Chapter 340 is still alive
Xiao Hei smiled and said, "Raymond, when did you change your career to be a forensic doctor?"
The body was burnt, smoky and black, and there were many scars on the body. Coupled with the tragic crash scene, it was difficult to distinguish the specific cause of death at the first time.
Raymond walked to the corpse and pointed to the wound on his chest, "The deceased had two to three centimeters of irregular wounds on his chest. If I guessed correctly, his chest cavity was damaged more, and the wound on his back would be even bigger.
It should have been pierced by a large-caliber bullet. "
Jackson concluded, "That is to say, the driver was shot and killed by a large-caliber bullet, and then the car lost control and rushed into the opposite lane, causing a larger traffic accident."
Raymond didn't answer, put on his gloves, walked to the charred car, carefully searched the back of the cab, and picked up a bullet from the back of the car.
"It's a 7.62mm rifle bullet, and the effective killing range is about 800 meters." Raymond glanced around, pointing to a building in the south, "If I were a shooter, I would choose to use a sniper rifle to shoot there, commanding heights, It has a good view and is easy to escape.”
Raymond is proficient in firearms and spends most of his time in the shooting range. Luke still trusts his analysis.
Afterwards, Luke began to arrange tasks, "Marcus, take notes on the surrounding pedestrians and ask about the situation when the accident happened.
Potter, check the dashcams of several cars involved in the accident, looking for video of the crash.
Jackson, contact the hospital to inquire about the condition of the injured.
Ramon, Jenny, you are in charge of searching for the gunman. "
Luke searched the car and found the driver's license of the suspected deceased.
Name, Balter Ramos
Sex: Male
Height, 183cm
Weight, 160 lbs
hair color, yellow
Date of Birth, March 16, 1982
License plate number, 3lKb548
Luke compared the physical characteristics of the deceased. The deceased had burns, but the burns were not serious. His face was blackened, but his appearance was not affected.
The facial features, height, hair color, and body shape all match, and the identity of the deceased can basically be determined.
Forensic and survey teams also rushed to the scene.
The three severely damaged cars were all on fire, and the scene was a mess. The **** bullet was also found by Raymond, and it was difficult for the survey team to find valuable clues for a while.
The forensic doctor found something. Just as Raymond guessed, the deceased was indeed hit in the chest by a bullet, causing internal organ damage and excessive blood loss to die.
Luke called the team members to gather clues.
The description of the passers-by was the same as that of the previous patrol officer. They only saw the vehicle involved in the accident lost control and rushed into the other side of the lane and collided with other vehicles.
But no one saw the shooting, and no one heard the gunshots.
In addition, the vehicle involved in the accident did not have a driving recorder, and the driving recorders of other vehicles captured the scene of the collision. One of the vehicles recorded that the windshield was already damaged when the vehicle involved in the accident rushed into the opposite lane. The speculation of a crash is consistent.
After summarizing all the clues, Luke is more inclined to Raymond's speculation. Since the people around did not hear the gunshots, it means that the shooter is far away, and there are cars in front of and around the vehicle that caused the accident, so the shooter cannot shoot in parallel. , You can only shoot from a high place.
Luke glanced around, and the building that Raymond had mentioned before was indeed the most suitable shooting location.
Marcus and Jackson stayed at the scene of the crime, and Luke took Potter and the patrol to the south side building to meet Raymond, looking for the gunman's shooting location.
If the gunman shot from a long distance, it means that the gunman should have never been to the scene. Except for the bullet, it is difficult to find clues related to the gunman at the scene of the accident.
The shooting location where the shooter is located will leave more traces of the shooter, and that is the real 'murder scene'.
Patu Apartment.
This is a seven-story apartment building.
Luke took the elevator to the sixth floor to meet Raymond and others.
"Raymond, did you find anything?"
"Captain, come here." Raymond led Luke to the window of the corridor, pointing to the road on the north side, "From here you can just see the scene of the accident where the car hit.
The field of vision below the fifth floor will be blocked, so the shooter should shoot on the sixth or seventh floor.
I took people to check the windows in the corridors on the sixth and seventh floors, and found no traces of the gunmen's shooting.
Based on my experience, the vehicle involved in the accident was driving at high speed at the time, and shooting was very difficult, and the requirements for the shooting environment and the shooter were very high.
