Matt, wait up.
I need to get your signature
to authorize the plumbing repairs.
No. We have to find a new vendor.
Quote's triple what we have allocated in our budget.
But we need showers that actually work soon.
I get it, trust me,
but until we find someone cheaper,
we'll have to send our residents over
to the Astoria Center for showers.
Already called. They're over capacity too.
Well, then check some of the other centers in the area.
Someone has to be under capacity.
[tense music]
♪
Matthew Sawyer?
Yeah?
Andrew Dodd with "The Post."
Oh, my God, you nearly gave me a heart attack.
Sorry.
Just want to get a comment
on the living conditions at your shelter.
Sorry, I don't have time.
There have been a lot of complaints filed
against you and your center.
No heat, no hot water, no food.
- No comment. - No comment?
Sounds like you're admitting that the center you oversee
is a total mess. - I said, no comment.
That means no comment, nothing else.
Now, get the hell out of here before I call the police.
♪
[tires screeching]
- You're coming with me. - Whoa.
What the-- - Come here. Shut up.
Shut up! Get in there.
Get in!
♪
[gunshots]
[laughs] Oh, my--you always have to win, huh?
When breakfast is on the line and you're paying.
Do you have time?
I can't.
Ella has a doctor's appointment.
What do you mean? Why, what's wrong?
She's fine. It's just a normal checkup.
Oh.
How's her basketball team doing?
Undefeated.
I don't know how you do it all by yourself.
You just do it.
But you're happy.
I mean, my only regret is not having two.
[soft music]
Do you ever think about it?
Yeah. Sometimes.
You know, everybody just keeps talking
about how amazing it is.
Well, you don't really get it until you actually do it.
Until you actually have a kid and then
you finally understand what everybody
has been talking about.
[phone buzzing]
You know, if you ever wanna talk about this
more in depth...
Catch a case?
Yeah.
Abduction.
Vic's name's Matthew Sawyer, 42.
He's director of the center.
- Who are the suits? - The mayor's office.
Migrant thing's a hot button issue for them.
It's why they asked us to call you guys.
Not a problem. Glad to help.
What do we know about the abductor?
Not much.
According to Sawyer's co-worker,
the guy was in and out fast. - Okay.
Have you gotten a chance to look at the security cameras?
Nope.
They were disabled.
By the mayor's office.
Why?
Footage leaked last week from Central Crosstown.
Press bludgeoned him with it.
So it's politics over safety.
Of course it is. His numbers are in the toilet.
So you were saying that the co-worker
witnessed the abduction?
Yeah. You'll find her inside.
She's the assistant director.
Name's Cara Stanfield.
Thank you.
I heard tires screeching and some guy yelling,
so I came out to check.
And I saw him knock Mr. Sawyer out with a gun.
Hmm.
What can you tell us about the abductor?
Just that he was tall and covered head to toe in black.
But I think his hoodie had some sort of skull on it
on the left side.
Sorry.
It all happened so fast. I wish I could be more helpful.
No, you're being very helpful.
Not a lot of people would get back to work
this quickly after seeing something like that.
Thanks, but the truth is, we're so understaffed,
taking time off isn't an option.
Well, could you tell us about the vehicle that you saw?
It was dark, maybe gray.
Minivan.
Is there anybody who'd wanna hurt Mr. Sawyer?
No.
No, Matt got along with everybody.
He even tried reasoning with the local idiot
who keeps harassing all of us.
Someone's been harassing you guys?
Yeah. Some local nutjob.
Claims we're contributing to the downfall of the country.
Threatened to burn the place down
if we didn't send these migrants
back to where they came from.
[suspenseful music]
Matthew Sawyer was abducted
as he was leaving work this morning
from a Brooklyn migrant center.
Forensics are cold on leads
and tire marks left on the scene
were not enough to pinpoint a vehicle.
All we know so far is, according to Mr. Sawyer's
police report, he and the people at the center
have been harassed by this guy.
James Dunn, 36, ex-army infantry,
who was honorably discharged.
However, he has multiple felony priors since then
and he's currently on probation
for stalking and aggravated assault.
He's been in and out of Veterans Affairs
mental facilities for the past three years.
