Additionally, the school's attitude also aroused my suspicions.
Normally when a shooting occurs, schools are worried about being sued and would assist the police actively in the investigation.
But their attitude was strange, possibly instructed by the FBI beforehand."
Luke nodded and stroked his chin, "You and I are thinking alike."
About fifteen minutes later, Reid, Susan, and Anthony returned to the scene.
Anthony looked at Luke again, "What's your name, young man?"
"Sorry, I'm only interested in beautiful women."
Reid laughed, "He's one of the elites of our Robbery and Murder Department. Losing to him is no disgrace."
Susan urged, "Agent Anthony, let's first talk about Fannie's situation."
Anthony paused for a moment, "About a month ago, we received a tip-off call, the caller claimed that a student from Maraboya High School possessed firearms and a murderous intent, likely to perpetrate a shooting.
Following the protocol, we sent an agent undercover into the school to investigate, who was the victim, Fannie."
Anthony sighed, "She was a skilled agent, an excellent Marine, expert in shooting and combat skills, having executed many missions. It was unexpected that she would meet with an accident.
These immature kids couldn't possibly match her."
Susan said, "The fact is she was killed."
Anthony shook his head, "I'm also puzzled, it defies logic."
Luke asked, "Did she contact you during this time?"
"Of course, we were always in touch. She would report her findings from the school, and based on her reports, we would analyze the credibility and danger level of the tip-off, thereby issuing new orders."
"Tell us about her investigation."
Anthony was silent for a moment, "Her subject was Bowen Pierdon, an 11th-grade student of class B12.
She had interacted with him for a while; Bowen's academics and mental state showed no significant problems, and we were about to have her wrap up the mission.
But she discovered new information; Bowen seemed to be involved in school bullying, and such students can be very unstable emotionally, so we decided to continue the mission."
Luke frowned, "School bullying, I've seen a lot of it when I was in school. It exists more or less in every school, but I really hate this behavior.
Was Bowen the aggressor?"
"Quite the opposite, Bowen was the one being bullied. Bowen is a white kid, skinny, rather shy, not many friends, fitting the profile of a victim."
Luke pressed, "You decided to extend the mission to address Bowen's bullying situation, or did you suspect he might carry out a shooting?"
"Both. Once we gather enough information about the bullying, we will report it to the relevant authorities. This kind of conflict between students is not really FBI's forte, as you understand."
Luke asked, "Do you know the identity of the tipper?"
"No, they used an anonymous card and only used it once."
"What about the perpetrator of the bullying?"
"Chad Clays, in the same grade as him, a bullying troublemaker."
Luke was taken aback and asked, "Is he a blonde kid?"
"How did you know that?"
Luke pointed upwards, "He's lying upstairs."
"He was also murdered? Why didn't you mention that earlier?" Agent Anthony turned and walked outside.
Luke felt a bit disgruntled, "Is that his way of being polite?"
Susan said, "That's their usual style, you'll get used to it."
Afterward, Luke and the others went to the third floor.
A blonde white male student was lying in the hallway, his complexion pale, eyes wide open.
Anthony sighed, "That's the kid."
Luke nodded and took the opportunity to say, "So it seems, this shooting was triggered by school bullying. Have we caught the shooter yet?"
Anthony murmured, "Fannie is dead, this kid was killed too, it's highly likely that this matter is related to Bowen Pierdon.
I need to have a talk with him."
Susan corrected, "We will."