed by his own gang members, thus depriving him of due process.
This is a frivolous lawsuit.
The city attorney's office gets one every time we shoot someone.
Add it to the pile.
Delk: Other filings of this sort are one page.
This one is over 40.
Raydor: Chief Johnson, did you know that Mr.
Baylor would be murdered after you dropped him off at his house? I'm not a fortune teller.
He asked me to take him home.
I took him there.
I did nothing wrong.
Well, then, a transparency audit of the Shootin' Newton murders should make that perfectly clear.
An audit comes extremely close to questioning my professional conduct.
And this lawsuit comes extremely close to questioning the conduct of our whole department.
So, while we're fighting to get these charges dismissed, you will fully cooperate with Captain Raydor and refrain from discussing either the subject of this article or the allegations in the complaint with other defendants.
How about I just quit? Then I'll tie this lawsuit around your neck and tell the city attorney that whatever happened to Turell Baylor was a consequence of your own personal actions.
If that's what you want, go ahead.
Quit.
I'm doing what's best for everyone here.
Try to be helpful, Chief Johnson, for your own sake.
[ Door closes .]
So, um Chief Johnson, I want you to know that I did not instigate this investigation into your conduct.
I am here on assignment, and my mission -- So much for us being friends.
Ask for whatever you need from Lieutenant Provenza.
Oh, Chief, Chief, you okay? Uh, what was that all about? Reorganization stuff -- nothing serious.
Let's not think about it now.
So, um, the pizza that was ordered by our victims? Tao: The delivery guy, Marcus Jackson, just turned 18, but his juvie rap shows two robberies and an assault.
Yeah, he's a member of the 5-0 Bloods, and he's missing.
I just got off the phone with his boss at Big Pie, and he says Marcus took off on a delivery last night about 1:30 a.
m.
and never got back.
I put a want out on him.
We've got, uh, Flynn and Gabriel looking for him now.
Okay.
And the owner of the record company, Shanked, Antwone? Tao: Decker.
We got calls out to his people.
Waiting to hear back.
But look what I found on C-game's phone.
Who's she? His girlfriend, Keisha Murphy.
And she was at the house with him five hours before the murders.
How do you know she was his girlfriend? I checked the texts between Keisha and C-game.
Oh, my.
They certainly were friendly, weren't they? It's called sexting, Chief.
Lots of young people send naked pictures of themselves to, you know, cement their relationship -- uh, yeah, yeah, uh, this Keisha -- not at home, and she didn't show up for work this morning.
Well, um, I need to talk to Keisha.
She may be the last person to see our victims alive.
Check it out, Chief.
I bought this insulated take-out bag off a pizza-delivery guy downstairs.
Tao: Foam -- same stuff we found at the scene.
If our killer shot through a bag like this, it would muffle the noise.
It also explains why there were no casings.
Maybe it was a planned hit.
On whom -- C-game? That's what the press is suggesting.
Plus, all this media attention has made this kid's single the number-one-downloaded song online.
The video's everywhere.
Well, one way to get to the top of the charts.
Too bad the kid won't be around to enjoy it.
Tao: His record label will.
Antwone Decker's gonna rake it in.
Do your own thing I'm the new man you're a has-been we doin' shopping sprees I bought her new clothes I love staring at her pretty little rose we so fly, we chillin' in the lear and I never knew how small you were from up here [ Doorknob rattling .]
Fritzi, what are you doing here? Just sayingHi.
Uh-huh.
And, uh, wondering, as FBI liaison, why the L.
A.
P.
D.
wants to talk to Antwone Decker.
- Who says we do? - Brenda He's the principal person of interest in a joint FBI-L.
A.
P.
D.
investigation.
We have wires set up all around him.
We heard Sanchez call his office this morning.
Are you going to let me in? Oh, all right.
If -- if you must know, we've got questions for Antwone Decker about seven murders, including a rapper he was representing.
C-game? Um, excuse me.
[ Fingers snapping .]
Chief, I'm gonna duck out, talk to the press.
If you could try to keep ahead of this story, I'd appreciate it.
So, uh Carry on.
[ Police radio chatter .]
[ Door closes .]
Did he just tell us to "Carry on"? Lieutenant, let's not think about that right now.
Well, what kind of bull-- I said let's not think about it.
I don't want to think about it! What do you know about this case? I know C-game's brother, Kevin, distributed coke for Antwone Decker.
Tao: Coke! Might explain where all the money we found -- oh.
Money? What money? Wait -- you found money? Brenda.
Yeah.
The FBI and the L.
A.
P.
D.
have been investigating Decker for years.
If we can tie drug money to him -- Money laundering? I saw seven dead kids this morning.
If Decker's involved, he should go to jail for murder, not money laundering.
Decker's never gonna talk to you.
Even if he is involved, you're gonna find 100 people between him and the actual shooter.
No, he has a record.
He's been caught in the act before.
Because he does stupid things when he gets angry and paranoid.
But he's not even gonna give you a chance to get him upset.
- Trust me.
- All right, then.
You know so much about him -- maybe you could tell me what motive he might have had for knocking off C-game and his brother.
Well, C-game's deal with Shanked was pretty bad.
Kevin was shopping his brother to another label.
Did Decker know about that? I'm told that the task force may have leaked the information to Decker in such a way that he found out, yeah.
You guys made Kevin Brooks a target? Hey, hey, first of all, there's no "You guys," okay? This is a joint task force between the L.
A.
P.
D.
and the FBI.
I'm just the messenger.
And the fact of the matter is -- The fact of the matter is that seven people may have been murdered because Kevin Brooks was used as bait! Look -- I need to know who else your task force might have put in danger Joint task force.
Starting with the person who told Decker what Kevin Brooks was doing -- please.
All right, I'll find that out, but I'm telling you -- Decker is untouchable.
Nothing we do is gonna put him in your interview room.
We'll see about that.
[ Door opens .]
Excuse me, Chief.
Antwone Decker won't talk to us, but his attorney is here to speak with you.
Thank you.
[ Door closes .]
Chief, Chief, Captain Raydor is asking me for the murder book on our Shootin' Newton -- Just assist her with whatever she needs.
Any idea what this is about? Yes, it's about to make me crazy.
That's what it's about.
Just help her, please.
Ohh, that woman! [ Laughing .]
[ Door closes .]
Okay, great.
All right, I'll speak to you soon.
[ Briefcase thuds .]
[ Cellphone beeps .]
Mr.
Braddock, how can I help you? Someone from the L.
A.
P.
D.
called my client's office -- Antwone Decker -- and said there was a Chief Johnson here who wanted to speak with him.
I'm Deputy Chief Johnson.
Mm.
Where's Mr.
Decker? Busy.
Maybe you could tell me what this is about.
Several young people found murdered in a house owned by your client.
Can you tell me who was in the house? Victims one through seven.
I see.
We also removed this very heavy aluminum briefcase from the house.
I can't help but wonder if the murders had something to do with its contents.
Let me see what's inside.
I'll give you my best guess.
[ Cellphone ringing .]
You know, it just doesn't feel right, my opening this case without your client present.
Sorry.
Chief Johnson.
Pleasure meeting you, Mr.
Braddock.
