1 00:00:00,709 --> 00:00:02,290 The girl! She's going for the alarm! 2 00:00:03,190 --> 00:00:07,190 She was 17, her whole life ahead of her. I want to moke her. I'll get her. Tell 3 00:00:07,190 --> 00:00:08,190 me who you're up against, cop! 4 00:00:08,470 --> 00:00:10,730 This is Johnny Starbuckle and his ray gun! 5 00:00:11,630 --> 00:00:14,950 I'd still like to get that interview with you, Johnny. I got something that's 6 00:00:14,950 --> 00:00:18,110 going to make your show be watched by everybody in the country. I have First 7 00:00:18,110 --> 00:00:20,710 Amendment rights here. I don't have to tell you anything. The jury's still out 8 00:00:20,710 --> 00:00:23,290 on how far you can push those rights in that direction. You ready to party with 9 00:00:23,290 --> 00:00:24,290 a killer? 10 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:39,310 I didn't know there were this many jewelry stores west of Vegas. 11 00:03:39,790 --> 00:03:43,210 Sorry to run you around like this, but I just have to find the right present for 12 00:03:43,210 --> 00:03:46,950 Uncle Pete. I mean, 25 years as a cop doesn't happen every day, you know. For 13 00:03:46,950 --> 00:03:48,510 you, Jennifer, I'd walk around the world. 14 00:03:48,990 --> 00:03:51,530 But you're losing your chauffeur after the stop. I have to get back for roll 15 00:03:51,530 --> 00:03:52,530 call. 16 00:03:58,630 --> 00:04:00,310 Oh, isn't it super, Tim? 17 00:04:00,590 --> 00:04:01,590 Perfect. 18 00:04:01,750 --> 00:04:02,770 You do the engraving here? 19 00:04:03,030 --> 00:04:04,110 Why, yes, we do. Good. 20 00:04:04,330 --> 00:04:05,570 What would you like on it, miss? 21 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,200 Oh, uh, to Uncle Pete from Jen. 22 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Happy 25. 23 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,400 This will take about 20 minutes. Will you wait? Mm -hmm. Hey, I got a split, 24 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:26,479 sweetheart. 25 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:27,900 Here's enough money for a cab. 26 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,120 I'll check with you later about the party. 27 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:32,880 See ya. 28 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:33,980 Oh, and thanks again. 29 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,780 Hey. I never could resist a pretty face. 30 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,080 Okay, everybody. 31 00:04:52,020 --> 00:04:53,020 Free. 32 00:04:56,980 --> 00:05:01,300 All right, Pops. You got a safe? We got no time. Move it. It's on a time lock. 33 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:02,740 It only opens at 9 p .m. 34 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:05,320 See that? 35 00:05:06,340 --> 00:05:07,339 Look at the wall. 36 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:08,380 See that little old red dot? 37 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:09,640 Huh? 38 00:05:13,940 --> 00:05:16,760 You sure y 'all don't want to open that safe? 39 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:34,320 Come on, get moving. 40 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:35,680 Let's go. 41 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:39,160 Come on, fill it up, fill it up. 42 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:07,300 Vicinity of 211 at the Jewelry Store, 2539 Palm Avenue. Handle code to... 43 00:06:07,420 --> 00:06:08,420 Run. 44 00:06:15,380 --> 00:06:15,860 I 45 00:06:15,860 --> 00:06:23,220 thought 46 00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:25,360 you were out painting the town with a beautiful painting. 47 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:26,659 No, not painting. 48 00:06:26,660 --> 00:06:28,040 Shopping. My legs. 49 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,680 Heating all units in the vicinity of 211 at the Gold Store Jewelry Shop, 2539 50 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,600 Palm Avenue. Code 2. 51 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,240 Gold Store. I left Jennifer there. Let's move. Come on. 52 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,920 They shot her. Not only did they have to rob me, but they shot this poor young 53 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:14,920 girl. 54 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:19,440 Jennifer. 55 00:07:22,220 --> 00:07:23,220 Okay. 56 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:24,760 Hang in there, baby. 57 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:32,760 Jennifer. 58 00:07:33,460 --> 00:07:35,140 Take it easy, Jim. She's still alive. 59 00:07:39,690 --> 00:07:40,690 I shouldn't have left her. 60 00:07:48,390 --> 00:07:49,430 I'm sorry, Jennifer. 61 00:07:49,950 --> 00:07:50,950 I'm sorry. 62 00:07:51,410 --> 00:07:53,150 I'm going to go with him. Somebody tell the lieutenant. 63 00:07:54,150 --> 00:07:55,150 I'll tell him, Joe. 64 00:08:00,250 --> 00:08:01,250 Well, 65 00:08:04,630 --> 00:08:05,630 there was a tall one. 66 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:07,460 He was about 25. 67 00:08:07,740 --> 00:08:09,280 He talked with a country accent. 68 00:08:09,700 --> 00:08:10,840 He was youngish. 69 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:15,080 The other one was harder looking and mean and older. 70 00:08:15,380 --> 00:08:17,600 What about the clothes, color of hair, eyes? 71 00:08:18,260 --> 00:08:22,920 I just don't remember. My mind wasn't functioning very well once that young 72 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,460 started playing around with that gun. I'll never forget that gun. 73 00:08:26,220 --> 00:08:27,360 Can you describe it? 74 00:08:27,780 --> 00:08:29,880 Well, I've never seen anything like it. 75 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,520 Red light came out of it, and then the bullets. 