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Chaph the traffic heading their way Stone saw this too and picked up his pace He reached in his jacket for his gun Chapman accelerated on the other side of the line of stalled traffic and mimicked his movements They finally reached the obstacle in the road—two cars in a fender bender that Stone sensed was ainst the car in front looking very shaken and scared As Stone looked down he could see the man had vomited on the street
As he approached, Stone held up his badge and called out, “Sir, what’s wrong?”
The older man pointed at the car behind his, where the two buether Stone checked the license plate of this car Government issue His spirits sank He peered inside the car “Damn”
Chaper“Good God”
The two cop cars screeched to a stop andtheir weapons and pulled their own
“Police!” they cried out, their guns aimed at the pair
Stone and Chaph so the cops could see them
Stone barked, “Federal agents Got a houy But soot to him first”
The cops crept forward, checked Stone’s creds and looked in the car
Sykes was lying
back against the driver’s seat The windshield was cracked There was a hole burned into his forehead from the shot Blood and brain matter were splattered around the car’s interior from the exit wound
It was no wonder the other driver had thrown up after seeing this, thought Stone
Chap a handkerchief, she scooped it up and checked the call log “He got a call tenit out”
Stone nodded, looking around “Right Okay, he got the call, made a run for it”
Chapman added, “They set him up Knew somehow he’d have to take this route Lined the shot up”
Stone was now looking straight ahead, searching for where the shot had probably come from
One of the cops said, “What do you need us to do?”
Stone kept looking while he talked “Call in backup and secure the crime scene”
He pulled his phone and called Ashburn, filling her in
A string of expletives exploded over the phone Having sufficiently vented, Ashburn said, “I’ht now We’ll coordinate with DC Metro”
Stone clicked off “Cavalry’s co”
“How do you want to break down the search?” Chapman asked
A wo up to them She was about twenty, with kneeless jeans and an iPhone clutched in her right hand and a shopping bag in her left
“Sir? Ma’am?”
They turned to her She pointed to a building farther down the street “I was looking up at that building as I alking and I saw a flash of light Then I heard the car crash I think that’s where… where it came from”
Stone said quickly, “Could you tell which floor?”
The wo “Sixth At least I think”
They could hear other sirens co as the backup fleard them Stone yelled to the two cops first on the scene to follow hi he pulled out his phone and let Ashburn know about this develop her the address
Stone put his gun away and ran as fast as he could, his gaze darting up to the sixth floor, waiting for another flash of light to appear
CHAPTER 70
“YOU DON’T THINK THE SHOOTER is still in the building, do you?” said Chapman as they reached the entrance and ripped the doors open Stone had ordered one cop to guard the front of the building and the other the rear
Stone didn’t answer He held up his badge to the security guard who approached the Did you see anyone co an unusually shaped bag?”
The guard shook his head “No one like that But I just finished ht have slipped in then”
Stone said, “The FBI is on the way What other exits do you have here beside the lobby?”
“This way” He led theht Takes you to the loading dock in the rear”