North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 573
After Jimmy left Dave's office, he went downstairs and went home. On the way home, Jimmy kept thinking about what Dave meant.

Dave finally told him to keep an eye on the progress of the case at any time, but he didn't arrange any tasks for him, which made Jimmy feel that Dave should have nothing to say.

He just asked him his opinion on the case, and Jimmy recalled that his answer should be fine, but he didn't understand what Dave meant.

This feeling of being crushed makes Jimmy very uncomfortable. He can't guess what the bosses are thinking, and he can't prepare a response plan in advance. Once Dave and the others set a task, they can only adapt to it.

When they got home, Nia looked at Jimmy who was frowning tightly. Instead of asking him why, she took a whiskey from the side and poured Jimmy a glass.

Jimmy held a wine glass in one hand, while pulling Nia to sit on the sofa, "Did you know? A senator died in the Empire State Building today."

Nia nodded and leaned on Jimmy: "I heard that your people did it."

Jimmy: "I don't think so. The guy who got caught was Peter Bolk, my former supervisor. He's just a weak guy, in all his years at the FBI, he never shot anyone, never. "

Nia: "Maybe it was just a manslaughter? Maybe he just missed."

Jimmy shook his head and took a sip of his wine: "Peter is not the kind of person who will be very nervous and shoot casually. Although his marksmanship is average, his psychological quality is very good. I don't believe he will miss in this situation. And he It’s a Senator, not to mention shooting, even pointing a gun at him is a big problem.”

Nia: "Then what are you going to do? Help him?"

Jimmy: "I don't know. . . . I'd love to help him, but . . . he broke my heart the other day."

Nia got up and looked at Jimmy: "What's wrong?"

Jimmy: "Do you remember when Peter and Elizabeth were kidnapped a few days ago?"

Nia nodded, and Jimmy continued: "I found someone to find clues, and then rescued Peter and Elizabeth. Later, when I returned to the station, Peter accused me of killing the robbers, saying that they were not worthy of death... Male robbers He was shot twice and was in critical condition but managed to survive. The female robber was shot once and was not life-threatening. Both robbers are now in prison, waiting for federal prosecutors to sue in court."

Jimmy drank all the wine in the glass and looked at Nia: "That man is a prison escapee. When he kidnapped Peter and Elizabeth, they had just committed two robberies and robbed a jewelry store with guns. Such a person, no matter what What reason do they have, it must be a vicious crime."

Nia took the wine bottle and poured it for Jimmy. After thinking about it, she poured some from her own glass and clinked glasses with Jimmy. "

Jimmy drank a little bit of wine. Although Peter has various problems, it is undeniable that he is indeed a good person, but occasionally his mind is not clear, and he cannot tell who is the one who treats him well. Become a Madonna, completely disregarding Jimmy's ideas.

Jimmy is already experienced in investigating murder cases. His ability to gain a foothold in the homicide team and act as an agent for the homicide team for a period of time means that Hughes and the others have recognized Jimmy's ability.

There is no doubt about this. If Jimmy is not capable enough, Hughes must have arranged for him to be a boss.There are definitely a lot of senior agents and supervisory agents in the Manhattan office, and it is impossible for a group to have no leadership.

Although the dead person has a higher status this time, it is no different from other murder cases. As long as you invest enough time and network support, Jimmy believes that he can restore the truth, regardless of whether Peter moved it or not. hand.

But there are many problems now. The biggest problem is that neither Hughes nor Dave supports Jimmy's intervention, or that Hughes made it clear that Jimmy will not be involved, and Dave, the conversation tonight made Jimmy feel that he might have other ideas .

Nia: "What are you thinking?"

Jimmy: "It's nothing. Hey, even if I want to help him now, I can't go to the Joint Investigation Team."

Nia: "Don't think about it, let it be. Watch a movie, what do you want to see?"

