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Shooter is the twenty-second episode of NCIS Season 11 and the 256th episode of the entire NCIS series.

Synopsis

When a Marine photographer disappears prior to giving a testimony in an Army court-martial hearing, the NCIS team investigates both the murder he witnessed as well as his current piece on homeless military veterans who are sleeping rough in the D.C. area but things take an intense turn when the photographer is later found dead, having apparently died of a drug overdose. The investigation changes when Ducky later discovers that the victim was unconscious before he was given a lethal injection of drugs, confirming that the victim was murdered and evidence soon emerges, suggesting a human trafficking ring that's secretly operating in the D.C. area is active with the homeless veterans themselves also being used as possible guinea pigs while Abby tries to help a young female teenager who's living on the streets of D.C. reconnect with her family.

Prologue

A lone Humvee drives through an area, the Humvee's lights guiding it.

Suddenly, the Humvee stops and a Marine team emerges, all of them wearing the standard Marine desert uniform and thigh holsters with all members of the team carrying guns.

Among them is Marine Staff Sergeant Martin Roe who pauses to take a photograph which shows Marines running through the area, wearing night-vision goggles.

As the Marines move on, it's shown that this area is in Afghanistan with the Marines in question preparing to launch a night-time raid.

Having moved on, Roe ducks and takes a photograph, showing the Marine team outside, getting ready to invade.

Roe lowers the camera again, looks around and then moves on, eventually landing in behind the Marine team with one Marine there, presumably as back-up for Roe.

Seconds later, the Marines burst into the room as other people are heard shouting in a foreign language, possibly Afghani.

Roe then takes a photograph where it's shown that Army First Lieutenant Michael Waters is standing there, looking at the camera, his gun drawn while in the background, an Afghan man lies on the bed, dead.

As one Marine yells "Don't! Don't! Move back! Move back!", implying that he's the leader, Roe lowers the camera, stunned.

A close-up then reveals that the dead Afghan man has three bullet wounds in his chest.

A lone Marine then tells Roe to put the camera down.

It then cuts to Roe who looks stunned.

Act One

Act Two

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Gibbs after he and Vance have learned from Ducky and Abby that Marine Staff Sergeant Martin Roe was murdered.

Act Three

Act Four

Act Five

In the bullpen, McGee reveals that it's against the law to financially benefit from the donation of a human organ in this country but on the black market, it's big business.

Cast

Series Regulars

Name Portrayed by Role
Leroy Jethro Gibbs Mark Harmon Special Agent in charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Anthony DiNozzo Michael Weatherly Senior Special Agent and second-in-command of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Timothy McGee Sean Murray (actor) Special Agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Abigail Sciuto Pauley Perrette Chief Forensic Specialist for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
James Palmer Brian Dietzen Assistant Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.
Eleanor Bishop Emily Wickersham NCIS Probationary Agent.
Leon Vance Rocky Carroll Director of NCIS.
Donald Mallard David McCallum Chief Medical Examiner for the NCIS Major Case Response Team.

Other Cast

Name Portrayed by Role
Belinda Carter Blake Lindsley Emma Carter's mother.
Emma Carter Chloe Lanier A young woman living on the streets of Washington D.C. and who is also the daughter of Belinda Carter.
Goliath (Shooter) David Mattey A man who appears in the episode.
Chad Hendricks Jeff Branson Commander in the United States Navy.
Martin Roe Justin Chu Cary Staff Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps.
Lorin Davis Charlie Schlatter A man who runs a local clinic and who is also responsible for the illegal trafficking of human organs.
Michael Waters Walter Perez (actor) First Lieutenant in the United States Army.
Richard Huggins Craig Parker Army JAG Counsel Major.
Building Owner Dean Cameron A man who appears in the episode.
Christopher Ramos John R. Colley A man who appears in the episode.
Graham Novak Matthew Arkin Doctor.
Homeless Man 1 David Mattey Uncredited role.
Homeless Man 2 Art L. Cortez Uncredited role.
Everett Turpin Jackson Van Houten AKA "Blue". Former Navy Petty Officer First Class and homeless man.
Medical Personnel Stephen Janousek Uncredited role.
  vedNCIS Season 11
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (episode)Past, Present, and Future (episode)Under the Radar (episode)Anonymous was a Woman (episode)Once a Crook (episode)Oil and Water (episode)Better Angels (episode)Alibi (episode)Gut Check (episode)Devil's Triad (episode)Homesick (episode)Kill Chain (episode)Double Back (episode)Monsters and Men (episode)Bulletproof (episode)Dressed to Kill (episode)Rock and a Hard Place (episode)Crescent City (Part 1) (episode)Crescent City (Part 2) (episode)Page Not Found (episode)Alleged (episode)Shooter (episode)The Admiral's Daughter (episode)Honor Thy Father (episode)
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