Yn's POV
"At 8:23 AM, four shooters entered the Lakeshore Sport and Fitness and started killing. We have four confirmed dead males and one female vic in surgery at Chicago Med" Antonio said. "Now we have one shooter in custody. He remains unidentified. Three other shooters are at large" Al said. "The FBI is looking for a terrorist link. Intelligence will be coordinating the ground game. The Fusion Unit's tapping area cameras. Air One is scanning rooftops. "CTA is stopping all trains out of State and Lake and all buses are being rerouted" Antonio said.
"Now, they burned their suits and masks, so we don't know what they look like right now" Al said. "Patrolman spotted four guys wearing all black park a car two blocks east. Ran the plates, car came back hot. Inside were 400 rounds of M855s, armor piercing" Jay said. "All right, I'll redirect Patrol and set up a grid search. Move fast, move smart. Let's find these guys and keep those ambos empty" Antonio said.
"Hey, um, do you have an extra shirt in your car? I didn't get a chance to run home" Erin said to me. "I have one back at the district that you can borrow" I say. "Great. Thanks Yn" Erin said. Then I turned to Kim who was on my other side. Her and Kevin were switching places for a while for some reason unknown to me. "Welcome to Intelligence Kim" I say and pat her shoulder.
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"What do you got" Voight asked Adam, Mouse, and I as he walked into the bullpen with Commander Fischer. "Well, we ran the unknown offender's prints through NCIC. He's not in the system. We thought these guys were Army, but I struck out there, too" I say. "Is he on a watch list? You know, Homeland Security? FBI" Fischer asked. "No, but something weirder popped. See, his prints matched a set lifted from a homicide two days ago in Paoli, Indiana" Mouse said. "The victim's name was Richard Davis. He worked for Lancaster Chemical as an engineer. He was shot point blank. I've got a call in to the lead detective" Adam said.
"Then today's shooting spree, what's the nexus" Fischer asked. "Lancaster Chemical. The engineer worked there, Elkarn and Associates represents them. Four of their partners were killed today" I say. "Yeah, three in the squash courts, and one on the stairs" Mouse said. "He was running late. The four lawyers, they were targeted. We just don't know why yet" Adam said. "We still need to identify these killers" Fischer said. "Well, run them through the Indiana DMV if that's where they came from. You know, snap a picture, try and get a visual match. Maybe we can ID them that way" Voight said. "Yeah, Mouse can't do facial recognition. Not without official access to the Indiana DMV servers. Not legally anyway" I say. "Get it done" Fischer said.
Later that day, Adam and I contacted some lawyers from Lancaster Chemicals, and they agreed to come down to the station to talk to us. "Mr. McLelland, Mr. Hastings, thank you for meeting with us. It's a sad day" I say. "Our hearts go out to the Elkarn and Associates family. They lost brilliant minds this morning" Mr. McLelland said. "Listen, Mr. McLelland, we're a little confused, so we're hoping you can help us. Four of your lawyers were killed. Assassinated, really. We tied the very same shooters to the murder of one of your employees at Lancaster Chemical" Adam said. "I'm sorry, your question is" Mr. McLelland asked. "These men were targeted, and we think you know why" I say.
"Richard Davis was an engineer at our Paoli facility. He was fired for cause" Mr. McLelland said. "What was the cause" Adam asked. "As, legal counsel, all I'm prepared to say is that's a confidential matter" Mr. Hastings said. "Five men tied to your company are dead. See this" I ask and place the pictures of the dead employees in front of him. "Go ahead. Take a look. There's no cameras in here. You can speak freely. Really look at them." "Davis stole trade secrets" Mr. McLelland said. "Right, and we know he signed a $2 million settlement with Lancaster Chemical a week before he was murdered. Managing partners found this highly unusual" Adam said.
"Why would you pay off a thief who you just fired" I ask. "And what did he steal, exactly" Adam asked. "Officers, this settlement included a non-disclosure agreement" Mr. Hastings said. "It's detective, actually, and do you understand that the men who did this are holding hostages right now? More people are going to die. So what is going on? What the hell are you hiding" I ask harshly. "This is an emotional day for all of us, but to suggest that my company has anything to do with what's happened-" Mr. Hastings cut Mr. McLelland off. "You've said enough, Mark. If you'll excuse us, we have a meeting across town." "I'm sure you do" I say as they walked out of the interview room. "Yn" Adam said. "I'm fine" I say and storm out of the room.
