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PSYCHO SLAY SPREE IS OVER
New York Post ^ | 10/25/02 | NILES LATHEM, VINCENT MORRIS and MARSHA KRANES

Posted on 10/25/2002 12:15:55 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:09:47 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The terror is over.

Accused Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad is in custody and refusing to talk, task-force investigators told The Post.

His teenage sidekick - and suspected letter-writer - John Lee Malvo is also keeping mum, sources said.

Ballistics tests have now linked 11 of the 13 shootings to Muhammad's rifle, a semiautomatic Bushmaster XM-15 - similar to an M-16 and known as the poor man's sniper rifle.


(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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1 posted on 10/25/2002 12:15:55 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Prosecutors haven't yet decided which jurisdiction gets first crack at the accused killers.

Waddya mean? We have a fair trial, and a first class hanging! Ain't no purpose in hanging a body twice...

Pookie & Me

2 posted on 10/25/2002 12:30:37 AM PDT by Pookie Me
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To: kattracks
known as the poor man's sniper rifle.

Them not be cheap snipee rifles. I go fer duh Nagants, lotsa bang fer fifty bucks.

3 posted on 10/25/2002 12:44:06 AM PDT by struwwelpeter
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To: kattracks
"...Muhammad's car - purchased at Sure Shot Auto Sales in Trenton ..."

Uh, never mind.

4 posted on 10/25/2002 1:59:24 AM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: kattracks
These were no psychos, these were dedicated me following the instructions of thier faith as plainly laid out in thier so called holy book.
5 posted on 10/25/2002 2:05:27 AM PDT by fella
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To: kattracks
Sources said Muhammad's car - purchased at Sure Shot Auto Sales in Trenton - had been modified to permit a gunman to lie down and fire unseen from the back seat by slightly opening the trunk.
6 posted on 10/25/2002 2:12:05 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
PING - YOU HAVE TO READ THIS WHOLE REPORT
7 posted on 10/25/2002 2:19:50 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: brigette
I definitely will brigette! I'm going to be back in a couple of hours..
8 posted on 10/25/2002 5:20:28 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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