there's been a culture of lawlessness out here for many years. ford heights is such a close-knit community. they have that, "we're not telling on anybody" type of attitude here. >> we want to know where he's at so we can put him in handcuffs. >> there's the guy we're looking for. >> who knows who he's going to shoot next. he needs to be off the street and needs to be off the streets now. from a manhunt in the city's gang-ridden south suburbs to the crystal meth traffickers in the city's gay community, the county investigators are pursuing leads in two uniquely closed worlds. >> it's huge up north in boystown.

we haven't even peeked into it. you'll ever worked with the police before or no? when you work in the jail, you come across like tons of cases. and for about the the last year, anybody in cook county that's been housed here for methamphetamines, there's about a 90% chance that i've interviewed them at one point or another. >> but that meth, it was too strong for me. >> was it really? >> yeah.

it was too strong for me. >> you just didn't like the high, huh? >> no. >> in the past decade, chicago's witnessed the rise of a new and powerfully addictive drug -- crystal methamphetamine. meth-related arrests cut across class and race lines, landing suspected users and dealers from all parts of the city and suburbs in cook county jail. it's here that they join thousands of other detainees being held for trial. most have been charged with crimes, but not convicted. >> you guys got a lot of meth out by you? >> criminal intelligence unit investigator mike davis is looking for the right detainees to help him understand the city's meth trafficking network. >> a lot of people that use meth, i would honestly say that these -- places like this actually save some of them. but a lot of them don't even make it in here. >> right -- >> you don't even see the sores on the face, the rotted out teeth. i grew up in the crack era.

and this is different. meth is a whole new ball game from crack. >> what's the difference? >> to me, it's more money, it's cheaper to make, and people stay higher longer. >> they won't -- it won't last long. gangbangers won't let them sell meth? >> why? >> because it takes away from the crack deals. >> but there's one market where the meth trade is thriving, with no signs of letting up. the gay community. >> meth or -- >> no. all my boys that are homosexual, they got -- they need like quick access to meth. >> it's huge, you know, up north in boystown. we haven't even peeked into it. the community itself is just, it's a closed door. >> chicago's boystown neighborhood, named for its gay-friendly businesses and culture, is located four miles north of downtown. it's also known for its bathhouses and all-nightclub scene, where many patrons allegedly two to score meth to enhance their sex drive. >> is it prevalent in the gay community?

>> it's faster that you can come into the city. you smoke and smoke. it releases the serotonin levels in your brain, which gives you a very euphoric high, it's a very sexual high. >> davis and sheriff's police investigators are gaining a firsthand glimpse into a subculture they know little about. this inmate, who we're calling tango for his protection, comes from that world. >> he's got more meth busts than anybody i have ever come in counter, and he's looking for help on his case. he's going to be honest. he's got no choice but to be. >> the way you get hooked on meth, if you've got a regular 9:00 to 5:00 job, and somebody introduces it to you on a friday night, it's so potent, you stay awake the entire weekend -- >> but don't you peak during that high? >> it's an entire peak. >> what is the feeling? is it comparable to heroin? >> no.

if you drink ten cups of coffee, and your head starts tingling from the caffeine rush, it's a constant that. like zzzz. the longest i ever stayed up was 19 days -- >> can't you die? >> 19 days, no sleep? >> can't you die? >> and this was continuous, everyday use, over and over and over? every day? >> yep. come up with -- >> with his lengthy arrest record, tango faces up to 12 years in prison for drug possession and delivery charges if convicted. so he's hoping to strike a plea deal with the state's attorney by giving up his meth connections. it's uncharted waters for investigators, who have never worked a case in boystown before. >> do you notice that he and i coordinated our shirts for this interview. >> i noticed the color. >> it was huge. we were planning all day for this interview. >> and dean just didn't care.

