The Ride-Along
Chapter 2
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Emily held on to the handle on the door as Faith rounded the corner and screeched to a halt at the curb. They'd been sent to a domestic dispute, believed to be violent and the caller reported that there were weapons in the residence. They had discussed it while they were in route to the call and Emily's job this time was to get out and open the back door so that Bosco could make a quick exit to back-up Faith. The back doors of the police unit were not able to be opened from the inside, thus preventing prisoners from baling out of the car while in custody. Faith entered the street so that she could park the car with Emily's side facing away from the residence for her protection.
"You stay in the car for now, Emily," Faith ordered her as she threw the car into park and swung open the door, drawing her weapon and not taking her eyes off the house.
"Okay," Emily replied, exiting the vehicle and opening the door for Bosco. Bosco bolted from the back seat and headed off after Faith, drawing his weapon and turning his attention to what was before him.
"Ty and Sully are on the way for back-up. Tell them we went in and don't leave this spot," Bosco reinforced.
"Okay. Be careful, you guys," Emily called after them, the excitement making her legs shake. She watched as her mother and Bosco took up sides at the front door, with their weapons drawn and at the ready. They could hear the yelling through the door and Faith looked over at Bosco to be sure he was ready before she loudly banged on the door.
"Police! Open the door!" she yelled. A loud crash was heard on the other side of the door, followed by a woman screaming, "Oh God! Help Me! He's trying to kill me!"
"Ma'am, you have to unlock the door!" Faith yelled back through the door to the woman as she tried the doorknob. Emily could hear the approaching siren of what she presumed was Officers Davis and Sullivan. As the officers rounded the corner in their RMP, Emily was frightened by the sound of something being thrown through the front window, spraying shattered glass everywhere. She looked back at the house and saw a chair now laying on the front lawn.
Bosco positioned himself to try to kick the door open because it didn't seem like the woman was going to be able to open it for them and there was definitely a need for them to gain entry to the residence right away. Neighbors had started to come out to watch the fracas and were congregating across the street. As Davis exited the passenger side of
55-Charlie, he advised the onlookers to disburse because there were reports of a weapon. Some of the neighbors obliged to a certain degree, but most just stood their ground, oblivious to the officer's warning. Just as Sully and Davis exited their vehicle and were hustling up past 55-David and Emily, Bosco readied himself to kick the door.
"Back away from the door, Ma'am!" Faith yelled out as Bosco bent down slightly and raised his foot to kick in the door. In what seemed like slow motion, but in fact happened too quickly to calculate, a loud shot rang out and a large hole was made in the door right above where Bosco had bent down. Faith quickly looked to see that Bosco was okay and her gaze immediately shifted to Emily in time to see Davis dive at her and pull her to the ground alongside of him and Sully. Faith turned her attention back to the matter at hand as Bosco kicked the door and it swung open wide.
Bosco rolled into the house and to the side from a crouching position, his weapon in front of him as he scanned the room for the subject with the gun. At the same time, Faith entered standing and peeled off to the other side of the door with her weapon at the ready also.
The two officers quickly evaluated the scene before them and disappeared inside the building, out of Emily's site. "Stay right here on the ground. Do not move from this spot," Sully said to Emily, making eye contact with her to let her know that he meant business. Emily nodded, unable to speak. As Sully and Davis stood up to make their way in to back-up Faith and Bosco, Emily heard Sully speaking into his radio.
"Faith, where are you?" Sully said into the radio. Emily's stomach tightened even more when her mother didn't respond to Sully right away.
Finally, Bosco's voice came quietly over the radio, "We're okay, Sul. We're searching the first floor. One of you go around back to make sure that he doesn't come out that way." Sully motioned for Davis to move around to secure the back exit of the residence and he made his way up the front steps to the doorway as another shot rang out. Tears came to Emily's eyes as she heard Bosco's next transmission.
"55-David to Central. We need a bus on the rush for a gunshot wound to the head. Repeat we need a bus on the rush." Emily listened as the dispatcher acknowledged the call.
