1995, Starting as a Criminal Investigation Expert

A case of such heinous nature necessitates the establishment of a special task force.

Luo Peng, the executive deputy director of the New Taipei Branch, served as the team leader.

Xu Qiang was appointed as the deputy leader, responsible for the overall work of the task force.

At 9:30 p.m. on the day of the incident, the first case analysis meeting for the September 5th armed robbery of the armored truck was held.

Li Shu and Tan Guoxiong were also present.

In the afternoon, Li Shu and Zhao Yong were busy filing and studying the physical evidence collected at the scene.

They then dismantled the jeep completely.

With limited physical evidence at the scene, the most important task is ballistic and warhead analysis.

Han Jianjun didn't dare let Li Shu and the other two novices handle this part.

In fact, the system has a lot of ballistic analysis data, but the situation on the ground is very clear.

If you're talking about analyzing bullets, we also extracted bullets in the fourth case, and the situation with the gun in the suspect's hand had already been analyzed.

It was a little after nine o'clock at night.

Li Shu, holding the documents, joined Han Jianjun and the others at the case analysis meeting.

The meeting was held in the main conference room of the Criminal Investigation Division.

Upon entering, Li Shu nearly choked to death. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought they had arrived in the Heavenly Palace, as it was filled with swirling smoke.

Anyway, in the team, especially in the business department, there are basically two guns.

With no one paying attention to him, Li Shu tugged at Tan Guoxiong, silently moved two chairs, and sat in the corner.

Many people have already arrived.

Some were gathered together having a heated discussion, while others remained silent, seemingly lost in thought.

Xu Qiang, Xiao Rui, and Wang Benyi huddled together in front of a traffic map of Nanjiang City, discussing something amongst themselves.

The overall atmosphere remained somber.

After all, no one was caught.

Just then, Tang Weidong and Luo Peng arrived together.

Behind him followed a middle-aged man in camouflage, his face as hard as a sword.

Two-star rating, colonel.

That was clearly the commander of the Nanjiang Armed Police Detachment.

Everyone quickly took their seats.

The first issue we discussed was whether or not to merge the projects.

There was little opposition to this point; everyone supported merging the cases.

The evidence from the markings on the bottom of the cartridge case is crucial.

"There is also a certain causal relationship between the suspect's criminal behavior and the events that occurred before and after the crime," Xu Qiang concluded.

Because he accidentally killed someone before, he decided to do whatever he wanted and wanted to pull off a big heist before fleeing.

Tang Weidong did not hesitate and immediately made the decision to investigate both cases together.

Next, as is customary, we will introduce the case details.

Wang Benyi used a projector to give his presentation, displaying gruesome photos of the scene in a dim, yellowish light, which made the atmosphere even more somber.

Next, the technical team will introduce the on-site investigation work.

Li Shu quickly got up and distributed the prepared physical evidence reports to those who could sit at the table.

When he sent it to Tang Weidong first, Tang Weidong looked up at himself.

There seemed to be something deeper in his eyes.

Li Shu didn't think much of it and quickly sat back down after sending the message.

"Old Han, this is practically nothing, just half a footprint?" Lin Wanping asked, carrying his report.

Everyone turned to look at Han Jianjun and Zhao Yong.

Han Jianjun put down the report and calmly retorted, "Then what do you want?"

Lin Wanping was about to lash out when Xiao Rui grabbed him.

Han Jianjun ignored him and continued explaining the situation.

There's not much to introduce.

The suspect did this so efficiently that he didn't leave any useful physical evidence.

Tang Weidong and Xu Qiang were clearly aware of this, and remained silent.

After Han Jianjun finished his introduction, Tang Weidong tapped the table and said in a deep voice, "I just want to know one thing: why didn't you stop those two?"

The atmosphere inside the room plummeted to freezing point.

Tang Weidong could no longer contain his anger, and his cold, sharp gaze swept over everyone in the room.

Almost everyone was mobilized, which was essentially a city-wide lockdown.

It's even on Nanjiang TV's evening news.

The public was abuzz with discussion, traffic throughout the city was almost paralyzed, and there was a great deal of discontent.

In the end, they couldn't find the person.

"Should I call you all useless?"

Tang Weidong didn't want to curse, but at this moment, he couldn't hold back.

As soon as they were seen, everyone lowered their heads.

Li Shu quickly lowered his head.

The fact that Tang Weidong spoke so harshly shows just how angry he was.

Tang Weidong, still furious, threw the report forward and continued, "You bunch of incompetent people are one thing, but what about the people?"

"They have guns and have already killed four. I don't think they'd mind killing a few more?"

He slammed his hand on the table, pushing the somber mood to its extreme.

After a long while, Luo Peng stepped in to smooth things over, asking Xu Qiang how he had analyzed the situation and why he hadn't managed to stop the suspect.

Li Shu then looked up.

Li Shu also found this strange.

Both the New Taipei City Police Department and the Taipei City Police Department responded very quickly.

The first order was to seal off the city and launch a citywide manhunt.

Logically, the suspect should have been trapped in the city.

But I just couldn't find it.

Xu Qiang spoke, but did not reflect on his own actions or admit his mistakes.

At this point, all this fluff is meaningless. He went straight to the conclusion: "First of all, our analysis suggests that the suspect is definitely still in the city and hasn't escaped."

"Then there are two key points. First, how did they handle the money box, the handgun, and the clothes they wore during the robbery? We speculate that they may have hidden them in some secluded place."

"Secondly, if the previous hypothesis is correct, how did the suspect subsequently evade the blockade and inspection?"

He got up, went to the map, and drew a circle on it.

"Around 8:50, the roads leading out of the city, including Jigang, Donglin, and Tingyang, were already blocked. At 9:30, the armed police arrived one after another and, together with the local branches and police stations, set up roadblocks to check all passing vehicles."

"Even if the suspects are given an hour to escape, given the speed of the motorcycle and the time spent using the gun in the money box, they won't be able to leave the city no matter how you look at it."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Li Shu thought so too.

The blockade was swift, especially on major transportation routes where checkpoints and inspection stations already existed; a single phone call was all it took to mobilize them.

Of course, they can choose not to take the main road.

They even left on foot.

But they couldn't find the abandoned motorcycle, and walking would only make them slower.

Xu Qiang then brought up the topic of motorcycles.

They organized a team to cooperate with the armed police and searched the entire area within a five-kilometer radius of the crime scene, but they did not find the abandoned motorcycle.

"It's possible they pushed the motorcycle directly into the river, but another possibility is that they continued riding the motorcycle back into the city."

"Because they have an advantage, which is that we don't know what they look like. These two are very bold. I think after they have hidden the money box, they may do the opposite and swagger through the checkpoint to go home."

These words immediately caused an uproar at the scene.

Clearly, Xu Qiang's judgment was very bold.

Moreover, if that were the case, it would be tantamount to slapping the face of the entire Nanjiang police force.

If someone robs and kills someone, and then just swaggeres past you, what kind of smugness and arrogance must they feel when they are being questioned?