Season 8: The Lane Bryant Murders (Trailer)

I remember hearing this very loud clinking sound. It made me like stand up and question like what was that? I peeked my head around the corner, I saw a police officer. Lock the doors, don't let anyone in or out.

It started out as just another day in a popular clothing store, but it ended in a bloody massacre.

A deadly shooting rampage at upscale Lane Bryant Ladies Clothing Store. Six women gunned down execution styles.

We had an officer within 300 yards of that store when the call came in. We missed this guy by seconds.

He got away, he slipped right past me.

The February 2008 Lane Bryant homicides in Tinley Park, Illinois are a notorious case that for nearly two decades have looked like one type of crime, but might just be something much, much bigger.

It was like a big jigsaw puzzle and most of the pieces were upside down.

For the last year, I've been heads down trying to turn every puzzle piece in this complicated case right side up.

The search continues for the gunmen.

I in those early days did not know somebody had survived.

Yeah.

We were worried about her safety and the first time.

What if this guy has her information and has all of our information?

The lone survivor was able to get a look at the shooter and provided officials with a description that led to this sketch.

This guy had his hair in cornrose with a single strand that had four green beads hanging over one side of his face.

I definitely know somebody knows who he is.

This season on Counterclock. We're going inside a law enforcement investigation that has been locked behind closed doors for years. The further and further I dug into this crime, the stranger things got.

None of it made sense. The timing, the target, and the length of time that he stayed in the store.

What were you doing in there for 40 minutes?

My reporting led me to some unexpected places. A church in crisis, a dilapidated mental health center, a notorious street gang, and another violent shooting.

Are you familiar with Quid Pro Quo?

When you shoot somebody execution style, you've done it before.

A lot of things go down because of money.

There was also several burner phones involved.

Maybe it was an inside job.

She was angry, whatever it is about that child. Do they devilish ways?

Lide me up. Let's go.

Buckle up, because this story is anything but straightforward.

And all of a sudden I see the police come like filling the neighborhood and coming up my driveway.

Hey, we got a cop being shot out in front of my house. Major shootout. Follow me here, man. There's the f going on. Oh, Lico.

It's not a good subject to investigate or try to push on as far as reopening avenues for some cases to get it solved.

Most crimes I see it's 10,000. This was a hundred thousand. Who does not say anything for a hundred thousand?

When we first met and you provided me with this information, I mean my jaw dropped. I was like Thank God your investigative journalism.

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