North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 776 Police Investigation
Roland's call undoubtedly dampened Jimmy's original desire to travel. How could these trivial matters be as important as meeting Roland?
In addition to the fact that they had not seen each other for a long time and he missed each other very much, Roland also needed to help him solve the most important secret of the Black Rainbow. As the only person who knew that his soul had possessed Jimmy, Roland's concern for Jimmy was one of the few people he knew that was not mixed with utilitarianism. Like James and Tom, who cared about him, Roland was undoubtedly one of Jimmy's closest people.

Except for the BUG skill of Mind's Vision, Jimmy's revolver talent and black rainbow were all given by Roland. Roland didn't even know about his marriage, so he must tell him this time.

Compared to meeting Roland, the shit he was dealing with now was nothing.

The only problem is that Roland said he still has his own things to deal with. According to the information provided by the church last time, Roland is very likely still on the road to slay demons. Maine is a bit far from California, one is in the northeast corner and the other is in the southwest corner. There is no reason to fly directly from Los Angeles, and it is a bit troublesome.
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Dave was still a little surprised when he received Jimmy's call. He originally thought that it was the murderer who had attacked Mrs. Hareton, but Jimmy's description was obviously not that simple.

No matter it was the murderer who blew up Hareton before, or the one who caused the car accident and threatened Mrs. Hareton later, they were obviously technical professionals. And this time, two gunmen died at the scene. It was obvious that they had stormed in. Their styles were completely inconsistent. Unless they were not from the same group, there was no way to explain it. Different people meant that it was probably arranged by different people. Many people wanted Mrs. Hareton to die.

However, Dave was really unfamiliar with the LAPD, so he could only contact people at the FBI Los Angeles office and ask them to help inquire. Moreover, the person he contacted was of a higher level, and it would take some time to pass the information down. He had told Jimmy to wait for his call before, and he waited for most of the day.

LAPD is also one of the largest police agencies in the country. The FBI cannot directly intervene in their cases and can only contact investigators through personal relationships to determine the case status. Detective Cook did not have a good day. The case was already quite big, and now he had to deal with different people's concerns about the case. He was really angry.

In the morning he found an FBI agent he knew to inquire about Jimmy's situation. Of course, it couldn't be detailed information, the main purpose was to verify whether his identity was real. After getting confirmation, he no longer doubted Jimmy's words and continued his investigation. As for Jimmy's suggestion that he was investigating the murder of Mrs. Hareton's husband, it had little to do with his current investigation, and he would have time to contact him later when he needed to check his social relations.

Judging from the situation at the scene, the murderer should be a combat team. They need to wait for the forensic department to confirm the footprints and ballistic information at the scene. However, they have already assigned personnel to mobilize surveillance information from the building and its surroundings, and at the same time conduct a detailed investigation of the two unidentified deceased persons. The guns that appeared at the scene also need to be checked. In short, there are too many things to deal with and it is difficult to confirm them in a short time.

Investigations into the deceased, Mrs. Harriton, and several bodyguards were also being conducted simultaneously. However, their identities were clear, and the security company also urgently produced the contract they had signed with Mrs. Harriton, as well as the corresponding gun licenses and gun numbers registered by the bodyguards. These were all legal businesses and there were no problems.

The surviving bodyguard is now in the hospital, but he is still in the ICU, so it is not possible to inquire about the situation at the scene for the time being. According to the doctor's requirements, we need to wait at least 24 hours, so the current investigation can only be limited to external investigation.

However, it was not without gain. They still successfully found the SUV. Since the surveillance camera was located far away, they were temporarily unable to distinguish the SUV's license plate. However, they had already arranged personnel to retrieve road surveillance based on the time when the case occurred.

They also discovered a special situation. A few minutes before the incident, a man in a hoodie approached the SUV. Based on the man's movements and the movement of running away from the SUV, it was very likely that a robbery had occurred, which made the detectives who were checking the surveillance happy for a rare moment.

