Jimmy's previous arrangement worked. The first person to get the news was Shao Shao. Jimmy called him before and he directly returned the phone number. He already had the news, but he wanted Jimmy to find him, but he was not there. He went to a gym instead of an underground casino.
Jimmy came to the gym and the razor had been arranged. Jimmy looked at the razor and took the towel, clothes and shoes handed by the waiter. He went to the locker room and changed into a set of clothes. He followed the razor to the boxing ring and had someone help him put it on. Put on the boxing gloves.
This bastard, Jimmy cursed this guy secretly in his heart, he actually launched a surprise attack on himself without even giving him a warm-up time. If the clues this time were not clear enough, Razor would be prepared for his revenge.
Since Black Rainbow merged with Jimmy, Jimmy's mental power has been growing steadily. Although his body has not grown fast, he has gradually allowed his movements to keep up with his brain. He will not become a superman, but his movements and reactions have improved a lot. promote.
The guy Razor looks like a hobbyist at best. In Jimmy's eyes, his moves are really not a big threat. Jimmy just happened to take this time to exercise. He used to exercise by himself, but now he has someone who is not afraid of being beaten. A movable sandbag, Jimmy could not ask for more.
After dodging several straight punches and swing punches from Razor, Jimmy first blocked the blow with his left glove, and then hit Razor's ribs directly from his armpit with his right hand. He didn't use too much force, as it was too easy to cause accidents, as long as it hurt him. That's it.
After taking a few blows, Shao Shao stopped on his own initiative. He had no serious injuries. He only had a punch in the nose from Jimmy, and a little bit of nosebleed flowed out from one nostril. As for Jimmy, he was much better. Except for his arms being hit and blocked, the rest was basically fine, and he didn't even get hit in the face.
Jimmy took off the gloves with the help of someone next to him and came to the razor. He was cleaning the blood in his nose with the help of someone else.
Jimmy waited for a moment and said, "Tell me, Razor, what did you find?"
Razor pushed the person next to him away and asked everyone around him to leave. He looked at Jimmy: "I didn't expect you to be so good at fighting."
Jimmy: "I have been trained after all. Don't change the subject, tell me, what is the clue?"
Razor: "We found an eyewitness who was sleeping on the street at the time. He heard a gunshot, which was very dull. He saw a person leaving the taxi. He was white, not fat, about 170-175cm tall, wearing a A baseball cap, a black jacket, and glasses.”
Jimmy: "Do you have any photos or videos?"
Shazhao: "No, only eyewitness accounts. Also, Diego was injured in a fight in prison before. After he was released from prison two years ago, he found someone to get a license and started driving a taxi. As for whose path he took, it is still It’s unclear. Now that he’s dead, a lot of things are unclear.”
Jimmy: "Where are the witnesses?"
Razor: "Not with me, he's Earl's."
Jimmy: "Take me to him."
Razor nodded and the two went back to the locker room to change before leaving the gym and heading to Manhattan. In Chinatown, Jimmy found a stronghold under the leadership of Razor. It looked like a homeless shelter. After passing through a hall, he saw a middle-aged man in dirty clothes at the back. He might be a little younger, but That big beard makes it hard to guess his age.
Razor: "Earl, he is the one who came to see the old ghost. You two can talk." After finishing speaking, Razor turned and left here.
Jimmy didn't have much dealings with homeless people in New York, so he still took out his cigarette case and lighter according to his own habit, "Would you like one?"
Earl shook his head, and Jimmy lit one for himself. Suddenly someone next to him said, "That's you? That's my lighter."
Jimmy turned to look at a person in the corner. Unfortunately, he had forgotten the appearance of the person who gave him a lighter. In addition, the homeless man's clothing style kept changing, so he couldn't tell the difference. "Is that you? It seems we are very destined." Jimmy took out a cigarette and handed it over. The man took the cigarette and retreated to his original position.
Earl turned to look at him. The man shook his head. Earl looked at Jimmy again without saying a word.
