At 21:05 on June 7, 2016, a vicious shooting occurred at the "Ouke Convenience Store" at No. 239 Jingxi North Road. After hearing the news, the police quickly rushed to the scene of the crime and cordoned off the convenience store and its nearby streets, but the killer who fired the shot had already fled.

At the time of the case, Gu Song was holding a 24th birthday party for his sister Qi Ruonan at home, and invited many colleagues from the bureau to come to cheer, and even the idle Captain Qiao also brought his wife and daughter over to join in the fun.

In the slightly crowded living room, a group of people sit around the dining table, and a few candles symbolizing age shine in the darkness with a warm and romantic fire.

“Happy birthday to you，Happy birthday to you……”

Accompanied by the chorus of "Happy Birthday Song", Qi Ruonan slowly closed his eyes, put his hands together in front of his chest, and silently made three wishes.

The delicate and beautiful diamond bracelet on the wrist stands out in the candlelight. It was a birthday gift from Fan Cong, and from the moment she received the gift, she regarded the bracelet as a treasure, not only because of the high price, but also because of the strong heart contained in the gift.

The first wish is the health and safety of family and friends; The second wish is a smooth work life, while the third is related to him...... Just as Ruonan opened his eyes happily and was about to blow out the candles on the cake, Qiao Sheng's mobile phone suddenly rang at an inopportune time.

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Qiao Sheng's body, as if what he was holding in his hand was not a phone, but a * that would detonate at any time. He waved his hand and motioned for everyone to continue, while he flashed to the side and picked up the phone.

Half a minute later, Qiao Sheng returned to the table with a solemn face, called the names of a few people and said, "You guys come with me to the scene of the crime, there was a vicious shooting just happened on Jingxi North Road." After speaking, he looked at Qi Ruonan apologetically, "It's a pity that your birthday can only be made up for another day." Hurry up and go to the bureau to prepare the investigation equipment, and go to the crime scene with Forensic Doctor Chen and them in a while. ”

"Yes!" Qi Ruonan immediately responded. Although it was unfortunate to encounter such a thing when making a birthday wish, thinking about the nature of the case and the innocent victim, her mind soon stopped on herself.

The scene of the crime was located on a relatively secluded road outside the Third Ring Road, with a newly built community on one side and a vacant lot on the other side that had not yet been started. With an occupancy rate of less than 5%, it can be especially deserted at night.

The Ok convenience store is one of the few storefronts on the road that has been put into use, and it is the only one that is still open after 9pm. Other hardware stores, window screen shops, and lamp stores that have provided services for the renovation of the community in the near future have closed their doors an hour or two before.

The informant, Deng, is a resident who just moved to Hongyun Community a few days ago. Because the window of his bedroom was facing the side of the road where the crime occurred, he could clearly hear the gunshots coming from the convenience store, so after discovering that the situation was wrong, Deng immediately called the police.

The people's police, who were the first to arrive, have already cordoned off and protected the scene of the crime. So far, the shooting has resulted in two deaths and one serious injury. The injured were immediately rushed to the nearest hospital for resuscitation, but the condition of the injuries was not optimistic.

The identities of the three victims were quickly identified by the police.

The female victim, the wounded who was shot in the chest and was taken to the hospital for resuscitation, was the proprietress of the Ouke convenience store, named Bai Shuyan, 36 years old, a native of R City, married, and had an eight-year-old daughter at home.

After the police entered the scene of the crime, they found Bai Shuyan dying behind the cash register. According to the situation at the scene, it is speculated that at the time of the crime, Bai Shuyan should have been checking out one of the customers, and the murderer's sudden intrusion interrupted her work, and all the drawers at the cash register were opened, and the cash inside was looted by the murderer.

At the time of the crime, the male victim who was checking out in front of the cash register was named Wang Chengyu, 27 years old this year, from Deyang, Sichuan, single, and rented room 2503 in Unit 3 of Hongyun Community with a roommate.

The man was shot in the head and killed with a single shot, and his body lay on his back in the open space outside the cash register, his feet facing the entrance of the convenience store, and he was still holding a piece of Dove hazel raisin chocolate in his hand. The deceased's mobile phone is still there, but all the cash in the wallet is missing, and it is suspected that it was taken by the murderer.

There is also a male victim named Kang Ping, 33 years old this year, a native of R City, married, childless, and living in Room 1102, Unit 6, Hongyun Community. The man was shot in the chest and abdomen, and his body curled up in front of the shelves selling alcohol and beverages, and he experienced a painful struggle before he died.

