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My partner looked around the gray, dimly lit scene “Where is everyone?” he said

“My question exactly”

We approached the beat cops and the sed introductions with officers Roger Peet and Donald Baskin from Central Station Casey looked seasoned and unaffected, while Baskin looked green and anxious

Casey said, “We just got here We taped off the area as best we could but haven’t had a chance to secure any witnesses”

I said, “I got a call et here?”

Casey said, “Who are you again?”

I told him that I was from Homicide, and he understood that for the iven you their ETA?”

“We’re waiting for them They’re on another case”

“Did you call CSI?”

“For this?” Casey asked incredulously “A hit on a vagrant?”

I snapped, “Call them Do it now” The two cops didn’t report to me, but that didn’t mean I’d stand by and watch them not do their jobs

I walked over to the body of a wo a hippy-style s with holes in them Her hair was dark, and blood had puddled around her upper torso It looked to me like she’d taken a couple of shots to the chest So she’d seen the shooter Had she known the person?

I turned back to Casey and asked, “What about bystanders? Did anyone see so?”

Baskin found his voice “I talked to one guy who said he saw the doer Described hi a nice coat”

“You didn’t want to bring hiet a statement?”