It’s okay to talk to Peter here. Peter actually doesn’t care about anything now. He will leave Manhattan for Washington DC soon. The more things he does, the more likely things will happen, which may affect subsequent arrangements, so he just talks to him. Going a step further, there are no more troublesome cases that Jimmy would have been involved in when Hughes was there.
Jimmy came to Ruiz's office. Ruiz looked at him, waved his hand, picked up his suit and came over, and the two of them went downstairs together.
It was late at night. Except for those who worked overtime, everyone in the various federal agencies in the office building had already returned from get off work, and there were not many people downstairs. Jimmy took out the cigarette case and gave Ruiz one. The two stood in the corner downstairs and lit the cigarette. In the dim environment, two red dots flashed alternately, one bright and one dark.
Ruiz: "Tell me more about it."
Jimmy nodded, and first explained the reason why he followed Louis, and then discovered the circumstances of his meeting with Seventeen.
Jimmy: "I didn't realize it was Seventeen at all at first. They just parked on the side of the road to meet up, and then drove directly to the Morris Warehouse area, all the way to the outside of the warehouse. When they got out of the car, I realized that the bald man was Seventeen. .”
Ruiz: "Are you sure?"
Jimmy: "Okay, this is the contact information you gave me originally. I have met him two or three times and I have an impression."
Ruiz: "Well, what about the back?"
Jimmy: "Seventeen and Louis entered the warehouse first, and the other two people were guarding the door. I'll call you when they go in. Then I heard the gunshots from over there. The two people guarding the door were He also opened the rolling shutter and entered the warehouse.
I didn’t know who Shi Qi was, but I was still worried that something might happen to him, so I turned on the lights and sirens and rushed over. When I was at the door of the warehouse, I heard gunshots inside, followed by regular shouting. Then I heard a sound from behind the warehouse. I walked around and found seven people running out of the back door of the warehouse, including Shiqi and He. Louis.
I didn't catch them all, but only four. The hospital responded that one of them was seriously injured and had died, and the remaining three have now undergone operations. "
Ruiz: "Are the preliminary results of the on-site investigation available?"
Jimmy: "Two people died in the warehouse. One of them is very similar to Marco, the target I want to track down. I have contacted the medical examiner's office for DNA verification as soon as possible. I have also obtained the fingerprint information and will wait for the results from the forensic department."
Ruiz: "What's in the warehouse?"
Jimmy: "Most of it is furniture and building materials. There is a space behind the warehouse that is a living space. It can be determined that someone is living in it."
Ruiz: "No contraband?"
Jimmy: "There hasn't been a detailed investigation yet. People from the forensics department have to investigate again. We still need to investigate whether there are surveillance cameras in several nearby warehouses. If so, we may be able to figure out who lives in them. In addition, there are also You need to investigate the company that owns the warehouse and check who is renting the warehouse.”
Ruiz thought for a while: "Don't follow up on Seventeen's matter yet. Handle your case first. The murder in the warehouse may be a gang vendetta. I will arrange for someone to follow up."
Jimmy: "Understood, I'm keeping an eye on Marco and Luis."
Ruiz threw away the cigarette butt and said, "Let's go."
Jimmy checked the time, didn't go upstairs, and drove directly home to rest.
Louis was a nominal mafia gang member and couldn't run away. The key was that he didn't chase Louis in time for the four people who were shot. After a few hours, he had already run away.
Another point is that because Jimmy followed him from Harlem, but there was no direct contact and no reliable evidence was collected at the warehouse, Jimmy couldn't go directly to his house to arrest someone, and he couldn't apply for a search warrant.
When Jimmy came to the office the next day, he first investigated the situation in the warehouse and contacted the warehouse management company.
That warehouse is rented by a home decoration company. It has been rented for several years and has been steadily paid for renewal. The furniture and building materials seen in the warehouse yesterday also prove this. At least when you enter the main entrance of the warehouse, you can see all materials of this type.
The living space is hidden behind the materials. If it is arranged by their internal personnel, it can theoretically not be discovered by anyone, as long as you pay attention when extracting the materials.
Jimmy checked the home improvement company's information and went straight out to investigate.
