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From church straight to work, cop?
Hey, Mia, Mia.
I just...
I just wanted to say thanks for coming.
I...
my... you know, my cousin, he...
he really loves your ma.
That's my church.
Those are my friends. Of course I was there.
Okay, yeah. I just... I...
hold up, are you talking to me now or...
'cause I'd really love to be...
My brother, Quico, was baptized here.
"How's Quico?"
Thanks for asking.
Menard prison is great.
If you're a service dog.
The dogs get heated cells.
Now so much for Quico.
I can see what I can do.
- I'm not asking you for a favor, - I'm just telling you.
You shouldn't be surprised to see me in my neighborhood.
Did you see someone in my car?
No?
Listen, I have to go. But I...
Juan?
Juan! Do you hear me?
Uh, Juan?
Hey, hey! Can you hear me?
Juan!
J-Juan!
Yes, yes, this is Officer Torres.
My badge number is 58324.
I need an ambulance right now, 1121 North Ravine.
I have a victim that's been shot!
I'm 50 yards off the road! I need an ambulance right now!
Hey, Juan, Juan, hey, hey! No, no, no, stay with me!
Who did this?
- Dante. - Yeah?
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
No!
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We got an ID?
Juan Ariza. He was 45.
He used to be a major dealer in Pilsen.
Huh.
Did a year in 2016 for distribution of drugs.
Lost some power but still maintained control.
You know him?
- Yeah, I know him. - Huh.
He used to run the neighborhood when I was kid.
Ruled by fear.
I used to see him at the diner on Cermak.
Tried to be every kid's uncle, you know?
But I maintained my distance.
Did he say anything when you found him?
He was mumbling.
Sorry, but I couldn't make it out.
Huh.
Patrol and techs are searching for evidence.
Nothing so far, and there's no cameras in the area.
No shells, either.
And the only blood we got is in the trunk.
This was just a drop site.
Okay, the Camry belonged to a Regina Foltz,
a retired engineer from Pilsen.
She was carjacked last night around 6:00 p.m.
Offender wore a mask, dragged her out of the car,
- and beat her. - All right, that's something.
I'm on it.
All right, we know Ariza was dumped here.
Question is, where was he shot?
You got a home address?
His last known was on Demont.
Moved away three years ago,
no record of anything else since.
He's always around the neighborhood,
so he must have a property under another name.
All right, so find it
and get forensics on that note left for Torres.
Look, whoever wrote it knew there was a body here.
They gotta know more.
- Let's go. - I got it.
Wait, Dante. Hold up.
Why do you think they left you that note?
'Cause I'm a cop.
Lot of cops in Pilsen.
Yeah, well, some people still appreciate that I'm police.
They... they come to me.
Simple as that?
Yes, sir. Think so.
All right. Let's get to work.
Techs processed the note on Torres' car.
No touch DNA, no prints.
All right. Any luck on your end?
No, church doesn't have security cameras.
No one's admitting they saw it placed there.
- No one's coming forward to me. - Huh.
This is Juan Ariza. Divorced, no kids.
Ex-wife lives in Cleveland.
Local police checked her alibi. She's clean.
All she wanted is to know if he had suffered.
All right. Must've made her day.
This is Ariza's crew, or what's left of it.
They took over Pilsen in the mid-2000s.
They used young enforcers to collect street taxes,
do the dirty work... tortures to beatdowns.
They were organized and ruthless,
but they started making enemies and losing power.
Kev.
So the main threat to Ariza's domain
is this young crew called the Serpiente Letal.
Means "fatal snakes."
We got a lot of documented territory conflicts, shootings.
Led by Sergio Navarro
and his right-hand man, Thomas Vega.
Vega's got a long sheet.
Got a couple violent pinches for agg assault
and a carjacking.
Dragged the driver out, beat him, nearly killed him.
- Sounds like our jacking. - Exactly.
Same MO, no evidential proof.
These two have known each other since little league.
In sixth grade, they robbed the team concession stand together.
You can't make this stuff up.
Where one goes, the other follows.
You know, on paper,
they both look good for it, Sarge,
but like Burgess said,
right now, we got no evidential proof.
- Hmm. - Hey, Boss?
What are you doing here?
- I told you to get some sleep. - Yeah, I know.
I'll try. Just came to download my COH.
Platt handed me that on the way up.
Hmm.
CPIC got a hit on your guy, Ariza.
He's got a house in his niece's name.
Huh. Place is on Damen and Cullerton.
That's 20 minutes from where the body was dropped.