[ Door closes .]
Oh, shoot.
[ Cellphone beeps .]
Yes, Lieutenant? Well, we found our pizza guy, Marcus Jackson, but I don't think he's our shooter.
Why not? Well, for one thing, he's got no shirt, no pizza bag And no pulse.
Yuck.
Brenda: It's just not fair, this investigation into my conduct, especially since I didn't break any laws.
Maybe it'll blow over.
You know, you get hit with these lawsuits all the time.
No, no, this one's serious.
I've seen it.
Oh, Raydor's poking around those Shootin' Newton murders, going over every square inch of my work, looking for impro-- impro-- imp-- impropriety? Improprieties.
[ Trash can lid opens, closes .]
Shoot.
And I -- oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't know you were reading.
It's okay.
[ Exhales sharply .]
And Turell Baylor's a murderer.
He killed two people -- two! And I'm being sued.
Isn't Pope protecting you? He can't even protect himself.
He's on his way out.
Stop.
Don't be happy about it.
Taylor taking his place.
Ugh! I don't think I could stand it.
God, if I could just quit.
[ Sighs .]
Here I am, under the gun for supposedly setting up Turell Baylor to be murdered while you people did the same thing to Kevin Brooks.
Not "You people.
" It's FBI and L.
A.
P.
D.
-- joint task force.
They knew Kevin Brooks was shopping his brother around behind Antwone Decker's back.
They set that boy up just to see what this dangerous, psychotic gangster would do.
Now seven people are dead.
And the pizza boy.
Eight -- eight people have been murdered.
If Decker's really responsible, why did he kill all the people in the house, including the guy selling coke for him, and then leave the money behind? I don't know.
Now that you pulled that stunt with his lawyer, Decker's gonna want his $750,000 back.
What if I don't have it? The money, I mean.
But you do have it.
What if I didn't? You think Antwone Decker would go nuts? Brenda, if he does, you make sure you're not in the same room with him.
Yeah, well, we'll talk about it in the morning.
[ Sighs .]
I don't know if I can sleep with everything that's going on.
It's so infuriating to work so hard for so long with so little appreciation for people.
[ Sighs .]
What's that? You wanted to know who might have told Decker that Kevin Brooks was shopping his brother to another record label.
It's a list.
[ Gasps .]
[ Laughs .]
Oh! See? I appreciate you.
[ Chuckles .]
Yes, you do.
And I'm naked.
'Cause you're looking at a king, homeboy, bow down [ Joel meows .]
I hope you know now I'm the man on this block Yes, you are.
I ain't got time to kill I'm for real with the Glock, rah look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight Good morning, everybody.
Ah, Chief.
Now, who profits from -- Sanchez, turn that down! Okay, all right [ Volume increases .]
She's with me -- [ Music stops .]
Oh, sorry, sir.
Chief, who profits from the increased album sales after C-game's death? Antwone Decker.
Who owns the house where our victims were murdered? Antwone Decker.
Now, take a guess as to who is waiting right now for you in interview room 2.
Antwone Decker.
Uh-huh.
He must really want to know what's in that briefcase.
Aha! Arranged, as requested.
Decker's not here to confess.
We'll see.
Uh, Lieutenant, is everybody ready? Uh, Tao is placing the tracking device on Decker's car as we speak -- as long as we have access to the wires.
Yes.
Very well.
Uh, and Chris Brooks' girlfriend -- have we found her yet? Uh, Keisha Murphy? No, not yet, Chief, but I have an S.
I.
S.
Unit sitting in front of her house, so, you know, the moment she comes home, we'll [ Sighs .]
David? What is it? Just -- I promised Mr.
Brooks that everyone would know that his boys were not Crips, that they were not gang, and that we would arrest the killer, but if Decker doesn't admit to it, then I don't -- We have a plan, David.
Let's see what happens before we start making excuses, okay? Lieutenant, here are the names of everyone who might have informed Antwone Decker that Kevin Brooks was shopping C-game to other record producers.
Look at this -- Keisha Murphy.
Brenda: I know.
She's everywhere but here, and I really need to find her.
Let's see what Antwone Decker has to say.
Uh, Lieutenant, wasn't there something that you wanted to tell the Chief? Oh, r-right, right.
[ Taps desk, chuckles .]
Ah, Chief, it's a good thing that Captain Raydor is doing Well, whatever it is she's doing here.
Um, otherwise, I may have forgotten to tell you that Taylor wants to be informed before you interview anybody, uh, so he can observe.
Lieutenant, I'm starting my interview with Antwone Decker.
Please let the commander know.
- Thank you so much.
- Yes, ma'am.
Uh, Chief, the commander also would like you to wear, uh, an earwig so that he can communicate with you during the -- [ laughs .]
I'd love to communicate with the commander, too, and as soon as I find the right words, I will.
Excuse me.
[ Telephone rings .]
[ Door opens .]
- Let's make this quick.
- Mr.
Braddock.
Mr.
Decker, I'm Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson.
I wonder if I might have a moment with you alone.
What is this? My client agreed to come here for one reason.
Now, he has the right to an attorney.
And I have the right to walk out of here with this briefcase and not come back.
So, Mr.
Decker, I suggest that you revoke and ask Mr.
Braddock to step out of the room.
[ Sniffs .]
Yo, "B," give us a second, man.
Thank you.
This must be a difficult time for you.
Chuckles .]
Yeah, you know, tragic.
I understand that Chris Brooks was a talented young man.
Any idea who might have done this to him? Kid was a hustler.
If you didn't have what he wanted, you weren't much good to him.
People don't like that where I'm from.
It ain't loyal.
No, it's not.
I-is that why you had security watching him at your house -- because he was disloyal? Hey, you know what? It's a scary world.
You got to take precautions.
Turns out I was right.
The kid had problems.
Problems with gangs or problems with drugs? You're the cop.
You figure it out.
So are you gonna show me what's in that damn case or what? Oh, yes, absolutely.
Oh, my.
It looks like this case used to be filled with lots of money.
I-I'm guessing that cash belonged to you? Taylor: Lieutenant, I told you I wanted to observe Chief Johnson's interviews.
Well, the suspect said he wouldn't wait for you.
Chief Delk, please.
You don't understand what's going on right now.
[ Echoing .]
Chief Johnson, I need to -- Buzz, I told you I wanted her to have an earwig.
I I forgot to give it to her.
[ Earwig clatters .]
Any idea who might have taken that cash? Oh, Mr.
Decker, don't go away mad.
[ Door closes .]
What just happened in there? We may be very close to arresting Mr.
Decker for attempted murder.
Attempted murder of whom? We're about to find out.
Excuse me.
I got him.
Looks like he's going west on Olympic.
Brenda: Don't stay any closer to Decker than you need to, please.
Be careful, gentlemen.
He gets mean when he's angry.
Copy that.
Provenza, what the hell are you doing? Just trying to follow policy, okay? Decker's making a call.
Okay, wait.
I'll patch it in.
Giz: What's up, Antwone? What you want? I need to get that bitch Keisha Murphy.
Keisha Murphy? What'd she do? She took my money, then ran straight back to that Deandre kid.
Deandre? I thought she broke up with that fool.
