Assassination of Rosalind Price

"Now you know how it feels to have someone die in your arms."

- Grant Ward to Phil Coulson

The Assassination of Rosalind Price was the shooting established by Grant Ward on Rosalind Price during Grant Ward's Campaign.

Background
Grant Ward, a HYDRA agent trained in the skill of being a sniper, fell in love with Kara Palamas, but she died in his arms, drowning on her own blood when Ward accidentally shot her during the Kidnapping of Bobbi Morse; he swore that he would gain closure for her death, blaming S.H.I.E.L.D., and its director Phil Coulson, in particular.

Coulson fell in love with Rosalind Price after discovering how much they had in common. Though he learned that she had ties with Gideon Malick, who had ties with HYDRA, since she was being used, he excused her missteps and decided to apologize for his mistrust and pursue the relationship.

Assassination


As Phil Coulson and Rosalind Price sat down at the fast food dinner she had gotten and candlelight setting he had prepared, they smiled at one another for they finally had trust. The two discussed how she was going to work in the morning at the Advanced Threat Containment Unit and would act as if it were an ordinary day while Price researched Gideon Malick and his connections to recent events.

Suddenly, Coulson heard the window crack and his eyes diverted there for the briefest second; when he turned back to Price, she was clutching her neck as blood dripped over her hand. Coulson realized that his lover had been shot.

Aftermath
Alphonso Mackenzie took Phil Coulson to the Playground where Coulson had a fit of emotional pain and anger, as the other agents who saw him enter with a bloody shirt, listened quietly. Afterwards, Coulson had each of the members, who were in Coulson's Team interrogated; he asked for any minute detail each could give on their experiences with Grant Ward. Coulson realized that Grant still loved his younger brother Thomas. Coulson made Mackenzie the temporary leader of S.H.I.E.L.D. before he took Lance Hunter and Bobbi Morse with him to kidnap Thomas Ward from his place of employment. Coulson called Grant and showed him a picture of Thomas with Hunter holding a gun to his head. Ultimately, a phone call between the Wards was traced to the HYDRA Castle in Gloucestershire, England and Coulson told Grant that he was coming to kill him.