His subordinates also pinpointed the direction of the investigation. After layers of confirmation through several transport lines in Texas, they finally reached a conclusion. The end customer in New York has lost contact, but the transport line has not yet been broken, which can basically confirm that the information was leaked from their side.

A transport line from Texas to New York is not that easy to establish. Now that there's a problem on the New York side, the priority is to quickly sever the contact on that end to avoid impacting the hard-won transport line if the lower-level operatives get caught.

Jimmy is still waiting for news from Torsten, but investigations always take time, so he wasn't in a hurry.

David only came to ask once in the past few days. Clearly, the main investigation direction isn't focused on Jimmy. Having been an FBI agent for many years, he does have some connections he can utilize.

David places great importance on this case. It seems the previous drug smuggling case that Jimmy helped him with didn't satisfy his appetite. That case was partially credited elsewhere and couldn't be fully attributed to David. Especially when an undercover agent, Seventeen, was involved, who was once Ruiz's undercover. It was through his efforts that various evidence fell into place. David's actual role was not significant.

Understandably, Ruiz's predecessor had too strong a presence. Several large and small families and organizations in New York's gangs were overturned by Ruiz, and his name has become the emblem of the current anti-black group.

In such an environment, if David wants to establish himself and gain authority within the anti-black group, he needs to do a lot, especially with such major cases independently solved, which greatly add to his merit.

Crucially, Ruiz has already been promoted, and David has already transitioned from a Senior Agent to a Supervisory Special Agent. To advance further, he needs enough credit to stand out to certain people. Once the conditions are met, even if he can't advance further in New York, he can be transferred to another office; there are over 50 offices that can naturally coordinate a position for him.

It's deceiving to say no one was pushing David from behind, going from the Anti-Terrorism Team to the homicide squad, and then getting promoted to be responsible for the anti-black group. The position of Supervisory Special Agent is also limited; it's not that easy to rise up.

The dark web case that Jimmy is handling still has no leads. The video doesn't specify any clues, and the two previous cases have become too old; even the rented houses were vacated and re-let, making it impossible to investigate.

However, they couldn't idle. The NYPD passed over a case of a family massacre. A family of three from New Jersey was found dead in their car during a trip in New York, where it was parked under an overpass in the Bronx.

From the scene, it appears they drove the car here and parked, and afterward, someone outside the car opened fire into it, killing all three with no survivors.

After the NYPD received the report, Detectives checked the car and surroundings. When confirming the identities of the deceased, they discovered they were from New Jersey, and investigating related information is cumbersome. It's easier to hand it over to the FBI, explaining the NYPD and FBI's smooth cooperation. Under normal circumstances, such ordinary murder cases wouldn't be transferred to the FBI, as the FBI isn't so idle.

Jimmy merely glanced at the case before assigning Mark and Julia to reinvestigate the scene and conduct a ballistics simulation on the bullet impacts on the car to determine the number and position of the shooters. It's not that they don't trust the NYPD's investigation results, but they prefer to verify the information themselves. The NYPD's clues are often too superficial.

Jimmy first pulled up the deceased family's information from the FBI database, which is more comprehensive than the NYPD's but still insufficient.

He could only contact the Newark office in New Jersey, requesting their help to investigate the dead's familial and work connections to better understand the motive for the killings.

These cross-state cases are the most troublesome. If the investigation reveals a crime of passion, it's fine and can be handled locally. But if it's discovered to be connected to the deceased's family and social relations, then Jimmy and the team would have to travel.

Luckily, Jimmy knows a few people at the Newark office and has cooperated a couple of times, which allows him to contact them directly. Otherwise, he would have to make the trip himself.

Mark and Julia first went to the evidence parking lot to inspect the car. Ballistics simulation is a time-consuming task that requires collaboration with the forensics crew to investigate, including testing residual substances in the car to ensure no contraband was inside.

If certain substances are detected in the car, then the nature of the case might change from a standard murder investigation to a battle between criminal organizations, complicating efforts to determine why they were shot.

Mark and Julia reconstructed the shooters' firing angles and positions, using infrared and red strings to ascertain the positions based on bullet holes in the car doors and body. They noticed the bullet holes on the car did not point uniformly in one direction; on the left side of the car, from front to back, there were directional guides for the ballistics. Could it be that several people shot from the left side?

Of course, the trajectory could also suggest one person moving and shooting from front to back or back to front. Over twenty bullet holes were found on the car, and considering two guns or two magazines for one person, it's entirely feasible.

Using their ballistic simulation, they made a diagram of the crime scene and then went under an overpass in the Bronx to pinpoint the exact location of the shooters.

Under the overpass, Mark and Julia stood where the car's silhouette was outlined on the ground. This was a parking area beneath the overpass, within a space between the bridge pillars. They looked around and then compared it to the simulation diagram, raising their arms to simulate shooting and moving to determine the shooters' paths.

After several tests, they discovered the shooter on the scene wasn't moving and shooting alone, but there were two shooters. Since there was a billboard in the spot where the car was previously parked, if one person moved from the back to the front, the billboard would definitely have obstructed the shooter's path, thereby affecting the trajectory.

If there were two shooters at the scene, then their positions and movement paths are easily verifiable. After Mark and Julia confirmed the shooters' positions, they re-marked them on the diagram before calling Jimmy.

Julia: "Yang, we can basically confirm there were two shooters using 9mm pistols. Based on the current bullet holes and trajectories, the two should have opened fire from front and back when the victim's car was stopped by the roadside, eventually moving to the side of the car."

Jimmy: "Have the shooters' firing positions been determined?"

Julia: "We can't be sure. The victim's car was parked in a zone under the overpass, and most of the cars here have already been cleared out, so we can't restore the shooters' original positions or whether there were cars acting as obstacles for them. You want to come and take a look? Maybe there's something we haven't discovered."

Jimmy: "Have the shooters' shell casings been found?"

Julia: "Among the evidence transferred from NYPD, there are only a few shell casings. No other casings were found at the scene. It's unclear whether the police cleaned them up or the shooters picked them up."

After thinking for a moment, Jimmy decided to go out and inspect the scene himself. Leaving everything to the two of them indeed seemed excessive: "I understand. I'm heading over now. You guys investigate the surroundings first, see if there are any witnesses, and also look for surveillance footage. The NYPD didn't provide any surveillance evidence."

Julia: "OK, call us when you arrive."

Jimmy tidied himself up, checked his equipment, and then grabbed his coat before leaving the office.

The investigation results from the Newark office in New Jersey hadn't come through yet, and Jimmy had no new leads for the moment. Visiting the scene isn't a bad idea, as he's more capable than Mark and Julia in discovering hidden details. This often leads to unexpected discoveries.

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