Might be where he was shot.
Secure a warrant. Let's search the place.
Chicago PD!
Anybody home?
Go ahead, Kev.
Chicago PD!
Chicago PD! Anyone home?
- All right, Kim... - I'll take the basement.
Okay. Let's clear the rest.
Got anything?
No.
Looks clean.
Guess Ariza had a lot of friends.
Mm-hmm.
You okay?
Yeah. I'm all right.
I'll check the back.
Only thing I found
was this unregistered 9-millimter in a drawer.
No sign of forced entry or a struggle.
Didn't toss the place, nothing seems to be missing.
No blood, bleach, shell casings.
Ariza wasn't killed here.
Garage is empty, but I found an extra fob for a Lexus.
Serial number matches Ariza's ex-wife's vehicle.
Hmm. Could've been what they were driving last night.
So get into the GPS. Let's find that car.
Hank.
Ariza used to run Torres' neighborhood.
He tell you if he ever knew him?
He says he barely knew him. Why?
- No reason. - Yeah.
Car parked here at 9:56 last night.
All right, we run the addresses on the block?
Yeah, but the only house that really matters
is that one around the corner.
Loud music complaints, multiple in-service calls.
It's a party house.
A stash house?
Could be, but I don't understand
why Ariza would visit a rival stash house.
All right, Upton and I will take the car.
You three, do a walk-by. Check it out.
Gun!
50-21 David, 10-1, 10-1!
Shots fired at the police at 1021 South Homan!
Copy that. Shots fired. Backup en route.
- Burgess! - Kev!
I got you, Burg!
Go.
Police. I got you, I got you.
50-21 Ocean, I got a woman shot at 1021 South Homan.
Send an ambulance.
It's okay, it's okay. I got you.
Going left.
Chicago PD! Drop your weapon!
Stay with her till her body's removed.
Yes, sir.
You okay?
No.
No, I'm not.
Sarge.
Got an ID on the shooter.
Robert Castillo, long-time Letal member.
There's a reason he didn't want us here.
Uh-huh. .380 shells right here.
Same slugs that were pulled out of Ariza.
And there's no visible blood,
but they were cleaning up a murder site.
Found the cell phone under the couch.
It's unlocked. Looks like it belongs to Ariza.
Multiple text messages between him and a woman named Loop.
Lots of flirtation back and forth
and then she said to meet her here
at 10:00 p.m. last night to party.
She said, "Let's have fun, get crazy."
She baited him.
It's a honey trap.
I know a Loop.
It's a nickname for Mia Ramos.
We used to call her that when we were kids.
Her middle name's Lupe.
Can I see?
Yeah, sounds like her.
She lured Ariza.
She must have left me that note.
Dante, wait up.
Sure you want to go solo? I can back you up.
No, it'll be better if I'm alone.
Mia wanted me to know. I can get her to come in.
Okay, I...
look, I know you're still new to us...
But if you need something, I'll be there.
Okay?
Is there anything else I should know?
About this case, Ariza?
No.
But thank you.
Dany, what the hell is going on?
I'm not talking in front of your ma.
Drop your hand off me.
The note, Mia.
The one on your car?
Don't do that. Don't play dumb with me.
I know you wrote it.
And now I have to bring you in.
- No. No, you don't. - Yeah.
Did you think we weren't gonna figure it out?
That you left it?
We know where Ariza was shot. We know you texted him.
We know you lured him into it.
For all I know, you shot him.
Are you kidding me?
- Am I? - I didn't shoot anybody.
You know that. I wouldn't shoot anybody.
What the hell's going on, Mia?
I just needed money.
Money.
I spent every dime defending Quico because of you.
So I pushed you into murder? Is that what you're saying?
I pushed you into the game?
I didn't know.
Navarro just paid me to flirt with him,
to text him to meet.
He said he was gonna shake him down.
I...
I didn't know he was gonna kill him.
Why the hell would you write me that note?
Because it was Ariza.
And I hated him. You know that.
I know.
But I felt like you should be the one to find him.
My team, they don't know about me and Ariza.
And when they do...
I'll lose my job.
I won't say a thing.
I'm not the one who betrays people I love.
I swear I wasn't in that stash house.
When's the last time you saw Ariza?
Earlier that night.
I flirted at a bar with him, took off,
texted him from a burner a few hours later.
Okay. Where's the burner?
In a million pieces. I drove over it with my car.
Yeah, well, here's a copy of the text exchange.
That's you, right? Loop?
That's me.
And this plan came from Sergio Navarro?
