Chicago P.D.

Al, it's what we thought.

All right, what are we going to do?

Wait it out.

Probably get in touch with Lindsey.

Give her a head's up.

It's going to be okay, Hank.

Did what I had to do.

Hey.

Antonio, good to see you, my friend.

Good to see you too, Marco. Hey, this is my partner, Kim.

- Hi. Oh. - Hi.

We met years ago when I walked the foot post

here in the 10th district.

- So what can I do for you? - The other night,

some animal broke into my shop and trashed the place.

Hmm.

Did you report it to the district?

They told me to get surveillance cameras.

So I did.

Then last night, after I closed up,

some punk kid rode up on a bike,

told me bad things would happen

unless I paid his boss protection money.

- What did you tell him? - Told him to go to hell.

And I showed him this.

Hey, hey, Marco, what are you doing?

Relax, I've got a permit.

- That's not the point. - You think I'm going to let

some kid shake me down?

I get it, but you need to let us take care of this.

Do you know this kid?

- Never saw him before. - All right.

Let me talk to a few people, I'll see what's going on.

And then we'll swing by the shop tomorrow morning

before you open, and we'll figure something out.

- Yeah. - Okay?

- Leave that at home. - I will.

- And thank you. - Yeah.

Okay, thanks.

So, gang investigation says the 26ers and the Kings

are big dogs in the 10th district.

But extortion isn't their thing, so...

Well, Marco's been in that neighborhood for 30 years.

People know not to mess with him.

It's probably just some wannabe kids

- trying to make a quick buck. - Yeah.

Units in the 10th district and units on the citywide,

we have an unknown number of shots fired,

2553 18th Street.

- Responding units advise. - That's Marco's shop.

- What the hell did he do? - 50-21 Eddie squad,

be advised plain clothes units responding

to that shots fired on 18th.

- Take the back! - Copy.

- Go right. - Yep.

- Opening the back door. - Okay.

- Clear? - Mm-hmm.

Marco.

Oh, man. Oh, man.

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Antonio.

Oh, God.

I got it, I got that. Did you get the outside?

All right, what do we got?

DOA is Marco Rivera, He owned the place.

Antonio and I talked to him last night.

Said a local gang was shaking him down for protection money.

We did find one witness.

He said two male offenders, Hispanic, ran out the back,

but didn't get a good look at their faces.

Marco managed to get off a couple of shots,

but it doesn't look like he hit anyone.

- Hey, Joe. - Hank.

Detective Marcella Gomez,

national civil police of El Salvador.

She's here observing how the CPD homicide does business.

- Pleasure. - Detective Antonio Dawson.

This is my partner, Kim.

Hi. - So these words?

- Kill, terrify, control. - Hmm.

The motto for the Salvadoran gang.

Sicarios Savios, SS-11.

You've worked some of these cases back home?

Several.

And sadly, they all look a lot like this.

So they like knives, huh?

Machetes.

Their brand is intimidation, so they come out big.

Make the murders as gruesome as possible.

Anyway, Joe.

Antonio was working an extortion angle

with this victim. We'd like to run with the case.

No problem, just keep us in the loop.

Thanks a lot. Nice to meet you.

I'd be happy to help out, if you want.

I know how they operate very good.

- Well, that's your call, Joe. - Fine by me.

Great. All right, welcome aboard.

These are very bad people.

I heard what they did to Marco. Everyone has.

- We can protect you. - Can you?

And my kids, and my wife?

Look, I'm sorry, but I've got to do

what's best for my family.

At least tell us what they look like.

Was there anything distinct about them?

The ones who collect, they're just kids.

But once I was late to pay, and three older men came.

They warned me that if I went to the police,

that they were going to kill me,

and my family.

One was the boss, he had tattoos all over his face.

Um, the letters "SS,"

next to a fist with two fingers extended.

Thank you, if you need anything, you call us.

Hell no.

They know better than to

come into Franny's place looking to get paid.

Okay, but how about recently?

Anybody coming in here and messing with the store?

Someone tried to break in a couple nights back,

Broke a window. Alarm scared him off.

I didn't bother calling y'all.

Well, Ms. Franny, you should probably know

that they'll definitely be back.

Demanding protection money.

You think they're the ones who killed Marco?

Yes, ma'am.

Mm-mm-mm.

He was the first person to come down

and welcome me to the block when I opened my store.

All right, so, maybe help us out.

I'll help you however I can.

All right, thank you, Ms. Franny.

- Appreciate you. - And thank you for the muffin.

You're welcome.

So much for facial rec.

Go back and freeze it in the doorway.

Zoom in on the hands of the guy on the left.

Get those tats.

And do the same on the forehead for the other guy.

Those are pretty unique.

We have a database of SS-11 tattoos back home.

I can have my people try and put a name to those images.

Yeah.

All right, let's switch to the inside camera.

I got her. You keep watching.

Oh. I'm sorry.

Jesus.

Hey, you okay?

I don't know what's wrong with me.

Nothing.

The truth is, it's a bigger problem

if stuff like that doesn't get to you.

Here.

I'm sorry.

I don't know what to think about a guy

who carries tissues in his jacket.

- -

Well, he's either incredibly sensitive,

or he's got a cold. Or he's...

Prepared for winter in Chicago.

Well, I'm going to guess all of the above.

- -

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Anything from the security footage?

No faces, but we did capture some unique tats

on their hands and forehead.

Checking our databases and around the country.

Marcella sent the images

back to her department in El Salvador.

If they were arrested in El Salvador,

those gang tattoos will be in our system.

Any locals willing to get involved?

Oh, yeah, we actually got

a badass bakery owner named Franny.

She said we can use her store to do anything we want.

She hasn't been approached by the gang yet,

but her store was vandalized a few days ago,

so if they follow the pattern,

they should be hitting her up soon.

They'll send in a chequeo to make the initial offer.

- Chequeo? - Yes, a teenager.

They use a network of young kids

to deliver messages from the street.

To and from the gang leaders.

No phones.

When the chequeo comes into the store,

we have the owner refuse to pay.

And then we try our best to tail the chequeos

- back to the gang's safe house. - Hmm.

And hopefully the boss.

I'm sorry to interrupt, Hank. I need a word.

That sounds good. Let's do it her way.

- Set it up. - Use my desk.

Denny?

Super Mart just broke ground on a new store.

Over on that old railroad property

down by the 22nd street bridge.