FBI

- You said you was gonna drive home, man.

It's walleyes, Norm.

30 pounders, but you got to head upstream

past the tourists to find them.

- Count me in, Jimmy. Need a ride?

- No, it's a 15-minute walk. I could use the cardio.

- Yeah, couldn't we all. See you around.

Who's there?

- Tasting menu, huh? It's not really my speed.

- All it means is, you put yourself

in Chef Romero's hands.

What about a steak?

Me and my accountant

can really get behind the steak.

- I thought you were a little more worldly.

- Really? - I'm a little disappointed.

Wait, how disappointed?

Mm.

Practically inconsolable.

Yeah.

I understand.

We are all less safe when a detective is murdered.

The bureau will make this a priority, Chief.

Absolutely, absolutely.

As soon as I know anything...

I will let you know.

- Detective James Gerrard worked major crimes

out of the 2-7 in Flushing.

He was popped twice walking home after leaving a cop bar.

His personal effects were not touched,

so it looks like a hit and not a robbery.

So are we assisting?

- No, we're taking the lead on this one.

NYPD reached out because of the anti-police climate.

They want to make sure that the investigation

isn't obstructed by lack of public cooperation.

We're gonna make sure that it's not.

- The first question is why was Gerrard targeted?

Was it an altercation, a botched robbery, a vendetta?

Tiff and Scola are on the scene.

We'll see what they dig up.

Gerrard's wife is a night nurse

finishing her shift at Brixton Urgent Care.

NYPD is just making the notification now.

You guys want to see if you can grab a few minutes with her?

- Yeah. - Thank you.

All right, people. Let's hit it hard.

- Hey, what's the temperature - at 1 - PP?

Oh, cops are already on edge.

- That means we bring NYPD into the loop

early and often.

Consults, regular updates.

Yeah, copy that.

- And stay on top of media outreach.

The city needs to know

that a murdered detective is an FBI priority.

Will do.

- Should we update the NYPD rep?

- Mm-hmm. - Hey.

- Detective Walsh, sorry about Gerrard.

- Tough day for the boys in blue.

So we don't know much, huh?

- There's not much yet, but we'll keep you updated.

- Appreciate it. - Yeah.

Anything on canvass?

- Jogger heard the shot, but we held off on questioning

'cause they said you guys are stepping in.

- We'll be assisting, yeah. - Great.

We'll crack it a lot quicker now.

There she is.

- Hey, can you tell us what happened?

- So I'm doing my circuit, turn the corner, hear shots,

and see this guy on a red bike pedaling off.

- Did you see the guy on the red bike

actually fire the shots?

- No, but there was no one else on the street.

- Anything else about the biker?

Big, short, Black, white?

- I couldn't say. It was dark, happened fast.

- All right, we appreciate you sticking around.

Yeah, sure.

- Wow, New York's finest really knows

how to roll out the welcome mat.

- Cops been under siege these days, Scola.

I mean, with defund the police

and every traffic stop posted online,

they got their reasons to close ranks.

Yeah. Not with us.

Let's just work the case.

Hopefully Maggie and OA have gotten something

from Gerrard's wife.

- Jimmy was 2 years from his 20.

We were gonna move to Tampa.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Gerrard.

Did your husband have any issues with anyone?

- No, Jimmy got along with everyone.

Any problems at work?

- Nothing I heard about. Jimmy was a great cop.

- What about financial problems?

No, nothing like that.

- Okay, we're gonna need access to his squad car,

check and see if the dash cam saw anybody casing him.

Do you know where it was parked?

The repairs shop's got it.

Jimmy said something about a bird flew into

his windshield a few days ago, cracked it.

- This happened a few days ago? - Yeah.

- Ma'am, we understand how difficult all of this is,

but sometimes our loved ones do keep things from us,

and I'm not saying that that's true about Jimmy,

but is there any chance that his behavior changed recently?

Any unexplained absences?

Maybe he met up with somebody that you've never seen before?

What are you implying?

Ah, we are just trying to see

if Jimmy's movements can tell us--

His movements?

22 years we were married.

He was a good man, and I'm not gonna let you dirty his name.

- Mrs. Gerrard, that's not what we're trying to do here.

Please just leave.

- All right, black Dodge Charger

with a cracked windshield. - Right here.

- Look to you like a bird did this?

- I mean, if the bird is packing.

- The question is why Gerrard would lie about it.

Lieutenant, we saw someone

shot at Gerrard's car two days ago,

shattered his windshield. You know anything about that?

First I've heard of it.

- You--you surprised that he kept you out of the loop?

Jimmy was a big boy.

He wouldn't have wanted to trouble the unit

with his own stuff.

- So he was a good cop. - One of the best.

Known him forever. His uncle Joe was my CO.

Any cases you can think of

where his collars were carrying a grudge?

- All of them 'cause he did his job,

but I'll send over his files. - Appreciate that.

Knows the guy forever, but Gerrard doesn't tell him

that someone shot up his car. That sound right to you?

Yeah, we'll see.

- Yeah, well, you won't hear me complain about 26 Fed again.

- Cop life.

In my squad, I used to sit beside this old heater, man.

That thing whistled all winter long,

and it drove me crazy.

- So let me ask you, why do you sound so nostalgic about it?

- You're always nostalgic about where you started.

I'm not.

- That's 'cause you sold your soul

to work on Wall Street.

True.

Door's that way, folks.

- Is there a problem, Detective?

- A problem is when feds start asking a cop widow

if her just-murdered husband was dirty.

- Well, I know the agents that you're talking about,

and there's no way that--

- Look, it's all good, all right?

Got what we came for.

Seriously?

- All right, so the video from the pawn shop

opposite Sunny's Bar is clean,

and we have not been able to run down any footage

from the street where Gerrard was shot,

but here is something that might raise a flag.

Our victim bypassed the NYPD's contracted auto repair joint

and opted for his own shop.

- So he came out of pocket for that repair?

That's not a first choice on a cop salary.

Right.

- Sounds like he's hiding something.

- Well, yeah, we need more information.

Yeah, we get something from Gerrard's dash cam?

- The shooting wasn't captured, but I found something else

the same day that happened.

Things heat up fast. - Yeah.

Okay, we get a visual of the guy he's arguing with?

- Nope, guy never steps into frame.

So theory is Gerrard's killer

accosted him, shot at his windshield,

and killed him two nights later?

- If the incidents are related, yes.

Let's vet his case files. Prioritize recent collars.

Focus on threats.

Anything that got physical, yeah?

- We're gonna have to multitask.

Another detective was just ambushed and shot in Astoria.

Go. Get down to the scene.

We need to figure out if these shootings are related.

Hey.

- Detective Aaron Dane rushed to Eastern Ridge Hospital.

No word on his condition.

- Where's he out of? - 2-7, major crimes.

- It's the same precinct, the same unit.

Yeah. Any witnesses?

- Boulevard's a few blocks away.

So it's a pretty quiet street, but dog walker saw something.