Los Angeles Detective

next morning.

Police Department, Robbery and Murder Division.

Luke came in a little later than usual in the morning because of working overtime last night.

The police made notes to Darnio's mother and younger brother, and the two of them gave consistent statements, which can prove that Darnio had no time to commit the crime.

Luke temporarily ruled out Darnio's suspicion.

This lead is broken, and Luke shifts the direction of his investigation to other leads.

Kamos Hospital received news that Yanis Snow's body had recovered well, and she was ready for criminal investigation sketching.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Luke and Xiao Hei rushed to Kamos Hospital.

Yanice Snow lives in Ward 508 of the hospital.

Casti Torres lives in Ward 309 of the hospital.

Judging from the available evidence, Casdy Torres, as the partner of the deceased, had a certain conflict of interest and was also suspected of hiring murder.

Luke hesitated for a while, and didn't go to Ward 309. He planned to wait for Yanis Snow to finish the criminal investigation sketch, and take the portrait of the criminal investigation sketch to Ward 309, and ask Casdy Torres to help identify it, and test his attitude.

The two of Luke rushed to Ward 508. There were two patrolmen guarding the door, and they entered the ward after showing their credentials.

Xiao Hei greeted him familiarly, "Hey, beauty, how is your recovery?"

Lying on the hospital bed, Yanis Snow struggled to sit up, "Inspector Marcus, I'm glad to see you again.

I thought I was going to see God. "

Xiao Hei smiled and said, "Don't worry, I asked the doctor, you are recovering very well, and you will be discharged soon."

"Catch the bastard who shot it?"

"not yet."

"Then I'd rather be discharged later by myself."

"If you want to catch him early, help us complete the criminal investigation sketch portrait."

"No problem." Yanis Snow turned her head to look at Luke, "Is this handsome guy a criminal investigation sketcher?"

Xiao Heidao, "That's right, he is an excellent criminal investigation sketch expert and also my part-time boss."

"Oh, I didn't expect this boss to be so young. After I leave the hospital, will you arrest me for selling silver?"

Luke put his backpack on the table, moved a chair to sit beside the bed, "No, what I care about is the murder case, and I don't care about other things.

Judging from the current situation, our goals are the same. The shooter wants to kill you, and we want to catch the shooter.

You won't be safe until we catch the shooter, so let's finish the forensic sketch together, ok? "

"Okay, what do I need to do?" After hearing Luke's assurance, Yanis Snow was completely relieved.

Luke took out the drawing board and pencil, "Recall the physical characteristics of the shooter, the more detailed the better."

Yanis Snow took a deep breath, and slowly closed her eyes, "He is a Latino male with black hair, and his height is difficult to judge, he should be above 1.8 meters..."

Luke reminded, "Describe his specific physical features."

"His hair is curly and thick, his eyebrows are also thick, his eyes are fierce, and his skin is darker..."

While Yanis Snow was describing, Luke was drawing, and from time to time, Yanis Snow would recognize them.

This process lasted for nearly an hour before Luke drew a sketch portrait with a relatively high degree of completion.

Luke handed the portrait to Yanis Snow again, "Is that him?"

"It's very similar, your painter is very good."

"Thank you." Luke handed the sketch portrait to Xiao Hei, and asked, "Anis, please recall carefully, do you have any other clues to tell us?"

"No, I've been recalling the appearance of the shooter, and I feel depressed and my brain is about to explode.

It's been a long time since I've racked my brain as much as I do today. "

"Don't disturb your rest. If you think of any new clues, you can call Inspector Marcus." Luke got up and tidied up, and left the ward with Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei checked the photos with his mobile phone. He had just taken a sketch and sent it to the group. "With this sketch, we can catch that bastard."

Luke said, "From your tone, it seems that you have a lot of opinions on him."

"If a high-caliber bullet flies past you, believe me, you'll think the same thing.

