Some witnesses claimed that the skin on the suspect's neck looked like that of a white person.

This contradicted the previous statements that the suspect was black."

David said, "The statements claiming the shooter was black, could they have been referring to Holip?"

Luke said, "It's unlikely, Holip is the quarterback of the football team, and most students should recognize him."

The deputy chief said, "Actually, arguing about black or white isn't very meaningful, the scope of the investigation is still wide. We should focus the investigation on the case itself." The deputy chief stood up and continued, "With the sources of the other two handguns being clarified, the suspect's motive will also become gradually clear.

First, the school bullies Chad Clays and Lev can be crossed off the victim list; they were not the actual targets of the suspect.

And the real targets of the suspect were the school bully's girlfriend, Barbara Danbur, cheerleading captain Josie Alisa, student council member Herman Vied, and drug fan Kyle Torres.

If we can clarify the relationships among these four people, we might be able to understand the murderer's motive."

Luke said, "I once heard Josie's parents and Barbara mention that Josie had a mysterious boyfriend named Pete, who had broken up with Josie not long ago. Maybe he could provide some valuable information."

Matthew said, "I checked Josie's phone number as you requested, but I didn't find anyone named Pete."

Luke said, "That makes him even more suspicious."

Reid reminded, "Guys, there's something I need to say. Many parents at Maraboya High are strongly demanding that classes resume. The city department, after considering, has decided to resume classes tomorrow. Today is the last day the site is locked down."

"Thanks for the reminder, I was just getting ready to visit the crime scene again." Luke wasn't very familiar with the shooting incident at the science building, and an on-site investigation was the best way to understand the case.

"Then you need to hurry."

"I will."

After the meeting, Luke and Marcus drove to the school, as classes were resuming tomorrow afternoon, the school would likely be cleaned up today.

The campus of Maraboya High School was empty, and fresh flowers placed at the school's entrance to mourn the dead added a touch of desolation.

As soon as Luke and his partner arrived at the entrance, they were stopped by the school security and a school police officer.

The school police officer was called Selt Polis, a white middle-aged man in his forties.

He was also the only police officer who had seen the gunman.

Luke had not talked to him but had seen his photo.

Marcus flashed his badge, "I'm Detective Marcus, and this is Detective Chief Luke. We are here to examine the scene."

Selt Polis was very welcoming, "Do you need me to take you there?"

Luke said, "Yes, I'd also like to talk to you."

"Come with me, I'll be your guide." Selt walked through the campus, lamenting, "This should be the most beautiful place, the best age, the most precious memories, yet the worst thing happened."

"Did you see the gunman?"

"Yes, I was at the school gate when the first gunshot sounded.

As soon as school was out, a lot of hooligans would gather outside, and I would usually stand at the gate to prevent them from causing trouble.

When the first gunshot sounded, I couldn't determine the exact location, but the students were already panicking, so I started evacuating them to avoid a stampede.

Then, when gunfire sounded again, I was sure it was in the teaching building, no longer hesitated, and immediately rushed towards the teaching building.

Right outside the teaching building, I saw the gunman wearing a clown mask, there were other students running around, I feared hitting an innocent, so I couldn't shoot.

The gunman in the clown mask quickly ran into the science building."

As they talked, the three men arrived at the science building. Selt Polis didn't lead them through the main entrance but to the back of the science building, "He went up from here, and I followed him up.

"I heard there was a shootout?"

"Yes, we had a shootout in the hallway on the third floor, I caught up to him, and we exchanged gunfire.

'Bang, bang, bang'

Unfortunately, I didn't hit him."

Luke recalled the dossier, "But as far as I know, no bullets from the gunman were found in the hallway, only yours."

"At that time, he was inside the hallway, and I was standing by the window, he fired two shots and shattered the glass behind me.

Then, I heard a scream, the shattered glass had injured someone below...

I ran to the window in the stairwell to check and confirm the condition of the injured person, and the gunman took the opportunity to flee." The school police officer sighed helplessly.

Luke nodded, one dead, one injured; according to the dossier, the injured person was unlucky not to have been shot directly but injured by stray glass.

The school police officer continued leading them upstairs, "After the gunman fled, I wasn't sure where he would go. There are two stairwells and one elevator passage in the science building, and I temporarily lost his trail.

While I was searching, I heard gunfire again, on the rooftop."

"I rushed to the rooftop and found a black man shot in the chest area, he was bleeding a lot but wasn't dead yet.

At that moment, the gunman fired at me again, and I returned fire.

After that, the gunman escaped from the other side, and I stayed to tend to the injured man."

Luke stared at the school police officer's expression for a while, then asked, "Are you sure the victim wasn't dead when you got to the rooftop?"

"Yes, he had lost a lot of blood, I tried to stop the bleeding, holding his hand, but he didn't make it... I'm sorry."

Marcus patted his shoulder, "You did great, you did all you could."

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