Please. Maam, your son has been shot. We have to call the police. Now, what is your name . Lupe rodriguez. And your son whos wounded . Jorge. Please, go and check on him. Please. Mommy. Please. Hes going to be okay, baby. Hes going to be okay. Kids lucky. Still critical, but the docs say he should make it through surgery. Wheres the mother . In the waiting room with her older son. Real shaken up. singing aloud getting to know you. Getting to know all about you. Getting to like you. Getting to hope you like me. Is someone getting to know your credit . Not without your say so. Credit lock lets you lock and unlock your transunion Credit Report with the swipof a finger. Get onetouch credit lock, plus your score and report at transunion. Com she had the kid in her arms. Came from over there. I carried him in. Bleeding all over the place. You search the building . Yes. Didnt even wait to see if her son was dead or alive. Youre from special victims . Yeah, we hdle the child abandonment cases. Now, jorge. Hows he doing . Just out of surgery. And the mother was acting strange . Doctor jorge was shot once in the lower abdomen. Any idea how old he is . Five, maybe six. What are his chances . We got the slug. Didnt hit any major arteries or organs. Hel recover from this. But hes got bigger problems. Bigger problems than getting shot . Chest film showed multiple healed rib fractures so ordered a skeletal survey. Found even more healed fractures. His left ulna,umerus, one on each side of his face. Doctor said the kid had the crap kicked out of him for years. And nobody in that er recognized him . Or the name. No Jorge Rodriguez or anyone matching those injuries having been treated there. Mother gave a phony home address and Social Security number. I mean, lupes probably not even her real name. So theyre new in the area or the mother hit a different hospital every time the boy was injured. Makes it harder to pick up on the abuse. Could be shes protecting a boyfriend who thought the kid was an inconvenience. How about the victim or his brother were playg with a gun . No stippling or powder burns, bullet was sti inside of him. He had to be shot from some kind of distance. Great. So weve got false i. D. On the victim and the mother no perp, no weapon. Do we at least have a crime scene . Benson checked communications and the local precinct. No reports of any shootings around the time the boy was brought in. Well, that woman couldnt have run very far carrying 50 extra pounds. Cab or car service wouldve dropped them right off at the emergency room doors. Cragen fin, john, check with transit, just in case. After that, call every e. R. In the five boroughs see if anyone remembers a child with o john does old injuries. Chances are this family lives somewhere near that hospital. And the kids had to go to school somewhere. Stabler do you recognize this child . Thats miguel ramos, one of our first graders. What happened to him . Benson he was shot. Oh, good lord. How is he . Stabler critical but the doctors expect him to recover. Luis is miguels brother . Yeah, one of our fifth graders. Both Good Students quiet, never cause any trouble. Were looking for their mother but she gave a phony name and address at the hospital. That must be a habit of hers. The letter i sent to their home last week came back today no such address. Phone numbers out of service, too. Thats why i was looking for luis this morning. Her name is maria. Maria ramos. 522 cherry street. Thats in the middle of the east river park. Now, she would have had to show proof of her current address to register the boys, right . Yeah, i have a copy of her lease. I mean, she enrolled the boys last month. Everything seemed in order. Its a standard form. She could have bought it at any Stationery Store and forged it. Okay, is there a father . Well, not in any of the paperwork. Must be out of the picture. What about an Emergency Contact number, a place where she works . Mmm, no, just a home number. But i know she has a job. Luis takes miguel to a youth center on essex street okay. Thank you. Man miguel and luis are regulars. We try to keep these latchkey kids off the street and out of trouble. How did it happen . Thats what were trying to find out. Are there any friends that we can talk to . Yeah. Hey, kevin can you take over for a minute . Whats up, mr. Penza . These detectives need some information. Thiss kevin mcdonald. Hes one of our counselors. How can i help you . Tell us about the ramos brothers. Two great kids. Luis is one step away from his red belt. Hes got a mean flying side kick. You ever see their mother pick them up from school . Yeah, she was here yesterday. Comes by, ke, once a week. The rest of the time luis is