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Lincoln X-ray Ida 483.

One-Adam-12, a 415... fight group,

with chains and knives.

♪♪

He's up there.

One-Adam-12 requesting an ambulance

at 1214 9th Avenue.

Advise all units we have a sniper on the roof.

One-Adam 12, roger.

All units, One-Adam-12 reports a sniper on the roof.

You see anything?

No. He's down behind the ledge.

We couldn't hit him from here anyway.

This is the police.

Everybody stay calm.

Stay next to the building.

Do not go into the street.

I repeat.

Do not go into the street.

Stay up against the buildings.

You take the back seat.

Stay low. Don't give him an angle.

Doesn't look too good.

Neither will we if we don't get out of here.

We got a guy wounded in the back seat.

Guy's wounded. He's pretty bad.

One-Adam-12, advise all units to stay clear

at 9th Street between Grove and Elm

and 10th Street between Grove and Elm.

We got a sniper on the rooftop.

Requesting eight units for traffic perimeter

at the following locations.

9th and Grove, 9th and Elm,

10th and Grove, 10th and Elm.

By the way, thanks for the wave off.

One-Adam-12 to Watch Commander.

Watch Commander to One-Adam-12, go.

We have a sniper at 9th Street and Palm.

Recommend you set up a command post,

roll a SWAT team, a logistics truck, and a sound truck.

Traffic perimeters moving in now.

Roger, One-Adam-12.

You better get another ambulance here just in case.

Right. Is there anyone else on the street?

Yeah, about 15 possibles.

Move out!

Traffic perimeter's forming up now.

We better get those people out of there before they panic.

Yeah, right.

Get back!

Sniper! Move out!

Stay back!

Get back!

Keep him down!

Are you okay?

Ain't no holes in me.

Where you hit?

My legs. They feel like they're on fire.

I feel like I'm gonna pass out.

Okay, take it easy.

We'll have you out of here in a minute.

I won't say you shouldn't have done it,

but thanks a lot.

Don't mention it.

Go.

Okay, let's go.

The old man was right, I guess.

What do you mean?

He always said that I'd get killed riding a motorcycle.

Okay, folks, we're gonna move out.

Stay behind us.

Stay close to the building and nobody will get hurt.

Okay, stay close to this wall.

How you feeling?

I'll make it,

thanks to this guy here.

I'll send you a bill.

I put out a broadcast. How come you didn't hear it?

I couldn't. My radio was B.O.

I was on my way to the station.

While we were rolling in, I heard 'em send

two more ambulances over to an apartment building

about four blocks from here over on Grayson Street.

Gunshot victim on the sundeck.

That's our boy, no doubt.

That's quite a scope he's got on that rifle.

Get this opened up. Want to lay it out for me?

He's on top of the Rex Theater.

We've got 9th Street cleared

and a traffic perimeter set up.

The ambulance driver said there's some gunshot victims

on a sundeck about four blocks from here.

Yeah, Grayson Street. I know.

I've got the sound truck and evacuation teams on the way.

Anybody in the line of fire here?

The sidewalks are clear.

We've haven't had time to check the apartments across the street yet.

Well, that's our first order of business.

Okay, Malloy, you and Reed...

Guy must have an arsenal up there.

Hiya, Sarge. What are you doing here, Parks?

We heard shots. We were a block away when Malloy called.

While he cleared the street, we checked the theater.

Good. What's it look like?

We went up the back way.

There's a stairway from a balcony to the roof.

Leads to a steel door.

They guy's got it barricaded from the outside.

Figures. We try to break it down,

the guy will cut us to pieces.

Where's your partner? On the balcony...

in case he decides to come down.

How do you figure on getting him, Sarge?

We use SWAT teams.

Right now, though, the main thing

is to get any potential targets out of his way.

We get that done, we'll worry about taking the sniper.

Malloy, you and Reed start evacuation on that building over there.

Park, you take two others and come in from this end.

Take some CC units.

Now watch yourself, stay out of sight.

Okay. Take off.

Tippy! Tippy! Come back! You might get killed!

Come on, Tip! Please come back!

Please, Tippy!

Tippy, come back!

Please! Cover me!

Tippy!

You all right, son? I'm scared.

Now don't be scared.

