The First 48 — Season 15

Aired 5 November 2015 • 45 min

In the season premiere, an Atlanta woman is strangled and the investigation unearths more potential crimes.

Aired 12 November 2015 • 45 min

Investigating a mass shooting in New Orleans.

Aired 19 November 2015 • 45 min

A killer terrorizes Atlanta and investigators try to track him down.

Aired 3 December 2015 • 45 min

When a young woman is executed on a street corner in Tulsa, investigator Nathan Schilling discovers her friends may be hiding information about the murder.

Aired 10 December 2015 • 45 min

In Atlanta, a young father is gunned down by a brutal robbing crew and Detective Tracy Lewis discovers on her first case that she may be chasing the wrong suspect.

Aired 17 December 2015 • 45 min

A violent attack in a Tulsa, Okla., barbershop leaves an employee dead and numerous people wounded; the hunt begins for a killer with an AK-47 assault rifle.

Aired 7 January 2016 • 45 min

A welder has vanished under very suspicious circumstances and Tulsa homicide gets the case. Detective Matt Frazier and the rest of the team suspect foul play as they dive

Aired 14 January 2016 • 45 min

Police must wade through a web of secrets and lies when a man is found dead in his Tulsa, Okla., hotel room.

Aired 21 January 2016 • 45 min

When a popular New Orleans hip-hop promoter is gunned down next to his limousine, the search for the killer leads Detective Clinton Givens to more than he bargained for. In Tulsa, a friendly night of drinking at a senior center apartment complex leaves one man dead and another wounded. Detective Mark Kennedy must find a third man who was there to uncover what happened.

Aired 28 January 2016 • 45 min

A New Orleans woman is found stabbed to death and stuffed in a trash bin the day before Thanksgiving; an Atlanta man's friend and girlfriend become suspects in the case of his fatal stabbing.

Aired 4 February 2016 • 45 min

A young father is killed while visiting his son in Tulsa and a home invasion kills one teenager and leaves two more wounded in Atlanta.

Aired 18 February 2016 • 45 min

In every murder trial, the prosecution and the defense present two radically different stories of what happened. We get to sit in the jury box and decide which story to believe and reach our own verdict. In this episode, a shooting on a Florida beach leaves a beautiful young woman dead and her husband wounded with four gunshots. In a twist, the authorities arrest the most unlikely suspect--the surviving husband.

Aired 10 March 2016 • 45 min

A young New Orleans mother is found shot and burned in the trunk of her car following a night out on the town.

Aired 17 March 2016 • 45 min

The case of a young New Orleans mother who was ambushed at home and fatally shot hinges on the eyewitness account of a 4-year-old girl.

Aired 24 March 2016 • 45 min

A New Orleans father and his friends are ambushed while sitting in a parked car; a feud between households in an Atlanta apartment complex leads to the killing of a promising boxer.

Aired 31 March 2016 • 45 min

An Atlanta man is gunned down in his home by an AK-47; the victim's wife holds a dark secret that could tear the family apart.

Aired 7 April 2016 • 45 min

The target of a drive-by shooting in Tulsa, Okla., walks away from the attack, while his girlfriend is not so fortunate; police uncover a long-simmering feud as they hunt for the killer.

Aired 14 April 2016 • 45 min

A Tulsa, Okla., detective hunts a family of elusive criminals after a former Marine is fatally shot while trying to recover his stolen bicycle.

Aired 21 April 2016 • 45 min

In New Orleans, a transgender female is shot four times - the victim of an apparent robbery. In Atlanta, two men draw guns in an underground mall, but only one survives.

Aired 19 May 2016 • 45 min

A double killing on New Orleans' Bourbon Street leaves the city on edge; Tulsa, Oklahoma, detectives believe that a shooting victim may have been lured into a trap.

Aired 26 May 2016 • 45 min

A Tulsa, Okla., detective pieces together fragmented accounts from five potential witnesses as he investigates a crime involving a lethal combination of guns and meth.

Aired 23 June 2016 • 45 min

When a young mother is found naked and strangled in her car, Tulsa Detective John Brown uncovers a dark obsession that may have turned deadly.

Aired 30 June 2016 • 45 min

In Tulsa, a young mother of four is found shot on the side of the road. Detectives' only clue is a photograph she took just moments before her murder.

Aired 7 July 2016 • 45 min

In Tulsa, an innocent mother is viciously murdered with a butcher knife. While in Atlanta, a beloved patriarch is gunned down when a game of dominoes turns deadly.

Aired 14 July 2016 • 45 min

In New Orleans, a man is executed in broad daylight, and Detective Ryan Vaught must battle fear and distrust on the street to identify the killer. And in Minneapolis, when a teenager is murdered at home, Sargent Christopher Gaiters' best hope for finding the killer is the victim's father, who witnessed the shooting.

Aired 21 July 2016 • 45 min

When a young man is shot to death at a motel party, Tulsa Detective Justin Ritter discovers a photo posted on Facebook may have triggered a dangerous chain of events.

Aired 28 July 2016 • 45 min

In Atlanta, a caretaker is gunned down over a grudge. And in Tulsa, a young man loses his life when a bully goes too far.

Aired 4 August 2016 • 45 min

Detective Rob Barrere investigates when three men meet in a motel room in New Orleans east, and one of them ends up dead; while in Tulsa, Detective Ronnie Leatherman catches the case of a man stabbed 21 times when a night of drinking ignites a murderous rage.

Aired 5 September 2016 • 45 min

When an Atlanta father of two is gunned down with an AK-47, rookie detective Scott Berhalter must sift through lies and alibis to get his killers off the street.