Chapter 127 Target Identity
Gu Ji felt a thump in his heart.
HRT, the full name of the Hostage Rescue Team, is the highest-level special police in the FBI tactical team. Its personnel are fully trained by the "Delta" and "Seal" Team 6 special forces. They are the so-called "elite of the elite."
Like the Xiangzhou Flying Tigers, the HRT is a paramilitary tactical squad.
Positioned between state SWAT and top military special forces, it has about 50 members.
It mainly targets domestic extreme hostage-taking incidents, large-scale terrorist attacks, etc. to deal with highly sensitive or extremely dangerous situations.
You know, Delta and SEAL Team 6 are at the top of the special forces pyramid.
Under the influence of the two, HRT's training level and equipment are significantly higher than those of the other 56 FBI state SWAT teams and 14 enhanced SWAT teams. It not only masters advanced tactical skills, such as night or low-light operations, but also operates under extreme conditions such as chemical, extreme The cold, mountainous environment, and maritime combat capabilities are significantly stronger than those of other countries' special police.
This is a real national level SWAT.
The status is equivalent to that of the National Armed Police Special Operations Falcon Commando.
Gu Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.
Fortunately, I moved quickly and ran in time, otherwise it would not have been so easy to escape if the HRT intervened in the arrest operation.
But there was one thing he didn't understand.
HRT is part of the FBI Headquarters Emergency Response Team and has been stationed in Quantico, Virginia.
Although the distance between it and New York is not too far, it is more than 400 kilometers at least.
The point that really attracted the FBI's attention to this case should have been when a bomb appeared in the main arena of the US Open. But it has only been half an hour now. Even if HRT's quick response is invincible and it can assemble in "0" minutes, how can it be pulled from Queens? It also takes ten minutes from Guardia Airport to Brooklyn Mall, right?
Unless all of them are flying on the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, the fastest in the U.S. military.
But this is obviously impossible. The SR-71 can only carry two people, namely the front-seat driver and the back-seat scout. Even if all of them can fly reconnaissance planes, both teams will need at least 6 aircraft.
Even for a national-level military strategic mission, it is impossible to dispatch six top reconnaissance aircraft at the same time.
A more reasonable explanation is that some HRT teams were originally in New York City.
Maybe they were performing a mission secretly.
"Maybe it's just a terrorist bomb attack!"
Gu Jineri was thinking secretly.
He did not forget that the FBI has its own National Security Intelligence Department. It is not difficult for them to intercept terrorist information in advance.
[Art requires cruelty: Dang, Dang, Dang, there are still 20 minutes]
Raising his wrist, Gu Ji checked the time and urged the driver to speed up.
The emergence of HRT put a lot of pressure on him. Unlike the previous World War II soldiers or airport thugs, this was a truly national elite team.
And the countdown to this level is too short.
Seeing that an hour and a half had passed, he had made little progress except for only dismantling one bomb. He could neither confirm the identity of the bomber nor dismantle the sensor bomb around his neck.
Gu Ji had just tried it when drilling the ventilation duct. The red light signal of the remote sensing bomb was not affected at all, and he did not dare to move.
"It seems we have to find a way to get a signal shielding device first..."
Inside a shopping mall.
Nevia led a large number of branch police officers and emergency service teams into the fire stairs, and escaped without incident.
She looked down at the ashes, unburned clothing fabrics, and exploded black plastic parts scattered everywhere on the stair platform, pressed the intercom and spoke in a deep voice.
"Director York, the target is not at the scene."
"What are the explosives?"
"Like..."
"It was the camera battery that exploded due to heat."
In the middle of Nevia's words, a series of dense footsteps suddenly came from behind. The leader, Jillian, was wearing a bulletproof vest, holding a Glock 17 in her right hand, and showing her ID in her left hand.
"FBI, I called your director before. From now on, we will take over this serial bombing case!"
"Director, HRT is here too."
Nevia originally wanted to retort, but when she turned around and saw several heavily armed HRT special police officers holding MP5 submachine guns and wearing camouflage behind Jillian, she understood how seriously the FBI took this matter.
"Do as she says."
In the command center, York's expression was full of helplessness and unwillingness.
Fortunately, the scene has been sealed off. The suspect is in this shopping mall, watching the passers-by under the surveillance camera. As long as he investigates one by one, the target will be forced out!