You just hang on to that dog, okay?

Tippy could have been killed.

Yeah, I know.

Reed? Yeah.

We're coming out. Are you ready?

Go!

You must think a lot of that dog.

He's the best friend I got.

Are your parents inside this building?

My dad's at work and my mom went to the market.

It's only me and Tippy.

Well, you and Tippy better come with us.

Why is that man over there trying to kill people?

I wish I knew, son.

Come on.

Down here, Officers, please. Is somebody hurt?

It's my friend Mrs. Bell. She won't open her door.

Just before you started asking the tenants to leave,

I saw her.

I'm sure she's there.

I knock and knocked, but she just don't answer.

It's the police, Mrs. Bell. Open the door.

Her apartment faces the street.

Locked.

You don't suppose she's hurt.

Malloy.

Excuse me, ma'am.

She's still alive.

One-Adam-12 to Command Post,

requesting an ambulance and attendants with a stretcher.

Fourth-floor apartment, Code 3.

Command Post, roger. They're on the way.

Are you boys all right in there?

Yes, ma'am. Stay where you are. Don't come in.

Let's go.

Is she dead? No, ma'am.

Let's get the rest of the floor evacuated.

Everybody else is out, Officers, except Mr. Bunch.

He sleeps days.

Says he isn't going anyplace except to bed.

Where is he? Around the corner, room 409.

Okay, you stay here with Mrs. Bell, ma'am.

Open up, mister, police officers.

What do you want?

There's a sniper on a rooftop across the street.

Your apartment's in the line of fire.

We're evacuating the building.

I'm not going anywhere.

You got some nut out there with a gun, that's your problem.

Me? I'm gonna get some sleep.

Come on, mister, we got to get...

How is she? Bad.

Hey, wait a minute.

One-Adam-12 to Command Post.

We're coming out with a victim.

What's the situation, over?

This is the Command Post.

We've got another casualty over on Grayson Street.

A lineman working on a telephone pole.

We got to move, over.

We're on the way. One-Adam-12, roger.

Sounds like open season on humans.

Yeah.

Wonder what the limit is.

Your building's secure? Everybody out?

Yeah, we left a team at each one of the rear exits.

Good.

Sorry I'm late. No, you're just in time.

Say, you trained with Malloy and Reed here, didn't you?

Right.

Okay, you three will be SWAT 1.

Now Park, Walters, and Ellis will be SWAT 2.

They're getting suited up now. Your gear's in the truck.

Do we know anything about this guy?

Nothing. No idea who he is.

Excuse me. I've been thinking.

I'm not quite sure, but I might know who's up there.

Let's hear about it.

Before the Rex went bankrupt,

I used to work there part time.

The guy I'm thinking about is one of the few who might have a key

that would let him get inside up on that roof.

What's the guy's name? Johnny Kursko.

He was assistant manager before the Rex closed.

Outside of having a key,

what makes you think Kursko's the sniper?

I don't know, but if somebody told me

Kursko was shooting people off a rooftop,

it wouldn't surprise me.

Did he ever do anything or say anything to make you feel that way?

He used to talk about it being the neighborhood's fault

that the Rex went out of business.

He'd get real worked up about it,

swear he was gonna get even.

How long did he work there?

About nine months.

They finally made him assistant manager.

It really went to his head.

That theater was like a dame to Kursko.

When the joint closed, I thought he was going to die.

Does he live around here? About a block away.

I called his apartment. Nobody answered.

Any family around? A girlfriend maybe?

No, sir. John's from back East.

He used to clam right up if you asked him

about a hometown or stuff like that.

How do you spell that name?

Kursko. K-u-r-s-k-o.

What's he look like?

He's about 30, dark hair,

5'10", about 160 pounds.

Okay. I'll run him. You better get suited up.

Oh, one more thing.

I talked Kursko into taking this

business class with me out at City College.

He jumped at it.

Figured he might get a chance to get another job in the theater,

even be a manager.

Yeah? He didn't show up for class today.

First time he's ever missed.

Thanks.

The way I see it, this layout's basically the same

as that hostage caper we went through

at Camp Pendleton last month.

Tall building, roof, the whole bit.

There's only one thing different.

Yeah, that was practice.

That college kid might have something.

