The best episodes of The First 48
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- 01
A detective in Atlanta (GA) investigating a cold-blooded murder learns that another recent shooting victim may be related to his case. Are these two incidents related or is he working his first serial killer case?
- 02
A Cleveland man is shot multiple times and left to die in an alley; police detectives risk their lives to untangle the web of lies surrounding the investigation.
- 03
After a young man gets shot to death at a motel party, Tulsa Detective Justin Ritter discovers a photo posted online that may have triggered a dangerous chain of events.
- 04
When a young man from Tulsa., Okla., is found shot dead in his van, homicide detectives retrace his final hours and get caught up in a web of lies.
- 05
For a Friend & The Last Gamble
In Atlanta, a teenager is killed when he steps in front of a gunman to save his friend. And in Tulsa, a man is shot dead and left in a church parking lot when he tries to sell a stolen car.
- 06
A young man is gunned down at a troubled apartment complex that comes under federal investigation after a rap video goes viral.
- 07
Shooting Blind / Brothers in Arms
In Tulsa, OK, detectives question whether a young woman's death was a tragic mistake or murder; in Mobile, AL, the murder of a young father tests the bond between brothers.
- 08
In Mobile, a brazen gunman shoots another man in front of a gas station security cameras; In Gwinnett County, detectives race to identify a woman shot on the side of the road and track down her killer.
- 09
In Atlanta, when a young man is shot from 235 feet away, Detective Darrin Smith discovers an escalating feud that threatens to tear apart a neighborhood.
- 10
A young man is shot dead in front of his mother's house; detectives look to his friends and family to find his killer.
- 11
A fateful choice tragically ends the life of an up-and-coming rapper.
- 12
When a man is gunned down while walking his dogs in a quiet park, surveillance video leads detectives to an unlikely suspect.
- 13
In Memphis, Lt. Toney Armstrong and his team respond to Memphis's worst mass murder in more than 15 years, where they find four adults and two children dead. Armstrong's entire team is called to action as they scramble for leads, while the local media follows their every move.
- 14
The House Next Door / The Showdown
In Miami, a man found stabbed to death and dumped in an empty lot turns into a standoff with the house next door. Then in Harris County, a young father shot down in a turf war sends cops on the hunt for a killer caught on video.
- 15
In New Orleans (LA), detectives try to solve a shooting on a busy street that leaves one young woman dead and eight others injured, but they encounter reluctant witnesses who may have something to hide.
- 16
In Tulsa, Okla., detectives suspect a random roadside encounter when they find an unidentified cyclist gunned down in the middle of an intersection outside the airport.
- 17
A young mother and her best friend are gunned down in broad daylight, setting off a chain of events that Tulsa Homicide never could have imagined.
- 18
IN Tulsa, OK, a father of three is gunned down in front of his family during a deadly crime spree; detectives race to track down his killer before anyone else gets hurt.
- 19
Detective Ronnie Leatherman returns to Tulsa homicide to investigate the death of a man who crashed his car into a shopping center.
- 20
When a 15-year-old boy is murdered after getting in over his head, detectives hope a Snapchat message can lead them to his killer.
- 21
When a love triangle turns deadly, a killer enlists an unusual murder weapon.
- 22
When a house fire turns out to be a triple murder involving a seven-year-old girl, Tulsa Homicide takes it personally.
- 23
An altercation in a casino parking lot leads to murder when friends abandon reason for revenge.
- 24
In Tulsa, when a woman goes missing after an argument with her new husband, detectives peel back the layers of her relationship to find their suspect.
- 25
When a beloved soccer fan is shot dead in broad daylight, Gwinnett County detectives race to find his mysterious killer before he strikes again.
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