After a preliminary understanding of the incident and the basic situation of the victim, Gu Song put on gloves and shoe covers and walked into the convenience store that had been washed in demonic blood. Although the police who arrived first had properly protected the crime scene, in order to confirm the casualties and save the victims' lives in time, the traces on the ground were almost completely destroyed by the scrambling medical personnel, and the value of the investigation was basically lost.

In a convenience store of more than 20 square meters, excluding the area of shelves and cash registers, the remaining space is very cramped. The bodies of the deceased had not yet been carried away, one lying about two meters from the entrance, and the other huddled between the first and second rows of shelves on the right hand side of the entrance. The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and as far as the eye could see, there was a color red stained with blood everywhere.

The cash register was littered with snacks and shopping bags, and it seemed that Bai Shuyan was knocked to the ground by a murderer pistol when she was using a barcode scanner to process the pile.

Gu Song checked the surveillance video before the crime on his computer. There is only one monitoring probe in the small store, which is located near the cash register. At 21:03:49, a man with his facial features very tightly covered walked into the convenience store. He cautiously looked around the store, then took a hand* from his pocket, pointed it at the camera, and smashed it. The footage disappears from here, and the murderer's next murder is not recorded.

Gu Song moved forward for a few minutes along with this point in time. At 20:59:03, the victim Wang Chengyu walked into the convenience store with his hands in his pockets, and went straight to the innermost shelf after entering the door. At 21:02:36, the victim Kang Ping walked into the convenience store, said something to Bai Shuyan at the entrance, and then walked to the second row of shelves to pick up the beer. When this person entered the door, he was carrying a small black satchel, but this satchel was not found at the scene of the crime, and it is estimated that it contained something of value and was taken away by the murderer......

"Senior brother, come and see!" Just as Gu Song was concentrating on checking the video, Qi Ruonan suddenly let out an exclamation, startling several other investigators.

"What's wrong?" Gu Song bypassed the cash register and walked towards Ruonan's location.

"Look at this." Ruonan pointed to a messy pile of bloody footprints near the entrance of the convenience store and said, "Why is there a child's footprint here?" ”

Gu Song squatted down and carefully distinguished the blurry bloody footprints. Because there were many police officers and medical personnel who had entered and exited the scene of the crime, those footprints were almost overlapped, covering each other, and it was difficult to identify, but there was indeed a smaller footprint mixed in with it. After confirming Ruonan's discovery, Gu Song's breathing suddenly became rapid. He frowned and muttered, "How can there be children?" Aren't there only three victims? ”

"There are only three ...... that have been found so far," Ruonan said as he pondered, "but judging from this situation, there is indeed a child who has appeared at the scene of the crime." ”

"You wait......" Gu Song hurriedly returned to the computer and played the surveillance video backwards a little. At 20:57, a little boy with a schoolbag walked into the convenience store, and until the murderer exploded the surveillance probe and the screen disappeared, the little boy did not go out of the convenience store.

This discovery couldn't help but make Gu Song gasp.

The fourth person, in addition to the three victims, was in a convenience store at the time of the crime, but was not found after the crime. Could it be that he was also shot by the murderer? So where are the bodies hidden? Or did the killer not kill him, but took him away from the scene of the crime?

Thinking of this, Gu Song immediately rushed out of the convenience store and came to the street outside, where he saw Qiao Sheng still asking the police who had first arrived at the scene about something.

"Team Joe." He interrupted the conversation between the two and told Qiao Sheng what he and Ruonan had discovered. The latter's eyes widened in surprise at first, and then he let out a sigh of emotion, "This is a troublesome matter......

"We need to find out what happened to that child as soon as possible." Gu Song said eagerly, "If he is taken away by the murderer, his situation will definitely be quite dangerous." After speaking, Gu Song looked at the monitoring set up on the side of the road, and before he could ask, Qiao Sheng shook his head helplessly and said: "Not long after this community was built, the nearby monitoring facilities are all newly installed, and they have not yet been officially opened." ”

"Damn, why are you so unlucky."

"Don't worry." Qiao Sheng patted Gu Song's arm, "The shooting case is by no means a trivial matter, and now all departments are actively cooperating with us to find the whereabouts of this suspect." I have already learned that after committing the crime at a convenience store, the suspect stole the electric car of the victim Wang Chengyu to escape. As long as we can lock down the stolen electric car, we can find the whereabouts of the suspect. As for the little child you said, ......" Qiao Sheng thought for a moment and came to his conclusion, "I don't think it's very likely that the suspect will take him away from the scene, after all, escaping with a child will greatly increase the risk and difficulty, and it will be very unfavorable to the suspect himself." ”