76 00:08:35,150 --> 00:08:39,610 But bullets hit every time you put a red light on it? It was weird. It was like 77 00:08:39,610 --> 00:08:40,610 futuristic. 78 00:08:41,090 --> 00:08:46,150 You know that comic strip character, the man with the ray gun? What's his name? 79 00:08:46,650 --> 00:08:49,290 Johnny Starbuckle? Yeah, that's right. Johnny Starbuckle. 80 00:08:50,190 --> 00:08:52,330 Hey, you're Lisa Temple, aren't you? 81 00:08:54,430 --> 00:08:55,570 Is this going to be on TV? 82 00:08:55,890 --> 00:08:57,950 If my editor thinks it's a good enough story. 83 00:08:58,850 --> 00:09:01,930 Well, what about it, Hooker? Is there something to this red light gun thing 84 00:09:01,930 --> 00:09:05,170 I can run with? Lisa, you know the drill is a hot crime scene. The question of 85 00:09:05,170 --> 00:09:06,610 the witness will be a statement later. 86 00:09:07,210 --> 00:09:11,310 This Johnny Starbuckle gun, did it really seem like a ray gun to you? 87 00:09:11,670 --> 00:09:16,890 Lisa, you and the other people will get Mr. Miller in a half an hour. 88 00:09:18,390 --> 00:09:22,410 If you do want to be on the 6 o 'clock news, Mr. Miller, nobody can stop you 89 00:09:22,410 --> 00:09:23,510 from stepping over to my news van. 90 00:09:27,130 --> 00:09:31,150 In other news... A young woman is in critical condition after being shot in a 91 00:09:31,150 --> 00:09:32,770 jewelry store robbery earlier today. 92 00:09:33,010 --> 00:09:37,150 A big cab unit was there, and our Newsbeat reporter Lisa Temple was on the 93 00:09:37,150 --> 00:09:40,830 scene. I'm here at the Gold Store jewelry shop in the western downtown 94 00:09:40,830 --> 00:09:45,070 where two daring thieves have taken more than $20 ,000 worth of jewelry and 95 00:09:45,070 --> 00:09:46,730 critically wounded a young woman customer. 96 00:09:46,990 --> 00:09:50,830 Now, one of the suspects used a weapon described by the store's owner as being 97 00:09:50,830 --> 00:09:53,070 something out of Johnny Starbuckle. Did you hear that? 98 00:09:53,490 --> 00:09:54,490 Johnny Starbuckle. 99 00:09:54,780 --> 00:09:58,420 I used to read about him in comic books. The bandit's gun projects a red light, 100 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:02,560 possibly a laser beam. The gun then fires a barrage of bullets wherever that 101 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:03,560 light is aimed. 102 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,240 Witnesses say that this is a... What did you do that for, Roy? 103 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,420 Because I don't want to hear any more about that gun. 104 00:10:12,820 --> 00:10:17,300 Are you kidding? Did you hear what she said? It got us 20 ,000 cash. 105 00:10:17,900 --> 00:10:19,720 Man, that's insurance talk. 106 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,960 You'd be lucky to get five from a... 107 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:33,240 on TV before. 108 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,640 Yeah, well, let's make it the first time and the last, okay? 109 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,100 I don't know about that. 110 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,900 I sort of like being Johnny Starbuckle. 111 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:52,500 How you doing? 112 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:54,080 You can adjust this side of helpless. 113 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,220 How long has she been in the operating room? Five hours? 114 00:10:58,090 --> 00:11:00,770 They're still trying to reach her mother. She's in Sacramento on business. 115 00:11:01,010 --> 00:11:02,050 All we can do is hang tough. 116 00:11:02,410 --> 00:11:04,190 That's what we say to the other people out there. 117 00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:06,590 It's not easy following your hundred bucks. 118 00:11:07,390 --> 00:11:09,370 You got your own wife. Come on, take off. 119 00:11:09,870 --> 00:11:10,870 And do what? 120 00:11:11,930 --> 00:11:13,070 Hang around Sherry's? 121 00:11:14,690 --> 00:11:16,070 Worrying about you, Jennifer? 122 00:11:30,410 --> 00:11:32,010 That is out of Johnny Starbuckle. 123 00:11:32,290 --> 00:11:33,410 A Brockman 30? 124 00:11:33,830 --> 00:11:34,609 That's it. 125 00:11:34,610 --> 00:11:35,750 That's what they use in the robbery? 126 00:11:36,110 --> 00:11:37,110 Has to be. 127 00:11:38,250 --> 00:11:39,250 Brockman 30. 128 00:11:40,110 --> 00:11:41,150 It's only a machine gun. 129 00:11:41,650 --> 00:11:42,730 Equipped with a laser aim. 130 00:11:43,230 --> 00:11:44,230 Where'd you get it? 131 00:11:44,350 --> 00:11:47,470 Army. Fires 177 rounds every six seconds. 132 00:11:47,690 --> 00:11:50,750 You saw what it can do. Its efficiency is due to its being able to stay on 133 00:11:50,750 --> 00:11:53,050 target under full auto fire. 134 00:11:53,550 --> 00:11:54,550 That's what we're up against. 135 00:11:54,910 --> 00:11:55,910 That's it. 136 00:12:02,030 --> 00:12:03,030 That guy can't miss. 137 00:12:03,650 --> 00:12:06,090 All he has to do is put the red dot on something and pull the trigger. 138 00:12:06,730 --> 00:12:08,090 Where'd he get a weapon like that? 139 00:12:08,350 --> 00:12:09,350 Thanks. 140 00:12:17,450 --> 00:12:19,970 Jennifer took a turn for the worse about an hour ago. 141 00:12:20,950 --> 00:12:24,950 She gave it all she had, but she lost the fight. 142 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,720 25 years on the force, and I haven't been able to change one thing out there 143 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:38,419 the streets. 