ALICIA ARLEN ASHE BECK BOTH BREELAND CALEB CARROLL COPS CROWD DAVIES ECKLUND GIRL GOVERNOR_EAMONS JESSE MAN MAN_1 MAN_2 PASTOR_JANAE PIERCE PRESTON PROTESTORS REPORTER REPORTERS REPORTER_1 REPORTER_2 REPORTER_3 RIVERA ROBBIE SARAH SHAMEEKA SHERIFF_PLATT TESS WOMAN WOMAN_1 WOMAN_2 WYATT ZABEL ASHE Previously on Shots Fired.. ASHE The gun found in your office was the same gun used to kill Joey Campbell. PASTOR JANAE We had a break-in a few nights ago. Maybe that's when the gun was planted. CARROLL Lieutenant Breeland found a witness who contradicted your theory regarding a link between the Carr and Campbell shooting. Ruiz is prepping a new team to take over. You both have a week to finish up. ASHE The gun used to kill Joey Campbell is yours. ARLEN It was stolen. ARLEN Those two people are aiming to blame that killing on me. ASHE Someone broke into our work space, sucker-punched me, and I'm still mad about it. They were after the video we recovered off Jesse's phone. BECK They don't have a video. They're bluffing. ASHE Jesse didn't open his door. You pulled it open for him. I got your text. You're done messing with my daughter. You were there when Arlen Cox killed Joey. BREELAND You ever want to be a mother to your little girl again, you better start figuring out what the word "smart" means. ASHE I just lost Kai. I killed somebody's child. Why shouldn't I lose mine? PRESTON Hey. ASHE Oh, my God, this is it. JESSE Check this out. BOTH ASHE I can't have you getting all sprung. I need you focused. PRESTON Never been more focused in my life. ASHE The new team's arriving in two days. I don't want them messing up what we started. PRESTON Then let's finish it. You and me. REPORTER A breaking news report regarding Jesse Carr's murder. The footage you're about to see was uncovered on social media. BECK What are you doing in this neighborhood? JESSE Why did you pull me over? BECK Because it don't look right. JESSE I didn't realize it was illegal to be in this part of town. BECK Depends on what you're doing here. JESSE I came for some fried chicken. ASHE You released it. PRESTON I meant to send it to my account but accidentally shared it with Jesse's network. ASHE That's the story you're sellin'? PRESTON Yeah. ASHE Right or wrong, there's no turning back now. You know that. PRESTON I know. BECK License and registration. JESSE What?! I didn't do anything. BECK License and registration now. Get out of the car. JESSE Sorry, all right? BECK Get out of the car. JESSE Why? BECK Get out of the car! ALICIA My son's last moments now belong to the world. They have taken everything. SHAMEEKA Alicia. Alicia. Your memories of him, those are things between the two of you that ain't never gonna change. That the world can't touch. That's the truth you gonna hold on to. Not this. REPORTER 1 Sir did you know about the video, Sheriff? REPORTER 2 Does the department still stand behind Deputy Beck? REPORTER 3 Will Beck finally be arrested? SHERIFF PLATT I know y'all are anxious for answers. I wish that I had them. We're just as surprised at this latest development as you are. REPORTER Any idea where the video came from? SHERIFF PLATT The department's spokesperson will be releasing an official statement later today. I have no further comment at this time. Thank you. REPORTER How can your department support a murderer? SHERIFF PLATT Deputy Beck has been suspended, He is under a Doj investigation. We are not supporting a murderer, we are supporting the legal process. Thank you. BREELAND Tess, where are your sisters? TESS They're coming. BREELAND Y'all are gonna be late. TESS Oh, my God, Daddy. BREELAND It's nothing. I just got into it with another cop last night. TESS Are you okay? BREELAND Yeah- looks worse than it feels. TESS Does that have anything to do with that video on T.V this morning? BREELAND No, no, separate matter altogether. TESS Hope the other guy looks worse. BREELAND Come on, girls. GIRL All right! BREELAND BREELAND Yeah, okay, fellas, real cute. COPS ECKLUND You got a complaint, you can take it up with the department. ASHE Sit down. Don't make me say it again. I know Breeland put you up to that stop. ECKLUND You missed a yield sign. ASHE You pulled your gun