Back at the station, Ryner is hanging out with the other officers, talking about the crime spree.
One of the officers says, "We had Doyle last night. It was a domestic."
"What happened?" Ryner asks.
"She was trying to O.D. on pills and he said, in order to get the pills out, he punched her in the head. And the idiot broke his hand."
"Did he have a cast or a sling?"
"I'm pretty sure he has a cast."
Ryner realizes the man in the party store was probably Doyle.
More significantly, he has evidence suggesting Doyle committed another crime: credit card fraud.
This bizarre crime spree is now personal. They tried to rob one of his friends.
Ryner takes the videotape to a technician to convert the image into a Polaroid picture. The police have been using an old photo of Doyle.
"This night is going to end bad," Ryner says. "Either he is going to get shot or he's going to shoot somebody. This guy is a wacko."
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