North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 332 The Hidden Chamber

On the way Jimmy drove back, he found that there seemed to be a lot of beauties in Manhattan. They were stylishly dressed and tall. Many people were walking in twos and threes together or standing on the sidewalk chatting. It seemed that the streets were full of spring in the blink of an eye.

Well, the time has come to February, and New York Fashion Week, which has a history of decades, has started again. It’s a good time, but unfortunately the temperature in February is still relatively low, so there are relatively few surprises.

In fact, there are not only beauties on the street, but also other people with strange shapes... It's just that these are a little dirty eyes, and Jimmy basically filters them out directly.

When passing an intersection, he saw a man playing the guitar in the cold wind. Although it was very cold, there were still several people around him listening to his playing.That's right, Fashion Week is a big day, and there must be a lot of street performers of this kind. Could the guy with the guitar be one of them?Anyway, driving a car, not tired, just wasting some gasoline, not a big problem.

Jimmy made a U-turn at the next intersection, starting from Lower Manhattan and driving around the neighborhoods again, in order to get a general look at the location of these people. Not all places in New York can do street performances. Take a look, just in case there are any Harvest it.

After walking around for half an hour, Jimmy decided to give up. Even though it was night, as long as there was enough light, there would be a lot of people gathering, and it was impossible to see it by driving, and there were too many strange things.Jimmy doesn't discriminate against them, it's just that they don't agree with each other. I choose not to watch it, right? !

Jimmy also gave up and drove home directly. The NYPD patrols are better at this kind of investigation. They patrol the streets every day, no matter day or night, let Chuck and others have a headache.

It's nothing to do with oneself, and Jimmy is also lazy, not as passionate as before.

Some things cannot be avoided. Two days later, Chuck came to the FBI office again. This time he should have contacted Hughes. When Hughes notified Jimmy, he came to Hughes' office for the first time. I saw Detective Chuck.

Jimmy crossed his hands in front of him, greeted Hughes and stopped talking.

Hughes gestured to Chuck, and Chuck handed Jimmy a file, "Jimmy, there was another shooting case. The deceased was a gang member. At the same time, we found another guitarist in the surveillance."

Jimmy opened the file, and the front photo was of a Latino, whose age was unknown. He was shot in the chest and head. The place of death was in an alley, and the identification of the blood on the ground should be the first scene.Looking back at the photos, it was still the same blurry surveillance, it was still at night, and the man was still holding the guitar case.

Jimmy looked up at Chuck: "What about this person's background? Is it related to the previous two deceased?"

Chuck shook his head, "It hasn't been found yet."

Jimmy looked at Hughes, and Hughes nodded: "Jimmy, you cooperate with Detective Chuck to investigate this case, and I will arrange for someone to temporarily provide you with D-level authority to check the data. Understand?"

Jimmy nodded: "Understood."

He said goodbye to Hughes, and Chuck walked with Jimmy to his office.

Jimmy asked Chuck as he walked: "Is it true that the three deceased are not related at all?"

Chuck sighed, "If there are clues, we can pursue even small clues. The gunman cleared the scene of the first case very professionally. We didn't find clues such as fingerprints, footprints, and shell casings. Only basic information can be found, without any criminal record.

The environment in the second and third cases was even worse, with people coming and going, and there was no monitoring at the scene. Even if fingerprints were extracted, it was impossible to determine whether it was the shooter. As for their identities, the third case was gang members, and the composition was complicated. It seems that there must be enemies, but there is no way to check, there are too many.Now we can only see if you can find any information from your side, and your information will be more complete. "

Jimmy also had a headache. The more he looked at the case, the more he felt that it was a trap. He just pushed it out a few days ago, but was kicked back by Hughes.There is no hiding this time. Strictly speaking, it is normal for the NYPD to throw it over and let go of this case where three people were shot to death in a row. Who told the FBI to do this? Serial killer cases are naturally highly dangerous and have a high transmission rate. , triggering a series of problems such as imitation crimes, which are in line with the scope of major cases.