on me for failing to yield? ECKLUND That was for assaulting an officer. ASHE So what happens if you shot me? What would you have done? Bury me and pray my body never washed up? You're really willing to go down for a superior officer who would put your life in jeopardy? ECKLUND You got nothing on me. ASHE You're one of the deputies named in our corruption report. Nobody comes out of this clean. I know you got kids. So think. No pension, no paid leave, no future. But I can make sure that doesn't happen. ECKLUND I work with these people. ASHE Doj can protect you. ECKLUND Rumor has it, you and that lawyer are gonna be replaced. Where's my protection then, hmm? PROTESTORS Justice for Jesse! Justice for Jesse! Justice for Jesse! Justice for Jesse! RIVERA My client maintains his innocence. PRESTON That video paints a different picture. RIVERA The video does not tell the full story. BECK It only kills my credibility. Which is what you wanted. PRESTON I want justice to be served. RIVERA Did you orchestrate the release of the video? PRESTON With all due respect, that is the least of your concerns right now. BECK I can't even have my family here. Is that not a concern? They walk out of this house and have crazy people in their face. My kids have people telling them I'm a monster. RIVERA Mr. Beck. Calm down. PRESTON Why am I here, Joshua? BECK PRESTON What's this? BECK Records of everyone who went through the Tours. PRESTON You mean the same Tours you told me you knew nothing about? I have all this information already. BECK Your documents are falsified. After Joey's murder. Those are the real things. The Auxiliary Deputies never went through the required 480 hours of field officer training. Nor were they ever qualified to even carry a weapon. But they still went on patrols with Breeland and Derkin carrying their own personal firearms and received department-issued tasers. It's all there- dates, arrests, everything. PRESTON How long have you had these? BECK Couple of months. PRESTON What do you want? RIVERA We want Deputy Beck's cooperation in the matter to be taken into consideration. PRESTON He killed Jesse. And his silence killed Joey. BECK I didn't murder Jesse. PRESTON You saved these documents because you wanted to speak up. Then something stopped you. Why the change of heart? BECK I'm done bleeding blue. SARAH I'm sorry to interrupt, but they just sent over the revised budget. You're killing the education initiative? GOVERNOR EAMONS The riots wreaked havoc on funds we appropriated for Gate Station. I asked Arlen if he would funnel his support for the education initiative to our rebuilding efforts. Even with federal aid, we're nearly $12 million short. Something had to go. SARAH What about Shawn Campbell? We looked his mother in the eye and we made promises. We can't just pull him out of Lorton. GOVERNOR EAMONS I assure you I have considered every option. Sarah, we took a swing few others would have taken but if we're being honest, the education initiative was a hard sell from the start. SARAH We silenced our detractors. And we did it without compromising. Those parents who were so afraid of kids from the Houses coming into their schools stopped fighting us because they realized they had nothing to fear. What kind of message are we sending if we just shut them down? GOVERNOR EAMONS Mr. Terry, thank you for coming. Join me outside? GOVERNOR EAMONS I'm assuming with this latest video coming to light, Deputy Beck's arrest is imminent. PRESTON My decision on whether or not to indict is imminent. GOVERNOR EAMONS If you had listened to my suggestion from the beginning, this all could have been avoided. PRESTON What could have been avoided, Governor? The culture of corruption left unchecked by the city or the uprising that happened as a direct result of it? GOVERNOR EAMONS Are you able to substantiate your claims against the Sheriff's Office? PRESTON Are you genuinely asking or are you looking for a way to get your name out from under it? GOVERNOR EAMONS I just spent 48 sleepless hours balancing the budget to help the people of Gate Station rebuild. If you have hard evidence that a program I helped to implement is corrupt, I need to know. PRESTON