A shot rings out, loud in the night air, and John glances back briefly to make sure Root hasn't been hit. Brady is shooting wildly now that he's begun and John doesn't know how much ammo he has, doesn't know if there's a chance of him actually really hurting someone, if not one of them, then some innocent passerby.

He shoots back, one perfect shot, and Brady goes down clutching his knee. John doesn't see the man's gun, though, and so when he approaches, he does so slowly.

When Brady lifts the gun again, it isn't John he's pointing at. It's Root. John reacts without thought, lifting his weapon, firing once more, as perfect a shot as his first, though this time Patrick Brady goes very still. Then the blood begins to pool from under him, the stain spreading dark and red across his shirt.