Line of Duty

Armed police!

Shoot over the suspect's body in the direction you'd have fired

if you'd have actually managed to get here in time.

Jesus!

We're in this together. Best way.

You shot that fellow in cold blood

- while your wee mates stood by and watched! - What was that?

- Interview's finished, Danny. - I'm not. - Good.

Neither are we.

You know why I've been appointed - to ensure that anti-corruption

inquiries don't get pulled apart in court.

Don't try playing the big man.

We both know you're not up to it.

She definitely does.

You need me to make the hard choices for you,

because I see what's inside you.

Jelly.

Putting Kate into an AFO role is a whole level of jeopardy

above a normal undercover... I can handle it.

Is that the file on the suspect shot by Waldron? Yeah.

We need an unredacted file. Leave it to me.

You didn't know the suspect.

No. Ronan Murphy. The suspect's name.

Don't remember me?

The only thing with Ronan, it was over too fast.

'If there's something bigger here, Danny,

'you don't want to be the one left carrying the can.'

'You better come up here, skipper.' On my way.

Shot fired! Shot fired!

What's he saying? What's he saying?!

Stay with me, Danny. Danny! Danny!

'..Abbott's Lane. One officer seriously wounded. GSW.'

Come on, guys.

Come away. Let them in.

Come on, Kate. Let's leave them to it.

Let me in.

Weak pulse, right carotid.

Let's get suction on, secure the airway...

What the hell happened in there?

Still in shock, guv.

I just need a couple of minutes to get my head round it.

Still making sense of it, guv.

Get them to the station.

You too, Francis.

Maintaining pressure on left submandibular GSW.

DS Arnott, AC-12.

Is he talking? I need to talk to him.

The incident took place inside the bedroom,

so it's off-limits except to preserve life.

Single GSW to the neck. Sinus rhythm,

but BP's in his boots. Sats dropping.

Is he going to make it?

Stand by, everyone.

You need to fill in your pocket books, then there'll be a debrief.

Before you do anything, you'll be walked through it all by Legal.

Any news on Danny yet?

Sinus bradia. He's gone asystolic.

Let's get him in.

OK, we're losing him.

I've got asystole on the monitor and no output. Fluids wide open.

- Off vent and bag him. - Start CPR. Adrenaline 1mg.

Four cycles of CPR given, we've had no output with chest compressions,

no carotid pulse, asystole on the monitor.

Pronounce life extinct 08:34.

Thanks, everybody. Sorry about that.

We need to leave everything as is for the coroner.

Disconnect monitoring, oxygen...

Don't touch anything else in case we contaminate...

So is anyone going to tell me what actually happened?

Jesus Christ, Kate.

- There was a struggle. - Who with?

We were all involved.

Danny had his firearm out and it just went off.

I didn't hear a struggle. You were downstairs. Jesus!

And from downstairs, I didn't hear a struggle.

By the time I got upstairs, not one of you was giving Danny first aid.

What did Danny say to you?

He whispered something to you, what did he say?

- I'm not sure what he meant. - No, I know, but what did he...

What did he actually say?

Just cos you didn't hear a struggle doesn't mean there wasn't one.

Why didn't one of you help Danny?

He was lying on the floor,

- he'd been shot and there was blood everywhere. - We were in shock!

What, you couldn't lift a finger? Couldn't call for help?

Look, do we have to talk about this right now?

All I can see in my head is Danny just lying there, bleeding out, man.

- What was your RT about? - What RT?

- You radioed Danny telling him to come up. - Did I? - Yeah.

You said, "Better come up here, skipper."

I'll have to hear the recording.

You were back-to-back on two, so there is no recording.

Can you just...stop?

You're doing my head in.

You know, if I'm going to go along with this,

I need to know what I'm covering for.

Fine.

The ballistics will say what really happened in that bedroom.

Yeah, you'd think.

Time, gaffer? I say they had plenty.

- DC Francis. - Sir.

Right. Let's get straight down to brass tacks.

How did Sergeant Daniel Waldron meet his death?

- He died in the ambulance, sir. - You know exactly what I mean.

Danny Waldron shot himself, sir.

