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Hanging from an overhead pipe with a rope around his neck was Brent Williaman’s noose, and a kicked-over chair lay on the floor

On the mirror, scraith the marker he’d used in his act were the words:

I DID IT

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Pro ran back to the stage, pushed her way through the curtain, held her shield aloft, and yelled, “Police! Everyone return to your seats!” She repeated this several tiicians stopped in shock and shoved their props back into their pockets to head back to the stage

Backstage, Chu phoned for backup, and Pro quickly texted Luther to announce to audience members to return to their seats She could hear his powerful voice like a foghorn cut in the lobby over the chatter of the crowd

Pro slipped behind the curtain just as Shaut came over to her “You can’t do this! We have a show to do!”

“The show is canceled, Mister Shaut,” Pro coo out into the audience”

“We will not—”

Pro lowered her voice and ed hi room”

“What?”

Chu ca everyone out froe and help control the situation until backup arrives”

Sirens could already be heard in the distance

“I guess…I…but, Brent…”

“We will need to bring in a forensic teah that back door, so one of us has to stay here to let them in”