North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 612
After the case press conference, Jimmy could finally relax a little and left the conference room. He reached out and unbuttoned the top button of his tie and shirt, "Isabel, how did I perform?"

Isabel smiled and said: "It's very good. It's much better than the last case conference you hosted. It seems that not letting you participate in more conferences was a major mistake and a waste of your talent."

Jimmy: "Spare me, I really don't like this environment. If it hadn't been decided at a meeting between my superiors yesterday, I would have run as far as I could. Okay, this matter is over, I'm going back to the office. goodbye."

Jimmy and Isabel hugged each other goodbye. Although they were barely ex-colleagues, they shouldn't be so close in theory. They could just shake hands and say goodbye or wave. However, Jimmy's press conference was a success today. He was a little excited for a moment, so he opened his arms. .

Julia and Mark were also present at the press conference. Now that it was over, the three of them were on their way back to the office. Jimmy said: "Mark, Julia, you two can discuss it among yourself and take turns taking a day off. Come back to work for a change of mood.”

Julia glanced at Mark and said, "Mark, please rest first and go to the hospital to check the injury on your head."

Mark nodded: "OK, then I'll take a rest tomorrow."

Jimmy: "Don't run around during the break. There may be an OPR inquiry recently that requires your participation."

The two looked at Jimmy in surprise, and Mark asked: "What inquiry meeting?"

Jimmy: "You also participated in the shooting at the playground. This is a normal procedure, but because the case is under investigation, it was not opened before. Now that the case is over, I guess you will also participate."

Mark: "What about you?"

Jimmy chuckled and said, "Don't worry about me. I have experienced this kind of situation many times before. In fact, it may not be held this time. I just remind you to pay attention."

Mark: "OK, I understand."

Back in the office, Jimmy was lazy again and asked Mark and Julia to investigate the relationship between the second gunman's relatives and friends. Because Will was dead, his line was temporarily interrupted, so the second gunman should be the focus now. .

Although Jimmy said at the press conference that the case was over, he also told the truth that they would continue to investigate relevant information to determine whether the shooting was related to a terrorist attack or a criminal organization. If it was really related, then follow-up The investigation may not continue with the homicide squad.

It was finally time to get off work normally today. Jimmy made a special trip to Whole Foods to purchase dinner ingredients and then went home to treat himself.

After dinner, Jimmy and Nia sat on the sofa watching TV and chatting about gossip, and finally saw the news about their press conference.In fact, the content of the press conference was already broadcast in the afternoon, but it was a text message at that time, and the processing of the live video of the press conference also took time, so the evening news only had the live video and Jimmy's relevant information displayed on the big screen. .

It was also the first time for Nia to see the details of these cases. When Jimmy came back before, Nia only asked about the results in general and did not let him tell the details.

Nia: "Is this case over? Did you really kill four gunmen?"

Jimmy nodded, hugged Nia and reached out to play with the ends of her hair, "Both cases involved two gunmen. Unfortunately, we arrived a little late, and they still shot at the citizens."

Nia: "Is it true? Two children died?"

Jimmy still gritted his teeth when talking about this topic: "It's true. Their identities were not mentioned at the press conference, but their families were contacted after the identities were confirmed after the shooting. These gunmen really deserve to die. "

In fact, Jimmy really couldn't bear to see his child being shot. When he arrived at the scene of the shooting, he already regretted not blowing the heads of the two gunmen immediately.

When he fired, he deliberately avoided the vital points. If they had not continued to fight back later, Jimmy wanted to spare their lives for follow-up investigation.

But after watching the scene, Jimmy was really glad that he didn't keep them. Letting them go to hell was the best relief for these children.

Jimmy thought for a while and swept Nia's face with the tip of his hair: "I'm going to the scene of the shooting tomorrow morning. Remember to remind me to buy flowers."

Nia: "Well, do you need me to come with you?"

Jimmy: "No, I can go by myself."

Nia used the remote control to change the channel. After watching it for a while, she turned to look at Jimmy, "Then do you want to go to church? You haven't prayed in a long time."