>> i didn't get the phone call. >> any of the buyers up and down and get served crystal meth at any time? >> if you know somebody. >> you've just got to go to know where to look, right? >> yeah, it's not like if you walked into a bar in boystown and said, where can i get some tweak? >> is that the street word? tweak? >> no, tina. >> meth is something i've never dealt with before. so i was interested to say what he had to say. we're not dealing with a gang member. we're gang intelligence, but we're never going to turn down intel that comes out of the jail, whether it's gang related or not. we don't know where this is going to go. >> 35 miles south of the boystown neighborhood is an entirely different world. where police answer shots fired calls on a weekly, sometimes daily basis.

>> yeah, you guys -- everything all right? >> [ inaudible ] >> are you guys in your house? there's shooting out there going on, and you know they're looking for you guys. so just stay in the house, okay? all right. there's a call right now, a man with a gun. he's looking for this girl. she just called now to ask what's going on. a.j., you on 16? there was a turf war last night over who's going to sell drugs in a certain location in ford heights. we have one of the guys in custody right now. one of the guys looking to kill him now want to go after his girlfriend. >> what happens next will trigger an all-out manhunt for a suspect terrorizing a community.

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♪ >> no weapons, no known intoxications. >> we're on our way right now. so if you see anything, you got my number. we will be out there all night. >> far from the chicago that most people know is one of the poorest suburbs in the u.s. it's the village of ford heights. the cook county sheriff's police inherited all law enforcement duties here after budgetary problems shut down the local police force.

today, investigators matt gena and zach smith are searching for one particular gang member. he was last seen waving a gun at women and children on a neighborhood block. >> he was on a bicycle and point a gun, and he got his crew with him. >> who -- >> i was face-to-face. he was right there, holding a gun. i'm telling him, watch out. man. >> he pointed the gun towards you? >> he was pointing it at them, but when i said something, he pointed it at me and he took off that way. i was sitting in the chair and the kids were shooting hoops and i was trying to keep them from getting shot and i tripped. >> you all right? >> yeah, my foot just a little swell. i was trying to push my kids and the neighbor's kids. >> he really can't run that far. this town ain't that big. >> somebody's always hiding him. >> gena and smith know the alleged gunman well. he's had multiple run-ins with police over the years.

we'll call him booth to maintain his anonymity. because he's affiliated with a gang, like so many other men in ford heights, most residents here won't turn him in. >> so many people out here hiding him. >> and won't nobody tell. you know, they act like they're scared. >> yesterday he was shooting on that gun on diplomat, just popping it off, random. >> i lost a child five years ago. i ain't got time for this, no guns. >> i'll be back around and we'll be in the area tonight, okay? >> okay. >> there's a guy we're looking for. >> he's going to be hiding up somewhere. craziest thing is, all these people know each other. you know, they all grew up together. they've all known each other for generations, and they still have these type of beefs with each other. it's just unreal.

>> need to see i.d.s on everybody else. >> together with their fellow officers, gena and smith begin turning up the heat on the area. they're hoping to catch a fresh lead on their suspect. >> did my partner tell you what's going on? we're looking for [ bleep ]. spread the word, okay? we're going to be out here until we find him. >> that's cool. >> so just spread the word. thank you. yeah, persistence pays off in this job. you stay on that guy, you stay on him long enough and you're going to get him. we're going to get him. do you ever see the gay community getting away from meth? >> absolutely not. >> no way, huh? >> it just keeps going heavier and heavier and heavier and heavier. >> what's the most you've ever seen? >> meth? it looked like a big block of ice.

18, 20 inches long, and they were just shipping it away. >> mike davis wants to ill fill trait the crystal meth traffic with the help of after cook county jail inmate. this confidential source whom we're calling tango is a known meth user and dealer. he's giving up his connections in return for consideration from prosecutors. >> this guy that got popped off, you said, earlier, if he was the main guy, who's out there picking up where he left off? >> tango's agreed to identify big-time and small-time dealers in boystown, a predominantly gay neighborhood on the north side that also happens to be the city's leading hub of meth use. >> how many dealers would you say boystown has? like, off the top of your head. >> 50, 60. >> how many people do you think you can identify, like, if i were to give you pictures? >> oh, lots.

