North America Gunman Detective

Chapter 1055 - 595: Shooting Incident (Part 2)

Jimmy was speechless, who would want to get involved in such a case? The investigation is extremely troublesome, and they might not even find the culprit. If the case remains unsolved, it could affect one's career prospects.

After chatting on the phone with Nia for a while, Jimmy hung up and took a rest.

In the early morning, Jimmy's phone rang. He glanced at the number and sat up, leaning against the headboard to answer the call, "Kevin, what happened?"

Kevin: "Are you asleep?"

Jimmy looked at the alarm clock on the nightstand: "It's 1:30 in the morning."

Kevin: "Okay, didn't notice the time. I'm still at the police station. Did you hear about today's shooting?"

Jimmy: "Saw it in the news. How's the investigation going?"

Kevin: "We have a bit of a lead; might need you guys to step in soon. I'm giving you a heads-up, they'll probably contact you tomorrow."

Jimmy: "Is it serious?"

Kevin: "Yeah, the detectives here aren't as specialized as you in handling such cases, and the pressure is immense. They've discussed transferring the case."

Jimmy: "Understood. Even if the case gets transferred to the FBI, it might not necessarily come to me. If it involves terrorism, it might go to the Anti-Terrorism Team."

Kevin: "Yeah, that's it. Take a rest. Good night."

Jimmy: "Good night, you too, rest early." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel-fire.net

Jimmy hung up the phone, thought for a while, then went back to sleep. The situation with the case wasn't clear yet; thinking more wouldn't help. Someone would be taking the fall anyway, and someone would step up.

After going to work, Jimmy was waiting for news. Finally, he received a call from Ruiz. Ruiz was quite unlucky, just got promoted and was hit with such a nasty case.

Jimmy dressed up and went to Ruiz's office, "Ruiz, it's the shooting case from yesterday?"

Ruiz nodded, "Just received a call from the NYPD; they want us to lead the investigation on this case."

Jimmy: "Taking it as a shooting case, or as terrorism?"

Ruiz: "Shooting case, your team should handle it. Just help those two familiarize themselves."

Jimmy: "Alright, but this case is likely going to be complicated. I'll need a tech team and some support agents for on-site investigation."

Ruiz: "No problem, I'll arrange it."

Jimmy: "Then let them send the materials over."

Ruiz nodded, and Jimmy left his office, heading back to the Homicide Team office.

"Clap clap clap," Jimmy clapped his hands as he entered, "Alright, tidy up a bit. The NYPD will send over the materials soon, it's yesterday's shooting case, and we're handling it."

Mark: "The NYPD is giving up?"

Jimmy: "Yeah, their lack of experience is putting a lot of pressure on them. Clean up, Julia, grab two whiteboards."

When the NYPD people brought over the site investigation and materials from yesterday, Jimmy was a bit stunned. Three big boxes—lots of material.

Jimmy: "So much material? Detective Ronald, I'll need you to brief us on the case situation and your current progress."

Detective Ronald from the NYPD was responsible for leading the investigation of this shooting case.

Ronald nodded, opened a box, and took out a stack of photos, attaching them to a whiteboard, "Yesterday at 1:37 PM, someone opened fire in Brooklyn's Felix Park towards people resting and playing on the grass, resulting in three deaths and five injuries. The deceased are currently in the morgue at the forensic doctor's office; the wounded are at Brooklyn's Royal Mountain Hospital, now out of danger.

Felix Park has been temporarily closed. After the shooting happened, the first patrol officer arrived seven minutes later, by which time people in the park had scattered. They didn't find any armed individuals at the park site.

It's confirmed the shooter likely used a semi-automatic rifle, and judging from the gunshots, he fired in a semi-controlled manner, with the shots coming from the park's parking lot."

Detective Ronald attached the photos of the deceased and injured, then hung a park map on the whiteboard, "This is a map we sketched based on the site, these red dots are the locations of the deceased and injured. The shooter's position should be in the southeastern parking lot.

He took out two discs, "Here is surveillance footage from the park's parking lot entrance, but due to angle issues, no traces of the shooter were seen in the footage; there is no internal surveillance.

He took out a USB drive, "Here is footage shot by a tourist with a phone, but it only shows the part after shots were fired where people fled; there are no gunshots or injuries in the video.

Pointing at one of the boxes, "Here is the data from our site investigation of the shooting, including photos and recorded discarded items. The data for the three deceased and five injured has been investigated too, but no special relationships among them found.

Another box contains inquiry records from the park's manager, cleaner, security, and those present at the park during the incident. Because of the case's severity, we assigned many personnel, so we haven't compiled these collected materials yet."

Looking at these boxes, Jimmy and his team were indeed overwhelmed; sorting through these materials might take an unknown amount of time.

Jimmy: "Thank you, Detective Ronald. Can you guide us to the scene for a look or arrange for the patrol officers who arrived early to work with us?"

Ronald: "Of course, no problem."

Jimmy: "Mark, Julia, let's go to the scene first."

Julia and Mark's allocated vehicles weren't ready, so they drove their private cars. Jimmy, not wanting to hassle, let them get into his Suburban, and followed Detective Ronald to Brooklyn's Felix Park.

Felix Park isn't very large, and now temporarily closed due to the shooting, with only some people idly watching outside while there are no tourists inside.

Jimmy showed their credentials and ducked under the police barricade, taking a look around the park and said to Detective Ronald, "Let's go to the scene first."

Since the shooting happened yesterday, the scene still left traces of the markers and corpse positions drawn during evidence collection. Jimmy and his team stood behind where the bodies were, looking towards the parking lot, changing positions to determine the possible angles from the parking lot.

Jimmy was about to leave for the parking lot but suddenly stopped, "Mark, Julia, after looking at the scene, what's your take? Julia, you go first."

Julia glanced at Mark, then at Jimmy, "The shooter is trained, very skilled."

Jimmy: "Why?"

Julia: "The positions of the deceased and injured are concentrated; after shots were fired, there was movement all around, hitting them while running isn't easy. The parking lot is around 150 meters away; hitting so many targets at this distance is hard. The number of shots fired isn't clear yet, but it's estimated within one magazine, 20-30 rounds."

Jimmy: "Mark, you have military experience, what's your view?"

Mark: "Likely someone with shooting training, possibly military experience. There needs to be another site investigation to check for any bullet holes around here, which might help deduce the shooter's position based on shooting trajectories."

Jimmy: "Alright, later you'll check around here, now let's go to the parking lot."

The parking lot isn't huge, basically just a small area able to fit about four rows. Jimmy stood at a spot in the parking lot, looking towards the grassy area of the shooting, moving around to simulate shooting routes, eventually determining three possible directions.

Of course, this so-called confirmation direction is only a rough guideline; the actual location needs to be deduced by inversely calculating shooting trajectories.

Jimmy had Julia and Mark each predict the shooter's firing position, and their judgments aligned closely with his.

Looking at the parking lot, there was nothing much to obstruct view. If the shooter was standing here firing, there would certainly be witnesses, especially at 1 PM when there were still many people in the park.

Jimmy: "Julia, record all vehicles parked here now. Once we're back, check the footage of the parking lot, log all cars seen, and verify their identities one by one. Also, look into the NYPD's inquiry records to see if anyone was near the parking lot during the incident."

Julia: "Got it."

Jimmy: "Mark, search the places where shots hit for any other bullet holes, paying attention to trees and other obstacles in between. Go."

Mark: "Got it."