. >> investigators conrad edgett and zach smith are among those searching for the suspect we're calling 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 pro

booth's been in hiding in ford heights, and investigators conrad edgette and zach smith are eager tohim. >> 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 dae detainee off to jail and it isn't along before booth emerges from hid