Jimmy couldn't wait for Earl to speak, so he could only speak first, "I want to find someone who saw the murderer of a taxi driver case a few days ago."
Still unable to wait for Earl to speak, he just nodded. Jimmy was a little confused, "Oh, I forgot to introduce, FBI special agent Jimmy, responsible for the recent murder of taxi drivers."
Earl tapped his finger on the ground, then turned and left. What a big airs, without saying a word. Jimmy frowned as he watched Earl enter a room at the back, dancing as if communicating with another person.
Jimmy looked at the man next to him who gave him the lighter. The man shook his head, then sat in the corner, just looking at Jimmy, not speaking or making any other movements.
Why does it look so weird here? Is that bastard Razor trying to harm me? Jimmy's mind was spinning wildly. There are only three people here, and there are only two people in the room inside. One of them is Earl who just entered. There shouldn't be much problem with just these few people. Jimmy moved the fingers of his right hand slightly to make himself more relaxed so that he could cope with possible emergencies.
After a while, Earl came out of the inner room and walked to the hall. Jimmy turned his head and looked at Earl's movement through the wall. He called someone over, and soon the two of them returned to the room where Jimmy was.
A homeless man who hadn't taken care of his beard and hair for a long time stood next to Jimmy. He smelled really bad, "What do you want to ask?"
Jimmy: "A few days ago, a taxi driver was shot. Were you at the scene?"
Tramp: "Yeah, a white man, short, with a hat and eyes, a black jacket, that's all."
Jimmy: "How did he leave? Which direction?"
Tramp: "I didn't notice. I didn't come out to look. I just saw him through the gap."
Jimmy: "What did you take? From the dead driver."
The homeless man's eyes changed a bit, but he wasn't sure if he was recalling what happened at that time or if he was hiding something. "No, I left as soon as there was a murder, otherwise there would be trouble."
Jimmy: "Can you recognize him if you see him again?"
The tramp shook his head: "I only saw his side and back."
Jimmy: "Did he have any luggage? What was he doing when you saw him?"
Tramp: "No, empty-handed, he got down from the passenger seat. That's all." The tramp looked at Earl, who nodded, and then he turned and left.
Jimmy looked at their exchange and knew he couldn't ask any more questions. But it’s very interesting here. If they were in ancient China, they should be called beggars. There are many homeless people on the streets of the United States, and they are inconspicuous. They can find them in many situations, but because of some special reasons, there are not many police officers. People will go to them to ask for clues.
Jimmy looked at Earl and frowned a little. This guy is very difficult to deal with. He hasn't said a word from the beginning to now. Earl raised his chin, and the man who gave Jimmy the lighter stood up, came to Jimmy's side and gestured to the hall outside to please leave.
Jimmy looked at Earl and said, "Thank you," then turned and left the homeless shelter. Standing next to his car, Jimmy turned to look at the shelter. There was a problem here. I wonder if there is any news from Ruiz. But that's not necessarily the case. Ruiz is in charge of gang business, and he shouldn't be involved in this kind of vagrant.
I don’t know if it was because of Shazhao, but Jimmy went smoothly this time. Jimmy got in the car and went directly back to the station. Intelligence agent Nick was still in his office. The case was not over yet, so the two of them were temporarily seconded.
Jimmy: "Nick, there are new clues. I need you to investigate the fourth case again. White male, black jacket, wearing hat and glasses, no backpack or anything like that."
Nick looked up at Jimmy, "Are the clues accurate?"
Jimmy nodded: "The informant provided it. After hearing the gunfire, I saw such a person leaving the taxi. He was not tall, estimated to be 170-175cm. Please check the surveillance videos before and after, and see if you can find him."
Nick: "Got it, man, with a hat and a black jacket."
Jimmy: "Thank you for your hard work."
After speaking, Jimmy returned to his seat and turned on the computer. He wanted to check the situation of homeless people in New York first and see if this gang of beggars was in the system. Searching for organizations in New York, no homeless organizations were found. It is obvious that they have no status at all in the FBI and their importance is very low.