Turning on the computer, Jimmy conducted an in-depth investigation on the victim again. The data on NYPD is still relatively small. I hope we can find more information here.

Jimmy inquired, and the authority was insufficient. It seemed that Hughes's arrangement had not yet been implemented. He told Chuck about the situation and asked Chuck to go back first, and he would synchronize with him after he found the information.Chuck can't help it. He can't find anything if he doesn't have permission. He can only go back first. Fortunately, the FBI is involved in the case now, so he can spare time to deal with other cases.

Serial killers are always the most difficult to deal with, especially the first case, which seems to be a professional, and even cleaned up all the traces left by himself after killing, this psychological quality is not something a novice can handle.

Finally, the system permissions have been issued, and Jimmy can retrieve other relevant information in addition to querying basic information.

The deceased in the first case, Diego Rodriguez, a Mexican-American plastic surgery specialist, had his own studio and his family lived in Long Island, and he had an apartment in Brooklyn, which was convenient for work.

The information on the system is very simple. Diego has no criminal record, and there is no traffic ticket in the system. It is too clean. Jimmy is 1 people who don't believe it.

Is there anyone in America with no criminal record at all?Of course there are, and there are still a lot of them, but Diego is first of all Mexican. As long as he was not a rich group of people when he was a child, he would basically have contact with gangs or gangsters. Usually some records will stay in the police information. Izzy has read too much gang information, and the people in it are almost the same, and there will be more or less records, but he is very clean.Moreover, as a plastic surgeon, he was directly shot at home, and there was no such thing as burglary, which means that the target of the gunman was him, so he must have done something unacceptable. Such a person does not have any criminal record. How do you see it? Neither is realistic.

The second taxi driver seemed to be an accident. The system recorded that he was imprisoned twice for theft when he was young, and he has been driving a taxi since then. This record looks more like a normal American.

The third one is a little guy in the Latin King gang. The system only has his prison records, theft, wounding, possession of contraband during bail, etc. He is in his 30s and has spent at least half of his time in prison since his youth. prison.How could such a person be targeted and shot?Gang fight?It shouldn't be aimed at the little ones either.

Jimmy checked the information of the three people, and then went to Ruiz to learn about the situation on the side of the Latin King. Ruiz was also very surprised. There has been no fight between special gangs recently. He has no relevant information here and needs to go again. Look into it.

With Ruiz's help, Jimmy is also relieved. The third case is shelved first, and Jimmy decides to go to the apartment where the first case happened, Diego's apartment.It has been almost two weeks since Diego was shot. The scene must have been destroyed, but you can observe it to some extent. Since it is a shooting, there will always be people around who will notice the gunshot, unless it is used to reduce charge and add a silencer. .

Call Detective Chuck, but Chuck has gone out, so he can only contact another policeman to accompany Jimmy to see.This is also because Chris is not here, otherwise it would be more convenient for them to go and investigate by themselves.

Jimmy drove to Diego's apartment in Brooklyn. It seemed that the doctor did have money, Long Island had a house, and there was a three-story townhouse here.Jimmy waited at the door for a while, and a policeman drove over and opened the door with a key.A murder has occurred here, and Diego's family has been contacted. This apartment cannot be moved in temporarily, and the police investigation results need to be waited for. Although it has been two weeks, no one has entered the destruction scene of this apartment.

Jimmy's investigation of the scene was different from others. He first observed the room with his mind's eyes.Since he believes that this Diego is not clean, then there must be something different in his home, which can be regarded as free testimony.

Soon, Jimmy found two hidden spaces, one was in the study room, the wall behind the bookcase was shared with the back bedroom, but the thickness of the wall was abnormal, reminding Jimmy of the mezzanine wall found in the haunted Roman’s villa on Long Island. This kind of thickness at least shows that there should be something like a safe inside, or simply a storage space.

The other one is on the second floor. The wall mezzanine found on the first floor extends to the second floor, but it is separated from the first floor, and the space on the second floor looks empty. There are some things in it, but I am not sure what it is.

Thanks to the soft decoration in these houses in the United States, many people like to use wooden frames to build up partition walls to isolate the space here. For those who are not familiar with the room layout of the house, they will only feel that the room is a bit small, and it is not easy to find the gaps on the wall. problem.

