Chapter 780 New Clues and the Church
When the ambulance sirens were blaring and dragging away the wounded, the local SWAT and armored vehicles also arrived at the scene. Soon, under the cover of the armored vehicles, the bodies of the three police officers left at the scene were also evacuated.
The next step was for the armored vehicles to demolish the house. Jack stood beside Captain Luce, listening to him deploying troops on the intercom, and smiled unconsciously.
This is the usual strategy of the American police when they encounter gangsters. When they are not sure about the situation in the house, they will not rush in or throw a bunch of stun grenades into the house while firing randomly like in the movies, but demolish the wall bit by bit. The scene is ugly but very effective.
The bungalows in the United States are basically made of wood. They are cheap to build, have low property taxes, and are easy to demolish. The armored vehicles with battering rams on their buttocks can poke a hole and pull a wall.
The stun grenade is very effective, but because it is so effective, it was once suspected of being abused. As mentioned before, this thing is actually somewhat lethal. There have been more than one case where casualties were caused by not knowing that there were infants and young children in the room. Some states even directly banned the use of tear gas and stun grenades.
Moreover, there are more and more addicts in the United States nowadays. The upper limit of this thing is very high, but the lower limit is very low. The electric shock effect of the high upper limit is similar to that of releasing the rage spell. Even if you eat a few 9mm peanuts, you can still chase people for hundreds of meters.
The low lower limit is completely thin and fragile. A back throw or kneeling pressure may make you die on the spot, even if you look as strong as a cow.
The crispy people who put too much pepper in their own cooking caused an asthma attack and were reluctant to call an ambulance and finally died. It has nothing to do with the police, but because the police used smoke bombs to cover the attack, the "next-door neighbor" 500 meters away was suffocated by smoke and went to the hospital. It is another matter to find a lawyer to claim compensation from the police.
For this reason, the police departments in various places have also come up with a so-called attention diversion device, which is a low-yield stun grenade. It is not powerful and can only be used on open ground. Jack is not sure whether it is effective or not. It looks more like a compromise product.
So again, we can't generalize when discussing the old Americans, but need to analyze specific issues. The weak local police stations are criticized every day and just lie down and mess up.
The strong local police stations are fearless. When attacking, they don't have to pay compensation if they accidentally demolish the houses of the criminals' neighbors. They use tear gas, stun grenade, pepper spray and whatever they can to deal with the crowds on the street.
Therefore, in the current situation, if the other party has no problem dealing with it, then help at the critical moment, kill one person and rescue one wounded person. The wanted criminal team has already made a good impression, and there is no need to intervene too deeply.
The rest of the work has to be left to CMPD and the Marshals Bureau to finish it themselves. What is human relations? This is human relations and tactical retreat.
Of course, the main reason is that they didn't make any mistakes. Everything was arranged in an orderly manner. The road from the scene to the nearest hospital was blocked, and the ambulance went straight to the hospital after receiving the wounded.
All four nearby schools were suspended, and two police helicopters arrived when Jack was rescuing people to prevent the gunman from escaping in the chaos.
The overall quality of CMPD is still good, and the performance can be called heroic. The disadvantage is that the public security is good in normal times, and most police officers do not have the habit of preparing long guns in the car.
Jack is not very clear about the regulations of the local police station, such as whether the rifle needs to be purchased at his own expense. After all, he came from a large police station, and some large local police stations usually have second-hand equipment funded by the military.
For example, after the famous "North Hollywood Bank Robbery" in the last century, the military directly provided LAPD with 600 M16 automatic rifles and several armored vehicles at one time.
An hour later, the special police escorted two young women with the right skin color from the half-demolished house, and a body with a bullet in the head was left at the scene.
The CMPD chief in white uniform had a slightly more natural look on his face, and he solemnly expressed his gratitude to the FBI who came to support him. When he learned that they had other tasks to perform, he also personally helped to contact various branches.
It would have been fine if they hadn't contacted her. As soon as they contacted her, they received a message. A local dance studio reported that a student didn't come to class at noon today and couldn't contact her at the moment. Her name was Emma Jennings.
The director's face turned ugly again, because when Alice checked the student's identity, she found that she lived with her grandfather, and her grandfather was the pastor of a local church.
There are some differences between pastors and priests. The former is a broader title. Depending on the denomination, some can get married and have children, such as Protestant pastors, while priests usually refer specifically to Catholic and Orthodox clergy. The Orthodox Church only has requirements for bishops, while Catholic priests are not allowed to get married.
But no matter which denomination, the pastor of a church in a region in the United States is still very influential. When he thought of the FBI just mentioned that they were chasing two crazy wanted criminals, the director's face turned from black to green.
The scene here has not yet been closed. Under the personal order of the chief, a line of police cars followed the two Saabs, turned off the sirens, but still flashed the police lights and rushed to the Mineral Spring Town more than 20 kilometers away.
Before getting in the car, Jack and his friends took off their cumbersome heavy bulletproof vests and put on light bulletproof vests. After arriving at the church, they rushed in directly with the MDX508 equipped with a silencer.
Unlike the 5.5-inch barrel length version used by the SEALs for special missions and extreme pursuit of concealment, the 8.5-inch MDX508 is a little longer, but its ballistic performance is more stable. Even if it is pulled to one or two hundred meters for shooting, it will not suffer. It is considered to be versatile.
Although the bullets are extremely expensive (a box of 20 rounds dares to sell for about 30 US dollars) and the guns are not cheap (more than 2,000 US dollars each), they are sponsored by the Joint Special Operations Command anyway, so it is a waste not to use them.
For Jack and his team, this short-barreled assault rifle is much more practical than those submachine guns that use pistol ammunition. It is powerful enough and accurate.
First, it is foreseeable that they will encounter many hostage hijacking situations in the future. The accuracy is sufficient when fighting indoors and it is not easy to cause accidental injuries.
Secondly, the criminals dealt with by the wanted criminals team may not be professional but are definitely cruel enough. Jack's consistent principle is to resolutely not injure such guys when he can kill them.
The church in front of us is a common community church. Of course, it is much larger than the small church with only a few rooms except the chapel when Jack and Clay were blocked by the drug lord's men in Mexico.
Jack and Clay still led the team to break in from the front door and searched all the way forward. Aubrey and Hannah led other CMPD police officers to block the back door and other entrances and exits.
"Safe!"
"Safe!"
Because they were temporary partners, everyone was a little nervous. Both the FBI and CMPD police officers shouted loudly when searching the rooms one by one to prevent accidental injuries.
"Hey! Come here!" Jack noticed something unusual when he walked into the kitchen. The flour on the counter was scattered everywhere, and the ketchup can was broken on the ground. At first glance, it looked like a crime scene.