I got a make on Kursko.

What's the scoop?

He's an escapee from a penitentiary back East.

Missing 13 months.

The warrant calls him extremely dangerous.

The I.D. fits. Sounds like a good make.

Okay, let's do it.

Minimum gunfire, watch your background.

Remember, we're responsible for any innocent people.

That guy on the roof couldn't care less.

Good luck.

You heard the man.

You're the guy with the eagle eye.

Set up on the roof across the street.

You know the rule.

Don't shoot unless you have a positive target.

We need a good diversion if we're gonna get on that roof in one piece.

Remember, throw the smoke bombs first,

then the military firecrackers.

That'll cover the hook noise.

We're gonna have to move fast.

With this breeze, the smoke's not gonna last long.

Pete, we just barely got time

to get your grappling hook over that cornice.

Make it good. You may not get another chance.

When I give you the high sign, climb fast.

Reed, just before the hook goes,

I want you to get that smoke bomb on the roof.

Throw 'em high and long.

If that sniper's on the other side of the building where he's supposed to be,

we may just have enough time to find some cover.

Yes, sir. Any questions?

All set.

Okay. Let's go to work.

Sergeant, just what is a S-W-A-T team?

Would you mind explaining?

Well, S-W-A-T stands for "Special Weapons And Tactics."

Officers assigned to these teams

are trained to handle situations just like this one.

What is the purpose of their mission?

To kill more effectively?

No, just the opposite.

The idea is to employ the minimum firepower necessary.

They infiltrate an objective.

In a case like this, for example,

it's much more effective than a mass rush of policemen.

If they're successful,

we can save a lot of innocent lives.

That includes the lives of policemen.

He's killed and wounded a number of people.

Are you still going to try and capture him or just shoot him?

We'll do what we have to do, no more, no less.

If there is a decision to be made, who will make it?

One man: that guy on the roof.

SWAT 1 to SWAT 2.

SWAT 2.

We're all set. How about you?

Say the word.

SWAT 1 to observation post.

Malloy? Any time.

Reed? Ready.

SWAT 1 to SWAT 2.

Go.

The diversion's going.

Throw.

Make it good, Pete.

You see him?

Not yet. He must be back in the corner.

This smoke ain't gonna last long.

The way I figure it, the best way to take him would be to circle him.

These exhaust fans will give us pretty good cover.

Cover us, Pete.

We'll work our way around.

Hold it, Kursko!

The door's covered from the inside. Don't try it.

Come on out with your hands up.

No.

You won't give me a chance.

Nobody gives me a chance.

We're giving you a chance, Kursko, don't pass it up.

No, I've got nothing waiting for me.

Nothing but a prison cell.

Out here I was somebody.

I had something.

But they took it away, those people down there,

and now they're paying, you understand?

I'll make you a promise. You won't be hurt.

You're lying.

Come on, Kursko. We don't want to hurt you.

We want to help you.

I'm jinxed.

Everything I touch goes sour.

You cops got it in for me.

Everybody's got it in for me.

Well, now I'm going to get even.

Come on, Kursko. We're wasting time.

Throw away the gun and come on out.

Talk to me.

Tell me about it.

Come on, let's talk.

Maybe we can help.

I don't want no help

from you or anybody, you understand?

We all need help. Nobody's alone.

You got to count on somebody.

Come on out, Kursko. Let's talk.

No!

No more talk!

I'm through talking.

It's all over, you understand?

You can't stop me! I have to do it!

I have to do it! I have to...

I... I have to do it! I have to...

Ahh!

Will somebody help me?

Please?

Somebody help me.

What's going to happen to him now?

It's not our department, sir.

That information you gave us on Kursko bought us some time.

We needed it. It made the difference.

What do you say we get out of these monkey suits?

Pardon me, Officer, may I have your name, please?

Reed. Jim Reed.

You're the policeman who made the capture, aren't you?

Yes, sir, I was one of them.

Did he resist? Yeah, he resisted.

He's injured a number of people and killed at least one.

Personally, I think I'd have shot him.

That's not what I get paid for.

You figure he's sick?

Is that why you let him live?

No, sir.

You should have shot him and got it over with.

Why didn't you? Give me one good reason.

Because it wasn't necessary.

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