FBI

Hey, Mom.

I'm in the middle of a workout.

Can I call you back in 20 minutes?

Okay. Okay.

Love you too. Bye.

Damn. Look at you go.

I'm just trying to toughen up.

Oh!

Oh! Oh!

Oh, my God. Oh!

Come on, there's no way that it happened like that.

I don't know what to tell you guys.

It did. It was a modern miracle.

He fell 50 feet, got up and walked it right off.

50 feet? Oh!

That fall gets bigger every time you tell that story.

Thank God you're here to keep me honest.

We missed you around here. Missed you too.

Medical clearance came through?

I don't think I could have stayed home one more day.

Hey.

I just got a call about a shooting over in the Bronx.

Double homicide, both victims were found

on federal land, which is why we are taking the handle.

Are you good to go? I'm ready.

Great.

JOC will send you the address.

See ya.

Ah, it is good to have you back.

How are you feeling?

Good.

I mean, between you and me, I feel some nerves.

Yeah, I was surprised that they cleared you so fast.

The gas exposure was pretty bad.

Yeah.

But you know, the bureau said I could take a few more weeks.

It was my choice.

I'm ready to jump in.

Good.

Um, but, so you know, I'm here for you

if you want to talk about it or anything.

Always.

Got two vics.

Both had their IDs on them.

Enrique Cortez, 21, and that's Marisol Lugo, 25.

No witnesses far as we can tell.

Passerby discovered the bodies after the fact, called it in.

They both had their wallets on them?

Yeah, with enough cash to buy more than a steak dinner.

So not a robbery.

Hey, Katie.

Could you put a rush on the ballistics?

And also make sure we get the footage from that camera

over to the JOC immediately.

Mm.. hmm. Thank you.

The mayor's all over this one.

Homicide rate in the Bronx is way up already,

and Marisol Lugo's parents are making a lot of noise.

Was she from the neighborhood, or...?

Born and raised in Castle Hill,

first generation high school, never mind college.

She was set to graduate Fordham Law in December.

She's a great kid.

The whole community is up in arms.

It's starting a media frenzy.

But there's more to it than that.

She was going to Quantico.

Dream was to be an FBI agent.

All right.

All right, folks.

We have the lives of two young Bronx natives

on our shoulders.

And in a few months, Marisol Lugo

would have joined our ranks, so we need to honor that,

treat her as one of our own.

But she is not the only one who lost her life last night.

So you want to tell us about our second victim?

Yeah, Enrique "Kiko" Cortez.

A bit of a troubled youth.

A few school suspensions for fighting,

a misdemeanor for possession.

Kept his nose clean recently, though.

Was working a food delivery job.

Any connection to Marisol?

No, different schools,

different neighborhoods, different acquaintances.

And we did a deep dive into their social media profiles.

There's absolutely no overlap there.

All right, so if they don't know each other,

and we think Marisol was out for a jog...

The most likely scenario is that

she was collateral damage.

Well, who would want Kiko killed?

I've been reviewing footage from the scene.

Camera didn't get the shooting,

but it did catch the shooter as he fled.

Yeah? Facial rec?

He never looks at the camera,

but we've got a trash can in frame.

If that's 36 inches and we use it as scale,

I can estimate the shooter as between 5'10" and 6 feet.

And there's a mark on his hand, maybe a tattoo.

That could be anything.

Hey, Jubal. Yeah?

Ballistics report just came in on the 9-millimeter

used in our shooting.

Tell me it gave us something.

It was the same weapon used in three other cases

linked to a local gang called the Mott Haven Boys.

Apparently, they're on DEA's radar.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jordan, welcome to the party.

What do you know about these guys?

MHB, yeah.

They're a young gang,

but they've already made a big splash.

Popped up last couple of years selling a lot of cocaine.

They also call it MHB for Mad Hot Batch.

Does it match their MO?

For sure.

Gang suspected of at least a dozen hits.

Your shooter's bandanna's green.

That's their color.

Mark on his hand could be their gang insignia.

All right, so who runs this outfit?

You got faces for me?

Jose Florial is the boss.

Any connection to Kiko?

Not that we know of.

Did we find Kiko's next of kin, friends, family?

Yes. He lived with his girlfriend.

She works at City Laundromat, 3rd Avenue.

Let's talk to her, see what she knows about any of this.

Did Kiko have a connection with the Mott Haven boys?

We're trying to get justice for your boyfriend, Brianna,

but we can't do that if you don't talk to us.

MHB run this neighborhood.

I crossed them, I'm dead too.

Anything you tell us didn't come from you.

Help us out.

Kiko was a good man, okay?

He was just slinging some dope

‘cos we were saving up to move to North Carolina,

get away from this crazy place.

Was he slinging for the gang?

No.

But that was the problem.

They thought that he was moving in on their territory.

You think they killed him for it?

Two days ago, we ran into one of them.

Guy got into Kiko's face.

Next thing I know, on top of him.

And I try to get in between them, but...

Guy left after that.

Made the message really clear.

Kiko didn't stop selling, he was gonna die.

You got a name?

Kiko didn't want to talk about it.

But he was Latino.

On the tall side.

Any scars or tattoos?

I'm not sure.

Where exactly did this fight happen?

This is Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., outside Lipson's Deli.

They're certainly not talking out their feelings.

Let's see if we can get a look at the assailant.

Come on.

Boom, there it is.

Mateo Diaz.

Okay. Mateo Diaz.

Somebody talk to me about Mateo.

He's a local. Age 27.

Has a couple of priors for drug possession.

One of which was for felony weight.

Currently on probation for assault.

All right, so Mateo is not so innocent,

but is he our shooter? Well, he's 5'10".

That's in our estimated height range.

What about his hand tattoo?

See for yourself.

It's the MHB symbol.

That's enough to buy us a conversation, at least.

Are you taking these pills for anxiety?

No.

No, I'm not, um...

I told you, I was feeling a bit nervous about coming in today.

And I went to go talk to a psychiatrist,

you know, outside of work.

You know, to get away from the official focus

on my readiness.

And he prescribed them to me to take as needed.

That's it.

Okay, fair enough.

But you know that taking meds the bureau doesn't know about

could get you fired, right? No, I know that. I know that.

Like I said, I haven't taken any.

I brought them in case today was gonna be a hard day.

Okay.

But if you do take one, or if you even think about it,

please let me know. Maybe I can help.

Sure, if that comes up, I will let you know,