Your Auxiliary Deputies were never qualified to carry any weapons, never received any training to get out on the field. The reports were falsified to cover it up. GOVERNOR EAMONS And you have the names of people involved? PRESTON Names, dates, everything. There may have only been one shooter, but Joey's blood is on a lot of hands. GOVERNOR EAMONS If this is true, my heart will be broken. I can promise you, I will make sure those responsible are held accountable. BREELAND You fight dirty. I guess I can respect that. We do what we gotta do. ASHE You need to cooperate with this investigation. We know the training records were falsified, and we know you planted weed in Jesse's car to keep Beck quiet. BREELAND Did Beck say I planted weed? Anyone see me plant weed? No. Do you want to know why? Because I reported exactly what I found. ASHE So you're saying Beck's the one who planted it. BREELAND I did not say that. ASHE Of course not. You're too good a soldier. So let me tell you what's in play. You're either gonna take all the heat or you're gonna let us know how Platt was involved. I wanna know why Arlen killed Joey. And I wanna know how Pastor Janae got his gun. BREELAND I wanna know how it feels to fail and be replaced by someone who has to clean up your mess. Someone who won't get stopped for a DUI while they're in the middle of a custody suit. ASHE Funny thing about beating your bitch ass is your threats don't faze me anymore. I'll fight you in the alley and I'll fight you in a courtroom. BREELAND Like I said, we do what we gotta do. ARLEN You think that the charges against Pastor Janae will hold up? BREELAND I do. ARLEN Even though they've traced the gun back to me. BREELAND They can't prove a thing. PASTOR JANAE They've come in three times, saying I can get out of here if I sign a confession. I have a master's degree, I've counselled hundreds of people, and yet the idea of signing a confession to something I didn't do sounds inviting. ASHE I haven't exactly seen eye-to-eye with you on everything, but you don't belong here. I'm gonna get this cleared up. Keep the faith. PASTOR JANAE What about your faith? ASHE What about it? PASTOR JANAE Have you lost it? ASHE Barely holding on. PASTOR JANAE Mind if I pray with you? Dear God, we come to you for guidance. Quite possibly, we are both, in our own ways, incarcerated. SHERIFF PLATT What are you saying? BREELAND We did everything we could to protect him. And to protect our department. And there is some honor in that, but. SHERIFF PLATT There's only one course of action, Calvert. Just keep your mouth shut. If you talk, you'll go to jail for the rest of your life. BREELAND I kept quiet because you taught me to protect our own. But Arlen Cox is not family. I was protecting him for you. SHERIFF PLATT For me? BREELAND This should never have happened. SHERIFF PLATT But it did. And you were the superior officer in charge. BREELAND What the hell are you saying? SHERIFF PLATT We need to protect each other. Calvert. SHERIFF PLATT Hey! MAN Congrats, boss. SHERIFF PLATT Thank you. Made me proud to see you graduate. Thanks for inviting me. You're a man now. I respect that. And whatever problems that your mom and I have won't change that. ROBBIE You used to be my hero. Strongest guy in the world, I used to think. But the minute you became Sheriff, I was what, nine years old? See, when you were home, if I played too loud I was in trouble. If I cried too loud I was in trouble. You needed everything to be so peaceful because your important job was so stressful. SHERIFF PLATT I didn't choose law enforcement. Law enforcement chose me. And it's been a blessing and a curse. ROBBIE If I feel myself, even for one minute, turning into you, I will find another line of work. I guarantee you that. Thanks for the beer, Dad. WYATT Miss Akino. Mr. Terry. Reed Wyatt, Lieutenant Breeland's attorney. PRESTON Why the secret meeting? WYATT My client thought about an earlier conversation he had with Miss Akino. He reconsidered and has now decided to come forward with information. ASHE What kind of information? WYATT Information that could shed some light on the murder of Joey Campbell. ASHE Unless he's giving up the actual murderer