Jimmy put down the cup, got up and walked to the bedroom: "You choose, and I'll change clothes."
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Early the next morning, Jimmy woke up early. Instead of waking Nia, he got up to wash and go out.

Jimmy drove directly outside Hughes' house, called Hughes, and just sat in the car and waited.

After a while, Hughes opened the door, wearing casual clothes, Jimmy got out of the car and came to him, Hughes pointed to the side, and the two walked down the sidewalk, "For Peter?"

Jimmy: "Well, I want to know what's going on now, what's going on."

Hughes: "Peter was framed. That James Bennett is the father of Neil Caffery. He was convicted of killing a policeman many years ago. His partner Ellen Parker has been collecting information on the black police officers in their police station. Documentation, the box they were looking for contained evidence against Senator Platt."

Jimmy: "I know this. I heard you say it before. What happened to the Empire State Building this time?"

Hughes: "They scanned and located the box, but Callaway, the newcomer, also got some information, determined the approximate floor, and notified Senator Platt.

In order to find the evidence box as soon as possible, Senator Platt rented one of the floors directly.

In order to allow Neil to move freely, Peter put Neil's electronic anklet on his ankle. After being discovered by Callaway, Peter was suspended. Callaway lifted his badge and gun, and someone took him away , but Peter fled.

When they searched the box in the Empire State Building, the people of James Bennett and Neil Caffery were also inside, and they located the location of the box in advance and got the box directly.

But an accident occurred while taking the box, causing both Callaway and Pratt to see James Bennett, mobilizing other agents to capture Bennett.

Senator Platt's bodyguards later caught Bennett and brought back the box, but when they searched the scene after Platt's death, they found no evidence in the box, only a stack of postcards.

It is now certain that Pratt and Bennett were alone together before Peter arrived at the scene.

According to Peter, it was Platt and Bennett who pointed guns at each other. Bennett shot and killed Senator Platt and put the gun on the table. Peter picked up the gun when he was about to run away. He threatened Bennett and fired a shot to the side.

Bennett ran away, and Peter was arrested by agents who came later.

That's all that's known so far. "

Jimmy: "Let me think about it, what you said is a bit messy, and the clues don't match up."

Hughes didn't speak, and the two of them just walked forward, came to a coffee shop, ordered coffee and sat at the table by the window.

Jimmy looked at Hughes: "There is a problem here. If according to the process you said, Bennett shot Pratt with Peter's gun, but Peter has been removed from the badge and gun by Callaway in advance. His gun How could it be in Bennett's hands?"

Hughes shook his head: "I just got the news from other people, I don't know the specific situation."

Jimmy: "Callaway has a problem, she must have played a very important role here."

Hughes: "Now the case is a joint investigation team led by people from the headquarters. I can't get complete information. I'm retired."

Jimmy: "Are you giving up on Peter?"

Hughes: "No one is giving up on Peter, what do you think we are doing now?"

Jimmy: "You talk about us, who else?"

Hughes didn't speak, took a sip of coffee, and let Jimmy think for himself in such a silent manner.

Jimmy: "There are many problems in this case. Peter can be saved. Maybe Bennett can't be caught, but at least the current evidence, apart from the evidence of guns and gunpowder residues, can't fully accuse Peter. He has no reason to shoot. A federal senator."

Hughes took out an MP3 from his pocket, plugged in the headphones and gave it to Jimmy, "Listen to it."

Jimmy put on a headset, and there was a phone call recording in it. After listening to it, he took off the headset, "Is this the call record between Director Callaway and Senator Platt?"

Hughes nodded: "A friend from the NSA helped me get it."

Jimmy: "It's not enough evidence, but it's enough to prove that Callaway is the insider and leaked the investigation clues to Senator Platt. Also, based on this, Callaway and Platt can also be accused of colluding to frame Peter.