He's turning north on Western.
Flynn: Yeah, copy that.
We're one block back.
Giz: Where he at? Decker: Hey, you know his spot.
He living with his moms.
Got it -- Bring Tops and Bumper with you.
I can't trust no one but us on this, a'ight? I'm on my way.
Well, he hung up.
That's it.
Looks like you guys are in business.
Copy that.
You know what? Maybe hand me one of those, okay? [ Sighs .]
We're back in C-Street territory, one block from Chris' house.
Damn it.
Those boys turn out to be Crips [ Dog barking .]
That's Decker's car over there.
He got here about a minute ago.
He went in that house with his friends.
Okay, the house belongs to a Florence Harmon.
She's got a 22-year-old son, Deandre Harmon.
Flynn: Yeah, copy that, Chief.
[ Barking continues .]
[ Gunshots .]
Let's go! Go! Go! Go! Shots fired! Officer needs help! Police! Police! Freeze! Damn it! I said freeze, damn it! Drop those weapons! Freeze, or I'll shoot! Put your hands up in the air! Drop them and slide them over here right now! [ Indistinct shouting .]
You tell me where my money is right now! Let her go! Drop the gun! No way! [ Muffled screaming .]
I'm gonna count to three! One [ Shouting continues .]
Do it now! You want to die, bitch?! Aah! Get on the ground! Get on the ground! Two [ Groans .]
Tao: Deep breaths.
Take deep breaths.
You're okay.
You're gonna live.
[ Decker groans .]
You okay? Keisha? Okay.
Chief, we're good.
We're good, and we found Keisha Murphy.
We got her, Chief.
[ Sighs .]
You're okay now.
You led your prime suspect in eight murders to believe money had been stolen from him just to see who he would try to kill? I needed to know who he thought stole his cash.
The fact that we caught him in the act of attempted murder is just a huge bonus.
Chief Johnson, shots were fired.
The girl's been badly beaten.
Not to mention what happened to the young man who tried to defend her.
Oh, my God, her face.
I thought I told you watch her.
Chief, if we're to be held accountable for what suspects do after we question them, we might as well turn in our badges and go home.
Raydor: That's not the issue, Chief, because whatever our "Business as usual" is, you and the L.
A.
P.
D.
are currently being sued for recklessly endangering the life of a black gang member.
Now you have just gone and done the exact same thing again.
And the attorney that represents Turell Baylor will look at this incident and say that it points to a past pattern and practice of willful disregard -- Excuse me.
Allow me to help you here? Consider this my parting gift.
Chief Johnson has shown a pattern of arresting murderers and a past practice of getting confessions that hold up in court.
No matter how upset you are with her about this, if you won't let her quit over this civil suit, you will never fire her or even demote her until this case is dismissed.
I suggest you let Chief Johnson wrap up these murders so that you can once again look like a hero at her expense.
And I will go on my merry way.
You may have caught Antwone Decker in the act of attempted murder, but do you really think you can get him to confess his involvement in these eight other homicides? Well, we won't know if you keep me standing here.
Look -- all these people have been read their rights.
The last thing I need is for them to calm down and start thinking about lawyers before I interview them.
So May I, please? Thank you.
[ Door closes .]
I swear I didn't take Antwone's money.
I'd be a fool trying to rip him off.
God, he -- he was gonna kill me.
Miss Murphy, let's back up for a moment.
We know that you were with Chris at Antwone's house the night he was shot to death.
Why did you leave? Chris told me his brother was getting some girls.
You know, like strippers.
And I got mad.
He wanted me to stay, but Why were you hiding at Deandre Harmon's house? Because I was afraid, okay? I figured Antwone was gonna come after me next and that he wouldn't look for me at my ex-boyfriend's.
Next time you might want to hold on to your girl a little tighter, you little punk.
She's mine.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Why did you figure that Antwone would come after you next? 'Cause I knew Kevin was going around Antwone's back.
And Antwone -- he -- he saw dollar signs with Chris Told him the way he turned his life into rhymes would make him huge.
[ Crying .]
So, when I heard what happened yesterday, I knew it was Antwone, and I got scared -- ran.
[ Sniffles .]
Forgot he knew I used to be with Deandre.
Oh, God, Antwone's gonna kill us both.
[ Echoing .]
Let's go.
Look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right she's with me tonight Mr.
Harmon, thank you so much for your patience.
I just have, uh, some paperwork here for your signature.
Uh, this is a complaint in which you accuse Antwone Decker of trying to kill you.
And this is a form in which you basically say it was all in good fun.
You just, uh, sign whichever one you feel is appropriate.
[ Pen thuds .]
Well, I ain't accusin' Decker of nothin'.
[ Pen clatters .]
W-where Keisha at? She all right? Oh, she's fine.
I-I didn't realize the two of you used to go out.
Oh.
I take it Keisha told you about what happened to Chris and Kevin Brooks.
You live around the corner from each other.
Is that right? Yeah.
I knew those dudes.
We grew up together.
And were you all still close? Yeah.
We close, sure.
I'm -- I'm -- I'm curious as to why you weren't at that house two nights ago, celebrating with your friends.
[ Coughs .]
I mean, I was -- I was there the night before that.
But then, you know, they got back off a tour, and they got busy, you know? Mm.
That's Hollywood, right? People make it big, and then they can't be bothered with their old friends anymore.
Was that kind of what it was? I guess, maybe, you know? I mean, Chris -- he started getting a little heat for his rhymes, and he hooked up with Decker.
And, you know, like, we was all gonna take this ride together, but I guess the limo wasn't big enough for all of us.
You know what I mean? [ Chuckles .]
It's cool, though.
You know, I helped him out in high school, helped him slip, you know, told all my boys that Chris was off limits.
So, Chris and Kevin -- they were never Crips? [ Laughs .]
You kidding? Hell, no.
[ Scoffs .]
A-and Keisha met Chris when? Six months ago, something like that? I mean, but then he wasn't Chris no more.
He was "C-game"! [ Laughs .]
Yeah.
Why? I don't know.
Just seemed like, first, C-game kind of pushed you away, and then he stole your girlfriend.
S-she told you that? No, C-game did, in the lyrics to his single.
It's pretty clear what happened.
"It's time to move on, do your own thing.
I'm the new man.
You're a has-been.
" Not a lot of respect in those words, Mr.
Harmon.
Not a lot of gratitude, not a lot of loyalty.
"We're so fly that we're chillin' in the lear, and I never knew how small you were from up here.
" "Never slip, never fall, "'cause I'm gonna kick you when you're down.
You're looking at a king, homeboy, bow down.
" He's humiliating you, Deandre.
What do you want me to say, lady? Where were you the night before last? I-I was with my mom.
Look, man -- I didn't kill nobody over that skank-ass bitch, man.
That was history.
I was done a long time ago.
Oh, I believe you 100%.
But I'm having that gun that we found at your house tested just the same.
And if it matches to the bullets that we found in C-game, you're going away for eight counts of murder, and your lawyer's never gonna let you talk again.
This is your only chance to set C-game's record straight.
C-game -- who's -- who's that? The guy sleeping with Keisha.
That's who he was.
