Chapter 364 Reason
Xiao Hei walked up to Brando Salvatore, knelt down to check his breath, and then slapped him twice, "Smack! Smash!"
Brando Salvatore still hasn't woken up.
Xiao Hei said to Luke beside him, "Your fist is too heavy, this unlucky guy was knocked out."
Luke laughed, "Then give him artificial respiration quickly."
Xiao Hei shook his head, "It's disgusting, I don't want it."
He went back to the wine cellar to get a bottle of wine, unscrewed the cap, and poured it directly on Brando Salvatore's face.
"Ahem..." Brando Salvatore woke up choking on the drink.
Xiao Hei said proudly, "How about my first aid measures?"
Luke took a sip from the bottle, "Not bad."
Brando Salvatore was searched, handcuffed, and escorted to the lobby on the first floor.
Elfie Imma glanced at it and said with a smile, "Captain Li, it seems that you are lucky."
"That's right, the **** was drunk and sleeping in the cellar when we arrived."
Elfi Imma smiled, "No wonder his cheeks are a little red."
Luke looked around. In addition to the three Latino men just now, there were two more subdued people, one was Latino and the other was black.
Luke asked, "What are you going to do with these people?"
Elfi Imma said unhurriedly, "The injured people were sent to the hospital, leaving behind two familiar supporting scenes, and then came in one by one to catch one. What do you think of this plan?"
"This is a big project, do you need help?"
"If you want to stay, I'd love to."
Luke patted Brando Salvatore on the shoulder, "Sorry, I've promised this guy to take him back to the police station for a visit.
However, I can leave you a few people to help, they are all good hands. "
"Thank you." Alfie Imma smiled noncommittally, "By the way, if you can't talk to this guy, you can hand him over to the FBI. We have a way to make him speak."
"I won't bother you anymore." Luke put down a sentence and escorted Brando Salvatore out.
Walking to the door of the bar, Luke stopped Raymond and told him, "Take someone to stay...Call me if you need anything."
Luke has a look you know.
"Understood." Raymond nodded.
The police participated in this arrest operation, and it was time to close the net. Naturally, the FBI cannot be allowed to take all the credit, and the Robbery and Murder Department should also take a share.
…
The police escorted several suspects into the car from behind, trying not to attract the attention of others.
Xiao Hei got into the car and stretched, "Captain, after interrogating Brando Salvatore, can I get off work early?"
Luke leaned on the seat, "Don't be too optimistic, or be prepared for a long-term struggle."
Xiao Hei sighed, "I've been staying up late for several days, and the circles under my eyes are dark."
Luke glanced at him and said with a smile, "If you can still joke, it proves that you are in good spirits, and you can stay up for a few more nights."
"That's for the sake of overtime pay." Xiao Hei shrugged, "OK, to be more practical, what do you want to eat?
I don't want to work hungry. "
Luke said, "You can call it, as long as it's not a **** hamburger."
I don’t eat now, and it may be midnight after I finish my work. By then, the restaurant will be closed, so I can only eat bread.
Back to the police station, Porter took Brando Salvatore to go through the detention procedures.
Luke sneaked in, ate a burrito to fill his stomach, and then entered the interrogation room with a large cup of coffee.
Brando Salvatore has been handcuffed on the interrogation chair, his left cheek is swollen and high.
Luke sat across from him and asked, "Are you using a compress?"
Brando Salvatore glanced at Luke, shook his head, "No need."
Luke asked, "What's your name?"
"Brando Salvatore."
"Where are you from?"
"The City of Los Angeles."
"Then why did you join the Gangside Gang?"
Brando Salvatore shook his head, "I don't know what you're talking about?"
Luke took a sip of coffee and said patiently, "You are not the first member of the smuggling organization we caught, and there was a gang member who was as stubborn as you before and was unwilling to assist the police investigation.
No way, I can only hand him over to the FBI.
When I see him again... I won't recognize him anymore.
Now that I think about it, maybe our police are too talkative.
Do you want to be turned over to the FBI too? "
Brando had a panicked look on his face, and he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just lowered his head.
