Rescuing Aimee by Susan Stoker

Author:Susan Stoker [Stoker, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stoker Aces Production LLC

Seven

Jones didn’t make it all the way to the school before hitting police barricades. Not even trying to sweet-talk the officers who were frantically trying to direct traffic and deal with freaked-out parents, he parked his rental at a nearby business and ran the three blocks to the school.

He sought out the command center, not finding it hard to identify. There was a large RV-type vehicle with “Killeen PD Command Truck” painted on the side. There were several pockets of officers huddled around the back of the truck, looking at blueprints of the school as well as a group of lethal-looking men standing off to the side. Jones headed for them first.

“Fletch, Ghost. Good to see you.”

Fletch stuck out his hand to shake Jones’s. “You too, even if I wish it was under better circumstances.”

Jones nodded at Ghost and shook his hand too, getting down to business. “What do we know?”

“Not much,” Ghost told him grimly. “Apparently a lone shooter entered the front door around thirteen-forty. He didn’t say anything, but started shooting from two hand guns.”

“Casualties?” Jones asked.

“Three that we know of at this point. They were just inside the building and were the first shot. Thank God the school staff had been trained what to do in an active-shooter situation. Most of the classrooms have been evacuated. The teachers got the kids out the windows on the first floor. It might not have been the best decision, but I can’t blame them. It’s instinct to try to get out of the building where you know someone is shooting.”

Jones nodded in relief. “Good. Shooter is still inside?”

“Yes,” an unknown man answered that time. He’d walked up to their group as Ghost finished updating Jones with what he knew.

Jones looked at the officer and saw the tag on his uniform read “May.” He held out his hand. “Captain May, I’m Jones. I think you might’ve heard from my friend, Tex.”

The other man nodded in agreement and shook his hand. “Yes. You’re experienced in hostage negotiation?”

“Experienced as one can be when dealing with desperate people, I suppose. I just spent the last week down in Austin at a training seminar learning new techniques as well.”

“Good. We’ve tapped into the surveillance cameras and it looks like the shooter is holed up in the gym. He’s got two hostages. A first-grade teacher and a gym teacher. Miss O’Brien and Mr. Santoro seem to be holding their own at the moment.”

“Excellent, gym teachers are usually in shape and we could use Mr. Santoro’s help if need be,” Jones mused.

“Oh, Tony isn’t the gym teacher, he teaches first grade,” Captain May explained. At the look of chagrin on Jones’s face, he hurried to reassure him. “Don’t worry about it, he gets that all the time. But he’s former military. I spoke with the principal and she said they did a background check on him and he was some sort of Special Forces, but his records don’t indicate what kind.”

Jones and the other Deltas nodded. This was good.

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