LA Detective

Chapter 145 Confession (Large Chapter) (1821)

Following Bowen's description, Luke was restoring the scene at that time in his mind.

After the gunfire on the third floor of the teaching building.

Fanny should not have been in the teaching building at the time, otherwise, based on her experience, she might have been able to judge that the shooting location was on the third floor.

Fanny should know about Bowen's courses, knowing that Bowen should be in classroom 201 of the teaching building, very close to the place where the gun was shot, and she mistakenly thought that Bowen was the shooter.

After all, the reason why Fanny sneaked into the school to investigate was because someone reported that Bowen might shoot the school. Now that something happened, Fanny was obliged to verify Bowen's suspicion.

Fanny rushed to Bowen's classroom immediately.

Of course, after seeing Bowen's state at that time, Fanny might have been suspicious and didn't shoot immediately. She probably wanted to control Bowen first and conduct a routine body search to rule out the other party's suspicion.

But when she shouted the FBI slogan, it was likely to be heard by the real killer, who shot him in the back.

As a former marine, Fanny has rich combat experience, and it is very likely that she will turn around when she hears someone behind her, but it is already too late.

Three shots were fired, two of which hit Fanny and one missed.

Fanny is dead, the gun falls to the ground, and the killer leaves.

Of course, this speculation is based on the fact that Bowen did not lie.

From Luke's experience, it's unlikely that Bowen lied.

Before, the police had been guessing why Fanny, a former seaman with rich combat experience, was easily shot and killed. Now it seems that it is probably because of a wrong judgment.

She mistook Bowen for the murderer and focused on Bowen, resulting in an attack from behind.

Her ability to detect the turn in time is enough to show her keen judgment, and the bullet will hit the chest.

So far this description is perfectly logical.

Bowen took a deep breath and said again, "I was frightened at the time, the first time I saw a dead person, I didn't expect it to be like this.

I knew it was not safe here, I wanted to run, and then I saw the gun on the ground, I wanted to protect myself, I didn't want what happened just now, I was pointed at by a gun like a fool, I could only hide There was a shiver under the table. "Bowen thumped his chest vigorously,
"I don't want to be bullied again, not by anyone.

I picked up Fanny's pistol, and I was about to leave the school for extra security.

When I got out of the classroom, I heard a woman's wailing for help. It was very close, but there was no one around. I felt like I was upstairs.

If it was before, I might not dare to go up and check.

But now that I have a gun and I have the ability, I want to do what a man should do.

I went upstairs and saw a female classmate lying in a pool of blood, Barbara.

I knew her, Chad's girlfriend, and I had neither a good nor a bad impression of her.

But she fell in a pool of blood, and I had to save her.

I walked over, took out the clothes from her bag, and pressed them on the wound.

Just then, I heard footsteps and turned to see Chad rushing up and kicking me over.

I was stunned by the kick and forgot to fight back.

Then, I watched him holding a stick in his hand, like a wooden chair leg, and he was going to hit me.

I instinctively took out the pistol.

'Boom! '

After that, he fell to the ground and I hit him.

People are also frightened.

I wiped off the fingerprints on the gun. There are many potted plants under the teaching building. I hid in one of the potted plants and then went home.

This is how it happened. "

Luke listened carefully, restored the scene in his mind, and found no major loopholes. As for why Chad just rushed over, Barbara mentioned it before.

Barbara was on the phone with Chad when she was shot, and the other party should have heard the gunshots and knew something had happened to Barbara.

From this point of view, although Chad likes to bully other classmates and has a flawed character, he is still sincere to his girlfriend.

Luke collected his thoughts and asked, "Did you see the murderer who killed Fanny?"

"No, Fanny blocked my view at the time. After the gunshot, I was so scared that I lay on the ground and didn't dare to look at it."

Bowen's father grabbed his son's arm and comforted him, "Son, you did the right thing and did nothing wrong. If it were me, I would make the same choice as you.

Detective Inspector, my son must have acted in self-defense. He has the right to shoot when he is attacked in that crisis situation. "

Luke nodded, "You're right, if it was me, I would choose to shoot. I also think this is self-defense, but the final decision on whether to prosecute is with the prosecution.

In addition, Bowen's attitude during the investigation is also very important. As long as he cooperates with the police, we will help him fight for it. "

"Thank you. I am willing to cooperate with you. What I say now is true. If you have any questions, you can ask me again."

