Not surprisingly, Eli was new to the business, having only just recently joined the paper alongside his father and was still stuck doing the normal articles instead of the investigative stuff he had been taught by Marcus. So he was still not quite sure as the communication between journalist and police reporter really worked and Marcus had always been a fan of teaching through actual experience instead of just telling his son things he needed to know.

"I understand," he said slightly distracted by writing it down. "May I take that to mean that you're not counting out the possibility of it being a setup and the mugging was hiding the actual motive?"