The opening scene has a shooter taking shots at guys performing road work training in a wooded country setting; a well-publicized assassination-attempt, in all the papers according to Pete, Jacoby and Sobey. Pete has to leave Edie, who hands his phone message from an old contact, Sobey Webb, who in turn hands Gunn a note with directions to a bridge on the country training grounds of a tired boxer; Webb lifted cash from the gunman and the note. Sobey tells Pete the shooter has a scar running up his arm; attempts were made on the boxer while doing road work with his training partner Otis Calder and his manager Charlie Toomey. The all but washed-up boxer is Billy Cochrane, having taken too many punches to the head where it is now his death sentence whenever he is struck again. The shooting was a way to up the betting line on an upcoming fight, particularly with certain conditions of boxer Billy; Billy's ex-wife, Joanna hangs around the camp for alimony and Les Durant appears with the shooter as the grease-ball fight fixer.
Now while alimony is still being demanded from the ex-wife, Joanna discloses she still owns half of Billy's contract. Jacoby informs Gunn about the increased bets placed on the upcoming fight, where before the shooting, there was little interest in the fight. Two and two will get you where you want to be as the fight nears; there is no way Billy can win, he has had it as a boxer, but it will draw more ringside. Training partner Otis Calder informs Pete no punches have been thrown at Billy's head while sparring giving rise to dubious events at the camp.
Pete intends to meet Charlie that evening, eight o'clock, near the bridge. Joanna Cochrane makes a play toward Gunn as he surveys the area near the bridge and the shooter's body floats by face down in the water. The floating, scarred shooter is dead, Charlie being a no-show and Joanna is screaming at the sight of the body. Jacoby says the floater was clubbed to death and thrown in to the water, per the lab boys. The ID comes back on the dead man, a hood named Soto, prompting further snooping on Gunn's part. Pete visits Joanna, she wants him and Gunn wants info but he is not getting any from her. He explains current matters are more dangerous since they identified the murdered shooter.
After talking with Otis, Pete checks in with Billy who is in bed and restlessly sleeping. Otis comes over alerting Gunn he found Joanna dead in her room. Pete has to make a phone call and is met by Charlie; frantic he cannot find Billy. He finds him, gives him water and a pill. Charlie confides to Pete that Billy has a form of glaucoma, one punch could put him down forever. Billy had his problems as Charlie explains issues with the ex-wife bleeding him dry and gambling losses owed to Durant .
Les Durant and his henchman enter the room, guns drawn, the inevitable shootout begins, the henchman is down with Durant but Charlie also catches a bullet. He had confessed the shooting was faked to drive up the odds. Durant killed Soto to keep his mouth shut. Charlie tells Pete he killed Joanna thinking they would blame it on the assassin; "I guess I messed it up, huh?"
Now while alimony is still being demanded from the ex-wife, Joanna discloses she still owns half of Billy's contract. Jacoby informs Gunn about the increased bets placed on the upcoming fight, where before the shooting, there was little interest in the fight. Two and two will get you where you want to be as the fight nears; there is no way Billy can win, he has had it as a boxer, but it will draw more ringside. Training partner Otis Calder informs Pete no punches have been thrown at Billy's head while sparring giving rise to dubious events at the camp.
Pete intends to meet Charlie that evening, eight o'clock, near the bridge. Joanna Cochrane makes a play toward Gunn as he surveys the area near the bridge and the shooter's body floats by face down in the water. The floating, scarred shooter is dead, Charlie being a no-show and Joanna is screaming at the sight of the body. Jacoby says the floater was clubbed to death and thrown in to the water, per the lab boys. The ID comes back on the dead man, a hood named Soto, prompting further snooping on Gunn's part. Pete visits Joanna, she wants him and Gunn wants info but he is not getting any from her. He explains current matters are more dangerous since they identified the murdered shooter.
After talking with Otis, Pete checks in with Billy who is in bed and restlessly sleeping. Otis comes over alerting Gunn he found Joanna dead in her room. Pete has to make a phone call and is met by Charlie; frantic he cannot find Billy. He finds him, gives him water and a pill. Charlie confides to Pete that Billy has a form of glaucoma, one punch could put him down forever. Billy had his problems as Charlie explains issues with the ex-wife bleeding him dry and gambling losses owed to Durant .
Les Durant and his henchman enter the room, guns drawn, the inevitable shootout begins, the henchman is down with Durant but Charlie also catches a bullet. He had confessed the shooting was faked to drive up the odds. Durant killed Soto to keep his mouth shut. Charlie tells Pete he killed Joanna thinking they would blame it on the assassin; "I guess I messed it up, huh?"
