Episode
The First 48: Standing Ground
Overview
In Tulsa, a high-school football player is gunned down when his friends make a dangerous decision. Detectives must separate witnesses from suspects to find out who fired the fatal bullet.
Details
- Series
- The First 48
- Season
- Season 17
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 2018-09-06
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Standing Ground is Episode 21 in Season 17 of The First 48. It aired on 2018-09-06. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 20: Last Hope & Truth and Consequences
In Atlanta, a teenager's life is cut short over a neighborhood beef; in Tulsa, Okla., a young woman goes missing, and her family fears she was murdered.
Episode 22: End of the Road
In Tulsa, Okla., an unsolved case comes to life when new evidence sheds light on a dead man's friend.
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Episode 18: Deadly Secrets & True Lies
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Episode 24: Predator
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Episode 17: Stolen Innocence
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Episode 25: For a Friend & The Last Gamble
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Episode 16: Inside the Tape Special #7
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Episode 26: Knock at the Door & The Brave One
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Episode 27: Unspeakable
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