Considered to be the 'best in Fugitives', Gil Sherman once worked in Homicide alongside John Stillman. He has since assisted the current Homicide detectives in several cases. A recovering alcoholic, despite his skill as a detective, he admits to Lilly Rush that during his drinking days, 'he did some damage'. This includes missing key elements of the Mitchell Bayes case in 1990, which was later solved by Lilly after Sherman's transfer to Fugitives. Sherman was seen again shortly afterward, where he helped facilitate an exchange of information about the 1981 Paige Pratt murder from a suspect he had arrested in an unrelated crime, who in turn sought a reduced sentence.