Shawn Gibbons

Shawn was Ryan Pratchard's best friend and roommate. Shawn was often noted for his computer skills. He was often been teamed up with R2-D2 usually when the Empire was investigating the mafia's business dealings. Shawn was shot by suspected business partners of Vincent Donatelli Jr. in May 2007 and died from his injuries. A woman later came forward claiming Shawn was the father of her child and that she was giving the baby which was eventually named after Pratchard to the Empire for its own safety after an attempted mob hit on her. Richie Terrik and the later arrested a known hitman who was later found to be wanted in many other countries for his murder as well as the murder of Shannon Piett.

Shawn and Ryan
Erik Jensen had suspected that Shawn and Ryan were more then just friends and voiced these suspicions more then once much to Shawn's dismay. Although Shawn held a low opinion of Jensen's intelligence, even going as far to ask if Jensen was dropped on his head as a baby at least once. Tevin Felth later admitted to Ryan that when he had asked Shawn the same question outside of Jensen's earshot, Shawn admitted that he was but wouldn't tell Tevin anything else since it wasn't anyone's business other then to say that Ryan knew and didn't care. Ryan later admitted to Tevin that he enjoyed when Shawn took him out to clubs and passed Ryan off as his date and that they were getting tired of pretending after almost five years of living together. He also told Tevin that he doubted that he would ever find a replacement for Shawn.