Luke once again took out photos of the other victims for Bowen to identify, but Bowen did not provide any valuable clues.

But Bowen's guilty plea is good news for the police, and a huge development in the investigation of the entire case.

After figuring out the cause of death of a shooter and excluding the interference of a gun, the case will become clearer and it will be easier to investigate the real purpose of the murderer.

Bowen pleads guilty, and Luke leaves the interrogation room.

As soon as he returned to the office, there was a burst of applause.

The deputy team laughed, "Luke, congratulations on making that boy Bowen plead guilty."

"Thank you. Thanks to Barbara's statement."

The deputy team asked, "How did you know that Barbara woke up and arrived just in time?"

Luke smiled and said, "There are noble people to help."

The deputy team sighed, "Everything is good in my life, but I was unlucky and didn't meet noble people."

Luke secretly thought, it's not that you haven't met noble people, but no one dares to be your noble person. Reid is not a person who is jealous of talents, as can be seen from the fact that he promoted Luke.

That being the case, why didn't he promote the deputy team who knew him earlier and had a better relationship?

That must be because the vice team itself has certain problems.

Based on Luke's understanding of the vice team, this old man has a bad temper and bad temper. He might be hotter than David when he was young. Who would dare to promote him easily.

If something goes wrong, he himself will be jointly and severally liable.

Luke is much more at ease, self-motivated, capable, and able to assess the situation, so Rhett is naturally willing to be promoted.

Seeing everyone congratulate Luke, Xiao Hei felt a little uncomfortable. I also went to the hospital to take a record for Barbara. I also had a share of the credit for Bowen's plea. Why did no one congratulate me?

why?

……

Two in the afternoon.

Robbery and Murder Division Grand Conference Room.

Red sat in the middle of the conference table and presided over the meeting.

"Guys, tell me what's new in your investigation. Luke, you'll be the first."

Luke organized his language, "After the injured Barbara in the teaching building woke up, I made a note for her, and based on her confession, we learned part of the situation at the crime scene.

This includes Bowen Peelton's killing of school bully Chad Cleese, whom Bowen has admitted to killing in self-defense.

At the same time, it also explained why FBI agent Fanny's gun killed the school bully Chad Kleiss.

I think maybe this case can be taken out temporarily, and the clues of the shooting case may be clearer. "

Rhett nodded, "What do other people think?"

"I agree with Luke that if you remove the FBI agent's gun, there are only two pistols B and C left in the shooting," the deputy said.

Among them, the bullets of gun C only appeared in the music building.

The B guns have shooting scenes in the teaching building, music building and science building.

This shows that the suspect who used the B gun is likely to be the mastermind, and the C gun is the accomplice.

In addition, Gunner B first went to the teaching building, then went to the music building, and finally went to the science building, which seemed to be a purposeful pursuit of someone. "

Kelin, the squadron leader of the second team, said, "I also think the murderer is chasing and killing someone.

But I feel that the whereabouts of Gunner B are not the teaching building, the music building, and the science building, but the teaching building, the science building, and finally the music building. "

The deputy team retorted, "But based on the confession, the gunshots from the music building were before the teaching building."

Kling said, "Don't forget there is Gunner C, he probably rushed to the Music Building to shoot, and then Gunner B rushed over from the Science Building to support.

The reason why I came to this analysis is mainly based on the confession of the school police.

According to the school police, he rushed to the teaching building as soon as he heard the gunshots. In the process, he saw gunman B walking in the direction of the science building. Then, gunman B chased and killed a black man in the science building. A shootout broke out between the police and Gunner B.

Afterwards, the black man was killed on the rooftop, and he was the only deceased in the science building. As for the wounded, the glass broken by the gun battle hit his head. "

The deputy team shook his head, "This school policeman is really..."

"He's just a campus cop, you can't ask too much of him, and he did his job," Crean said.

Luke was thinking as he listened to the discussion between the two.

In his opinion, there should be three people the murderer really wanted to kill, the first cheerleader Josie who was killed in the toilet, the second man who was killed on the rooftop, and the third student council member Herman. The connection between the three people may be able to find out the murderer's purpose, and thus follow the clues to find the murderer.

Barbara, Chad, Lev, and Hollip were excluded for their own reasons, and they are probably not the real target of the murderer.

In the case of Barbara, the murderer could have shot the gun if he wanted to, but he didn't.

Chad was killed by Bowen and had nothing to do with the murderer.