of Joey Campbell or the details on Jesse Carr's death, he can't help himself. WYATT He has details that can lead to an indictment on at least one of your cases. We'll need a deal. PRESTON I'm listening. WYATT House arrest. Disciplinary action within the department is something we'd consider. But no jail time. ASHE Two boys were killed. You had a hand in it and you expect to walk? BREELAND No jail time or there's no deal. ASHE Let's go. PRESTON Hold on. How can I get in touch? It's protocol. I have to let the bosses know. ASHE Protocol? Or are you fine letting him get away with murder? PRESTON It's a negotiation. ASHE You're kidding me, right? PRESTON Think about everything he'll be giving us. ASHE Think about everything he's done. Everything he's done to me. PRESTON It's not about you, it's about our case. Ashe, look, I didn't mean that, okay? PRESTON Breeland's name is on all the falsified Auxiliary Deputy training records we received from Deputy Beck. But we're in the driver's seat when it comes on to the Joey Campbell case. We don't need Breeland to close it. CARROLL How can you guarantee his testimony without making a deal? ASHE We don't think we need it, sir. We've already tied the murder weapon to Arlen Cox. CARROLL Which was explained away by a theft report. And you need more than just a strong hunch that Breeland planted that marijuana in Jesse's glove box. ASHE Frankly, sir, instead of making a deal with Breeland, we think he should be prosecuted alongside Arlen Cox and Sheriff Platt. CARROLL Wait a minute. You want to walk away from a deal that damn sure guarantees indictments in both cases? The records Beck provided you suggest corruption. Breeland's testimony proves it. We need this win. The new team is already en route. I'm authorizing them to make the deal with Breeland. Davies will wrap up the case. We'll see you two back in DC shortly. Good work. BREELAND Remember your first game here? TESS Yeah. They were screaming and yelling at you to get that damn girl off the field. BREELAND Yeah, and when the crowd got too rowdy, you came up to me and you said, “Dad, if we win this, they'll shut up." TESS Too bad we got our asses kicked. BREELAND It's been my proudest moment to coach you, Tess Breeland. TESS Dad, what's wrong? BREELAND Things are going to change a little, baby. With my job. And maybe at home. TESS I don't understand. BREELAND A week ago you called me a hero for helping those kids in the riots. But I ain't a hero. I'm far from it. TESS Why do you keep saying that? BREELAND I was on the scene the night Joey Campbell was killed. We saw what we thought was a drug deal going down. We chirped our siren and he ran off. So we chased after him. TESS Did you shoot him? BREELAND No. But someone else who was with us did. It should never have happened. We made a split decision to cover it up. And we left him right there. A little while later I came back to the scene and he was still laying down there on the pavement. And a crowd started to gather, so I called it in as a homicide. TESS You didn't mean for that to happen, though. It wasn't your fault. BREELAND Sweetheart I gotta make this right. TESS What does that even mean? BREELAND I've been trying to blackmail someone to cover it up. Now, I'm working on doing a deal with the Doj. I think the other people who I was involved with want me to take the fall. But I ain't gonna let that happen. PRESTON I have the fax number here for you. Joey Campbell case files are in the blue box. Jesse Carr's in the green. DAVIES We'll start with the Carr case. Comb through what you have, then see where we are before we move to indict. PIERCE You guys mind driving us around, giving us the lay of the land? ASHE You want us to be your chauffeur? DAVIES An escort. Is that a problem? PRESTON Not at all. ASHE I'll get the car. PIERCE We want a full confession for the Joey Campbell shooting. That means identifying all of the players- every witness, every officer, volunteer or not, and all the people that were involved in the cover-up that followed. WYATT My client can't speak to any of that without incriminating himself. PIERCE Which is why we're offering Lieutenant Breeland full immunity. PRESTON