144 00:12:38,420 --> 00:12:39,420 It's a treadmill. 145 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,200 Look, I can't stop fighting the battle. She was 17, her whole life ahead of her. 146 00:12:44,820 --> 00:12:47,100 I want them, Hooker, and I want them bad. 147 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:48,640 I'll get them. 148 00:12:48,860 --> 00:12:52,100 What about you? How can we help you? I appreciate it, but I can't handle it. 149 00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:53,840 I've got to help my sister make arrangements. 150 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:58,140 Look, I'm pulling you out of the black and white. Take Corrigan, Stacy, 151 00:12:58,320 --> 00:12:59,320 and whatever you need. 152 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:00,700 I'm sorry, Lieutenant. 153 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:02,920 Really sorry. 154 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:04,560 Bye. 155 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:33,520 Hey, I got a split, sweetheart. 156 00:14:34,140 --> 00:14:35,560 Here's enough money for a cab. 157 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:37,840 I'll check with you later about the party. 158 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:41,260 See you later, Jim. 159 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:43,480 Oh, and thanks again. 160 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,120 Hey, I never could resist a pretty face. 161 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,440 Stacy's been running down theft reports for the last 90 days. 162 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,680 Brockman 30 is not something you'd pick off a shelf. 163 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,700 Except for the army and certain prisons, I can't think of any other institutions 164 00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:20,699 that use it. 165 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:21,960 Now one's on the street. 166 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,380 Tucker. What do you got? 167 00:15:24,580 --> 00:15:26,140 A theft report filed two weeks ago. 168 00:15:27,020 --> 00:15:28,019 Brockman 30. 169 00:15:28,020 --> 00:15:29,320 Stolen from the PacWest warehouse. 170 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,400 Jennifer wanted O 'Brien to have that watch so much. 171 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,060 She wanted it to be just right. 172 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:44,600 If only I had been there. 173 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:45,840 And then what? 174 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,980 I could have done something. You don't know that. 175 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:52,940 Don't worry about it. It's not your problem. That's right. It's not my 176 00:15:53,020 --> 00:15:54,020 It's your problem. 177 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,480 I don't think you're handling it. A girl's dead because of me. There's only 178 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,260 person responsible for Jennifer's death. That's the guy who pulled the trigger. 179 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:02,840 Yeah. 180 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:04,560 And I want him. 181 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,660 a good citizen. I reported being robbed and filled out more papers than a CPA in 182 00:16:21,660 --> 00:16:24,780 April. So why am I being hassled? I don't know, Mr. Turbo. I thought we were 183 00:16:24,780 --> 00:16:26,120 asking you some nice, easy questions. 184 00:16:26,580 --> 00:16:29,320 If you want to lodge an official complaint... Forget it, man. 185 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,260 Like I was saying, PacWest is mostly into shipping appliances. We don't get 186 00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:35,400 jobs involving firearms. 187 00:16:35,780 --> 00:16:39,020 The packing crate with the Brockman 30, have any identifying marks on it? 188 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:40,760 I don't know. I don't remember. 189 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:42,040 What else was stolen? 190 00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:44,820 It's in the report. Just the crate containing the Brockman. 191 00:16:45,070 --> 00:16:48,530 As a point of interest, Mr. Turlow, the manufacturer tells us that the Brockman 192 00:16:48,530 --> 00:16:50,990 is shipped in an unmarked crate for security reasons. 193 00:16:51,250 --> 00:16:52,169 Makes sense. 194 00:16:52,170 --> 00:16:57,170 So somebody passed up all these TVs and VCRs and machinery for a single unmarked 195 00:16:57,170 --> 00:16:58,190 crate with who knows what inside? 196 00:16:58,490 --> 00:17:00,990 Huh? Hey, who do you think... Let go! 197 00:17:01,230 --> 00:17:02,230 Get him off of me! 198 00:17:02,290 --> 00:17:05,190 Well, I don't know. What Officer Corrigan says makes a great deal of 199 00:17:05,190 --> 00:17:07,329 me. You better be laying it out straight, pal. 200 00:17:07,750 --> 00:17:08,750 I am. 201 00:17:08,990 --> 00:17:10,310 I told you all I know. 202 00:17:10,609 --> 00:17:11,750 Then you have nothing to worry about. 203 00:17:11,970 --> 00:17:14,050 If you think of anything else, call me. 204 00:17:18,510 --> 00:17:19,510 Don't count on it. 205 00:17:27,030 --> 00:17:30,450 He's lying like a bad rug. Maybe, but we can't prove it yet. 206 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:32,810 I'm gonna work on that scuzzball. 