Peter's gun is the biggest evidence. Why did the gun show up on Senator Pratt's side after the agent removed the badge and the gun?If they can't explain this, they can't close the chain of evidence. "

Hughes: "Well, it can be used as a clue, but it is not enough to be used as evidence, and the NSA will not come out to testify. This surveillance is not approved in advance."

Jimmy: "So what are you going to do now?"

Hughes: "Still waiting for the investigation, I hope to find more evidence."

Jimmy nodded: "I understand. Then continue to wait."
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After drinking a cup of coffee with Hughes, Jimmy drove to work. As soon as he arrived at the office, Isabel came over and said, "Jimmy, a small press conference needs to be held today. You can prepare and attend later."

Jimmy frowned: "About yesterday's case?"

Isabel: "Well, just a brief introduction, not related to the investigation progress of the case."

Jimmy nodded: "Okay, I'll get ready."

It seems that Callaway can't hold back anymore. She just said yesterday that she would block the news. An emergency press conference will be held early this morning. At least it should be an instruction from the upper management of the office, most likely from the headquarters.

This time the press conference was not held in the small conference room, because there are too many reporters, even if some of them have been rejected, the small conference room is still not enough.

This press conference was directly chosen to be in the large conference room, and the tables and chairs inside were emptied, so all reporters could only participate standing.

The speaker was still Isabel, with Jimmy as an assistant, and a few others maintaining order.

Isabel: "Thank you for attending this briefing. Yesterday morning, Senator Terrence Pratt was shot dead in his rented fund company office in the Empire State Building with a Glock 19 pistol.

The case is being investigated by a joint investigation team formed by agents from the FBI's Washington DC headquarters and Manhattan office. Since the case is currently under investigation, due to confidentiality rules, we are temporarily unable to announce the progress of the investigation.

At present, a suspect has been arrested, and the suspect's information cannot be released for the time being. We will hold another press conference to announce the information after the follow-up investigation has results. "

Reporter: "There are rumors that an FBI agent shot and killed the Senator. Is this true?"

Isabel: "Sorry, we have not been authorized to release suspect information at this time."

Reporter: "According to the information provided by the people in the Empire State Building, a large number of FBI agents were searching the building at the time of the incident. May I ask whether it is related to this case?"

Isabel: "These two things are not related. We were searching for evidence in another case."

Reporter: "Who is the detective currently in charge of the case investigation? Why didn't he come to this press conference?"

Isabel: "Sorry, the joint investigation team is currently intensively investigating the relevant content of this case, and they will not participate in the pre-case press conference for the time being."

Reporter: "So many detectives at the scene failed to prevent the suspect from shooting Senator Platt. Are the detectives present involved in negligence of duty that led to this case?"

Isabel: "Sorry, the relevant content of the case cannot be announced at the moment."

The reporter looked at the notepad in his hand: "Senator Platt was attacked by two people in the park yesterday morning. We found the wanted information. Is the person who attacked Senator Platt related to this case?"

Isabel: "Sorry, we are unable to provide information about the suspects in the case at the moment, please wait for the information to be released later."

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No comment became Isabel's most frequently spoken word, because the higher authorities required that no information be leaked, so this press conference was strictly speaking to the outside world that there was such a case, and then there was no more.

Jimmy watched Isabel being besieged by reporters in front of him, and had to admire them, these professional spokesmen, for being able to carry it down without blushing or heartbeat. If he was in that position, he would probably be angry when he spoke at this time.

Moreover, according to the news from the reporter, Jimmy actually discovered a lot of interesting things, because he hadn't read the case files, and he didn't know that the father and son James Bennett and Neil Caffery were in the same room yesterday morning. At the time, he was already wanted for assaulting Senator Platt.

This is an important clue. Because of personal grievances, James Bennett shot and killed Senator Platt. This is naturally more convincing than Peter shooting and killing Senator Platt.

At the same time, it can also prove that part of what Peter said is possible, that is, Bennett and Pratt pointed guns at each other, but I don't know if the investigation team has referred to this part.

(End of this chapter)