North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 355 Cross-state cooperation

Jimmy has been observing Agent Bullock, and it will probably take a lot of time for Hughes to contact their boss. After all, there is only one field agent name, and it is not easy to find the corresponding superior.

After waiting for almost ten minutes, Johnny Bullock answered the phone. He didn't know what was said on the phone, but he looked very excited. After hanging up the phone, he gathered the others together and said a few words.

Their people looked unhappy.

Agent Bullock walked towards Jimmy and was about to speak when Jimmy's phone rang, directly interrupting his action.

Jimmy walked away and answered the phone, "Hughes, how's it going?"

Hughes: "Both parties cooperate and investigate together. Jimmy, cooperate with them and come to a conclusion as soon as possible. Remember, you are in charge of this bombing and terrorist attack case. If it has nothing to do with our case, let them handle it on their own."

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Jimmy: "I know. Goodbye, Hughes."

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Jimmy returned to Agent Bullock and said, "Agent Bullock, I think you have also received the call from above. Happy cooperation."

Jimmy shook hands with Bullock, and Bullock said: "Well, we will cooperate on this case. Where is your explosion expert?"

Jimmy: "We haven't arrived yet. If your people are here, you can start first and wait until they arrive before going over. By the way, make sure to check the ingredients of the explosives first."

Bullock: "Can you please introduce your case?"

Jimmy: "A group of people planned to use urea, nitrate, and ammonium nitrate to refine and make giant bombs. We have destroyed their main hideout, but the quantity of materials did not match, and one or two hundred kilograms were missing, so I hurried after the explosion occurred here.

Came here to confirm."

Bullock: "OK, I'll let the explosives experts test the ingredients."

After saying that, Bullock turned around and waved to their people, and several people entered the collapsed building together. "The explosion point should be the garage, the people from the fire station said." Jimmy reminded, he had no idea about bombs at all.

They were familiar with it, so they didn't get involved. They just stood on the side of the road and watched them search for the remains of the explosion.

A few minutes later, explosive detection experts from the FBI bomb disposal team also arrived. After Jimmy greeted them, the three experts also entered the garage and began to examine the wreckage bit by bit, collecting some items from time to time and putting them in the evidence bag.

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Jimmy has nothing to do here, and he should do what he should do. If the ATF people hadn't interrupted, he should have inquired about several nearby residents. There was an explosion. This is no ordinary trivial matter.

Fortunately, the neighbors were more cooperative. They saw Jimmy's FBI badge and didn't hide anything. They told Jimmy about all the big and small things that happened in this neighbor's house.

After asking two houses, he finally got some somewhat complete clues. According to the landlord, this house was not rented out or occupied by anyone. It was just idle, but someone had moved in in recent months.

The person who checked in called himself Joe Coleman, a middle-aged white male, about 40 years old, with a thin face, no beard, and short curly brown hair. He usually wears a suit when he comes out and looks very businesslike.

He usually leaves early and comes back late as usual, and occasionally brings women back. He looks no different from ordinary people. He has a Nissan car that is silver-white in color and is regularly taken care of, but none of them remember his license plate.

Joe Coleman's actions all seemed normal, but at today's explosion site, there were no cars in the garage, and there were no casualties at the scene. It was obvious that he had arranged everything and then detonated the bomb after leaving.

Jimmy did not continue to ask anyone else, but called Gordon directly: "Gordon, is Noah here?"

Gordon: "Yes. I turned on the external release, you tell me."

Jimmy: "Mr. Watson, I have new information here. Ask your people to search for the camera on East 108th Street in Brooklyn. Look for a silver-white Nissan car between this morning and the explosion. The owner of the car is white, middle-aged, and brown.

hair."

Noah: "Are there any other clues?"

Jimmy: "This man has lived here for a few months. The neighbors call him Joe Coleman. He occasionally brings women back, usually by himself. I will continue to ask about the situation with several families around me.

It’s not over yet.”

Noah: "Okay, let's start investigating."

