"Dispatch: 12-David are you in the vicinity of 345 Brook St? "
"12-David Dispatch, affirmative, we just finished a call and are back in service. What's the issue" Jamie radioed
Dispatch: "We have a report of loud noises at that address. Neighbors knocked on the door and there were no response. Requesting a squad car to do a welfare check."
12-David Dispatch: "Copy request in route to 345 Brook St?"
Janko: "if this is something cranking up the radio while they are cleaning house and didn't hear the door bell, they are getting a piece of my mind" "Who the neighbors or the tenants" "both"
Reagan pulls the RMP up next to the address. There were no lights on, and the curtains were closed. Reagan called into dispatch stating they were on scene and would check out the complaint. Janko got out of the RMP first and was making her way up the stairs. She stopped on the second step and turned her head. She didn't hear anything and shrugged her shoulders.
Reagan exited the RMP and put his cover on and started to make his way to the stairs. Janko proceeded to the top and knocked on the door. All of a sudden things started moving in slow motion for Jamie. That feeling he had at roll call just slammed into his chest. He tried to warn Janko to get down, but all of a sudden there was a blast and the door shattered. Jamie couldn't tell if it was a shotgun blast or an explosion. He just knew that it was not an accident.
Eddie fell backwards, face and arms bright red. He pulled her by the neck collar and started heading toward the RMP yelling "Janko keep breathing" "You will not die on me" "breath breath breath". Just as he gets them behind the RMP, gun blasts start pelting the car. They were pinned:
"12-David to all Cars. Officer Down I repeat Officer Down. Need all units to proceed to this location. Officer Down." He checked his magazine and knew he had to reserve it. His 9mm was no match for the auto fire that was coming out of the apartment. What the hell happened. He kept holding on to Eddie and talking to her to breath. He couldn't see where she was bleeding at because there was so much blood. He hoped that hearing his voice would be enough.
As the sirens signaling back up got louder the shooting stopped. Janko's breathing was very shallow. Jamie didn't know what to do. He just needed the ambulance to get here faster. Three RMP's skidded to a stop next to Jamie's. Kara Walsh and her new partner a rookie was the first to get to Jamie and Eddie. "Kara, she's not breathing we have to get her to a hospital fast" Jamie yelled.
"Let's put her in the back seat and take her ourselves" Kara said "it's the fast way". Kara's partner grabbed Eddie's lets and Jamie held her arms and the put her in the back seat. Jamie jumped and yelled at the other officers "I never got a look at the shooter, it could be anyone". Kara sped towards the nearest hospital and started praying.
Kara's partner had called St. Vincent's and told them they were coming in with an officer down, when Kara pulled in it looked like the entire hospital was waiting for them. Jamie recognized the ER doctor that was standing by, he was the same one that took care of Linda when she was shot. He felt a little better about the care Eddie was about to receive.
"What do we have" the doctor asked. "She was either shot or hit with shrapnel, I can't tell, there is too much blood". Jamie told the doctor. They put Eddie on the stretcher and wheeled her into the ER. Linda comes out of nowhere and stops Jamie from following. "You can't go in there Jamie. She is in good hands."
"Linda, please don't let her die. I can't lose her." "She is in good hands, Jaime, I will keep you updated"
Linda walks away leaving Jaime alone. Now what does he do. He knows that he has to call the correction facility where her father is and get word to him. He was not sure about Eddie's mother, they never really talked about Moms. It still hurt a little talking about his mom as he was the baby or in Danny's words the "Golden boy". But he knew he was about to play the waiting game.