LA Detective

Chapter 147 Black Shadow ([-])

Luke took advantage of the situation and asked, "Then describe the case, and I'll see if it fits the plot of manslaughter."

Confirmed by Theodore, "A hypothetical statement?"

Luke smiled, "It seems that you have learned a lot from the lawyer."

Theodore said, "Don't look down on black people, never."

Luke turned his head to Xiao Hei and muttered, "I really want to beat him up."

Xiao Hei shrugged. He also didn't like the way many black people acted like I was being targeted.

The more you place yourself in a disadvantaged group, the more you will be looked down upon.

"It's fair to say your hypothetical statement."

Theodore took a deep breath and was silent for a few seconds before speaking, "That day, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on May 10, I went to Malaboa High School. I went to find Josie, and I wanted to tell him , I have a girlfriend, a girl who is better than her.

Then I heard gunshots and hid in the music building.

I didn't expect that I would be so unlucky, the gunman also chased in and fired randomly.

I was freaked out.

I knew I couldn't sit still, so I started fighting back.

But I just got this gun, and I haven't practiced with it before. The recoil is really strong, and I can't control the aim of the gun at all. I hit a student.

A white kid who played football, I love football, I've seen him on the field, he was a fast white kid.

I screwed up, that's what it was, I just shot innocent people in the fight back, that's all.

If you guys could give me a plea deal for manslaughter, I would plead guilty. "

"Good." Luke nodded. It's a good thing that the suspect wants to plead guilty. As long as a complete chain of evidence can be formed, he doesn't mind closing the case.

He had just found out about Hollip's suspicion, and Theodore pleaded guilty. After all, he felt a little uneasy.

Luke is going to verify it clearly, so as not to implicate himself repeatedly in future cases.

"Tell me the exact time you arrived at Malaboa High School, the more specific the better."

Theodore thought for a while, then shook his head, "I only remember it was after 3 o'clock, and I can't remember the exact time."

"Your stolen Rolex can't even tell the time?"

Theodore glared at Luke, "I can't read a watch at all, are you satisfied?"

"Ask for the exact time again?"

"I do not know."

"Has anyone seen you enter the campus?"

"Of course, I'm not invisible, but I'm not a student at Malaboa High School, so they may not know me."

"So there are no witnesses?"

"If you want witnesses, go find them. Shouldn't that be the responsibility of the police?"

"Did Triss Lear go to Malaboa High School?"

"No, this matter has nothing to do with her."

"How could it have nothing to do with her? Don't you want to tell Josie that you have a new girlfriend? Why don't you just take Triss there, wouldn't the effect be better?"

Theodore thought for a while, "I haven't dated Josie at all. I bragged in front of Triss. I was worried that the lie would be found out, so I chose to go alone."

"You went with that Colt Python revolver?"

"Yes."

"Tell me about your route after entering the campus, and what happened after the gunshot?"

"I can't remember."

"Then think about it."

"I have already promised to plead guilty, why make things difficult for me?"

"No one is embarrassing you. The premise of reaching a plea agreement is that the facts of the case are clear. If your account is not clear, the prosecution will not agree to the plea agreement of manslaughter. Understand?"

Theodore pinched his forehead and sighed, "I remember that after entering the school, I went directly to the music building. I knew that Josie would practice dancing there, so I went there in advance to wait for her.

But instead of waiting for her, the gunman came. "

"Who was there when you shot?"

"It was chaotic and I wasn't sure if anyone else was there? Later, I accidentally hurt the white kid and I freaked out and ran away."

"Do you often watch football games at Malaboa High?"

"Not often, just occasionally."

"Do you know Hollip?"

Theodore seemed a little restless, his eyes flashed, and he looked around from time to time, "It seems to be a quarterback player from Malaboa High School. I have an impression, very good."

"How is your relationship?"

"We're not related, I just know him."

"I thought your relationship would be very close?"

"I don't know what gave you this illusion, but you are wrong."

"The last time I went to your house, I found a picture of you wearing the No. 9 football jersey on your table. It should be Holip's jersey. I heard that he only gave the jersey to those close to him. How did you get it?" of?"

Theodore's forehead showed fine beads of sweat, "I remember one time when Malaboa High School won the game, Hollip was very happy and took off his jersey and threw it into the stands. I was lucky and picked it up.

In the future, when he becomes a football star, he may be able to sell for a good price. "

"Where's the revolver you used?"

"I threw it into the sea."

"Did you choose a good place to dispose of the murder weapon?"

"Thank you for the compliment, can we reach a plea deal?"

Luke also wants to close the case, but the current problem is that no murder weapon was found, no witnesses, and the description of the crime process is not clear. There are still many doubts in this case.

"You said you were attacked by gunmen in the music classroom?"

"Yes."

"Describe the gunman's appearance?"

Theodore was obviously stunned for a moment, "He was wearing a mask, hat and gloves. I couldn't see what he looked like, and I was very nervous at the time, so I can't remember clearly."

"What kind of mask?"

"clown mask."

"Describe carefully."