The shooter is likely to be a professional killer. He is unlikely to choose the corridor as the shooting location, and he should be looking for a safer and quieter environment. "
Luke guessed, "Do you suspect the shooter shot in the apartment room?"
"Yes, Jenny has led the patrol to conduct a routine search of the apartment building. She is in charge of the seventh floor, and I am in charge of the sixth floor."
"Very good." Luke thought for a while and said, "Potter, take someone to find the property of the apartment building, check the surveillance video of the apartment building, and see if there are any suspicious persons who are suspected of being the shooter.
I'll go to the seventh floor to have a look. "
"Yes, sir."
…
The seventh floor of Patu Apartment.
Besides Jenny, there are three other patrolmen. Among them, one patrolman is investigating with Jenny, and the other two are in charge of security.
"Boom boom."
Jenny knocked on the door of Apartment 703.
A woman's voice sounded from inside the door, "Who are you?"
Jenny flashed her police badge, "I'm the Los Angeles Police."
The apartment door opens and a black woman in her sixties asks, "What's the matter?"
"Ma'am, are we investigating a shooting incident? The shooter is likely lurking in the apartment and wants to make sure the occupants are safe."
"Thank you, I am fine."
"Ma'am, did you hear any unusual sounds around nine o'clock in the morning?"
"I am also not certain…"
"You just say what you hear, and we will judge for ourselves."
"I seem to hear the sound of arguing and throwing things."
"Are you sure it's the sound of something falling, not a gunshot?"
"It shouldn't be a gunshot, it's not that loud."
"The shooter likely installed a silencer."
"Then I'm not sure, I don't know much about firearms."
Jenny wanted to confirm whether it was a gunshot, and asked, "Do you know where the sound came from?"
The woman hesitated for a moment, and pointed to the apartment door of 707, "It seems to be that one, I'm not sure."
"Do you know that family?"
"Uh... I just moved here too, so I'm not very familiar with it. I only know that there is a man and a woman living there, both of whom are white."
"Thanks, we'll check for ourselves."
"I don't want to cause trouble, don't say I said it." After the woman finished speaking, she closed the door.
Jenny wrote it down in her notebook, and was about to investigate the situation of 707, when she saw the elevator door opened, Luke came out from inside, "Captain, you are here."
"Did you find anything?"
"Responses from residents, 707 has the sound of arguing and throwing things. I am preparing to confirm the situation."
"Go ahead." Luke stood aside to be vigilant. It is easier for a female policeman to call the door.
"Dong dong." Jenny walked to the door of 707 and knocked.
No response from inside the door.
"Whoever is outside, stop knocking on that **** door." A man's voice rang out from inside the room.
Jenny yells, "LAPD, open the door!"
After a while, the door opened a crack.
A Caucasian woman stood in the crack of the door with only half of her face exposed, "What's the matter?"
Jenny flashed her police badge, "Ma'am, please open the door and stand outside."
The woman froze for a moment, opened the door slowly, and walked outside. The sleeve of her jacket was torn, and there was a slap mark on her face.
Jenny frowned, "Ma'am, have you been attacked?"
"No."
"What happened to your face?"
"I accidentally dropped it."
"Then why are your clothes broken?"
“When I fell my clothes hung on the closet and tore them apart.”
"Such a coincidence?" Jenny has been a police officer for many years. Based on her judgment, there is a high probability that this woman is lying.
"Ma'am, is there anyone else in the house?"
"Yes, and my husband."
"Can you call him out?"
"Uh...he doesn't like contact with strangers, and his temper is not very good. Just tell me if you have anything to do."
Jenny took a deep breath. She probably guessed what happened. She glanced at Luke next to her, suppressed the anger in her heart, and changed the topic, "Ma'am, we are investigating a shooting incident. The shooter is probably in the In apartments, we need to make sure every resident is safe."
"Uh, we're fine, no gunman attack."
"Around nine o'clock in the morning, did you hear gunshots?"
"No."
"Do you have a gun in your house?"
"No."
"Can we go in and have a look?"
"No need, there is no gunman in our house, you should go to other places to see.
My husband doesn't like strangers coming to my house. "The woman looked a little flustered.
"Ma'am, have you experienced violence?"
"No, you can leave now." After the white woman finished speaking, she closed the door directly.