more like miguels father. He makes sure nobody messes with him. Anybody know where they live . I walked miguel home one night when luis s out sick. Benson nobody named ramos on here. I lived in a building for four years they never put my name on the buzzer. Ill ring the super. Liv. Whats that look like . It goeall the way down the building. Shooter either got him going into the building. Or coming out. Theres no blood on the stoop or the sidewalk. I dont see any blood on the walls. Doesnt look like theres any in the street, either. But theres some over here. Trajectory of the slugs show the weapon was fired at a low angle. Someone crouching down across the seet . Nah, more likely a driveby. We found more slugs than shells so some of the shells mightve ejected into this car. Or rolled into the sewer. Thats not all. Angles of the slug marks on the building get more and more blunt from the stoop to the ley. So the car had to stop. Benson so the shooter fired at somebody coming out of the building and then escaped into that alley. Might explain these. Skid marks. Yeah, and theyre fresh ones. Stopped car, peeled out, he left that behind. Sideswiped him. A silver car, black paint. Peter, get a shot of this. Peter got it well get the chemistry set out match the paint to the manufacturer. How long before you get us a make and model on that car . For you two, give me a day. Benson any luck on the canvass . Hear no evil, see no evil. Zero witnesses. But we found the kids apartment. They live with grandma. Last night, when i came home, the boys werent he so i thought maybe maria took luis and miguel for the night. kettle whistling well, they live here, but maria doesnt . whistling continues last month, she shows up at my door and asks me to take care of the boys. sniffling it was the second me that i see them in two years. Where is maria staying . I dont know where. With some friends. But she said that it was temporary until she find a place of her own. Why would anyone want to harm them . Last year. She was arrested with drugs. I gave her the bail money because she told me that her boyfriend could never find out. When she came here with my grandsons i asked her if she was back with the drugs and shswore to me that it was all behind her. But i knew she was in trouble. Marias boyfriend do you know where he lives . In the bronx. They live together. Well need that address. You said that you tried to reach maria buyou couldnt. This is her telephone number whe she works. So restaurant. In case the boys got sick. Two other detectives were here yesterday asking about maria. Dont you people communicate with each other . That would be much too efficient for a bureaucracy like ours. These detectives say where they were from . No, but they were undercover. Looked more like drug dealers than cops. What did you tell them . She scheduled to work here today . She didnt show up. Not like her at all. Hard worker, good attitude. Until today. But if she dont call me, i got to let her go. She seem uneasy about anything lately . Yeah, two days ago. She was working the grill. Some customer comes in, calls her by name. And she makes like she dont even know the guy. Then she said she was sick and she had to go home. Okay. If you see her. Yeah, dont worry. I have her paycheck. Shell call me. phone ringing hello . knocking yes . Police. Im detective stabler. This is my partner, detective benson. You are . Fredo garcia. How can i help you . Were here about your family. Did something happen to them . Benson when were they last here . About a month ago. I was away on business. Came back, they were gone. Can you tell me what this is about . Miguel was hurt. Did she do it . Why would you say that . I came home one night, she was hitting miguel. I warned herf she did it again, id call the cops. I guess thats why she left. But you didnt report them missing . I looked for them myself. Didnt have any luck. She wanted to leave me. I figured what am i going to do to stop her . How long were you two together . Two years. And she gave you no indication where she mightve gone . Didnt even leave a note. If youind them, will you tell them id like her and the boys to come back . We sure will. Hes so concerned that maria beat miguel but doesnt ask what happened to him. Wonder what fredo does for a living. Somebodys dealing out of here. Could explain marias drug problem. Last year, maria was busted with a dozen dime bags of heroin and a thousand dollars cash. Possession with inte to sell first offense, da knocked it down. She did a year on probation. Slinging burgers to support her kids. We figure out their movements the day of the shooting . The kids went to school and the youth cent as usual. Maria picked