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TBC...
Chapter 2
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Emily held on to the handle on the door as Faith rounded the corner and screeched to a halt at the curb. They'd been sent to a domestic dispute, believed to be violent and the caller reported that there were weapons in the residence. They had discussed it while they were in route to the call and Emily's job this time was to get out and open the back door so that Bosco could make a quick exit to back-up Faith. The back doors of the police unit were not able to be opened from the inside, thus preventing prisoners from baling out of the car while in custody. Faith entered the street so that she could park the car with Emily's side facing away from the residence for her protection.
"You stay in the car for now, Emily," Faith ordered her as she threw the car into park and swung open the door, drawing her weapon and not taking her eyes off the house.
"Okay," Emily replied, exiting the vehicle and opening the door for Bosco. Bosco bolted from the back seat and headed off after Faith, drawing his weapon and turning his attention to what was before him.
"Ty and Sully are on the way for back-up. Tell them we went in and don't leave this spot," Bosco reinforced.
"Okay. Be careful, you guys," Emily called after them, the excitement making her legs shake. She watched as her mother and Bosco took up sides at the front door, with their weapons drawn and at the ready. They could hear the yelling through the door and Faith looked over at Bosco to be sure he was ready before she loudly banged on the door.
"Police! Open the door!" she yelled. A loud crash was heard on the other side of the door, followed by a woman screaming, "Oh God! Help Me! He's trying to kill me!"
"Ma'am, you have to unlock the door!" Faith yelled back through the door to the woman as she tried the doorknob. Emily could hear the approaching siren of what she presumed was Officers Davis and Sullivan. As the officers rounded the corner in their RMP, Emily was frightened by the sound of something being thrown through the front window, spraying shattered glass everywhere. She looked back at the house and saw a chair now laying on the front lawn.
Bosco positioned himself to try to kick the door open because it didn't seem like the woman was going to be able to open it for them and there was definitely a need for them to gain entry to the residence right away. Neighbors had started to come out to watch the fracas and were congregating across the street. As Davis exited the passenger side of
55-Charlie, he advised the onlookers to disburse because there were reports of a weapon. Some of the neighbors obliged to a certain degree, but most just stood their ground, oblivious to the officer's warning. Just as Sully and Davis exited their vehicle and were hustling up past 55-David and Emily, Bosco readied himself to kick the door.
"Back away from the door, Ma'am!" Faith yelled out as Bosco bent down slightly and raised his foot to kick in the door. In what seemed like slow motion, but in fact happened too quickly to calculate, a loud shot rang out and a large hole was made in the door right above where Bosco had bent down. Faith quickly looked to see that Bosco was okay and her gaze immediately shifted to Emily in time to see Davis dive at her and pull her to the ground alongside of him and Sully. Faith turned her attention back to the matter at hand as Bosco kicked the door and it swung open wide.
Bosco rolled into the house and to the side from a crouching position, his weapon in front of him as he scanned the room for the subject with the gun. At the same time, Faith entered standing and peeled off to the other side of the door with her weapon at the ready also.
The two officers quickly evaluated the scene before them and disappeared inside the building, out of Emily's site. "Stay right here on the ground. Do not move from this spot," Sully said to Emily, making eye contact with her to let her know that he meant business. Emily nodded, unable to speak. As Sully and Davis stood up to make their way in to back-up Faith and Bosco, Emily heard Sully speaking into his radio.
"Faith, where are you?" Sully said into the radio. Emily's stomach tightened even more when her mother didn't respond to Sully right away.
Finally, Bosco's voice came quietly over the radio, "We're okay, Sul. We're searching the first floor. One of you go around back to make sure that he doesn't come out that way." Sully motioned for Davis to move around to secure the back exit of the residence and he made his way up the front steps to the doorway as another shot rang out. Tears came to Emily's eyes as she heard Bosco's next transmission.
"55-David to Central. We need a bus on the rush for a gunshot wound to the head. Repeat we need a bus on the rush." Emily listened as the dispatcher acknowledged the call.
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TBC...