That feeling is like the Grim Reaper brushing shoulders with you. Xiao Hei complained and asked, "Where are we going now?" "

"Ward 309, let Cassie Torres identify the criminal investigation sketch to see if he knows the shooter."

The elevator had to wait for a while, and instead of waiting for the elevator, the two of them went directly down the stairs, which was faster.

The two walked to the stairs on the third floor, and Luke saw a male nurse coming up from the second floor and also went up the corridor on the third floor.

The other party was wearing a mask and couldn't see the overall appearance clearly, but Luke felt a little familiar with the shape of the face and the eyebrows.

The eyebrows, eyes and face shape of this person are very similar to the sketch portrait that Luke just completed, and it is precisely because of the sketch just now that Luke keenly feels the similarity even if the other person is wearing a mask.

Could it be the shooter?

He came to the hospital to hunt down the witness, Yanice Snow?

No, he went to the third floor.

Could it be that he recognized Marcus, so he avoided it on purpose?

Casti Torres!

His target is Cassie Torres.

Casdy Torres and the first deceased were partners. At that time, the two were in the same car. The first deceased was sniped at a long distance. Casdy Torres was injured in the car accident and did not see the face of the gunman. There is no need to silence, so the police did not arrange security personnel.

The male nurse walked to the vicinity of Ward 309, turned around to observe the surrounding situation, and briefly looked at Luke...

Luke immediately took out his pistol, "Los Angeles police, don't move!"

"Bang bang..."

Almost at the same time, the male nurse turned sideways and shot instantly.

Both sides fired at almost the same time.

Luke felt a bullet go past the left side of his chest, and he didn't know if he had been shot, and felt no pain.

The right hand continued to pull the trigger until the gunman fell to the ground, blood spattered, and the gun fell to the ground.

It took only an instant to shoot, and when Xiao Hei took out the pistol, the male nurse was injured and fell to the ground. The battle was over, "Damn, what happened? Who is he?"

The male nurse was wearing a mask all the time, so Xiao Hei couldn't see his face, so naturally he couldn't recognize him as the hot guy in the sketch.

Xiao Hei walked up to the male nurse with guns in both hands, and kicked his pistol away. The male nurse was shot several times, but only his arm was bleeding, "fuck, are you wearing body armor?"

Xiao Hei pressed on the suspect's back and handcuffed him.

"Ah..." The male nurse was shot in both arms, and screamed "ahhh" in pain.

Xiao Hei ignored it and continued to search, and found a pistol and a dagger from his body.

Afterwards, Xiao Hei tore off his jacket, and inside was a black body armor with several bullets embedded in it.

At this moment, a voice sounded in Luke's mind, "The bullet avoidance card is activated and has been used."

Luke checked his body, the clothes on the left side of his chest were pierced by bullets, leaving a bullet hole, but fortunately, he didn't hit his chest, and the clothes on the inside of his right arm were also cut. .

Luke also secretly said that he was in danger. If the "bullet avoidance card" hadn't worked, he might be the one lying on the ground.

What he faced was a well-prepared professional killer, far more dangerous than ordinary suspects.

There was also a brief riot at the hospital after the gunshots.

Luke hurriedly maintained order, comforted the patients and medical staff, and at the same time asked the medical staff to treat the gunman for the gunshot wound.

...

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

In ward 405, Luke saw the 'male nurse' who had treated the gunshot wound again.

The male paramedic was wearing a bandage on his arm, and his face was a little pale, but he was wearing a body armor and did not hurt his vitals.

Luke cut to the chase, "What's your name?"

The male nurse glanced at Luke, "Are you wearing body armor?"

"No."

"Then why didn't you get shot?"

"Your marksmanship is terrible."

"Impossible, such a short distance, I can't miss it."

"That only shows that you are not calm enough, and you are frightened by my identity as a policeman."

"Impossible, I have confidence in my marksmanship.

You didn't wear this clothes in the morning, if you changed your clothes, it means you were shot by me, you must be wearing body armor! "The male nurse's tone is firm.