them up. We dont know where she was before that. Now were thinking they all went to marias mothers place even though it was just miguel who got shot. From there, they ran the three blocks to the hospital. Well, what about the exboyfriend . Munch is running a rap sheet on him now. Now, fredos story is maria left because he threatened to call the cops on her for beating up her boys. Maybe miguel can tell us what happened. Hes asking for his mother. Benson whats going on . Doctor told me not to say anything. What happened . Miguel is dead. They just told us that he was awake. Complications from surgery . Pillow over his face. I have tried so hard to forget what it felt like when someone told me i had colon cancer. Scan that showed it had gone to her liver. It was pretty intee and we had to move pretty quickly. We needed a second opinion. Thats when our journey began with Cancer Treatment centers of america. One of our questions was, how are we going to address my liver . So dr. Litvak had said, i think we could do both surgeries together, i loved that to find out more about our treatment options, goo cancercenter. Com. Our teams of physicians and clinicians are experienced and compassionate bringing you a level of care you wont find anywhere else. My health is good. Cancer Treatment Centers of america, you have people that really care. They are my family now. These people are saints. Theyre saints. Please call or visit cancercenter. Com today. The evolution of cancer care is here. Cancer Treatment Centers of america. Care that never quits. I was checking his vitals. He was stable, awake, alert. I walked out to get a peds Blood Pressure cuff. I was only gone five minutes. All right, now, when you were in there did miguel say anything about the shooting . He asked for his mother and his brother, thats all. Okay, think really hard. You remember seeing any strangers on the floor . Uh, just some visitors and a maintenance man. Oh, my god. What . The maintenance guy. He passed the nurses station as i was going back to miguel. Someoni havent seen before. Think. Can you describe to us what he looks like . Uh, hispanic. Average height, uh, dark hair. Okay, well need you to describe him to a sketch artist. Ill tell my boss. Good. Lets go. A pair of patrols found a maintenance workers uniform in the mens room on the first floor. The nurse saw him just before she found miguel. Does the mothers exboyfriend look good for this . Well have the nurse work with a sketch artist. All right, look, i want everybody who works in this hospital inrviewed, quick. Miguels mother and brother could be next. You look like you could use some caffeine. 12 hours sack time would be a lot better. Sketch of your guy. Anything back from the lab yet dozens of prints taken from the hospital room. No word yet if it matches anyone in our system. Results are in on the sideswiped car from the scene of the driveby. Your shooter drove a ack 98 lexus. Why dont you guys catch an hour or two up ithe crib . Well cover for you. Thanks. Mmm. Thank you. Thats going to have to wait. Whats the problem . That was maria ramoss bo. Shes going to pick up her check. no audio manager just gave me the headsup. Wake up call. Shes at the counter. Neither did we. At . Olivia said she didnt see her coming in. Whos that . Not maria. On the way out. Leather jacket, orange pan. We got her. You want us to take her . No, not yet. Looks like shes heading for the bus stop. You think shes just bringing that check to maria . I think thatd be too easy. speaking spanish hey, luis. Woman leave him alone let go of me i didnt do anything youre not in trouble. Were cops; were here to help you. Whats going on here . Lets start with your real name. Annie colon. Annie colon. Why are u picking up maria ramoss paycheck . She asked me to. Where is she . I dont know. She slept on my couch for the last week. Then, last night, she said she hado leave. Told me to give her check to luis. Stabler you lying to us . Im telling the truth, i swear. Luis, wheres your mother . Thats a tough guy. He doesnt want to work with us. I tell you what, if you want to play it that way. What are you doing . benson taking him in. For what . Hes ten years old hes truant. Luis stop let go luis, we want to help you. But you have to help us, too. Why was your mom scared to pick up her own paycheck . Did you see miguel . Yeah, we saw him. Now, look, we know you and your mom are in trouble and we want to protect you but weve got to talk to her first. Luis, tells where you and your mom are staying. No. Im not telling you. That kids hanging tough. Can we hold him . For cutting class . As a material witness. We know he saw something. We put him in the system they put him in