Now, do you want people to say that you shot up C-game because some girl broke your heart? "Chris," "Chris," "Chris," "Chris," "Chris," "Chris" Or do you want the world to know that you were teaching C-game a lesson? Ain't no damn C-game, man! Stop saying that! That's a bullshit, made-up-ass name, man, like he some big-time banger! He didn't know nothing about none of that.
All that stuff he got popping off right now -- all that's luck, man.
I'm the one who watched over his ass his whole life.
I protected him! Then he want to come to my hood, take my girl? He want to write up songs about it, talking about some "move on" and "get over it," all over the radio, all on TV, got people coming up to me, asking me questions and laughing at me like I'm some punk-ass bitch? Hell, no! Homey ain't even going down like that, man.
You should have seen when I first pulled the trigger! You should have looked at his face! He wasn't no C-game then! He wasn't none of that! He knew it was gone, it was over, finished.
Now who moving on, huh? Is.
That's who.
And his brother! And Ty! [ Pounding desk .]
And them bitches! Yeah.
Yeah.
[ Laughs, scoffs .]
They moving on.
That's who.
And I'm here.
So, who's looking small now? Not me.
Not me.
[ Door opens .]
[ Taylor whistling .]
[ Humming .]
Ah.
Oh.
[ Chuckles .]
Sorry.
I, uh, thought you had left already.
No, the, uh, new maintenance manager's a little overwhelmed with so many people leaving.
I'm just killing time.
Make yourself at home.
No, no, no, I should, uh -- I should get back.
Chief Johnson is settling up her arrests before Delk goes down to his press conference.
All right.
I'll go with you.
Take a last look around.
Yeah.
$750,000 cash that used to belong to Antwone Decker now belongs to the FBI, as long as you sign here.
I really should count it first.
Don't I get a "thank you"? [ Knock on door .]
Oh! Please, come right in.
[ Door closes .]
Uh Uh, sorry for interrupting.
[ Clears throat .]
Uh, Deandre Harmon is on his way to county right now.
I'm a little concerned, given the connections that Antwone Decker has, Mr.
Harmon may not be safe in general population.
He should be placed under protective custody.
Is that what you're saying? Yes.
I can make the transfer myself if you'd like, and the two of you can get back to whatever it is you're -- fine.
Thank you.
[ Door closes .]
Could it be someone has your back? She's put several knives in it already.
[ Sighs .]
Doing this job, reporting to Taylor -- I'd rather put pins in my eyes, I swear.
Now what does he want? [ Briefcase latches click .]
Chief Johnson.
Chief Johnson, I'd like to commend you on a job well done.
Oh -- Could be that I've -- I've overreacted a bit, our present situation being that it [Stammers.]
[ Groans .]
Chief! Chief! Chief, you okay? Chief! You okay? Come on.
Chief, are you okay? Chief? Clear his airway.
You all right? This is Deputy Chief Johnson, Major Crimes.
I need paramedics on the ninth floor.
Got an officer down.
Repeat -- we have an officer down! Taylor: Chief, Chief, come on, now.
Come on, Chief.
[ Echoing .]
Ha ha.
She's mine.
Let's go.
Look at me now she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight she was chillin' with me all night everything was all right rollin' with a "g" and I'm-a put her in the limelight it's time to move on, do your own thing I'm the new man you're a has-been we doin' shopping sprees, I bought her new clothes I love staring at her pretty little rose oh, 'cause I'm a real man you're a real punk I got your ex on my lap, so what's up? Yeah I know you mad 'cause she likes the way I'm ownin' it hey, take your eyes off the prize get over it we so fly, we chillin' in the lear and I never knew how small you were from up here look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight it's mine now, and you will not be missing it quit having a hissy fit before I break a ligament I'm all, I am destined to be the greatest rapper alive I've giving you front seats when I see you in the club I'm coming with the thunder one shot, two shot, six feet under, under no wonder your girlfriend jumped ship she wanted a real man, that's me, that's it never slip, never fall I'm-a kick you when you down 'cause you're looking at a king, homeboy, bow down I hope you know now I'm the man on this block I ain't got time to kill, I'm for real with the Glock, rah look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right she's with me tonight look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" Provenza: Flynn, turn that off! She used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all ri-- Flynn! Sanchez: But no officers were dispatched here until the maids came to work this morning.
Maybe the call didn't go through.
So we have seven victims shot to death -- five young men, two young ladies.
Do we know who these people are? The guys all had I.
D.
, but the girls only had business cards.
Yeah, it looks like our ladies are from the same modeling agency -- Hollywood Tease.
This is Candy on the couch.
And you are with Delight.
Brenda: Looks like this massacre began with the two guys at the door.
Sanchez: They got C-Street tats.
Means they're Clinton Street Crips.
Probably the security team, but they never even drew their weapons.
So they either knew the guy, or it was a professional hit, which explains why there are no casings.
And who are these young men? Well, the rapper's name was Christopher Brooks.
Chris Brooks.
Flynn: A.
K.
A.
"C-game.
" You can download his new single for free.
Provenza: Gang members, empty vodka bottles, joints in the ashtray, half-naked girls -- I mean, it's like a murder had to happen.
[ Police radio chatter .]
Is this C-game famous? Sanchez: Never heard of him, Chief.
He's probably more of an up-and-comer.
Then who lives here? Lieutenant Tao, would you please look up the title on the house? Gabriel: Wait a minute, Chief.
Oh, my God, I know two of these guys.
They're brothers.
Their father is a Deacon at my church.
Both his kids, man -- that's -- look -- they are not gang.
How long has it been since you've seen them? Uh, I guess since they went off to college, but, I mean, I see their family all the time.
They're good people.
It's just -- Gabriel, look -- we've got drugs and strippers here.
These guys may have school lately, okay? Right, they smoked a little pot.
I understand that, but that does not mean -- you have their I.
D.
s.
Clinton Street, too? Yeah, but not every black kid on Clinton Street is a Crip.
You know that.
Flynn: Oh, come on, Gabriel.
This kid Chris called himself "C-game.
" That's slang for "cocaine.
" I know what the name means! - All right.
- He won't have a record.
- All right.
- Look it up.
Look him -- That's enough.
That's enough.
Lieutenant Flynn, Detective Gabriel, would you please check out the rest of the house, see what else we can find? Thank you.
rap means gangs.
And gangs usually means drugs.
Well, that may be true, but in the interest of a unified approach, let's try not to jump to conclusions.
Thank you.
The L.
A.
P.
D.
has a joint task force with the FBI looking into the rap business.
They're probably gonna grab this case, anyway, Chief.
And Chief Delk announces tomorrow afternoon.
Provenza: Yeah.
Who knows? Major Crimes may already be a thing of the past.
Title on the house belongs to a company called Shanked, Inc.
Sanchez: Shanked? That's a record label -- handles lots of rappers.
Brenda: I need to speak to someone from Shanked about the slaughter in their living room.
What's all this stuff on the floor? Tao: Foam.
Some sort of insulation material.
I already sent off a few pictures to S.
I.
D.
[ Camera shutter clicks .]
Chief, Buzz, we found something.
Oh.
[ Grunts .]
Is this C-game's room? No, this stuff belongs to his brother, Kevin.