Both Lev and Hollip were hotheaded and actively involved in the shooter incident.

At this moment, Mary from the survey team walked into the conference room, "Director Rhett, the bullet marks from the C gun have been identified, and the owner of this gun is Rachel Phyllis.

The bad news is that he reported the theft not long ago, and the gun is now missing. "

This news is really ups and downs, which means that the found gun has disappeared again.

Reid said directly, "Luke, Marcus, the clues of the gun will be handed over to you for investigation, is there a problem?"

"No problem, sir." Luke readily agreed.

It's good, the leader thinks of you, and you have to be able to solve the difficulties, otherwise what does the leader want you to do?
……

Downtown Los Angeles.

Bosca Apartments.

In the impression of many Chinese, housing prices in the city center are higher than those in the suburbs, which is not necessarily the case in Los Angeles.

Many rich people in Los Angeles live in the suburbs, and good communities and supporting facilities are also in the suburbs.

The city center looked rather dilapidated.

This has also created a phenomenon that the city center is bustling during the day and deserted at night.

Many dilapidated apartments in the city center are rented to poor black people.

Rachel Phyllis, the owner of the gun, lives here.

The two found apartment 105 where Rachel Phyllis lived according to the address.

"Dong dong..."

The door opened, and a fat middle-aged white man stood at the door, frowning, "Are you going to rent a house?"

Xiao Hei showed his police badge, "NO, I'm Detective Marcus, this is Detective Luke, we want to talk to you."

"Is there a clue to my theft?"

"The purpose of our coming is to investigate the theft. Are you Rachel Phyllis?"

"Yes."

Xiao Hei asked, "Are you going to chat here all the time?"

"Sorry, please come in." Rachel stepped aside and invited Luke and Xiao Hei to enter.

Luke scanned the environment of the apartment. The area is about fifty or sixty square meters. When entering the door, there is the living room with a kitchen and a bathroom.

Luke sat on the sofa, straight to the point, "Rachel, when did you lose your pistol?"

"It should be half a month. I haven't seen you before? You are really the police, not liars." Rachel Phyllis looked at Luke and Luke carefully, showing suspicion.

"We are the police, you don't have to doubt that."

"Then why don't you wear police uniforms?"

"We are detectives, we don't need to wear police uniforms."

Rachel was a little surprised, "I'm really flattered that my case has alerted the police department."

Luke said truthfully, "We are investigating other cases, and we happened to investigate your case along the way."

"Wow, you guys are so enthusiastic." Rachel said eccentrically.

Luke said seriously, "Rachel, if the police department can't solve your case, then your case will become an unsolved case in the future, and no one can solve it."

Rachel didn't seem to have much hope, "Just ask what you want to ask."

"Can you describe the process of the theft?"

"I don't want to reminisce, it's not a good memory."

Luke asked back, "Do you still want to get your stuff back?"

Rachel thought for a while and said, "Are you sure you can still find it after so many days?"

"uncertain."

"At least you didn't lie." Rachel fell into memory,

"It was my birthday half a month ago, and someone knocked on the door at about seven or eight o'clock in the evening.

I opened the door and there was a birthday cake on the door saying 'Happy Birthday, Landlord! ', I am very moved, I have rented the house to many people, and it is the first time someone remembers my birthday, that feeling is great. "

"Then, I ate the cake. When I ate half of it, I felt a little dizzy, and then passed out. When I woke up again..." Rachel showed an excited and angry look, "I found myself Lying on the ground with something stuffed in my mouth, I felt very smelly. When I spit it out, it turned out to be stool.

Someone got me hooked and stuffed shit in my mouth, I'm so pissed off, it's disgusting how anyone can do something like that. "

Xiao Hei opened his mouth wide, looking surprised, suddenly didn't want to talk to him, and moved his butt to the side.

Luke asked, "Why does it say 'Happy Birthday, Landlord!' on the cake?"

"I have a dozen apartments for rent and I'm a second landlord to be exact. I sign the house from the apartment developer and rent it out to the client. It's completely legal."

"Who have you offended recently? Like tenants?"

"There are too many. Many of the renters are black. They don't understand what gratitude is. They think that I am exploiting them by subletting the house. In fact, they don't understand at all. They are a bunch of rotten people in the eyes of apartment developers. If it weren't for me As a guarantee, no one will rent the house to them."

