Mahone's investigation is not going well. The fugitive Brown has twenty or thirty years of experience in gangs, and he has become instinctive about how to hide himself and evade the police in the city.
Brown's direction of travel was determined from the ATM and surrounding surveillance. After just two intersections, he completely disappeared from the surveillance everywhere.
When Mahone and Felicia arrived, the Newburgh police had already arrived at the scene and deployed police forces at various intersections to identify the passing crowds.
The prison inmates escaped. The police received the news as early as the morning of the escape, and everyone had photos of the escapees. Although they were not the main force in the investigation, because the patrol officers patrolled the streets most of the day, they accidentally The opportunity to see the fugitive is not impossible.
In this way, under Mahone's deployment, the police began to investigate nearby neighborhoods, and the dispatch center also had people assigned to investigate the surveillance videos to determine the approximate location of the fugitive Brown.
However, it is strange that after they searched several blocks where Brown disappeared, they could not find this person at all. Except for a few people who said they had impressions and saw him, no one else saw him.
Ma Hong also considered various ways to escape. He didn't let go of the homeless people on the roadside or the underground bars where the police gave tips. He checked or inquired about them all, but couldn't find them.
The fugitive Brown is not from Newburgh, and the gang he belongs to is not here. In theory, he should not find anyone here to help him escape. If you only rely on yourself, it is not easy to hide completely in the city. You may accidentally end up in a sensitive area of other people's territory.
Brown's information has been investigated. His original gang has now changed from a large gang to a small gang. Because of the failure in the battle for territory, a large part of it was swallowed up. Someone has already inquired about the remaining people, but no news has been received yet. .
Newburgh is not a safe city. The murder rate here is 0.17 (per 1,000 people), which is quite high. There are more than 1,000 violent crimes a year. These data show the gangs and scum in this city. How crazy.
In such an urban environment, it was not easy for the fugitive Brown to escape safely from the police encirclement. He would probably be killed while walking in an alley at night. He is also from a gang, so he naturally knows this. So Brown, the fugitive, didn't just run around. He opened the rainwater pipe in a small alley and entered the ground.
Brown did not leave Newburgh directly from the underground pipes. Instead, he rested for a day in a slightly cleaner part of the underground pipe network and came out from another sewer outlet at night.
Walking on the street, the smell of sewer stuck to his body. Brown originally planned to find a mobile phone store to buy a mobile phone, but now he saw that everyone around him was avoiding him. It was too conspicuous, and he did not dare to continue walking on the road. , turned directly into another small alley, and squatted directly in the shadow near the trash can.
Brown definitely doesn't know the idiom "waiting for the rabbit", but he is still very good at waiting for the lucky one to arrive. Very late at night, a man walked into the alley. When he passed where Brown was hiding, Brown came out of the shadows and knocked him down with a brick. It would be faster to rob him directly.
Brown took the lucky man's wallet and cell phone and left the alley, returned underground from another sewer, reopened the sewer entrance after leaving this area and made a call, then returned to the sewer and waited quietly.
While Brown was waiting in the sewer, Mahone and the others, except for arranging people to squat at several intersections, went back to rest. Today they mobilized dozens of police officers to search nearby. This is the largest number of police officers that the Newburgh Police Department can mobilize. It is impossible for the entire police department to be here.
It took me a long time to find it, but it was also quite nuisance. Fortunately, a murderer escaped from prison. The reason was enough for ordinary citizens to accept this level of nuisance. For their own safety, many people were willing to cooperate with the investigation and briefly check the room. Has it been invaded?
Early the next morning, Mahone and the others returned to this neighborhood. The number of police officers was significantly reduced, with only a dozen patrol officers left to cooperate with Mahone and the others.
Today they only surveyed the perimeter of the neighborhood and then let the patrol officers go back to patrol, leaving only the two of them. Soon, Jimmy also drove to Mahone's location. As a completely unfamiliar city, Jimmy certainly didn't look at the map less, and inevitably took the wrong route on the road.
Jimmy got out of the car and raised his hand to say hello: "How's it going? Do you have any clues?"
Felicia saw that Mahone didn't look good, so she took the initiative to reply to Jimmy: "No, there has been no trace of Brown since we got here yesterday."