juvenile detention which just terrifies him further. He didnt do anything; lets try harder. Poor kid doesnt even know about his brother. Luis have anything on him . A few bucks, a slip of paper with the word liberty written on it, a School Subway pass. And transit says most trips originated from the lawrenc street station. They could be stayingnear there. Then thats where we look for maria. Start with every place that has liberty in the name. I havent seen anyone like that around here. Anyone move into the building in the last few days . No, no new tenants in six months. Okay, thanks. Weve been to liberty apartments, liberty hotel. Theres a liberty avenue exit off the van wyck in queens. You know, this is going to take us at least a month. Maria must be going out of her mind wondering why luis hasnt come home. Whats next on the list . Liberty knick knacks. If libertys not the name of the place where shes staying well, maybe its where shes got a new job. Im not seeing anybody. Right there. Benson maria. Go down that aisle. Can help you . Maria ramos . Calm down, maria. Were the police. We need you to come with us. Why . Why . You left miguel in the hospital. Well, i had to. Whats wrong . My baby is he okay . Lets talk privately. No, no, no, tell me whats going on . Tell me, how is my baby . Miguels dead. What are you talking about . What are you talking about . Hes fine; hes in a good hospital were sorry, maria. No, no, no, youre wrong youre so wrong hes fine the doctor told me he was going to be okay. Why dont we talk somewhere else . sobbing no, please, no its okay. Its all right; come on. No, youre not sorry you never helped me what if you had a medical emergency away from home . My chest hurts. I cant breathe. What you need is mobile help. Americas premier mobile medical alert system. Most systems only work at home. But with mobile help, you get help outside the home, with coverage nationwide on one of the largest cellular networks, at the press of a button. I couldnt dial 911 because i was out of it. I just pushed the button and when i woke up i was in the hospital. I dont have to worry about if im near help or if i even know where i am. I have mobile help. They know where i am. I have a number of health issues. If you were to call 911, they would not know what your issues are. Mobile help has all of that on file so the Emergency Responders already know what my needs are. There are things i wouldnt do if i didnt have mobile help. With mobile help i feel safe, i feel secure, and i have my lifeack. Call the number on your screenfor a free full color brochure. Well send you everything you need including this base station, the patented mobile device, and the waterproof pendant and wrist button. You can also add the fall button that automatically detects falls and signals help even if you are unconscious and unable to press the button. There is no equipment to buy and no longterm contract. For a limited time, you will also receive a free emergency key box with your plan purchase. Dont settle for a medical alertsystem that only works at home. Mobile help has given me my life because im not restricted anymore. I have freedom to live now. Join the thousands of people nationwide already using mobile help. And remember. Mobile help you pay your Car Insurance premium like clockwork. Month after month. Year after year. Then one night, you hydroplane into a ditch. Yeah. Surprise. Your Insurance Company tells you to pay up again. Why pay for insurance if you have to y even more for using it . If you have Liberty Mutual deductible fund , you could pay no deductible at all. Sign up to immediately lower your deductible by 100. And keep lowering it 100 annually, until its gone. Then continue to earn that 100 every year. Theres no limit to how much you can earn and this savings applies to every vehicle on your policy. Call to learn more. Switch to Liberty Mutual and you could save up to 509. Call Liberty Mutual for a free quote today at Liberty Mutual insurance. Does luis know about miguel . We havent said anything yet. Where is he . I have to tell him. Hes here, hes safe. Let me see him. Maria, luis is going to a shelter until we can place him in a foster home. You cant take him away from me, hes my son. So was miguel but where were you when he needed you . I loved him. Thats a hl of a way to show it leaving him in that hospital like that. I thought he would be safe there. From the person who shot him or whoever used him as a punching bag . Healed fractures in both arms and ribs. He had a broken nose, his jaw was cracked twice. Was it you . I never laid a hand on my kids her word against his. Whose word . Fredo. You talked to fredo . He knows im here . He knows luis is h