Luke looked at each other, "You care about this issue?"

"Yes."

"As long as you're happy." Luke didn't want to continue the topic, "What's your name?"

"Why should I tell you?"

"If you don't tell me, I can find out."

"Then you can check it yourself."

"Listen, if you don't cooperate with the investigation, I will tell the media when I hold a press conference. You are a terrible killer. You missed me within ten meters and missed me."

"You lied, you're wearing body armor."

"But they don't know, and I won't say it. They only think that your marksmanship is bad and you're a bad killer." From the conversation just now, Luke felt that the other party cared more about this.

The male nurse stared at Luke viciously, and said a name, "Vadim Tovani."

Luke took out Garrett Swan's photo, "This man died in room 611 of Patu's apartment, did you kill him?"

"I do not know him."

"It's useless for you to quibble, we have witnesses, and she has recognized you."

Vadim Tovani curled his lips, showing a look of disdain.

"I'm not lying, the female witness is indeed not dead, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to recognize you at a glance."

Vadim Tovani turned his head to look at Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei laughed, "Don't think that you are the only one who can wear bulletproof vests.

You did hit her, and she was hurt, but not fatally.

You are such a failed killer. "

"Shut up."

After Vadim Tovani shot the female witness Yanis Snow, Xiao Hei dragged Yanis Snow to the car in time and blocked his sight. He thought he had succeeded and fled in a hurry up.

The more angry the other party got, Xiao Hei laughed louder, "You'd better cooperate with us to take the record, otherwise I will tell the media about this and let the whole world know that you are the worst killer.

I'll hand write it on your tombstone lol. "

Luke said seriously, "Dude, we don't want to make fun of you, but the premise is that you can cooperate with our work. We already have enough evidence, and it's useless for you to quibble.

Why don't we talk about it, it's good for everyone. "

Vadim Tovani asked back, "How did you find me?"

Luke asked without answering, "Why did you come to the hospital?"

"I'm here to kill Casti Torres."

"Who is your real target?"

"Cassidy Torres."

"Cassidy Torres was sitting in a BMW that day, why didn't you kill him, but chose to shoot the driver? Is the driver of the BMW your target?"

"No, my goal is only Cassie Torres."

"You are a professional killer, why did you kill the wrong person?"

"This is a stain that I will never be able to wash off in my life." Vadim Tovani sighed angrily,

"It's all about the bastard and the woman who broke into the apartment, they opened the door the second I fired, and it got in the way of my shooting, and the bullet deflected."

Xiao Hei's eyes widened, a little surprised, a little speechless, he thought of many possibilities, but he didn't think of this reason.

He killed the wrong person!

Luke didn't expect this possibility either, "You describe the crime process carefully."

Vadim Tovani said slowly, "Someone hired me to kill Casti Torres, and gave him the information and recent itinerary. After researching, I decided to do it near there. After the killing, I can escape immediately. .

I chose a rented apartment as the shooting location, who would have thought that two people would appear out of the blue and interfere with the shooting.

I missed the target and hit the driver instead.

Afterwards, I shot the man who broke into the apartment, and the woman ran away.

I chased to the stairs and found that she had already run down the stairs. If I chased her down again, I might disturb the apartment residents, and the risk was great.

So I went back to the apartment, packed my things and fled. "Vadim Tovani said this, showing a helpless look, "This is my most failed assassination, not only did not kill the target, but was also seen by witnesses.

Fortunately, I picked up that woman's backpack, and I know her address, and I am going to kill her to relieve future troubles.

You all know what happened next. "

Luke asked, "Who's the employer?"

"I don't know, and he won't be stupid enough to tell me his identity."

"How did you get in touch?"

"He called to find me."

"Have you known each other before?"

"No, he said it was introduced by an acquaintance."

"Who is the introducer?"

"Anas Ball."

"How did you trade?"