Home improvement companies are easy to find, and their FBI credentials are very powerful. Yesterday there was a shootout in the warehouse and two people died in the warehouse. Such a big event is not something that a home improvement company can refuse FBI investigation.
Soon, a warehouse manager had arrived at the company. Jimmy said, "Are you managing the warehouse? Who lives in it?"
Milly, the warehouse manager, is an old man. "My nephew Tommy lives there. He had no money when he came to New York, so I helped him find a place to live."
Jimmy: "Two people were shot in the warehouse yesterday, and neither of them was named Tommy."
Milly: "Thomas Milly, his name, short curly hair."
Jimmy nodded: "Where is his family?"
Milley: "In Georgia. Can I go see him?"
Jimmy: "Okay, but answer me a few questions first. Does anyone in your company know that he lives in a warehouse? What does he usually do?"
Mili shook his head expressionlessly: "Our manager knows that I arranged for him to live there. I have been with the company for more than ten years. Thomas doesn't have a job, but I usually don't have much communication with him, and I don't know what he does."
It's no surprise then. Seeing that Mili's face was completely expressionless when talking about his nephew, and he didn't get angry even when he knew that one of the dead people was his nephew, it seemed that their relationship was indeed not that good.
Jimmy: "I understand, so let's do this for today. If there are any other questions, I will contact you again."
Jimmy left the home improvement company with Milly's testimony and drove to Louis' home.
Yesterday, the two people in the warehouse were identified, and one of the fingerprints was verified correctly. The deceased was indeed Marco. Then why were he and Thomas shot to death in the warehouse?
There is no doubt that Thomas must be involved in a gang. It is not clear which gang he is, but what he does is definitely not very good. You can know it from the attitude of his uncle Milly.
Judging from the route Louis took after leaving home yesterday, it is very likely that he did not know Marco's location, so he looked for someone, and then found the warehouse with the cooperation of Seventeen and others.
Of course, it is not ruled out that he and Seventeen have some special business, and they arranged for Marco to stay there.
Jimmy stood at the door of Louis' house, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, "FBI, open the door."
It was the woman from before who opened the door. Jimmy wore sunglasses and said with a cold face: "Call Louis out, I know he is at home."
Louis didn't even run away. It seemed that he was sure there was no evidence to arrest him.
The woman turned to look at the room. Lewis had already come out of the bedroom, "Agent Yang, what else can I do?"
Jimmy looked at Louis. He managed his expression very well and showed no sign of nervousness at all. Jimmy looked at a child who followed Louis out and said, "Are you sure you want to talk here?"
Lewis turned his head and glanced, then looked at Jimmy and nodded: "Let's go out and talk."
Jimmy and Louis went downstairs to the alley next to them. Jimmy looked at Louis and asked, "You don't have a weapon, do you?"
Louis: "What are you going to say?"
Jimmy: "Give me a reason."
Louis: "What's the reason?"
Jimmy: "The reason why you killed Marco, and who are the three corpses in his house?"
Louis: "I don't know."
Jimmy pulled out the Glock with his right hand, put his left hand on his right hand, and placed the Glock against his lower abdomen. "Now, I'll give you another chance to rephrase your words."
Louis still didn't speak. Jimmy waited for dozens of seconds and still didn't get the result he wanted. He had no interest in waiting any longer, "Hold your head with your hands and turn around."
Jimmy pointed the gun at Louis and gave the order. Louis' face changed, "What do you want to do?"
Jimmy: "Turn around and put your head in your hands, you're under arrest for your involvement in the Morris Warehouse shooting."
Lewis gritted his teeth and moved his cheeks, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing. He turned around and held his head in his hands, spreading his legs. Jimmy stretched out his left hand to take off the handcuffs hanging on his belt, grabbed Louis' arm, twisted it and cuffed it behind his back.
Jimmy took the Glock back and began a pat-down, reading the Miranda warning.
After searching around, Louis didn't have any weapons, not even keys, and only a mobile phone in his pocket.
Jimmy pulled Louis and turned around, "Do you think you handled it very cleanly, without evidence? We arrested three alive yesterday, you can stay in there well today."
Louis: "I'm going to notify the lawyer."