Xiao Hei curled his lips and said black people in front of me, thinking I don't exist? "I know why you put poop in your mouth because your mouth stinks."

"I'm telling the truth. If you're not fierce enough, you can't control those rotten people. It's not easy to collect rent from them. I did it."

Xiao Hei sneered, "Hmm, is poop delicious?"

Rachel looked at Luke aside, "Detective, does that count as a personal attack?"

"I'm here to solve the problem, not to listen to your quarrel, how about we get back to business?" Luke didn't answer directly.

From the conversation, it can be heard that Rachel has a deep prejudice against black people. He is not aimed at Xiao Hei, but shows an instinctive aversion to most low-level black people.

Xiao Hei, as a black group, is right to refute, just saying that each other has different perspectives and interests.

Luke continued, "Rachel, is there surveillance in the apartment?"

"No.

It has been installed before, I think that may make Hei..." Rachel noticed Xiao Hei staring at him, and quickly changed his words, "It will make the tenants more honest, installed some surveillance, and was destroyed by masked men the next day.

After that, it was repaired a few times, each time it was damaged within a week, and then I gave up.

I could only take care of myself, so I bought a pistol. "

"Since you know the tenants are dissatisfied with you, why do you still eat cake?"

"I especially like sweets." Rachel swallowed, "I also hesitated at the time, I cut the cake and found nothing wrong.

It was my birthday and I was craving it, and not all tenants are bad, there are some good tenants, I have a good relationship with them and thought they sent it.

So I ate it. "

Rachel showed an angry look, "That bastard is too shameless, he used this method to deal with me on my birthday, and left a shadow on me, I like sweets very much, but now I feel like vomiting when I see cakes... "

Xiao Hei said solemnly, "I can understand that it's a sad thing when I was eating cake in my mouth a moment ago and found that my mouth was stuffed with poop after waking up. I don't even dare to think about it."

"Detective, he's targeting me again!"

"I didn't, I was just describing the facts."

"Stop!" Luke interrupted the two, "Rachel, what items have you lost?"

"A gun, a Rolex, and a few hundred dollars in cash. And breaking a limited-edition Scarlet Witch figure, and that's what hurts me the most."

Luke confirmed, "What model pistol?"

"Monty Colt Python." Rachel walked over with a stack of photos, "This is a photo of the lost property requested by the police. I thought they could find it, but there is no news for so long."

Luke took the photo and looked at it, a silver wooden handle revolver, "Where is the gun, are there any fingerprints?"

"It was locked in a drawer. The police said they only found my own fingerprints. I was also very depressed."

"What are the characteristics of that gun?"

"The wooden handle of the gun has my initials D on it.

I love that gun so much, have you seen The Walking Dead?

I believe you must have seen it. The protagonist Rick uses a Colt Python revolver, which is slung on his waist and holds the butt of the gun with his right hand. He is super handsome.

I used to patrol the hallways with that gun, and the group of black... tenants were a lot more honest and really helpful. "

Xiao Hei sneered, "Your waist is thicker than a large oil drum, and you are ashamed to compare with Rick, I think you are more like Shrek.

That's right, you are Shrek.

It is right to help you quit sweets, otherwise you will be fat sooner or later.

Maybe you will thank the person who put shit in your mouth later, haha..."

Rachel looked at Luke. "Detective, can I get this bastard out? I've had enough."

Luke was a little helpless. Los Angeles was harmonious on the surface, but the problem of the Z family had not disappeared. Rachel was a typical example. His status was not high. It is a contradiction in itself not to open black people.

It is precisely because of this contradiction that the case was triggered, and to a certain extent, there is a causal relationship.

For hundreds of years, dozens of great commanders have been unable to solve this kind of problem, and Luke is even more lazy. Look at the next photo of the lost property, a figure of a Scarlet Witch, which saves on fabric.

The last photo is a Rolex watch with a green dial and a silver metal strap, which looks familiar...

Luke recalls one person.

Theodore Caine.

He has the same Rolex in his hand.

Luke pointed to the photo and asked, "Do you still have the purchase receipt for this watch?"

"No, this watch has been with me for many years. The model is Submariner 116610LV. It was given to me by a good friend. Please help me find it."

"Is there any special marking on this watch?"

Rachel thought for a while, "There is a scratch on the lower left side of the dial. I accidentally touched it when I took off the watch. It hurt me so much." Rachel pointed to the photo and said, "This angle can still See some."