Yeah.
But you claim you weren't there?
I'm not claiming. I wasn't.
And yet, you wrote a note to Officer Torres
telling him exactly where to find Ariza's body.
You understand how that doesn't make sense?
I overheard some drunk dudes with Letal tats
talking about a body drop on my late shift.
You got names?
No.
They paid in cash.
I don't know him and I'm not lying.
Hmm.
Look, there's a lot of cops in Chicago.
Why go to Officer Torres? He put your brother in prison.
He's still the only cop I've known since I was a kid.
I knew he'd find him.
Mia...
you're looking at first degree murder.
- I wasn't there. - It doesn't matter.
Your texts lured Ariza to the place he was executed.
I mean, you're staring at life.
Or work with you.
Right? That it?
That's it.
Look, we don't have enough to bust Navarro
on your testimony alone... it's he said-she said.
We need more.
And I think you can help us.
We'll be able to see and hear everything.
Just get him talking, get him vulnerable.
You known Dante your whole life?
Yeah.
What about Ariza?
What about him?
You know him too?
Saw him around,
heard the gunshots now and then.
Dante know him?
What if I want to take off my jacket?
Try to keep it on.
- We good? - Yeah, good to go.
It's not what we talked about.
You know what Pilsen needs?
A real sonidero bar.
DJs, lights, no old men in matching suits.
Bump, changa?
We can bust him on coke if we have to.
No. I don't want a bump, Nava.
I heard Ariza was murdered.
That wasn't a part of the plan.
That's not what I signed up for.
Vega, wake up!
Refill.
Coming up. Take it easy.
Hey, I got a man killed. I ain't good with that.
What the hell happened?
My boys saw you talking with Dante Torres.
Why don't you tell me what the hell that was about?
Don't trip. They know you a cop.
That was about nothing.
That traidor put my brother in prison.
I heard of him.
You know he used to run with Ariza?
Torres was an enforcer.
Heard of a kid named Paco?
He was about the same age as you.
No.
I don't care about Torres.
I just want to know
- what the hell happed... - Paco ended up dead.
Dude was waterboarded. Drowned.
- Guess who did it? - Get out of there, Mia. Now.
What?
Walk away, Mia. Right now.
- I said... - I gotta go. I...
Bitch, why you asking me these questions?
Are you working for your little cop boyfriend, huh?
Crash. Let's go.
Ocean, let's go! Let's go!
Chicago PD! Nobody move!
Get 'em up! Move!
- Let's see your hands! - Don't do it! Don't do it!
- Hands up. - Let's see your hands!
Vega, we ain't done nothing wrong.
- Just chill out. - Hands up!
Gun's registered to the owner.
Totally legal.
Hands up.
Sergio Navarro,
you are under arrest for possession of cocaine.
- Turn around. - Let's go.
Put your hands on the bar.
- Put 'em on the bar. - Let's go, let's go.
You ain't fooling me!
You're a snitch!
Give me your hands.
I made a deal with Ariza when I was 14.
Not here.
Sarge, I know what you're doing.
No. Stop talking. Okay?
Unless you got something that affects this case right now,
we are not talking about it here. You understand?
We can talk about it when the case is closed.
Have a seat.
The hell is this?
- I didn't kill Ariza. - Mm.
You got a dumb, lying bitch who's playing your cop,
playing you.
No, you played her.
You used Mia.
I'm guessing you used Vega too.
You lured Ariza to you...
then you killed him for his territory.
Got any proof of that?
A witness? DNA? Anything?
Even if you find something...
Even if you make something up...
I know you got a dirty cop on your payroll.
Your guy, Torres?
He was Ariza's enforcer.
Did anything Ariza told him to, so go ahead...
try to book me.
I'll take Torres down with me.
You think I'd let that happen?
I'll offer you help only once.
Talk to me. Now.
Now.
Then I won't be your enemy.
Hell, no.
- Okay, what do we got? - Nothing.
Nothing that puts Navarro at the stash house,
nothing on PODs, nothing on his car GPS.
Okay, what about his little lackey? What about Vega?
Okay, I got bus cam footage from the jacking,
Camry used to dump Ariza's body.
Height and weight are a match for Vega,
but that's all I've got.
ASA said it's not enough for an arrest warrant.
I mean, we could bring him in, but I doubt he'll flip on it.
All right, listen to me. There is no way that these two
are smart enough to pull off a clean murder.
There is more evidence. We need to find it.
Yo, Mia's refusing the safe house,
and she just damn near broke a chair trying to make that point,
so unless we're gonna arrest her, she wants to go home now.
