Mall Shootout

Location
Cortez's Yacht, Ocean Bay Marina, Ocean Beach, Vice City Beach
Reward
$500, Shotgun available at Ammu-Nation

Requires Treacherous Swine

Unlocks Guardian Angels, and Waste the Wife (if Road Kill is also done)

Cortez sends Tommy to meet a French courier at Washington Mall to collect a set of guidance chips. French special forces ambush the meeting, the courier flees on a motorbike, and Tommy has to run him down and bring the chips back.

Before you start

Buy a few weapons at Ammu-Nation in Ocean Beach first. A shotgun or SMG is handy for the chase.

Take a fast car or park a bike near the north exit of the mall.

Objectives

  1. Meet the courier at the mall.
  2. The courier is fleeing with the guidance chips! Don’t let him get away!
  3. The courier is dead. Grab the guidance chips.
  4. Take the guidance chips back to the Colonel.

Mall Shootout walkthrough

The Colonel’s next job

Cortez thanks Tommy for dealing with Gonzalez but admits that his search for the missing money has produced nothing yet. He has more work, though. A courier is waiting at the mall in Washington Beach with some guidance chips, and Tommy is to collect them and bring them back.

Tommy standing over Cortez on the sun deck of the yacht
Cortez lounging in a chair as he talks to Tommy
Cortez explaining the courier meeting

Gear up and drive to the mall

Before you go, stop at Ammu-Nation in Ocean Beach if you want better guns. Then drive to Washington Mall and park by the northern exit, since you will need to leave in a hurry. The courier is on the second floor, so walk in and take the escalator up.

Driving a blue Cheetah along the seafront toward the mall
Driving through Washington Beach traffic
Tommy riding the escalator up to the second floor

The ambush

The courier, Pierre, is leaning against a glass rail watching the mall. Tommy tells him Cortez sent him, and the deal starts, until French special forces appear and order everyone to freeze. Pierre panics, blames Tommy and runs. Follow him quickly down the escalator and out of the mall, keeping out of the GIGN’s way.

The second floor of the mall with shoppers walking about
French special forces in helmets moving through the mall
The escalator down to the ground floor as Tommy follows

Chase the courier

Outside, Pierre jumps on one of the PCJ 600 sport bikes parked nearby and rides north through Vice City Beach. Get back to your own vehicle and follow him closely. If he reaches his destination in the north of Vice Point, he runs into a building and the mission fails. Use the radar to track him, and kill him before he gets there.

Tommy next to the parked motorbikes outside the mall
Tommy mounting a motorbike as the courier pulls away
Riding along a street while chasing the courier

Chips back to Cortez

When Pierre is dead, pick up the briefcase with the guidance chips, which fails the mission if it ends up in the water. Then drive back to Ocean Bay Marina and run onto the yacht to hand the chips over to Cortez. If you attack Pierre before you have spoken to him, he fights back with an Uzi, so approach him first.

Tommy running toward the fallen courier
Tommy picking up the briefcase from the street
Riding the bike back along the coast road

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • Pierre dies before you approach him
  • Pierre reaches his destination
  • Pierre falls into the water with the chips

After the mission

You earn $500 and shotguns go on sale at Ammu-Nation. Guardian Angels opens at the yacht.

The Mission Passed screen with $500 awarded