It still doesn't prove they were gang.
David, since all these boys lived in Clinton and you're acquainted with Chris and Kevin's parents -- You want me to do the notification.
Yes, please.
Thank you.
I know you can handle it.
So, Lieutenant, how much would you say is here? I had property count it.
The total's $750,000 on the nose.
Well, like we said, rap means gangs.
Gangs means drugs.
But if it was a drug deal gone sideways, why murder seven people and leave the cash behind? As to the, uh, two young ladies, we have Michelle Simpson, A.
K.
A.
"Candy," 19, Seattle, and Rina Watkins, A.
K.
A.
"Delight," 20, Detroit.
And maybe Gabriel can tell us about our Clinton Street boys.
David? [ Sighs .]
Yes? Oh, yes, uh Christopher Brooks, A.
K.
A.
"C-game," got his degree in music from UCLA.
And his brother, Kevin Brooks, graduated USC with a degree in Economics.
His parents said that neither one of them have ever been involved with gangs.
But they're both on the record company's payroll.
Shanked, owned by Antwone Decker, lifelong Crip, with a sheet to prove it -- drugs, extortion, probably worse, Chief.
Brenda: Well, if he owns the company, he also owns the house where we found our victims.
Let's invite Mr.
Decker in for a chat, please.
[ Keys clacking .]
Tao: Gabriel's right -- no criminal record for Kevin or Chris, A.
K.
A.
"C-game.
" But I got his bio off the Shanked Records website.
It says his debut album drops next week.
And according to this, his brother, Kevin, was his manager.
[ Clatter .]
Taylor: Uh, just packing a few of my boxes back here.
[ Chuckles .]
Sorry, it -- it slipped.
Yeah.
We have this, Chief -- copy of the 911 call from last night.
[ Telephone rings .]
Woman: 911.
What's your emergency? Hello? Rap music playing .]
911.
What's your emergency? Tao: Communications never located the signal, so it was classified as "unknown trouble.
" Have you found anything else useful from the victims' cellphones? Oh, the girls give us a pretty detailed timeline on the night.
Rena texts her service that she and Michelle have arrived at the house.
Michelle downloads C-game's single.
they take pictures.
someone orders pizzas from Michelle's phone.
And then at 2:07 a.
m.
, Rena sends her last call to 911.
Just got an advanced copy of the department's new organizational chart.
Delk makes this official at a 5:00 p.
m.
news conference tomorrow.
Notice anything? [ Gasps .]
He's keeping Major Crimes! Yes, that.
Yeah, congratulations.
But look here -- I am now Captain of Traffic, Valley Bureau.
[ Gasps .]
Oh, Will, I'm so sorry.
That's just terrible.
[ Sighs .]
I don't believe this.
I won't accept the job, of course, but I still have to be out of my office tomorrow, after which you will be directing all of your inquiries to new Assistant Chief Russell Taylor.
Oh.
Believe it or not, it may be getting worse.
I just found out there are -- Good afternoon, Chief.
Delk: Chief Johnson, Chief Pope, may we speak privately, please? I-I'm in the middle of -- You're in the middle of it, all right.
Let's go.
What's on your mind, Chief? Pizza -- someone ordered it.
We had vodka bottles, joints in the ashtrays, and half-naked girls, but where was the pizza? [ Door closes .]
Delk: Chief Johnson, last summer, did Major Crimes investigate the murders of an elderly convenience-store owner and his 8-year-old grandson, referred to as the "Shootin' Newton" murders? In the course of closing a case in which three Army Rangers were shot to death, yes, we dealt with Shootin' Newton.
Why? And did you obtain a confession from the suspect Turell Baylor that you could not use in court? I asked the D.
A.
to give Turell immunity, so, yes, his confession was useless.
And did you then escort Turell, a black gang member, back to his house, after which he was beaten to death? What is this about? Turell's mother has filed a civil suit against the city, the L.
A.
P.
D.
, Chief Pope, yourself, and every member of your division for the wrongful death of Turell Baylor.
Oh, for heaven's sakes.
One of the more serious accusations in her suit is that you drove Mr.
Baylor home knowing that he could be executed by his own gang members, thus depriving him of due process.
This is a frivolous lawsuit.
The city attorney's office gets one every time we shoot someone.
Add it to the pile.
Delk: Other filings of this sort are one page.
This one is over 40.
Raydor: Chief Johnson, did you know that Mr.
Baylor would be murdered after you dropped him off at his house? I'm not a fortune teller.
He asked me to take him home.
I took him there.
I did nothing wrong.
Well, then, a transparency audit of the Shootin' Newton murders should make that perfectly clear.
An audit comes extremely close to questioning my professional conduct.
And this lawsuit comes extremely close to questioning the conduct of our whole department.
So, while we're fighting to get these charges dismissed, you will fully cooperate with Captain Raydor and refrain from discussing either the subject of this article or the allegations in the complaint with other defendants.
How about I just quit? Then I'll tie this lawsuit around your neck and tell the city attorney that whatever happened to Turell Baylor was a consequence of your own personal actions.
If that's what you want, go ahead.
Quit.
I'm doing what's best for everyone here.
Try to be helpful, Chief Johnson, for your own sake.
[ Door closes .]
So, um Chief Johnson, I want you to know that I did not instigate this investigation into your conduct.
I am here on assignment, and my mission -- So much for us being friends.
Ask for whatever you need from Lieutenant Provenza.
Oh, Chief, Chief, you okay? Uh, what was that all about? Reorganization stuff -- nothing serious.
Let's not think about it now.
So, um, the pizza that was ordered by our victims? Tao: The delivery guy, Marcus Jackson, just turned 18, but his juvie rap shows two robberies and an assault.
Yeah, he's a member of the 5-0 Bloods, and he's missing.
I just got off the phone with his boss at Big Pie, and he says Marcus took off on a delivery last night about 1:30 a.
m.
and never got back.
I put a want out on him.
We've got, uh, Flynn and Gabriel looking for him now.
Okay.
And the owner of the record company, Shanked, Antwone? Tao: Decker.
We got calls out to his people.
Waiting to hear back.
But look what I found on C-game's phone.
Who's she? His girlfriend, Keisha Murphy.
And she was at the house with him five hours before the murders.
How do you know she was his girlfriend? I checked the texts between Keisha and C-game.
Oh, my.
They certainly were friendly, weren't they? It's called sexting, Chief.
Lots of young people send naked pictures of themselves to, you know, cement their relationship -- uh, yeah, yeah, uh, this Keisha -- not at home, and she didn't show up for work this morning.
Well, um, I need to talk to Keisha.
She may be the last person to see our victims alive.
Check it out, Chief.
I bought this insulated take-out bag off a pizza-delivery guy downstairs.
Tao: Foam -- same stuff we found at the scene.
If our killer shot through a bag like this, it would muffle the noise.
It also explains why there were no casings.
Maybe it was a planned hit.
On whom -- C-game? That's what the press is suggesting.
Plus, all this media attention has made this kid's single the number-one-downloaded song online.
The video's everywhere.
Well, one way to get to the top of the charts.
Too bad the kid won't be around to enjoy it.
Tao: His record label will.
Antwone Decker's gonna rake it in.
