A man walks into a police station clutching a newspaper. He goes up to the desk sergeant and speaks
Man
(Very Nervous)
"Could I speak to someone in relation to the shooting at Breeze Hill this morning?"
Desk Sergeant
Over the moon picks up the phone and talks excitedly
"Sir, its the mystery slaying, an eye witness has just walked in!"
The nervous man attempts to correct the sergeant but is stopped as a man in plain clothes burst through a side door and talks excitedly. He is holding an A4 a file with a big red question mark on it.
DI Foster
"Hello Sir I'm DI Foster, I believe you're an eye witness to this mystery slaying, thank God we were stumped"
Nervous Man
"I'm not an eye witness"
DI Foster
Hopeful
"You're not the sniper are you?"
Nervous Man
Outraged
"No I am not!
DI Foster
Downbeat
"Oh"
Nervous Man
Holds up the paper
"The victim he's my spitting image and it says that the police think it may be a case of mistaken identity."
DI Foster
Snide
"That is ONE of the avenues we're currently looking down sir."
Nervous Mans
"I'm worried out of my wits, I'm the spitting image of the victim and I'm terrified that it's me that they might have been after.
DI Foster
Hopeful
"Oh I see sir, do you think that you might have the type of enemies that would consider killing you?"
Nervous Man
(Dead pan)
"Not that I can think of, I had a run in with two yobs about a year ago. They were kicking the floral clock in the park to pieces and if you pardon the pun I ticked them off."
DI Foster
Snide
"I hardly think that warrants a sniper attack sir. Have you had any dealings with the underworld that might have gone sour, drugs guns?"
Nervous Man
Indignant
"Certainly not! I have never been in trouble in my life!"
DI Foster
Deflated
" Without wishing to be being offensive are you involved in any sort of love triangle?"
Nervous Man
Indignant
"Certainly not! I'm a confirmed bachelor!"
DI Foster
Hopeful
"Any friendly Young Gentleman?"
Nervous Man
Outraged
"What the hell are you suggesting"
DI Foster
Deflated
"I have to ask these type of questions I'm afraid sir Now have you any personal debts that you have been approached about?"
Nervous Man
"No not at all, I'm quite well off actually"
DI Foster
"Well sir all I can say is that I think it's very unlikely that you were the intended target."
Nervous man
"Thank God for that!"
DI Foster
I have to admit we are struggling with a motive for this one sir and my super hates unexplained murders, they look bad on the on his files you see sir.
Ushers the man out of the station doors as he continues
"Not to worry sir, we'll probably find a skeleton or two in the victim's cupboard that explains it, so you go home and stop worrying."
Nervous Man
Thank you DI Foster you've really put my mind at rest!"
The nervous man leaves and is shot dead by a sniper in the foyer of the police station.
The DI see's the slaying,he takes a black jumbo marker from inside his jacket puts the file on the desk and puts a big cross through the red question mark on the files cover. Then as his tongue sticks out he draws two very childish cats on the cover, when he finishes he looks satisfied and picks up a telephone
"Hello Sir,DI Foster here at the front desk, it's good news sir I've just been able to upgrade that unexplained killing to a Copy Cat Slaying"
Voice on the other end
"Good work Foster!"
