Jimmy reported the fax number of his own office, did not contact Mahong, but directly called Hughes to inform him. Mahong has now been seconded back to Chicago, so even if they want to catch the escapee, it will definitely be someone from Manhattan.

Jimmy: "Hughes, there's a clue about Cameron Brown from the previous Sisley Prison escape case. The Los Angeles office just called; they have a case, and the fingerprints match one of the gunmen to Brown."

Hughes: "Did you get the information?"

Jimmy: "Not yet, waiting for fax from Los Angeles."

Hughes: "Bring the information over later."

Jimmy: "Okay."

After a while, the fax machine rang, and after it stopped Jimmy picked up the materials and took a look.

The information from Los Angeles was scant; since no surveillance was installed inside the bar, only eyewitnesses provided clues. LAPD's sketch artist drew a portrait of Brown, which looks quite different from when he came out of prison, and the beard greatly affects identifying his facial features.

Eyewitnesses from the scene and inside the bar confirmed Brown and another gunman seemed unfamiliar with others present, just committing a crime out of impulsive drunkenness. Fingerprints were extracted from a glass. When fingerprint verification matched the person, the system directly warned that the current fingerprint belongs to an FBI wanted person, thus reporting it to the FBI Los Angeles office.

As Jimmy continued reading the materials while walking, he arrived at Hughes' office.

Jimmy handed the materials to Hughes: "Hughes, the materials are here."

Hughes looked at the materials, "It only confirms he was at the bar from fingerprints, is there no follow-up clue?"

Jimmy: "The case just happened, LAPD's preliminary investigation found no leads, and if I remember correctly, South Los Angeles should be one of the most chaotic areas of Los Angeles City."

Hughes nodded, Jimmy continued: "In such a place, an escapee like Brown can easily hide, and without clues pinpointing his location, it's difficult to determine his escape route, might need to wait for LAPD's investigation results. Do you think it's necessary to make a trip?"

Hughes: "I'll contact them, you go back first."

Jimmy: "Should we notify Mahong? He participated in the initial investigation of this case."

Hughes shook his head: "He's still investigating the Illinois escape case without results, no need to inform him for now."

Jimmy: "Okay, I'll head back then."

Jimmy left Hughes' office, pondering this matter. That prison escape case made quite a stir; Mahong and his team worked hard for a long time, found a corpse, and another person escaped and vanished, which was already a very embarrassing situation.

Now that there are leads, they should investigate as quickly as possible, but the distance is really too far. Hughes' concern is understandable, arranging personnel to assist LAPD in tracing Brown's whereabouts in Los Angeles might not be easy to manage promptly.

Such manpower allocation is not worthwhile, especially now the homicide and emergency team only has Jimmy alone. As someone who participated in the initial investigation, if personnel are to be arranged, it would definitely be Jimmy deployed.

Jimmy had just left two months ago, now going out again would leave the team without anyone. It's not that Manhattan office lacks personnel, too many need Mahong's position, but if sending people over previously and now only seconding out personnel loses the position, that would be a big loss.

As for Jimmy, it's almost the same, Hughes and Lambert sorted out so many things to understand Jimmy's identity, just to send him out for a case again for long periods would be a huge loss and also impact their subsequent routine support work.

After Jimmy left, Hughes checked the number from the computer and dialed it. He directly contacted the Los Angeles office's field supervisor; for such coordination between local FBI and police matters, arranging from top to bottom is better, directly sending New York agents to Los Angeles wouldn't be as convenient without local handling.

Hughes didn't plan to send Jimmy directly, Hughes had already understood Jimmy's identity, also guessed why Jimmy's actions were so ruthless, hence Hughes is a bit conflicted about how to deploy Jimmy now.

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The investigation of fugitive Brown was entrusted to the Los Angeles office over there for assistance, Jimmy had already received Hughes' call, so he was no longer troubled, called Los Angeles office's Julia to thank her, then all he could do was wait for the news.

After a few days, the new car Jimmy negotiated from Dunn finally arrived. Jimmy took the keys from Dunn, thanked him then went downstairs immediately, a black Suburban was parked in the underground parking lot.

Jimmy whistled, walked around the car for a basic check, then opened the door and sat inside.

A siren control panel was fixed on the dashboard. Jimmy turned on the lights, didn't activate the sirens, got out again and did another round of checks, finding the car had already replaced traditional round flashing lights with LED bar lights, hidden in the front behind the mirrors, the front also has two lights hidden behind the grille, the rear directly above the rear glass, due to the flat shape if not activated, the car behind would find it difficult to identify the light positions.

LED lights are still a more advanced setup now because traditional lights are too large, difficult to make into such an inconspicuous hidden mode.

He patted the car door, based on sound feedback, Jimmy could approximately judge the main driver's door absolutely has an inner lining, as Dunn said indeed, the new car is refitted with bulletproof doors, which is good news, at least in unexpected situations, Jimmy has a place to hide and take cover.

Just as Jimmy was happy about the new car, he received a call from Hughes, "Jimmy, where are you? Why aren't you in the office?"

Jimmy: "I'm in the parking lot, replacing the car. What's up, Hughes?"

Hughes: "Go to the medical center and find Ryan, something happened over there, Ryan got shot during a case, he and his partner were both hit, already sent to the hospital."

Jimmy: "I'm heading there now. Where were they shot? Where's the gunman?"

Hughes: "Not clear yet, Ryan was sent by NYPD, the shooting spot was East 51st Street in Brooklyn."

Jimmy: "Got it, I'll go to the hospital first."

An agent being shot isn't a small matter, a senior agent like Ryan whom Jimmy knows getting shot is definitely not a small matter. Jimmy didn't bother taking the weapon gear bag, directly drove out of the parking lot.

Refueled along the way, Jimmy arrived at the medical center smoothly, checked Ryan's location, then waited outside the operating room. Over an hour later, Ryan was pushed out, temporarily placed in ICU.

Jimmy stopped the doctor coming out of the operating room: "Doctor, how are Agent Ryan's injuries? FBI senior agent Jimmy Yang."

Doctor: "The victim was shot in the abdomen and right chest, the abdominal wound is penetrating, the bullet fragment from the right chest has been removed. He's temporarily safe but still needs to be observed for a while."

Jimmy: "When can he wake up?"

Doctor: "Needs a few hours."

Jimmy: "What about the other person? Two people were sent over."

Doctor: "Sorry, I'm not sure yet, you can ask at the nurse's station."

Jimmy nodded, checked Ryan's position, went to the nurse's station to inquire, but unfortunately, Ryan's partner was hit by five bullets, one in the heart, death has been declared.

Jimmy was speechless, he went back and sat outside Ryan's ICU waiting, someone from the field office must know where Ryan went, Hughes would investigate, anyway, a fallen agent means someone must pay the price.

The fact Hughes immediately called Jimmy already explains many things. What Jimmy needs to do now is wait here until Ryan wakes up and also wait for Hughes' investigation results, once the target is identified, the rest will be Jimmy's task.

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