Two days later the FBI team were still trying to narrow down their profile and identify the Unsub.
'Ok. I think we can all agree that, for now, Mr. Queen is off our list of suspects' suggested Rossi. 'Unless he has developed the ability to be in 2 places at the same time, he can't be the Unsub. His tracker places him in his home at the time the arms dealer was being attacked.'
'There is still the matter of the man who attacked Mr. Queen during his party. Any luck with the identification?' Morgan asked Garcia.
'None. Whoever wiped this guy's identity made sure that nobody would be able to identify him' replied Garcia.
'This is the second time Mr. Queen has been attacked by men with scrubbed identities. Someone has clearly taken a disliking to him. Someone with a lot of resources and connections' continued JJ.
'But is it connected to our Unsub? Or related to something else entirely?' mused Hotch. 'Regardless, we need to focus on our Unsub. He has continued in his pattern of attacking criminals.'
'What worries me is the timetable. The lack of a cooling off period between attacks and the fact that he has only attacked criminals suggests the Unsub views this as a mission. Maybe the Unsub is trying to make a statement? That all crime needs to be punished -regardless of the nature of the crime' suggested Reid.
'Ok. Lets …..' began Hotch before Detective Lance interrupted with news.
'You're not going to believe this. The Hood guy was here! In the station an hour ago!' Lance exclaimed.
The FBI agents all jumped to their feet. 'What? How do you know?' asked Hotch.
'We have a team investigating a recent bank robbery here in Starling City where an off-duty officer was shot. The case file with all the evidence gathered so far was accessed an hour ago – while the team were checking in with the CSIs. I've pulled the security footage' Lance replied before handing it over to Garcia who pulled it up on the main screen in the room.
The video footage began with an image of an empty hallway – There was no activity until the image of the Unsub could be seen walking calmly towards where the camera was located. He didn't appear worried about the camera but then suddenly fired 2 arrows at the ceiling before pulling himself upwards and disappearing out of view. 2 detectives then appeared on screen talking with each other before continuing down the hallway. When the detectives had turned the corner the Unsub came back on screen, lowering himself down before disappearing off screen again.
The next video footage was from the bull-pen where the Unsub once again appeared on-screen. The Unsub calmly sat at a computer monitor, started typing and after a minute plugged in a USB and appeared to download a file. Once finished he removed the USB and left the way he came.
The agents looked at each other in shock.
'He came in to a police station, managed to download files before leaving undetected? That takes serious skill' commented JJ.
'And nerve. He had to know that there would be cops on site. Yet at no point does he appear to be rushing' continued Reid.
'And yet again he refused to engage law enforcement. He avoided those detectives when he could have incapacitated them' added Rossi.
'This may give us a way to track him. He downloaded evidence on a bank robbery. These robbers appear to be his next target' concluded Hotch.
'We know he acquired the files on the case. But he doesn't know that we are aware of it. We need to investigate the bank robbery as an extension of our Unsub's case. If we find the bank robbers, we may find our Unsub.'