American Scandal King

Chapter 94 Pursuit
"Gangster shootout at the Dam Scrapyard!"

"The death toll exceeds fifty!"

"It is understood that the purpose of this battle was to kill Bates and the Crips. Kemble, the leader of the Bates gang, was killed on the spot. All the casualties were members of the Bates gang. The Crips' casualties are currently unknown."

"According to reliable sources, this is a revenge launched by the Crips for killing Bates and killing twenty of their members last time. Although it is incomprehensible why the revenge would happen in Los Angeles."

The shootout at the Dam scrap metalworks quickly made headlines the next day and became a sensation.

You have to know that it is 2001 now. American gangs are no longer as rampant as they were in the s and s. Although large-scale gang fights still occur, they are no longer common.

Plus, this report was extremely detailed, and someone filmed most of the gunfight!

WND News Network and the Los Angeles Herald went viral again, publishing numerous photos and even videos of the gunfight.

The video has obvious signs of editing. Basically, we only see the member who killed Bates being knocked down by gunfire in the dark. As for the flying gun, it is impossible... In fact, it doesn't matter if it exists. As long as black people don't open their mouths, they are invisible in the dark, so the flying gun really can exist.

As for on-site investigation, don't count on it, because Kreps handled the scene immediately - although the gunshots were loud, as this is the most chaotic neighborhood, the police would not actively rush here if a gunfight broke out.

They can turn a five-minute journey into fifty minutes.

So when the police arrived, the place was already empty, even the car was gone.

If the police want to know the specific situation, they have to go through reports.

Los Angeles Police Department, when Chief Becton walked out of the police station, a large number of reporters surrounded him.

They passed the microphone to Beton and shouted:
"Commissioner Beyton, what are your thoughts on the shootout at the Dam Iron Works?"

Chief Becton replied sternly: "We strongly condemn this kind of behavior between gangs!"

"Chief Becton, I heard the police didn't arrive at the scene until forty minutes after the shootout?"

Chief Becton said: "I regret that we face a large number of cases every day, but we do not have enough police force to maintain them. As a result, our police response speed cannot keep up. I strongly urge the city government to increase our budget next year. After all, this is an important foundation for maintaining local security."

"Director Beton, do you understand the situation at that time?"

Becton noticed that the reporter questioning him was from the Los Angeles Herald. He replied angrily, "No matter how much I know, it's still not as good as you guys. After all, you filmed the scene, didn't you? Why are you interviewing me? Why not interview Ian Carr?"

"Chief Becton, regarding this shootout, is it related to the hotel shooting? There are reports that one of the hotel shooters has a very close connection with Kemble."

Beyton waved his hand and gave a classic response: "I have no comment."

Pushing through the crowd, Director Beighton got into the car angrily.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He shouted, "Bellman, go find Ian Carr!"

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Los Angeles Herald President's Office.

Officer Behrman and Catherine sat across from Ian.

Bellman smiled and said, "Mr. Karl, no matter what, I still hope you can cooperate with us."

Ian raised his eyebrows. "How can we cooperate? I've already told you that Butterfly only set up a camera there in advance. He didn't go there himself."

Catherine said, "But he deleted the video. We need the original video!"

Ian shook his head: "You can ask him for it, but according to him, the original video has been deleted and no longer exists."

Catherine said angrily: "You are talking nonsense!"

Ian glanced at her with contempt, took out a piece of paper, wrote down the address, and handed it to Catherine, saying, "This is his address. You can go ask him for it and see if he will give it to you. You can threaten him, put him in jail, or even shoot him, to see if he will give in."

Catherine slammed the table and stood up: "Ian Carr, you use an AIDS patient as your shield, do you think we don't understand?"

Ian laughed heartily. "I won't admit that. This news has nothing to do with me. It's all Butterfly's fault!"

Berman waved his hand gently, motioning for Catherine to sit down. He sighed and said, "Mr. Karl, this incident has caused a huge stir. We must give an explanation to the public. Perhaps you have a solution?"

Ian nodded with satisfaction: "That's what a smart person should say."

He waved the cigar in his hand and leaned in front of Behrman. "I have an idea for you. Have Kreps arrange for a few people to take the blame... Oh, don't mention my relationship with him. Journalists always have to know a lot of people, and I'm just better at making friends."

Bellman shook his head: "That's not enough."

"What if there's evidence?" Ian asked.

"Huh?" Bellman was surprised.

Ian waved his hand and said, "Of course it's not evidence that they killed anyone, but they cleaned up the scene, didn't they? Butterfly told me that he took a video of some people cleaning up the scene, but didn't send it out. Don't you want the edited part? This part... maybe we can still keep it if we're lucky."

Bellman understood.

The video was edited, but doesn’t the editor have the final say on what content was cut?
In this case, just throw out some other content to confuse the audience, and then have evidence of cleaning up the scene, and then you can arrest and convict the person.

The problem can be solved!

Just fool around anyway.

Everyone gets by by fooling around, and American police are experts in this area.

Bellman nodded slightly: "Sounds good."

"But I also need a little help." Ian said.

"what?"

Ian looked at Catherine.

He smiled and said, "My proposal from last time still stands, but the leverage didn't seem enough back then. Should it be enough now?"

Katherine took a deep breath.

Berman looked at Catherine strangely.

What? Do you want her to sleep with you?

After a while, Catherine finally took out a piece of paper, wrote down the address, and handed it to Ian: "This is his address and job."

Ian smiled.

I knew you would check!
Of course, Catherine didn't check this to make a deal with Ian, but she herself was wondering why Ian was so interested in Mohammed Atta, and she would check it out of curiosity.

And now, in order to solve the case, Catherine finally gave in.

Putting away the address, Ian picked up the phone and said, "Philip, the police will come to you in a while. Give them the video."

After this matter was settled, Bellman breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at Ian and said, "Mr. Carl, there is a question I don't understand."

Ian said directly, "Are you asking how he knew there would be a gunfight there?"

Behrman nodded.

Ian laughed and said, "Everyone has their own sources. What kind of reporter is it if you don't know a few gang members? With such a large-scale fight, it's normal for information to leak out."

Catherine blurted out: "But we didn't receive any news in advance."

Ian grinned, rolling his eyes: "Are you saying you're incompetent?"

(End of this chapter)