>> what about this one? >> he's a full-time dealer. he does bike messenger. >> who's this guy? >> really nice guy, does hair. he's a hairstylist. >> okay, he's just pretty much supporting his own habit? >> yeah. >> this guy? >> he's a drag queen. he sells regularly. >> that's perfect. what about this gentleman? >> smalltime sales, prostitution. >> do you think he's a good-looking guy. >> absolutely not. >> he's a cheap prostitute, huh? >> very cheap. >> there's your main guy. >> this is the main guy. >> this is a triangle. all three of these guys get it from him. right now he's the one wearing the crown. >> is that what you guys refer to it as? >> yeah. >> take your pick which one you want and we'll try to pick out a certain subject or a certain two subjects and we're going to go from there. >> but i'll tell you what. you want to find an infestation of tweakers and rollers, you go

to the bat houses. meth and sex are synonymous. so meth allows you to have sex with people you wouldn't normally have sex, because it makes you really horny. >> so essentially you're sleeping with all your client s if you're a meth dealer. >> a lot of times. not me, personally. >> no, i'm sure not you. >> for davis and the sheriff's police, the next step is to start making undercover buys from the top dealers in boystown. because tango's in jail, they'll need the help of his longtime boyfriend on the street to introduce them to the targets. tango's boyfriend is a meth user as well, but he's less experienced with the drug trade and is getting cold feet. so tango twists his arm in a last-ditch plea. >> listen, listen. they said they can even send in an officer with you, that you can introduce, and then he can take it from there.

the quicker that you do something for them, the quicker they can go to the state's attorney and start working. you see what i'm saying? >> his partner's a pretty innocent kid. we asked his partner, you know, what was your gateway drug to meth? he's like, you know, there really wasn't a gateway. you know, the guy in jail introduced me to this stuff. >> can you try and something like that up? can you? can you? okay. when? all right. love you. bye. so, i mean, he's game. i'm game. and i'm going to push him to do it. >> however, as police take the operation to the next level, they worry that tango's partner might be in over his head. >> you a little nervous or what? >> i'm just trying to be as natural as possible. >> right.

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you could go in and get a gram. they'll front the money, so it's whatever's easiest. >> with chicago's crystal meth traffic on the rise, investigator mike davis has recruited an informant from the city's number one hub of meth use, the gay community. >> you can't just do this. you have to coordinate this through davis, because they have to give you the money and know exactly when you're going in and coming out. >> but as long as this informant, whom we're calling tango, is in jail, he needs his boyfriend on the outside to set up targets for police. >> yeah. we're on our way. all right, be good. >> four days later, tango's partner comes through. he arranges a buy with a major dealer. now davis and investigator dimas hernandez are headed to boystown to brief him before the deal

goes down. several undercover units will be joining them to conduct surveillance. >> he's just got to go in there and do what he normally does when he does one of these purchases. there's nothing special that he has to do. just be normal. >> he's really nervous. he does not feel comfortable at all, and the only reason he's doing it is because he cares about his partner. >> we'll have plenty of guys on the street, in undercover vehicles. >> see him? >> right there. that's him. >> yep, that's him. looking high and low. walking up to you, right behind you, right shoulder. >> tell him to honk his horn. he's so green!