Jimmy continued to observe and found something abnormal, but where is the entrance?The mind is still not as direct as the direct vision. In the state of isolation by the wall, he has not found where the door to enter the interior of the partition is.

Another point is that Diego was killed in the living room, and he didn't have enough reason to search the inner room carefully, which is also a trouble.But as long as the compartment is found, the reason can be explained later.

Jimmy greeted the police and went into the study to investigate. He touched the bookshelf in front of the partition wall with gloves on, and then carefully observed the ground, and finally found the problem. The bookshelf seemed to be placed on the ground, but it was on the right side. Slight rubbing marks can be seen on the floor of the bookcase, and it appears that the bookshelf has been moved to the right.

Jimmy tried to push it directly to the right. The bookshelf shook slightly, but the position did not change. He looked from behind the bookshelf and finally found the position of the hook. He pulled a porcelain vase corresponding to the position of the hook, and the bookshelf could finally be moved.

"I found something here." Jimmy yelled, and the NYPD standing in the living room came over, and it was the first time he saw this wall compartment.

Jimmy asked for a flashlight from NYPD, and moved a few tens of centimeters away from the cabinet to illuminate it. There is only one hard suitcase here, and the space utilization rate is very poor. It is such a waste.While observing, Jimmy complained in his heart. Unfortunately, the apartment he bought now can't do this, otherwise he can create some space in the house.

The box was not locked, and when the lid was gently lifted, Jimmy closed it after a glance. There were two oiled paper bags in the box, one of which had been opened, and white powder could be seen from the crack.Leaving the compartment entrance, he said to the NYPD: "Call Detective Chuck, tell him to come over quickly, there is something new."

Chuck didn't hand over the case directly to the FBI. Hughes also wanted him to assist Chuck, so Jimmy didn't intend to overstep his authority. This case doesn't look like a simple murder case, and there may be a big fish behind it.However, this case may not be in Chuck's hands for long, and it should be transferred to the DEA soon. Although the attack on drug dealers is also within the scope of the FBI's purview, it is better for the DEA to change its name.

There was no delay on Chuck's side, and he just rushed over in half an hour. Jimmy didn't say much gossip, but just took Chuck to check the box, and the rest would be a headache for Chuck.

Jimmy: "Chuck, I suggest that this apartment be inspected. This is just what I found, and there may be other things that I haven't found. You have more people, so let more people check together."

Chuck nodded, and he turned his head to look at the wall compartment. Before, he just saw that there was no trace of turning in the room, and he also talked to Dr. Diego’s family. There was nothing missing here, so they didn’t investigate the room carefully. There are so many things that are missing.

Jimmy: "OK, I think my mission is almost done, I'll leave the rest to you. Goodbye, Chuck."

Chuck reached out to shake hands with Jimmy, and shook his head: "Thank you, Chris said you are great, I didn't expect it. It seems that we are really old, and the future belongs to you."

Jimmy smiled and said: "Don't praise me, I'm just lucky. I've read a lot of information, and Diego's clean information is obviously abnormal. How can Mexicans have no record of violations since childhood? So I guess there must be something here We ignored it before. By the way, you should also go to his studio to check it. The focus is on patient records, and you may also gain something. Also, the No. 3 deceased is also Hispanic. You should also investigate it, maybe Something to do with Doctor Diego."

Chuck nodded: "Thank you, Jimmy, you go back first, I will greet Hughes after I finish here."

Jimmy nodded, turned and left Diego's apartment, and drove back to the office.Now that we have found the problem on Diego's side, we may be able to find the guitar killer by following this direction upwards.

Whether it is because of some drug-related business or problems with Diego's own doctors, this is a clear direction. I believe that NYPD should gain something. If it doesn't work, DEA can also take over. Their resources are not enough. No less than the FBI, and that's their area of ​​expertise.

(It's the fourth day, the antigen is still negative, it's basically a cold, although the nose is still a little blocked. Good luck.)
(End of this chapter)