Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Thurs., Oct. 24,2002

They also, (according to MSNBC) bragged on the telephone to Moose about a killing in Bama...they finally screwed up...that and not changing cars last night after a APB on the Caprice.

When all of this is wrapped up, someone needs to start a thread congratulating and thanking all of the hard-working worn-out law enforcement officers who have worked on this case.

Morning' Dog - not much sleep last night!

Wasn't their a BOLO for a brown Caprice issued about three or four days ago? For some reason, that sticks in my mind.

Fox is reporting Mohammad and Malvo have anti-American feelings and have since 9/11....AQ symp's......hmm!

They are like Rchard Reid it seems.....not AQ connected per say......but wannabes.

Hey Dog! Morning.

Good thing they drove a car that was EASY to spot. Boy, between that car and sleeping like two little babies, these guys aren't the smartest knives in the drawer, thank the Lord.

It keeps getting better.

AQ wannabe's!

ROCKVILLE, Md. — At least two people are in police custody Thursday in what sources told Fox News could be a
major break in the Beltway Sniper case, saying they may have a key person tied to the shootings.

Police sources told Fox News that members of the sniper task force arrested John Allen Muhammad, 42, and Lee
Malvo, 17, who police had issued a lookout for Wednesday night. The two men were inside a car at a rest stop off I-70
in Federick County, Md., at 3:19 a.m., said Larry Scott, an agent for the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms.

The men were taken into custody without incident, Scott said. A motorist and an attendant at the rest stop called police
at 1 a.m. after they spotted the men inside one of the cars sought in the sniper investigation.

Police responded and took the men into custody. That car is a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice with New Jersey plates.

Sources told Fox News that they had received an earlier tip on Muhammad from a friend of his who said Muhammad
had described one of the shootings to them in such detail that only the shooter could have known of what he said.

Hours earlier, police issued an arrest warrant for Muhammad, saying they believed he had information about the string of
terrifying shootings that have left 10 people dead.

Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose said the man should be considered "armed and dangerous" and that
he was being sought on a federal weapons charge.

He also cautioned that the public should not assume Muhammad is involved in any of the shootings that have stricken the
Washington area since Oct. 2 that have also left three people critically wounded.

Moose identified Muhammad as a 6-foot-1, 180-pound black male who also goes by the name John Allen Williams,
and authorities released a photograph showing a clean-shaven man with closely cropped hair. He also said a juvenile
may be accompanying Muhammad.

He did not identify the juvenile, but a law enforcement source identified him as Malvo.

A law enforcement source told The (Baltimore) Sun that police found a piece of paper at the scene of the Montgomery
shooting that bore Malvo's fingerprints. Police then traced Malvo to a Tacoma house where he had been living with
Williams, the paper said.

Moose also issued another direct message to the sniper:

"Let's talk directly. We have an answer for you about your option. We are waiting for you to contact us."

"You asked us to say 'We have caught the sniper like a duck in a noose.' We understand that hearing us say that is
important to you," Moose said. "Let's talk directly. We have an answer for you about your option. We are waiting for
you to contact us."

Muhammad's ex-wife, Mildred, was being questioned by the FBI Wednesday, said Adele Moses, who identified herself
as the woman's sister. She said Mildred was living with her in Clinton, Md., southeast of Washington.

The Pierce County, Wash., sheriff's office said Muhammad was once stationed at Fort Lewis — an Army post south of
Tacoma that provides some of the most intense sniper training in the military.

The FBI searched a back yard in Tacoma that they believe may be related to the probe Wednesday night.

Law enforcement sources told Fox News that search warrants related to the serial sniper case were served in various
parts of the country Wednesday evening.

The sources said these multiple warrants included some in the D.C. area and at least one search warrant was executed
in Marion, Ala.

The FBI searched a location near Marion, Ala., known as Camp Ground Zero USA — a place known to train militia
groups. FBI sources told Fox News "they are not at liberty to comment" on the investigation and cannot confirm or deny
their agents are investigating Camp Ground Zero USA.

