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Yeah, you wanna get there.

It's a shooting.

Yeah, I got some great footage

of a victim being treated.

No, the LAPD

hasn't released it

but a manager at

a Walgreens says

it's a carjacking and

the victim is the owner.

He's Asian and critical.

Right.

Look,

I got a (SO-second cut

with the manager

and a neighbor.

$500.

Then, make me a deal.

$400.

$300. All right, deal.

Are you f***ing

kidding me?

Get out of here.

Okay,

dip into graphics.

I don't think

that's going to cover it.

Frank,

it's not my call.

H, excuse me.

Excuse me.

I have video footage.

Uh, down the hall,

to the right.

MALE EDITORI Right here.

Okay.

Put the neighbor here, and the kids

with their mother by the door.

You can get it back from 2:16.

Yeah.

Then I want to lay

in some mat-sound.

Let's loop the

neighbor's dog barking.

And then try taking

the crying kid from B-roll

and dropping that

in the background.

Got it.

You my fill-in operator?

I don't think so.

I'm Lou Bloom.

I have some footage

for sale.

A stringer?

What?

Who do you work for?

At the moment,

I work for myself.

See Frank out there,

the way you came.

Uh, what's it timed to?

1:
06.

What do you have?

Something

I'm fairly certain

you'll be very

excited about.

What is it?

It's a shooting. A man was shot.

Several times, in fact.

He's lying on the ground, and

he's bleeding on the ground.

I'd be surprised if

he survived, honestly.

He was shot

during a carjacking.

Western and First?

Yes, that's right.

We're getting that

from Ace.

I was there. I was much

closer to what happened.

Okay. Okay.

Let's see it.

You can fast

fonuard through this.

Keep going

keep going.

Walk away, or I'll arrest you fur...

A minute-and-a-half in.

There.

MALE EDITORZ Oh, f***.

I need you to see something.

Yeah?

Lou Bloom.

Frank Kruse,

our assignment editor.

Play it back.

MEDIC 21

I got no pulse, here.

That's the lead.

I want to break it up and do a

wrap-around from the scene.

I want a walking stand-up, teaser

at five, repeat on the half

and I want the copy to

start with a warning.

You're going to show this?

With a warning.

It's excessive.

We should have packages

like this every day.

People are eating

breakfast.

And they'll talk

about it at work.

Tie it in with the carjacking

last month in Glendale.

And the other one, the van in Palms.

When was that? In March?

March, yeah.

It's a carjacking

crime wave.

That's the banner.

Cali the victim's family,

get a quote, mic it.

You know what to do.

Yeah.

How much?

I'm selling this

particular piece for $1,000.

Not even close.

This late, you have

nowhere else to go.

And the quality's for sh*t.

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