Dawkins shook her head, because Kirk always had to be so precise, it made him a better cop, she thought and that was part of his appeal. Not only did she think he was sexy, but Kirk was the kind of cop that she wanted to be.
“In separate incidents,” Dawkins included. “They were both killed with the .30-06 Springfield cartridge. And then there was Ed Weather and Darius Wilkerson.”
“Both killed at Pago’s in the shootout. Tech boys found a shit load of 5.56-millimeter rounds and two 7.62-millimeter rounds.”
“All that tells me is that all of the drive-bys and shootouts were just cover.”
“These were planned, orchestrated assassinations of key people in The Family. I think all those attacks were meant to move the wedding to Cuisine to get them all in one place and cause the most damage,” Kirk said.
“So, what do we do now?” Dawkins asked.
“I’m open to suggestions.”
“We could take another run at Hassan.”
“Why, so he can deny that he was even there?”
Dawkins shrugged her shoulders.
“Besides, we can’t say for sure if he fits into our profile. He was shot with a 6.5 Creedmoor. It could have been fired from a bolt-action rifle, but it could have just as easily been fired from an AR-10 semi-auto,” Kirk said as the phone rang, and he answered. “Kirk.”
“You and the showstopper need to come to the lab, I got something I need to show you two.”
“On our way,” Kirk said and stood up. When he did, so did Dawkins.
“Where we going?”
“Lab. Phil’s got something to show us.”
“Right behind you.”
Kirk stopped. “No, after you … showstopper.”
“Not you too?”
“Yeah, me too,” Kirk said as he followed behind her smiling. “It’s those incredible calves.”
When they got to the lab, the chief medical examiner, Phil Jefferson informed them that they were able to lift a partial print off the shell that Kirk brought in and it was sent to IAFIS, the acronym for Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System which is maintained by the FBI.
“The partial was processed through IAFIS and it came back with a seven-point match.”
“I’ll take seven-points on a partial from IAFIS any day of the week,” Dawkins said. “Who you got?”
“Prints belong to Giulio Altera,” Phil said and smiled at Kirk. He exhaled and shook his head in response. “I thought you might like that.”
“What?” Dawkins asked.
“Giulio Altera is a known assassin for hire,” Kirk said.
“That works into our theory,” she said.
“Tell her the story,” Phil said.
“We don’t have time for old stories, Phil.”
“What story?” Dawkins asked.
“If you don’t tell her, I will.”