207 00:17:33,670 --> 00:17:37,270 Hey, Jim, the reason doctors don't treat members of their own family is because 208 00:17:37,270 --> 00:17:38,270 they're too close. 209 00:17:38,890 --> 00:17:41,770 That's why O 'Brien hasn't touched this case. Maybe you should stay away, too. 210 00:17:42,470 --> 00:17:44,070 Come on, Hooker, you wouldn't do that to me. 211 00:17:44,990 --> 00:17:45,990 Maybe. 212 00:17:46,370 --> 00:17:47,370 Not yet. 213 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:50,020 I got an idea I want to try first. 214 00:17:59,540 --> 00:18:00,740 You really think this will work? 215 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,560 Well, Lisa's smart, but if she shows, she'll swallow the bait. 216 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,260 Why do I feel like I'm about to consort with the enemy? 217 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:20,880 What was the big emergency? 218 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,540 You want to give me your favorite lecture on journalistic ethics? 219 00:18:24,540 --> 00:18:25,459 better than that. 220 00:18:25,460 --> 00:18:27,700 I got an old -fashioned scoop for you. You interested? 221 00:18:28,660 --> 00:18:30,540 If you could be a little more specific. 222 00:18:31,820 --> 00:18:32,820 Johnny Starbuck. 223 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:34,640 Jerry? 224 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,580 Get the camera over here. 225 00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:42,280 Police are still baffled by the Johnny Starbuckle jewelry store bandit who 226 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,540 yesterday killed 17 -year -old Jennifer Smith. 227 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,500 With me now for a special report is Sergeant T .J. Hooker. 228 00:18:47,770 --> 00:18:48,770 of the LCPD. 229 00:18:48,790 --> 00:18:50,910 Sergeant Hooker, how is the investigation going? 230 00:18:51,450 --> 00:18:56,550 Well, like all investigations, it starts slowly as we begin to build our file of 231 00:18:56,550 --> 00:18:58,430 evidence. Meanwhile, we're baiting our trap. 232 00:18:58,750 --> 00:18:59,890 Baiting your trap, Sergeant? 233 00:19:00,270 --> 00:19:03,650 We're putting police officers in jewelry stores around the city. 234 00:19:04,270 --> 00:19:08,130 Does the police department have enough officers to stake out every jewelry 235 00:19:08,130 --> 00:19:09,290 establishment in the city? 236 00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:12,070 Wish we had. But we're excluding... 237 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,140 All the wholesale outlets, which are concentrated inside a two -square -block 238 00:19:16,140 --> 00:19:17,460 area, they have their own guards. 239 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,660 So you don't feel that the bandits will strike in the wholesale district? 240 00:19:22,020 --> 00:19:26,180 Well, you can't rule anything out, but these suspects are really small time, 241 00:19:26,340 --> 00:19:30,780 even with a special gun. They'll most likely go after the small businesses. 242 00:19:32,340 --> 00:19:34,400 Hey, we'll show him, Roy. 243 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:39,520 What are you talking about? You heard him. They're only guarding the stores, 244 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:40,520 the wholesale outlets. 245 00:19:41,070 --> 00:19:43,730 We'll turn old Johnny Starbuckle loose on one of them, right? 246 00:20:05,790 --> 00:20:07,130 It's been two days, Hooker. 247 00:20:07,430 --> 00:20:09,690 But if the killers can't stomach Lisa, they'll believe it. 248 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,020 Why are they putting all our eggs in this area? 249 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,260 This two -block area contains practically every wholesale in the south 250 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:17,520 Francisco. What if they stick with the mom -and -pop stores? 251 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,400 The chief is going along with this takeout for another 24 hours. Let's stay 252 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,400 it until then. 253 00:20:22,860 --> 00:20:23,860 More X -ray 30. 254 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,160 Silent alarm reported at J andD Wholesale Company. 255 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,600 433 South Spring Street. A possible 211 in progress. 256 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:32,920 Let's roll. 257 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,860 Repeat. Silent alarm at J andD Wholesale Company. 258 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:42,190 433. 3 South Spring Street, 211, believed to be in progress. 259 00:20:42,690 --> 00:20:44,330 That's the wholesale jewelry district. 260 00:20:45,850 --> 00:20:46,850 Let's go. 261 00:20:51,790 --> 00:20:54,250 Bet you know what that little red dot means, right? 262 00:20:54,530 --> 00:20:55,730 I saw it on TV. 263 00:20:56,030 --> 00:20:58,710 Didn't you get yourself a whole slew of brownie points for recognizing who 264 00:20:58,710 --> 00:20:59,710 you're dealing with? 265 00:20:59,750 --> 00:21:01,970 It's me, all right. Johnny Starbuckle. 266 00:21:03,710 --> 00:21:04,710 Cannon, man. 267 00:21:05,370 --> 00:21:06,370 Open the safe. 268 00:21:06,950 --> 00:21:07,950 Now. 269 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:25,750 You didn't come with me. 270 00:21:30,510 --> 00:21:32,590 So that's why he came on my program. 271 00:21:33,030 --> 00:21:35,090 It was a setup all the way. 272 00:21:42,910 --> 00:21:44,490 J andD, enter the hall. 273 00:21:52,590 --> 00:21:53,630 What's your van doing? 274 00:21:55,630 --> 00:21:56,630 You didn't cover the garage. 