 For half the chapter he is pinned down behind a fire engine by a sniper, protecting his stomach from further injury and reflecting that, even in the chaos of South Central Los Angeles, he has found peace in his life by being with Laura.A sergeant galvanizes the disorganized police remnants into action, but the night ends with an ugly incident.Roy's crew gets into a vehicle pursuit of looters, are almost machine-gunned at a National Guard roadblock, and then crash, looters escape when their car crashes.