The Gun Also Rises — Jeffrey Cohen

A short story that serves as a prequel to the comical Aaron Tucker Mystery series (FOR WHOM THE MINIVAN ROLLS; A FAREWELL TO LEGS; AS DOG IS MY WITNESS), in which Aaron, now a younger father, investigates the death of a minor league baseball player as he tries to figure out who framed his young son--not yet diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome--for a heinous crime: bringing a water pistol to school. Originally published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.