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‘The First 48’ Season 13, Episode 15: ‘For a Quick Buck / Bloody Sunday’

Posted byBy ABS Contributor | Published on: | Updated on September 2, 2016 CommentsComments (0)

“The First 48” season 13, episode 15: “For a Quick Buck / Bloody Sunday” airs tonight on A&E.

In this week’s episode, a young father is executed in his home and his family is terrorized by masked gunmen in Cleveland. Detectives believe the victim’s friend holds the key to finding the killers, but he’s nowhere to be found. Then, in Dallas, an innocent teen is gunned down with an assault rifle, putting detectives on the hunt for a dangerous killer.

A summary of the show reads:

“For homicide detectives, the clock starts ticking the moment they are called. Their chance of solving a case is cut in half if they don’t get a lead in ‘The First 48.’  Each passing hour gives suspects more time to flee, witnesses more time to forget what they saw, and crucial evidence more time to be lost forever. ‘The First 48” follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.”

“The First 48” season 13, episode 14 airs Dec. 20 at 9 p.m. EST, 8 p.m. CST on A&E.

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