The First 48: Neighborhood Sweetheart / Hail of Gunfire DVD

• Additional Details
• Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Rating: Not Rated
• Number of Discs: 1
• Run Time: 50 Minutes
• Region: Region 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Language: English
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: 2002

"Why" and "How" are obvious - a young girl killed to get at her boyfriend, a young man lost in a hail of bullets - but the "Who" drives detectives to the limits of their skills (and time).

• A real life "Law & Order."
• Made with unprecedented access to America’s top police departments.
• Detectives in Miami and Kansas City bring their A-games to two brutal murders.

Any detective will tell you that the beginning is the most important time in a criminal investigation. If there are no significant developments within the first 48 hours, the chances of solving the case are cut in half. THE FIRST 48 chronicles this critical period, following real-life detectives as they race the clock to identify suspects and unravel clues while the crime is still fresh.

Sometimes itÂ’s who you know that gets you killed. Detective Ricardo John of Miami PD investigates the brutal homicide of a 19-year old girl. Her boyfriend is an alleged drug dealer and her murder may have been meant to send him a message. Message received, but justice is yet to be served.

And in Kansas City, Missouri, there really can be too much of a good thing. In this case, evidence. When a man is shot dead during an all-out gun battle, a mountain of ballistics evidence piles up at the scene. Like finding the needle in a haystack, Detective Everett Babcock has to quickly sort through the abundance of data catch his killer.

In THE FIRST 48, even with the clock running out you have to sweat the small stuff.