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There's no obvious motive when a police officer is killed in a drive-by shooting on the steps of his own house. But after Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) trace the "murder car" to a man named Hymie Flores (Paul Picerni), it becomes obvious that the killer was ex-con Jake Carver (Tony Barrett), who had a personal vendetta against the victm. Ultimately, Carver is arrested for another killing and sentenced to life imprisonment. Still hoping to gather enough evidence to send Carver to the gas chamber, Friday goes undercover as a fellow prisoner. This episode is based on the Dragnet radio broadcast of March 2, 1950.