After all, the two are together. Nia actually already knows that Jimmy is not a believer. He has never participated in church activities. He wore a cross pendant a long time ago, but then stopped wearing it altogether. All signs indicate that Jimmy is not a believer. There is a lot of water in the identity of a believer.

You can hear what Jimmy said just now. When he talked about the two children, his mood was obviously much worse. A trip to the church might make him feel a little more at ease.

Jimmy: "Oh, it's okay to go there. It's been a while since I've been there."

Jimmy kissed Nia, looked into her eyes and said with a smile: "Thank you." Fortunately, Nia reminded him that Jimmy had forgotten the believer persona he had created before. It seemed that he had killed some people before and he had not yet As for going to the church confessional, you might as well go there, it will be somewhat useful.

The next day, Jimmy got up early, washed up and prepared breakfast. Because he had to go to the office today to continue the follow-up investigation and write a case report, the trip to the park had to start early.

He changed into a black suit, shirt and tie, said goodbye to Nia and drove to the Queens Zoo.

Jimmy got out of the car, holding a bouquet of white flowers in his hand, with a black ribbon wrapped around it and the names of the two children written on it.He walked into the park, looked around, and found that the place had returned to calm, but the surrounding police cordons and white line marks on the ground still reminded him clearly of the tragic scene of the shooting.

Someone has placed several photos of the deceased next to the shooting scene. There are also wreaths, flowers and candles on the ground. It seems that they were placed here yesterday. The flowers have some signs of withering. It is still early, so there are no signs of wilting. No one is here.

Jimmy walked over, stood in front of the photo, and found a photo of the two children. Looking at their laughing faces in the photo, the image of them during the shooting flashed in his mind.

No matter what, the children are innocent victims. Looking at the photo, Jimmy felt a little sadder and sadder. He bent down and put down the flowers in his hand, stood up and took off his sunglasses, put his hands on his lower abdomen, closed his eyes and bowed his head in silent condolences. .

Jimmy raised his head and put on his sunglasses, glanced at the scene again, turned and left.

This is the first time that a child has died in a case handled by Jimmy. The death of a minor has only occurred in school shootings before. It is still very sad, but after all, this is not a tragedy that happened because of him, so It's just sad, not much impact.

After leaving the park, Jimmy went to church. Although he knew Father Rodney, he just came to pray this time and there was no need to inform him.

Jimmy just sat on the bench, put his hands on his forehead, and prayed quietly.When he raised his head, Father Rodney was standing not far in front looking at him, "Jimmy, what happened?"

Jimmy: "Father Rodney, it's nothing. I just handled a case and two children were killed. Let me pray for the deceased."

Father Rodney: "May God bless them. Seeing you coming so early, I thought you found something again."

Jimmy shook his head: "No, I have been working on cases recently and have not gone anywhere else. How is my cross?"

Father Rodney: "Just wait a few more days, I will inform you in advance."

Jimmy: "Okay, thank you, Father Rodney. Then, I'll go back first. Goodbye."

Father Rodney saw Jimmy out of the church door and turned back to the church. Jimmy got in the car and took a look at the church before starting the car and going back to work.

At noon, Ruiz called Jimmy and when he came to Ruiz's office, he received some bad news.

Ruiz: "Jimmy, please sort out the current investigation materials and case reports and prepare to hand over the case to the anti-terrorism team."

Jimmy raised his eyebrows: "Are they so anxious? Our investigation here has not been completely completed yet."

Ruiz: "The Counter-Terrorism Unit has not taken any action for a while. This case is very likely to be followed up. Let them handle it."

Sure enough, the most important thing is the first half of what Ruiz said. The Counter-Terrorism Unit has not done much because there have been no terrorist attacks or high-risk criminal organizations for a long time. The Counter-Terrorism Unit and corresponding support staff occupy almost half of the office. Manpower cannot be harvested all the time.

Now these three cases have met the conditions of a series of major cases. In addition, the four gunmen are all retired soldiers. The possibility of forming a team is very high. There must be relevant gains from investigating this kind of case, or they will definitely be able to use it based on this. Four people come to frame a list of potential terrorist activities, so that their manpower will have more suitable cases to arrange.

Jimmy smiled and shook his head, "Then let's finish the three cases first. Mark and Julia have also been working very hard during this time."

