The Sentinel Page #3

about investigating murder?

She can breathe down my neck.

But not him.

Agents Breckinridge and Marin.

Secret Service.

- You guys bring lunch?

- Not today.

The way I see it, he hands over the wallet.

As the guy reaches for it,

Merriweather goes for his gun.

Bad guy shoots him first.

- You think this is a street crime?

- In my gut, yeah.

You know my problem with gut feelings?

Once you have them,

the only evidence you see

is the evidence that reinforces

your gut feeling.

- Human nature.

- There's no money left in his wallet,

and there's been a series of

robberies here the last two months.

You have some reason to think

it wasn't a robbery?

Well, Agent Merriweather spent the last 25 years

honing his ability to sense danger,

to notice anything outside of the ordinary.

So for some average street criminal to get

the drop on him, yeah, it raises some questions.

Not to mention that he's been

shot here twice with a. 45.

I'm gonna take a guess here, but from your initial

canvassing, I bet you no one heard anything.

Any homicide cop will tell you that sort

of thing happens all the time.

Yeah, I bet they would, Detective.

- Rosario.

- Hola, Mrs. Sarah.

Anyone want anything to eat or drink?

- No, thanks, ma'am. I think we're fine.

- Well, I'm hungry.

Tom, why don't you sweep downstairs

and go for dinner?

I'll sweep upstairs,

sit post till the shift change.

- You sure? You've been on as long as me.

- You gonna make me change my mind?

Detective, if you take a look

at the bullet mark on the doorjamb,

you'll see the slug didn't penetrate.

It's cedar, which is a soft wood.

It gets brittle with age.

So what are you saying?

Bad guy used a silencer.

That's why nobody heard it.

And that's what slowed down

the velocity of the bullet,

and stopped it from penetrating the wood,

which it easily would have done, had it

been traveling at its normal rate of speed.

The shooter was standing right here.

One other thing, Detective. Excuse me.

Agent Merriweather's firearm...

The safety's still on.

We assumed he just didn't

have time to flick it off.

Agent Marin, why don't you explain

to the detectives why that is unlikely.

Well, if he was a police officer, it would make

sense, because your academy trains you

to draw your weapon and flip

the safety in two separate actions

to avoid accidental shootings.

Our academy trains us to draw

and flip in a single motion.

If he managed to draw his weapon,

his safety should have been off.

A protective agent maybe draws his weapon

once an entire presidential term.

When we draw our weapon,

we intend to use it.

Bottom line, Agent Merriweather

was assassinated.

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