275 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:55,200 What's your real name, Johnny? 276 00:22:55,420 --> 00:22:57,180 Another time, another place, ma 'am. 277 00:22:59,220 --> 00:23:01,200 Wait, what the hell are you doing here? 278 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:20,760 mad at me, Booker? 279 00:24:21,820 --> 00:24:25,200 Mad? I didn't know you went in for understatement. The killer's got away. 280 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,320 place looked like a war zone. 281 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:28,840 I was just trying to do my job. 282 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,460 If we really wanted to do our job, we might press a couple charges against 283 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,460 And let a million and a half viewers wonder why you arrest me and can't catch 284 00:24:36,460 --> 00:24:40,100 Johnny Starbuckle? Johnny Starbuckle would be in jail right now if it wasn't 285 00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:41,100 you. Really? 286 00:24:41,230 --> 00:24:44,090 But tell me something. Why is it whenever you cops can't do your jobs, 287 00:24:44,090 --> 00:24:44,929 it on the press? 288 00:24:44,930 --> 00:24:48,270 Not the press. Just those who play fast and loose with privileges given them. 289 00:24:48,390 --> 00:24:50,830 I'm sorry, but I have a job to do. That means sometimes we're going to be 290 00:24:50,830 --> 00:24:54,570 adversaries. That's a nice catchphrase. My adversaries are out there in the 291 00:24:54,570 --> 00:24:55,710 street. They kill people. 292 00:24:56,370 --> 00:24:57,710 Like 17 -year -old girls. 293 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:16,299 off the press. 294 00:25:16,300 --> 00:25:19,780 The list drafts for Hooker have all discharged army personnel who had access 295 00:25:19,780 --> 00:25:22,560 the Brockton 30. Contact Army CID and have them checked out. 296 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,420 What about prison guards? The names of 37 guards who have left the penal system 297 00:25:26,420 --> 00:25:29,740 or have been fired in the last 12 months. There's nothing unusual in any 298 00:25:29,740 --> 00:25:30,740 files. 299 00:25:31,460 --> 00:25:32,460 These are pretty good. 300 00:25:32,660 --> 00:25:33,800 You can match these. 301 00:25:35,180 --> 00:25:38,500 It's a list of names that Jim has. He showed them to every store that sells 302 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:43,080 ammunition. Anyone who shoots a weapon that fires 177 rounds in six seconds has 303 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:44,500 got to be a volume buyer. You got it. 304 00:25:45,050 --> 00:25:48,370 The computer also shows Turlow, the manager at PacWest, where the gun was 305 00:25:48,370 --> 00:25:49,850 stolen. It was an ex -con. 306 00:25:50,770 --> 00:25:51,770 Oh, that's interesting. 307 00:25:52,410 --> 00:25:54,950 He could know a lot of people in prison who had seen the Brockman 30. 308 00:25:56,290 --> 00:25:57,290 Reading my mind. 309 00:26:07,350 --> 00:26:09,290 Looks like he's not too happy to see us again. 310 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,500 to me for? Not just practice. How about forgetfulness? What? 311 00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:58,860 You forgot to tell me you're full time. 312 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,480 So what? I'm clean now. 313 00:27:00,740 --> 00:27:04,160 I brought them 30, Mr. Turner. Whoever stole it had help from the inside. 314 00:27:04,460 --> 00:27:06,040 And you're the only inside man here. 315 00:27:06,580 --> 00:27:07,580 Where are you? 316 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:08,960 Look, okay. 317 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,080 I'm an ex -con. 318 00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:11,380 And I know what it's like. 319 00:27:11,900 --> 00:27:13,860 So when I can, I hire other ex -cons. 320 00:27:14,060 --> 00:27:15,060 I try to give them a break. 321 00:27:15,260 --> 00:27:16,260 Names. 322 00:27:16,460 --> 00:27:17,460 I want names. 323 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,760 Give them to me or I'll let Officer Gargan take over. 324 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:21,180 Okay, okay. 325 00:27:29,420 --> 00:27:32,840 Just like you said, Roy, no more pinching pennies. 326 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:34,360 No more doing without. 327 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,340 Buy whatever I want, never even look at the price tag. 328 00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:43,720 Yeah, you're a regular American success story, all right, Harlan. 329 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,480 And when you think I was keeping cons like you in line for the last five 330 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,700 all that time I had $225 saved. 331 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:53,680 What do you think, Roy? 332 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,100 All you need to do now is... 333 00:27:57,310 --> 00:27:59,270 Shave part of your head and color the rest of it purple. 334 00:28:05,150 --> 00:28:06,150 Hello. 335 00:28:08,950 --> 00:28:10,710 It's your friend from cell block six. 336 00:28:19,290 --> 00:28:23,110 Turlo, what's up? Been trying to get you for the last couple hours, man. The 337 00:28:23,110 --> 00:28:24,230 cops have been down here to see me. 338 00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:25,470 What about? 339 00:28:25,550 --> 00:28:27,850 I had to give him a list of the ex -cons who was working here when the gun was 340 00:28:27,850 --> 00:28:30,150 stolen. You gave him my name? 341 00:28:31,030 --> 00:28:32,530 Okay, I'll keep in touch. 