The Closer

Next time you might want to hold on to your girl

a little tighter, you little punk.

Ha ha.

She's mine.

Let's go.

The Closer 7x01 Unknown Trouble Original Air Date on July 11, 2011

== sync, corrected by elderman ==

911 dialed at 2:07 a.m.

But no officers were dispatched here

until the maids came to work this morning.

Maybe the call didn't go through.

So we have seven victims shot to death --

five young men, two young ladies.

Do we know who these people are?

The guys all had I.D.,

but the girls only had business cards.

Yeah, it looks like our ladies

are from the same modeling agency -- Hollywood Tease.

This is Candy on the couch.

And you are with Delight.

Looks like this massacre

began with the two guys at the door.

They got C-Street tats.

Means they're Clinton Street Crips.

Probably the security team,

but they never even drew their weapons.

So they either knew the guy, or it was a professional hit,

which explains why there are no casings.

And who are these young men?

Well, the rapper's name was Christopher Brooks.

Chris Brooks.

A.K.A. "C-game."

You can download his new single for free.

Gang members,

empty vodka bottles,

joints in the ashtray,

half-naked girls --

I mean, it's like a murder had to happen.

Is this C-game famous?

Never heard of him, Chief.

He's probably more of an up-and-comer.

Then who lives here?

Lieutenant Tao, would you please

look up the title on the house?

Wait a minute, Chief.

Oh, my God, I know two of these guys.

They're brothers.

Their father is a Deacon at my church.

Both his kids, man -- that's --

look -- they are not gang.

How long has it been since you've seen them?

Uh, I guess since they went off to college,

but, I mean, I see their family all the time.

They're good people. It's just --

Gabriel, look -- we've got drugs and strippers here.

These guys may have school lately, okay?

Right, they smoked a little pot.

I understand that, but that does not mean --

you have their I.D.s. Clinton Street, too?

Yeah, but not every black kid on Clinton Street is a Crip.

You know that. Oh, come on, Gabriel.

This kid Chris called himself "C-game."

That's slang for "cocaine."

I know what the name means!

- All right. - He won't have a record.

- All right. - Look it up. Look him --

That's enough. That's enough.

Lieutenant Flynn, Detective Gabriel,

would you please check out the rest of the house,

see what else we can find?

Thank you.

9 times out of 10, Chief, rap means gangs.

And gangs usually means drugs.

Well, that may be true,

but in the interest of a unified approach,

let's try not to jump to conclusions. Thank you.

The L.A.P.D. has a joint task force with the FBI

looking into the rap business.

They're probably gonna grab this case, anyway, Chief.

And Chief Delk announces tomorrow afternoon.

Yeah. Who knows?

Major Crimes may already be

a thing of the past.

Title on the house belongs to a company called Shanked, Inc.

Shanked?

That's a record label -- handles lots of rappers.

I need to speak to someone from Shanked

about the slaughter in their living room.

What's all this stuff on the floor? Foam.

Some sort of insulation material.

I already sent off a few pictures to S.I.D.

Chief, Buzz, we found something.

Oh.

Is this C-game's room?

No, this stuff belongs to his brother, Kevin.

It still doesn't prove they were gang.

David, since all these boys lived in Clinton

and you're acquainted

with Chris and Kevin's parents --

You want me to do the notification.

Yes, please. Thank you. I know you can handle it.

So, Lieutenant, how much would you say is here?

I had property count it.

The total's $750,000 on the nose.

Well, like we said, rap means gangs.

Gangs means drugs.

But if it was a drug deal gone sideways,

why murder seven people

and leave the cash behind?

As to the, uh, two young ladies,

we have Michelle Simpson, A.K.A. "Candy," 19,

Seattle,

and Rina Watkins, A.K.A. "Delight," 20,

Detroit.

And maybe Gabriel can tell us about our Clinton Street boys.

David?

Yes?

Oh, yes, uh...

Christopher Brooks,

A.K.A. "C-game,"

got his degree in music from UCLA.

And his brother, Kevin Brooks,

graduated USC with a degree in Economics.

His parents said that neither one of them

have ever been involved with gangs.

But they're both on the record company's payroll.

Shanked, owned by Antwone Decker,

lifelong Crip,

with a sheet to prove it --

drugs, extortion, probably worse, Chief.

Well, if he owns the company,

he also owns the house where we found our victims.

Let's invite Mr. Decker in for a chat, please.

Gabriel's right --

no criminal record for Kevin or Chris, A.K.A. "C-game."

But I got his bio off the Shanked Records website.

It says his debut album drops next week.

And according to this,

his brother, Kevin, was his manager.

Uh,

just packing a few of my boxes back here.

Sorry, it -- it slipped.

Yeah.

We have this, Chief --

copy of the 911 call from last night.

911. What's your emergency?

Hello? Rap music playing ]

911. What's your emergency?

Communications never located the signal,

so it was classified as "unknown trouble."

Have you found anything else useful

from the victims' cellphones?

Oh, the girls give us

a pretty detailed timeline on the night.

10:45 p.m.,

Rena texts her service

that she and Michelle have arrived at the house.

11:51 p.m.,

Michelle downloads C-game's single.

11:58 to 12:09, they take pictures.

12:16 a.m.,