Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 7 - Eps 10: Shades of Gray
A white bus driver striking a black female pedestrian sparks a riot. The driver is killed, and some distance away from the riot another body is found. MGee and Gharty look into the death of the driver while Lewis and Sheppard look into death of the other body. Lewis finds a clue at the scene, a button (later discovered to be missing from a police uniform). Gharty and MGee actively debate whether race was the motivation for the driver's beating death; MGee suspects the incident wasn't racially motivated. The bus riders are interviewed to find out what they know. Lewis and Sheppard approach a house looking for their witness (without backup). For her trouble Sheppard keeps hold of her suspect, but loses her gun and is severely beaten. Ballard is recalled from her hiking vacation. Lewis lays down the law for the residents of ""Little Jamaica""; he wants Sheppard's gun returned tonight. The witness Sheppard caught identifies Hellriegel as the murderer, and the men who beat the driver to death
About Homicide: Life on the Street

Title: Homicide: Life on the Street
First Air Date: 1993-01-31
Last Air Date: 1999-05-21
Status: Ended
Rating: 8/10 (from 131 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 8
Total Episodes: 122
Network: NBC
Genres: Mystery, Drama, Crime
Production Companies: Baltimore Pictures, MCEG/Sterling Entertainment, NBC Studios, Reeves Entertainment Group
Synopsis
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
Cast

Richard Belzer
John Munch

Giancarlo Esposito
Michael Giardello

Peter Gerety
Stuart Gharty

Clark Johnson
Meldrick Lewis

Yaphet Kotto
Al Giardello

Michael Michele
Rene Sheppard

Kyle Secor
Tim Bayliss

Jon Seda
Paul Falsone

Callie Thorne
Laura Ballard

Toni Lewis
Terri Stivers