Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 280: LAPD Chief: Give Them Planes!
The Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Division, which falls under the FBI's Criminal, Cyber, and Service Department and the Major Incident Response Team.
This division, along with the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), and Behavioral Analysis Department (BUN), are at the same level.
This time, the bank robbers not only brazenly threw bombs at LAPD but also strapped a bunch of bombs onto the hostages. Luo An immediately called this department the moment he saw the situation.
Often, this department doesn't take the initiative to strike because there are some members responsible for bombs within the SWAT team.
So, with the entrance of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Department's van, the gazes of the LAPD Chief, Commissioner, and FBI team supervisor Potante Byrne, along with the head of Investigative Unit Four, Morton York, and others towards Luo An underwent another significant change.
From the time Luo An arrived on the scene until now, he indeed had not issued any commands, but now everyone could see that Luo An definitely had ample experience in controlling the situation and possessed a unique understanding of the scene's conditions.
Moreover, Luo An had not caused any issues of overstepping authority, as all his actions were within his responsibility.
Realizing this, the LAPD Chief's eyes flashed with a gleam of recognition; so young to have become the vice head of an investigative team, he's truly exceptional.
Considering he was about the same age as his daughter, perhaps they could get to know each other in the future...
"Very good!"
Group Supervisor Potante Byrne, very satisfied, patted Luo An's shoulder, then made a large gesture for the agents from the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Department to hurry in and inspect the bombs.
Ding-a-ling-a-ling—
Just then, the black phone in Detective Albert's hand rang again, silencing the scene.
After a few seconds of silence, the LAPD Chief grabbed the mobile phone and pressed the answer button:
"This is the LAPD Chief speaking."
"Hello, Chief."
The voice on the other end of the phone was still that magnetic male voice:
"There are… 23 minutes left from the time I mentioned earlier. How is the plane I requested coming along?"
"I've already sent people to prepare at the airport."
The LAPD Chief lied with ease, then pointed out that the airport was having some difficulties due to the tight timeline requested by the other party, hoping they could have more time.
"That's your problem, Chief."
Jack on the other end of the phone was dismissive of the Chief's words:
"I'm only giving you 23 minutes; if you're not ready when time's up, I'll start blowing up the hostages one by one!"
The Chief's face turned ugly at these words, just as he was about to speak, Jack on the other end suddenly asked with a laugh:
"Do you really think these bombs are fake?"
After saying this, he didn't allow the Chief any chance to react and simply hung up the call.
"Fu-k!"
Hearing the busy tone on the phone, the LAPD Chief's expression drastically changed as he urgently shouted:
"The hostages! He's going to kill the hostages! Quickly think of a way to save them!"
The LAPD Chief's words caused the faces of everyone present to change all at once, but what could be done now? Group Supervisor Potante Byrne had no choice but to loudly instruct everyone present to be careful with the bombs.
Sure enough, a few seconds later, a hostage who was knocked out was thrown out.
Boom!!!
The next second, a bright flash of light followed by a bomb violently exploding, the unconscious hostage vanished on the spot.
The reporters in the distance screamed in terror, and one unlucky fellow was splattered with some flesh and blood, causing him to throw up on the spot. The gruesome scene prompted the other reporters to start vomiting as well.
The LAPD officers and SWAT members hiding behind police cars, who had dodged behind cover a second before the hostage was thrown out, were unharmed.
At the decision-making core where the LAPD Chief and Group Supervisor Potante Byrne were located, no one was injured because of timely evasion, but everyone's face had gone completely dark as if covered in soot.
"Damn it!"
"Son of a bitch!"
"These are a bunch of lunatics!"
They had originally thought the other party was just after money, but now it seems that these guys don't care about human lives at all!
The black phone rang again, the LAPD Chief pressed the answer button, and before he could speak, Jack's roar came from the other end:
"I said! We want a plane!
If the plane isn't in place in 22 minutes! Then watch the hostages die one by one!"
Click—
The call was hung up again.
"*#%￥..."
Hearing the busy tone on the phone, the LAPD Chief cursed a stream of slang, then took a deep breath, stuffed the cellphone into the hands of Potante Byrne, the team supervisor, and said with a grave voice:
"If the robbers want a plane, then I'll give them a plane!
As for everything else, the scene is yours!"
With that, the LAPD Chief turned around and left with two deputy chiefs toward the airport.
"These lunatics!"
Team Supervisor Potante Byrne also had a very unsightly expression, taking the cellphone and looking around, he realized Luo An had suddenly disappeared.
After a thorough search, he found that Luo An was actually at the anti-improvised bomb device department agents.
When the Chief was first hung up on, Luo An had already pulled Reesi and quickly ran to the anti-improvised bomb device agents.
At that time, these agents were studying the bomb fragments that had blown up a police car, Luo An ran to their side, immediately handed them a pair of binoculars, and said:
"When the robbers trigger the bomb, quickly check the specific situation of the bomb!"
After explaining that, Luo An swiftly turned to Mona and said:
"Take out your cellphone and take photos of the hostages thrown out! The more, the better!"
"What?"
The anti-improvised device department agents quickly understood Luo An's intentions, and swiftly prepared themselves along with Mona.
The moment the hostages were thrown out, Mona started frantically taking pictures, and the anti-improvised agents began to earnestly observe the bomb situation on the hostages.
After the bomb exploded, Luo An turned to Reesi, pointed at the reporters who were vomiting face to face in the distance, and said:
"Get all the equipment those people were using to take pictures just now, it's going to be very useful."
"OK."
Reesi's lips curled up slightly, and she started moving quickly towards the group of reporters.
Directing SWAT officers to deal with the dismembered corpses and fragments, Luo An turned to face the anti-improvised department agents and asked:
"How is it, did you get a clear look at what kind of bomb was on the hostages?"
Taking a deep breath, the anti-improvised department agents consulted with their colleagues behind them for a moment, then replied:
"It appears to be a remote-control bomb from the outside, but the time was too short just now, we are still unclear on what type of remote-control device it was."
"No worries, I've prepared photos for you."
Luo An's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, handing over the cellphone that Mona used for taking photos to them, while Reesi had 'borrowed' the photo-taking equipment from those reporters.
Not much time had passed when SWAT officers also found some remaining fragments from the bomb explosion, and then handed them over to the anti-improvised department agents.
Holding photos from several angles, along with two bomb fragments, the anti-improvised department agents gave Luo An an admiring look, then quickly began discussing and studying with their colleagues.
Team Supervisor Potante Byrne and Morton York, the head of investigation unit 4, had also moved over here. Learning about Luo An's recent actions, Potante Byrne raised his eyebrows in praise of Luo An's quick response, while Morton York stood silently at the side.
Merely a few minutes had passed when the anti-improvised bomb device department agents turned around, with serious faces they said to Potante and Luo An and the others:
"Gentlemen, we know how to defuse these bombs now."