"It's the kind of clown mask that I often see. I was too nervous to see it clearly."

Luke turned the pen in his hand, and Theodore couldn't tell clearly when he asked about the details, or he was hiding something, if he didn't have personal experience, of course, it might be the same as what he said, he was terrified and couldn't remember clearly up.

"Transcripts do this first."

"Have we reached a plea agreement?"

"I will provide your statement to the prosecution, and if they feel okay, a plea deal can be reached."

"I...how long will I be sentenced?"

"You should ask the lawyer, not me." Luke finished and left the interrogation room.

After leaving the interrogation room, Xiao Hei asked, "Are you really going to hand over that statement to the prosecution?"

"No, I will hand it over to the captain."

"Do you think this kid is lying?"

Luke asked back, "You should know more about his situation, don't you think?"

Xiao Hei frowned slightly, "I think there may be something going on here."

"what's up?"

Xiao Hei touched his chin and said seriously, "There are two possibilities, one is that he was threatened, and the other is that he is helping others to take the blame."

"You don't think he's the murderer?"

"I've seen too many people like him, who admire freedom, flout the law, and live a day-to-day life with no long-term plans at all.

If they hadn't been pushed to a dead end, they would never have pleaded guilty. He was too proactive, and I was a little embarrassed to take the initiative. "

Although Xiao Hei's ability to investigate cases is average, he has a better understanding of the black community.

"Then are you inclined to help Hollip take the blame, or have you been threatened?"

It was rare for Xiao Hei to show a serious expression, "It's hard to say, and there may be both, I think we should go see Triss, that woman definitely knows more than we do.

Believe me, a black person like Theodore can't hide anything in bed. "

"Listen to you." Luke patted Xiao Hei on the shoulder, and the two went to the captain's office before driving to Theodore.

Neither Theodore nor Brother Triss had implicated her and had been released.

The two drove to Theodore and it was getting dark.

The car stopped in front of Theodore, and Luke got out of the co-pilot.

Not far away, two smoking black men looked at Luke.

Luke also turned his head to stare at them, pressing his right hand on the butt of the gun until the two of them looked a little scared and turned away.

Xiao Hei smiled, "Don't be so nervous, these little bastards don't dare to mess around with me."

"I hope they mess around, just to try my marksmanship."

Xiao Hei was a little surprised, "So cruel."

"You don't need to be polite to deal with these scumbags." Luke understood this truth in his previous life, but he didn't shoot casually like this in his previous life.

Xiao Hei smiled and said, "Man, since you shot that suspect in the garage last time, you have become more and more confident in your marksmanship, I think this may be an illusion.

Your marksmanship was not as good as mine before, it was probably just a coincidence last time.

When we have time, we can have a warm-up match, the kind of gambling. "

Luke pouted, "You'll lose only your underwear."

Xiao Hei thought that Luke was bragging, and said indifferently, "Thank you for being so kind, and knowing to leave me a pair of underwear."

Luke stopped. "Stop talking bullshit and knock on the door."

"Dong dong..."

"Who is outside, my old lady is very upset now, very angry, if you don't want to be beaten, get out early." Triss scolded from the room.

"Crackling..." The door opened.

Triss stared wide-eyed, as if about to spew fire, "It's you two bastards again, what do you want? Are you going to catch me too?"

Little underworld, "Tris, don't be so angry, we're here to talk to you."

"There's nothing to talk about between us. You can go, I never, ever, never want to see you again."

"What about Theodore? Do you want to see him?"

"You were the ones who took him away from me, how dare you say that?" Triss said with a choked voice, "Damn it, you are simply devils, my brother was arrested by you, my boyfriend was arrested by you, You are now taunting me again.

My life has been ruined by you guys, I'm about to be homeless again, I don't even know what to do next, are you satisfied? "

Luke said seriously, "Tris, don't be hostile to us, we are here to help you, and we are also here to help Theodore. I believe you should know something, if you want Theodore to come out earlier, Let's talk about it."

Triss was silent for a long time, and stepped aside.

Luke and Xiao Hei entered the house and looked around habitually.

The two sat on the sofa.

Triss folded her hands in front of her body, "If you have anything to say, just talk about it. If you say something that is useless, I won't promise that I won't throw you out."

Luke cut to the chase, "Are you with Theodore between 5:10pm and [-]:[-]pm on May [-]th?"

Triss said coldly, "I don't want to talk about this."

"It's important for Theodore to see if he goes to jail."

"Then why don't you ask him? He should know better."

"Of course, he does know that we have already asked you, and we came here to verify his statement."

Triss sighed, "I already said it last time."

"You said it, but the time we photographed at the gas station was 2:40 pm. Theodore had time to go back to school to commit the crime, so where did you go after you left the gas station?"

Triss lowered her head, clutching her forehead vigorously, showing a tangled look.

Luke persuaded, "Theodore can only be saved if you tell the truth."

Triss raised her head, took a deep breath, as if she had made a decision, "We came back from Highway 1, and Theodore picked it up..." Triss' words stopped abruptly, her eyes looked towards the window, showing horror look.

