Shoot to Kill

- Hi.

- Hi, Warren.

George Kelly called us in.

Uh, he wants to waive the 24-hour rule.

Make it ourjurisdiction,

at least informally.

The guy in the pyjamas is Mr Berger.

He owns the place.

Mr Berger, this is Special Agent

Stantin ofthe FBl.

Mr Berger, I don't believe

you're stealing your own diamonds...

Ieast ofall,

not in your pyjamas.

Why the heck don't you tell us

what's going on here?

This is my store. I was taking

some diamonds home-- my diamonds!

You have no right to be here!

I want to leave now.

Do you usually take two pounds

ofdiamonds home with you like this?

I can do whatever I like

with my own stones!

I want to leave right now!

Mrs Berger is listed as co-owner.

Why don't we call her

and have her meet us downtown.

No, no, you mustn't do that!

Please, don't do that! Please!

Where is your wife, Mr Berger?

Please, for God's sake,

help me.

He made us watch him

kill our dog.

He said he would

kill my wife next.

Get up there.

- Hello?

- Mrs Berger?

Please don't be alarmed.

You're going to be all right.

I'm here with your husband.

Now, please, let me speak

with the man there with you.

- Mrs Berger?

- Yes?

Hit the lights.

This is Special Agent Stantin

ofthe FBl.

You can see that the house

is completely surrounded.

We have Mr Berger and

the diamonds in our custody.

I'm going to give you some instructions.

Ifyou follow them exactly...

no harm will come to you,

understand?

Tellthepolice

to holdtheirfire.

I'm sending out the maid

with a message foryou.

Okay, hold your fire.

The maid's coming out.

Holdyourfire.

Stantin?

Didyouget the message?

MrsBerger'sMercedes

isparkedin the driveway.

Stockit with onepolice radio

andapairofhandcuffs...

orlpromiseyou,

this woman's deadin one minute.

You take one car.

You alone.

Have the diamonds withyou.

Tailme to where

mypeople meet me.

I'llmakesureyou're alone.

Then we'llmake the trade.

- No deal.

- You'vegot no choice, Stantin.

She'sgot30seconds left.

Who's your best sharpshooter?

- I am.

- Good.

You're gonna have to nail this guy

before he gets to that Mercedes.

The items you requested

are in the car.

Sh*t!

Son ofa b*tch!

That's one smart f***er.

Get me a civilian CB radio, fast!

Just plug this into

the cigarette lighter.

We've banned all CB use

on channel 30 for two hours.

He spots one ofour tails,

and we've had it. Tell them not--

not to take any chances.

Right.

Stantin, doyou have the diamonds?

- Yes.

- Good.

Nowmoveyourpeople back.

Ifanyone besidesyou

tries to followme...

Ikillthe woman.

They're moving back now.

Iflhearanybody's voice

on this radio butyours...

Iswearto God, she's dead.

Pull back! Let 'em through!

Everybody! Pull it way back-- way back!

That's an order! No one fires!

We're letting 'em out of here.

We're lettin' 'em out.

Let'sgo fora ride.

Okay, here they come.

Back it up!

Okay, here they come!

No one fire.

Just watch him leave.

Here we go now.

Back it up!

- Move it back! Move it back!

- Here we go. Here we go!

That's our second time

around the block.

The dumb bastard's lost.

No, he's not.

He'sjust trying to shake our tail.

I think he's going to double back

towards the water.

Get your police boats ready

and alert the coast guard.

Stop the carhere.

We're at pier 99.

He's got to have a boat waiting for him.

Try lining up a shot

out the window over my shoulder.

Stay low.

Allright.

So far, sogood.

Now, turnyourradio up.

Put on the externalspeaker.

Get out ofthe car, bring the diamonds

halfway down thepier.

- Have you got a shot?

- Maybe.

He's right on the edge.

If I'm a quarter ofan inch out,

I could hit the woman.

Too risky.

I'll try to draw him out.

Ifyou're absolutely sure, take a shot,

but only ifyou're absolutely sure.

Stop.

Throwthe diamonds to the car.

First, send Mrs Berger to me.

Bullshit!lknowyou'vegot a sniper

waiting there formesomewhere.

I'mgoing to keep MrsBerger

right here in front ofme.

Now, you throwme

thosegoddam diamonds.

Jesus Christ!

That'sasfarasyou can throw?

Get back toyourcar.

Move!

Hey, you!

Yes?

You've made thisa hellof

a lot harderthan it hadto be.

Now, I've handcuffedMrsBerger

to the endofthepier.

You wait formysignal.

Thenyou move in

andpickherup.

Understand?

Understood.

Idon't thinkyou do.

Speedboat heading for Oakland!

Move in! Move in!

- Go! Go!

- Let's go!

He's on radar, heading 022.

We lost him!

Where is he?

Over there.

Flight 005,

San Francisco to Paris.

- The one with

the unidentified passenger.

- Yes?

- A 1 2-year-old girl travelling

on her mother's passport.

- Okay.

Let's check the flights that left

after we covered the airport,

just in case our boy slipped through.

The only makeable prints

belong to the maid and the family.

And the lab will have the fibre analysis

for us in a few hours.

Okay. Thankyou.

What have you got?

I've called up every kidnap/extortion

in the last five years.

267 possible match ups

with our MO.

It's as narrow as the computer goes

with the information we have.

Then use the telephone.

Call the investigating officer

in each ofthose cases.

Tell him what we have,

and see ifanything strikes a chord.

We don't have the manpower to recheck

the airports and make those phone calls.

Round up eight other agents.

That's 27 phone calls apiece.

Start with homicides.

He used a 9mm automatic. Check that

against the suspect's profile.

Caucasian, male, 20 to 40--

I promise you, this guy's killed before.

It was too easy for him.

It's been 1 2 hours. I thinkyou should

shut it down and get some sleep.

- I feel fine.

- You feel like sh*t.

Look, I read all the reports. There's no

possible way you could have figured out

what was gonna happen last night.

- What are you saying, Charlie?

- I'm saying that it happens.

It happened to me.

Remember that kid in Sausalito?

Look, sometimes you lose a hostage,

and there's not a damn thing

you can do about it.

I know the speech, Charlie.

I wrote it.

Come on.

Walk me out.

Warren, you're letting this thing get

to you. You're taking it to heart.

You're saying, "Maybe I could have

done this. Maybe that."

The point is, you did everything

correctly, and that's all

anyone can ask ofyou.

Now, go home.

Get some sleep.

I'll call you when I get to DC.

Okay.

Have a nice trip.

- We've started doing

those phone calls now.

- Good.

-Do you want us to call you at home?

-I'm not going home. I'll be right here.

Good mornin'.

Nice day for fishin'.

I guess we must be

the first ones here, huh?

Yes, I know it's happened before.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry I didn't

call the restaurant.

But we've been in the middle

ofa terrible situation.

Yes, I'm sure it was

terrible foryou too, honey.

I'll try.

No, I can't promise, but I will try.

Baby, I gotta go.

Bishop's Falls, Washington.

Sheriff reports the murder ofa tourist

just offthe highway into Canada.

- So?

- Large calibre wound through

the victim's left eye.

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