Sniper loose in Washington, DC area

The bullet that wounded a woman in Fredericksburg, Va., matches ammunition that killed at least four persons in a shooting spree around the Washington area, investigators said last night.

Maj. Howard Smith of the Spotsylvania County, Va., sheriff's office said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms reported that a round collected at the site of the woman's shooting is a match to rounds collected at the scenes of some fatal shootings in Montgomery County and one in the District.

Two people appear to be working together to commit these crimes, using a white van, and coordinating their attacks at times and places that make it hard for police to respond rapidly.

Certainly smells like a carefully-planned bit of terrorism.

Posted on 2002-10-08 01:31:06.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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