North America Gunman Detective

After seeing Ruiz off, Jimmy sat back on the sofa, contemplating Ruiz's words.

There was actually a bit of a problem with what he said. The Bowery King had many videos, and even if the other gangs weren't well-informed, they should theoretically know that the Poison Snake Gang had completely collapsed under the FBI's crackdown. How could someone now want to use Jimmy as a stepping stone?

Moreover, Jimmy had been in the Public Affairs Office for several months and had just returned to the field, so how could such news suddenly appear outside? If they were really investigating Jimmy, they should have done their homework months ago.

Recently, material, Jimmy recalled that guy in prison—could it be him?

No, Curtis isn't a fool; he should know that leaking his own information would certainly bring trouble, so it must be the person who helped him get the materials from the hotel?

No matter how you think about it, it doesn't make much sense. What kind of a person would have to have such a big problem with their head to disclose their own file contents to others?

The more he thought about it, the more it didn't add up, yet Jimmy had no way to preemptively handle the potential threat.

The current information came from Ruiz and was within the scope of the Anti-Gang Squad. As long as they didn't attack Jimmy, Jimmy had no way to directly deal with them and at the very least would need to have a proper discussion with the Anti-Gang Squad.

The Anti-Gang Squad under Ruiz was actually very high-profile now. The so-called New York Five Major Mafias have already had quite a few small families cleaned out since 2000, and others are gradually collecting evidence, trying to further break the firewall and tie the actions of the lower echelons to their superiors, so that there's enough evidence to take them down.

In the current scenario, the so-called Five Major Mafias should have their foundations dismantled one by one in the coming years until they're completely taken apart, leaving behind much less threatening small gangs fighting individually.

Ruiz's promotion to Assistant Agent Supervisor wasn't simply a matter of enough time and rank; his achievements were also outstanding.

New York's gangs are famous nationwide, and achieving so much in such an environment meant Ruiz had tangible accomplishments to support him. If it weren't for Peter being considered the appropriate successor by the top early on, Ruiz could at least have had a status equal to Peter.

Now they were just waiting for Peter to act as an interim for a while, then move to the DC headquarters for a new position and promotion, at which point Ruiz could smoothly take over.

Jimmy sipped his tea while pondering these issues, and only after David arrived did he tidy up and sit back at his desk.

Just a day later, David also packed up and moved, leaving Jimmy as the only one left in the Homicide Team office. The newcomer hadn't been arranged yet, and Jimmy hadn't applied to Peter's side; he was still only a Supervisory Special Agent, not yet upgraded to Assistant Agent Supervisor, so he just went about things methodically.

Jimmy wasn't in a rush now; once Ruiz assumed the role, getting a trainee detective would be a breeze for him.

In reality, the idea of being completely idle wasn't likely, as another heinous case had been sent over to the Manhattan office.

An apartment in the Harlem district of Manhattan caught fire, and after the fire department extinguished the blaze, three bodies were found in a room on the third floor where the fire started. After sending the bodies to the forensic doctor's office, the forensic doctor's preliminary examination discovered bullet holes in two of the bodies, while the third had its neck violently twisted.

Due to the fire, the room was already destroyed, and the positions of the bodies were also disturbed by the fire department personnel who cleared and checked the room, leaving few usable clues. The NYPD Detective Bureau immediately reported the case to the FBI.

Even though this just seemed like a murder case, which the NYPD could handle, Jimmy had no case on hand and therefore took this one.

With murder plus arson, it counted as an aggravated murder case, so there was certainly no issue with the FBI taking over.

The forensic office over there still needed to queue up for detailed autopsies; it's just that the clothes on the bodies had already been burned, and personal items also burned, leaving no IDs to prove identity. So currently, all Jimmy had was the roughest initial examination with no real leads.

Jimmy drove to the Harlem district, which is just north of the Upper East Side and Upper West Side, also belonging to the Manhattan District. The security here couldn't compare to the Upper East Side and Upper West Side, also having a lot of gang activity.

Jimmy put on disposable gloves, and with the assistance of an NYPD officer, entered the room where the fire occurred. Holding a file in his hand, these were the photographs taken when the fire department discovered the bodies. After the bodies were moved, the scene was no longer the same as the photos, so Jimmy needed to compare the photos with the scene, matching them one by one to determine the original position of the bodies.

Looking at the scene, Jimmy called the office to dispatch a team of support agents and inspected the surrounding environment. Two of the bodies were gunshot victims, so if this was the primary crime scene, it's very likely that clues like shell casings were hidden under the ashes, which Jimmy alone couldn't thoroughly search for.

On-site investigation is very tedious and needs to be handled with extreme care, consuming a lot of time. By then, the place had been burned beyond recognition, and all the furniture inside the house was destroyed, but fortunately, the building's brick structure kept the main framework intact.

After clearing the furniture burned to ash and carbon, Jimmy and his team finally found a shell casing and two Glock pistols in the apartment's living room. Forensics took them back for examination, but unfortunately, due to high temperature, nothing like fingerprints remained on the casing, and as for the Glocks, the serial numbers had become indistinguishable, so there was no way to determine the owners of these two pistols.