Brand new chapter – chapter 2
We arrived at Martin Grove Townhouses; we got out of the car and Chloe started talking to her camera. "Officer Chloe Price. 8:15 A.M. Arrived at Martin Grove Townhouses. It is partially cloudy, and moving day has started." I looked at her "what are you doing?" "I'm setting the scene, say hi to Dov" I shook my head "I will not".
I looked at her "we have a lot to do today. I mean we have six families to get out today, and we have to do a sweep of 12 units" Chloe said "Uh, we got Barbara Coleman in unit 49, Eric Dupuis…" one of the residents came over "Somebody stole my bike" I looked at him "uh, ok" he looked at me "did you see anything or were you just standing here talking?" I started to get frustrated "sir, we just got here"
The resident got aggravated and grabbed my arm. Gail and Nick got him off me and told him that he was going to the station for assaulting a police officer. They looked at me I told them to let him go and to forget about it.
This was going to be one heck of a day. Sam and I are going for dinner tonight; it's the only thing keeping me going.
We began knocking on doors and explaining why we were here. Chloe and I entered Eric Dupuis' unit and went inside. "I'm gonna clear the house" "Yeah, okay." We noticed a man wearing a blood stained hoodie kneeling beside the victim. We went over and he got up and started to run "Uh, 1519, requesting EMS, Martin Grove Townhouses, apartment 23, we have a man…" he shoved Chloe to the ground I ran out after him "this is 1519, we have a possible suspect, that just fled the scene, he's approximately 5'10'' medium build, dark brown hair, wearing a grey-red hoodie with some blood on it. The victim is breathing but unconscious" dispatch confirmed that EMS was on the way.
This day couldn't get any worse. EMS arrived and took the victim to the hospital. Traci arrived and asked us what happened; she left and went to the hospital to stay with the victim. Gail tried to get out of helping people move again; she tried this morning but Oliver told her no. Traci told her to stay here and help.
We were checking the units and I went to Barbara Coleman's unit and went inside; there is no way an elderly woman lives here. The place had sleeping bags, clothes and what seemed like plaster all over the floor. I got a call from Traci that the suspect was spotted in the victim's room.
Chloe and I got went back to the station. We found out that the suspect spoke Portuguese so Chloe had to go and speak to him. I was sitting with Dov going through the footage of the unit. We found out that the suspect wasn't actually a suspect but he was the victim's brother. We found out that there were at least ten men living in that unit.
Well this just turned into a human trafficking case.