Do your own thing I'm the new man you're a has-been we doin' shopping sprees I bought her new clothes I love staring at her pretty little rose we so fly, we chillin' in the lear and I never knew how small you were from up here [ Doorknob rattling .]
Fritzi, what are you doing here? Just sayingHi.
Uh-huh.
And, uh, wondering, as FBI liaison, why the L.
A.
P.
D.
wants to talk to Antwone Decker.
- Who says we do? - Brenda He's the principal person of interest in a joint FBI-L.
A.
P.
D.
investigation.
We have wires set up all around him.
We heard Sanchez call his office this morning.
Are you going to let me in? Oh, all right.
If -- if you must know, we've got questions for Antwone Decker about seven murders, including a rapper he was representing.
C-game? Um, excuse me.
[ Fingers snapping .]
Chief, I'm gonna duck out, talk to the press.
If you could try to keep ahead of this story, I'd appreciate it.
So, uh Carry on.
[ Police radio chatter .]
[ Door closes .]
Did he just tell us to "Carry on"? Lieutenant, let's not think about that right now.
Well, what kind of bull-- I said let's not think about it.
I don't want to think about it! What do you know about this case? I know C-game's brother, Kevin, distributed coke for Antwone Decker.
Tao: Coke! Might explain where all the money we found -- oh.
Money? What money? Wait -- you found money? Brenda.
Yeah.
The FBI and the L.
A.
P.
D.
have been investigating Decker for years.
If we can tie drug money to him -- Money laundering? I saw seven dead kids this morning.
If Decker's involved, he should go to jail for murder, not money laundering.
Decker's never gonna talk to you.
Even if he is involved, you're gonna find 100 people between him and the actual shooter.
No, he has a record.
He's been caught in the act before.
Because he does stupid things when he gets angry and paranoid.
But he's not even gonna give you a chance to get him upset.
- Trust me.
- All right, then.
You know so much about him -- maybe you could tell me what motive he might have had for knocking off C-game and his brother.
Well, C-game's deal with Shanked was pretty bad.
Kevin was shopping his brother to another label.
Did Decker know about that? I'm told that the task force may have leaked the information to Decker in such a way that he found out, yeah.
You guys made Kevin Brooks a target? Hey, hey, first of all, there's no "You guys," okay? This is a joint task force between the L.
A.
P.
D.
and the FBI.
I'm just the messenger.
And the fact of the matter is -- The fact of the matter is that seven people may have been murdered because Kevin Brooks was used as bait! Look -- I need to know who else your task force might have put in danger Joint task force.
Starting with the person who told Decker what Kevin Brooks was doing -- please.
All right, I'll find that out, but I'm telling you -- Decker is untouchable.
Nothing we do is gonna put him in your interview room.
We'll see about that.
[ Door opens .]
Excuse me, Chief.
Antwone Decker won't talk to us, but his attorney is here to speak with you.
Thank you.
[ Door closes .]
Chief, Chief, Captain Raydor is asking me for the murder book on our Shootin' Newton -- Just assist her with whatever she needs.
Any idea what this is about? Yes, it's about to make me crazy.
That's what it's about.
Just help her, please.
Ohh, that woman! [ Laughing .]
[ Door closes .]
Okay, great.
All right, I'll speak to you soon.
[ Briefcase thuds .]
[ Cellphone beeps .]
Mr.
Braddock, how can I help you? Someone from the L.
A.
P.
D.
called my client's office -- Antwone Decker -- and said there was a Chief Johnson here who wanted to speak with him.
I'm Deputy Chief Johnson.
Mm.
Where's Mr.
Decker? Busy.
Maybe you could tell me what this is about.
Several young people found murdered in a house owned by your client.
Can you tell me who was in the house? Victims one through seven.
I see.
We also removed this very heavy aluminum briefcase from the house.
I can't help but wonder if the murders had something to do with its contents.
Let me see what's inside.
I'll give you my best guess.
[ Cellphone ringing .]
You know, it just doesn't feel right, my opening this case without your client present.
Sorry.
Chief Johnson.
Pleasure meeting you, Mr.
Braddock.
[ Door closes .]
Oh, shoot.
[ Cellphone beeps .]
Yes, Lieutenant? Well, we found our pizza guy, Marcus Jackson, but I don't think he's our shooter.
Why not? Well, for one thing, he's got no shirt, no pizza bag And no pulse.
Yuck.
Brenda: It's just not fair, this investigation into my conduct, especially since I didn't break any laws.
Maybe it'll blow over.
You know, you get hit with these lawsuits all the time.
No, no, this one's serious.
I've seen it.
Oh, Raydor's poking around those Shootin' Newton murders, going over every square inch of my work, looking for impro-- impro-- imp-- impropriety? Improprieties.
[ Trash can lid opens, closes .]
Shoot.
And I -- oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't know you were reading.
It's okay.
[ Exhales sharply .]
And Turell Baylor's a murderer.
He killed two people -- two! And I'm being sued.
Isn't Pope protecting you? He can't even protect himself.
He's on his way out.
Stop.
Don't be happy about it.
Taylor taking his place.
Ugh! I don't think I could stand it.
God, if I could just quit.
[ Sighs .]
Here I am, under the gun for supposedly setting up Turell Baylor to be murdered while you people did the same thing to Kevin Brooks.
Not "You people.
" It's FBI and L.
A.
P.
D.
-- joint task force.
They knew Kevin Brooks was shopping his brother around behind Antwone Decker's back.
They set that boy up just to see what this dangerous, psychotic gangster would do.
Now seven people are dead.
And the pizza boy.
Eight -- eight people have been murdered.
If Decker's really responsible, why did he kill all the people in the house, including the guy selling coke for him, and then leave the money behind? I don't know.
Now that you pulled that stunt with his lawyer, Decker's gonna want his $750,000 back.
What if I don't have it? The money, I mean.
But you do have it.
What if I didn't? You think Antwone Decker would go nuts? Brenda, if he does, you make sure you're not in the same room with him.
Yeah, well, we'll talk about it in the morning.
[ Sighs .]
I don't know if I can sleep with everything that's going on.
It's so infuriating to work so hard for so long with so little appreciation for people.
[ Sighs .]
What's that? You wanted to know who might have told Decker that Kevin Brooks was shopping his brother to another record label.
It's a list.
[ Gasps .]
[ Laughs .]
Oh! See? I appreciate you.
[ Chuckles .]
Yes, you do.
And I'm naked.
'Cause you're looking at a king, homeboy, bow down [ Joel meows .]
I hope you know now I'm the man on this block Yes, you are.
I ain't got time to kill I'm for real with the Glock, rah look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight Good morning, everybody.
Ah, Chief.
Now, who profits from -- Sanchez, turn that down! Okay, all right [ Volume increases .]
She's with me -- [ Music stops .]
Oh, sorry, sir.
Chief, who profits from the increased album sales after C-game's death? Antwone Decker.
Who owns the house where our victims were murdered? Antwone Decker.
Now, take a guess as to who is waiting right now for you in interview room 2.
Antwone Decker.
Uh-huh.
He must really want to know what's in that briefcase.
Aha! Arranged, as requested.