i'll meet you guys there. >> investigators move to another location, where they'll hash out a plan with tango's boyfriend. we're calling him cash to protect his identity. cash has arranged to meet the target at a downtown hotel, but is waiting for him to set a time. >> his prime target has not called him since lunch, but i know he's got -- he's got multiple people he can do. it's just his preference is this one guy. jump in. >> something he's done in the past where you've called him and then he doesn't get in touch with you until he's ready? >> that's -- i mean, that's how they all are. they do that with everybody. >> it's going to have to happen today. so i mean, do you want to try

giving him a call or --? >> um, yep. >> you a little nervous or what? >> i just want to reassure you. just do what you normally do. nothing out of the ordinary. >> absolutely not. is it going to voice mail? >> i'm just going to text him. >> do you think he's still at lunch or what? >> the person he was at lunch with was the supplier, so -- >> do you think he's re-upped then? >> he could be, yes. >> we kind of gave him the indication we need something to happen today. we're not going to spend this kind of manpower coming out here multiple times. >> i texted him, nobody wants it to happen more than i do. >> i know. >> meanwhile, on the far south end of cook county, the clock is ticking for investigators there. 35 miles from boystown, the sheriff's police are on the hunt

for an armed gang member in ford heights. >> i'm going to head over toward where j.t. set up over there. >> investigators conrad edgett and zach smith are among those searching for the suspect we're calling booth to remain his anonymity. he threatened people with a gun or fired shots in a public area. >> he has a warrant for his arrest right now. word's going to spread pretty quickly that he's a person of interest. if he has any kind of brain power left at all, he's going to try to change up his behavior patterns. >> he has a tendency to lie low at times, and he springs you least expect him. >> so now, every arrestee in ford heights to traffic violators to drug offenders is getting squeezed for information about booth opinion.

>> do you know who i'm talking about? >> you don't want to -- >> you know who you're talking about. >> you know who i'm referring to? >> i know who you're referring to. >> you could really help yourself out if i found him, like, today. >> but the code of silence here runs deep. ford heights is a uniquely closed community, held hostage by gangs and narcotics dealers. >> cafe, pearl status, and grey [ inaudible ]. >> men like booth are just one symptom of deeper-rooted problems that have plagued ford heights for generations. in a community of roughly 3,000 residents, half live below poverty level. job opportunities are few and far between, so the quickest fix for many here is to sell drugs. >> my whole life, 27 years i've been here. ain't no jobs out here or nothing.

look at this. it's a slum. poverty. >> nobody deals drugs because they like it. they deal because they make money. >> i'm 26 years old. i've got three kids. i'm enjoying myself every day out here. i'm living me. y'all have a beautiful day. >> a lot of families have come to depend on it. they may have a 14-year-old son and the mother's got two or three kids and this 14-year-old son's bringing home $500 a week, selling drugs. that's the only income that she has. >> hey, jake, goldie mike's at the liquor store. he's got braids and a red leather jacket. allegedly, that's the guy who's running that spot. >> with drugs come gangs. and three groups dominate in ford heights. the gangster disciples, the vice lords, and the four corner hustlers. they complete for territory

within a two-square-mile area that's divided in half by a highway. the recent closing of 100 public housing units in the southern half has forced many of those residents to relocate north, including gang members. among them, booth. a four corner hustler, who's allegedly trying to move his drug sales into rival turf. >> in order to keep the profit up, he has to take a spot over here. well, these guys, they don't want to give that spot up. that's why we had gunshots today, we had gunshots yesterday, and it's going to continue. >> everything was somewhat fine when people stayed over here and the people stayed over there, but now you put them together, and it's a recipe for disaster. >> based on past experience, police know that booth's enemies have a better chance of finding him first, but it's often the

the law-abiding citizens that get caught in the middle and pay a price. >> i just hope that, you know, he doesn't hurt anybody else before we get ahold of him.

