Jimmy: "The bullet didn't form a hole outside the tent, did it?"

Chuck: "No, we determined at the crime scene that the shooter opened the tent and fired at the person inside."

Jimmy: "It's not apparent from the photos whether they moved before they died or if they noticed someone approaching. The quilts in these two photos seem like they were pulled up by someone, not pulled open by themselves after getting up. So, the shooter probably approached their tent quietly and unzipped the tent door without making a sound."

"That's not right. Homeless people are very alert; if someone approached their tent and made even a little noise, they would definitely wake up. If these homeless individuals weren't that alert, they would have been swallowed up by others long ago."

Chuck looked at Jimmy with a puzzled face: "How do you know this so clearly?"

Jimmy suddenly found himself at a loss for words as if he had accidentally said too much, "Who doesn't have a homeless friend? Let's not talk about that, let's talk about the shooter. According to the current situation in the photos, after the shooter got close, it's likely that the noise of pulling the tent's zipper woke them up, but it was for a very short time, so there's no obvious sign of movement. The shooter clearly searched for something inside the tent, as they opened their quilts."

Jimmy placed the files on Chuck's desk and took out several photos to put on the whiteboard next to it, securing them with magnets. "Look at these positions; it's clear they didn't open it themselves."

Jimmy was all too familiar with this because he had started off as a homeless person, and even after he began working in a restaurant, he lived in a tent for quite a long time. When it comes to traces of a homeless person's life in a tent, probably no one in the NYPD has as much experience as he does.

Jimmy: "From these traces, it's clear that the shooter was searching for something in their tent. As for whether they took anything or not, that's impossible to judge. A homeless person's tent could contain an assortment of things, and anything could turn up. The question is, why would someone kill homeless individuals to search through their belongings? Does the killer have some particular obsession, or could it be that these two homeless individuals picked up something that belonged to him?"

Chuck was still looking at Jimmy. He had been to the crime scene before, but neither he nor the forensic team noticed anything unusual about the quilts being slightly disturbed; they weren't familiar with the lives of the homeless. How did this young man know all this? Life experience? Impossible; how could such a young FBI agent have once been homeless? The FBI's background check officers weren't blind.

Chuck's thoughts were completely off the case; he found this young man before him somewhat mysterious. To say he had no experience and could tell all this just from photographs was definitely not believable. As for Jimmy's remark about everyone having a homeless friend, that was nonsense. Even if you had a homeless friend, you wouldn't stay in their tent. No one cared about such things.

Jimmy continued: "Looking at the cases, the only potential link between these two incidents and the taxi driver case might be the silenced handgun. As for the lack of fingerprints, disposable gloves could easily take care of that, so there's not enough to merge the cases."

Chuck nodded: "If we can't merge the cases, let's investigate them separately. I'm going to recheck the evidence collected later; do you want to come and have a look?"

Jimmy shook his head: "No, since the cases might not be related, I'll stay out of yours."

Chuck: "Alright, I'll review it again, and if there are any other leads, I'll let you know."

Jimmy nodded: "Then I'll head back now. I've been traveling for a few days and still have a heap of things to handle."

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