Decker's not here to confess.
We'll see.
Uh, Lieutenant, is everybody ready? Uh, Tao is placing the tracking device on Decker's car as we speak -- as long as we have access to the wires.
Yes.
Very well.
Uh, and Chris Brooks' girlfriend -- have we found her yet? Uh, Keisha Murphy? No, not yet, Chief, but I have an S.
I.
S.
Unit sitting in front of her house, so, you know, the moment she comes home, we'll [ Sighs .]
David? What is it? Just -- I promised Mr.
Brooks that everyone would know that his boys were not Crips, that they were not gang, and that we would arrest the killer, but if Decker doesn't admit to it, then I don't -- We have a plan, David.
Let's see what happens before we start making excuses, okay? Lieutenant, here are the names of everyone who might have informed Antwone Decker that Kevin Brooks was shopping C-game to other record producers.
Look at this -- Keisha Murphy.
Brenda: I know.
She's everywhere but here, and I really need to find her.
Let's see what Antwone Decker has to say.
Uh, Lieutenant, wasn't there something that you wanted to tell the Chief? Oh, r-right, right.
[ Taps desk, chuckles .]
Ah, Chief, it's a good thing that Captain Raydor is doing Well, whatever it is she's doing here.
Um, otherwise, I may have forgotten to tell you that Taylor wants to be informed before you interview anybody, uh, so he can observe.
Lieutenant, I'm starting my interview with Antwone Decker.
Please let the commander know.
- Thank you so much.
- Yes, ma'am.
Uh, Chief, the commander also would like you to wear, uh, an earwig so that he can communicate with you during the -- [ laughs .]
I'd love to communicate with the commander, too, and as soon as I find the right words, I will.
Excuse me.
[ Telephone rings .]
[ Door opens .]
- Let's make this quick.
- Mr.
Braddock.
Mr.
Decker, I'm Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson.
I wonder if I might have a moment with you alone.
What is this? My client agreed to come here for one reason.
Now, he has the right to an attorney.
And I have the right to walk out of here with this briefcase and not come back.
So, Mr.
Decker, I suggest that you revoke and ask Mr.
Braddock to step out of the room.
[ Sniffs .]
Yo, "B," give us a second, man.
Thank you.
This must be a difficult time for you.
Chuckles .]
Yeah, you know, tragic.
I understand that Chris Brooks was a talented young man.
Any idea who might have done this to him? Kid was a hustler.
If you didn't have what he wanted, you weren't much good to him.
People don't like that where I'm from.
It ain't loyal.
No, it's not.
I-is that why you had security watching him at your house -- because he was disloyal? Hey, you know what? It's a scary world.
You got to take precautions.
Turns out I was right.
The kid had problems.
Problems with gangs or problems with drugs? You're the cop.
You figure it out.
So are you gonna show me what's in that damn case or what? Oh, yes, absolutely.
Oh, my.
It looks like this case used to be filled with lots of money.
I-I'm guessing that cash belonged to you? Taylor: Lieutenant, I told you I wanted to observe Chief Johnson's interviews.
Well, the suspect said he wouldn't wait for you.
Chief Delk, please.
You don't understand what's going on right now.
[ Echoing .]
Chief Johnson, I need to -- Buzz, I told you I wanted her to have an earwig.
I I forgot to give it to her.
[ Earwig clatters .]
Any idea who might have taken that cash? Oh, Mr.
Decker, don't go away mad.
[ Door closes .]
What just happened in there? We may be very close to arresting Mr.
Decker for attempted murder.
Attempted murder of whom? We're about to find out.
Excuse me.
I got him.
Looks like he's going west on Olympic.
Brenda: Don't stay any closer to Decker than you need to, please.
Be careful, gentlemen.
He gets mean when he's angry.
Copy that.
Provenza, what the hell are you doing? Just trying to follow policy, okay? Decker's making a call.
Okay, wait.
I'll patch it in.
Giz: What's up, Antwone? What you want? I need to get that bitch Keisha Murphy.
Keisha Murphy? What'd she do? She took my money, then ran straight back to that Deandre kid.
Deandre? I thought she broke up with that fool.
He's turning north on Western.
Flynn: Yeah, copy that.
We're one block back.
Giz: Where he at? Decker: Hey, you know his spot.
He living with his moms.
Got it -- Bring Tops and Bumper with you.
I can't trust no one but us on this, a'ight? I'm on my way.
Well, he hung up.
That's it.
Looks like you guys are in business.
Copy that.
You know what? Maybe hand me one of those, okay? [ Sighs .]
We're back in C-Street territory, one block from Chris' house.
Damn it.
Those boys turn out to be Crips [ Dog barking .]
That's Decker's car over there.
He got here about a minute ago.
He went in that house with his friends.
Okay, the house belongs to a Florence Harmon.
She's got a 22-year-old son, Deandre Harmon.
Flynn: Yeah, copy that, Chief.
[ Barking continues .]
[ Gunshots .]
Let's go! Go! Go! Go! Shots fired! Officer needs help! Police! Police! Freeze! Damn it! I said freeze, damn it! Drop those weapons! Freeze, or I'll shoot! Put your hands up in the air! Drop them and slide them over here right now! [ Indistinct shouting .]
You tell me where my money is right now! Let her go! Drop the gun! No way! [ Muffled screaming .]
I'm gonna count to three! One [ Shouting continues .]
Do it now! You want to die, bitch?! Aah! Get on the ground! Get on the ground! Two [ Groans .]
Tao: Deep breaths.
Take deep breaths.
You're okay.
You're gonna live.
[ Decker groans .]
You okay? Keisha? Okay.
Chief, we're good.
We're good, and we found Keisha Murphy.
We got her, Chief.
[ Sighs .]
You're okay now.
You led your prime suspect in eight murders to believe money had been stolen from him just to see who he would try to kill? I needed to know who he thought stole his cash.
The fact that we caught him in the act of attempted murder is just a huge bonus.
Chief Johnson, shots were fired.
The girl's been badly beaten.
Not to mention what happened to the young man who tried to defend her.
Oh, my God, her face.
I thought I told you watch her.
Chief, if we're to be held accountable for what suspects do after we question them, we might as well turn in our badges and go home.
Raydor: That's not the issue, Chief, because whatever our "Business as usual" is, you and the L.
A.
P.
D.
are currently being sued for recklessly endangering the life of a black gang member.
Now you have just gone and done the exact same thing again.
And the attorney that represents Turell Baylor will look at this incident and say that it points to a past pattern and practice of willful disregard -- Excuse me.
Allow me to help you here? Consider this my parting gift.
Chief Johnson has shown a pattern of arresting murderers and a past practice of getting confessions that hold up in court.
No matter how upset you are with her about this, if you won't let her quit over this civil suit, you will never fire her or even demote her until this case is dismissed.
I suggest you let Chief Johnson wrap up these murders so that you can once again look like a hero at her expense.
And I will go on my merry way.
You may have caught Antwone Decker in the act of attempted murder, but do you really think you can get him to confess his involvement in these eight other homicides? Well, we won't know if you keep me standing here.
Look -- all these people have been read their rights.
The last thing I need is for them to calm down and start thinking about lawyers before I interview them.
