Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs arrest Archie, a high-school student, during a heroin sale. They also meet Lt. Ramirez who is undercover for Metro on gangs. He informs them that "The Regular Fellas" are responsible for the heroin which caused four deaths, and that the leader, "Count" Walker is a fourteen-year-old drug kingpin. Crockett discovers Archie is in line for a college scholarship from his all-city football career and that he was trying to earn money for a pair of football shoes, not realizing it involved a drug transaction. He strikes a deal wherein Archie will be released with no record of arrest if he helps them bust "The Regular Fellas". Archie agrees and ends up saving Crockett's life during the shoot-out. Unfortunately, "Count" Walker escapes arrest. Crockett visits Archie's home and shows his appreciation by giving him money for a pair of shoes, and then gives him his old college football. When Ramirez and several innocent bystanders are killed in a gang shoot-out, the neighborhood explodes in violent outrage storming the high school and demanding law and order.