The Blue Room
When you arrive at the Blue Room, head inside to start another cut-scene. Your partner Earle will then go over to the bar while you question Elsa Lichtman:
- Army surplus morphine >> Choose “Doubt.”
- Morphine overdose victims >> Choose “Doubt.”
This is your last question for Elsa, and there will be another cut-scene. After the cut-scene, you have to tail Elsa. Like any other tailing objective, keep a safe distance and don’t get spotted. There is another cut-scene, and the case continues the next morning at the Mocambo Club.
The Mocambo Club
The cut-scene continues when you arrive at the Mocambo Club. When the cut-scene ends, you have to follow the maître d’ to the table where the Meyer Cohen is seated. Then another cut-scene and it’s time to question Meyer Cohen:
- Finkelstein drug operation >> Choose “Doubt.”
- 111 Club shooting incident >> Choose “Doubt.”
It turns out Meyer Cohen isn’t very helpful. After you are done with your questions, there is another cut-scene and the case continues at the Hollywood Police Station.
Hollywood Police Station
The location changes, but once again you are still in a cut-scene. After the cut-scene, follow your partner Earle to Harold Caldwell’s office. Then there is yet another cut-scene. At the end of that cut-scene, Caldwell will produce a copy of the manifest. Investigate the right side of the manifest. [update] Click on each line that is circled in red. Line number 3 will update clue: Stolen BARs. Next click on line number 5. Then click line number 9 to update clue: Stolen Valors. Then choose line number 11; this won’t give you a clue, but you’ll need to click it to start another cut-scene. During this cut-scene you hear of a report of a shooting. Make your way to the Bus Shooting to continue the case.
Bus Shooting
At the Bus Shooting, you have to subdue (i.e. kill) the shooter. He’s armed with a BAR, so you need to stay out of sight as much as possible. The best way to do this is to run as fast as you can up the sidewalk towards the building that the shooter is on. He will shoot you a couple times, but you should make it alive if you are running. When you are at the base of the building, he won’t be able to shoot at you anymore, so you can easily go around the back of the building.
Climb up the fire escape on the back of the building. When you get to the roof, you have to kill the shooter. He will be aware of your presence, so be careful because he is still holding a BAR. When you kill him, head over to his body to search for clues. You can investigate his gun, but it won’t give you a clue. Go to the shooter’s body. In the right jacket pocket, you can find the clue: Sniper’s pocketbook.
After you investigate the shooter’s body, a brief cut-scene will put you on the ground, and it will be time to question Felix Alvarro (handling these questions correctly will unlock the L.A. Noire The Fighting Sixth Achievement):
- Informed of Coolridge heist >> Choose “Doubt.”
- Motive for shooting >> Choose “Lie,” and use the clue: Sniper’s pocketbook as evidence. This will give you the clue: 6th Marines.
After questioning Alvarro, go use the telephone by the ambulance. You’ll get Jack Kelso‘s address. Head there to continue the case.