North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 283 New clues

Jimmy looked at this route and marked the intersections on the map. At present, it seems that the FBI's investigation is more efficient than Kager. After getting information about the gunman's vehicle, some places on this route also need to be investigated. If

It wasn't the gunman himself, at least there was someone nearby monitoring James's route and time to get off work.

Jimmy thought for a while, without disturbing the FBI's search for information, and dialed Kager's number: "Kager, first find out when and which road the gunman's car followed James, and I'll look for the shops on the street.

Is there any surveillance that can be compared? Also, give me a photo of the car and the license plate."

Kag: "Well, I've found what you said, but I haven't found where the car disappeared yet. I'll fax it to you later, and you can go to the headquarters to get it."

Jimmy: "I'm at the headquarters, send it over."

Jimmy left the lounge and came to the fax machine to wait. After a while, Kag's documents were sent over. In addition to the vehicle photos that Jimmy asked for, there was also a map, because they were all taken by intersection traffic cameras.

, so it was not possible to accurately locate the middle position to follow James, so Kagg directly marked a section of the road with a thick line on the map.

Jimmy walked out of the county police headquarters with the documents and started driving along the route to find the location of the shooter's car, which he followed James for the first time.

The investigation cannot start directly next to the county police headquarters. The gunman followed James, which means that the information has been obtained before. Therefore, it is easier to trace forward from this location to discover the location and time of the gunman's appearance.

According to the map, he came to the road marked by Kag. He parked the car on the side of the road, got out of the car and walked to observe the stores on both sides. The main purpose was to observe whether there was external surveillance. For stores without surveillance, there was no need to ask.

I found several stores with surveillance cameras and asked to see the surveillance cameras in the name of FBI investigation. Fortunately, it met Jimmy's expectations. Jimmy had already discovered the gunman's car in the surveillance video in front of a store, but this section of the road was where the gunman had already been.

For those who are keeping up, the time and route gaps cannot be seen in the middle, and the next step is to deduce forward.

After going back and searching two more streets, Jimmy suddenly noticed something unusual in a surveillance camera. There was a white van that looked very familiar. It seemed that this car had been seen in several surveillance cameras before.

The reason why the anomaly was discovered was because Jimmy was a little too sensitive to this kind of car. When he was in Manhattan, the surveillance car that Jones drove was this kind of white van, and Jimmy stayed in that surveillance car for a long time. The early monitoring

Most of the time he was in the car with Jones.

Although there are many such vans in the United States, the fact that this van appeared just when James had an accident and followed James' car could not but make Jimmy suspicious.

Jimmy wrote down the time, called Kagg, and asked him to recheck the traffic video during this period to determine whether the route of this white van coincided with James's car.

Kag did not reject Jimmy's request, and directly interrupted his investigation and began to look back at the traffic videos before and after James' accident.

Jimmy came to the road, took out his cigarette case and lighter, lit a cigarette, watched the traffic on the road, and waited for Kag's investigation.

It’s been a long time since I walked around the streets of Little Rock. Although there are fewer people in Little Rock and fewer high-rise buildings, the feeling here is much better than in Manhattan. To put it bluntly, the old white men in the south are better than those in the north.

The old swindlers are much easier to get along with. Although the crime rate is not low, most of them are small things, unlike those in New York where there are so many big things. Just looking at those records makes you upset.

In about ten minutes, Kager called back.

Kag: "Jimmy, you are right. That car followed James not far from the headquarters. It followed James until the gunman's car caught up with James, and then turned and left at an intersection. If it hadn't happened to be his car,

Delivery route, then it may be the person following James. In addition, the license plate shows that it is from Tennessee, but the system shows that the license plate is fake."

Jimmy: "Very good. Investigate the route of this van and send me the photo first. I can't see the license plate on the roadside surveillance camera. Also, he followed James' position for the first time. I'll go back now

Headquarters.”

Times are different. In this era, there is no way to use mobile phones to receive pictures. It is relatively difficult to transfer files. Fax machines are undoubtedly the best way to transfer pictures.

Jimmy ran back to his car and drove back to the headquarters. Kag had already faxed it. Jimmy took the documents and went directly to the van where he followed James for the first time. From there, he started investigating in the direction of the headquarters.

After searching around, Jimmy had no choice but to give up. The store surveillance here was all aimed at the interior and the entrance, and did not capture the situation on the street. This is normal. Surveillance is very expensive. If it is not necessary, no one is willing to spend the extra money.

Part of the funds are dedicated to placing a camera facing the street.

Jimmy had no choice but to drive to the FBI's Little Rock office.

Jimmy found Hatten: "Hatten, help check for a white van. This car had been following James before his accident. It wasn't until the gunman's car caught up with James that he changed a route and left. So it's very suspicious.

, and he used a fake license plate."

Hatten took the faxed photo from Jimmy's hand and took a breath of air: "This car looks familiar. The surveillance car we have here is of this style."

Jimmy: "Well, it's the same over in Manhattan, so I found out that he might be following James."

Hatten: "You wait here for a while, I'll go to the vehicle management office to check if there is anything abnormal about our surveillance vehicle."

Hatten ignored Jimmy and left with the faxed photos. Jimmy was not polite either. He found the tea room and poured himself a cup of coffee. He spent the entire afternoon going back and forth to investigate the surveillance and finally found new clues.

After relaxing a little, other people were still professional in the investigation. It was not easy for Jimmy to start and find a new clue.

Hatten returned quickly, "Jimmy, this car is not ours. I just asked the vehicle management. The whereabouts of our surveillance vehicle are all recorded. It did not perform surveillance tasks in Little Rock yesterday."

Jimmy: "Which department does that belong to? This kind of car is not necessarily used as a surveillance vehicle by the FBI, but maybe by other federal departments?"

Hatten: "It is possible, but there is no way to directly go to other agencies to investigate. We can only follow the existing clues to follow up and investigate."

Jimmy: "Can your surveillance team dedicate manpower to investigate this? Superintendent Kagg from the county police is also investigating the video, how about we join together?"

Hatten: "It's best not to. We may be able to find other clues by conducting separate investigations on both sides. Our people are pretty good. I'll notify them later and put this car on the investigation list."

Jimmy nodded: "It's getting late, and it's time for you to get off work. Go back first. I'll go to the county police to deal with it, and then I'll find a hotel to rest."

Hatten: "Well, you should rest early. Maybe you will be too busy later and have no time to rest."

Jimmy nodded, turned and left the office, and drove to the hotel next to the county police headquarters. It was a place Jimmy was familiar with and relatively safe.

There’s not much difference between two chapters of 2,000 words and one chapter of 4,000 words. I just sometimes forget to open a new chapter when I’m writing at night, so I keep writing. I’ll ask other writers later how they update.

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