Jimmy: "We'll wait till the end of the game. Let's go."
Jimmy put Louis in the car and drove him to his Manhattan office.
Louis sat in the back seat of the car without saying a word. Jimmy looked at Louis from the rearview mirror from time to time. Louis' expression was not as stable as his movements, and he would twitch a little from time to time.
Jimmy thought the situation was interesting, so he deliberately took a detour to extend the time it took him to return to the office.
Seeing Chinatown and about to reach Federal Plaza where the FBI office is located, Louis suddenly spoke: "I want to make a deal."
Jimmy: "What do you want?"
Louis: "What on earth do you know?"
Jimmy: "Your entire itinerary yesterday, including your escape route. Who did you meet, who were the two people in the other car, which cafe you went to... Do you need me to report it to you bit by bit? Why do you think I should Come here to arrest you today?"
Louis was sitting upright, but after hearing Jimmy's words, he slumped backwards in the back seat.
Jimmy was too detailed. Although he was sure that there were no surveillance cameras in the warehouse, there was a clear route and the people who were caught testified, so he couldn't run away.
Jimmy's last question about why he came to arrest him today was because he wanted to wait for the evidence to be complete, so that he could settle everything once and for all without worrying about arresting the wrong person.
Just relying on Jimmy's words, he could already deduce the evidence Jimmy had.
The first is the detailed route, and the second is the witness. When they escaped yesterday, a total of seven people ran out of the back door, but only the three people they ran away in advance ran away. The four people behind could not be contacted. They must have been captured. The FBI caught him.
These people are not that tough. They were caught at the scene of the shooting and had a shootout with FBI agents. If they don't want to be accused of murder, they will definitely get themselves involved.
The time for assaulting a federal agent is definitely not as long as that for murder. Once the charges are added up, their life is completely over, and they can only stay in jail until they die of old age or in jail.
Another point is that because assaulting a federal agent is a federal crime, even if you go to jail, you have to go to a federal prison. It is not difficult for gang members like them to find suitable people to hang out with in local prisons, but in federal prisons, it is really difficult. We will definitely find familiar gang members. If something happens again inside, no one can count on it.
Louis: "What do you want to know?"
Jimmy glanced at the rearview mirror. Louis was in enough condition that he should have given up. At this time, he had to go back to the FBI office and leave records, which would be somewhat inconvenient to handle. It’s not that Lewis is difficult to deal with, but it’s Seventeen who meets him.
Jimmy still doesn't know what is going on with Seventeen. This person should be from Ruiz's side, but are they trying to protect Seventeen? Ruiz never told Jimmy about this. If Luis entered the bureau and left files, then Seventeen who met him would definitely be implicated.
Jimmy thought for a while, took out his cell phone and called Ruiz, "Ruiz, Luis has been caught by me, are you interested in coming over?"
Ruiz: "Not going back to the office?"
Jimmy: "He wants a deal."
Ruiz paused: "I understand, give me the location."
Jimmy thought for a while. If he didn't go back to the office, the most trouble-free place would be his own bar. It was closed now and there was no one there. But it's so awkward to go to a bar every time. It seems that I need to find a suitable place, or else I can invest in a restaurant and get a private room.
Jimmy: "Bar."
Ruiz hung up the phone after hearing this, and Jimmy turned back to the Upper West Side at the intersection ahead.
Jimmy opened the door to the bar and took Louis in. He didn't turn on all the lights, just the one on the bar head, and then asked Louis to sit aside.
Jimmy poured himself a soda. He had to run some errands and decided not to drink.
Louis: "Can you give me a glass of water?"
Jimmy glanced at him, took a cup and poured a cup, inserting a straw and placing it on the table in front of Louis. Louis' hands were still cuffed behind his back, and Jimmy was not interested in untying him now to avoid an accident.
Soon, Jimmy found a car stopped at the door of the bar, but no one got out of the car. After a while, another car came over, and the people in both cars got out of the car and walked together. Then they opened the door of the bar and walked in together.
Ruiz was in front, and Shi Qi was behind. Moreover, Shi Qi's hands were handcuffed by Ruiz before entering the door just now.
(End of chapter)
