at south station, boston, homicide detective thomas craven picks up his daughter emma, who comes home to visit and vomits while getting into the car. as craven prepares dinner at home, emma suffers a nosebleed and vomits again. as the two leave the house on their way to the hospital, a masked gunman yells "craven!", fatally wounds emma with a shotgun blast (she was the first out the door), and escapes as craven attends to his daughter.