
The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes
An ongoing battle between two gangs feels impossible to curtail as the body count rises.

An ongoing battle between two gangs feels impossible to curtail as the body count rises.

In Tulsa, multiple cameras help crack open a case; in Atlanta, a witness provides a crucial lead.

A barber is caught in the crossfire of a gang rivalry; a young man is killed by an armed burglar.

A robbery takes a rookie months to unravel; the new guy tracks the suspects in a drug deal.

For detectives, there are some cases that stay with them for their entire careers.

Revisiting three cases that stayed with detectives; a man is dismembered and burned.

In Tucson, Ariz., a homeless woman is brutally gutted under a highway underpass.

An ongoing battle between two gangs feels impossible to curtail as the body count rises.

In Tulsa, multiple cameras help crack open a case; in Atlanta, a witness provides a crucial lead.

A barber is caught in the crossfire of a gang rivalry; a young man is killed by an armed burglar.

A robbery takes a rookie months to unravel; the new guy tracks the suspects in a drug deal.

Detectives investigate the murder of a mother of two and unravel the deadly plot that took her life.

An abandoned truck leads Tulsa Homicide to several potential suspects in a fatal shooting case.

A man comes home and is killed by a thief; a feud between gang members leads to a fateful encounter.

A father is gunned down in a parking lot; an elderly man dies in a suspicious fire.

In Tulsa, Okla., two brothers are shot down after checking on their night cleaning crew.

A shy mechanic is found shot dead outside a notorious apartment complex far from home.

A woman is found dead behind an abandoned building; Atlanta detectives head to the Pocono Mountains.

Detectives investigate the murder of a mother of two and unravel the deadly plot that took her life.

An abandoned truck leads Tulsa Homicide to several potential suspects in a fatal shooting case.