Today’s
excerpt is from Whodunit Did It, Book #1 of the Bader Trilogy. After getting pulled from the “Whodunit” case
to handle another one, Elmer, Alan, and Reggie get into a shootout. Enjoy and have a fantastic day.
m.j.
Then the two of
them walked over to Reggie, who turned to give much the same information Elmer
already had. They compared notes before
Elmer nodded, “Guess we better follow up on the lead Bert gave me. We get in the car, Reggie, you call this guy
in. See what you can find out beyond
what Bert had. Alan, get our vests out
of the trunk. Reggie, you use mine. I got you into this—anybody dies for lack of
a vest, it’s me.”
Reggie didn’t
like it, but knew Elmer was senior, so decided he wasn’t going to discuss the
matter further. After he and Alan put
their bulletproof vests on, they all got in the car. Elmer drove to the address Bert had given
him, while Reggie found out there was little on Soxey beyond what Bert had told
Elmer.
Soxey was
already there. He had spun a nice yarn
which had the blood of some of his gang members boiling. The thinking was no damned cops were going to
take sides
As the three
detectives got out of their car, five gang members came out, guns a
blazing. They were met by three
experienced policemen who didn’t flinch a bit, as they returned fire. In no time at all, all five gang members were
down. All three policemen were still
standing. Elmer asked, “Reggie, you
okay?”
“Yeah.”
Elmer then
asked, “How about you, Alan?”
“Took one to the
vest…I’m fine.”
Ignoring his own
wound, Elmer nodded, “Reggie, call it in.
Get us backup and the meat wagons—this may not be over yet. Alan, you stand firm while I check these boys
out then stick my nose in the building.”
“Like hell—I’ve
got a vest. You stay put…I’ll nose around.”
Not waiting for
an argument from Elmer, Alan hurried to the men on the sidewalk. He could see two were probably dead, two were
wounded enough they would cause no harm.
The fifth one he wasn’t sure if he was dead or simply dying. He reported all he found out as he kicked the
gang members guns away. Alan then calmly
walked to the door of the building, which was a ramshackle former retail
shop. He stuck his head around the
doorframe, and saw no one before he took a step in. After his eyes got accustomed to the darkish
interior, he moved in. He saw the rest
of the former storefront was empty. He
backed out and reported to Elmer. By
then all types of sirens could be heard racing toward them.
While Gordon
wasn’t the first to arrive, he was close to it.
He glanced at the blood dripping down Elmer’s arm and asked, “You okay?”
“Oh, sure. Just a scratch—but Ruthie is gonna crap. I’ve never been shot when I wasn’t married to
her. Hope she holds up better this time
than the last. My situation out of the
way, do you want a report?”
“Might be an
idea. You know the drill; you’ll all be
out of things until we get this straightened out. ”
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