5’s “Murder Scene: The Incident Room” returns this Wednesday with a chilling look at a contract killing gone tragically wrong. The episode, “Shooting in Cold Blood,” focuses on the 2020 murder of 19-year-old Aya Hachem in Blackburn, a young woman who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Hachem was an innocent bystander, caught in the crossfire of a planned assassination. The challenge for detectives in The Incident Room is immense: to untangle the threads of this complex conspiracy, identify the person who ordered the hit, and determine the extent of the plot. The program takes viewers inside the high-pressure world of The Incident Room, offering a real-time look at how detectives piece together the fragments of information in their relentless pursuit of justice.
The episode features the actual detectives and forensic specialists involved in the case, showing the dedication and determination required to solve such complicated crimes. This episode airs Wednesday, April 2nd at 8:00 PM on Channel 5.