The "Smoking Gun" deals with a police murder case that occurred 21 years ago.
On Aug. 8, 2004, in Banghwa-dong, Gangseo District, Seoul, a man armed with a weapon broke into a villa where a grandmother and her young grandson were present. He is the murder suspect Lee Hak-man, who has the highest bounty in history. After brutally killing police detective Shim Jae-ho and officer Lee Jae-hyun with a knife and fleeing, he began taking hostages in a family home a week later. How did this horrific tragedy begin?
Lee Hak-man, who had abused and threatened his girlfriend, killed police officers with a sickle as they responded to a report, and fled. After hiding in the mountains and unable to bear his hunger, he came down and infiltrated residential areas. He again threatened a home where a grandmother and her grandson were present with a sickle. In a critical situation, the grandmother showcased her wit by saying, "Shall I boil some noodles?"
After calming the perpetrator with a warm bowl of noodles, the grandmother secretly entered the room and called her son to inform him of the situation. Lee Ji-hye noted, "The grandmother's calm response in such a tense situation is impressive," while Ahn Hyun-mo expressed anger, saying, "To think that Lee Hak-man, who feigned injury at the time of his arrest, didn't consider the unjustly sacrificed police and their families. What kind of person is he?"
Meanwhile, on that day's broadcast, criminal detective Lee Dae-woo (then of the Gangwon 4 Team at the Seoul Western Police Station/ current chief of the Seodaemun Police Station's detective division), who was a colleague of late police detective Shim Jae-ho and late officer Lee Jae-hyun, appeared in person to vividly testify about the situation at the time. Psychiatrist Lee Kwang-min will also appear to analyze the background behind the perpetrator's melting heart at the bowl of noodles.
The tragic story of the two police officers who were horrifically murdered and taken hostage, "Shall I boil some noodles? - The murder case of the criminal investigation team," can be seen on April 22 (Tue) at 9:45 p.m. on KBS2's "Smoking Gun."
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