At this point in an otherwise spectacular getaway, De-De makes his first mistake.  He calls his girlfriend on the car phone and says he's been hit in a shootout.  He tells her to open the front door.  But he doesn't say anything about the cops, so she assumes it was rival gangbangers.  She dials 911.

Meanwhile Goff and Freeman are getting their wounds tended by the paramedics.  They were lucky.  Aside from several 9mm holes in his jacket, Goff's three wounds are superficial.  And Scotty Freeman was saved by his bullet-proof vest.  The shell just nicked the edge of it and deflected up under his collarbone.  They're on their way downtown in the back of an ambulance when they happen to overhear a 911 call on the radio.  A man with a gunshot wound needs an ambulance.  Goff looks at Freeman.  “That's gotta be the guy.”

When the gang unit arrives at De-De's house to nab him, they find seven flattened bullets on the pavement beside his car.  They apparently fell off his jacket when he got out.  This time the slippery dealer offers no resistance.

As soon as Goff gets stitched up, he and Bob Fischer take a ride to the impound yard for a look at the unstoppable Honda.  It's riddled with holes and all the glass is shattered but the damn thing still runs.  “Quite a testament to Honda,” says Goff.  But a look inside the trunk reveals one of the reasons—a sheet of boilerplate steel mounted at the forward wall.  Goff recognizes this setup.  It's what they call a “trap car.” Behind that bullet-proof wall there's usually a hidden compartment.

He checks the driver's side in front and spots a slight bulge under the carpet next to the rocker panel.  It's a floor-mounted switch.  Goff clicks it with his foot and the back of the rear seat falls forward.  And there it is—bagged and ready for sale—17 pounds of rock and powder cocaine.  Along with bundles of cash.  Tens and twenties mostly.  It takes a quarter of an hour to count it.  It totals $53,000. 

Goff is impressed. “The day's receipts,” he says.  And a glance at De-De's ledger bears him out.  The account book they found