Shooter Page #4

Everything's fine. Thanks.

Okay, then.

Seems you call the police and hang up

without saying anything,

they call you back right away.

I should've come

and seen you in person.

Before. I mean, then.

Yeah, I read the letter.

It was okay.

And once a year I got the flowers.

You don't look real good.

I'm supposed to be dead.

Been a long night.

Why aren't you?

Well, the U.S. government spent

a lot of time and money

teaching me how not to die

after they got done teaching me

how to kill people.

So how is it I'm supposed to help you?

You can do a running cross-stitch,

finish it with an embroidery knot?

Yeah.

You got to try to spread it out.

It's gonna look odd

you buy it all in one place.

How can it be three years ago

when it seems like ten?

Mileage can be rough.

No one ever beats me in.

You never left.

Everyone keeps telling me I'm crazy.

Like I didn't see what I saw,

or heard what I heard.

I'm not crazy, though.

You think I'm crazy?

Where did all this stuff come from?

At first I thought

it was Washington, Quantico.

I checked and it didn't.

It just magically arrived.

Cooperating agencies, ATF, NRO,

places that don't even have initials

they cooperate

in times of national emergency.

You need to get some sleep.

You know that the first

ballistics diagram got here

We're good at our jobs.

they were still scrambling choppers.

The scene was locked down.

How did they get a reverse azimuth

I mean, we work

for the federal government.

We're not that good at our jobs.

- You want to see something?

- Probably not.

I downloaded this.

This is a full-scale printout

of a target Swagger shot

two years ago at 1,000 yards.

I punched in the holes myself.

It was at a competition.

I read an article. It said Swagger shot

a silver dollar at a grand.

Five shots,

at 1,000 yards,

an inch-and-a-half spread.

An inch and a half!

It was the capital of the United States...

That's the flag behind the President.

It's barely waving.

This is the wind speed and direction

according to the

National Weather Service

at the time of the shot. I did the math.

Now, how does a man who can do that

miss by two-and-a-half feet

at 2,000 yards?

I don't get it.

You've had a long night.

Let it go and get some sleep.

You know, I saw Timmons interviewed.

He said he was walking foot patrol,

saw a rifle barrel

sticking out of a window,

went upstairs to investigate,

and shot Swagger.

No sniper sticks his rifle

out of a window.

They shoot from cover,

back in the room.

It doesn't make any sense.

- I'm gonna talk to Timmons.

- No, you're not.

Why? 'Cause they're gonna fire me

if I do?

Timmons was killed by a mugger

in an alley last night.

In a conspiracy,

all loose ends are trimmed.

Jack Ruby shoots Oswald?

Bad things happen to good people.

Yeah, not that quick, they don't.

Well, I stopped the bleeding

temporarily.

But it'll cut loose again.

I held off the worst of the infection,

but you're gonna have to open it up,

cut out and scrub away

anything that's dead,

working your way out,

sewing it together

and you got to try to make sure

you don't re-infect it.

You ready for this?

I'm going to do all those Whip-It!'s

and pass out.

Good luck, okay?

I need you to plan

a presidential assassination.

That our guy in the collar?

Whose president?

I didn't say "execute".

He's getting a medal. Know it?

The Archbishop of Ethiopia.

You need to find the shooter.

No.

Two-and-a-half days, shot twice,

no sign?

Find me something.

Maybe he crawled into a hole and died.

He's not dead.

Tear apart his life.

Again.

Go okay?

I've been hallucinating.

Something I need to tell you.

Ralphie's dead.

Who's Ralphie?

Well, they said you shot your dog

'cause you knew

you weren't coming back.

They said that, huh?

Name was Sam.

He was a good dog.

I raised him from a pup.

You okay?

No.

What are you gonna do?

I'll get better.

Then I'm going to burn

their playhouse down.

Can I help you?

Hold still.

I been meaning to ask you.

You have a boyfriend?

Why?

Am I still supposed to be

the grieving widow?

It's been three years.

No.

Just wonder if I'm gonna have

to shoot somebody

walks through that door

without knocking,

wondering where you've been.

Well, no.

Nothing steady. No boyfriend.

Not bad.

A little stiff, but...

Hey.

You know, you would've made

one hell of a nurse.

That was really brave, what you did.

You saved my life.

I'm better. I better get to it.

They're never gonna stop chasing you.

Never.

They're never gonna stop looking.

In the meantime,

they need someone else to find.

I'm going to give them him.

Excuse me?

May be a way to get two birds

with that stone, too.

- Swagger?

- Hey.

The gun Donnie learned to hunt with

when he was a kid.

It ain't much, but it shoots true.

I cleaned and oiled it

before I put it away.

You sure?

Yeah.

Why'd you go?

When they came to see you.

They know which buttons to press.

I'm still enough of a sucker,

you press that patriot button,

I'll sit up in my chair and say,

"Which way you want me to go, boss?"

I mean, I ain't real proud of it,

but I ain't ashamed, either.

You know, I got a plan,

but I think I'm going to need your help.

Okay. I'll do it.

I haven't even told you what it is yet.

I know.

Look.

It was my fault.

What?

You know, with Donnie.

I should never have...

What?

Don't you dare.

Don't you try and take that

away from him.

He knew exactly what he was doing

when he enlisted.

He knew exactly what he was doing

when he enrolled

in scout sniper training.

He loved what he did.

No one made him do it.

That ain't yours to carry.

You're right.

I'm sorry I tried.

It's okay.

I need you to meet with this FBI agent.

Use him to flush Johnson

out of his hiding place.

Give him the vehicle ID number.

He'll do what he's trained to do.

You get in and get out.

Don't get caught.

You get caught, I get caught.

You know what that is?

Says he didn't shoot no one,

but I don't know.

Well, he's been staying with me.

Who's been staying with you?

Bob Lee Swagger?

The plates are probably fake.

Pretty sure the other number's real.

- And what is this?

- A VIN number.

Seems no one goes through

the trouble to change them anymore.

And you're going to sit real still

until I'm long gone.

See the guy in the Eagles jacket?

Excuse me, sir.

Can I see some ID, please?

Sir, I'm going to need you

to take off your hat

and show me some ID.

I'm not gonna ask you again.

Take your hat off, a**hole!

Get on the ground!

Get your ass on the ground!

Hey, how's it going?

Hey, John.

- Hey, Ed?

- Yeah.

You got that Stevens file

we wanted back?

How badly do you want to know?

Because this will get you fired.

Well, I have to go before

the Office of Professional Responsibility

in 45 minutes for a review.

I'm gonna get fired anyway.

I'm done worrying about that.

What do you think?

I think that CNN got the tapes

before we did,

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