Kelly, what are you reading?
You think this guy is a viable threat?
Based on his hate-filled social media posts,
I'd say yes.
Over 100 in the past two weeks.
Most about immigration being the Left's way
of destroying white America.
There is one post from last week.
Dunn blames Matthew Sawyer for the death of a loved one.
So he names our victim and has
a perceived grievance with him.
That's pretty damning.
Do we know if Dunn has any weapons?
None legally, but I'm looking at his most recent
encounter report with the NYPD.
Migrants at the center claimed he was brandishing a firearm
and making threats.
But by the time the police arrived,
he no longer had it on him.
Yeah, he probably ditched it before they showed up.
It gets better.
According to his DMV registration,
Dunn is the owner of a dark gray Caravan.
All right, well, that fits
the general description of his car.
Ping his phone and have Tiff and Scola bring him in.
Yeah.
♪
All right, JOC says his phone's
pinging in this general area.
The guy's tall, average build.
Tiff.
♪
- I'll go around. - Go.
James Dunn, FBI.
♪
Hey! We just wanna talk.
What are you doing? You can't arrest me.
I didn't do anything.
No, you don't have the right.
Sure, we do.
You are a felon in possession of a firearm.
You're under arrest.
Wait, wait.
You think I-- what, are you crazy?
I didn't kidnap Matthew Sawyer.
Why on Earth would I do that?
We've seen your social media posts.
You specifically said he must pay for what he's done.
He should.
Everyone associated with the problem should.
They're the reason my girlfriend's dead.
How's that?
She was robbed and shot by illegals
a couple months ago.
They were staying at the migrant center.
So you abducted Sawyer as revenge?
No.
No, I wouldn't waste my time on that clueless bastard.
You just stalk him for months.
He doesn't deserve to live in peace.
He--I want him looking over his shoulder at all times.
But I'm not a killer.
And I'm done talking.
I want a lawyer.
All right, where are we
on the GPS records from Dunn's car?
Was he at the abduction site this morning?
Negative--I downloaded it and cross-referenced
traffic cam footage from the time of the abduction.
This is what I found.
He was filling up his car when Sawyer was grabbed.
Great, so we're back to square one.
Maybe not.
I think I might have found something.
Yeah? What do you got?
I've been scouring social media posts
about the migrant center.
I found this recently uploaded by a reporter named Dodd.
Timestamp indicates this was taken
moments before Sawyer's abduction.
I said, no comment.
That means no comment, nothing else.
Guy doesn't match the perp's description.
It's not about him. It's what's in the background.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, the skull.
Can we get a license plate?
♪
India 56929.
Plates return to a Black Town and Country
reported stolen a few days ago. - Does it have GPS?
- Yes. - Okay.
Get me a current location.
21905 Kingsley Park Avenue.
Why does that sound familiar?
Because that's Sawyer's home address.
Why would he take Sawyer back to his own house?
♪
First thing we're gonna do is set up a perimeter.
The next thing we're gonna do is, we're gonna make--
[gunshots]
Get the hell back, or I kill them!
♪
The neighbors have been evacuated
and the perimeter is secure.
JOC said that the phone and internet lines are cut,
so they can't hack it.
Well, we'll establish communication now.
Put the snipers in position
in case this guy's not in the mood for a chat.
Copy.
Jubal, we're establishing comms.
As soon as we establish communication,
we need to run facial rec. - Copy that.
This is Special Agent Maggie Bell with the FBI.
We're gonna put a videophone outside your front door.
This is not an attempt for us to get inside the house.
We just wanna talk.
Move in.
[tense music]
♪
Alpha One is in.
Videophone in position.
The phone is now outside your front door.
As soon as he opens the door, we're gonna have a clear shot.
Suspect should be approaching the door any second.
Door's opening.
Hold. Wait for confirmation.
Hold your fire. He has a hostage.
♪
[ringing]
Hello.
Okay, there we go. Start running facial rec.
I'm Agent Bell.
The place is surrounded.
It is in your best interest to put down the weapon
and surrender before anyone gets hurt.
No. Not until I get my Maria back.
Who's Maria?
My daughter, Maria Ramirez.