Luke nodded, noting the scratches on the dial.

"Has the police in charge of the case found any clues about the thief?"

"No, they didn't find anything, but according to one of my tenants, I saw a man sneaking in the corridor with a cake that day. He was wearing a hat and a mask and couldn't see his face clearly, but his hands were Black, it should be black." Rachel added, "That's why I hate them."

Luke thought for a while and said, "Has the stool stuffed in your mouth been identified?"

"I proposed, but the police refused, saying that it was not a human, it should be a dog, and there was no need for an identification, and they did not have the funds.

I wanted to pay for the appraisal myself, but I couldn't accept it...fuck, how could he be so wicked, this will become my shadow for the rest of my life. "Rachel clenched her fists tightly. Although it had been a long time, she was still very angry when she mentioned it again.

Xiao Hei wanted to laugh, but was glared at by Luke, and quickly turned his face away, holding back his voice.

Luke said, "I want to see the tenant list."

"No problem, I'll get it."

After a while, Rachel handed a thick notebook to Luke, "All the tenants are recorded in it, which is definitely more complete than the one on the computer."

Luke began to check the tenant list. He was so observant that he could see ten lines at a glance.

After turning a few pages, I found a familiar name, Triss Lear.

She is the girlfriend of Theodore Kaine, a two-point fast man.

"Tell me the exact time of your birthday?"

"November 4."

This time is very close to the time when Theodore and his girlfriend Triss Lear were dating.

"Do you have any impression of the tenant Triss Lear?"

Rachel thought for a while, "Yes, she lived here for a while, and I have the impression that she often defaults on rent and refuses to leave.

Thank goodness she finally moved away some time ago.That house can be rented to other people again.

Before I rented it out, I hired someone to clean it. The room was dirty and messy, it was horrible to see.

If it wasn't for the fact that the contract signed with the developer hadn't expired, I would have wanted to change careers a long time ago and never deal with them again.

They are a bunch of parasites. After Rachel asked, as if thinking of something, "Is this theft related to her?" "

"You don't need to think too much, it's just a routine inquiry." Luke said perfunctorily.

He said so, but in his heart he felt that this case was probably related to Triss Lear and her boyfriend Theodore.

When the theft happened, Theodore and his girlfriend Triss Lear should have just met.

Luke speculated that Theodore might have retaliated against Rachel in order to please his girlfriend, and at the same time stole Rachel's guns, watches, figures and cash.

These items are likely still in his home.

It is further speculated that if Theodore Caine is the thief, the gun Colt Python should be in his hands.

He is most likely one of the suspects in the shooting.

The bastard lied.

……

Theodore.

A Ford Explorer and two police cars were parked at the gate.

After getting out of the car, Luke and Xiao Hei put on their bulletproof vests, and four patrolmen also came over.

Luke made a simple deployment, two patrolmen guarded the back door, and two patrolmen were responsible for support.

He took Xiao Hei to the front door.

"Dong dong..."

No one responded.

"Dong dong..."

"Who is outside?" A young man's voice sounded.

"Here comes the old friend, Theodore, open the door."

After a while, the door opened, and Theodore stood at the door, looked at Luke, then at Xiao Hei, "What are you doing here again?"

"We just passed by and said hello to our friends."

Theodore showed a guarded look, "We have only met once, I don't think we are friends."

Luke stared at his left wrist for a while, looked at Theodore a little hairy, and shrank his hands, "Oh, what are you going to do?"

Luke pointed to Theodore's left wrist, "Can I see my watch?"

"No, this is my personal item." Theodore refused simply, "You have already said hello, if there is nothing else, please go out."

Luke has just observed a scratch on the lower left side of the Rolex watch, which is exactly the same as what Rachel described, and it is exactly the same as the picture of the lost property. A search warrant was displayed, "Theodore, we suspect that you are related to a theft , I want to search your house, please cooperate."

Theodore showed an angry look, "What the hell are you doing? You said I was a murderer last time, and this time you said I was stealing. Why are you targeting me?
I am innocent. "

Luke showed the search warrant again, "We are here to prove this, please cooperate."

After the words fell, Luke brought Xiao Hei into the house, and the four patrolmen also cooperated in the search, and the three of Theodore were under surveillance.

Triss Lear looked very angry, and shouted at Luke and Xiao Hei, "Why are you always interrupting our lives? Are you deliberately targeting us because we are black?"

