
The Wrap Up
Federal Investigation Bureau/Dave Norton
- Mission giver
- Federal Investigation Bureau/Dave Norton
- Playable
- Michael De Santa, Trevor Philips
- Location
- Kortz Center, Pacific Bluffs
- Target
- Not stated
- Unlocked by
- The Bureau Raid
- Unlocks
- Lamar Down
Player notes
Michael meets Dave Norton on a balcony at the Kortz Center in Pacific Bluffs and demands that the FIB honour its promise to leave him and his associates alone after The Bureau Raid. Dave says the arrangement has changed. Steve Haines arrives with Andreas Sanchez and orders both men arrested, intending to bury the evidence of his own dealings. The four draw guns on one another before Dave can defuse the standoff.
IAA agents led by the U.L. Paper Contact surround them, followed by an FIB tactical unit. Sanchez reveals that he has been working against Haines and with the FIB team. A Merryweather Buzzard enters the confrontation, and gunfire breaks out. An FIB agent wounds Haines in the leg. Haines kills Sanchez and escapes, leaving Michael and Dave under attack from FIB, IAA and Merryweather forces. Michael fights along the balcony but becomes separated from Dave.
The viewpoint shifts to Trevor, positioned across the Kortz Center with a sniper rifle. He kills the pilot of a Buzzard threatening Michael, then tells Michael that he has not come to kill him, because Trevor alone will decide when that happens. Trevor covers Dave as he crosses the courtyard. Michael explains that Dave is their remaining protection against the FIB, and Dave promises to try to bring Haines under control. Trevor and Michael clear a route down to the courtyard and reunite with Dave.
Michael escorts Dave to the parking lot and the two leave the Kortz Center separately. A Merryweather helicopter pursues Michael as he heads for Morningwood. Behind a pawn shop, Trevor tells Michael that he no longer trusts him, but agrees to work together for the Union Depository job before settling their score. They call Lester Crest, who begins arranging the heist. Trevor issues one last threat and leaves.
Objectives
9 stepsIn the order the game gives them. The unnumbered steps only appear if you go off script.
- 1Meet with Dave.
- 2Escape the Kortz Center via the balcony.
- 3Shoot the pilot.
- 4Get downstairs to the courtyard.
- 5Defend Dave.
- 6Go to the parking lot.
- 7Escape to Morningwood.
- 8Lose the enemy helicopter.
- 9Proceed to Morningwood.
Gold medal
3 requirementsEvery one of these in a single run earns the medal. Replaying the mission later counts.
Time
Complete within 07:00
Headshots
Kill 18 enemies with a headshot
Buzz Off!
Shoot down the pursuing helicopter
Mission failed if
Any of these fails the mission and sends you back to the last checkpoint.
- ×Wasted
- ×Busted
- ×Dave died.
- ×Dave was abandoned.
- ×Entering Morningwood with a wanted level.
Trivia
- ◆The Mexican stand off in the first cutscene is very similar to the one in the 1993 film True Romance, written by Quentin Tarantino.
- ◆The standoff between the different agencies, and the ensuing shoot-out, are very similar to the final ones in the 1998 film Enemy of the State.
- ◆This mission marks one of the rare mission appearances of the FIB tactical teams.
- ◆Sanchez's head wound is excessively large for an AP Pistol. Outside of the mission, the AP Pistol cannot inflict a wound of that size.
- ◆If the player manages to turn over Sanchez's body, no bullet wound will be found on the front of his head.
- ◆Though the United Liberty Paper contact can be killed in the mission, his death will be non-canonical, because he later appears alive and well in the GTA Online DLC The Doomsday Heist, which takes place in 2017, four years after GTA V, which takes place in 2013 (although his voice actor changed as the result of the original voice actor's death in 2018).
- ◆Despite the mission taking place in an open environment, the map is similar to those used in interiors. This is to allow the player to locate the large number of gunmen, as interior maps have better detail.
- ◆After the last wave of mercenaries have been killed, several off-road Mesas, a Carbonizzare, a Dominator, and a Vacca can be stolen during the getaway, and kept after the mission, provided the Buzzard has been destroyed.
- ◆During the final cutscene, there is a chance for a random car to be seen parked on the same side of the street. Once the cutscene is finished, the random car (if it was present) will be replaced with whatever vehicle Michael drove to Trevor's location. If not, the vehicle Michael drove may be moved to the adjacent side of the street. Either way, it will be ready for Michael to use afterwards.
- ◆This is the second mission where a character, a member (or leader) of a group, is executed by the antagonist, the first being The Long Stretch, where Stretch kills D for setting him, Franklin and Lamar up for the Ballas to kill them after the duo kidnapped D.
- ◆If the player immediately switches to Trevor after completing the mission, he will be seen walking down a street, saying "Oh Michael, Michael, Michael...what will you do without me?".
- ◆After this mission, a crashed Buzzard helicopter will thereafter be seen in one of the center's fountains (this includes Director Mode).
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Last verified September 14, 2026
