Mercy Killing by M Glenn Graves

Author:M Glenn Graves [Graves, M Glenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781641199940
Publisher: City Lights Press
Published: 2014-07-06T22:00:00+00:00

29

I was nursing my third cup of coffee when Rogers insisted on going over the events of the last several days with me. More recapitulation. The way of my life. I was still tired from my near death experience with Sam Gunther. I said as much as an effort to thwart Rogers’ tenacity for data.

“That weapon the F.B.I. agent was using against the two of you was a German made machine gun. It’s manufactured by Heckler and Koch. Overall it’s a good weapon, but it does have some flaws to it.”

“Okay,” I said as I sipped my brew while waiting for her to continue.

“I just thought you would want to know that it was not your charmed life that saved your bacon during the gun battle. It’s more likely that the shooter had limited knowledge concerning the weapon he was using. The G. 36 has a tendency to shoot high unless the shooter allows for that fact and aims a little lower than normal. One more thing...I have a hunch that the Heckler and Koch G. 36 is not standard issue for F.B.I. agents.”

“However you deduce the outcome, I maintain that I possess some kind of charm or luck, or whatever you wish to call it, and that, yes, Gunther did not know his weaponry and I am allowed once more to argue with you. It could even be bad luck when viewed in one way.”

“Poor marksmanship is what it was, and, insufficient knowledge. But, my point in this is more along the lines of Sam Gunther and why he was using that weapon at all. Why not come after you two with the standard weapon issued to the F.B.I.?” Rogers said.

“I imagine that he was working off of the books. He didn’t want any kind of record of his agency gun being filed,” I said as I put down my coffee cup on the floor of the apartment. “He was freelancing for someone. My guess is that he was hired to kill us by the gun runners. Using his F.B.I. standard issue would have been stupid.”

“He was stupid for using the G. 36 without a thorough working knowledge. But here me out. You are guessing and not interpreting the facts. You need to consider that he may have been hired by someone in Riley Corners who did not want you to continue digging around in the past. The question is how would that person know about Sam Gunther, or did the person who hired him simply luck out and accidentally hire a rogue F.B.I. agent? I seriously doubt the likelihood of that second possibility.”

“I hate it when you form a logical deduction concerning something which I have missed.”

“I think this proves once and for all that I am superior to you.

“Proves nothing of the kind. Merely proves that now and then you stumble onto the truth. But I concede that you do have a point here. Whoever hired Gunther knew he would eliminate us for the right price. That

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