Several hours go by before I have the entire story. I didn't take a knife off Donald Terry when I searched him. The knife was discovered on Shelby's coffee table. Blood surged through my veins when I saw it. All I could picture was Shelby's bloody and lifeless body.

I sent two uniformed officers to accompany Terry to the hospital. One called an hour later while I was working with the crime scene techs and told me Terry had tendon damage that will eventually require surgery. ...