342 00:28:34,350 --> 00:28:35,450 Cops just got my name. 343 00:28:36,790 --> 00:28:38,450 Won't take them long to find this address. 344 00:28:39,630 --> 00:28:40,950 Time to split. 345 00:28:41,650 --> 00:28:42,650 No way. 346 00:28:42,770 --> 00:28:45,090 Johnny Starbuckle don't split when he's in the middle of a street. 347 00:28:45,490 --> 00:28:48,510 Yeah, you want to stick around here, play kid games, get yourself killed? 348 00:28:48,890 --> 00:28:51,350 Fine. Me, I am history. 349 00:28:58,960 --> 00:28:59,960 Hey, quit clowning around. 350 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:01,260 What's come over you, Roy? 351 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,020 All the time I was a prison guard, I knew I was going to have to find a 352 00:29:05,020 --> 00:29:05,999 paying business. 353 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,960 And all the while, I kept an eye on you because you had guts. 354 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,080 You're flaking out on me, Roy. 355 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:12,840 I was just kidding. 356 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,980 Harlan, I'm still with you. You still with old Johnny? Come on, man. That 357 00:29:17,980 --> 00:29:18,980 thing's got a hair trigger. 358 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:20,380 You hadn't answered me. 359 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,040 Yeah. 360 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,300 Yeah, I'm still with Johnny Starbuckle. 361 00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:31,800 You know, she's looking out for me. 362 00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:33,500 You know that, Roy? 363 00:29:35,220 --> 00:29:40,140 I bet Lisa Temple is just dying for me to take her in my arms and show her what 364 00:29:40,140 --> 00:29:41,360 paradise is all about. 365 00:29:59,210 --> 00:30:02,530 The name Sterlo gave us. Anything yet? All the ex -cons who worked at the 366 00:30:02,530 --> 00:30:05,930 warehouse are clean except for one. Name? Roy Meade. Somebody think he's 367 00:30:05,930 --> 00:30:09,590 dirty? His parole officer isn't sure, but he thinks Meade lives too high on 368 00:30:09,590 --> 00:30:11,350 hog for someone who doesn't have a steady job. 369 00:30:11,690 --> 00:30:12,690 T .O. have an address? 370 00:30:12,950 --> 00:30:16,130 Yeah, the Belmont Hotel, 2800 Alvarado. 371 00:30:16,610 --> 00:30:17,610 Go. 372 00:30:29,230 --> 00:30:30,230 Isn't it code three? 373 00:30:31,150 --> 00:30:34,650 Look, I know you're anxious and that every new lead gets you that much closer 374 00:30:34,650 --> 00:30:36,270 nailing these guys. You got that right. 375 00:30:36,610 --> 00:30:39,390 You can't make this a personal crusade. Why can't I? 376 00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:43,150 It's just that I'm worried about you, okay? 377 00:30:44,470 --> 00:30:46,190 I can't get Jenny out of my mind. 378 00:30:47,170 --> 00:30:50,850 I've seen this picture of her being blown away. 379 00:31:26,030 --> 00:31:27,030 We want to talk to you. 380 00:31:37,850 --> 00:31:38,850 I'm not going to hurry. 381 00:31:40,310 --> 00:31:41,490 Peril will probably pick him up. 382 00:31:57,469 --> 00:32:00,270 Manager said the roommate matches the composite of the one with the southern 383 00:32:00,270 --> 00:32:01,270 accent. 384 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:06,690 KSBZ newsroom. 385 00:32:09,930 --> 00:32:10,930 What is it? 386 00:32:12,410 --> 00:32:14,470 I think it's a safe bet to say that Mr. 387 00:32:14,710 --> 00:32:18,790 Meade's roommate will turn out to be Johnny Starbuckle. How do you figure 388 00:32:19,430 --> 00:32:20,450 This telephone number. 389 00:32:21,590 --> 00:32:23,850 It's to the newsroom at KSBZ TV. 390 00:32:35,590 --> 00:32:37,470 Yes. He said his name was Johnny. 391 00:32:38,570 --> 00:32:39,570 Put him on. 392 00:32:39,870 --> 00:32:41,170 Hello, this is Liz Temple. 393 00:32:41,790 --> 00:32:42,790 Liz Temple? 394 00:32:43,150 --> 00:32:45,450 Sure hope I didn't scare you back at that jewelry place. 395 00:32:46,050 --> 00:32:47,070 Johnny Starbuckle? 396 00:32:47,350 --> 00:32:49,170 Yes, ma 'am. Live and in person. 397 00:32:49,610 --> 00:32:53,250 I'm just calling to thank you for helping when them cops almost canceled 398 00:32:53,250 --> 00:32:56,530 reservation. Well, you have to understand, I was just following a news 399 00:32:56,670 --> 00:32:57,309 that's all. 400 00:32:57,310 --> 00:33:01,110 But while you were doing it, you were telling folks that Johnny Starbuckle 401 00:33:01,110 --> 00:33:02,110 somebody to mess with. 402 00:33:02,860 --> 00:33:03,860 Real scared of me, ma 'am. 403 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:05,879 Shouldn't they be? 404 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:06,880 Oh, yeah. 405 00:33:07,220 --> 00:33:08,320 I'm a menace, all right. 406 00:33:08,660 --> 00:33:10,280 But you played me up like you've been doing? 407 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,080 I want to thank you for that. 408 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,240 Why don't you come down to the studio and let me interview you on camera? 409 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,280 Yeah, you're putting old Johnny on, right? 410 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:24,480 But I feel for you just like you feel for me, ma 'am. And how is that? 411 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,000 Oh, heck, you know. 412 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,040 I'm going to do something real big for you. 413 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:29,339 You'll see. 414 00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:31,300 Like what? I'll let you know real soon. 415 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,020 I'm looking forward to meeting you in person. 