However, they did not continue to investigate the matter because this kind of thing is too common in Los Angeles and there is no way to investigate it. People wearing hoodies are too common here. Even if many police officers are sent out to investigate this person, they may not be able to find him because it is difficult to determine whether such a person lives nearby and it is very likely that he committed the crime across regions.

Due to the location, they could find very little surveillance video. Of course, there was surveillance video inside the apartment building, but the camera was destroyed before the incident. Based on the situation at the scene, it was probably damaged by a silenced pistol. Because it was early in the morning, the security guards of the building did not keep an eye on the surveillance, which directly led to them not noticing anything unusual before the shooting.

While Detective Cook was investigating the case, other people were not idle either. Another group of detectives were investigating a shooting in an abandoned building. Seven people died at the scene, and each of them was shot multiple times. There was blood all over the floor, and the scene was extremely tragic.

Judging from the positions of several people, the person who died on the chair should be the most likely. As for the other six people, their positions of death basically overlap, which makes it difficult to determine their conditions before they were killed. Moreover, there are many bullet holes on these people, so it is very troublesome to check the trajectory clearly to determine the position of the gunman.

However, there is one thing that is easier to distinguish. Among the people present, there are three people wearing suits, three people wearing black combat uniforms, and one person wearing casual clothes. It can be basically confirmed that they are not together. It is very likely that an accident happened when the two parties met here.

This type of investigation was very difficult. No common drug transactions or other transactions were found at the scene, so it was difficult to determine what they were doing in the building. However, through fingerprint recognition, they successfully obtained the identities of the three men in suits and the man in plain clothes.

The two men in suits who died in the crowd had clear identity information. They were former veterans with no formal jobs. They looked like they were working as bodyguards or thugs. The man sitting in the middle should be the one with the highest status. His official identity was the boss of a consulting company, but judging from the occasion he appeared in, it was estimated that this consulting company was not a good one.

The man in plain clothes was a low-level gang member of a Hispanic gang. He had a bad record and no work record in the system, but the detectives still determined his other identity through personal connections: a relative of a high-ranking gang member, but he had never been given an important job because of his ability problems.

No information could be found about the three men in black combat uniforms, but at least it was certain that they had not committed any crimes or served any sentences in California. As for those in other areas, they were temporarily unable to obtain their identity information because the data was not synchronized.

In principle, information would not be synchronized in a timely manner between different detective teams in the police station. It was just that someone happened to see the photo and found that the three people on their side were wearing similar clothes to the two victims in the murder of Mrs. Harriton, so they combined the cases together. Detective Cook also successfully got the SUV parked next to the abandoned building, and after comparing it with the surveillance he had checked before, he confirmed that it was the same SUV.

To investigate the murder of Mrs. Harriton, it is inevitable to check her relatives and business relationships. However, it is strange that some senior executives and shareholders of the Harriton Foundation cannot be contacted. This makes several detectives from the LAPD very headache, so Detective Cook remembered the FBI agent Jimmy Young he had met before.

Jimmy never got a call from Dave, so he had to go back to the hotel and continue waiting. It was not until the afternoon that he received a call from Dave, who briefly explained the current situation and asked Jimmy to suspend the investigation and wait for the preliminary investigation results from the LAPD and the FBI Los Angeles office.

Now Dave didn't dare to urge Jimmy. The matter was obviously getting bigger and bigger. It was no longer so easy to handle. Leaving Jimmy alone in Los Angeles was still very stressful. If he urged him too much, Jimmy might cause trouble again, and it would be difficult to resolve the situation.

Jimmy was not in the mood to cause trouble now. He was also anxious to find Roland, so when Detective Cook called him, he readily agreed to go to the police station to talk to him and share some synchronized information.

He originally intended to mess up these people. After all, he had no interest in politics. This case was purely forced upon him. In order to create trouble for those behind the scenes, he created so many things. He could have continued to play, but now he is not in the mood to do so.

