The Blacklist

Chapter 261: Uncovering the Truth
Seeing that everyone agreed with what he said before, Kerry continued, "There are two possible scenarios now: One is that what McGee said is true, the deceased had a gun in his hand, and someone fired a fourth shot at the scene; the other is that McGee lied and none of these happened. So why did he lie?"

Why else? The DCPD chief was about to speak, but the federal assistant prosecutor next to him understood what Kerry meant and said, "Chief Kerry, you mean that the deceased may have had a gun in his hand, but the fourth shot was not fired by him, but by the third person in the car?"

The DCPD chief was also a veteran criminal police officer. After hearing this, he thought about it for a while before saying, "If that's the case, then who was the third person firing the fourth shot at? The shell...may have fallen into the car, but where is the bullet? It wasn't found at the scene?"

"No." Gibbs said directly, "Our inspection of the scene was not complete. We only looked for the location of McGee and the deceased at the time, and did not search other locations. If the fourth shot was fired by the third person in the car, the bullet did not hit McGee and may have flown far away!"

Several people in the office closed their eyes and thought about it, simulated the situation on the scene, and nodded to admit that this was possible.

"Don't forget, there is another possibility..." Carrie said, "The third person in the car didn't shoot McGee, but the undercover police officer. This gives us two new possibilities: one is that the officer was not hit, but the wall of the alley in his direction; the other is that the officer was hit, and one of the three shots McGee fired missed, and the bullet was heading to the other end of the alley."

This...? The others were all stunned. They had never thought of this possibility, but thinking about the situation at the scene, they could only admit that this was possible!
Afterwards, several people looked at each other and made a unanimous decision: check the scene again!
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At around ten o'clock, NCIS agents and DCPD officers expanded the scope of the scene investigation and actually found the bullet of the fourth gunshot. It was on the side wall of the alley behind the undercover officer, and it was also a 9mm bullet!
Almost at the same time, Abby found in the law enforcement agencies' joint firearms trace examination database that the No. 92 bullet came from a Beretta 17 pistol with a criminal record, not the Glock equipped by McGee!

While Abby continued to examine the fourth bullet, in the presence of Carrie, the DCPD chief, and the federal assistant prosecutor, Director Sheppard opened his mailbox and used the password provided by forensic doctor Dark to open the email. The autopsy report confirmed that the No. 3 bullet was the fatal bullet!
Afterwards, everyone used their respective permissions to query the Federal Forensic Report Database and confirmed that the Dark Report uploaded last night was consistent with the copy in Director Sheppard's email!
At this point, it has at least been confirmed that McGee did not kill the undercover police officer, at most he injured him!
Several leaders sat in the director's office again to discuss the new case.

The DCPD chief looked unhappy and said, "I agree with the current forensic and forensic reports. Although Agent McGee was also shot twice, he cannot be called the murderer, but he did fire a gun after all..."

"Stop." Hearing that there was something wrong with his words, Carrie stopped him directly. "Mr. Director, the current on-site investigation shows that McGee did not lie. He saw another pistol and saw someone firing a gun. Under the dim light at the scene, as an NCIS agent with an important security mission, his firing was in compliance with the regulations on the use of firearms by law enforcement officers. He is not guilty!"

When the director was stunned when he heard this, the federal assistant prosecutor next to him nodded and said, "Director Carrie is right! Here, based on the existing evidence, I can conclude that Agent McGee has not violated the law and can resume his normal work!" After that, he signed a formal document, stood up and said goodbye. The subsequent investigation and hearing was another case, and he was not needed to participate for the time being.

The atmosphere was a little different afterwards. The DCPD chief obviously realized something. He couldn't hold it back for a few times, and finally said it out loud, "Director Shepherd, Director Kerry, I want to ask you one thing... Can you leave the follow-up investigation of this case to us, the DCPD?" Kerry certainly had no objection, but he looked at the director and Gibbs...

The result was certainly good. In Washington, the DCPD chief was considered a top figure. Since McGee's suspicion of murder had been cleared, shooting and injuring the suspect when in danger while on duty was a matter of another nature. Sheppard and Gibbs agreed to hand over the follow-up investigation of the case to him, which was considered a good relationship.

Then, Ji Wa also reported the latest investigation results - it has been confirmed that the Land Rover SUV belongs to the leader of a drug trafficking gang, and the parking address that has been investigated is attached...

After handing the clue to the DCPD chief and receiving his thanks, Carrie said goodbye to Director Shepherd and Supervisor Gibbs, and left NCIS with Gina, Abby and Giova and returned to her own territory.
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On Thursday, August 8, Kerry, who was working at the post office, received new news: Tom informed him that it was unclear whether Halcyon Shield had received the order, but Solomon did not come to work today. It was said that he had submitted his resignation to the company before leaving get off work yesterday! Tom suspected that this guy might have accepted a secret mission!

Carrie put down the phone and sneered in her heart. If Solomon really dared to participate in the kidnapping of Elizabeth this time, no matter what the reason, this person could not be kept!

Then, he asked Gina to find Elizabeth and tell her about it. The two women were furious when they heard it. Why is it not over yet? Who is it this time?
Carrie said: "I think the people behind this are either the opponents in the secret society or the people who want to get information about Katarina from Liz. I even suspect that they are Russian intelligence officers!"

Hearing this, Elizabeth's eyes dimmed a little, and she lowered her head and said, "Lee, Gina, tell me, will I never be able to get rid of this situation? Why is my mother being followed by so many people?"

Gina couldn't explain it, of course, but Carrie said, "Liz, look at it from another angle. Your mother Katarina is definitely a rare person. She has disappeared for more than 20 years, but she is still remembered by many powerful forces. This only shows one thing: the secret she holds is too big or too important! I don't know, Liz, whether you should be proud of her or worried about her."

Elizabeth didn't expect him to speak from this angle. She was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, she felt that it made sense, but... "But, wouldn't my mother be in great danger because of this?"

(End of this chapter)