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“From a distance. I’ll need to talk to the police and give them what I know.”

“Absolutely.”

“What happens now? With the case.”

“I have no clue. I assume the judge will adjourn for the day. This is unbelievable.”

“Did she kick out the DNA again?”

“No, it’s in. She ruled for us. But I don’t know what will happen without Sanger.”

Bosch realized that Haller would not have been allowed to use his phone in the courtroom.

“Where are you?” he asked.

“The hall outside the courtroom,” Haller said. “The judge sent me out to find you and Sanger. Who was the shooter?”

“I don’t know but he was in the courtroom today. Back row. I saw him.”

“A Latino guy?”

“Yeah.”

“I saw him too. I don’t remember him from previous days.”

“I don’t either. I’m heading back but I’ll probably be tied up with the police for a while.”

“Got it. I’ll go see what the judge wants to do.”

Bosch disconnected and walked north on Grand, turned right on First, and headed to the Civic Center. He was thankful it was downhill most of the way. By the time he got back to the federal courthouse, the entire Spring Street side of the building was cordoned off with crime scene tape, and the area was overrun with officers from the LAPD, the sheriff’s department, and the U.S. Marshals Service.

Bosch walked up to an LAPD officer standing at the yellow tape. His name tag saidFRENCH.

“The courthouse is closed, sir,” French said.

“I’m a witness,” Bosch said. “Who do I talk to?”

“A witness to what?”

“To the deputy getting shot. I followed the shooter but lost him.”

The officer suddenly looked alert.

“All right, you need to stay here.”

“Fine.”

Officer French took a step back and started talking into his radio.

As Bosch waited, he saw a van from Channel 5 pull to the curb. A woman with perfectly coiffed hair jumped out of the passenger side with a microphone already in her hand.

PART FOURTEEN

EL CAPITAN

48

LATE FRIDAY MORNINGI was summoned to Judge Coelho’s courtroom. It had been three days since she had adjourned the habeas hearing in the wake of Stephanie Sanger’s murder. I had spent most of that time watching and reading news reports on the killing, waiting for the media to connect the dots. Finally, there was a story this morning in theTimesby their veteran crime reporter James Queally that delved deeply into Sanger’s background and activities, and most likely that had prompted the summons from the judge.

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