Sibling robbers hold Stacy, Fran and several hospital patients Including a little girl urgently needing heart surgery in exchange for their wounded father.

Hooker holds himself personally to blame when a female rookie cop that he trained is seriously wounded in a confrontation with a pair of fleeing gun shop robbers. With the officer needing her leg amputated as a result of the wound, Hooker and Romano investigate the gun thieves who are selling their hauls to a back street crime baron.