"Shut up! Put away your tricks, I'm black too, these nonsense are useless to me, understand?" Xiao Hei yelled loudly.

Of the six police officers present, only Xiao Hei was black. This kind of accusation was very serious, and he had to categorically retaliate.

This is also the helplessness of many black police officers. It is an indisputable fact that black crime rates are higher.

Black police officers are not only African-Americans, but also members of the lapd. This measure must be grasped.

This is why Luke likes to take Xiao Hei to investigate cases. Even if he does nothing, as long as he follows Luke, it can bring Luke a lot of convenience.

advantage of minorities.

This advantage is most obvious among blacks, who are the most capable of doing things.

It has indeed won a lot of benefits.

Luke and Xiao Hei searched the house, and soon found the figure of the Scarlet Witch. I don't know if it was his illusion, but I always felt that some parts of the witch were different in color and lighter.

Luke put the scarlet witch's figurine and watch on the table to take a photo, "Theodore, these two items are the lost property of a theft case, explain why they are in your house?"

Theodore's face was a little ugly, "I don't know."

Luke looked at the black girl beside him, "Will you tell Triss Lear?"

Triss Lear's face was also a little ugly, "I have nothing to say."

Luke spread his hands, "In this case, I can only take you back to the police station. Rachel, an old acquaintance, can't wait to see you. He misses you very much."

"He deserves it!" At this moment, Triss Lear's younger brother shouted, "He deserves what he deserves!"

Luke took advantage of the situation and asked, "How did he get what he deserved?"

Brother Triss Lear roared, "His stinky mouth knows how to swear and spray dung every day, so he should be punished."

"So, you just stuffed your own shit in his mouth?"

Brother Triss Lear corrected, "That's not mine, it's shit! It matches his stinky mouth the best!"

Luke motions for the patrol to take Theodore and Triss out.

Only the policeman and brother Triss were left in the house.

Luke pulled a chair and sat down, "You did it?"

Seeing Luke's gaze, Brother Triss shrank back first, then took a deep breath, and took a step forward, "I shouldn't have left at that time, I should have stayed there to see his expression after waking up, It must be exciting!"

Luke nodded, "I want to hear it too, or you start from the beginning."

"Put away your swindling tricks. Since I stand up, I have no fear. Don't you just want to know the case? As long as you let Theodore and my sister go, I will tell you."

"As long as the situation you describe is consistent with the scene, I will naturally let them go."

"Keep your word?"

"of course."

"I'm not yet an adult, so can I be given a lighter sentence?"

"If you cooperate with the police, I can help you fight for it. My colleagues don't like Rachel very much, and you have a common language in this regard."

Brother Triss glanced at Xiao Hei, "I'm glad you still know who you are?"

Little underworld, "Boy, I'm a lapd first, understand?

Stop talking nonsense and explain quickly. "

"I hate Rachel, he's a jerk, he swears every day, he will come to our house and make trouble, if we don't pay the rent, he will yell at us and judge my sister, I hate it He, I want to beat him hard.

We moved out of his apartment half a year ago, but I have never retaliated against him. I was afraid that if I retaliated immediately, he would suspect me.

So, I'm waiting for an occasion, his birthday.

I bought his favorite matcha cake, added sleeping pills to it, and the idiot fell asleep after eating it, with a lot of cream in his mouth.

Then I stuffed shit in his mouth and stole his watch, figure, and revolver.

I hated that revolver, he bought it to use against us and used it all the time to show off.

He likes to think of himself as Rick in The Walking Dead, so what are we?
The walking dead?

Or go meat?

It was kind of me not to kill him.

He deserved it, and I don't regret it. "

Xiao Hei looked at him with a complicated look on his face, "Why did you think of stuffing dog shit in his mouth?"

"I think his mouth smells worse than shit, is there a problem?"

Xiao Hei shrugged, "No, I want to say it's well done!"

Brother Triss looked at Luke, "Now, can you let my sister and Theodore go?"

"I want to release it too, but the problem is that there is one missing item, the revolver. Tell them where that gun is, and I'll let them go."

"I gave Theodore that gun."

"Why? Give him the watch and the gun? Are you so dedicated?"

"He bought it from me.

I didn't think about stealing a gun at first, but I overheard Theodore wanted a gun, but he wasn't old enough to buy one, so I brought it along.

Theodore gave me five hundred dollars. "

Luke confirmed, "So the gun is in Theodore's hands?"

