Dragnet: The Big Kill

The story you're about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Fatima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, brings you dragnet. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a homicide detail.

A police officer is shot down on the front steps of his home. There's no apparent motive for the shooting. The assailant escapes in a blue sedan. Your job. Get him. It's amazing how many long cigarette smokers are changing to Fatima.

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It was Sunday May 23rd was Warrman, Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of homicide. My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives. My name's Friday. I was off duty reporting back in on an emergency call.

I was five minutes past 3am when I got to room 42. Homicide. How is he? He's dead. Huh? Went kind of fast. I just got the call a couple of minutes ago. He died in Whithouse, couldn't he?