Assassination of Tom Ridenhour

"At the same time your brownstone was being burned down, Thomas Ridenhour was shot and killed. He was meeting with a confidential informant. Now, this brother, he was busy, too, 'cause he worked for you as well."

- Misty Knight and Mariah Dillard

The Assassination of Tom Ridenhour was an uplanned attack on New York City Police Department Captain Tom Ridenhour orchestrated by his informant Comanche.

Background
"AI gave you a week to get me what I need. The clock is ticking." "You're too late. Mariah's gone legit." "You're just protecting your homeboy Shades."

- Tom Ridenhour and Comanche

Former Seagate inmate Darius "Comanche" Jones was recruited by NYPD Captain Tom Ridenhour. He managed Comanche to infiltrate Harlem's Paradise and inform him about Mariah Dillard's plans. He returned to New York City and met with his friend and former inmate Shades who gave Comanche job at Paradise.

Comanche informed Ridenhour about Dillard's moves and helped them at police investigation. However, he behaved too suspiciously. Shdeas began to suspect and asked Comanche about possible snitch. To divert attention from himself, he told Shades that Sugar can be a snitch. Shades did not believe him and decided to follow him.

Assassination
"We shot a cop. How we gonna play this? No cameras. That's good. It's late. There's no one around. We can work with this." "Right." "This dirty-ass cop got to Sugar, and then he tried to flip you by threatening to send you back to jail. But you wouldn't play ball." "Never." "Shit got heated, and he pulled his gun. You killed him. It was self-defense. Plain and simple." "Word. Exactly." "You shot him first. And then with his dying breath, he raised his gun and- He died first and you bled out later."

- Shades and Comanche

Ridenhour contacted with Comanche and organized meeting at drop site without cameras. Arrived, Comanche began to worry that Shades exposed him. Ridenhour tried to calm him but saw a man who was approaching to them. When Comanche recognized Shades he quickly pulled out a gun on Ridenhour. He continued convince Shades that Sugar is a police informant and Comanche got Ridenhour as his contact. Ridenhour tried to propose Shades a deal and indirectly gave up Comanche. He shot Ridehour at the chest to save himself.

Comanche still tried to expose Shades that he is not a snitch. He played along and pretended that he believed Comanche. But used a Ridenhour's gun he shot Comanche for his betrayal and staged it to look like that Ridenhour managed to shot him. However, Shades fell for emotions and shot Comanche at close range by himself. After this, Shades leaved left two dead bodies.

Aftermath
"Mr. Alvarez, we ran your plates, and you were in the vicinity of the crime and are now a suspect." "That's thin as hell, and you know it. Mr. Alvarez has nothing to do with this, either." "Mr. Alvarez is a person of interest in the murder of Thomas Ridenhour. He was friends with the other victim and was spotted 30 blocks from the murder scene."

- Misty Knight and Benjamin Donovan

Soon, police learned about death of their captain. Detectives Misty Knight, Mark Bailey and Nandi Tyler arrived to the location and found Ridenhour's corpse. Deputy Chief Priscilla Ridley arrived to the 29th Precinct Police Station to participate investigation. They learned that Shades' car was close to in the vicinity of the crime. Shades became a suspect and was detained to interrogation. Benjamin Donovan was hired by Bushmaster who earned all Dillard's money and did not defend him. But police had no evidence aganist Shades and he was set free.

Later, Shades decided to testify aganist Dillard and gave them all information about her crimes and, also, he told them about Ridenhour's murder. Comanche's mother Janis Jones heard Shades' confession and spited in his face for murder of her son. After Dillard's death, Shades was arrested for his crimes.