CSI: Miami--'Shootout'

[CSI Files]

Synopsis:

A gravely injured woman, Betty Rockman, is brought into the emergency room of Dade Memorial hospital. She's put on a bed next to Calvin Joyner, who is calling for a nurse. Suddenly, another man, Hector del Rio, enters the ER and begins firing at Calvin. Calvin returns fire as people around them scream.

The shootout leaves both men dead. Alexx examines Calvin and determines that he was killed by a shot to the head. Yelina notes a tattoo on Hector's neck, "ESH," which Horatio recognizes as shorthand for the gang East Side Hermanos. When Calleigh arrives at the hospital, Horatio warns her that the scene is already compromised and advises her to work quickly. Across the ER, Ryan notices a woman, Pamela Warren, holding a crying baby. When he approaches her, he notices blood on her sweater, which she claims is from Hector, who was standing next to her. Ryan also spies bruising under the baby's eye and calls for a doctor.

Yelina has IDs on the men and also tells Horatio that Calvin was a member of a rival gang, the Ten-Trays. Alexx finds a cell phone in Hector's pocket, and Horatio decides to dial the last number on it, which is the number of the person who likely alerted Hector that Calvin was at the hospital. When he hits redial, the phone of the orderly, Ramon Morales, begins ringing. Ramone tries to run, but Horatio chases him and cuts off his escape. Back at the police station, Horatio learns that Frank Tripp is familiar with Ramon, who he has arrested on several previous occasions. Ramon alleges that Calvin killed a member of the East Side Hermanos, Palmero, a leader in their gang and that Calvin's murder was revenge for that killing.

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[Destiny]

Another minor quibble: how did Horatio guess or know (I don't know which is correct) about Eddie Davids' tattoo? It's not an obvious leap from what Carmen told him. Maybe he might have suspected a fire t-shirt, but it's a bit of a leap for Horatio to suspect that the man was shirtless and sporting a massive tattoo on his chest. It's a minor quibble, but it was one of those leaps that CSI shows occasionally make and are a bit to big to be ignored completely.

Could be if Eddie had a record (and lets face he must have in the business of protecting cash paying clients and fear of two gangs after him), it was probably on file, as they list distinguishing marks such as tattoo's.
As to how h knew he specifically had the tattoo maybe cause of the belt buckle they ran his name cause of the metal (or before when eric and calleigh first went to see him) and carmens id of Fire came to mind.
Just a thought on that.
Either way this ep definitly rocked.

 

[Top41]

^Yeah, that's definitely possible. Something like that probably would have been in his record if he had one (which you're right--he probably did).

Either that, or H has just proven himself psychic!

 

[Mightion]

Very good review. There was one thing about the episode that I noticed, and thought others might pick up on...

Why were Pamela and Bethany in the ER in the first place? Bethany turned out completely healthy, and the slight bruising under the baby's eyes seemed to be a surprise, to Pamela, so, why were they even IN the ER?

I know Pamela had a leg wound, but wasn't that from the shootout?

 

[ThisIsMe]

Posted by Mightion:
Why were Pamela and Bethany in the ER in the first place? Bethany turned out completely healthy, and the slight bruising under the baby's eyes seemed to be a surprise, to Pamela, so, why were they even IN the ER?

Pamela knew Bethany's parents were neglecting the baby and she was worried it might be affecting her development, so she went to have her checked out.
The bruising under her eyes was a surprise because when Pamela used the blanket to muffle Bethany's crying to sneak her out of the house, she didn't realize she was suffocating her.

Here's the episode discussion thread if you want to check it out: Shootout Discussion