Deadly Hero

Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York City Police Department. He finds a young musician named Sally has been abducted by a mugger named Rabbit. Rabbit has Sally at knifepoint in a hostage standoff but is persuaded to release her and surrender by Lacy. Lacy kills Rabbit anyway. A grateful Sally is convinced to lie to detectives to make Lacy seem like a hero. She later changes her mind and tells the truth about the shooting.