What does she have to do with this?
She disappeared from his center.
- I told-- - Shut up!
Did you get facial rec?
Still processing.
The FBI will find her.
But first, you need to let those hostages go.
No. No. I am not dumb.
I let these people go, you won't even look for her.
That's not true. We will.
Who am I talking to? What's your name?
- Hector. - Got him.
Hector Ramirez, 38 years old, entered the country
a month ago with his daughter Maria.
Okay, dig into his file.
We wanna know everything about him.
Hey, Maggie, keep him talking.
We need to know as much as possible
if we're gonna defuse this situation.
Okay, Hector, I'm giving you my word.
Finding Maria is now the number one priority for the FBI.
It better be.
Because if you don't find her in the next three hours,
I am killing this son of a bitch
in front of his pregnant wife.
♪
Okay, so this is Maria Ramirez, 13.
She was processed into Sawyer's migrant center two weeks ago
with her father, the abductor, Hector Ramirez.
Are we learning anything else about him?
According to his asylum papers,
he's an ex-police officer who fled Mexico
after the cartel killed his wife.
Great.
So he's a trained professional with nothing left to lose.
What about his daughter Maria?
I see a police report filed three days ago.
Okay, anything on the report that might be helpful?
She disappeared.
Father claims the head of the migrant center,
Matthew Sawyer, is involved.
Although there's no evidence that that allegation is true
or that she was abducted in the first place.
Hector would strongly disagree.
All right, what about Sawyer?
Is there any chance Hector's right that Sawyer is involved?
Not from what I can tell.
I mean, no prior arrests, no odd internet search history.
On the surface, seems like a decent guy.
Yeah, well, so did Jeffrey Dahmer, so keep digging.
Hector, I know you're an ex-cop,
so I know you know the drill.
We need more time.
Okay, it's likely we're gonna need more
than three hours to find Maria.
No. No.
We both know her chances decrease
every minute that passes.
You have three hours or I shoot him in the head.
Why do you think Sawyer is involved?
I don't think. I know.
What about the cartel?
I mean, isn't it possible that they came here, found you--
No.
They sent my wife's head to me in a box.
♪
If they took Maria, I would know.
Trust me.
Why do you say it's Sawyer? How?
Maria's friend saw him take her.
- That's not true. - Shut up!
I know--I know that you think I'm crazy,
that I'm making this up.
But I'm not.
I don't think you're crazy.
I think you're frustrated because nobody's
been listening to you.
Not until now.
I am listening to you.
I'm doing everything I can to find your daughter.
Please let the Sawyers go.
♪
Not until I get my daughter back.
What about Maria's friend?
What's her name?
Emma.
Hey, this is Agent Wallace and Agent Scola.
They're looking for Maria.
They have some questions for you.
Okay.
Hey, Emma.
Can you tell us how you met Maria?
She was here waiting with us while her--
her dad got better from COVID.
That must have been hard for her.
It was. She cried a lot.
And when did you notice that she was gone?
A few days ago,
I saw her leave with Mr. Sawyer.
And you're sure?
Yes.
Did you see them together before?
Yes. He used to give her stuff.
What type of stuff?
Money and food.
Like candy, pastries, that type of stuff.
The day he took her, he brought her a cinnamon roll
from Calista's Candy Bar.
It's across the street.
She even shared some with me.
Just to be sure,
this is the man you saw take Maria?
Yes.
[suspenseful music]
♪
Plenty of people come in here looking like him.
It's hard to say.
What about her?
Yeah.
I saw her in here a few days ago.
She was with a man that said he was her father.
I had a bad feeling about it.
She didn't speak English; he didn't speak Spanish.
To tell you the truth, I almost called the cops.
Okay, but you're sure that this is not
the man that you saw her with?
I can't be sure.
Does that camera work?
Mm-hmm.
All right, we're gonna need to see the video now.
And next time, if you get a really bad feeling,
just call the damn cops.
♪
All right, so this is our new suspect.
Appears to be in his late 30s, white, medium height,
medium build, and though he bears a passing resemblance
to Matthew Sawyer, he is most definitely not Matthew Sawyer.
So what about facial rec?
Resolution isn't good enough.
