The courthouse buzzed with anticipation. Marlo, the blackmailed politician, was finally going to face justice.
Outside, the court house, the public gallery was packed with the media thronged outside, news vans filling every available space and reporters at the ready with their cameras and note pads
It was so tense that the air practically crackled with it.
As Marlo was being escorted from the holding cell to the courtroom, a figure emerged from the crowd, his face obscured by a hood.
He raised a gun, took aim, and fired.
"No!" His lawyer screamed, her voice piercing the air.
Marlo crumpled to the ground, a bullet in his chest. Chaos erupted.
Security forces swarmed the area, trying to apprehend the shooter.
But he was too quick, too elusive. He disappeared into the crowd, leavi
