Chapter 147 Black Shadow (five thousand)
Luke took advantage of the situation and asked, "Then describe the case, and I'll see if it meets the circumstances of manslaughter."
Theodore confirms, "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 vulnerable group, the more you will be looked down upon.
"Say your hypothetical statement."
Theodore took a deep breath and was silent for a few seconds before speaking, "That day, at 3 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, and the gunman also chased after him and fired indiscriminately.
I was scared silly.
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 plays football, I love football, I've seen him on the field, he's 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 can give me a plea deal for manslaughter, I'll plead guilty. "
"Good." Luke nodded. It is 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 just found out about Hollip's suspicion, and Theodore pleaded guilty. After all, he felt a little uneasy.
Luke is going to verify 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 have no idea."
"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?"
"Exactly."
"Tell me about the route you took after entering the campus, and what happened after the gunshot?"
"I don't remember exactly."
"Then think about it."
"I have already agreed 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 never agree to a plea agreement for manslaughter. Do you 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, I wasn’t sure if there were other people there? Later, I accidentally hurt the white kid, and I freaked out and ran away.”
"Do you often watch football games at Malaboa High School?"
"Not often, just occasionally."
"Do you know Hollip?"
Theodore seemed a little restless, his eyes flickered, and he looked around from time to time, "It seems to be the quarterback player of Malaboa High School. I have an impression, very good."
"How is your relationship?"
"We have no relationship, 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 a 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 that revolver you used?"
"I threw it into the sea."
"Did you choose a good place to dispose of the murder weapon?"
"Thanks 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 shooter's appearance?"
Theodore was obviously stunned for a moment, "He was wearing a mask, a hat and gloves. I couldn't see the specific appearance clearly, and I was very nervous at the time, and 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 yet?"
"I will provide your confession to the prosecution, and if they feel okay, a plea agreement can be reached."
"How long...how long will I be in prison?"
"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 confession 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 advocate freedom, flout the law, live a day-to-day life, and have no long-term plans at all.
If they hadn’t been driven to a dead end, they would never have taken the initiative to plead guilty. He was too proactive, and I was a little embarrassed to take the initiative. "
Although Xiao Hei is average in investigating cases, he has a better understanding of the black community.
"Then are you inclined to help Hollip take the blame, or have you been threatened?"
Xiao Hei rarely showed a serious expression, "It's hard to say, and there may be both situations, 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, and then drove to Theodore.
Neither Theodore nor Triss brother has implicated her and has been released.
The two drove to Theodore and it was getting dark.
The car stopped in front of Theodore, and Luke got off the co-pilot.
Not far away, two smoking black men looked at Luke.
Luke also turned his head to stare at them, and pressed his right hand on the **** 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 **** dare not mess around with me."
"I hope they mess around, just to try my marksmanship."
Xiao Hei was a little surprised, "So cruel."
Xiao Hei laughed, "Dude, since the last time you shot that suspect in the garage, 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, and it was probably just a coincidence last time.
If we have time, we can have a warm-up match, the kind of gambling. "
Luke pouted, "You will lose only your underwear."
Xiao Hei thought 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 nonsense and knock on the door."
"Boom..."
"Who is outside, my mother 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 **** again, what do you want? Are you going to catch me too?"
Little gangster, "Tris, don't be so angry, we are here to talk to you."
"There is nothing to talk about between us. You can go, I never want to see you again."
"What about Theodore? Do you want to meet 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 are sitting 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 don't promise that I won't throw you out."
Luke cut to the chase, "Are you with Theodore between 3:20pm and 4:00pm on May 10th?"
Triss said coldly, "I don't want to talk about this."
"This is very important to Theodore, whether he will go to jail or not."
"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 rush back to school to commit the crime, so after leaving the gas station, where did you go?"
Triss lowered her head, clutching her forehead vigorously, showing a tangled look.
Luke persuaded, "Only you can save Theodore by telling 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's words stopped abruptly, her eyes looked in the direction of the window, showing a look of horror look.
Luke turned his head to look, and a dark shadow flashed by the window.
He drew his pistol and rushed out of the house.
Luke came to the door, and 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.
The sky is getting darker and darker, making it difficult to hunt down.
Fortunately, Luke and the others have been here twice, and they also 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 arms, waved and shot without looking back.
"Bang bang!"
Although the aim was not accurate 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.
Looked at Luke in disbelief.
The light is dim at night, which affects the shooting accuracy, and the opponent is still running fast in front, and it is very likely that he will miss it.
Luke only fired one shot and hit the opponent, and it still hit the arm, which is too hard.
coincide?
Stupid?
Still marksmanship has improved.
Xiao Hei couldn't figure it out, he remembered that Luke's marksmanship was bad before, even worse than him, why did he suddenly get it like this.
Luke put away the pistol, and told Xiao Hei beside him, "Cuff him up."
"I got shot, I got shot, I need to go to the hospital, you can't handcuff me."
"We can." Xiao Hei took out the handcuffs, and instead of handcuffing the suspect's hands, he only handcuffed his left hand to the iron railing.
Luke puts 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 worship 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 good?" Xiao Hei was a little envious and curious.
As a policeman 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 have to have a good talk with this guy." After speaking, Luke squatted down and observed the wound of the black suspect, with 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 attack the police?"
"I didn't assault the police, I just shot into the sky to scare you away."
"What were you doing in Theodore just now? Are you planning to climb in through the window and rob?"
"No, you're framing me, I just want to look in the window."
"Looking 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 to me 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 is 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 did you listen to?"
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 gangster."
Luke recalled, "Skeleton Gang, it sounds familiar."
Xiao Hei reminded, "The Skeleton Gang is the largest gang in the vicinity, and the area of Malaboa High School is also under the management of 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 clues 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 much. "
Luke nodded, Xiao Hei in the First Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Division is the one who knows the gang best.
"Can you contact the boss of the Skeleton Gang?"
"I can try." Xiao Hei's tone was a little uncertain, "But it's better to go tomorrow, it's not a good idea to meet at night."
(end of this chapter)