What... no, that's not the deal I discussed with him. WYATT Is everybody on board with this deal? PIERCE Yes. ASHE No. PRESTON Ms. Pierce, can I have a quick word? Full immunity? That's more than what he proposed. PIERCE I'm taking an aggressive stance to make sure we get full cooperation. PRESTON It's not necessary. He wants to speak. PIERCE Carroll wants a win. This guarantees it. PRESTON You can have both. PIERCE Since you got here, Mr. Terry, this city has rioted, a police officer has taken his own life, and the community's distrust for the Sheriff's department has grown twofold. So I'd appreciate it if you would back off and let me do the job my way. WYATT Well? PIERCE Full immunity. Do we have a deal? WYATT Write it up. ASHE So what happens when Breeland transfers to another department and another black kid dies? PRESTON This isn't what I wanted. You know that. ASHE We can't let it go down like this. PRESTON What are you thinking? ASHE They're going to try to make Breeland the star witness. We gotta get somebody else to talk first. ARLEN Weren't the parameters made clear enough? You want to talk to me, contact my lawyer. ASHE Consider this a social visit. ARLEN Oh we're friends now, huh? ASHE More than you know. ARLEN I confess to being intrigued. ASHE There's a new witness who's willing to tell us everything he knows about the Tours and what happened the night Joey Campbell was killed. ARLEN None of which is my concern. ASHE Are you sure you have nothing to get off your chest? By morning, I'm assuming he'll name you as the shooter. And by then, it'll be too late to save yourself. Kind of ironic. Building a prison that may end up housing you. CALEB You could've told me you forced Jesse's door open. I know how it is going from zero to a hundred. BECK Yeah, well, he went for my gun. Which is one detail that no one seems to care about. CALEB I care. You can talk to me. BECK I tried to talk, about the Tours, before this whole Jesse thing went down, and you told me not to. Who were you trying to protect? Me or the Department? CALEB I was protecting you and Kerry and those boys. What were we gonna do, take on the whole department? BECK Yeah, well, I'm done protecting them. I'm coming forward now. CALEB The backlash from the Department? Even more press outside your door? BECK Doesn't matter. I got Kerry, my boys. I got a bachelor party I gotta plan. It ain't all bad. CALEB Anna's dad is putting his foot down. He's threatening to cancel the whole deal if you're at the wedding. I'm working on Anna. But well, the video. BECK "When Caleb and I became deputies, we took an oath to serve and protect, but Caleb's been doing that since the first day we met. Today, he took a vow for better or for worse. Five words used to describe one- loyalty. Anna, today you are marrying my best friend, one of the most loyal people I know, who will serve and protect you for better or for worse." Maybe the new guy can use it. ARLEN I know how hard it is to come clean when you know that a wrong has been committed, especially when that wrong has been committed by you. Unfortunately, I have remained silent in the face of a terrible wrong. And today, I want to free myself of this burden. I can no longer keep silent about the death of a young man in this community, a young man whose face, by now, we all know. I I killed Joey Campbell. REPORTERS ARLEN That night, I assisted Lieutenant Breeland and Sergeant Derkin when they pulled over Joey Campbell for questioning. When Joey resisted and refused to cooperate with the officers, I reached out for my department issue taser and accidentally pulled my gun. I'm ashamed. I have to live with the fact that a simple mistake took the life of a promising young man. Had Lieutenant Breeland not intimidated me, I believe that I would have come forward sooner. But as an officer sworn to uphold the law, he did in fact intimidate me and he should have reported the accident to his superiors. He allowed for Pastor Janae Jones, an innocent woman, to be wrongfully detained. I can only assume that he had something to do with finding my gun in her church. I'm going to turn myself in to Sheriff Platt. Immediately. BREELAND You knew this was