So May I, please? Thank you.
[ Door closes .]
I swear I didn't take Antwone's money.
I'd be a fool trying to rip him off.
God, he -- he was gonna kill me.
Miss Murphy, let's back up for a moment.
We know that you were with Chris at Antwone's house the night he was shot to death.
Why did you leave? Chris told me his brother was getting some girls.
You know, like strippers.
And I got mad.
He wanted me to stay, but Why were you hiding at Deandre Harmon's house? Because I was afraid, okay? I figured Antwone was gonna come after me next and that he wouldn't look for me at my ex-boyfriend's.
Next time you might want to hold on to your girl a little tighter, you little punk.
She's mine.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Why did you figure that Antwone would come after you next? 'Cause I knew Kevin was going around Antwone's back.
And Antwone -- he -- he saw dollar signs with Chris Told him the way he turned his life into rhymes would make him huge.
[ Crying .]
So, when I heard what happened yesterday, I knew it was Antwone, and I got scared -- ran.
[ Sniffles .]
Forgot he knew I used to be with Deandre.
Oh, God, Antwone's gonna kill us both.
[ Echoing .]
Let's go.
Look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right okay, all right she's with me tonight look at me now, she's rollin' with a "g" she used to be yours, now she rollin' with me okay, all right she's with me tonight Mr.
Harmon, thank you so much for your patience.
I just have, uh, some paperwork here for your signature.
Uh, this is a complaint in which you accuse Antwone Decker of trying to kill you.
And this is a form in which you basically say it was all in good fun.
You just, uh, sign whichever one you feel is appropriate.
[ Pen thuds .]
Well, I ain't accusin' Decker of nothin'.
[ Pen clatters .]
W-where Keisha at? She all right? Oh, she's fine.
I-I didn't realize the two of you used to go out.
Oh.
I take it Keisha told you about what happened to Chris and Kevin Brooks.
You live around the corner from each other.
Is that right? Yeah.
I knew those dudes.
We grew up together.
And were you all still close? Yeah.
We close, sure.
I'm -- I'm -- I'm curious as to why you weren't at that house two nights ago, celebrating with your friends.
[ Coughs .]
I mean, I was -- I was there the night before that.
But then, you know, they got back off a tour, and they got busy, you know? Mm.
That's Hollywood, right? People make it big, and then they can't be bothered with their old friends anymore.
Was that kind of what it was? I guess, maybe, you know? I mean, Chris -- he started getting a little heat for his rhymes, and he hooked up with Decker.
And, you know, like, we was all gonna take this ride together, but I guess the limo wasn't big enough for all of us.
You know what I mean? [ Chuckles .]
It's cool, though.
You know, I helped him out in high school, helped him slip, you know, told all my boys that Chris was off limits.
So, Chris and Kevin -- they were never Crips? [ Laughs .]
You kidding? Hell, no.
[ Scoffs .]
A-and Keisha met Chris when? Six months ago, something like that? I mean, but then he wasn't Chris no more.
He was "C-game"! [ Laughs .]
Yeah.
Why? I don't know.
Just seemed like, first, C-game kind of pushed you away, and then he stole your girlfriend.
S-she told you that? No, C-game did, in the lyrics to his single.
It's pretty clear what happened.
"It's time to move on, do your own thing.
I'm the new man.
You're a has-been.
" Not a lot of respect in those words, Mr.
Harmon.
Not a lot of gratitude, not a lot of loyalty.
"We're so fly that we're chillin' in the lear, and I never knew how small you were from up here.
" "Never slip, never fall, "'cause I'm gonna kick you when you're down.
You're looking at a king, homeboy, bow down.
" He's humiliating you, Deandre.
What do you want me to say, lady? Where were you the night before last? I-I was with my mom.
Look, man -- I didn't kill nobody over that skank-ass bitch, man.
That was history.
I was done a long time ago.
Oh, I believe you 100%.
But I'm having that gun that we found at your house tested just the same.
And if it matches to the bullets that we found in C-game, you're going away for eight counts of murder, and your lawyer's never gonna let you talk again.
This is your only chance to set C-game's record straight.
C-game -- who's -- who's that? The guy sleeping with Keisha.
That's who he was.
Now, do you want people to say that you shot up C-game because some girl broke your heart? "Chris," "Chris," "Chris," "Chris," "Chris," "Chris" Or do you want the world to know that you were teaching C-game a lesson? Ain't no damn C-game, man! Stop saying that! That's a bullshit, made-up-ass name, man, like he some big-time banger! He didn't know nothing about none of that.
All that stuff he got popping off right now -- all that's luck, man.
I'm the one who watched over his ass his whole life.
I protected him! Then he want to come to my hood, take my girl? He want to write up songs about it, talking about some "move on" and "get over it," all over the radio, all on TV, got people coming up to me, asking me questions and laughing at me like I'm some punk-ass bitch? Hell, no! Homey ain't even going down like that, man.
You should have seen when I first pulled the trigger! You should have looked at his face! He wasn't no C-game then! He wasn't none of that! He knew it was gone, it was over, finished.
Now who moving on, huh? Is.
That's who.
And his brother! And Ty! [ Pounding desk .]
And them bitches! Yeah.
Yeah.
[ Laughs, scoffs .]
They moving on.
That's who.
And I'm here.
So, who's looking small now? Not me.
Not me.
[ Door opens .]
[ Taylor whistling .]
[ Humming .]
Ah.
Oh.
[ Chuckles .]
Sorry.
I, uh, thought you had left already.
No, the, uh, new maintenance manager's a little overwhelmed with so many people leaving.
I'm just killing time.
Make yourself at home.
No, no, no, I should, uh -- I should get back.
Chief Johnson is settling up her arrests before Delk goes down to his press conference.
All right.
I'll go with you.
Take a last look around.
Yeah.
$750,000 cash that used to belong to Antwone Decker now belongs to the FBI, as long as you sign here.
I really should count it first.
Don't I get a "thank you"? [ Knock on door .]
Oh! Please, come right in.
[ Door closes .]
Uh Uh, sorry for interrupting.
[ Clears throat .]
Uh, Deandre Harmon is on his way to county right now.
I'm a little concerned, given the connections that Antwone Decker has, Mr.
Harmon may not be safe in general population.
He should be placed under protective custody.
Is that what you're saying? Yes.
I can make the transfer myself if you'd like, and the two of you can get back to whatever it is you're -- fine.
Thank you.
[ Door closes .]
Could it be someone has your back? She's put several knives in it already.
[ Sighs .]
Doing this job, reporting to Taylor -- I'd rather put pins in my eyes, I swear.
Now what does he want? [ Briefcase latches click .]
Chief Johnson.
Chief Johnson, I'd like to commend you on a job well done.
Oh -- Could be that I've -- I've overreacted a bit, our present situation being that it [Stammers.]
[ Groans .]
Chief! Chief! Chief, you okay? Chief! You okay? Come on.
Chief, are you okay? Chief? Clear his airway.
You all right? This is Deputy Chief Johnson, Major Crimes.
I need paramedics on the ninth floor.
Got an officer down.
Repeat -- we have an officer down! Taylor: Chief, Chief, come on, now.
Come on, Chief.