Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:09:09 PM CEST
Angry Missive Complains of 'Ignored' Calls
An angry letter found tacked to a tree behind a restaurant where the sniper wounded a man last weekend complained of six failed attempts to reach police, and threatened more killings -- of children in particular -- if millions of dollars were not deposited in a bank account within two days, according to law enforcement sources.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 3:13:28 AM CEST
Who Is the Sniper? Blogs Tell All
The D.C. sniper's a lonely teenager. No wait, he's an al-Qaida operative. Check that, he's an Iraqi agent trying to draw Washington-area law enforcement away from the District. A psycho, pissed off over the price of gas. A deranged truck driver. A racist nut. A calculating, terrorist "market researcher," seeing how this brand of attack works in the Capitol before exporting it to other American cities.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 2:16:27 AM CEST
"Your children are not safe anywhere at any time."
Police Seek Contact With Sniper
"We have researched the options you stated and found that it is not possible electronically to comply in the manner that you requested," he said. "However, we remain open and ready to talk to you about the options you have mentioned."
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 9:53:06 PM CEST
Virginia Schools Linked to Sniper Threat
A note found near the Virginia restaurant where a man was shot and critically wounded by the elusive Washington area sniper indicated a possible threat to area schools, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported on Tuesday.
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 9:40:46 PM CEST
Account of police contact with possible sniper
source close to the Washington-area sniper investigation gave the following account of the communication between police and the person investigators suspect is the sniper:
•A letter police believe to have been left by the sniper behind the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Ashland, Virginia -- the scene of Saturday night's sniper shooting -- contained a phone number. Police were instructed to call the sniper at that phone number to establish communication.
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 5:19:27 PM CEST
Sniper alert over French marksman
-= FOLLOWUP =-
The French deserter had been training to be a second lieutenant in the army at the prestigious Saint-Cyr, in Coetquidan in the northern coastal region of Brittany. The school provides general training in shooting but does not train elite sharp-shooters.
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 4:36:54 PM CEST
Sniper 10th victims dies !!!
Not on the news for now
16:53
Shooting victim dies, police comb scene
A 40-year-old bus driver shot this morning in Montgomery County, Maryland, has died from his wounds. The D.C. sniper task force is investigating the shooting as a potential sniper attack. Meanwhile, authorities are trying to communicate with the person who left a note at a weekend shooting scene which sources said threatened "more killing."
DEVELOPING STORY
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 4:17:03 PM CEST
On the way out
As D.C. toll mounts, criticism of sniper games rises
But this is not your father's cowboys and Indians. Over the past two decades, computers have enhanced electronic shoot-'em-up games with Surround Sound, full color and digital ammunition. Virtual gunning comes with simulated sniper scopes, crosshairs, laser-guided sights and pools of blood for technology as portable as the Game Boy or the Palm.
¬> <a href="www.accessatlanta.com"target="_blank">Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 1:05:01 PM CEST
Police Probe Another Md. Shooting
A man was shot in the chest in Montgomery County early Tuesday, but authorities said it was too early to tell if it was connected to the serial sniper who has killed nine people and injured three others this month.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Associated Press
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 11:36:27 PM CEST
France signals desertion of army officer known for his marksmanship
PARIS - known as a top marksman — who is missing in North America, feeding speculation of a link to the investigation into the Washington-area sniper investigation.
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 11:26:38 PM CEST
FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION AND BALLISTICS
Experts in the general area of firearms identification are usually called firearms examiners, and their duties or specialties often encompass the identification, comparison, and testing of: bullets, cartridges, gunshot residue, the science of ballistics, serial number restoration, toolmark examination and other impressions, trace metal detection, as well as collection and preservation of firearm evidence.
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Topic: - on October 21, 2002 at 10:22:46 PM CEST
3 th message out to the sniper
please call again!! Probs with the hotline tapes?
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