"I didn't dare to do such a thing either, nor was it necessary to kill anyone. This is completely not the result I wanted."

Luke pressed on, "Then what result did you want?"

"I just wanted my supermarket's business to do better and stop losing money." Boqi Camela clenched his fists, showing a resentful expression, "My supermarket has been open for many years, it's like my child.

But ever since Roger's Supermarket opened, my business has been greatly affected.

The hidden owner behind Roger's Supermarket is Korean, and many Koreans run supermarkets. They team up to purchase goods, negotiate with suppliers, and push the profits down to the lowest, willing to make no profit just to drive the surrounding supermarkets to collapse and monopolize the local market.

I am not very ambitious; I just hope my supermarket can survive, to support me and my family.

If my supermarket goes under, my employees will lose their jobs, and behind them are dozens of families who will face the same predicament.

But that Korean doesn't care about this. He just wants to take down our supermarket and monopolize the market in this area, only caring for profit, using any means necessary.

We simply can't compete with them."

Luke followed up, "So you hired someone to create a shooting incident at Roger's Supermarket?"

"I really didn't think of killing anyone. I just wanted to find someone to cause trouble at Roger's Supermarket, to fire some blanks to scare away the customers, making them feel it's unsafe there, and afraid to shop at Roger's Supermarket anymore.

That way, the residents around here would come to my supermarket for their shopping, and my employees and I wouldn't lose our jobs, and our families wouldn't face financial hardship.

In my plan, no one was going to die. It was just a warning to Roger's Supermarket, to let them know this is a black community, that's all."

"If it's like you said, why did Brown Bryant massacre black customers at Roger's Supermarket?"

"I don't know either.

It was shocking to see that news. I called Carl Smith to ask about it, and he said that gunman was a madman, lost control."

Boqi Camela sighed, showing a look of regret, "I shouldn't have asked them for help. Those damned white bastards, I was ruined by them."

"How much did you pay Carl Smith? What did you say at the time?"

"I had originally intended to pay forty thousand US Dollars, but Carl Smith thought it was too little and asked for sixty thousand US Dollars. I had to pawn my car to gather enough money.

I told him Roger's Supermarket was engaging in malicious competition and trying to crush my supermarket.

Hoped he could hire someone to cause trouble at Roger's Supermarket, fire some blanks to scare away the customers." Boqi Camela sighed, with a complex expression,

"Carl Smith agreed and found Brown Bryant to execute the plan. Brown Bryant and Carl Smith are members of The Proud Boys.

They hate blacks, they are hostile toward blacks.

If I hadn't been driven to this point, I wouldn't have asked them for help.

I swear I never instructed Carl Smith and Brown Bryant to hurt anyone, and I don't know how Carl Smith conveyed it to Brown Bryant, to turn things out like this.

Seeing so many people killed, it pains me as well... At that time, I was scared out of my mind.

I truly wish this had never happened." Boqi Camela covered his cheeks with his hands, his arms still trembling.

Luke saw his expression didn't seem fake, noting the key points of his interrogation in his notebook, and checked them against the interrogation records of the suspect Carl Smith, which were basically consistent.

The shooting case was roughly pieced together.

Boqi Camela, due to poor supermarket operation, asked Carl Smith to act as an intermediary to introduce a gunman to cause trouble at Roger's Supermarket, hoping to defeat the competitor in this way.

Carl Smith found Brown Bryant, gave him thirty thousand US Dollars in cash, plus equipment and a car.

The suspect vehicle initially driven by Brown Bryant was purchased by Carl Smith from the black market, and most of the guns and equipment were purchased through legal channels.

As for the equipment and car used by Brown Bryant when he was arrested,

The police didn't know, Carl Smith was also unsure, perhaps only Brown Bryant himself could answer.

Brown Bryant took two bullets and is still being treated in the hospital; Luke called to inquire, though he's not in life-threatening condition, he couldn't make a statement today.

After work.

Jackson suggested going to a bar tonight for a drink, to celebrate catching the gunman, and even Little Black agreed with him for a change.

However, it was postponed by Luke to tomorrow because he had plans tonight.

His father came to Los Angeles to help him with buying a villa.

Luke needed to pick him up at the airport.