416 00:33:34,820 --> 00:33:35,820 Bye now. 417 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:53,480 Jennifer Smith, niece of Lieutenant Pete O 'Brien of the LCPD, is being buried 418 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:54,480 here today. 419 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,580 Police are no closer now to apprehending the elusive Johnny Starbuckle than they 420 00:33:57,580 --> 00:33:58,559 were in the beginning. 421 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:02,280 However, I have been in contact with someone close to the suspect, and I 422 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,280 an exclusive interview with Johnny Starbuckle sometime very soon. 423 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:09,659 This is Lisa Temple at Riverview Memorial Park. 424 00:34:11,060 --> 00:34:13,120 Let's get some interviews for the 6 o 'clock jury. 425 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:19,980 Uh -oh, here comes sunshine. 426 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:21,920 My condolences, Lieutenant. 427 00:34:23,199 --> 00:34:24,980 Would you mind answering a few questions? 428 00:34:26,179 --> 00:34:27,340 I'm sorry, another time. 429 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,600 Lieutenant, do you think that you can maintain the proper objectivity in 430 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,639 to solve this case in so much as the victim... I believe you said another 431 00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:37,820 Besides, there's some questions I've been holding for you. 432 00:34:39,179 --> 00:34:42,260 You're interfering with my job, Hooker. Do I need to call a cop? 433 00:34:42,699 --> 00:34:46,320 Found a very interesting telephone number in the hotel room that your pal 434 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:47,320 Starbuckle just located. 435 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:48,520 He's not my pal. 436 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:50,460 What number? Yours. 437 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,600 Or at least your newsroom. Is that close enough? 438 00:34:52,820 --> 00:34:55,780 Well, a lot of people call the newsroom, Hooker, but mostly to ask about the 439 00:34:55,780 --> 00:34:58,380 weather. We could bring you up before a judge on this one, Lisa. What are you 440 00:34:58,380 --> 00:34:59,078 going to tell them? 441 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,540 That Starbuckle called asking about thermals over the high desert? Look, I 442 00:35:02,540 --> 00:35:05,120 First Amendment rights here. I don't have to tell you anything. The jury's 443 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,000 out on how far you can push those rights in that direction. 444 00:35:07,220 --> 00:35:08,240 What about Jennifer's rights? 445 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,920 She's dead and you're ready to party with her killer? Oh, that's a cheap 446 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,020 could say you wrote the book. Oh, but you won't. Because you know it's not 447 00:35:15,690 --> 00:35:18,670 Damn it, Hooker. I'm just trying to do my job, just like you. I can't help it 448 00:35:18,670 --> 00:35:21,050 we're on different sides of the fence. We could debate that for a week. 449 00:35:21,450 --> 00:35:22,710 I'm ready whenever you are. 450 00:35:23,990 --> 00:35:24,990 I'm sure you are. 451 00:35:32,950 --> 00:35:35,450 What are we going to do about her? Maybe she's going to help us. 452 00:35:36,110 --> 00:35:37,110 Without her knowing it. 453 00:35:39,290 --> 00:35:40,490 Hello, this is Lisa Temple. 454 00:35:40,750 --> 00:35:41,750 Hello, Lisa. 455 00:35:42,130 --> 00:35:43,370 Johnny Starbuckle again. 456 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,580 I'd still like to get that interview with you, Johnny. 457 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:48,740 You don't have to come here. 458 00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:52,720 I'll come to you. I got something for you better than an interview. 459 00:35:52,980 --> 00:35:56,340 I got something that's going to make your show be watched by everybody in the 460 00:35:56,340 --> 00:35:57,560 country. I'm listening. 461 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,040 You know, I think about you, Lisa. 462 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:02,560 I think about you all the time. 463 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:04,200 Arlen! 464 00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:05,700 What's keeping you? 465 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:06,920 I got to go. 466 00:36:06,940 --> 00:36:10,540 Look, the Excelsior Hotel, the Versailles room. 467 00:36:10,830 --> 00:36:14,670 Be there in 15 minutes and get yourself the story of the century. Bye, babe. 468 00:36:20,950 --> 00:36:21,470 There 469 00:36:21,470 --> 00:36:28,390 she comes 470 00:36:28,390 --> 00:36:29,390 in a hurry. 471 00:36:45,260 --> 00:36:46,340 Patch me 3 to 30. 472 00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:51,520 4 X -ray 30, read 4 X -ray 16 on tap 2. 473 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:52,760 What do you got, Stacy? 474 00:36:52,820 --> 00:36:55,180 Lisa Temple and her crew just pulled out of the studio. 475 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:56,520 Keep me informed. 476 00:36:56,940 --> 00:36:57,940 Roger. 477 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:01,360 Let's hope Booker's right. 