do you think you can get out of there within 30 minutes of showing up? with an excuse, or a reason, so he doesn't freak out? >> i understand he's a friend or what not -- >> i just have to get out of the room, right? >> yeah, with the product. >> together with the cook county sheriff's police, investigator mike davis is coaching a first-time informant from chicago's boystown neighborhood. they've enlisted his help to set up a prominent crystal meth dealer in the gay community. the informant, whom we're calling cash, is working on behalf of his boyfriend in jail. >> this has to go, you know -- this has to happen for me too, you know? >> cash isn't the only one learning on the fly today. investigators are just beginning to understand the drug subculture of boystown. it's here that crystal meth addiction is on the rise. according to the chicago

department of public health, 10% of local gay men have used meth, which is also linked to higher rates of unprotected sex and the spread of hiv. >> meth, in general, you always hear, it's coming to your city, it's coming to your city, and when it does, it's going to take over. they say it ruins your whole life, it ruins your community. be if you can say you were a part of trying to stop it when it first started becoming prevalent in chicago, that's why we're here. that's what we do for a living. >> but as davis discovers, meth dealers can be just as slippery as any other target in the drug game. >> he said he'd be back at 8:00 p.m. if you want to hang out tonight, with i'm down with that. >> cash and his dealer had previously agreed to meet this afternoon, but now that plan will have to change.

the team reconvenes later that night, while cash stays in contact with their target. an hour and a half passes until the target says he's still making deliveries to other customers. he won't make it back to his hotel, so police call it quits. >> this is the game. >> the informant made an effort. you know, he tried. but he has no control over what the target's going to do. for cash, it was his best chance to try to get his boyfriend out of jail and now it's gone. >> he's crying a little bit. he's really upset. i think this is the first time i've ever had a guy cry when something doesn't work out. it's usually me that's crying when it doesn't work out. >> police decide to give him one more shot to set up another

target in boystown, but it's got to happen fast. >> round two, he'll probably be a little more seasoned and crafty in order to try to make something like this happen. because, you know, he has to be. he's got two days. [ police siren ] >> while the team on the city's north side faces a setback, another unit catches a possible break in the far south suburbs. >> liquor city. down chicago road. >> they've nabbed a suspect on a minor drug offense who says they can help him find the alleged gunman we've been calling booth. booth's been in hiding in ford heights, and investigators conrad edgett and zach smith are eager to find him. >> we want to know where he's at

so we can put him in handcuffs, okay? can you help us do that? >> before somebody else gets shot. >> but now that they've returned to the station, they sense that their detainees had a change of heart. >> listen to me, all right? if you're going to tell us where he's at, we'll go get him. you'll sit here. and if it's all good, we'll let you go. >> yeah, we won't bring him back here. we'll bring him someone else. he ain't going to see you. >> don't think you're just going to tell us something and we're going to let you go. it don't work that way. >> we asked him on scene and he said he knew where this person was. so we said, okay, well, we're not going to interview you out here in the street where everybody's watching and is trying to listen. we'll bring you back to the station. once we got him here, he says to me, what was that guy's name again? >> edgett and smith send their detainee off to jail and it

isn't along before booth emerges from hiding again. this time he allegedly does what police all feared he'd do. >> he just shot a girl about two hours ago. so -- >> sandoval police, meet us at 13th and lexington. 13th and lexington. >> we're using some of our informants and we're trying to get realtime about where they think he may be. >> police! come to the door! >> he said he's not going to go easy, that if he has to shoot the police, he will. u can put am and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i already called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing anything until after we get our homework done. thank you. hello? test drive's not over yet. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. [ louder ] hello? but we still need your signature.

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unit's at 13th and lexington. 13th and lexington. >> all right, sarge, we're rolling. >> an all-out manhunt is unfolding in chicago's south suburban ford heights, where a fugitive we've been calling booth allegedly shot a woman just hours ago. witnesses say he was aiming at a local man on a neighborhood block, but hit the man's girlfriend instead. the bullet went through her leg and booth fled on foot. now 22 members of the sheriff's gang and fugitive warrants team are descending on the area to find their suspect. >> he did make comments that we're getting from people that we talked to that he is not afraid to shoot at the police, he's not afraid to do what he needs to do to get away.

