Chapter 709 Accidental Firefight
In a warehouse district in Brooklyn, a drone circled a five-story concrete warehouse building and slowly landed in a small open space surrounded by containers.
When Jack and Aubrey arrived near the target warehouse, the NYPD officers who had received the notification had quietly blocked the surrounding roads, and only allowed passage after confirming their IDs.
Almost all FBI-SWAT personnel were mobilized to surround the warehouse building covering an area of nearly 2,000 square meters. Snipers working in pairs had already occupied the commanding heights.
The terrain near the warehouse is complex and there are stacked containers everywhere, which has both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that there are many bunkers, which makes it easier for personnel to hide and not be easily discovered. The disadvantage is that the snipers' field of vision is extremely poor. In addition, it is already evening, and the dusty glass windows on the warehouse walls effectively block the observer's line of sight.
The temporary joint command center was set up on the third floor of another building more than 150 meters away from the target building. Various technical support teams that arrived one after another quickly set up various display and communication equipment here.
It faces the parking lot behind the warehouse, and you can clearly see the gray BMW with its license plate removed from the window.
After leaving the wife of the suspect Octavio in the custody of two colleagues, Jack and Aubrey walked into the temporary joint command center, where they saw Jubal who was observing the parking lot with a telescope.
"Did the lady kick you out of the office again?" Jack asked with a smile.
Jubal shrugged helplessly, "Yes, Dana took over the operations center. She was worried that Octavio would not be easily captured, so she hoped that I would be responsible for on-site negotiations."
Dana Moger barely showed up today. After all, it was just an ordinary kidnapping case before. As an assistant director, she had no time to pay attention to such a small case.
As a result, it has now developed into a hostage situation, and the suspect has a military background. The SWAT team of the New York office has been mobilized, so she naturally needs to take over the command.
After all, many things required her to decide or authorize on the spot, such as whether to kill the suspect.
Jack adjusted the wireless headset to be consistent with the public command channel on site, and then looked around, but could not find Hannah.
Jubal pointed directly south, "There is also a forward command center set up on the roof of another three-story building opposite the warehouse. The view there is better, but it is not suitable for too many people. Hannah, send your equipment there. Once there, you will be responsible for commanding there."
"OK, I'll go over now."
Jack was about to call the newcomer Aubrey to follow him when a SWAT commander quickly came to Jubal and reported, "The nearby buildings have been cleared, and a total of 6 groups of snipers are in place. We use the infrared on the drone to The camera identified four human body heat sources within the target building.”
Jubal nodded, "Consistent with the information we have, we can assume that they are Octavio, his son, and the two doctors.
With the fiber optic cameras in place through the vents, we needed to see what was going on inside, and it was getting dark, which was very detrimental to a sniper.
However, we inform all units not to act rashly for the time being, to avoid the worst situation. The other party should not have discovered us yet, so we should take advantage of this. "
The SWAT commander nodded to express his understanding and turned to arrange the operation. Jack was not in a hurry anymore and simply stayed here to wait for the fiber optic cameras to be deployed.
The five-story warehouse building occupies a large area, and there is only one suspect. This gives the FBI the opportunity to calmly arrange the situation. Under the cover of SWAT team members, members of the technical team pass the long ventilation ducts on both sides of the building. Fiber optics are fed into the building.
Soon the interior of the warehouse was shown on the screen. In the west corner were piles of building materials, wooden boards and other debris, occupying less than half of the space. There was a room in the middle made of aluminum alloy, double-layer partitions and large floor-to-ceiling glass. The operating room is about forty to fifty square meters in size.
One of the cameras is in an excellent position, facing the operating room from directly above. Although the resolution is average, it is enough to see clearly what is going on inside.
The equipment in the operating room is not much different from that in a general hospital operating room. From oxygen tanks, operating beds, shadowless lamps to ventilators, life monitors and other life-support equipment, it can be seen that the two bastard doctors were really here before. A lot of money has been spent.
At this time, the operation has begun. The little boy on the operating bed looks like he has just finished anesthesia. Dr. Lucas Caldwell is making a skin incision, and the innocent anesthesiologist Dr. Nicole Wright has become his assistant. The two of them were busy with their heads down.
At first glance, this scene looks like an ordinary surgical operation in an ordinary hospital, except that there are a few doctors and nurses on site. The only thing that is out of place is that there is an additional person holding an automatic weapon at the door of the operating room. A man in plain clothes was pacing back and forth anxiously.
"Jack, is it feasible for you to lead the raid?" Jubal also saw this scene. Although he knew it was unlikely, he still asked with a precautionary attitude.
Although he has never witnessed Jack's miraculous combat power on the spot, this guy has too many wonderful achievements in the past. Moreover, Jack was called by a certain T1-level special forces to help, but he saw it with his own eyes.
Jack shook his head repeatedly and said that he was not a god. He could try unofficial actions. He could just touch in carefully and kill them with one shot.
But now hundreds of people have gathered at the scene. This is not a temporary operation. If such a simple and crude action plan is proposed, even if it succeeds, they will probably be held accountable.
He pointed to the assault rifle held by Octavio on the screen and explained, “This is an AR-15 with a 30-round magazine, not the kind of junk that uses a bump stock.
This warehouse is too big. There is at least a distance of more than ten meters from the entrances to the operating room. The other party is an elite soldier who has fought with drug gangs. As long as someone breaks in, a firefight is almost inevitable. In this case, It is difficult to ensure the safety of hostages. "
Jack paused and added, "Also, don't try to use shock bombs. The child's abdominal cavity will open soon, and the power of the shock bombs will be almost fatal to him."
"It seems that negotiating first is the best strategy. I will communicate the situation with the operations center. You can go to the forward command center first. The scene pictures have been synchronized."
After finishing speaking, Jubal picked up the phone and dialed Dana Moge.
Jack took Aubrey downstairs and walked around between several containers to the three-story building on the other side. However, the scene he saw made him frown. The encirclement deployed by SWAT was a bit too much. It's obvious.
The positions of the sniper teams were relatively concealed, but several commandos responsible for covering them casually mounted their assault rifles on the parapet of the roof, pointing their guns clearly at the large glass window in front of the warehouse.
Octavio in the warehouse only needs to take a few steps away from the door of the operating room and glance out the window, and all these guys will be exposed.
Jack didn't understand why SWAT would make such a stupid mistake. Perhaps Jubal's meaning was not conveyed through their commander, and there was a communication problem.
He was about to stop and give another warning on the communication channel, when suddenly Hannah's slightly nervous voice came from the earphones, "We observed an abnormality at the window, Octavio is looking out!"
"Damn! What is he going to do?" It was obvious that this scene was also seen by Jubal. His exclamation came from the earphones, and then in the next second, with a crisp sound of glass shattering, the gun The sound sounded suddenly.
Jack subconsciously pulled Aubrey, who was following him, behind the container. There was a burst of gunfire all around. The SWAT team members who were attacked directly fought back, and the large glass windows on the front of the warehouse shattered.
"Ceasefire! Ceasefire!" Jubal yelled angrily on the channel.