Jimmy took out the cigarette case and said, "Take one, Mahone, and relax a little. We have at least completed half of the task."
Mahone turned his head and glanced at Jimmy, then reached out to take a cigarette. Jimmy took out a lighter and lit it for him, signaling to Felicia. Felicia shook her head, she didn't touch these. Jimmy lit one for himself and stood with them on the curb.
Jimmy: "Mahon, what's the plan?"
It was obviously not the first time that Ma Hong smoked, but he had never been seen smoking before. After taking a breath and spitting it out, Mahone said: "Not yet. Brown used Aaron Burns's credit card to withdraw $500. The ATM withdrawal limit of that card means that the funds currently available to him are at least It was $500, which was enough money for him to find a way to leave Newburgh."
Jimmy: "Does his friend have any clues?" According to previous investigations, this Brown has no direct family members. It is not a good sign to have no family members at such an old age. According to his "occupation", the people he is most likely to contact are former gang members. of people.
Ma Hong shook his head: "His gang has been swallowed up, and there is no one to contact now."
Jimmy was also speechless. It is really difficult for a person who is committed to gang life to figure out his interpersonal relationships. How to find such a person is a big problem.
While Mahone was wandering around Newburgh with Jimmy and Felicia aimlessly looking for him, Brown, the fugitive, finally found his friend. A former gang brother drove to Newburgh and arrived at the agreed upon location at night.
Soon, Brown came out of the sewer, went directly to the gang brother's car and knocked on the window. Opening the car door, Brown got into the back seat and said, "Take me out of this hellish place, brother."
Gang member: "FXXK, what's the smell? Did you fall into the septic tank?" Although he was complaining, he did not stop, started the car and left directly.
Arriving at a motel in the suburbs, gang members opened a room. Brown sneaked into the room, took a shower, put all his clothes into a bag, changed into the clothes brought by gang members, and finally got rid of the contamination in the sewer. the taste of.
The two slept in the room for a night, and Brown drove away in his car. The brother who brought him here took a taxi back to Newburgh after going out, and then took a bus to leave here.
After two days of searching, Jimmy and the others had to give up temporarily. Manhattan could not be abandoned forever. Mahone asked Jimmy to return to Manhattan first, while he and Felicia prepared to go to Brown's birthplace for another detailed investigation. .
Jimmy didn't have any objections. Although he also wanted to participate in the investigation, Mahone was right. The three members of the homicide team couldn't be out all the time. Someone had to go back on duty. Mahone and Felicia were old partners. They also have a tacit understanding when it comes to investigating.
As for whether there would be any problems for Jimmy going back alone, Mahone was not worried at all. Before he came to Manhattan, Jimmy had been acting as an agent for the homicide department for several months, and there was no problem at all. Moreover, Jimmy's combat effectiveness was strong, although he had not actually seen it. , but you can imagine it just by looking at those case records.
Jimmy said goodbye to Mahone and the others and drove back to Manhattan. This time he did not go home to rest, but went directly back to the office. He needed to write out the report while his memory was still relatively clear.
One fugitive has been found, whether it's from the prison or the FBI. In fact, an explanation has been given. Since the remaining one won't be found for a while, let's get the current report first. It's over for Jimmy. , and they are not completely messed up. Mahone even took Felicia outside to investigate. You can't say that their attitude is not correct.
After processing his report, Jimmy was finally liberated. The pursuit of the fugitive Reilly in the north was basically done by Jimmy alone. The key is that he was alone most of the time, so in the report, in addition to finally finding Reilly's body, He also added additional extrapolations of his own. This report is not the final report, it is just recorded first. Felicia will definitely rewrite the report when the case is finally closed.
Jimmy took some bullets from the drawer and went downstairs to replenish the reserves in the distribution car. This time, Jimmy fired more shots against Ah Piao, and the bullets he carried were almost empty.
Tomorrow is not the weekend, but since I have been out chasing the murderer for several days, I just want to make up for the weekends of the previous days, so I will take it as a day off. Of course, this has been told to Ma Hong. If he went home to rest without telling him, it would be a big problem.
Jimmy drove his Mercury to the police station and arrived at the detective's office with ease. Then he saw Nia with a bandage wrapped around her head. Her head was buzzing and she felt a little headache. They had been talking on the phone for the past few days, and Nia didn't mention that she was injured at all.