if he decides that that's the way he wants to go, we'll handle our business on our end. >> police are blanketing ford heights. but they're not going in blind this time. they've enlisted paid street informants to chase down leads into booth's whereabouts. sergeant jason o'malley is helping to lead the search. >> just keep working those phones. see what you can find out. >> we're working four different informants right now. all of them have some decent information. it's just, you're getting it in bits and pieces. >> where's the [ inaudible ] right now? >> their latest tip, booth's still in the area, riding in the black mustang with another gang member. >> two different sources now say black mustang. no plate, no nothing. >> the unit's trying to get more help right now. >> o'malley's team hits the blocks where his friends and

associates live. >> ford heights is such a close-knit community. they have that "we're not telling on anybody" attitude around here. >> believe me, he's not around here now. >> okay, we believe you. >> he escaped. >> without our informants, we would not have decent information. >> things begin moving quickly when another unit spots a black mustang parked a few blocks away. >> we're at the end of the block. [ knocking on door ] >> police, come to the door. police, come to the door! >> the owner of the mustang emerges, the same man who was

with booth earlier. >> yeah, we've got [ muted ]. he came out of the house. >> this is the story. you know we're out here, right? where is he at? >> who? >> we're going to try one more time, okay? let's start over. where is he at? the last time you saw him, he was in the back of your car, but where's he at now? >> i dropped him off at the store. >> what store? >> at the store up the street. i was like, man, what you wanted for? he was like, man, i need to get up out of here. and i took him to the store, that's it. >> who's home this? >> that's my girl's house. that's her mama's house. >> there's nobody else in that house? >> just me. i'm waiting her to come back, that's it! i don't know what the [ muted ] is going on, none of that. >> you don't know what's going on? you don't live in ford heights? >> yeah. >> well, you know we've been

looking for [ bleep ] for a while. >> but i ain't got nothing to do with that. >> what do you mean? you riding around with him in your car. >> i don't know that. >> police get consent to move in, bracing for a fight. >> i don't know -- >> don't be mad that i don't believe you. >> they clear the house within minutes. booth's not there. and his friend, now in custody, is feeling the heat. >> did he tell you what he did? >> no, he ain't tell me -- he just said he needed to go [ inaudible ]. >> but he didn't tell you what he was going there for? >> if what his friend's saying is true, booth is headed ten miles south to a town outside of cook county. >> he's saying that he thinks he's hiding somewhere in the u.p.

all right, yeah, do what you can. if you can find anything tonight -- >> investigators reach out to their informants. and over the next hour, they confirm that booth's fled to university park. now it's a matter of pinpointing exactly where he's hiding. with help from the u.s. marshals, o'malley's team uses electronic surveillance to pinpoint the fugitive. they narrow they search to a single location, an apartment complex, and get ready to make an arrest the following morning. >> 10-4. we've got two cars rolling in right now. >> this is gena, we've got it in front of us. >> one of two things, either he gives up or he's going to be fighting. >> let's see those hands!

two guys are setting up surveillance in the apartment complex. anything that moves on these apartments, we'll be taking enforcement on the street. >> police are waging a manhunt for an armed fugitive we've been calling booth in chicago's south suburbs, 39 miles south of downtown. >> the cook county sheriff's gang investigators believe their suspect is hanging out at an apartment complex, but don't know which unit yet. they've set up camp a half mile away, while undercover officers are keeping an eye on the building. they've also got confidential sources trying to verify the apartment number. >> the information we're getting from informants is saying that he will shoot up. he doesn't care if it's police or not. so keep that in mind. i just want to make sure when he starts shooting, make sure everyone finds themselves cover. or if you can see him, take him out.