The next morning, Jimmy came to the police station and met Detective Cook. As soon as he greeted him, Cook said to Jimmy, "Detective Yang, I'm sorry, please wait here for a while. I have something urgent to do and need to leave for a while."

Jimmy said in surprise, "Sure, how long will it take?"

Cook: "Give me half an hour, I'll be back soon."

After saying that, Cook put on his coat and left the office with the two detectives. Jimmy could only stay in the conference room next door and wait for them.

Fortunately, Cook was punctual. They came back in less than half an hour. They brought in two cardboard boxes. After sorting them out, Cook came to the conference room with a stack of photos. "Agent Yang, sorry to have kept you waiting. We found some problems when investigating Mrs. Harriton's relatives and friends. Some senior executives in several companies managed by Mrs. Harriton could not be contacted. You should have had some interactions with them before, so I hope you can provide some information."

He held the photo out to Jimmy and said, "These people are Mrs. Hareton's relatives and friends. Do you know anyone familiar with them?"

Jimmy took the photos and looked at them, then picked out Sebastian's photo: "This is Mrs. Hareton's lawyer. I've met him before, but I haven't seen him for many days."

Detective Cook nodded. "Sebastian Molloy is missing. According to his family, he never returned home after leaving the house on the day Mrs. Harriton had the accident. His cell phone is now turned off, and the people at the law firm can't find him."

At this time, Jimmy certainly couldn't tell what he saw, but the other party found Mrs. Hareton through him, and it was very likely that he had also been in trouble. "I'm sorry, the last time I saw him was several days ago. I don't think I have any news to provide you for the time being."

Cook frowned and said, "I just went to another police station. They received a murder case this morning. The nanny found the owner dead on the bed in the bedroom. He was shot. The deceased was also the owner of a company under the Harriton Foundation. Others are now in charge of the on-site investigation."

Jimmy shook his head. "I don't know about that. In fact, due to the death of Mrs. Hareton, my case is temporarily at a standstill. I haven't contacted anyone else to confirm in the past two days. I can't share the details of the case with you for now, but these people are not the target of my investigation."

Cook: "Can you tell me who you investigated?"

Jimmy: "I'm sorry, I can't provide the details of my investigation for the time being, but I did contact several major shareholders of the Harriton Foundation before, but I couldn't contact them two days ago. The reason why I called Mrs. Harriton was that I hoped to get some help from her, but I contacted her too late.

My case was assigned by headquarters, and I cannot disclose the details of the case without permission."

Jimmy pushed the other photos forward and said, "If there are no other questions, I'll go back first."

Detective Cook had no choice. They had no affiliation with the FBI and certainly could not force Jimmy to cooperate with the investigation. He could only shake hands with Jimmy and send him away.

When he reached the door of the office, Jimmy stopped and looked at the positions of the others. He whispered to Cook, "Perhaps you can try to investigate the people in the foundation. After Mrs. Harriton returned to her manor after being hospitalized, someone invaded her manor. Because few people knew her whereabouts, she moved to her current apartment to avoid possible dangers."

After saying that, Jimmy patted Cook on the shoulder and said, “Her lawyer Sebastian knows about this, find him.”

Jimmy didn't wait for Cook to say anything and walked out of the office. Cook looked at Jimmy's back and frowned, thought for a while, then returned to his seat and began to investigate the information provided by Jimmy.

The information Jimmy provided was part of the contents of the report he wrote, which was originally intended to plug loopholes, so even if the detectives found out something, it would not affect Jimmy. It was just that Sebastian's disappearance still surprised him a little. For this man who was followed like a sieve to find Mrs. Hareton, whether he was doing business or being killed, it was not a good thing for Jimmy, because a lot of the contents in his report needed his cooperation to verify. If these people had an accident, his report would also be flawed.

(End of this chapter)