Jenny sighed, walked aside and said to Luke, "Captain, I don't think this woman's condition is right, she may have suffered domestic violence."
Luke also stood aside and observed the white woman just now. She did look a little panicked, and she should be hiding something.
When he was about to say something, the intercom rang, "Captain, I found the situation on the sixth floor."
"Got it." After Luke finished speaking, he ordered, "Leave the two police officers on this floor to watch, and the others will come downstairs with me."
Jenny glanced at the door of 707. Although she was still a little worried, she also knew that it was more important to investigate the shooter, so she also went downstairs.
…
"Raymond, what's the situation?"
"Captain, when I was inquiring about the residents on the sixth floor, I vaguely heard a mobile phone ringing. The sound insulation of the apartment is not very good. It should be a resident's mobile phone, but no one has answered the phone. I think something is wrong.
Later, I listened carefully and it should be one of the two households, 609 or 611.
I knocked on the door of 611, but no one responded, and no one opened the door.
Afterwards, he knocked on the door of 609. The head of the household was a black man in his thirties. According to him, he did hear an abnormal noise around nine o'clock today, a bit like gunshots, and a bit like smashing something. Sure.
He also said that the original occupants of 611 have moved out, and there should be no one living there now, but he heard the door opening and closing this morning, as well as voices and women's screams. Raymond asked, "Captain, do you want to contact the owner of the apartment?" "
"Contact is affirmative.
But if there are gunshots, women screaming, and unanswered cell phone ringing in apartment 611, it means that there may be danger in the room.
In a crisis situation, it is necessary for us to take urgent action and prepare a door breaker. "
As the captain, you must stand up at critical moments and dare to make decisions.
"Yes, sir."
…
With a bang, the door of the apartment was knocked open.
Raymond led the team and rushed into the apartment, and several police officers held guns in both hands to guard.
"A wounded person was found in the living room."
"The bedroom is safe."
"Toilet safety."
Luke put away the pistol, walked to the side of the injured man, checked his body, and found that he had no heartbeat or breathing.
"died."
He squatted down and took a closer look. The man was wearing a black suit, with a terrified expression on his face, his chest was stained with blood, and there were two wounds left by the gunshot.
Raymond picked up a bullet casing from the ground, "This time it was a small-caliber pistol that killed the person."
Luke glanced around and asked, "What do you think?"
Raymond walked to the window of the apartment and looked out, "The window was opened, and the scene of the car accident can just be seen from here.
There is also a table next to the window, but judging from the arrangement and location of the table, it should not be here.
The reason why it was moved here should be that the murderer used it as a fulcrum for a sniper rifle. "
Raymond squatted down and picked up another shell casing, "There is also a 7.62mm bullet casing here, which matches the bullet found on the driver who was shot.
This should be where the gunman shot. "
Raymond stood up and looked at the deceased in the apartment. "From the position of the deceased, the deceased should have come in through the door. He happened to see the gunman, and then he was killed by the gunman to silence him."
Jenny asked, "Is it possible that they were accomplices, and the dead in the apartment were killed by the gunman after they were used?"
Lei Meng said, "It's unlikely. Even if a professional killer wants to silence him, he will choose a remote place. There is no need to kill people here. I don't think they are in the same group."
Luke observed the environment at the scene and always felt that something was missing.
He checked around the room, then walked to the door of the apartment, carefully observed the corridor and still found nothing unusual.
Luke turned around in the corridor, stopped at the elevator door, pressed the elevator button, and the elevator door opened after a while.
too long.
Immediately, Luke walked to the stairs and found a red high-heeled shoe on the inside of the stairs. He walked down the steps and soon found another high-heeled shoe.
Jenny chased after her, "Captain, what did you find?"
Luke held up a pair of high heels, "According to neighbors, it was suspected to have heard a woman screaming, but only a man's body was found at the scene.
It means that the woman may have escaped, waiting for the elevator for too long, there is a high probability that she will be killed by the gunman, but there is no blood in the corridor.
She should be running the stairs.
This pair of high heels should have been left behind when she ran away. "
Jenny took out a pistol, "I'll take people down the stairs to search."
"Be careful." Luke warned.
At the same time, he hoped that Jenny found nothing, which means that the witness is still alive.
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(end of this chapter)