The Puppet Master

48 Hours

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True Crime, Tv & Film

4.1 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In October 1997, newlyweds Heather and John Grossman were targeted in a drive-by shooting. They both survived but a bullet severed Heather’s spinal cord, paralyzing her from the neck down.  Heather was immediately certain that ex-husband, Ron Samuels, was behind the attack. “48 Hours" Correspondent Troy Roberts reports.

This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 5/24/2008. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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0:00.0	911.
0:03.0	9-1-1. Do you have an emergency?
0:20.0	Yes, we do.
0:21.6	We have shooting in a car, a North Federal in Yamada.
0:23.6	We have people with injuries.
0:25.6	Oh my God, she's from...
0:27.6	We're on the way.
0:28.6	They're on the way, they're on the way.
0:30.6	I don't think she's bleeding.
0:32.6	Even though the shooting happened nine years ago, it seems like it happened yesterday.
0:39.8	He said, do you want to make some good money?
0:42.2	Around 20,000, make it look like a robbery.
0:46.3	I thought we could get away with it.
0:49.3	On that day, the weather was beautiful and warm.
0:53.1	Heather and John Grossman were having a normal day.
0:56.0	We were driving a black Lincoln Continental.
1:00.0	My husband, John, was driving, and I was in the passenger front seat,
1:05.0	and John and I were on our way to lunch.
1:09.0	Slum's driving.
1:10.0	He's telling Runyon what to do.
1:11.6	I'm in the back seat.
1:12.6	And Runyon's sitting in the back seat with a rifle.
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