Jimmy waited for Ryan to handle the emergency, placing the two apprehended individuals in the interrogation room before saying goodbye and leaving.

Jimmy didn't rush to the police station to check on Chuck's investigation results; instead, he first returned to the Manhattan office and went to Hughes's office.

Jimmy: "Hughes, the situation at the Queens field office has been handled, and they're handling the follow-up."

Hughes: "Good job, Jimmy."

Jimmy: "If there's nothing else, I'll head to the NYPD now, there has been a bit of new progress in the case you arranged."

Hughes: "OK, remember to inform me if there are any results. Go ahead."

Jimmy went back to his office and called Chuck. The monitoring identification was still underway. The current clarity of the monitoring was a real problem, but fortunately, the building where Diego's Studio was located took it very seriously; they had arranged for a few people to cooperate, so the speed of identification could still be guaranteed.

The case that was now most concerning to Jimmy was also the most interesting one he had dealt with in a while involving drug dealers, surgeries, and clean, traceless jobs. Starting from the clues and hopefully catching him in the end. In fact, up until now, they hadn't even determined whether the shooter was male or female, nor whether the person with the guitar case was indeed the shooter; it was all shrouded in mystery, very intriguing.

The matters at the Queens office no longer required Jimmy's attention. Although he had fired the shots, having Ryan by his side throughout, and not fleeing during the gunfire meant the report was not Jimmy's concern; a signature on Ryan's report later would suffice. OPR wouldn't be able to pin anything on him this time; the command was with Ryan, and it was Hughes who had sent him to assist, so all was well.

It had been a long time since he had such a stress-free task; it reminded him of his days, over a year ago, in Little Rock, when he would laze around the police station when not out, and could go to the range for some shooting practice while on duty anytime he wished.

While Jimmy was resting, Hughes directly called Ryan.

When receiving the call from the Queens office, Ryan and his team were merely giving an update since they needed to mobilize the support squad and report an officer wounded in action. Initially, Hughes didn't want to interfere, as there were plenty of agents at the field office, and the support squad was always ready to deploy. However, after hanging up, Hughes suddenly thought of Jimmy.

For Hughes, Jimmy was easy to place based on maximizing combat effectiveness, but he was still young, only 27, and it was the time for him to accumulate experience. If only used as a combatant, he might begin to plateau in a few years. Every year, the FBI recruited combat personnel from active and veteran military members, where Jimmy would not have much advantage. If not exposed to more cases and experience, it would be tough for him to become a key figure in the Manhattan office after Peter and Ruiz, considering the sparse number of gifted individuals among the younger generation now.

After the last support on the school shooting, Chris's praise for Hughes still resonated: Jimmy's genuine smile had made a deep impression on Chris. Perhaps, besides normal cases, it was time to free him a bit from his constraints. This led to Hughes going directly to the office to find Jimmy and ended up calling him after not finding him there.

On the phone, Ryan shared Jimmy's performance with Hughes, expressing great interest in Jimmy, although Hughes couldn't possibly transfer Jimmy to him.

Understanding the whole process, Hughes also felt his decision was sound. In handling the case, deploying Jimmy, who alone was as good as a team of agents, had indeed been very effective.

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After resting a while, Jimmy went straight to the police station; waiting for them to gather clues was too slow. He finally decided to get involved himself. Although he might not necessarily be better than the other officers, at least he wouldn't be far off. An additional person meant additional strength.

Jimmy arrived at the police station conference room: there were four computers and a large screen set up on the conference table, with four groups of people identifying individuals from the surveillance footage. No wonder it had taken half a day, and they still hadn't gotten results; it seemed they had chosen a long duration of surveillance video.

Jimmy approached Nia. "Nia, how's it going? Any leads?"

Nia had an officer take over her spot and stood up to face Jimmy, "We've identified some people no one has seen before, but the results are minimal. It's just too difficult to find this way."

Jimmy glanced at the screen. They were basically filtering everyone in each frame, thinking, isn't that a bit too unfocused, "Look for those carrying a backpack or briefcase; the file is pretty bulky, not likely to be carried out under someone's clothes. Those not carrying bags don't really matter."

Nia shook her head, "We've thought of that, but there are still gaps. There's no surveillance in the underground parking lot of the office building, only at the entrances and exits. You can't see inside the cars there. If the shooter left via the underground garage, we'd have no way of knowing."

Jimmy nodded, "That can't be helped. We have too few leads right now; it's the only way to potentially find him. By the way, has the guitar player committed any more crimes recently?"

Nia shook her head, "Not that I've heard, you should ask Detective Chuck for that, I don't have the information."

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