'What do we know about Mr. Holder?' asked JJ.

Garcia typed on her laptop for a few minutes before pulling several files and displaying them on the screen in the conference room.

'James Holder. Owner and CEO of Holder Corp. Turns out he was exactly the Unsub's type too' remarked Garcia. 'He was facing charges for criminal negligence. It was claimed that he knowingly put defective smoke detectors in several low-income housing projects in an area of Starling City known as The Glades. There have been several fires and even more deaths. The case was thrown out after it several key witnesses recanted their testimony.'

'That fits with our Unsub's pattern of targeting criminals who were getting away with their crimes and explains why he was at the scene' continued Rossi. 'But who is the sniper? He was clearly not in league with the Unsub.'

'Are ballistics back on the bullets used?' Hotch asked Lance.

'Yeah. They just came in. They pulled two 7.62 mm rounds out of Holder' replied Lance.

'Tox screen results just came through' interrupted Garcia. 'According to his tox screen, his blood contained high concentrations of Styrchnos Toxifera'

'What?' asked Lance in confusion.

Reid replied: 'Styrchnos Toxifera is commonly known as Curare. It is part of a family of poisons that function by competitively and reversibly inhibiting the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor(nAChR), which is a subtype of acetylcholine receptor found at the neuromuscular junction.'

This caused looks of confusion from the rest of the group so Reid continued 'It causes weakness of the skeletal muscles and, when administered in a sufficient dose, eventual death by asphyxiation due to paralysis of the diaphragm. Even if Mr. Holder had survived the gunshot wounds the poison would have killed him.'

'That sounds like a unique MO. Garcia, are there any killer for hire who coat their bullets with Curare?' queried Hotch.

Garcia started searching on her computer while the rest of the team continued discussing the most recent case.

'Why would Holder be targeted by 2 different killers at the same time? Besides the criminal negligence case what else was Holder involved in?' asked Morgan.

Just then one of Lance's men knocked and stepped into the room. After talking quietly with Lance for a minute, Lance turned to the team and said 'Reports are just coming in. Last night Carl Rasmussen, a prominent businessman in Starling, was found shot to death in his home. Both Rasmussen and Holder were engaged in a bidding war for a company called Unidac industries.'

'Maybe the sniper was hired by one of the bidders to take out the competition' suggested JJ.

'Garcia, did you find anything on the bullets?' Morgan asked.

'The use of 7.62mm bullets coated in Curare is the MO of a notorious killer. He's killed all over the world…Chicago, Markovia, Corto Maltese to name a few. Interpol has assigned him a code-name in their files: Deadshot. They have little information on him and have yet to discover is identity.'

'Great' said Lance sarcastically. 'First we have a crazy guy in a hood taking out criminals with a bow and arrow. And now we have a notorious serial killer for hire killing people with poisoned bullets. This is starting to be ridiculous. And we have no idea of either of their identities or what they are planning.'

The team shared looks regarding Lance's outburst but privately they agreed with his summation.

'Who are the other bidders for Unidac?' asked Rossi. 'They may be the next targets.'

'That's where we may have a bigger problem. Ownership of Unidac is subject to a liquidation auction and there are many prospective buyers. The auction is scheduled for tomorrow night and is being held at The Exchange Building here in Starling City' explained Lance.

'We need to start looking into the other bidders – see if we can figure out who the next target is or who hired the sniper' Hotch replied.

Garcia began typing at her computer looking up the list of bidders scheduled to attend the auction while the rest of the team were looking into recent cases attributed to Deadshot.

'I think we're going to need some coffee and food. There's a lot to go through and we need to stay fresh' said Reid.

'There's a Big Belly Burger just down the street. They do good stuff' suggested Lance.

'I'll go' said Reid. After taking everyone's orders Reid headed out. He was about to head down the street when he realized he had left his wallet in the SUV so he headed back to where they had parked the car earlier.

Suddenly he was pushed face-down against the hood of the car and his arm was wrenched high behind his back, effectively disabling him and preventing him from moving.

'Son of a bitch' Reid exclaimed. 'You've got a pair on you, pulling this right outside the police station! I'm an FBI agent!'

'Quiet' the Unsub snarled back. 'Floyd Lawton's the one targeting the buyers interested in Unidac Industries. Interpol calls him "Deadshot" because he never misses. You can look this up after I go.'

'Oh yeah. And stop going after you?' Reid retorted.

'Warren Patel hired Lawton. I can't be sure who they're targeting, it might be all the buyers, and I can't protect them in a space that big. I need your help. I know your people are planning on being there for the auction. Lawton laces his bullets with curare. Tell your men to wear kevlar' continued the Unsub as if Reid hadn't said a word. 'I took the laptop from Lawton. It belongs to Patel and contains all the evidence you'll need to take him down.'

The Unsub then slammed an arrow into the hood of the car right beside Reid's face, startling him, and let go of his arm.

By the time Reid managed to right himself and turn around the Unsub was gone. Reid turned back to look at the arrow and saw a bullet damaged laptop sitting on the hood of the car.

He quickly took out his phone and dialed Hotch.

'Reid, you're on speaker. What's going on? You only just left' Hotch asked in surprise.

'Hotch, you need to come out to where we parked the SUV. I just had a run in with our Unsub' he said to the shock of the entire team.