Episode
The First 48: Bad Business
Overview
When a young father from Atlanta is shot dead on a Mobile street, detectives discover that his talent for computers may have gotten him in over his head.
Details
- Series
- The First 48
- Season
- Season 24
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2024-06-27
Episode context
Bad Business is Episode 5 in Season 24 of The First 48. It aired on 2024-06-27.
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In Mobile, two men are killed after their car is sprayed with bullets on the highway, Ieading detectives across the country in search of answers.
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