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"Hey, you guys got something" I ask Mouse and Adam. "The facial recognition on our unknown shooter. I finally got a hit off the Indiana DMV. Meet Evan Kozelek, 32, from Paoli, Indiana" Mouse said. "This a local paper, about a year ago, and that's Evan serving as a pallbearer for the funeral of an eight-year-old girl, his niece. She died of lymphoma. Read the next part. It what this is all about" Adam said and handed me the newspaper. I scanned over it, reading every single line. "Mouse, patch me in to Voight" I say.
Mouse got me onto Voight's frequency and handed me a radio. "Voight, can you hear me" I ask. "I hear you" Voight said. "One of the shooters is Owen Kozelek, 44 years old. He's an ex-Marine. The offender in custody is his brother. Owen lost his daughter last year, and the family blames Lancaster Chemical's test facility for making her sick. He called the engineer 11 times in the weeks leading up to his murder" I say.
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"So, Area Central ID'd our third shooter as Ray Kozelek. He's Evan and Owen's brother. He's got priors for battery, illegally concealing a handgun. Up until today, he was the bad egg" Erin said. "Owen's a former Marine, served everywhere from Kosovo to Kuwait. We think he probably trained the family for this" Adam said. "So we got these two in custody. Our last shooter's still out there" Erin said.
"Well, if it's a family affair, let's shake the tree. Maybe another Kozelek falls out" Al said. "It's a big tree. Look, I pulled the brother's financials, looked into known associates, anyone who would make sense as a co-conspirator. A list of siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I mean, it's a mile long. They're like jackrabbits, the Kozeleks" Mouse said. "Well, get Indiana State Police to account for every one of these folks" Al said. "Wait. This guy. Nick Sutter. He was there, at the athletic club. We took a statement from him. He was with the woman who got shot. He was a witness" Kim said and held up a picture . "Or he was posing as one" Erin said.
"Nicholas Sutter is Ray's son. He goes by his stepdad's name. 19 years old, no priors. So his cousin is the little girl who died" Mouse said. "I followed protocol. I had him swabbed for gunshot residue. It came back clean. I cannot believe this. I mean, we had him" Kim said. "So Nick's dad and uncles draw our attention away from the club, while he falls in with the witnesses and slips out" Al said. "So they aren't finished? They have another target" Kim said. "We've got to locate McLelland and the legal counsel, Hastings, now" I say.
After talking to Evan Kozelek, we figured out that he was going after Hastings, so we interrupted his meeting and began searching for Nick. I was searching a hallway when suddenly, someone was pressing a gun against the back of my head. "Not a word" Nick said. "I'm going to put this down" I say and hold out my gun so that he could see. I knelt down and slid my gun away from us. When I got back up, I turned around so that Nick and I were face to face, except I had a gun aimed directly at mine.
"Nick, Hastings deserves to be punished, but this isn't the way" I say. "You don't think we tried everything else? Profits over people" Nick said. "Now the whole world is going to know" I say. "It's not enough. Hastings has to die" Nick said. "Sometimes people we love get hurt, Nick, and there's nothing we can do about it. It makes you so angry that you'll do anything to push the pain away, right? Except it won't bring your cousin back" I say.
"Ellie was so small. Even before she got sick. She was like my little sister. I was supposed to look out for her" Nick said. "I know" I say. "Get back" Nick suddenly shouted. I turned around and saw Antonio and Al in the doorway with their guns drawn. "Guys, don't! Don't shoot. Nick, look at me. I'm not going to let them shoot you. Okay? This morning, you tested negative for gunshot residue. The only way that happens is if you didn't fire a shot. You're not a murderer" I say. You people don't understand. Hastings killed her. Not a company. One person. He covered this up. He killed her" Nick said.
"I know, and we can prove it. The truth is gonna come out, but if you really need to get to Hastings, you're going to have to shoot me first" I say. "I'm not afraid" Nick said and turned the safety off on his gun. "I'm not either. I mean, how many people have died already. Adding one more to the list isn't a big deal. If you want to kill somebody so bad, kill me. Just get it over with" I say. Nick stared me right in the eyes, but took the gun away from my face, placing the safety back on before handing me his gun. That's when Antonio and Al moved forward, handcuffing Nick. I grabbed my gun from the floor and holstered it just as Voight walked over to us. "Yn" he said. I shook my head and handed him Nick's gun, leaving the hallway just as the tears started to fall from my eyes.
Back at the district, I was sitting alone at my desk when Jay walked over to me. "Hey. Are you okay" he asked me. I shook my head as tears fell from my eyes. "I need help, Jay. I don't know how to get through life anymore" I say. "We're going to get you some help, Yn. I promise. Soon, you're going to be back to normal" Jay said and hugged me. For once, after my rape, I had felt safe in a man's arms, and I'm glad that man was Jay.