>> until they're ready to go in, police are watching every car that leaves the complex to make sure the fugitive doesn't escape, and they've just spotted one vehicle whose driver could be booth. >> this is gena. we've got it in front of us. >> he said he's not going to go easy. if he has to shoot the police, he will. >> we'll be taking him down if sandpiper. let me see those hands! shut the car off with your left hand. everybody keep your hands up. hands up! >> but it's a false alarm. booth's not inside. >> what's wrong with you people? driving around with weed in your car. all right. we're going to break loose so we can head back and regroup. we're going to do an rwc on these kids. >> by the time he's doing, investigator matt gena and his team get information they need.

they get the apartment number they've been waiting for. now it's time to grab their suspect. >> it's going to be that building right there. >> gena and nine other armed officers, including several u.s. marshals, head out to the apartment. the resident there gives them permission to search. they find booth and another male inside. both surrender without incident. >> we all had that in our mind, knowing that this guy is willing to shoot police. so your alertness is definitely heightened. are we going to take him? is this going to be the time? so everything was a little bit

more stressful. that's for sure. >> authorities placed both men under arrest. they'll charge booth with 15 total felonies, including aggravates discharge of a firearm and attempted murder. he could serve life in prison if convicted. >> it's nice when you get someone like this off the street, because the violence is going to go down. even if it's just a little bit, it's better than nothing. it's not so much that you don't care about the other gang members that got shot, you don't care about that, it's the kids. i have three kids of my own at home. and my concern is all those kids that are out playing, and now it's summer vacation. that's what makes this one that much better. >> now that the manhunt's over, the sheriff's police turn their attention back to other cases. including the crystal meth traffic in boystown. investigator mike davis is moving forward with a pair of informants we're calling tango

and cash to set up that area's main meth dealers. one target's already fallen through, so davis and his street informant begin pursuing another. they've just completed their first successful buy. >> how do you think the transaction went? >> i think it was fine. >> were you really uncomfortable up there? >> i didn't act lake that, but my heart was with racing talking to him. >> really? >> yeah. >> this informant, who we've named cash, agrees to continue working with police in order to help his boyfriend bargain for probation or a reduced prison sentence. >> let's just say that the person i'm doing this for, i care a lot about. i wouldn't do this for myself. you feel like someone's outcome is completely on you. i mean, i've paid thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars for lawyers and phone calls.

i've disagreed with different decisions that he's made, but i'm not going to try to control somebody. if i'm going to stay with them, i have to accept whatever outcome. >> we had an informant in there. we also were able to make a buy out of that location and what we bought tested positive for crystal meth. >> cash scores another transaction for police several days later. it gives them the evidence they need to make their first boystown arrest. >> it's a very small apartment from what our informant's telling us. entry, mike gleason's going to be on point, followed by moose, followed by dimas. >> did you ever think you'd be doing this? >> the crazy thing is, love, somehow you justify things you'd never do, things you don't even believe in, and i have crossed lines i thought i'd never cross to help him.

>> police make a successful hit. they take their target into custody and recover the narcotics and paraphernalia they'd hoped for, thanks to cash. >> the guy was great. he was probably one of the best informants i've ever worked with on the street. >> even so, there's no guarantee that cash's efforts will pay off for his boyfriend tango, who still has to convince the state's attorney that he'll go clean if he's given a second chance. >> you know, my thought is, is he going to get back out there and use again? if you look at true addicts that are really resourceful, they usually have set up safety nets and surround themselves with enablers, and it almost appeared as if that's what was going on. we got to see his boyfriend doing anything he can to help a guy that's probably been arrested five or six times. i think he's going to feel used. there's no doubt.

>> when it comes to drugs and crime, some patterns can seem almost impossible to break. by the end of another summer in ford heights, the sheriff's police have received more than 100 calls about gunfire. even though they've aggressively reduced crime by more than 33% since they took over policing here, they still face an uphill battle. >> there's been a culture of lawlessness out here for many years. the culture of violence that's got to change. and it's only going to change when your cooperation from the residents. >> our hearts go out to the kids. you know, they didn't ask to be born into this mess. it's sad to say that some of them, their mutual may entail being out here, selling the drugs. they don't understand that life exceeds far beyond the boundaries of ford heights.