But what I never expected was.
Next to Jillian, a SWAT officer wearing a riot helmet and a black mask, with only a pair of brown eyes exposed, suddenly said: "'Little Bird' discovered that a ventilator fan fell down on the lawn on the east side of the shopping mall, and there were signs of vandalism on the bayonet."
What! ?
Nevia and all the police officers present stared. If the suspect really ran away from the ventilation duct, then the New York Police Department would really become a joke!
Jillian's eyes changed, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
After a few seconds of silence, she took out her mobile phone from her pocket and directed Nevia to ask the fire control room to cancel the fire alarm.
After the fire alarm stopped, I didn't expect that there was still a buzzer in the corridor.
The source came from Jillian's cell phone.
It is the live broadcast room of the target suspect! !
Buzz…
There was a roar in York's head, and he took two steps back in a daze, almost falling to the ground. Two major division police stations, with nearly 90 police officers, actually made a teenager play around!
"This kid is really smart."
Jamie on the side couldn't help but speak.
But the more he said this, the more these New York Police Department officers felt their faces heat up, as if they had been slapped twice on the spot.
Jillian was typing text in the live broadcast room on her mobile phone.
At the same time, he ordered: "We need the assistance of the NYPD to share all the information on this serial bombing case, and at the same time investigate the surveillance near the exhaust vent of the shopping mall!"
"clear!"
Nevia responded seriously. At this point, only by working hard and cooperating can the "shame" of their arrest be washed away.
After the NYPD people left, a call popped up on Jillian's phone.
It's Ciri.
"Jillian, the main culprit's computer skills are very high, and the branch's technical department has not locked the IP address. The National Cyber Security Center is setting up a team of experts to crack it. It will take at least an hour!"
"Can the background of the live broadcast room be controlled? For example, if I contact the suspect alone, will the main criminal monitor me?"
Gillian was not surprised when she heard the news and even calmly asked other questions.
There was no immediate response from the other side of the phone, who seemed to be asking a technician.
After a long time, Xili said: "No, it won't work. Now the backend and server of Tik live broadcast room are completely in the hands of terrorists. God, I have been in the FBI for so many years, and I have never seen such a powerful hacker. They combine assassination, production and burial." Bomb, I doubt they are the same person."
"What you said makes sense, Shirley. Since hackers are more difficult to crack, let's start with 'bombs' and check the information of retired EOD experts in the past five years, especially those with military background and living in New York State. of."
After a few simple thanks, Jillian assigned a new task to Ciri.
Soon, the police sent over all the information on the case and surveillance video.
Everyone clicked on the video.
The surveillance probe is located at an intersection. The picture is facing the side of the shopping mall. You can see that the exhaust fan suddenly fell, and then a burgundy figure jumped out. It was not until a passerby passed by that he got out of the grass and quickly left the scene. .
The commanding captain on the side suddenly spoke.
"The surveillance time was the same as the time we arrived. He should have escaped from our eyes. The suspect obviously received special training. If he is not a terrorist accomplice, he is at least a spy."
"Safro Barron, 17 years old, was born in Florida. His mother is a chemistry teacher at the University of Florida, and his father is a retired USMC scout. His parents died in a car accident when he was 7 years old. He was fostered at his uncle's house. He had a history of Multiple juvenile criminal record..."
Jamie read out the information just released by the police.
The forensic doctor extracted the target's fingerprints and bloodstains from the taxi early in the morning. As long as the case record is left in the judicial system, the fingerprint comparison will produce the results very quickly.
Jillian took the phone.
It details the various cases that Barron was tried by the Florida Juvenile Tribunal. Most of them were money theft, deception and abduction cases. The most serious one was robbery in the street, and he was sentenced to 8 months in a juvenile detention center.
Looking at the dense criminal records.
It seems that he is also an old man.
But this is not enough to explain his ability. His parents have a chemical military background. Doesn’t it mean that Barron himself is capable of letting a five or six-year-old child learn to defuse bombs?
This is even more outrageous than "Dunklin said he had never cheated."
Although catching spies is within the scope of the CIA's business, the target is related to terrorist attacks after all. The command captain immediately analyzed:
"The target tried every possible means to escape from Queens to Brooklyn, indicating that the next bomb burial site is here. Judging from the scale of the first scene, the most densely populated areas in the area are the commercial CBD and the technology business district."
