Chapter 439 Identity(1/2)
Xiaohei left with Antoine Powell. In this sensitive situation, Luke did not want to have too much contact with the black boy.
Luke personally led a team to search the supermarket carefully and found no suspicious persons.
The technical team and the forensic team also rushed to the scene, but found that the area was too large and there were too many victims, so the on-site investigation could not be completed in a short time.
Luke called Red and asked him to send more manpower. The sooner the on-site investigation was completed, the greater the help would be in solving the case.
Luke's men have been sent out to investigate separately, but they have not found the exact information about the gunman yet, and every additional minute increases the possibility of the murderer escaping.
Luke calmed down and assumed the identity of a gunman. If he were a gunman, what would he do after killing so many people?
Why did the gunman carry out the massacre?
Was he just an extreme racist who committed this killing out of his hatred of black people?
At this moment, Luke saw three people walking not far away from the corner of his eye, Xiao Hei and Powell's mother and son.
Xiaohei said, "Captain, Mrs. Powell said she wanted to thank you personally."
Mrs. Powell stepped forward with a grateful look on her face, "Captain Li, I heard what Antoine said, thank you for finding him.
If you hadn't found him hiding in the ventilation duct, this silly boy might still be in there."
"This is what I should do." Luke looked down at the black boy, "Hey, man, can I talk to you?"
The black boy looked at his mother, saw her encouraging expression, and said, "Okay."
"The gunman has been gone for so long, why didn't you come out of the ventilation duct?"
The black boy looked around and whispered, "I'm scared."
"What are you afraid of?"
"I was afraid the gunman was going to shoot me."
"But he has left and the police have taken control of the supermarket. What do you have to be afraid of?"
The black boy looked even more nervous, "I saw the gunman... He didn't leave the supermarket, no, I don't know if he left the supermarket either...
I do not know how to put it."
"Don't be nervous, just tell us what you saw and heard, and we will make our own judgment."
The black boy looked at his mother, and when he saw her nodding, he said slowly, "I saw the gunman. He was killing people everywhere in the supermarket. I was very scared and hid in the ventilation duct.
I felt that he might have taken off his equipment, and I didn’t know what he was going to do, or whether he would kill again, and the police never caught him, so I didn’t dare to come out.”
Luke asked, "Did you see the killer take off his equipment?"
"I didn't see it with my own eyes." The black boy organized his words and said, "I was hiding in the ventilation duct. Because there would be noise when climbing, I hid not far from the entrance of the ventilation duct, and I could see outside from there.
situation, but the ventilation ducts are relatively dark and the conditions inside cannot be seen from the outside.
I saw the gunman killing people and I was frightened.
He killed everyone he could see, and there was no movement outside.
After a while, I saw a white man walking out in a hurry. At first I thought he was a customer from the supermarket, but he was different from those customers who ran away.
Moreover, the gunman did not chase him. Only after this man left did I feel that something was wrong.
According to my speculation, the gunman should be near the locker, and the white man was also nearby but dared to walk out arrogantly. The gunman had no reason not to kill him, but the gunman did not fire.
So I guess that person is probably the shooter.
If he takes off his equipment, you can't catch him at all.
He may be hiding somewhere and the police haven't caught him, so I don't dare to come out for fear that he will suddenly kill someone again."
"Then why didn't you say anything just now?"
"You all pointed guns at me and I was scared."
Luke stared at the other person. The boy's expression was still a little panicked and nervous, which also increased the difficulty of micro-expression analysis.
"Did you see anything else?"
"Gunshots, people running away, blood... I only noticed these." Antoine Powell shuddered.
Sasha Powell put his arm around his son's shoulders and said, "Captain Li, Antoine is scared. He has not been very courageous since he was a child."
Luke nodded, "Can you describe the appearance of the gunman?"
"He was a white man, wearing a hat, a gray baseball cap.
I only glanced at him, I didn't dare to stare at him all the time."
