Death Wish Page #6

Tucson agreed with you. You look well.

I feel good.

- Was he a white man or a black man?

- I just don't know.

They were under that light.

I wasn't seeing good,

I had blood in my eyes.

Well, was he tall, short, thin, fat?

Frank, forget it, huh?

Ride the ambulance to the morgue.

When they get the slugs out...

...run them over to the lab

for ballistics.

You saw him pretty good, didn't you?

You're full of sh*t.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

If we had the brains

to live in the country...

...we wouldn't be here

for the reason we are today.

We'd be going

into the city to work...

...Mom and Carol would be

safe at home waiting for us.

Nothing to do but cut and run.

What else?

What about the old American

social custom of self-defense?

If the police don't defend us,

maybe we ought to do it ourselves.

We're not pioneers anymore, Dad.

- What are we, Jack?

- What do you mean?

I mean, if we're not pioneers,

what have we become?

What do you call people...

...who, when faced

with a condition of fear...

...do nothing about it?

They just run and hide.

Civilized?

No.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have to start

this investigation somewhere.

So let's start here.

Motive:
Revenge.

I want the records checked.

Go back, say...

...three months.

Limit it to homicide.

We could be looking for a man

who's had a member of his family...

...killed by muggers.

Now, he shoots that pistol

pretty good, right?

Okay.

Combat veteran.

Put Vietnam vets at the top of the

list because they're young and tough.

Then work through

Korea and World War II.

Oh, my God.

Who said that?

Whoever said it,

you're right on the button.

By God and Jesus Christ,

it's impossible.

But until we find a shortcut,

we at least keep busy.

So when the media demands to know

what we are doing...

...we'll tell them

we have definite clues.

Okay?

We won't tell them we have

Did anybody see what he looked like?

We're in Commissioner Dryer's office

waiting for a press conference.

Last night, there was another killing

which appears to be the work...

...of the person the media has dubbed

"the vigilante."

This is the first official statement

from the commissioner.

I can see the commissioner now...

Good morning.

With me is Inspector Frank Ochoa...

...who's been placed in command

of a police detail...

...assigned to what we've all

been calling the "vigilante murders."

Now, it has been confirmed

by our ballistics laboratory...

...that the same gun, a.32 pistol,

used in the previous homicides...

...was used last night in a shooting

aboard a subway train.

Now, I know that this person

has captured the imagination...

... of many people in our city.

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