Suddenly a person next to him said: "Could this name be fake? Joe Coleman has the same name as a pitcher from the Detroit Tigers."

Noah turned to look at him: "Tell me the details."

"Joe Coleman is a well-known pitcher who once helped the Tigers win the division championship. Although he is not well-known nationwide, we Detroit baseball fans still know him. If this person's name is fake, he is very

Maybe he's from Detroit, or at least lived there for a while, so it's easy to just give him a fake name, but there's something meaningful about using an athlete's name like that."

Noah: "Jimmy, remember to ask his neighbors if Joe Coleman is a baseball fan. Just let us know if there is any news."

Jimmy: "Wait a minute, I'm conducting an on-site investigation with the ATF people. They may also intervene later. This is Hughes' arrangement."

Gordon: "OK, I get it, Jimmy."

After Gordon finished speaking, he hung up the phone. What the operator at the command center just said made sense. This was indeed a direction. The focus now was to first investigate the whereabouts of this person through surveillance.

Noah didn't say anything to Gordon, but said to the people in the command center: "I heard it all, let's start investigating."

Jimmy hung up the phone, returned to the previous neighbor's house, and asked Joe Coleman again what his hobbies were. Unfortunately, although he had lived here for a few months, Joe Coleman had few contacts with other people, and everyone did not

I don't know his occupation and hobbies.

The same goes for other houses. Some people even didn't notice that anyone was living in that house. Although everyone is familiar with this kind of community in the United States, there are still many people who won't tell others about their personal circumstances.

Very normal.

But not everything was found. There is a surveillance camera at the garage door of the first house at the intersection. The main picture of this surveillance camera is the garage door, but a small part of it can capture the road. Jimmy and the homeowner quickly looked through today's surveillance video. From inside

Joe Coleman's silver car was found. He drove out once around 8 o'clock in the morning, came back, and left again 10 minutes before the explosion.

Jimmy called Gordon again: "Tell Noah, check the surveillance at the intersection of East 108th Street and George Road, the time is around 11:42. I saw the video from a neighbor, a silver car

Leave 10 minutes before the explosion."

Gordon: "Understood."

Jimmy's on-site investigation has been successfully completed and a lot has been gained. Now it's up to Noah and the others. As long as they can get the surveillance done, there's always a chance they can figure it out if they continue to pursue it.

Unfortunately, this Joe Coleman had little communication with other people, and everyone did not have the habit of taking photos casually, so Jimmy could not get a high-definition photo for identification.

Jimmy returned to the house where the explosion occurred and found Johnny Bullock: "Agent Bullock, are there any results?"

Bullock shook his head: "Not that fast. The evidence found at the scene needs to be taken back for testing before we can know the specific ingredients. The fastest will be before get off work in the afternoon, otherwise it will be tomorrow."

Jimmy frowned: "So slow? This may have caused the suspect to run away early. You can continue the investigation. I will go back to the station to investigate other clues."

Bullock: "Any clues?"

Jimmy: "Well, there was a man who lived here before. The name the neighbors know is Joe Coleman. I need to go back and investigate."

Bullock nodded and returned to the explosion site again.

Jimmy told the inspectors and left the scene. He was not familiar with the explosion-related content. It would be better to go back and see what clues Gordon and Noah had to trace the past.

As soon as Jimmy got in the car and drove out of the street, he received a call from Gordon, "Jimmy, can you leave immediately? To Union City, north of Jersey City. Although we haven't determined the detailed route yet, the silver car

The direction of the car should be the Lincoln Tunnel, and he will probably reach New Jersey directly through the Lincoln Tunnel."

Jimmy: "Okay, let me know the route as soon as possible."

Jimmy turned and asked: "Gordon, ask Noah if the person who called Joseph was tracked in that direction last time? Maybe he was going to meet that person."

Gordon paused for a while, and then it was Noah who spoke again: "The people from the Newark FBI office have not found the camel, and are there even any clues there? The fingerprints on the public phone that called are very confusing, and there is no surveillance at the surrounding intersections.

, that camel was obviously a professional, and the place he chose to call was very unfavorable to us.

