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"Cole Phelps and Jack Kelso: with some people, it's as simple as chemistry. Two guys who should have been friends, but their personalities got in the way. Phelps - a good guy, wound way too tight. And Kelso - a quiet man who could never walk away from a fight."
Herschel Biggs

Warrants Outstanding is a Patrol case in L.A. Noire.

Plot[]

Cole Phelps and Ralph Dunn are patrolling the streets when Dunn spots Wendell Bowers, who jumped his parole after Dunn arrested him for serial burglary. Cole jumps out of the car and pursues Bowers as he tries to escape, before finally besting him in a physical confrontation.

Walkthrough[]

When Dunn turns on the siren, Bowers will start to run. Phelps will get out of the car and pursue him on foot. Bowers will go down into an alley until Dunn cuts him off with his squad car; the crook then scales a nearby fire escape and the chase continues on the rooftops. After a lengthy chase, Phelps finally catches up, but Bowers manages to clothesline him with a well-timed swing. After a brief cutscene where Phelps gets back on his feet, a fistfight is triggered.

If Phelps is able to subdue Bowers, another cutscene shows Dunn personally locking the now-handcuffed felon into a paddy wagon. However, if the player chooses to fight close enough to the roof's edge or throws Bowers off while performing a grapple, he will fall off the building to his death. Malcolm Carruthers then comes and takes his body away. Dunn will praise Phelps regardless of whether Bowers was arrested or killed.

Video Walkthroughs[]

Trivia[]

  • It is impossible to subdue Bowers during the chase since the player has yet to learn how to fire a warning shot.
  • If the player continues to run after Bowers when he hides around the corner on the rooftop, Cole will get clotheslined. If the player decides to walk around the corner, Cole can avoid being hit since Bowers comes out of hiding to initiate a fistfight.
  • A very similar version of this case appeared in L.A. Noire's first ever teaser trailer, with the same chain of events but with a different character and set in a different location. Phelps exits a police vehicle to chase the suspect, the suspect runs up to a roof and surprise-attacks Phelps, they engage in a fistfight, and then it ends with the suspect falling off the roof and dying.
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