Okay, fine. Torres, drive her home.
I can keep looking for new witnesses...
Drive her home.
It's just a few nights.
- I'm not staying with police. - You'll be safe there.
I'm going home.
I just want to go home.
Your team knows about you now?
I guess.
You gonna lose your job?
I guess.
You were just a kid.
A tiny kid who just wanted to protect your ma.
Ariza used you. If anyone's guilty, it's him.
He was.
Yeah, he was alive when I found him.
And he could barely speak.
But he told me he was sorry.
That's Officer Reid. She'll be outside all night.
You call me if you need me.
Hey!
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down!
- You good? - Yeah.
Get her upstairs! Call for backup!
Yes, sir!
50-21 Ocean, I got shots fired at the police!
1212 West Mackenzie!
I'm in pursuit of a masked offender in a red Honda Accord.
Lincoln Tom 8-1-0 Victor.
Sarge, do you copy?
Yeah, go with your traffic, Torres.
I'm in pursuit of a red Honda Accord.
Driver took shots at us.
It has to be one of Navarro's boys.
What's your 20?
I'm northbound approaching the 2400 block south of Racine.
All right, we're 20 minutes out.
- Coming to you. Let's go. - Copy.
If it isn't Ariza's little bitch
taking care of him once again.
He owns you even in death?
Car's coming back hot.
Stolen last night on the 800 block...
You know who I am?
You know what I've done?
Do you know who Paco was?
Let's go. Come on, come on.
Let's go.
Answer me, Torres. What's your 20?
He must've gone dark.
Kim, Kev, somebody,
I need Torres' car GPS right now.
They keep the water running in these old buildings
so the pipes don't freeze.
Let's talk.
We should be right on him.
I'm not seeing anything.
There! That's his car right there.
Kim, Kev, we're at Jefferson Junior High,
8503 South Loomis.
Torres may be inside with the offender.
We're going in, we're going dark.
Just get here, set up a perimeter.
Copy that, Sarge. I'm ten minutes out.
What happened to Ariza?
How long do you think you can hold your breath?
Ariza taught me this.
He liked his enforcers to be waterboarding snitches.
Anyone who crossed him.
What happened to Ariza?
- Go to hell. - Mm-hmm, okay.
What do you think I do next?
I ain't afraid of you.
I will drown you.
Over and over and over and over
until you beg me to have the water kill you.
And I know you will.
What happened to Ariza?
I didn't kill him!
Who did?
- Navarro shot him. - Where? What part of his body?
In his shoulder, in his stomach, with his Ruger.
And you helped him?
Navarro called me to dump the body.
I stole the car and I put the body in the trunk.
What about the gun?
Navarro tossed it in the river.
Where?
I don't... I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know. I'm telling you the truth.
I don't know, I don't know!
Cherry Ave Bridge, Cherry Ave Bridge!
Sorry, sir.
Divers recovered Navarro's Ruger.
Ballistic match?
Yeah, the CDOT cam caught him walking away from that bridge.
Navarro's going away for a long time.
What about Vega?
Made a deal with conditions.
Paperwork will say
that the gun evidence came from an anonymous tip.
So what happened at that school will stay there.
That's me and Ariza ten years ago.
I took it from his place when we cleared it.
I was an enforcer for him.
He recruited me out of juvie.
He made a deal with me.
I did it to protect my mother, my family.
I beat people for him.
I did terrible things.
Unforgivable things.
But I never waterboarded anybody.
Then what happened to that kid?
I had Upton dig into it.
No record of Paco exists after 2013.
Do you really think I killed him?
I think anyone can kill.
Ariza ordered me to kill him.
And I took Paco out of town instead.
He's in Miami.
He goes by Julio Montez, has two baby girls.
I let Ariza believe I killed him,
- and then I was done with it. - Mm.
Gang like that, you don't get out for free.
No.
You don't.
They waterboarded you.
I deserved it.
The things I did...
I deserved it.
You really believe all of this, don't you?
Yeah, I do.
Aren't I fired?
I'll see you at the district.
What's this?
Leaving.
Where are you going?
My cousin in Des Moines.
I've always liked it there.
Navarro's in prison.
I can get you protected detail around the clock.
No.
I'm leaving because I want to.
I helped Ariza get killed.
I had left you that note 'cause I felt guilty.
I had to do something about it. I couldn't live with that.
This one isn't on you.
It's your home.
And I can keep you safe.
I'm sure you would, Dany.