North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 346 Lost Clues

Ruiz waited until the support staff arrived, and several people from the forensics department assisted in investigating the situation in the warehouse. Jimmy and the others were almost finished here, Scott and the other three had already come out, and the four people from the forensics department behind were sorting out the packing certificates.

Object, you can dodge people later.

Jimmy came to the T14 warehouse, and Ruiz's laughter could already be heard from the warehouse.

Jimmy: "Ruiz, what are you so happy about?"

Ruiz: "Hahaha, Jimmy, you are really my lucky star. This is a warehouse that we don't control. We have found several packages of goods. They can't escape this time. That kid Scar

, I will make him bleed profusely this time."

Jimmy also laughed. In fact, he had already guessed it when he saw the gang members rummaging through various boxes and taking out something and placing it on the ground. They must have used these normal goods to hide the drugs inside. Now

It is of course best to be sure, so that if he comes forward to ask, it will not be considered a program error. At most, it is just a dog trying to meddle in other people's business, and it is not just that the project he is in charge of has stretched his hand too far.

Jimmy: "Okay, then you can continue the search. My affairs there are almost over. Let's go back to the station first."

Ruiz: "Well, thanks Jimmy, thank you for your hard work."

Jimmy waved his hand, turned around and left the warehouse. Scott and the others also stood next to the car. A group of eight people and three cars returned to the Federal Plaza office.

On the way back, Jimmy always felt that the atmosphere was not right. He secretly glanced at the rearview mirror and saw Joey and Harry in the back seat staring at him. He turned to look at Scott, the co-pilot, who also looked at him from time to time.

He turned to look at Jimmy, then looked at the traffic ahead.

Jimmy couldn't stand the atmosphere anymore: "Hey guys, what's the problem? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Scott turned sideways and looked at Jimmy: "Jimmy, how did you do that?"

Jimmy: "What?"

Scott: "Six people, four gunmen, how do you deal with them?"

Jimmy frowned speechlessly: "It's not difficult, right? There were only two people in the front, and the four people in the back came out of the warehouse later. There was a time difference."

Scott shook his head wildly: "No, no, no, I mean the process, how did you handle it?"

Jimmy thought for a moment. He was going to write a report anyway, so it didn't matter if he told them: "It's very simple. I was smoking outside, and they drove three cars over. When I got out of the car, I happened to recognize two people who were involved in a previous case.

Gang members, when one of them came out of the warehouse, I went over and asked him a few questions."

Scott: "What then?"

Jimmy: "At first there was only one person, but then he went in and called another person out. They wanted to take me down, so I fought back. After knocking down the two people, the person inside came out and opened fire, and then I knocked them down.

Four people. The two people at the front were also shocked and surrendered. That's it, very simple."

Scott opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, "Okay, I understand."

Jimmy turned to see Scott sitting up straight. He probably didn't have anything to say. The atmosphere in the car finally recovered a little. The weird silence and the cold feeling on his back just now were really uncomfortable.

Back in the office, Jimmy and Scott went to the conference room.

Scott: "Gordon, we searched Abdul's warehouse. There wasn't much contraband inside, just a few pistols and some bullets. There were no drugs, no explosives, no controllers. It was very clean."

Gordon: "Where is his contact information with his superiors?"

Scott: "Two laptops were found at the scene and have been handed over to technicians for cracking. The results are expected to be available later. There is also a voice recorder in the trash can, but it has been smashed and the chip has been damaged. It is estimated that it is completely

There is no way to read the recording inside.

According to the clues provided by Jimmy before, Ax will bring his own notebook and recorder when he goes out. It is estimated that one of them should basically belong to him. However, we did not find any content related to the notepad. If Ax did not carry it with him at all,

That is, Abdul destroyed it after getting it."

Gordon shook his head: "Time is tight. If it doesn't work, just ask Abdul to unlock his computer. If it doesn't work, force it."

Scott: "OK, give the technicians some time first."

Gordon: "If there is no result in half an hour, take it back and let Abdul do it."

Scott and the others sat back at the conference table and continued to look through the information. When Jimmy saw that he had nothing to do, he turned around and left the conference room and went back to work on the report.