happening! SHERIFF PLATT Who knew this, me? I didn't know this was happening. Calm down- calm the hell down. Sit down, calm down. I-I-I'm as shocked as you are. Sit down. BREELAND He's placing himself in your custody! What the hell do you mean, you're shocked? SHERIFF PLATT Look at me. It's me. I'm not some stranger. And I'm telling you, it's the first I've heard of it. BREELAND 20 years- 20 years of loyalty, to be your fall guy? SHERIFF PLATT Derkin's gone. It's your word against Arlen's. I got your back, Calvert. BREELAND Do you? BREELAND When can we talk? PIERCE Your info is no longer needed. BREELAND What? PIERCE We never presented you with a written deal. Due to recent events, consider it null and void. BREELAND You did this. PIERCE What made you decide to come forward now? ARLEN Well, actually, it was Ms. Akino made me realize that I had the courage to speak up. PIERCE Ms. Akino? When was this? ARLEN Earlier today. She paid me a visit and persuaded me that it was in my interest to stop living a lie. WOMAN Good afternoon. Child and Families Service Agency. Hello? Hello? Is anyone th? CROWD REPORTERS REPORTER Pastor Janae, are you going to file a suit against the Gate Station Sheriff's Office? Do you have any comment about Cox's confession? SARAH The smartest move is to denounce Arlen Cox. GOVERNOR EAMONS How about we get all the facts before throwing him under the bus? SARAH The man is a murderer. GOVERNOR EAMONS Or it was a tragic mistake. We were smart to not rush to judgment with Pastor Janae. I'm not going to do it in this case. SARAH He admitted to covering up a homicide. What more do you need to hear? GOVERNOR EAMONS Understand, in moments of crisis, you don't turn your back on the people that got you there. Not unless you're a hundred percent sure. SARAH Hundred percent sure that what? He's guilty? Or that you can spin it. GOVERNOR EAMONS I need you to back down. SARAH This cannot be about money. GOVERNOR EAMONS If I lose to Penn Moder, all the good I've done will be undone. All the good I want to do will never happen. SARAH I have learned so much from you. And in this moment, it's what not to do. Thank you, Governor Eamons, for the opportunity. Please consider this my last day. ASHE Hi, Zabel. ZABEL Yeah, Ashe, I wanted to call you right away. The judge made a ruling. ASHE What did she say? PRESTON Hey. ASHE I lost Kai. PRESTON What? ASHE I lost her, I've lost Kai. PRESTON It's okay, it's okay. ASHE Javier gets full custody. I get visitation. And until I do 30 hours of anger therapy, it has to be supervised. PRESTON Maybe I can help. I know some people in family court. ASHE They think I'm a danger to her. I can visit, but I can't be her mom. PRESTON Ashe, we'll fix this. ASHE Breeland has to be behind this. PRESTON Ashe, where are you going? ASHE I need to be by myself. BREELAND Miss Campbell. Something I should have said months ago. I am sorry for your loss. And for your son and for not receiving the respect you deserve. WOMAN 1 We're sick of you! CROWD WOMAN 2 You're a crooked cop! MAN 1 Where your backup at? MAN 2 We ain't stupid, we know what you're doing. We don't want you here anyway. Get the hell on! Go! PRESTON Preston Terry. CARROLL Grab Ashe and put me on speaker. PRESTON She just stepped out, sir. How can I help? CARROLL She approached Arlen Cox. Even though there was a deal on the table with Breeland. PRESTON I don't think it was that deliberate, sir. CARROLL Like hell it wasn't. She's one of my top investigators. It was a brilliant move. Pierce and Davies will stand by to assist. But I want you and Akino to take the lead. Run this across the goal line. PRESTON Thank you. Thank you, sir. I appreciate it. I know Ashe will too. I'll let her know. ASHE This is Ashe, leave it here. PRESTON Ashe, hey, call me back as soon as you can. ALICIA So, what happens now that the world saw that deputy kill my son? PRESTON We're still assembling all the facts of the case. ALICIA What more do you need? PRESTON I really can't get into the specifics. ALICIA How did the video even get leaked? I thought you had Jesse's cell phone in your possession this entire time. PRESTON Jesse's video will be hard to overlook now. ALICIA Okay, then.