[jpthomas]

Connecticut Avenue in DC, at a bus station.

[SamAdams76]

Weird. I just now woke up and was about to take a shower (for real). Then this.

[leadpenny]

Imus is reporting that it is a "Ride On" bus driver.

[Brytani]

Fox just reported the shooting is in the Aspen Hill area, what a slap in the face to the police and fbi. Hit the same area twice. (if it's sniper related of course)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Shooting in Aspen Hill Reported
Updated: Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002 - 6:26 AM


WHEATON(AP) -- A Montgomery County police 911 dispatcher has confirmed that a reported shooting is being investigated at Bell Pre Road and Connecticut Avenue.
This is in the Aspen Hill area of the county.

There is a huge police presence in the area and traffic is affected.

Traffic is completely stopped at Connecticut Avenue in both directions around the scene.

There is no word if the reported shooting has any connection to the sniper shootings in the Washington region.

[kattracks]

CNSNEWS

Another Shooting in Maryland: Sniper Link Probed (CNSNews.com) - Montgomery County police confirm there has been another shooting in Aspen Hill, Maryland - a single shot fired around 6 a.m. at a bus stop on Connecticut Avenue, a major thoroughfare. Live television video showed a helicopter circling and a traffic stop underway. Local television reports said police may be in the process of closing a portion of the Capital Beltway, just as rush hour begins. More to come.

[leadpenny]

Just flipping through the channels. CNN is tied into WTTG, which is the local FOX station. At the same time WTTG is in commercial. Go Figure.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WHEATON(AP) -- A Montgomery County police 911 dispatcher has confirmed that a reported shooting is being investigated at Bell Pre Road and Connecticut Avenue.

Wire reports give conflicting locations of where the shooting occurred. Some say the shooting occurred at Grand Pre Road and Connecticut Avenue.

The shooting occurred around 6 a.m. near the site of five other sniper attacks.

[LibWhacker]

Seems weird if it's just a money thing . . . Why wouldn't the police say, "Sure!" and then nab him when he tried to make the pick up? It's the best way to catch him.

[MissAmericanPie]

I wonder if they will close the local schools? It's only about an hour from time for school to start and they just said on Fox that he had threatened children. If he is angry over not being paid he may not be finished today.

[ChasingFletch]

Why are so many here jumping to the conclusion that the guy supposedly asking for the money is the shooter? Real bad thinking from some freepers!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

The timing of the shooting, at 6 AM, suggests that the shooter is becoming more media savvy. He clearly wanted to make sure that his act dominated the morning talks shows that come on at 7 AM.

Liberal media bias footnote: in describing the arrest of the two men in the white van yesterday, The Today Show stated only that they were totally unrelated to the sniper case. They failed to mention that the men were illegal Latin American aliens who would be deported.

[Freedom2specul8]

I just heard on the news...thanks for the thread area 51

[Freedom2specul8]

!!!

[MeekOneGOP]

Police investigating another shooting in Washington area

10/22/2002

Associated Press

ROCKVILLE, Md. - A man was shot in the chest in Montgomery County early Tuesday, and a police task force was investigating to see if the shooting was connected to the serial sniper who has killed nine people and critically injured three others this month.

Police put a widespread dragnet into place immediately after the shooting, clogging traffic on Connecticut Ave., one of the main arteries into Washington, D.C., just as the morning commute began. Police helicopters began flying over the scene.

The shooting appparently happened about 6 a.m. EDT adjacent to an apartment building and wooded area along Connecticut Avenue. The location is near the site of six other sniper attacks,

Units were dispatched for a reported shooting on or near a bus, Montgomery County Fire Department spokesman Pete Piringer said. The victim was being airlifted via helicopter to a local trauma center, he said.

On Monday, the hunt for the Washington-area sniper turned into a case of high-stakes phone tag.

Police say they received a call about the shooting after the latest attack -- but the call was muddled. Investigators took to the airwaves and pleaded with him to call them.

"The person you called could not hear everything you said. The audio was unclear and we want to get it right. Call us back so that we can clearly understand," said Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose, who has been leading the hunt for the sniper.

Moose's plea came hours after Virginia authorities surrounded a white van parked near an Exxon gas station just outside Richmond and seized two men. They said later the case was unconnected to the sniper.