- You guys need to hear this. - What do you got?
That was the physician handling
Mrs. Sawyer's pregnancy.
And?
She's got some health concerns.
Hey, Maggie, we have a problem.
We just talked to Mrs. Sawyer's OB/GYN.
She's being treated with a daily IV
for extreme blood pressure issues.
Without it, any increase in stress
can cause her heart rate to rise to a dangerous level.
We need to get her the hell out of there and fast.
♪
All right, folks, we need ideas.
Anything that can help us find that man
so we can find Hector's daughter.
What are we thinking?
If he was bringing Maria food,
it means he's either a resident or an employee
of the migrant center.
Entry and exits require you to swipe a badge.
Right, but do we have access to the center's
interior security records? - No.
The database is airgapped.
It can only be accessed on-site.
Right. You know what?
Hey, Tiff, I need you and Scola to head down
to the migrant center now.
Here's every person who entered
or swiped an access card during the times you specified.
[suspenseful music]
♪
I'm not seeing any guys with beards.
Wait, go back.
Check out that guy's neck tattoo.
That's him.
He must have shaved for his ID photo.
Jared Gamble.
Works for a linen supply company.
Badge was swiped rear delivery door,
2:20 p.m., three days ago.
Right around the time Maria went missing.
♪
Go, go, go! Let's move!
FBI!
[agents shouting indistinctly]
Place is clear.
Bedroom's clear.
♪
- Tiff, take a look at this. - Yeah.
He was here.
Hey, Maggie, I talked to Tiffany and Scola.
We are on the right track, we are getting closer,
but we have not found Maria yet.
You need to keep stalling.
See if you can get him to extend the deadline.
He won't.
But even if he did, we need to get Mrs. Sawyer
out of there right now.
All right, we're gonna send you a screen grab
of the man we believe abducted Maria.
Use it.
Let Hector know that we are close and we are trying.
[phone buzzes]
He has to feel that you are empathetic and you care.
Copy that.
♪
[line trills]
[phone rings]
- Hello? - Hector.
We've ID'd the man that took your daughter.
His name is Jared Gamble.
I have the man who took my daughter.
- No. No, you don't. - You're playing me.
I've gotta get inside.
What are you talking about?
The snipers, they all say that
they can see the curtain moving.
They're not sure that it's Hector,
but if I'm inside with the comms...
It's risky, Maggie.
Yeah, it is.
But if we don't get Mrs. Sawyer medical attention,
she's gonna lose that baby.
Uh, can you give me the pin in your hair, please?
Thank you. Thank you.
I don't like this.
♪
[line trills]
Hector, don't hang up on me.
I have the photo of Jared Gamble with Maria
on the day that she was taken.
I wanna show you.
Meet me at the front door.
Okay.
What if he gets emotional? What if he gets desperate?
It's our only move.
♪
Snipers are in position.
They get a clear shot at the door,
they're gonna take it.
The goal is to end this thing as quickly as possible, okay?
Copy.
♪
[knocks]
Open the door. Slow.
Slow.
We have a hostage in the line of fire.
Copy that.
It's gonna be okay.
Show me the proof.
Come closer.
How do I know that's real?
Do we have a shot?
Negative.
Because we also found this.
This belongs to Maria, right? This is hers?
We found this in his apartment.
And we are looking for this man as we speak.
You don't need them anymore. Let them go.
No, no, no, no, that's not gonna happen.
Without them, Maria is just another missing kid.
She's just another missing migrant.
You're not gonna look for her.
- That's not true. - No, no, no, no.
I will release them when you find my daughter,
and I'm not gonna say it again! - Ah!
Okay.
I understand.
I know you want insurance to make sure we find Maria.
Take me.
You'll have more leverage than you do now.
Okay. Okay. Okay.
Okay, you come inside.
Maggie, you demand that he releases
the Sawyers before you enter.
OA, do you have a shot?
Negative.
You come inside.
No. First you need to let them go.
No, no, no, no. You--you come inside.
That's not happening.
Maggie, you don't need to do this.
There is another way. - Hector.
No, no, no! No, you. No, you! You, you!
You come inside right now or she dies!
She dies right here!