"I see." Luke put the notebook and pen in front of the other party, "Write down anything you want to tell your family.
I went to contact the FBI to pick him up. "
Brando's eyes were red, and he argued, "The FBI can't kill people indiscriminately."
Luke stared at the other party, smiled, and put away the notebook and pen, "You're right, it's up to you whether you write it or not."
Seeing Luke's smile, Brando Salvatore panicked a bit, "Hey, you can't do this, you don't know the horrors of the Gangside Gang, if they know that I betrayed...
My family and I would be in danger. "
Luke said, "The FBI and the police are ready to eradicate the Gangside Gang."
"That's only in Los Angeles, the base camp of the Gonzald gang is in Mexico, and you don't have the ability to eradicate them at all.
After a while, they will make a comeback. "
Luke said, "I don't know if they will come back in a while, but you are facing the FBI and the police now.
Witnesses have seen you drop bombs at the Vaughn Jiu-Jitsu Club, and your UPS company's dispatch system also has a record.
You are the murderer!
If you are unwilling to name the person behind the scenes, you will be responsible for this case.
Without a plea deal, you'll be sent straight to trial.
How the jury will decide, I believe you know very well. "
"No, I am not the murderer, I am innocent, it was just an ordinary express delivery, there was no bomb in it.
And even if there is a bomb, it has nothing to do with me. I am just a courier, not a courier, and that courier does not belong to me. "Brando Salvatore looked very excited.
"Then why are you running? Why didn't you stop when the police car intercepted you?"
"I thought I was speeding and didn't want to get in trouble."
"So you don't hesitate to let your accomplices stop the police car and shoot at the police?"
"I don't."
"Don't rush to deny it, the FBI and the police will catch up with your accomplices, even if you don't admit it, they will still identify you."
Brando Salvatore was silent again.
Luke advised, "I know what you're worried about.
You are afraid of retaliation for betraying the Gangside Gang.
It is impossible for the Gangside gang to retaliate against everyone, and they don't know who the betrayer is.
And I can guarantee that you are definitely not alone.
If you don’t say it, they will.
However, favorable plea agreements are limited, and the police will only give assistance to the first to solve the case.
Only in this way can you escape the death penalty.
Understand? "
Brando Salvatore hesitated for a while, and said slowly, "What I said is true, I really didn't know there was a bomb in that courier."
"Then why did you ask your partner to stop the police car?"
"I'm worried you're here to catch me?"
"Why arrest you?"
"I... was dealing drugs, I thought you were here to fight drugs."
"You sell drugs by courier?"
"Yes, because I am a courier, delivering packages to strangers every day, and I can drive to various places without arousing suspicion.
There will be no crowds and gatherings, so there is no need to worry about being discovered by the police. Customers only need to wait at home to receive drugs. "
"Where did the drugs come from?"
"The Gunside Gang."
"Are you a member of this gang?"
"I don't know if it counts.
You should know that this is a mainly Latino gang, and my identity is somewhat embarrassing.
I also knew they wouldn't trust me completely.
But, I need money. "
Luke said, "Is it possible that because you are white, the gang executives don't fully trust you, and secretly put a bomb in the express delivery.
If things go well and everyone is happy, it can be regarded as your vote.
If things don't go well and you can't keep you, just get rid of it, and it's over. "
"I don't know, my mind is in a mess right now.
Although I delivered at that jiu jitsu club, are you sure there is a bomb in the package? "
Luke asked back, "Do you know Natasha?"
Brando thought for a while, then shook his head, "The name is familiar, but I can't remember who it is."
"She is the one who receives the courier."
"I didn't see her, I remember it was a young Latino man who received the delivery."
Luke pressed, "What did he say to you?"
"I didn't say anything, I just helped to sign for the courier."
"If you think about it again, you really haven't heard of Natasha's name?"
Brando pondered for a while, "I don't know."
Luke is also a little helpless. This guy is a gang bottom, and he probably won't know about the conflict between Natasha and the gang.
