Chapter 95
Subway station police room.
Luke and David were also interrogating the homeless man.
The homeless man was a man of Mexican descent who appeared to be in his thirties, and no identification could be found on him to prove his identity.
Luke yanked the ducktail cap off his head, “What’s your name?”
The homeless man glanced at Luke and lowered his head again.
Since they had caught the other party, the police would definitely be able to find out his identity, but it would take some time.
And what the police lacked the most right now was time, once the vagrant didn’t return for a long time or didn’t contact his accomplices, the other accomplices would probably be alerted.
The best way was for the homeless man to assist the police in apprehending the rest of the suspects.
Luke tapped the table, “I’m asking you, what’s your name?”
“I want to see a lawyer.”
Luke handed him his cell phone, “You can call the lawyer.”
If you don’t say, the lawyer always knows who you are.
The homeless man said, “I don’t have a lawyer, you guys can appoint one for me.”
“No problem.” Luke smiled and told Marcus to go out and make contact.
“Appointing a lawyer will take some time, why don’t we take this time to talk.”
The homeless man grunted, “I know the law, I won’t say anything until the lawyer comes.”
“It’s okay if you don’t want to talk, listen, I’ll talk.”
Luke sat down on the table and leaned over to look at him, “What did you have against Riley Hare and why did you kill her?”
The drifter didn’t answer.
Luke continued, “You’re pretty vicious too, killing two other people besides Riley Hare and her driver, what kind of deep-seated grudge is there that warrants a killing spree.
It is also, on your crime, say or do not say not much impact. I guess after the trial, it’s pretty much straight to the electric chair. Want to eat something, drink something you just say, anyway, eat a meal, also less a meal.
I’ll take it as charity.”
The homeless man’s face became more and more ugly, and finally spoke, “I didn’t kill anyone.”
“We’re investigating a murder case, who believes you when you say you didn’t kill anyone?”
“I swear to God! I really didn’t kill anyone.”
“If you didn’t kill anyone, why are you carrying on. If you keep carrying on, the only way out is the electric chair.”
“I really didn’t kill anyone …… Just helping people get their money back.”
“You tell me everything you know, I can let you turn into a tainted witness, reduce your sentence or even probation, how about it?”
The vagrant revealed a tangled look, “No, I can’t do that.”
“Refusing to talk proves that you have a ghost in your heart and must have been involved in the murder against Riley Hari.” Luke said half-heartedly.
“No, I’m not.” The drifter got anxious.
“Ringing ……” Luke’s cell phone rang.
Luke stepped aside to answer the call, it was Susan calling and the two communicated.
Luke returned with a relaxed look on his face, “OK, we caught your accomplice, he admitted to blackmailing the ransom with the video and was willing to assist the police in arresting the rest of the suspects, and also identified you as the mastermind of the case.
GOOD, that’s why you refused to confess, right?”
The vagrant rushed to his defense, “No, I’m not the mastermind, I’m just a horseman who took the money.”
“You didn’t cooperate with the police and refused to say anything. We can only take his confession. You extorted so much money and dared to assault the police, you’re going to be in there for quite a few years.
By the time you come out, I guess the child will be calling someone else’s father.”
“Wait, I said, I’m willing to cooperate.” The vagrant looked flustered, obviously unable to sit still, and took a deep breath, “First of all, I really didn’t kill anyone, and I’m not the mastermind of the extortion case, I’m just helping people get money.”
“How much money? Who asked you to take it?”
“Four hundred thousand dollars, honestly it’s the first time I’ve seen that much money.”
“Don’t be evasive, who told you to get the money?”
“Martin Tracy.”
“What’s your name?”
“Mario Carr.”
“What kind of ransom is this?”
“We found a video of Riley Hare and the driver applauding for love, and knowing that her brother is a rich man, we threatened her brother with it.”
“How did you guys get the video?”
“I’m not sure, my boss got it, Martin Tracy.”
“How many of you are there? Where are you hiding?”
“There are four of us, one of my companions is backing me up at the Plaza, the remaining two are hiding in Martin’s auto repair shop.”