"We met once, and he gave me the deposit directly."

"I met him somewhere, what does he look like?"

"On the side of Linas Avenue, he was wearing a mask and a hat. I couldn't see his face clearly. I only knew that he was a white man. He should not be too young, a little taller than me, that's all."

"How much deposit did he give?"

"10,000 dollars, and 40,000 dollars after it's done."

"Recall carefully, does the employer have other characteristics? Or did he say anything special to you?"

"Uh..." Vadim Tovani thought for a while, "I can't remember, but I'm used to recording phone calls.

You should be able to find his recordings on my phone. "

"Tell me about the introducer, Anas Ball?"

"He's not in Los Angeles, he's probably abroad, and I don't know his exact whereabouts."

...

After finishing the transcript, Luke and Xiao Hei left Ward 405, and there were still four patrolmen guarding outside the ward.

Xiao Hei said with emotion, "We searched for a long time, but we got the murderer's target wrong, it's just too ridiculous."

Luke shook his head, "Aren't there few absurd things in this world?"

"That's right, where are we going now?"

"Go to Ward 309 and talk to Cassie Torres, since the hirer behind the scenes is really going to kill him.

Perhaps he can provide some valuable clues. "

Luke and Xiao Hei walked to Ward 309. At this time, there were also four patrolmen guarding outside the ward. What happened last time, Luke did not dare to take it lightly.

Although the shooter has been caught, the behind-the-scenes hirer is still there, and no one knows whether he has other means of killing. The necessary protection is indispensable before the behind-the-scenes hirer is caught.

"Boom boom."

"Please come in."

Luke pushed the door open and walked in, seeing Casti Torres sitting by the bed and making a video call.

Casti Torres turned off the video, got up and said, "Captain Li, what happened this morning?"

Luke looked at him, "Your body is recovering well."

"There is no serious problem, and it is estimated that he will be discharged from the hospital in a few days."

Luke pulled out a picture of the shooter, Vadim Tovani, "Do you know him?"

"I don't remember. Who is he?"

"He is the one who killed Balter Ramos. He came to your ward this morning and wanted to kill you too, but we caught him in time."

"Why did he kill Bart? And why did he kill me?"

"That day, you were driving a BMW with Balter Ramos, and he originally wanted to shoot you, but someone interfered with the shooting, and the bullet deflected and killed Balter Ramos by mistake.

He broke into the hospital this morning with the intention of killing you.

You are his real target. "

"Why? Why did he kill me?"

"He's a professional killer, hired by other people."

"God, why would anyone want to kill me?

In other words, Barthes died for me.

I killed Barthes. "Cassidy Torres covered his forehead, showing a guilty look, "A few days ago, I quarreled with him because of opening a branch, and said a lot of nasty things, and I regretted it to death.

Bart... I'm sorry, I killed you. "

Xiao Hei persuaded, "Cassidy, I don't blame you, don't blame yourself too much."

Casdy Torres took a deep breath, "Who hired the killer? Why did he do this?"

Luke said, "It's not clear yet. We came to you to ask you some clues about the employer."

"Are you asking?"

"Do you know Anas Ball?"

"do not know."

"Have you offended anyone or been threatened recently?"

Casti Torres hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "No."

Luke took out the recording pen, "I'm going to play a conversation between the hirer and the killer, listen carefully and see if you can recognize the other party's voice."

Luke pressed the switch, and there was a conversation between two men,

"Who are you looking for?"

"Vadim Tovani."

"What are you looking for him for?"

"kill."

"Who are you?"

"I was introduced by Anas Ball. I want to kill someone in Los Angeles, and I will give you 50,000 U.S. dollars..."

Listening to the voice of the recorder, Casti Torres' face changed again and again, first nervous, then puzzled, and finally angry, "It's him!

How could it be him?

Why? "

Luke pressed, "Who is he?"

"God, it can't be his."

"Whose voice is this?"

"Bart, it's Bart!"