Leon Cruz is the younger brother of Joe Cruz.
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Biography[]
Cruz grew up in a rough part of Chicago, with his brother, Leon, having ended up in a street gang called the Insane Kings.
Season 1[]
Leon was wounded at an active shooting, where he and another man were injured. The fire department comes in and, coincidently, one of the firefighters is Joe, Leon's brother. Joe is worried about Leon and helps him to the truck and they take him to the hospital. Although Cruz offers to pick him up when he's due to be released, Leon signs himself out of the hospital. (Two Families)
Joe later makes a deal with the gang leader, Flaco, to get Leon out of the gang, however Flaco wants a buyout of $10,000 which Cruz refuses to give to him. During an apartment building fire, Cruz finds Flaco in the building calling out for help. Cruz takes a minute, but leaves Flaco to die and tells everyone that the building is clear in order to save his brother from the gang. (It Ain't Easy, Merry Christmas, Etc.)
Season 2[]
Leon and Joe were walking, discussing how Joe allowed Flaco to die but it worked out well for them. Hank Voight later forces Leon to take an undercover mission to take down the new chief of the gang after a little girl was killed in a drive-by shooting in his neighborhood with the Cruz brothers as witnesses. Leon completes the mission but for his safety, he is sent out of town to his uncle's place.
Season 6[]
With the heat having died down, Leon is brought back as a surprise guest for Cruz’s birthday party.
Notes[]
- He is only a few years older than his childhood friend, Gianna.
- His nephew was named after him (Brian Leon Cruz).
Appearances[]
| Season 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | Mon Amour | Professional Courtesy | One Minute | Hanging On |
| Rear View Mirror | Two Families | Leaving the Station | It Ain't Easy | Merry Christmas, Etc. |
| God Has Spoken | Under the Knife | Warm and Dead | A Little Taste | Nazdarovya! |
| Viral | Better to Lie | Fireworks | A Coffin That Small | Ambition |
| Retaliation Hit | Leaders Lead | Let Her Go | A Hell of a Ride | |
| Season 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Problem House | Prove It | Defcon 1 | A Nuisance Call | A Power Move |
| Joyriding | No Regrets | Rhymes with Shout | You Will Hurt Him | Not Like This |
| Shoved in My Face | Out With a Bang | Tonight's the Night | Virgin Skin | Keep Your Mouth Shut |
| A Rocket Blasting Off | When Things Got Rough | Until Your Feet Leave the Ground | A Heavy Weight | A Dark Day |
| One More Shot | Real Never Waits | |||
| Season 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It Wasn't Enough | Ignite on Contact | An Even Bigger Surprise | A Breaking Point | Devil's Bargain |
| Down Is Better | A Man's Legacy | The Whole Point of Being Roommates | Foul Is Fair | Slamigan |
| Law of the Jungle | The F is For | Hiding Not Seeking | Looking for a Lifeline | The Chance to Forgive |
| The One That Matters Most | Put White On Me | When They See Us Coming | Where I Want To Be | The Strongest Among Us |
| The Unrivaled Standard | One for the Ages | The Grand Gesture | ||
| Season 7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Closer Eye | Going To War | Thirty Percent Sleight Of Hand | This Isn't Charity | A Volatile Mixture |
| All The Proof | What Will Define You | The Solution to Everything | Always A Catch | Inside These Walls |
| You Choose | Make This Right | The Plunge | It Wasn't About Hockey | What I Saw |
| Fault in Him | Move a Wall | No Such Thing As Bad Luck | Until the Weather Breaks | Try Like Hell |
| The White Whale | I'm Not Leaving You | |||
| Season 8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Ground | A Real Shot in the Arm | Badlands | Infection, Part I | Buckle Up |
| What Went Wrong | Welcome to Crazytown | Seeing is Believing | Best Friend Magic | Hold Our Ground |
| Where We End Up | Then Nick Porter Happened | A Chicago Welcome | Shut It Down | Off The Grid |
| The Tendency of a Drowning Victim | Protect a Child | I'll Cover You | Light Things Up | 51's Original Bell |
| Season 13 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Monster in the Field | Ride the Blade | All Kinds of Crazy | Through the Skin | Down the Rabbit Hole |
| Birds of Prey | Untouchable | Quicksand | A Favor | Chaos Theory |
| In the Trenches, Part I | Relief Cut | Born of Fire | Bar Time | Too Close |
| In the Rubble | Mighty Fine | Post-Mortem | Permanent Damage | Cut Me Open |
| The Bad Guy | ||||