Jimmy turned off the computer and came to Ruiz again, and got the same result. Ruiz was in charge of organized crime, mainly targeting gangs, and homeless people were not on his list of concerns at all.
Jimmy was thinking about this while returning to his office. This area seemed to be a marginal field, and no one paid much attention to it. If you can develop an informant and use the homeless man's intelligence network, you may be able to gain unexpected rewards in solving cases in the future.
However, this is not something that a young agent like him can consider. Jimmy's current level is not yet the level of an extended informant, and he cannot apply for the informant fee.
Speaking of which, Razor is a pretty good guy. Although he is only the boss of a small gang, he must have put a lot of effort into finding witnesses in just two or three days. This guy seems to be really good at it. For gangs, they communicate with each other. This is not an accident. The key is to be able to investigate things in a short time. This is ability.
Jimmy is also helpless now. There are too few clues and there is no way to move forward. The NYPD patrol has not responded to the investigation, and it is not known whether they have investigated where the driver picked up the customer.
Judging from the current clues, it seems that the murderer is not looking for a specific person, but more like a random killing. There is no regular pattern in the timing of these four cases. For example, they are only carried out on weekends. They seem to be very random. Such murderers are even more difficult to deal with because there is no pattern.
If he only takes action on specific days, it at least shows that the murderer has a pattern. The four cases now are completely random. There is no way to deduce his identity, occupation, whether he has visited the location in advance, etc.
Also, the gunman used a pistol with a silencer, but the homeless man did not notice that he was holding anything. It seems that the murderer's pistol is usually kept in his pocket or clothes and is not exposed. Also very important. It is obviously impossible to install a silencer in a taxi. The driver is not a fool. It is easy to observe the passengers in the back seat through the rearview mirror, so he can quickly take out a pistol with a silencer while sitting. Usually it is only under the armpit or in the inner pocket of the clothes. Considering the length of the gun and silencer, it is necessary to take it out without attracting attention. The murderer must be a very skilled shooter, either he is a professional or he practices regularly.
Jimmy simulated it on himself. If a silencer was added, the movement would be huge, mainly because he was not used to such a long barrel.
Nick's side quickly got the results. Because he had specific characteristics and it was midnight, it would not be troublesome to find the records of such a person. A surveillance camera near the location of the fourth driver's death captured a person with the characteristics described by the homeless man, but the problem was still the same. Only an outline could be seen, but no specific appearance could be seen.
All that was left was to track him down. Only two surveillance cameras found his traces, and then he disappeared. Who walks two blocks at midnight? Or a relatively chaotic place like the Bronx. He must have hidden in a specific place in the area where he disappeared behind the surveillance, otherwise no one would choose to go shopping at midnight.
Jimmy brought a map and marked the location of the surveillance on it, and then divided it into several nearby blocks to make sure that the surveillance at other intersections did not capture this person, and finally circled the location of two blocks.
After much consideration, Jimmy decided to go there on his own. There was no specific search target, only surveillance screenshots. It was not convenient for long-term deployment of NYPD patrol officers or surveillance teams, so he might as well go and guard it himself.
Jimmy told Nick to continue investigating the other three cases to see if this person appeared, and then left the office and headed to the Bronx.
After coming under surveillance of the murderer's disappearance, Jimmy parked the car on the side of the road, stood on the sidewalk and began to observe the direction in which he left. This is an old neighborhood, as can be seen from the external fire escape ladders on the houses next to it. All the houses here are from before the 1960s. New York City canceled outdoor escape ladders in new houses in 1968, so from this point on You can tell the age of the house.
This kind of neighborhood is not a good place to find and arrest people, because the escape ladder hanging outside the house often becomes an escape ladder for criminals. Even if you don't pay attention, irreparable losses will occur. Jimmy could only slowly observe the surroundings to ensure that he would not miss anyone who met the requirements.
(End of chapter)