Antoine Powell's description was too simple, and Luke could only ask himself, "How tall was the gunman?"
"He might be about 1.8 meters tall. He might be a little taller, I'm not sure."
"What is he wearing?"
"It looks like a beige sweatshirt and blue pants."
"Where are the shoes?"
"I did not notice."
"What color is his hair?"
"The baseball cap blocked it, so I didn't see it."
"What about his appearance?"
Antoine Powell shook his head.
"Do you have any tattoos?"
"have no idea."
"Where did he go?"
"The view of the ventilation duct is very narrow, I'm... not sure."
"Does he still have weapons on him?"
"I don't know." Antoine Powell shook his head and sighed, "That's all I know, really."
Luke stretched out his right hand and said, "Antoine, thank you for the clues you provided. You are a brave young man."
Antoine Powell breathed a sigh of relief and shook hands with Luke, "Are these clues useful?"
"certainly."
"Will you catch the shooter?"
"certainly."
After sending Antoine Powell and his mother away, Luke sent the information about the suspected shooter to the group.
As the person in charge of the shooting, Luke has been keeping an eye on the supermarket scene.
Rhett sent two more forensic teams and a large number of on-site investigators.
It was not until two o'clock in the afternoon that three forensic doctors completed the preliminary autopsy.
Luke communicated with every forensic doctor, but this time the forensic doctor did not provide many new clues. It was not that the forensic technology was not good, but that the murderer would live broadcast the entire execution process, leaving no suspense in itself.
All of the deceased were black. Each of them was shot 3 to 4 times, most of them were shot in the back, and there was no problem with the time of death.
Luke communicated with the technical team again and found a large number of bullet casings at the scene, mostly rifle bullet casings, with only a dozen pistol bullets. They also found identification documents on the deceased.
The technical team also did not find many valuable clues.
On the contrary, Mary felt as if she had found a treasure after seeing the equipment taken off by the suspected gunman, and immediately sent the equipment back to the police detective bureau for identification.
Luke also hopes that they can gain something. If they can determine the identity of the shooter, they won't have to work in vain.
The on-site investigation entered the final stage, and Luke also returned to the police station to convene a meeting with everyone.
Luke said, "Six hours have passed since we took over the case. Let's talk about the progress of the investigation."
Jackson looked solemn, "I have found out the identities of all the victims. There are thirteen victims in this shooting, the death toll has exceeded ten, and three injured are being treated in the hospital.
Ten of the dead were all black, and the three injured were one white, one black, and one Asian." Jackson sighed, "Although I don't want to admit it, this case does seem like an attack on black people.
massacre."
Jenny said, "Raymon and I were responsible for looking for witnesses. Someone witnessed the murderer from getting out of the car to shooting. One of the witnesses was standing near the supermarket. He was a white man. The gunman did not attack him at that time.
Instead of shooting, he prioritized shooting the black man next to him.
We interviewed all the witnesses, and their descriptions were roughly the same. The gunman was fully armed, his appearance could not be seen, and his race could not even be identified. He was about 1.8 meters tall. The gunman fired very decisively without any hesitation.
These witnesses also did not see the gunman leave the supermarket.
At the same time, according to eyewitness descriptions, the black Honda car at the entrance of the supermarket was indeed the vehicle driven by the gunman."
Luke took the initiative and asked, "Potter, what clues were found on the suspect vehicle?"
Porter shook his head slightly, "It was a counterfeit car. The car's engine number, frame number and other marks that could identify the vehicle were all smoothed off, and the technique was very professional. It was probably the work of a car theft team.
"
Luke looked at Xiao Hei aside, "Marcus, you are responsible for investigating the origin of that car."
"No problem." Xiao Hei responded with a smile. Seeing everyone reporting on the progress of the investigation, he also said, "The captain and I found Antoine Powell. Yes, he was the one hiding in the ventilation duct.
Little clever.
He saw the gunman, who was a young white man about 1.8 meters tall, which was consistent with the witness's description.
To be continued...