After Jimmy left, Scott still couldn't hold back and told Gordon what happened at that time. The key point is that from when they heard the gunshots, drew their guns and ran out of the warehouse, to when they saw Jimmy taking control of everything

The scene lasted for only ten seconds. They just stopped at the entrance of the warehouse to observe the situation outside. Although they did not fully predict the fighting scene outside, within ten seconds, all four gunmen were shot. Jimmy could still use the gun.

The mouth moved towards the two people who fell to the ground. Such speed, such efficiency, and such confidence. If they were not involved and watched the final result, they would not be able to believe it.

Gordon was also shocked. He shook his head and said, "This matter has nothing to do with us. Just focus on the bomb case and don't be distracted by other things."

Scott and the others looked at each other, nodded, and continued to check the information and listen to the recordings. The six trainee agents had checked all the people corresponding to the mobile phone numbers. In addition to some people with corresponding names, there were more than a dozen different names.

The registered phone number and the name corresponding to the note were also investigated, but it was basically useless. Only the name could not find any information at all.

The recordings they are listening to now are the call records of reporter Ax nearly a month before his death obtained by the NSA. According to the order of number matching, they need to listen to them from front to back, and analyze which ones are related to the case and which ones are irrelevant.

This is not an easy job, but there is no way to leave it to the trainee agents, so the three of them have to work hard.

Gordon looked at the whiteboard in front of him in a daze. Four whiteboards were now placed, including Abdul, reporter Ashi's interpersonal network, Ashi's death scene information, evidence, and Abdul

Photographs of evidence related to the car being driven.

The biggest problem now is that there are no direct clues that allow them to identify the suspect, not even a list of suspects. Abdul is just an executor. Except for his superiors, he has not contacted anyone else at all, although he has been in

I have been in New York for a long time, but the other people I know on a daily basis are not worth arresting at all.

Because the assigned tasks have been completed, the 4 trainee agents and 2 trainee intelligence officers have evacuated Jimmy's office and returned to their originally arranged team. Now Jimmy is the only one left in the office. Chris has been away from Gordon and the others since

I met him once when I came here, and then disappeared. Jimmy didn't even know where he went.

Today's report is very difficult to write, because this time it can be said that he took the initiative to find trouble. Under normal circumstances, the gang members' cases are on Ruiz's side. Jimmy only knows T14 because he once worked with Ruiz.

It is unreasonable for him to directly intervene in Ruiz's case, and it will be even more difficult to deal with if it is written into the report.

When I was smoking before, I had thought that the reason for the report was to ask them about the rental time of the warehouse and then see if they had any impression of Abdul. This reason was barely reasonable, but the gang members learned that he was an FBI agent.

, and was ready to take action when he was alone, so Jimmy fought back.

I can only use this reason. Although it is still a dog fighting a mouse, it is still more or less justified. As long as Ruiz and Hughes help to say something nice, in theory they should be able to get through it.

Jimmy couldn't submit this report directly, otherwise something would happen. After he wrote it, he took the report directly to Ruiz. Well, he hasn't come back yet. It seems that the warehouse took a long time to clean up.

We could only wait until later. Jimmy returned with the report and threw it on the table.

Gordon finally had something to gain. One of the recordings that Joey listened to was that reporter Ax contacted a person for a meeting. The meeting took place a week before Ax died. Although the phone call did not say what they talked about during the meeting, it was already...

A very clear clue. The phone recording contains the meeting place, and the person used an anonymous phone number, so his identity cannot be confirmed, but with this mobile phone number, we can investigate the location of the mobile phone.

Gordon called Jimmy directly to investigate Ax's meeting with that person in New York. It would be more convenient to have a local agent.

Jimmy came to the conference room after receiving Gordon's call. Joey told Jimmy the content of the call again. After understanding the location, Jimmy took Joey and set off. As for the mobile phone number, it was left to Gordon and the others to investigate.

Check where the phone number last appeared. If the anonymous phone is still in use, you can even use triangulation to determine its approximate location.

There was a cafe in Brooklyn. Well, it was a relatively large cafe that also sold light meals. Jimmy and Joey parked their car outside the cafe, looked around, and walked into the cafe.

Jimmy: "FBI, is your manager here?"

The waiter looked at Jimmy and the two, nodded, and walked into the kitchen. After a while, a fat old man came out.