Right now! Come inside right now!
Don't. Nobody needs to get hurt.
Get in. Move in. Move in.
Stop, stop, stop! Hands up! Hands up!
Hands up! - I'm not armed.
Shut up. Shut up!
Here, zip tie her.
Zip tie her!
Make it tight.
Take her vest off.
♪
Move.
You're okay. You're okay. You're okay.
We got you. Medics are here. - What about my husband?
We're doing everything we can.
- He's gonna shoot him! - Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am.
We're doing everything we can to get him out of there.
Let Sawyer go.
He has nothing to do with this.
It'll show the FBI that you're a reasonable and decent person.
It proves that everything is about finding your daughter,
nothing else.
Hector.
Think about what happens after we find Maria.
You wanna have a relationship with her.
Be with her.
Hold her.
Otherwise, you're gonna be spending the rest of your life
behind bars.
Talking to her through glass.
♪
Door just swung open. Sniper on the ready.
It's the husband. Go. Move, move.
♪
Where's my wife? Is she okay?
She's fine. She's fine.
She's on the way to the hospital.
We're gonna get you down there as soon as possible.
But I need you to answer some questions for this gentleman
about the layout of your house where Hector is standing,
where Maggie is located, okay? Things like that, okay?
- Yeah, whatever you need. - Okay, thank you.
Hector said to tell you that--
Hector said to tell me what?
If you don't find his daughter
in the next 30 minutes, he's gonna kill the FBI agent.
♪
[tense music]
♪
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Hector, this is Agent Zidan.
Sawyer gave us your message.
We get it.
We understand that you're scared,
but we do not need to put a time limit on this.
We are doing everything that we can.
Everything, so please just--
You have 28 minutes and 30 seconds.
That's the deal. It is non-negotiable!
Hector, please.
♪
You don't wanna do this.
You're right, I don't.
But I will.
I promise.
You can still surrender.
I spent my whole life protecting that girl.
I have movement near the window.
Stand by.
Maggie, is that Hector near the window?
If it is, use the word hostage in a sentence.
That's why we come here to America.
It's for her.
It's for her future.
I can't lose her.
[crying] I can't.
Okay, we're so close to finding her.
Yeah, that's what I would say.
I've worked sex trafficking cases.
You either find the girl right away or--
[sobbing]
I've got a shot. Do we have confirmation?
No. Stand down.
We don't know who's near the window.
Maggie, I need to know what's going on in there.
If Hector is near the curtains, say the word "hostage."
I need to hear the word "hostage."
Maggie, do we have a clean shot?
Say the word "hostage."
I'm sorry.
No.
I'm sorry that you're here.
And I'm sorry that I need to do this.
But there's only two ways out of this.
Either they find Maria, or I die and you die.
♪
Jubal, do we have an update?
Yeah, we are close, we are on his tail,
but finding her in the next 24 minutes is unlikely.
He's not gonna negotiate, okay?
He's not gonna give us more time.
We know.
All right, have the Deliberate Assault Team
get into position.
We have to breach now. It is our best option.
I want you to talk to SWAT, devise a plan,
and get Maggie the hell out of there.
It's risky, okay? We have 24 minutes.
Maybe we can hold off, see if--
No. We do not know where Gamble is.
We cannot roll the dice.
OA, get into formation and wait for my command.
Yes, ma'am.
Jared picked up his check a few days ago.
Called in sick right after.
I haven't seen or heard from him since.
- You have his cell number? - Nope.
Well, he's an employee. You don't have a file on him?
I'm a one-man show.
Limited time and resources.
What does that mean?
All the people I use are subcontractors.
Less paperwork.
You don't do background checks?
I deal in linen.
Well, you've sent a known predator
with multiple sex offense convictions
into a migrant center full of kids.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I had no idea, I swear.
Look, what day and time did he call in sick?
- Tuesday, around 3:00. - Okay.
All right. Great. Hey, I got the phone records
for the linen company. - Yeah.
Only one incoming call at the time the owner
claims Gamble called in sick.
It's a burner. - Okay, ping it.
♪
Got it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Hey, the signal is on the move.
Looks like he's in a vehicle driving on South Street.