Luke had been watching him, and saw no obvious signs of lying.
Previously, the police identified Brando as the bomber for two reasons. The first reason was the identification from Carlos. According to Carlos, after he signed for the courier, he handed it over to Natasha. Tasha took the courier to the office on the second floor, and an explosion occurred not long after.
The police listed the courier Brando as a suspect. At the time, it was only suspicion, and there was no direct evidence.
Later, the police found Brando's whereabouts and tried to intercept the car he was driving. As a result, not only did he not stop, but the police car he was following was also intercepted and shot, which confirmed Brando Salvatore's suspicion.
If according to Brando's account, the reason why he escaped and was intercepted by his accomplices was because he was dealing drugs, not because of the bomb, then whether he was the suspect who dropped the bomb would be a question mark.
Luke did not find any sign of the other party lying, which means that the other party is likely to tell the truth, so there are two possibilities.
The first possibility is that there was indeed a bomb in the courier he delivered, but he didn’t know it himself, and he was just used by the top executives of the Gangside gang.
The second possibility is that someone else killed Natasha, and neither the Gunside Gang nor Brando knew about it.
Luke analyzed that the second possibility may be greater.
If there is really a mastermind behind the scenes, who will it be?
Other smuggling organizations?
Posta?
Assume the Posta gang is behind the scenes.
They did have a motive for committing the crime. They hoped that Natasha would die, and they could also blame the Gangside Gang, so that the FBI and the police would sweep up the Gangside Gang, so as to obtain the purpose of monopolizing the smuggling market.
If Luke does not catch Carlos, judging from the current situation, the Posta gang is indeed the biggest beneficiary.
If this is the case, is Carlos still hiding something?
Luke found out that Carlos had a problem before. By asking related questions, he found that the other party had signs of lying and concealing, but he was not sure at the time, so he deliberately hid. Afterwards, Carlos tried to escape from the hospital, indirectly confirming that Luke K's guess.
He carefully recalled the scene of communicating with Carlos. Although he showed signs of lying, when he talked about the bomb and Natasha, his expression was sincere, and he did not see any expression of lying.
If he wasn't lying, what was the problem?
Luke further speculates that the first possibility is that the bomb has nothing to do with the Posta Gang where Carlos belongs, and may be behind the scenes of other smuggling organizations.
The second possibility is that the bomb was indeed dropped by the Posta gang, but the senior officials of the Posta gang did not tell Carlos, but delivered the bomb through other people or channels.
Luke has analyzed various possibilities, and now as long as the impossible options are excluded, the rest may be the truth.
For this, he still needs to investigate more evidence.
Luke cleared his mind and asked again, "Who stopped the police car that day and shot at the police?"
"They were also members of the Gunside Gang."
"What is your name?"
Brando thought for a while and replied, "One was named Leandro Scola, the other was named Luis Barbosa, and the other was shot to death and buried directly."
Luke wrote down the names of the two people, and contacted Raymond to focus on them.
Luke asked a few more questions about the Gangside gang, but Brando Salvatore was only on the periphery of the gang and knew little about it.
Interrogation ends.
Luke and Xiao Hei walked out of the interrogation room.
Xiao Hei sighed, "I thought the murderer was caught, but who knew that the case would become complicated again, what do you think?"
Luke frowned and said, "Everyone who should ask has asked, and now we can only investigate from other clues.
You can contact the UPS courier company again and re-verify the courier that was sent to Natasha. "
Xiao Hei replied, "Didn't you check it before? Natasha bought a multi-functional socket on Amazon.com.
This large-scale company should have no problem. "
"I'm not doubting Amazon, but I want you to investigate which channel can place bombs during express delivery.
Find out all the people who may come into contact with the courier, understand? "
Xiao Hei spread his hands, "This is a big project."
"You can ask the deputy team for help." After Luke finished speaking, he turned and left.
"Where are you going?"
"Ginobi Bar.
Brando is just a peripheral younger brother and doesn't know much. Maybe the FBI has caught a big fish, and I don't want to miss it. "
(end of this chapter)