“Did they realize you had been captured?”
“I don’t think so, and when we arranged the plan, we considered that the other party would call the police.
So instead of returning to the garage immediately after getting the money, I’ll make a big circle around town to lose any police who might be following me, and then return to the garage when I’m sure it’s safe.”
Luke glanced at the time, twenty minutes had passed since the arrest, not too long.
The one backing up the square should be in charge of the stakeout, once the police arrested the homeless Mario in the square, the other party would be the first to notify his accomplices to run away.
207 visat street.
Martin’s Garage.
The location of the garage is relatively remote, and the surrounding area is relatively empty, occasionally a car will pass by, and one or two dogs can be heard barking.
Not far from the garage, an abandoned warehouse became the temporary command center of the police.
The person in charge of this arrest mission was Susan.
The members involved in the arrest were Luke, David, Ramon, Marcus, Jenny, and six local area patrolmen.
Through the account of Mario, the tramp, Susan roughly figured out the topographical map of the garage.
The garage was a large area, more like a car scrapyard than a garage, with many junk cars stored inside, making it difficult to arrest.
Susan drew a rough topographical map: “According to Mario, there is a house in the middle of the garage, and the three suspects are probably hiding in the house.
In addition, there are two bully dogs in the car factory, it’s hard to sneak in quietly and peacefully, so we can only attack by force.
What are your ideas?”
David pointed at the topographical map, “Since we have already mapped out the suspect’s location, let’s attack the front and back doors together, a back-and-forth attack.”
Raymond’s face was serious: “A front and back attack will likely cause the police to mistakenly attack, I think it’s more appropriate to attack from one side.”
Susan thought about it and made the final decision plan, “We are divided into three action groups, attacking from the front door to the back door.
David is in charge of the first action group, entering the garage from the east side of the gate; Luke is in charge of the second action group, entering the garage from the west side of the gate;
The two groups outflank each other from the front gate to the back, so that they can cover each other without causing any accidental injuries.
Ramon, you take someone to guard the back door to prevent any suspects from escaping from the back.
Any questions?”
“No.”
“Prepare for action.”
The team then began to prepare their equipment.
Luke put on his body armor and checked his sidearm, bringing a few extra magazines and a concussion round.
David took out an M4A1 carbine from the car and handed it to Luke, who was on the sidelines, “Want to try it?”
Luke thought about it and declined.
Although the rifle had advantages, Luke hadn’t used it before, and it was a big no-no to use unfamiliar weapons in battle.
In addition, he also had two ‘Accuracy Cards’ that could only work on pistols.
For firearms, Luke still had room to learn and improve, when he had time later, he would practice.
The police finished preparing and started to move.
Luke, Blackie, and Jenny, in a group of three, entered the garage from the west side of the gate.
David entered the garage from the east side of the gate with three patrolmen.
Ramon and the other patrolmen stood guard outside the garage to prevent any suspects from escaping.
Luke had just climbed up the wall, “Woof woof ……”
A dog barked.
Jumping off the wall, Luke rushed to hide behind an old abandoned car.
Jenny and Marcus followed close behind.
“Ta-da ……”
A burst of rifle fire came.
Blackie took a look and cursed, “FUCK, these suspects are more alert than expected.”
Luke also glanced in the direction of the plant.
“Ta ……” There was another burst of strafing, bullets hitting the body and the ground.
Sparks flew and dust flew.
Luke took a deep breath, to say that he wasn’t nervous in the face of this kind of scene was definitely a lie.
David’s voice came from the east side, “LAPD, you have been surrounded by the police, surrender immediately.”
“Ta ……”
The response was a burst of gunfire.
Taking advantage of the suspect’s attack on David’s direction, Luke probed and looked around; the suspect was hiding behind the car, out of sight.
He got down on the ground again and vaguely saw a foot peeking out from under the car.
Without further hesitation, using the precision card, he pulled the trigger.
“Bang!”
“Ah!” The suspect cried out in pain and fell to the ground.
“Bang!” Luke added another shot, directly hitting the opponent’s throat.
Blackie on the side had looked confused.