478 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:05,180 Seems to know that particular ladies move pretty well. 479 00:37:41,580 --> 00:37:45,260 The Excelsior Hotel hooker could be what we're looking for. The sign says 480 00:37:45,260 --> 00:37:47,720 they're having a million -dollar diamond auction. I'm rolling. 481 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,840 4X -830, I'm going to need a backup. 482 00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:57,020 Three units for a possible 211 at the Excelsior Hotel. 483 00:37:57,500 --> 00:38:00,000 Advise all units to approach with extreme caution. 484 00:38:18,030 --> 00:38:18,948 Do you mind? 485 00:38:18,950 --> 00:38:20,350 Me? No. 486 00:38:20,770 --> 00:38:21,770 But Hooker does. 487 00:38:21,930 --> 00:38:24,830 You can't keep me out. We're trying to keep you from getting hurt. 488 00:38:25,850 --> 00:38:28,110 Jennifer Smith died to make you and Johnny famous. 489 00:38:29,870 --> 00:38:30,890 Go on, Miss Temple. 490 00:38:31,250 --> 00:38:32,250 Live it up. 491 00:38:33,650 --> 00:38:35,590 Look, there's something I want to tell you. 492 00:38:36,370 --> 00:38:37,370 Stand by. 493 00:38:43,570 --> 00:38:45,010 Step on the mezzanine. 494 00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:48,840 Now, a hotel like this ain't gonna be too good for me, Roy. 495 00:38:50,460 --> 00:38:51,980 I'm gonna buy myself a whole board. 496 00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:08,240 Cover the garage. 497 00:39:09,260 --> 00:39:10,420 Baxter, take two men. 498 00:39:11,180 --> 00:39:12,180 Cover the alleyways. 499 00:39:12,650 --> 00:39:15,610 Men with rifles, one there, one there, in case they reach the street. 500 00:39:19,370 --> 00:39:20,770 Want to listen to what I have in mind? 501 00:39:21,830 --> 00:39:22,830 Try me, Hooker. 502 00:39:23,490 --> 00:39:27,890 And now, ladies and gentlemen, a flawless diamond necklace once owned by 503 00:39:27,890 --> 00:39:28,890 Queen of Luxembourg. 504 00:39:28,950 --> 00:39:30,750 I'll open the bidding at $300 ,000. 505 00:39:31,850 --> 00:39:36,250 I have $300 ,000. Do I hear $350 ,000? 506 00:39:36,510 --> 00:39:38,310 I have $350 ,000. 507 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,320 Do I hear 400 ,000? You hear that? 508 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,820 I have. Oh, Johnny boy's gonna make history today. 509 00:39:44,260 --> 00:39:45,420 Son of a gun. 510 00:39:45,820 --> 00:39:46,820 She did come. 511 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:53,560 Got him in the blackjack. 512 00:39:54,580 --> 00:39:56,540 Get those two carvers made when we get there. 513 00:39:56,980 --> 00:39:57,980 Get out of the way. 514 00:39:58,320 --> 00:39:59,880 You told her about this? 515 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,100 Get out of your skull, man. 516 00:40:02,540 --> 00:40:03,880 Remember the last time? 517 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:05,440 The cops? 518 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,480 We got to get out of here. No, it's all right. We talked. 519 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:12,200 All she's going to do is take pictures. That cameraman she's with, that's the 520 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:13,740 cop we saw her with on TV. 521 00:40:14,020 --> 00:40:15,020 We've been needed. 522 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,720 about that johnny which one of these red dots is yours 523 00:42:42,890 --> 00:42:43,910 There's only one red spot left. 524 00:42:44,910 --> 00:42:45,910 And you're wearing it. 525 00:42:48,210 --> 00:42:49,210 Give me an excuse. 526 00:43:08,030 --> 00:43:10,850 In a way, it was kind of hard being off the job for a week, but... 527 00:43:11,290 --> 00:43:16,470 Gave me a chance to say goodbye to Jennifer. How about you, Jim? Are you 528 00:43:16,470 --> 00:43:17,470 any better? 529 00:43:17,650 --> 00:43:18,650 It's been rough. 530 00:43:19,710 --> 00:43:22,910 It was just great knowing Jennifer. 531 00:43:23,610 --> 00:43:26,490 She's a really sweet girl. She left us all something to remember. 532 00:43:26,970 --> 00:43:27,970 Don't put Stacey. 533 00:43:28,390 --> 00:43:30,010 Let's just leave it that way. 534 00:43:31,030 --> 00:43:35,610 Harlan Walker, known as the Johnny Starbuck Abandoned, was shaken as he and 535 00:43:35,610 --> 00:43:38,940 partner in crime, Roy Meade, We're booked today for first -degree murder. 536 00:43:39,500 --> 00:43:43,240 The man with the futuristic gun has his own future very much in doubt tonight. 537 00:43:43,540 --> 00:43:46,180 And if proven guilty, that's the way it should be. 538 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,040 I'm Lisa Temple, KSBZ News. Good night. 539 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:53,740 Is it my imagination, or has she mellowed a little? Oh, don't want to 540 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,580 I mean, she cooperated, sure. 541 00:43:56,580 --> 00:43:58,180 Wait till the next big story breaks. 542 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,300 Don't you think you're being a little rough on her? Don't worry about it. 543 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,180 Hooker's going to mellow a little himself Saturday night. 544 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:05,960 That's when he's taking her out to dinner. 545 00:44:06,839 --> 00:44:07,839 That's right. 546 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:09,320 How'd you know that? 547 00:44:09,500 --> 00:44:13,380 There's very little we don't know. Oh, don't let it get to you. I mean, come 548 00:44:13,720 --> 00:44:17,400 By the time we get to the salad, we'll beat each other's throats. 549 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:22,140 What are you laughing at?