Episode
The First 48: Terribly Wrong; Settling the Score
Overview
In Charlotte, when a store clerk and father of three young children is shot in a robbery by a masked man, lead Detective David Osorio and his team interview witnesses and find that no one knows the shooter. With little to go on, Osorio must find a way to identify his suspect before he can hope to track him down. And in Miami, lead Detective Kevin Ruggiero and his team head to Overtown to investigate the murder of a young father shot in the street. When Ruggiero learns that the victim’s friends are out to retaliate, he must race to find the shooter before there’s another killing.
Details
- Series
- The First 48
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2011-01-27
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Terribly Wrong; Settling the Score is Episode 15 in Season 11 of The First 48. It aired on 2011-01-27. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 14: The Slip; Pure Victim
Detroit detectives investigate a double homicide; an elderly woman is murdered while taking groceries out of her car in Harris County, Texas.
Episode 16: Final Call; Fatal Fury
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