Okay, this is how it breaks down: the detectives, the victim, plot, and all the obscure references to the people you've never heard of-mine; regular characters, the city, and all that other crap-not mine. All that crap belongs to the company...or something like that. So, let's get going.

"Case Log
Case GAR-724
Date: June 4, 1915
Code 324-Murder
Loc.-alley off road 23
Victim-Ree, Arika Zuko, State's Alchemist, General in Fuhrer's Army
Bullet matching military issue pistol found in stomach. Body found in care of Colonel Roy Mustang. Mustang hysteric, found with unrelated head wound." Detective Kevin Conroy turned off his recorder and returned it to his pocket.
"Would you give it a rest?" his partner, Detective Julian Garza shouted. "You do that for every case!"
"Mark my words, one day it'll pay off."
"So," Garza started, ignoring Conroy's comment, "what do we know about the case?"
"I just said it! General Arika Ree, State's Alchemist of the Fuhrer's army, was shot in the stomach by a military pistol in an alley off street 23. The body was found with Colonel Roy Mustang, also Fuhrer's army, who was found hysteric with an unrelated head wound."
"He'd been beating his head against a wall," Garza said incredulously. "So, what else?"
"According to Mustang, they had been on a date. They were," he glanced down at his notes skeptically, "dancing in the alley. Also according to Mustang, they had been walking back to the victim's apartment building from Central Park."
"Do you have to keep saying that?" Garza asked.
"Saying what?" Conroy insisted on playing dumb.
"'According to Mustang'. It's annoying and pointless."
"I'm just presenting it as what it is. It's testimony from our prime suspect, not fact."
"What makes him your prime suspect?" Garza honestly didn't think Mustang had killed her, but Conroy had a way of misunderstanding things. It was always difficult to make him see logic. He always jumped to a conclusion and stuck to it.
"He was the last one to see the victim alive. They were in an alley, no witnesses. Hell, he had a military issue pistol in his back pocket!" Conroy hated when Garza did this. So he was new, that didn't mean he was incompetent.
"He's military, of course he had the pistol! Where's the motive?"
"Maybe they had a fight and it got out of hand," Conroy said defensively.
"We can't lock a man up on 'maybe', Conroy."
Ignoring this, Conroy continued. "Mustang says they hadn't planned to stop in the alley, but they had heard music. After a few minutes, he says he could tell something was wrong. She fell, he caught her, he felt for a pulse, she was dead." He looked at Garza. "All according to Mustang," he added. Garza glared at him.
He looked thoughtful for a moment. "So this is probably an opportunity case. Is that all we know? What about background?"
"She had been in the city two days. The first day, she met with Mustang and his staff at his office and had dinner with Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes and wife and daughter Gracia and Elicia. On the second day, she leased an apartment in the same building as Mustang."
"So, where was she living prior to the new lease?"
"She was transferred in from the West. She had a home she had recently sold. It says she lived there with one James Foust before he left. Foust also now leases an apartment in Central." He looked down at his notes. "Hmmm…this is interesting," he muttered.
"What?"
"One of her co-workers was in Central the night of the murder. Lieutenant Burt Esch. Worked under Ree for two years."
"Why was he here?"
"Unknown. He was on leave from his post and he came to Central."
"Okay," Garza said, "I've heard enough. Let's round up the suspects."
"Hey, Garza?"
"Yeah?"
"Could it have been that guy, Scar, who goes around killing alchemists?"
"No, I've seen one of the Scar murders. This doesn't fit. When he kills, it looks like there was an explosion. If it had been him, we would know it, trust me."
The two set out to find everyone they thought had motive or opportunity. In the end, they had gathered together Lt. Esch, Col. Mustang, Lt. Col. Hughes, James Foust, Lt. Riza Hawkeye, and Major Alex Armstrong.
"Well," Garza said, looking in on the suspects, "let's get to it. One of these people is a murderer and it's up to us to find out which one of them it is."

Anti-climactic as that is, it's still the end of chapter one. Please review, and I'll update soon.