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"NCIS" fans are still wondering whether Gibbs has become the show's biggest casualty yet. 

In the season 12 finale of the police procedural drama, a boy named Luke, a recruit to the terrorist organization that the team is pursuing, shot Gibbs in the leg and in the gut. The big cliffhanger has fans clamoring for answers and, ultimately, for season 13. 

"NCIS" executive producer Gary Glasberg keeps details to a minimum when it comes to the character's life or death situation but he teased that wherever it goes, it will be a game-changing theme for the new season. 

"Regardless of the outcome, any time that Gibbs or one of our family members is in danger or injured, it significantly affects everyone," the showrunner told The Hollywood Reporter. "We'll have to see the long-term effects and the psychological effects, but they'll undoubtedly, as they always are, be there for each other. Then we'll see where it takes [us] as we move forward to the coming episode." 

Glasberg also revealed that the "NCIS" season 12 finale was his and his writers' way of delving into something which Gibbs never imagined doing. The showrunner wanted to know how the Special Agent would deal with the situation that urged him to fight with a child. 

It is still unknown whether "NCIS" season 13 will be opened with the death of the leader of the Major Case Response Team. However, it is hard to imagine Gibbs, who has been there in all 12 seasons of the series, getting killed off. 

International Business Times trusts that Gibbs is not ready to say goodbye and fans aren't either. Whatever comes next after a painful scene of a dying Gibbs remains to be seen until "NCIS" season 13 returns this fall.