Jimmy spoke at the door of the office: "Nia, why are you hurt?"
Chuck looked up at Jimmy and said to Nia: "Hey, Jimmy, long time no see."
Jimmy greeted Chuck and continued to walk towards Nia: "You didn't tell me you were injured. What's going on?"
Nia waved her hands indifferently, "There was an accident when we arrested someone, it's okay."
Jimmy pulled up a chair and sat over, "Where else is it hurt? Let me see."
Nia pushed Jimmy: "Okay, you go and rest first, I will get off work after I finish handling it."
Well, although Chuck and the others were in a small office, there were still a few people nearby. Without disturbing them, Jimmy got up and went to the lounge next to him to pour a cup of coffee and rest while reading the newspaper. Having drank coffee so many times in every establishment, Jimmy was already used to it, even if it was pot water-grade coffee, so just make do with it. Don't even think about boiled water. We don't have this habit here.
When Nia got off work, Jimmy drove Nia to find a restaurant for dinner. Because he didn't make a reservation in advance, some good restaurants were unavailable. He could only find a restaurant nearby that looked pretty good, at least inside. There are quite a lot of customers. Although I don’t know if it will be particularly delicious, I can at least be sure that it won’t taste bad.
After sitting down and ordering, Jimmy looked at Nia and asked, "What happened? How did you hurt your head?"
Nia: "The day before yesterday, we arrested a person suspected of a rape case. When we chased him, we were hit by him and hit the wall. It was nothing serious, just a scratch."
Jimmy: "Are you kidding me? How come you have such a bandage on the scratch caused by hitting the wall?"
Nia: "Really, it will be opened in a day or two at most. It will be fine. What about you? How is the case?"
Jimmy: "I found one, and there are others chasing the other one. I'll be back on duty."
It is normal for police officers to be injured. Not to mention gun battles, they often chase people and so on. It is normal for police officers to bump into each other.
Jimmy and Nia were sitting next to the window. The location was not bad, but Nia's bandage-wrapped hair style was too eye-catching, and many people would look over unconsciously. Jimmy was also helpless. He had just come back and there was no preparation at home, otherwise he could have gone back and started cooking. Nia didn't feel anything at all, as if she didn't care about other people's eyes at all, and she looked very relaxed.
Amid the casual onlookers, dinner was served to the two of them. They chatted while eating, and time passed slowly.
Suddenly Jimmy heard the sound of gunfire, which was not loud. He turned his head and looked outside. Two cars drove over at high speed, and the sound of gunshots got closer and closer.
"Get away from the window and take cover." Jimmy immediately shouted to Nia. He also got up and walked behind the wall next to him. This restaurant is on the first floor of a building. This kind of wall must be a brick-concrete structure. The gunfire sounded like a pistol. , then this kind of wall is enough to withstand ordinary bullets.
"What's wrong?" Although Nia didn't know why, she also got up and came to the side.
Jimmy looked outside and said, "There's gunshots." Then the sound was loud enough for everyone to hear.
Black Rainbow's transformation of Jimmy is obviously not limited to his mental state, his physical functions have also been enhanced, and his hearing is obviously much better than before. When he was tracking the boxer before, he could hear the muffled gunfire, but no one else on the street or the security guard in the parking lot heard it. At that time, he had some suspicions.
Now Nia didn't hear the gunshot at all, but he heard it before, which is another piece of evidence, and he can directly visually observe the car driving fast in the distance, which also shows that his vision has also been enhanced, that is I don't know if any other parts have been enhanced.
"Bang bang bang", followed by several gunshots and a roar of car engines, two cars passed outside the restaurant. The gunfire still did not stop, but it was not dense. Judging from the sound, it should be two guns. Or at most three guns were fired at each other, and there was a police car chasing after them far behind with lights flashing and siren blaring.
Jimmy and Nia sat back after the gunshots went away. The gunshots just now also shocked the others, but they did not have Jimmy's hearing and reminder, so they did not evade in advance, but broke out after the gunshots approached. A small commotion.
"Ah~~I've been shot, please call 911 for me." An unlucky man not far away screamed loudly. He turned his head and glanced. The unlucky man was covering his shoulders with his hands. He could already see his hands. The blood flowed out.
(End of chapter)