"Hi, I'm Mike, the boss here. What can I do with the two agents?" The old man stretched out his hand to shake hands with Jimmy and Joey, and then led them to sit down at the table next to them.

"FBI Special Agent Jimmy, this is Special Agent Joey, do you have surveillance in your store?" Jimmy showed his ID, introduced their identities, and asked the boss, Mike, about the surveillance. Because it was already

After almost two weeks, it was impossible for the waiter to remember it so clearly.

Mike nodded, and Jimmy took out the photo of reporter Ax, "We need to check the video from a week ago to see what happened when this person came to the store."

Mike asked, "Can I ask what it is?"

Jimmy: "He is involved in one of our cases. We need to find out who he met here at that time."

Mike stood up: "Come with me."

In the manager's office, there are two monitors on the wall opposite the boss's desk, corresponding to the left and right surveillance cameras in the store.

The boss, Mike, pulled out a cardboard box from the cabinet next to him and put it on the table. He started searching inside and finally found the video of the day Jimmy wanted. He inserted it into the player next to him. Jimmy started to control the video to fast forward until the reporter

Ax appears on the screen.

After entering the coffee shop, Ax glanced around, then walked to a table in the left corner of the coffee shop. There was already a person sitting there. Ax ordered a cup of coffee, and the two started chatting. Ax was still holding a notepad.

It's not about recording information.

Due to the surveillance angle, the person's appearance is almost invisible. Only the hairstyle and general face shape can be seen. This is also related to the clarity of the video tape.

Thirteen minutes was the length of time that Ax chatted with the man. After that, the person opposite Ax got up and left the cafe. Ax was still sitting at the table. After waiting for 5 minutes, Ax left.

Jimmy paused the videotape and said to his boss Mike: "Mike, can you transcribe the videotape here? If not, we may need to take the tape away. Of course, the original version will be returned to you after transcribing."

Mike waved his hand, "Take it away and remember to return it. Although I don't know what the case is, but since you and the FBI are dispatched, it will definitely not be a big deal."

Jimmy didn't expect Mike to be so reasonable. He knew how difficult New Yorkers were. After all, he had stayed in New York for so long and had handled many cases. Few of them were solved smoothly, and some even asked for them.

They paid for it.

Jimmy shook hands with Mike and said goodbye: "Thank you, thank you for your cooperation. Goodbye, Mike."

Jimmy picked up the video tape, nodded to Joey, and the two left the cafe, "Joy, do you remember the time when that person left just now?"

Joey: "Remember."

Jimmy: "I think we also need to look for corresponding videos in the surrounding stores to see the direction and location of the person leaving. Do you want to come with us? Or do you take the video back first?"

Joey thought for a while: "Let's investigate directly. The man walked to the right after going out, so we'd better investigate this way."

Jimmy: "Well, let's go ahead and see if we can find any clues."

Jimmy and Joey also walked to the right in front of the cafe. After asking two stores, they found that the man entered the parking lot next to it. There was no video to check after that. Although this parking lot was monitored,

But it has been broken for a while and has not been repaired at all, so there are no clues left.

Sometimes I have to say that luck is really difficult to define. If you say they are lucky, they have been tracking down the clues well and then disappear. If you say they are unlucky, they have successfully obtained the video of the cafe without any trouble at all.

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The two had no choice but to get in the car and rush back to the office. Although they didn't know who the person was or how he left, at least they had his phone number to investigate, and maybe they could figure out his location.

Back in the office, Jimmy brought the video to Gordon. After all, they were ultimately responsible. Jimmy could help with the details, but it was Gordon who made the key decisions.

Jimmy sat in the conference room while Gordon played the video. After watching the surveillance video, Jimmy also told him and Joey about the subsequent investigation of the video, and then it was about Gordon's plan.

Gordon paused the video and put his hands on the table, "We may need more power to investigate. According to the current clues, the person who met reporter Ax may be a member of the team, although we don't know what it is yet.

The reason made him choose to make this plan public, but at least from the current point of view, it can indeed be considered that this bomb attack is sufficiently possible."

Scott: "Gordon, are you sure? In this case, things may be completely out of our control."

Gordon: "This is not a matter of who is in control. We need more information and must ask other organizations to cooperate. Okay, it's decided. I'll contact DC headquarters first to see their opinion."

(End of chapter)