"Yes."

Luke recalled, "The last time we came to arrest Theodore, the reason why you ran away was not to distract the police, but because you were afraid that the police would arrest you for theft?"

"That's right. Then you let me go. I thought I'd get away with it. But I don't regret it. I can laugh out loud now thinking of Rachel with shit in her mouth."

Later, Luke asked the patrol to escort Triss brother back to the police station.

Xiao Hei sighed, "You know? I'm glad I became a policeman, otherwise... I wouldn't dare to think about it."

Luke patted him on the shoulder, "Now is not the time for emotion, Theodore is the protagonist."

……

after an hour.

Police Department.

trial room.

Theodore was handcuffed on the interrogation chair, looking at Luke and Xiao Hei angrily, "What do you guys want? I've said it all, I didn't steal anything, let alone kill anyone."

"According to Triss' younger brother Capo Lear, he sold you the pistol for five hundred dollars, didn't he?"

"I can't remember."

"It's okay, let's confront him. If he lies, then add another crime of perjury to him. What do you think?"

"Why do you insist on forcing me?"

"No one forced you. You have been lying and getting yourself into trouble. Telling the truth is the only way for you to save yourself."

"I sold that gun."

"Who did you sell it to?"

"I don't know him, we are a cash transaction, he gives me money, I give him a gun."

Luke opened the diary and prepared to record, "How did you contact me? How much did you sell for? Where did you trade it? Don't lie to the police."

"On the street, I saw a guy in a mask sneaking around, and I asked him if he wanted to buy a gun, and he said yes.

Then, I sold it to him for seven hundred yuan.Everyone gets what they need and there is no hassle. "

Luke smiled, "You think the police are idiots when you apply the trick of selling stolen mobile phones to pistols? Can you believe anything?"

"What I said was true, and I said I was with Triss when the shooting happened, and I didn't have time for it."

"Based on what you and Triss said, the police went to Highway [-] to check, and they did see the surveillance camera of the Toyota at the gas station you mentioned, but the time at that time was [-]:[-] p.m.

The shooting happened at 10 minutes to [-]:[-] in the afternoon, so you have time to go back to the city to commit crimes. "

Theodore argued, "As I said, I was playing poker with Triss, and it is impossible to come back so soon."

"You said, it seems to be more than two minutes, I will round it up to 3 minutes, from 2:33 to 3:20 in the afternoon, 47 minutes can still be rushed back.

If you want to prove that you didn't have time to commit the crime, make it clear where that time went. "

Theodore's face changed slightly, "What I said is true, if you don't believe it, you can check it yourself."

"lapd is not a superman. It takes time to investigate cases. We can only investigate one by one. You know your own affairs best. If you have a clear conscience, why don't you cooperate with the police?"

Theodore bit his lip, showed a hesitant look, and took a deep breath, "I have nothing to say."

"Then let me make a hypothetical guess."

Luke stood up, paced and said, "You can't forget the cheerleader Josie, you think she looks down on you, and even called the police to arrest you, so you are very angry, after buying the gun from Capo Lear, you have The idea of ​​revenge, and then planned the shooting together with others.

When you get to school, you don't find Josie, but you see her good friend Barbara.

You shot at Barbara, wounded Barbara, and you knew they were good friends, and you hoped to draw Josie out in this way.

After that, you saw Josie coming out of the women's room, holding a gun and holding her hostage into the women's room, and shooting and killing her. "

Theodore showed an angry look, "No, I'm not doing this, you are wronging me."

Luke spread his hands, "I'm just making a hypothetical speculation based on the existing evidence and clues. If you think it's wrong, you can refute it."

Theodore clenched his fists tightly, his cheeks flushed, "I want to see a lawyer."

Luke felt a little regretful. In fact, there were loopholes in his reasoning, and the shooter would definitely be able to hear it.

It's a pity Theodore didn't have a clear reaction to this.

Luke suddenly thought that if he also understood micro-expression analysis, he might be able to see Theodore's real reaction at this time.

　Thousand words, this time should be a big chapter.

　　At the end of the last chapter, I feel that the number of words is almost the end, I really didn't want to break the chapter.

　　The feeling of self is not out of context.

　　Lesson learned this time, ten thousand words in one chapter to the end.

　　Five thousand guarantee.

　　The other 18 words will be added (21/[-])

　　There are three more updates and it's over.

　　Adding [-] words each time should not be too little.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)