Yeah, headed towards the Brooklyn Bridge.
We're close, Jubal. What are we looking for?
Yeah, standby.
How are we doing on traffic cams?
I think I got something.
Okay.
Yeah. Zoom in.
Stop right there. Yeah, there he is.
Okay.
He's in a gray sedan, and Gamble's behind the wheel.
- I don't see a gray sedan. - There.
[gunshots]
Shots fired. Go. I'll clear the car.
Suspect is fleeing southbound on foot.
♪
The vehicle's clear. No sign of Maria.
Move, move, move!
♪
Get back! Get back!
[gunshots, screaming]
Gamble!
Drop your weapon.
I didn't do nothing.
Okay, well, put your gun down.
Let's talk about it.
It's too late for that.
No, it isn't, all right?
Nobody needs to get hurt here.
Put the gun down
and walk towards me with your hands in the air.
I screwed up.
I didn't wanna take her, but I couldn't help it.
Okay.
All right, that's understandable.
Okay, you made a mistake.
You got a chance here to make up for that,
to make this right.
Put the weapon down, Gamble.
Tell me where she is.
I--I--
I'm so sorry.
[gunshot]
♪
Okay, where are we with retracing his steps?
Does his cell have a GPS record?
Negative.
He turned off his location services,
but we ran the vehicle's plate through the traffic cam system.
Got a hit in a residential area in Brooklyn
30 minutes before Tiff and Scola confronted him.
Okay, is there any connection?
Any other property he owns?
Friend, relative who lives in Brooklyn?
There's a house in his grandmother's name
in that area, but according to Social Security records,
her checks are now being sent to a 24-hour nursing home.
Empty house is a great place to stash a young girl.
Or a body.
[tense music]
♪
Hector, we are really close to finding your daughter.
We just need you to hang in there a little bit longer.
I've been waiting long enough.
Hector, we know where she is.
We are headed there now. - You're lying!
Hector, we're the FBI.
Think, okay?
We're really good at this, okay?
We're gonna find her soon.
She could be in another country by now.
But she's not. Listen, she is here.
We have already found and neutralized the man
who abducted her, so we know that she is nearby.
What do you mean? What do you mean neutralized?
It means that we killed him. Hector, he's dead.
You're just making things up now.
You're not even taking me seriously.
[grunting]
Go, go, go, move.
[glass shatters]
♪
Go, go, go!
Hector, drop the gun!
Drop the gun!
Hector, drop the gun!
- Stand back! Stand back! - It's over.
I'll shoot her, I swear.
♪
Maggie, talk to me.
Don't come any closer.
Hey.
Maria.
The victim has been found alive.
I need medical assistance ASAP.
[phone ringing]
Papá?
Maria?
- [speaking Spanish] - Maria.
- Papá? - Maria.
Maria!
[speaking Spanish]
[sobbing]
She's alive. She's alive.
[soft music]
♪
Maria is awake.
Appears to be doing well,
and there's no physical injuries.
Does that-- does that mean that--
Yes, hospital confirmed
there's no signs of sexual abuse.
[sighs]
I'm sorry. I was so--
I was so worried.
I was scared that I would never see her again.
I just had to do what I had to do.
The parent has a duty to protect.
And when your child is in danger,
you--you don't think. You just act.
You just--you just do.
And you don't care about the consequences.
♪
Is there anyone that could take care of her?
Friends, family?
I have a brother in California.
He's a good man. He has a good job.
Okay, we'll reach out to him, let him know what's going on.
You have our word.
[sobs]
♪
Hey.
I just spoke with OA.
I heard you had a hell of a day.
Yeah.
Luckily, everyone's okay, so.
Well, that's good news.
Yeah.
At the end of the day,
you know, the guy just wanted to find his daughter,
and he was willing to do anything and everything
to make it happen.
I get it.
I mean, I don't-- obviously, I don't agree
with the way he went about it, but...
You know, the whole time I was in there,
I kept trying to--
to understand what he was doing.
You know, what he was feeling.
It was so intense.
[pensive music]
He was just trying to find his kid.
There's nothing more intense than that.
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Come on. I'll buy you a drink.
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[tense music]
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[wolf howls]