With a Saturday night shooting at a steak restaurant in Ashland, some 15 miles from Richmond, now linked to the sniper, school officials in the Richmond area closed schools Tuesday for a second day.

Moose did not disclose who received the muddled phone call that riveted authorities' attention, when it was made or other details. But investigators believe the call may have come from the sniper and that the caller was the same person who left a note and phone number Saturday night at the scene of the latest shooting, a law enforcement source told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

On Sunday, Moose publicly pleaded with the note writer to call authorities.

Then in the first of two televised statements Monday, the chief said: "The message that needs to be delivered is that we are going to respond to a message that we have received. We are preparing our response at this time."

Separate reports Tuesday shed more light on the message. The Los Angeles Times and Richmond Times-Dispatch said it contained a threat directed toward schools. Several media outlets reported that the killer demanded money.

The Los Angeles Times also reported Tuesday that unidentified federal agents said the letter was "very lengthy" and poorly worded, bordering on broken English.

The latest attack came Saturday night in a steakhouse parking lot in Ashland. The victim, a 37-year-old man, was felled by a single shot to the stomach.

He remained in critical but stable condition at a Richmond hospital Tuesday after doctors removed his spleen and parts of his pancreas and stomach. Surgeons retrieved the bullet after a second round of surgery Sunday, and ballistics tests linked the slug to the ambush killer.

Witnesses said officers in bulletproof vests converged on the van and dragged out a man before slapping him in handcuffs. Authorities did not say how the second man was arrested.

Hours later, the lead fell apart. A Justice Department official said deportation proceedings had begun against the 24-year-old Mexican and 35-year-old Guatemalan.

Several newspapers reported Tuesday that the men apparently made the mistake of driving the white van up to a phone booth being watched by police. The phone booth had been traced to one that the letter writer had used.

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[Oldeconomybuyer]

Kyle Peterson, who was going to an Aspen Hill cemetary Tuesday morning, tells Channel 4 he saw an African-American man lying on the floor of a Ride-On bus, stopped at a bus stop. He watched as emergency crews removed him from the bus and began treating a chest wound.

Dozens of Montgomery County school buses filled with kids are stuck in the traffic, said Eldridge who has been surveying traffic.

[Flint]

I don't get why the talking heads are not picking up on what The Moose said. He said "the audio" was garbled. "Audio", from that I take it that the shooter picked up a phone, made the call and set the phone on a tape recorded message. Makes sense to me. What better way to make a call and not be standing at the telephone when the guys with the black masks show up?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WHEATON - The Washington-area came to a standstill after a man was shot in the stomach Tuesday morning in Aspen Hill, not far from the scene of other sniper shootings.

The 40-year-old man was at the top of the steps of a Ride-On bus when he was shot, police said.

The shooting is being investigated "as if it is related" to the sniper shootings until it is ruled out," said Montgomery County Police Department Capt. Nancy Demme.

[sumocide]

I was just listening to this song when someone speculated about safe houses. It was pretty eerie:

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime

From the album "Fear Of Music"

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons,
packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway,
a place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance,
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstore, lived in the ghetto,
I've lived all over this town

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,
I ain't got time for that now

Transmit the message, to the receiver,
hope for an answer some day
I got three passports, a couple of visas,
you don't even know my real name
High on a hillside, the trucks are loading,
everything's ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nightime,
I might not ever get home

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around
This ain't no mudd club, or C. B. G. B.,
I ain't got time for that now
Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, P. A.?
You oughta know not to stand by the window
somebody might see you up there
I got some groceries, some peant butter,
to last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no
headphones, ain't got no records to play

Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time
Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard,
I can't write nothing at all
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around
I'd like to kiss you, I'd love you hold you
I ain't got no time for that now

Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock,
we blended with the crowd
We got computer, we're tapping pohne lines,
I know that ain't allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives,
or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle, so many times now,
I don't know what I look like!
You make me shiver, I feel so tender,
we make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving,
you ought to get some sleep
Get you instructions, follow directions,
then you should change your address
Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day,
whatever you think is best
Burned all my notebooks, what good are
notebooks? They won't help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace,
the burning keeps me alive
Try to stay healthy, physical fitness,
don't want to catch no disease
Try to be careful, don't take no chances,
you better watch what you say

[Maigrey]

Offering prayers for the injured, and justice for the (bleep) who's commiting this mayhem.

-Maigrey-