Fox News reported Tuesday that a credit card is playing a crucial role in the investigation. Fox News has learned that
the credit card apparently was taken following a liquor store robbery in Montgomery, Ala., on Sept. 21.

In that shooting, 52-year-old Claudine Parker was shot and killed. That credit card taken during the liquor store
robbery is the same one that the serial sniper wanted officials to transfer $10 million to.

It now seems clear that the search warrants being run in Alabama are somehow connected to this leg of the
investigation. We also know that this same stolen credit card was used recently in the Washington, D.C., area.

Montgomery, Ala., Mayor Bobby Bright said federal authorities were investigating whether the fatal shooting there last
month was linked to the sniper. No one has yet been arrested after the one woman was killed and another wounded as
they walked to their cars after locking up the store.

Bright said a caller to the sniper investigation tip line apparently claimed responsibility for the sniper shootings and the
Montgomery shooting.

Moose, who is heading the sprawling investigation, expressed frustration at the failure to make contact despite the
sniper's repeated attempts through "notes, indirect messages and calls to other jurisdictions."

Then he said: "The solution remains to call us and get a private toll-free number established just for you." If that happens,
Moose said, "we can offer other means of addressing what you have asked us for."

The latest message believed to be from the killer was a letter found not far from where bus driver Conrad Johnson, 35,
was shot Tuesday, two law enforcement sources told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

The message reportedly demands $10 million — the same request sources say was made in a letter found at another
shooting site Saturday.

In Tacoma, FBI agents spent hours at a rental home, eventually carting away a tree stump from the yard and other
potential evidence in a U-Haul truck. The back yard was divided into grids by tape, and agents swept metal detectors
back and forth in a painstaking search.

The agents, acting on information from the sniper task force, were seeking evidence related to ammunition, a senior law
enforcement official in Washington said on condition of anonymity.

FBI spokeswoman Melissa Mallon said the property owner consented to the search, but she refused to say why agents
were there.

"There's no immediate danger to anyone in this neighborhood," she said.

Pfc. Chris Waters, a Fort Lewis soldier who lives across the street from the home, said he called police after hearing
gunshots in the neighborhood nearly every day in January.

"It sounded like a high-powered rifle such as an M-16," he said. "Never more than three shots at a time. Pow. Pow.
Pow."

Dean Resop, who lives a block away, said quite a few tenants had been in and out of the home.

"Makes you want to watch your neighbors closer," said Resop, who has lived in the area seven years.

FBI agents also visited Bellingham High School, 90 miles north of Seattle, on Wednesday. Mayor Mark Asmundson
told the Bellingham Herald the agents were apparently seeking information on a male teenager who once attended the
school and an older man. He said both left the area about nine months ago.

Me thinks this might get interesting! All these search warrants are gonna uncover what is behind this, I hope.

FOX just said these two had sympathy for those who flew into the World Trade Center........the terrorists.

I doubt these two were acting alone.

They bragged about the shooting in Bama?

LOL!

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It will be really interesting to see if the PC press refers to these guys a Black Muslims.

Where did the info come from that Williams had sniper training?

I'm still curious about the "duck in a noose" comment.

The way I see it, these credants had a lot of time on their hands in between sniping, so they may up a little rhyme and tried to get Chief Moose to recite it - one line at a time - they were playing with him.

I don't know....I know there was talk about the Caprice, but never heard a BOLO was issued.
If that's the case, they were really stupid not to change cars.

Morning, Gwennie! Yep, you might be right, they are looking into a Terrorist camp in Marion Alabama investigated by Scotland Yard.

Tentacles are branching out.

sw

Related to Alabama Malitia Group. Very interesting. No Al-Qaeda ties but sympathizers.

FOX says...Camp Zero was infiltrated, unbeknownst to the owners by Muslims sympathizers.
Tip from Scotland Yard led authorities to be interested in this facility.

Neither did I - I was too excited about them finally getting a break in this case that I couldn't sleep!

"Both were sympathic toward the Terrorist attacks against the U.S."

B#sturds.

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