HRT is not only responsible for executing missions, but also provides tactical solutions to hostage situations and other high-risk law enforcement activities.
In other words, it provides tactical analysis and ideas.
"We can ambush at these two locations in advance. There is less than 20 minutes before the next coordinate exposure. Since the target says that he is being coerced by the bomber, we can use the signal jammer to gain an opportunity to negotiate with the target. , strive for cooperation.”
Speaking of this, the commanding captain couldn't help but look at Jillian.
Just now she asked Ciri if she could bypass the bomber's surveillance and contact the suspect's target, which shows that she also has this idea in her heart.
"The most outstanding military commander of the Xia Kingdom once said: The enemy of our enemy is our friend. Of course we must strive for the opportunity to cooperate with him. Even if we fail, we are not allowed to kill him. We must leave him alive!"
Gillian placed special emphasis on the last word.
The commanding captain spread his left hand to indicate that everything was in compliance with the arrangements. Anyway, they just had to carry out the tasks as ordered.
"Without further ado, act!"
With an order, Jillian and Jamie walked separately, each with six HRT police officers, and the two assault vehicles started their engines at the same time.
The wheels turn slowly.
The taxi stopped near York College.
After Gu Ji paid the fare, he got out of the car and walked to the nearest path, hiding behind a tree on the lawn until the taxi drove away. He immediately took off his burgundy sweatshirt, revealing a black T-shirt, and at the same time took something out of the front pocket of the sweatshirt. Take out a brown-green baseball cap and put it on.
Now that the FBI has been dispatched, it won't take long for the surveillance video to be locked. This burgundy sweatshirt is too conspicuous.
He threw the sweatshirt into the trash can, walked to the roadside and changed to a taxi.
"Mentor Street, Center District."
The location Gu Ji shouted was not the closest location to Volut Company. On the contrary, it was a bit far away.
But it is the most prosperous commercial center in the central area. It consists of 31 buildings of different heights, with dense streets and complicated traffic flow.
There is not much time left before the second location exposure, and bomb disposal is a job that cannot be interfered with, so he plans to use the dense building environment to escape the arrests of the police and FBI first, and then think about it later Way to go to Volut company.
At this time, the phone vibrated.
It was the bomber who reminded him that there were only 15 minutes left.
Gu Ji didn't intend to pay attention to it, but the barrage brought him a lot of surprises.
【Fuck! Has the anchor been arrested or has he escaped from the shopping mall? How can I watch the NYND live broadcast? The police have lifted the blockade? 】
【Is there any need to think about it? The fire alarm bell is ringing now, how fake it is! 】
【Awesome! How did the anchor escape? 】
[If you can escape from the siege of seventy or eighty people, will the anchor become invisible? 】
[Hahaha, the same method was used twice, but the police were fooled twice. The New York police are so stupid! 】
[In fact, it’s not that the police are stupid, the anchor’s personal ability is also awesome. Just look at the high-speed car chase, it’s not something ordinary people can do! 】
[Come on, anchor! Don't get caught! At present, the SWAT assault vehicles seem to be moving separately from the streets, and they should be waiting for you in advance! 】
…
Most of the water friends in the live broadcast room were asking him how he managed to escape the roundup, but some water friends also provided him with key information.
For example, the last one.
Unexpectedly, the live broadcast not only exposed his information, but also exposed the police's arrest plan, which is a double-edged sword.
From "his" perspective, it may be advantageous.
But from the perspective of the national government, excessive media freedom will actually hinder judicial action.
In China, Qi TV station has long been blocked.
Gu Ji took out the map, his brain thinking rapidly.
Brooklyn's technology triangle is not big, and the three divisions are very close to each other. As long as one side can confirm its positioning, the other team can come over at any time to provide support within 5 minutes.
HRT chose to act separately, presumably to occupy the central commercial CBD and the Damba Technology Enterprise Center at the same time.
"Then, I have to find a way to limit the mobility of police vehicles as much as possible, here!"
Gu Ji pointed to a red dot on the map. It was the largest supermarket in Brooklyn: City Point!
He chose this place because it was a commercial complex.
In addition to the large number of people, there are also many various passages, densely packed like a honeycomb, which is very suitable for dealing with the police.