Danny put the gun to his own head.

We were trying to help him.

But we, we couldn't get the gun off him and the firearm discharged.

By the time I entered the room,

Danny was already bleeding profusely.

- Did you administer first aid? - Kate...

Erm...Victor Charlie 55

and she ran in and tried to control the bleeding

until the paramedics arrived.

So you didn't administer first aid?

Well, you hope you know what to do in them situations,

until it comes to it.

Uh-huh.

Image 297. A ballistic simulation of the bullet's trajectory.

It appears the fatal shot was fired in a position

close to Sergeant Waldron's chest and aimed upwards.

- That how it happened, Constable? - Yes, sir.

Now, forensics detected firearms residue on your hands, Victor Charlie 54,

and the hands of your mates, Victor Charlie 52 and 53, so...

that would all seem to fit.

Well, case closed. We can all knock off early.

There is an alternative explanation as to why you

had your hands on that gun.

Well, as I said, sir, we were trying to get it off him.

You weren't trying to force that firearm under Waldron's chin?

That's a horrible accusation. We tried to save Danny.

- Who grabbed the gun first? - Harry did, sir. Sorry.

Victor Charlie 54.

I didn't even know that Danny had drawn his gun

and the next minute, Harry's wrestling him for the gun

and he's shouting, "Danny, no!"

And he's calling for me and Rod to help him!

The three of us ended up fighting over the gun.

We did everything we could to try and stop him, we just couldn't.

- Did he make any kind of statement? - He tried to say something.

What did he say?

I couldn't make it out, sir.

Now, Daniel Waldron, as you know, was

involved in the shooting of a suspect during Operation Damson.

You and Victor Charlie 52 and 53 were on his team

and witnessed what really happened.

Was Danny coercing you into corroborating his version of events?

No. The tape - I am referring to a transcript of an interview

with you on May 21st.

DI Cottan and I repeatedly ask you

if there are inaccuracies in your account of Sergeant Waldron's

shooting of Ronan Murphy, to which you replied, "I can't do this."

"I'm sorry. I can't do this."

"No way am I testifying against Danny Waldron."

- No. - How's about Danny Waldron scared you into covering for him

and then the three of you club together

- and then you put an end to it? - No, no.

That's just not what happened. Will you please stop this?

- It's really upsetting! - If Danny was threatening me,

I would've reported him without a doubt.

All I had to do was report him.

He can be a difficult bastard, yeah, but on an op,

you've got your skipper's back!

We were trying to save him, not hurt him.

Danny Waldron killed himself, sir, that's the honest truth.

Why, though? Given back his firearms licence, he was operational again.

As far as Waldron was concerned, the case against him was closed.

Who knows what was going on in his head?

I was downstairs at the Abbott's Lane address and didn't witness the incident at the upstairs bedroom.

Authorised firearms officer Victor Charlie 52,

Victor Charlie 53, Victor Charlie 54,

in my view, you have failed to give a plausible account of the events

leading up to the death of Sergeant Daniel Waldron

and, therefore, I am arresting you on suspicion of his murder.

Now, you don't have to say anything, however,

it may harm your defence if you fail to mention something

under questioning that you later go on to rely on in court

and, of course, anything you do say may be taken down in evidence.

Look, I'm after a cell for a copper, someone where no-one knows her.

I need to arrange custody for a police officer at a station

where he's unknown. Now.

I wonder if, on reflection, you'd consider that perhaps you

should've run it by me first.

Four coppers went into a room, only three came out alive.

That's what I considered.

They'd experienced a tragic and shocking event.

They've admitted that they were too traumatised to even remember

first aid.

Their Police Federation reps

and their legal advisers are arguing that perhaps

they were sent back to work too soon after the Damson shooting.

Their inspector's getting it in the neck for not disbanding the squad

and, frankly, I think they've all got a point.

But it was you who vetoed their suspensions!

I mean, they're only back at work because of you!

What steps have you taken to evaluate Danny Waldron's

- mental state? - Come on, you don't honestly believe he killed himself.

He had a history of professional discord,

no stable relationship, he certainly had risk factors.

And he did it just like that, in front of his whole squad