About this season
The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.
Episodes (9)
1. Murder at The Uptown
Aired 30 May 2024 • 45 min
In a crowded Tulsa bar, surveillance video captures the owner being gunned down as he tries to break up a fight between two dancers.
2. Complex Terror
Aired 6 June 2024 • 45 min
A deadly home invasion sparks a manhunt for a stranger terrorizing a Tulsa housing complex.
3. Sudden Impact
Aired 13 June 2024 • 45 min
In Tulsa, a late-night meeting spins out of control, leaving a young father dead, his friend critically injured, and their SUV crashed through a child's bedroom.
4. Hunted on the Highway
Aired 20 June 2024 • 45 min
In Mobile, two men are killed after their car is sprayed with bullets on the highway, leading detectives across the country in search of answers.
5. Bad Business
Aired 27 June 2024 • 45 min
When a young father from Atlanta is shot dead on a Mobile street, detectives discover that his talent for computers may have gotten him in over his head.
6. Below The Surface
Aired 11 July 2024 • 45 min
After a 69-year-old woman is found dead in her bathtub, a suspect leads Tulsa detectives on a high-speed chase that ends tragically.
7. Death by Username
Aired 18 July 2024 • 45 min
Mobile homicide follows a trail of social media messages to track down the killers of a 17-year-old.
8. Inside The Tape Special #15
Aired 22 August 2024 • 45 min
When a home invasion leaves a father-to-be shot dead, Detective Dianna Baumann's only hope for answers is a suspect fighting for his own life. In Atlanta, two brothers are found shot dead in their home leaving Detective Scott DeMeester with little to go on, when his only potential suspect suddenly wants to talk. When a man is shot dead inside a boarding home, Atlanta detectives try to drum up a lead from a roommate involved with the suspect. The life of a 19-year-old woman hangs in the balance after walking in on an intruder in her home. When Tulsa detectives find the suspect, they realize it's not the first time they've stood face-to-face.
9. Inside The Tape Special #16
Aired 29 August 2024 • 45 min
Season Finale A surveillance camera on a Minneapolis bus captures a shooting outside a church. The footage leaves detectives wondering if the shooter acted in self-defense. Surveillance cameras at a Minneapolis convenience store capture more than just the shooting. Footage suggests vital DNA may have been left in the store by the shooter himself. Then, surveillance footage in Atlanta shows a man carrying a box moments before he is shot. Detective Tracy Casey must determine if the box's contents holds the key to determining motive. Additional Minneapolis surveillance cameras capture the shooting of a young man in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. But detectives need the help of the Somali community to identify the shooters in the video.