Ruiz nodded: "You can arrange this. Their goal is still follow-up investigation."

Jimmy: "Okay, I'll take care of it when I get back. By the way, Mark's matter..."

Ruiz: "I already communicated with OPR's David Martin yesterday, and we will wait for them to communicate internally before deciding whether to launch an investigation."

Jimmy: "He's got his gun back."

Ruiz: "But the news had already spread, and there were too many people handling it. It's not clear where the news came from. Maybe it was just an innocent mistake on their part. In short, OPR has actually got the news."

Jimmy hammered his left hand. At that time, Mark was knocked down. He checked and found that his gun was missing. He had indeed notified Ruiz, the forensic personnel at the scene, and the hospital. These places may have leaked the information.

Also, he made a deal with Black Wolf for clues about the shooting. Federal prosecutor Adam Maxwell was aware of this matter. Black Wolf's deal directly blocked Jimmy's reason to arrest him again. Mark's side It's even harder to do.

Jimmy: "Can it be done?"

Ruiz: "It's not sure yet, but I will try my best to deal with it. You don't want Mark to worry too much."

Jimmy nodded, "That's up to you. If necessary, I can talk to David. I was the one who handled the deal with Black Wolf. I'm going back first. Mark has a rest today and went to the hospital. I and I Julia will sort out the information first.”

Jimmy and Julia rechecked the information to make sure it was complete, and then began to pack the cardboard boxes. In the afternoon, three agents walked into Jimmy's office, checked their identities, and left with the cardboard boxes.

Before leaving get off work, Jimmy received a call from the OPR office, which informed Jimmy that OPR would conduct an internal hearing in two days regarding Mark's possible dereliction of duty. As Mark's immediate superior, Jimmy also needed to know in advance, and they would notify him later. mark.

It seems that Ruiz's face is not that big on OPR's side, and Jimmy has no choice but to agree, but he asked to participate in the hearing, and OPR needs to think about it before giving any information.

After the case was handed over, Jimmy and his team became quiet again. After Mark returned to work, Jimmy had a chat with him and could only adapt to the content of the hearing.

Although Jimmy said that he had participated many times, his situation was different from Mark's. Coupled with his previous files, in fact, OPR did not target Jimmy before, but he was a little too conspicuous at that time.

Mark set the time for the meeting, and then thought about the problems he might encounter. Jimmy originally planned to ask federal prosecutor Adam Maxwell to come over as a witness, but he gave up after thinking about it and waited until he was asked.The federal prosecutor is not a small person. Although Jimmy can initiate the summons, it is better to go through the normal process.

In the conference room, the OPR personnel were seated. Jimmy listened and sat at the edge. Mark came in from the outside and sat opposite the OPR personnel.

OPR may have received some information in advance. They simply asked about the process of Mark's attack, and it ended quickly after that.

After Mark left the conference room, Jimmy stood up and said, "Everyone, wait a moment, let me add a detail. Mark was asked by me to investigate the clues. It was entirely for a reason and it was not a subjective mistake on his part.

The man who attacked Mark, the Black Wolf, I made a deal with Mr. Adam Maxwell, the federal prosecutor, and he provided information about Will Scott, the mastermind of the Queens mass shooting, and we wouldn't prosecute him. Charge of assaulting Mark.

I think this also needs to be recorded. You can check with Mr. Maxwell. "

The OPR agent smiled and said to Jimmy: "Agent Yang, we have already investigated the situation you mentioned. Don't worry, we will not target Agent Mark."

Jimmy: "Thank you for your hard work. Goodbye."

Jimmy left the conference room and found Mark to comfort him. After that, he could only wait for the conclusion from OPR.

The next day, OPR issued their decision and issued an internal warning to Mark. Although this time it was not a subjective dereliction of duty or negligence on his part, and Jimmy retrieved the gun that day, making up for Mark's mistake, it was still impossible to completely avoid it. punishment.

The warning is already very light, and it is a completely acceptable result for Jimmy and Mark. If it were more serious, he would have been suspended for a period of time. In that case, Mark's future in the FBI would be almost gone.

(End of this chapter)