Luke turned his head to look, and a dark figure flashed by the window.

He drew his pistol and rushed straight out of the house.

When Luke came to the door, the shadow had already fled into the distance.

Xiao Hei followed suit and shouted, "lapd, stop immediately."

This didn't help, the shadow ran faster.

"Be careful, this guy might have a gun." Luke said and chased after him.

"Fuck! These nasty niggers!" Xiao Hei cursed and followed.

The two sides started the chase again.

It was getting darker and darker, which made it difficult to hunt down.

Fortunately, Luke and the others have been here twice, and had the experience of arresting people once. They know the surrounding environment better, so they didn't let the suspect escape.

Suddenly, Sombra took out a gun from his pocket, waved and shot without looking back.

"Boom!"

Although the accuracy was not enough, Luke and Xiao Hei did not dare to be careless.

Luke also shot back.

"boom!"

One shot hit the suspect in the right arm.

"Ah!" The other party let out a cry of pain, because he ran too fast, he fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and the blood on his arm was all over the ground.

The pistol also fell aside.

Xiao Hei was startled.

He looked at Luke incredulously.

The light is dim at night, which affects the shooting accuracy, and the opponent is still running fast in front, and he will miss it in all likelihood.

Luke hit him with only one shot, and it hit him in the arm, too hard.

coincidence?

Meng?

Still got better marksmanship.

Xiao Hei couldn't figure it out, he remembered that Luke's marksmanship was very good in the past, he was still bad, why did he suddenly get caught like this.

Luke put away his pistol, and told Xiao Hei beside him, "Cuff him up."

"I've been shot, I've been shot, I need to go to the hospital, you can't handcuff me."

"We can." Xiao Hei took out the handcuffs, instead of cuffing the suspect's hands, he only cuffed his left hand to the iron railing.

Luke put his pistol in a Ziploc bag.

Xiao Hei seemed to remember something, and asked Luke, "Did you hit him with one shot just now?"

"Are you starting to admire me?"

"Uh, how should I put it? Maybe...a little bit." Xiao Hei gestured with his index finger and thumb.

Luke smiled, "Don't be embarrassed, there are more people who admire me, be more confident."

"Why did your marksmanship become so powerful?" Xiao Hei was a little envious and curious.

As a police officer in Los Angeles, marksmanship is the first means of life-saving.

"I have been practicing marksmanship with Raymond recently. He is a good coach and has helped me a lot." In fact, Luke also used the precision card, otherwise it would be difficult to hit the black man running in the night, the difficulty is too high.

"OK, buy me a drink tonight, I can teach you some marksmanship experience, but now we need to have a good talk with this guy." After speaking, Luke squatted down to observe the black suspect's wound, blood oozing from his arm.

"Ah!" The black suspect wailed.

Xiao Hei took off his coat and wrapped his sleeve around the gunshot wound to help stop the bleeding.

Luke sat aside and lit a cigarette, "Why did you assault the police?"

"I didn't attack the police, I just shot into the sky to scare you off."

"What were you doing in Theodore just now? Are you going to climb in through the window and rob?"

"No, you are framing, I just want to look at the window."

"Look at what?"

"I heard that the man of this family was arrested. I was afraid that the woman of this family would be sad, so I wanted to comfort her."

Hearing this explanation, Luke smiled, "You are really kind, why did you run?"

"Because you chased me."

"Are you talking about a stand-up show?"

"No, you misunderstood me. I'm not a bad person. I just watched by the window. I didn't do anything, and I didn't think about hurting anyone. I swear."

"What's your relationship with Theodore?"

"It's okay, I don't know who Theodore is? I just heard that the man from that family was arrested. I want to comfort his family."

"Who said that?"

Black suspect, "I can't remember, maybe someone from around here, I have quite a lot of friends."

Luke didn't believe his nonsense, and when he was about to test further, Xiao Hei tilted his head and made a fool of Luke, and the two walked aside to talk.

"What did you find?"

Xiao Hei raised his chin and whispered, "Did you see the tattoo on that guy's arm?"

"A black skull?"

Xiao Hei looked determined, "That's the mark of the Skeleton Gang, this kid is probably a gang member."

Luke recalled, "The Skeleton Gang, it sounds familiar."

Xiao Hei reminded, "The Skeleton Gang is the largest gang in the neighborhood, and the area of ​​Malaboa High School is also managed by this gang."

Luke thought for a while, "Do you think the Skeleton Gang is related to the shooting?"

"I don't know, but their people are already involved in the case, why not ask? In my experience, they may have some leads that the police don't know.

This guy is a gangster, he must not dare to talk nonsense, it is difficult to pry his mouth open.

And even if he opened his mouth, he might not know too much. "

Luke nodded. In the entire Robbery and Murder Division, Xiao Hei is the one who knows the gang best.

"Can you contact the boss of the Skeleton Gang?"

"I can try." Xiao Hei said with some uncertainty, "But it's better to go tomorrow, it's not a good idea to meet at night."

(End of this chapter)