Camel's last phone call was from Springfield, southwest of Newark, and the direction Joe Coleman went to in the bombing this time was northeast of Newark. If they really wanted to meet, it would be possible.

, not far from Newark. We will notify the Newark office, and when we have clear clues, you can cooperate with them in tracking down."

Jimmy: "It may be of tracking value. You continue to investigate. I'm on my way to the Lincoln Tunnel now."

Noah: "By the way, this car also appeared in the warehouse area of ​​the cruise port this morning, but I never had a good angle to take pictures of the driver."

The Lincoln Tunnel connects Union City and Midtown Manhattan and is an important traffic artery on both sides. Judging from the time when the bombing started, he had been gone for more than an hour. No matter where he was going, he should have arrived there by now, so

The most important thing for Noah and the others is to investigate the whereabouts of the car. Although they can only pursue it from behind, it still has a clear target.

Now it is basically certain that this person is a real engineer. He was supposed to go to the warehouse in the morning, but Jimmy and the others were one step ahead. When he arrived at the warehouse area, Jimmy and the others were already searching the warehouse, so he did not show up.

He returned to his residence, set the time for the explosion, and then drove away.

Now there are two possible directions for him, one is to escape, and the other is to meet up with others to discuss the subsequent plan. No matter which one, he wants to track down the silver car.

Jimmy's call today was definitely a hotline, another call, but the number was not recorded. "Hi, I'm Jimmy."

"Agent Yang, this is Forensic Konnik. We found the fingerprints of two other people from the equipment in the warehouse. After comparing one of them, we discovered his identity. Javier Vance, a former employee of the chemical giant DuPont, was involved in a crime.

He was arrested for stealing and reselling factory supplies and was sentenced to 5 years in prison. He was released from prison 2 years ago. He has been unemployed since then and there are no relevant records in the system."

"Thanks, Nick, who is the other guy?"

"There is no matching information in the fingerprint database."

"Okay, I'll give you a phone number. You contact Agent Gordon and fax the information to him. He will arrange follow-up processing." Jimmy found Gordon's mobile phone number and reported it, then hung up the phone and called Gordon.

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Jimmy: "Gordon, we found the fingerprints of two other people on the equipment in the warehouse. One has no record, and the other is a former DuPont employee who once resold factory supplies. I suspect that he is the supplier of these supplies. Even if not

The supplier, or at least the middleman, Nick from the forensics department will contact you and fax you the information. You can arrange the investigation and bring him back for interrogation if necessary."

Gordon was speechless. Why were the clues suddenly so dense? The previous clues were all operated by a single line, but suddenly they were developed by multiple lines. He didn't waste any time and hung up the phone directly waiting for Nick to contact him. Jimmy had already set off to track the engineer.

, it seems that this supplier should ask their people to come forward. When the information comes, we will use the Counter-Terrorism Bureau to investigate. Let Scott and the others take action directly. We can't come to New York and give them the majority of the credit.

Take it to the branch.

Jimmy ignored the matter and continued driving to New Jersey. Now that he had a suspicious supplier and was following the engineer's tail, only Luotuo, the mastermind behind it, still didn't know anything about it.

This unfortunate case has been bothering him for a long time, and if he can't solve it anymore, he can hardly bear it. No case has ever taken so long before, and the process is too cumbersome. Chris, an old bastard, will play tricks at critical moments.

disappeared, and most of the pressure on the entire case was on him. Although the current person in charge of the case is Gordon from the headquarters, it would be too embarrassing if their office did not do something to achieve results.

When Jimmy drove to Union City, he had already received the news from Gordon. The detectives from the Newark office had investigated the traces of the silver car and were following up. Jimmy just needed to wait for them to notify the final location.

Just rush there. Because he didn't know when he was going to meet his colleagues in Newark, Jimmy couldn't go to the restaurant, so he had to drive around twice and find a food truck for lunch.

At around 3 p.m., Jimmy finally received a call from the detective in the Newark office and rushed to Rutherford.

(End of chapter)