Cold Blue (a Jonathan Thorpe novel) by Neece Gary

Author:Neece, Gary [Neece, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Perthshire Press
Published: 2013-05-28T16:00:00+00:00

Friday

February 9

Morning

SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE OLD PUBLIC Safety Communications Center and Municipal Courts, the Detective Division was housed inside the Civic Center building near 6th and Denver in downtown Tulsa. Officers referred to the building as “the Main Station.” In addition to the Detective Division, the Main Station accommodated the Chiefs Section, the Office of Integrity and Compliance, and various other support divisions of the Tulsa Police Department. The Detective Division occupied the second floor of the three-story building.

Sergeant Robert Hull sat in his office adjacent the homicide bullpen. He had just gotten off the phone and was staring blankly at the wall when Lagrone walked in, plopped down and punctured a seat cushion with his boney ass.

“Boss, you daydreaming again?”

“Just thinking, Chuck. Got anything new?”

“Neighbors didn’t see dick. A couple heard the house alarm but didn’t bother getting out of bed to see what was happening. As for Price, pretty sure the arrow went through the lower back panel of his vest, traveled upwards, but doesn’t look like it penetrated the front panel. It’s possible the arrow struck the inside of his trauma plate,” Lagrone said, while tapping his chest.

Nothing more than a piece of steel wrapped in additional Kevlar, most officers wore the plates in front of their vests. Vests are bullet resistant, not proof, and typically only stop projectiles fired from handguns. Rifle rounds will go through a vest like a hot knife through butter unless it strikes the trauma plate. Kevlar only provides minimal protection against sharp objects like ice picks, edged weapons and arrows.

“Your theory about the path in the leaves would fit the trajectory the arrow took through his body,” Lagrone continued.

“How do you think it went down?” Hull asked.

Lagrone gathered his thoughts before speaking. “I think someone selected that house because it was empty and had an alarm system. I think someone then cleared a path in the leaves so he could close ground on the officer in silence. I think that same someone then kicked in the back door and waited for Price behind the shed. When he saw Price, he waited for him to walk up the deck and then moved in on him from behind, fired the arrow, ran up the steps and knocked him into the kitchen. Then he stuck a knife in his neck.”

Hull sat silently for a few moments. “That would take a pretty cool customer.”

“Ice cold,” Lagrone agreed. “What’s your theory?”

“I was thinking the same damn thing…but hoping I was wrong. All we need is a professional killer running around knocking off cops. How long of a shot would that have been with the bow?”

“I don’t have the measurements on me, but I’d say between twenty and thirty yards.”

“So besides picking the perfect locale and all that bullshit, our shooter has the foresight to clear a path in the leaves so he can stalk his prey silently, he waits in the freezing cold, takes a shot at a uniformed police officer with a fucking bow and arrow

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