Sniper Search near Seattle (digging for evidence)

Local NBC News Channel | Oct 23, 02 | MSNBC

[spycatcher]

MSNBC reporting sniper related digging and searching of a building in Tacoma WA. FBI is involved. May be related to something the sniper told police

[DugwayDuke]

"Well..we are neighbors..so I guess we Madison residents will have to start keeping our eyes open!!"

Yeah, I just went out back to make sure there were no front end loaders digging out tree stumps. I just scanned the local affiliates and nothing on them.

[Bella]

MSNBC saying older man and teenager, not father/son, Alabama

[jwalsh07]

I'm thinking the tip came from an active duty soldier and had nothing to do with the credit card deal. I'll bet the house in Alabama had a soldier as a tenant as well.

[clintonh8r]

Look! The U-Haul is doing the ballot drive!

[TinkersDam]

Fort Lewis near Tacoma is largely a training base and so might not even have soldiers with specialized training in being snipers. That school is in Texas anyway.

[lelio]

The tarp was being used to shield the ??? from the T.V. cameras.
I doubt it as they were putting items on top of it.

[Bella]

Mayor of Alabama talking w/ msnbc, bellingham...18yr old and male in 30's....

[Arkinsaw]

Why? In the name of God, why?

Why watch some pretend President in his left wing Pretend world?

Because I won't get supper if I don't let her watch it.

[Lauratealeaf]

666 posted on 10/23/02 8:56 PM Eastern by sinkspur

Yes, I noticed that. And the post was to me too... Creepy

[KSCITYBOY]

I have read every post on this thread --- Missouri has the best meth.

[Moose4]

Combined with Montgomery County, Maryland, could be some kind of geographical fixation, like the Smiley face bomber.

If this is true, Montgomery Gentry better cancel their tour right now.

}:-)4

[floriduh voter]

Two suspects. Two locations. Tacoma and Alabama lookin' for bullets. And, I am getting sleepy. These long threads are fun but unduly burdensome.

[lawdog]

Yeah that too.

They don't want the suspects or the media to know exactly what they took but believe me the suspects "know" and the "sphincter factor" is now off the scale!

[OXENinFLA]

MSNBC showing LIVE shot of U-haul Truck carrying Stump. (I'm having FLA recount flashbacks)

[kcvl]

Tacoma person of interest...was not a special forces or sniper type guy...maybe even get a name of one or two people some time tonight...

[moyden]

Channel 5 Seattle reporting both individuals lived in Bellingham, Washington a nine months back. One a high school student, the other much older and not a U.S. national. Not related. Had some earlier trouble with Bellingham police. Police searched a Bellingham school.

This from the Mayor of Bellingham. Mayor believes they were trying to get into Canada at that point nine months ago. Older man is in his thirties. Younger man was a student at Bellingham high school.

[Don Munn]

The person being interviewed was the Mayor of Bellingham, Washington not Alabama.

[laker_dad]

Non-stop coverage of the stump's trip to DC!!!

[amadeus]

A few hours ago, my theory was that the rifle was converted to shoot .22 rounds, which if in subsonic form, could be fired without much attention. Maybe the owner of the rifle at the time praticed in the back yard this way and the FBI is looking for old bullets in the tree which will have the barrel markings on the bullets. The sniper could now be using the same rifle converted back to .223.
Crazy theory? Maybe not.

[Arkinsaw]

The tarp was used to cover the stump. They recovered a stump and put it into the truck under a tarp. Its just the base of an old dead tree.