Luke glanced at the county police station in the rearview mirror before he was about to speak.
Suddenly, a large number of police cars rushed out from the exit of the underground parking lot and drove towards the northwest with a lot of noise.
Luke was sharp-eyed and noticed that some of the black SUVs had the same group as Bearded Nick. "Let's go and follow them and take a look."
In total, seven or eight vehicles rushed out from the county police station. This must be a big incident.
Earlier, Luke and his friends saw Bearded Nick and his team getting ready to go, and it was most likely for this matter.
He didn't want to grab any credit, he just wanted to follow and see with his own eyes the handling style of this bearded Nick.
Luke followed them all the way to a small bank called Picklawe, where he discovered that several police cars from the county police department had already arrived.
There was also a county sheriff's helicopter hovering in the sky.
Don't doubt it, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has a dedicated air support unit.
It is responsible for providing fire prevention and disaster relief, as well as possible rescue work in the mountains and forests of Los Angeles County, and it cannot do without helicopters.
To Luke's surprise, there were two FBI agents at the scene.
What kind of major series of cases is this? He wondered in his heart.
After thinking for a while, he signaled to Sonya, asking them to pay attention to the surrounding situation and be on standby at any time.
"Adjust the surveillance to the bank, aim the long-range radio equipment at LASDS (Los Angeles County Police), and turn on the radio for monitoring." Luke said.
Selena was operating the tablet quickly and adjusted her headset to radio monitoring.
The car stereo was playing content picked up from a long distance, but the volume was very low.
This is mainly for Luke to hear, he has good hearing, so it doesn't need to be too loud.
With the combined monitoring of the three aspects, the matter soon became clear.
Inside the bank is a group of robbers that Nick's team has been monitoring recently, and the FBI is also keeping an eye on them.
This group of robbers was most likely the suspect who robbed a money truck and killed four county police officers a few days ago. Both sides have therefore targeted this group of repeat offenders.
Suddenly, a gunshot was heard.
Luke was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Nick and the FBI arguing on the radio.
At this moment, the two people's voices were so loud that there was no need to use a radio. His keen hearing could hear them from dozens of meters away.
A hostage died!
This was a threat from the robbers because the county police had just been perfunctory with them, saying that they needed to consider their request for 10 million non-consecutive small-denomination bills and a fully fueled helicopter.
Luke frowned.
This type of robber is the most troublesome. They kill hostages at the slightest disagreement, which puts pressure on the police.
Moreover, there was almost no extra communication with the county police, and it was obvious that he did not want to give them a chance to chat.
Well, the rule that robbers must remember is that they talk too much and make mistakes.
The proverb that villains die because they talk too much also exists in the United States.
He opened the car window and began to use his keen sense of smell.
Selina reminded: "The county police are ready to send a helicopter over."
Luke nodded slightly and closed his eyes to concentrate. After a moment, he opened his eyes and gestured to Sonya and the others to retreat.
The two cars retreated more than 20 meters and hid behind a small building not far away.
Luke looked thoughtful: "Selina, under what circumstances would the robbers pretend to kill the hostages to threaten the police?"
Selena originally wanted to answer casually, "They don't want to kill anyone." After all, murder is not a crime of the same level as simple robbery.
But looking at Luke's expression, she was moved: "Are they playing tricks?"
Luke: "Let's wait and see, these guys... Haha, very interesting." Having said that, his eyes were indifferent.
The robber who killed the police, and the one he killed was an ordinary patrolman who was performing his duties, he would not show mercy to such a person.
For several minutes, Luke didn't open his eyes, and Selina monitored the surroundings.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang and a lot of the glass in the small bank was broken.
"They... are they blowing up the vault?" Selina exclaimed in surprise.
Luke just hummed and didn't answer the question.
After a moment, he suddenly said, "Selena, tell Sonya and the others to follow us."
Selina made two gestures to Sonya's car behind, and Luke turned around and drove west.
After driving for a while, Luke stopped the car and checked a place on the roadside for a while. He asked Selina to send a walkie-talkie and headset to Sonya: "Let's go check on the robbers. You must be careful not to reveal your identity. These guys should be from the regular army and they are very ruthless."
Sonya on the other side: “What?” She didn’t expect that this was the reason why Luke left mysteriously.
While the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department was still arguing over there, her amazing colleague had already led them to find the robbers.
Thinking of this, Sonya's palms began to sweat, both nervous and excited.
That group of robbers is no simple matter, and this case must be very big.
Following Luke into this kind of case is not small in terms of danger, but it is undoubtedly much safer than being with other people.
Who made Luke the most capable detective in the West District Police Department, or even the Los Angeles Police Department
The two cars also distanced themselves from each other, relying on the intercom system to maintain a distance of about 100 meters.
Luke didn't expect Sonya and the others to support him.
Sonya was okay, a black woman, twenty-four years old, with the facial features of a beautiful black woman, a big chest, and strong and muscular thighs and buttocks.
But her partner Alessandro is pitiful. Luke thinks one Sonya can beat two Alexanders.
Therefore, these two people hung behind to help them check for omissions and better monitor the situation.
As he just said, that group of robbers were probably from regular troops. Given Sonya and the others' combat level, they would be defeated in seconds if they went up to them.
Luke doesn't want the West District Police Department to have a detective killed in the line of duty after the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
"Don't be impulsive, don't act rashly, and follow my instructions." Luke said.
"Understood." Sonya answered very naturally, as if it was Dustin who was speaking. She did not feel any disgust or discomfort at all towards the command-like words.
As he spoke, Luke started to speed up. After driving a few kilometers, he stopped more than a hundred meters away from a building.
He narrowed his eyes as he looked at the building.
Federal Reserve Bank of Los Angeles!
Selina also looked over there: "What is their real target?"
Following Luke, her mind became more and more flexible, and she easily came up with a formula: bank robber + escape = concealing the truth + real target.
Seeing the sign on the building clearly, she was surprised. "Are they crazy? This is a bank among banks. It has never been successfully robbed before."
Luke's mind was spinning rapidly, and he said, "Some people are braver than others."