The black man was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the crowbar in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. He turned around tensely, his face full of embarrassment and nervousness: "No, no need."
When he saw the police badges hanging on the chests of the two men, he became even more nervous: "Ah, I have to pee urgently, let's talk later." Then he ran away.
Luke and Selina didn't bother to catch him.
There are a lot of petty thefts like this in Los Angeles. If Luke didn't think it was on his way and he could earn ten experience points by saying a few words, he wouldn't have bothered with this matter.
After scaring off this stupid thief who didn't steal anything but lost a crowbar, Luke wanted to leave.
But his sensitive sense of smell, which was controlled in a normal state, was still much sharper than that of ordinary people, and suddenly he discovered something interesting.
He looked at the car and suddenly asked Selina, "Does the file say that Jameson has a license plate?"
Selina took out the file and looked for it: "Yes, that's right, it's on this license plate."
Luke took out Jameson's business card from his pocket and dialed the number on it: "Mr. Jameson? We were just outside and saw someone breaking into your car."
In less than two minutes, Jameson came out furiously: "Damn it, what happened to Los Angeles? Has hell come to earth?"
When he saw Luke and the other man, he didn't get angry at them.
He is not an idiot. His position as a detective in the serious crime squad is not high, but it is not comparable to that of an ordinary policeman. He is a typical person with a low position but great power.
Moreover, the serious crime squad doesn’t actually have to deal with theft cases, so they can just ignore them based on their mood.
Luke just nodded and said, "Mr. Jameson, is this your car?"
Jameson took out an electronic key and pressed the unlock button, and the car immediately chirped twice.
Luke: "Can you please open the trunk? The thief seemed to be prying there just now."
Jameson found it a little strange, but did it anyway.
After opening the trunk, Luke looked at the things inside with a teasing expression: "Mr. Jameson, this seems to be a brown paper bag provided by the hotel entertainment venue? Look at its thickness, could it be the 20,000 cash you lost?"
Jameson couldn't believe it, so he grabbed the brown paper bag and dumped the contents into the trunk.
Two stacks of US dollars slipped out.
Looking at the bundled bills and the denominations on them, Luke felt that as long as a few bills were not pulled out from one of the stacks, the twenty thousand dollars should be there.
Luke looked at Jameson, who was checking the cash with a sullen expression on his face, and said with a smile, "Mr. Jameson, it looks like you can call and withdraw the report, right?"
Jameson was annoyed: "But I was really beaten and my money was stolen. How did I know he would throw the money into my trunk?"
At this point, he suddenly realized, "No. He covered my head to prevent me from seeing him throw the money into the trunk? Or was he afraid that I would see his face? He was just trying to get revenge on me!"
Luke and the other man also agreed with this speculation.
Unless Mr. Jameson was over-eating or drunk and staged a false police call, this was most likely a petty revenge rather than a robbery.
He didn't take the 20,000 yuan in cash right in front of him. This could be a personal grudge.
He hit Jameson but he wasn't hurt, so the grudge probably wasn't big, it was just to disgust this guy.
Even if the perpetrator is found in this case, it will be difficult to convict him, after all, Jameson did not lose any money and there were no injuries found.
The two men had no intention of delaying, but just reminded Jameson to drive the car into the hotel as soon as possible.
God knows what this idiot rich guy was thinking. He left his car outside the hotel parking lot and drove with cash. He deserves to be punished.
However, according to Luke's speculation, this guy might be using the cash to show off and squander.
Except for criminals, Americans do not have the habit of accepting large sums of cash in their daily work lives.
In addition, some places are not suitable for card payments, as they will leave consumption records, and service personnel in some special industries like to accept cash.
Labeling Jameson a playboy in their hearts, the two drove off.
Selina chuckled, "This guy's family owns a newspaper. Even though it's in New York, the bureau doesn't want to be criticized by New York newspapers for poor public security, so they sent the case to us. So, we solved the case in half a day, right?"
Luke smiled and said, "Is it that serious? The New York newspapers can say whatever they want. Which big shot cares so much about his reputation?"
Selina raised her finger and pointed at him: "Be careful what you say!"
Luke: “Huh?”
"Because this big guy is Chief Brad, the boss of our boss's boss," said Selina.
Seeing the look on Luke's face, she laughed.
After she had laughed enough, she explained, "This is exclusive information from Elsa. Director Brad was forced out of New York and came to Los Angeles. When Director Brad left New York, he vowed to return there one day."
Luke smiled bitterly: Is this like people fighting for a breath of air or Buddhas fighting for a stick of incense
Selina looked at his expression and added, "Besides, I guess the boss was in such a tone that he should beg him to go back."
Don't despise the poor young man, New York version of the American New York? This thought immediately came to Luke's mind, and he laughed.
Chief Brad is not some teenager, and he has never been poor. He is considered a big shot in the Los Angeles Police Department.
The position of Chief of the West District Police Department in Los Angeles was at most a small low point in his life.
Putting aside the discussion about the gangster's life experience, the two drove back to the police station.
Luke didn't tell Selina that he actually knew who had dealt with Jameson.
The scent of a not-so-reliable "supreme killer" was on that bag of money.
Judging from Luke's experience with that guy, he is really capable of doing such a thing.
Not for money, just for my own happiness.
I just don’t know how Jameson offended the “strongest killer”.
But that person still had his bottom line and didn't use a knife to chop Jameson into pieces. Perhaps this personal grudge was not too serious
Back at the police station, Luke went to look at the bodies and evidence from the two bank robberies and murders.
The guy with a smashed head was fine, but the robber hanged by a rope gave him some insights.
Looking at the knot that hanged this guy, Luke rubbed his chin and said, "This method looks familiar."
In fact, this is not just a matter of familiarity.
This knotting technique is highly similar to the rope skills of assistant director, writer and screenwriter Toth Weiss.
Luke could even roughly imagine how the knot would fly through the air, wrap around the robber's neck, and then hang him up.
That guy Tot-Weiss had already flown under the tires of a large truck and died dead.
Of course, this crime could not have been committed by a dead person, it could only have been done by someone who was proficient in rope skills.