Episode
The First 48: Straight Menace
Overview
Investigators believe a teenager who was shot to death outside a party was a victim of mistaken identity.
Details
- Series
- The First 48
- Season
- Season 10
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2010-03-11
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Straight Menace is Episode 8 in Season 10 of The First 48. It aired on 2010-03-11. The runtime is 45 min.
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