Highway closed North of Santa Barbara because of Sniper.

[formerDem]

breaking news, short news announcement on local station. No further info at this time

[Euro-American Scum]

None of the local stations has this yet.

[Trampled by Lambs]

Great.. they catch one in another part of the country and another starts up to take his place?

[Libertina]

People copy the darndest things...

[Fedora]

Another one? My friend from San Jose was just telling me about this the other day:

CHP: Arrest In I-580 Case (March 11, 2004)

The California Highway Patrol says 26-year-old Christopher Charles Gafford has been arrested for a series of shootings that took place on Interstate 580 Feb. 23.

Arrest in I-580 sniper shootings (March 11, 2004)

A 27-year-old Stockton man was arrested Thursday and charged with eight counts of attempted murder in connection with a one-day spate of sniper shootings that terrorized drivers who use busy Interstate 580 in Alameda County.

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ping

[formerDem]

I live in Cambria, about 2 hours north. The local (San Luis Obispo) NBC affiliate had a breif announcement that all lanes were closed (wasn't sure if they said hwy 101) near Goleta.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Time to declare "no bag limit" on whack-job snipers. If that doesn't work, start offering a bounty (dead only, head shot preferred).

[MediaMole]

Are you able to get anything from this area on your scanner?

[formerDem]

Sheesh. I hadn't heard of those shootings. You'd think there would be more coverage!

[merry10]

I love Cambria. I'm in Camarillo. Thanks for letting us know about the sniper.

[formerDem]

You are welcome. I like Camarillo...nice place.

I love it here in Cambria, but can only afford to rent.....beautiful place, but VERY expensive.

Anyway, I'll post more info when I get some.

[Euro-American Scum]

I live in Cambria, about 2 hours north. The local (San Luis Obispo) NBC affiliate had a breif announcement that all lanes were closed (wasn't sure if they said hwy 101) near Goleta.

Been monitoring KNX 1070 Los Angeles. Nothing so far.

[DB]

Hey, I'm in Templeton. ;-)

[formerDem]

Wow! Howdy neighbor!

[formerDem]

I don't have a scanner, but here are some Santa Barbara area frequencies in case anyone has one or knows someone who does.

VHF-LO (26 MHz)

26.150 (OB) Audio of KEYT-TV feeds audio to remotes and live broadcasts


42.120 (01) CHP Gold channel base
42.140 (??) CHP Blue 1
42.150 (??) CHP Blue Mobiles (rarely heard)
42.160 (99) CHP Ventura car to car purple
42.180 (01) CHP State car to car & air blue mobile
42.200 (02) CHP Gold mobile
42.240 (99) CHP Santa Barbara car to dispatch green
42.280 (99) CHP Red mobile/Silver mobile?
42.300 (99) CHP Yellow mobile
42.340 (99) CHP car to car Blue network- State wide common base
42.400 (99) CHP Ventura dispatch purple
42.420 (99) CHP Tan base
42.440 (99) CHP State red network base
42.460 (99) CHP Black base
42.480 (99) CHP Grey base
42.500 (99) CHP Brown base
42.520 (99) CHP Yellow base
42.540 (99) CHP Santa Barbara dispatch to car green
42.560 (99) CHP dispatch to car white--Buellton area
42.600 (99) CHP Copper base
42.660 (99) CHP Orange mobile
42.680 (99) CHP Grey mobile
42.720 (99) CHP Buellton (SLO) white mobile
42.740 (99) CHP Copper mobile
42.760 (99) CHP Pink mobile
42.820 (99) CHP Brown mobile
42.840 (99) CHP Tan mobile
42.880 (99) CHP Orange channel base

[Moonmad27]

I'm in Ventura - small world! Hope this sniper is caught soon. The traffic's always bad enough from Goleta down to our area even without the threat of gunfire!

[BurbankKarl]

nothing on the CHP cad....but then again, they would filter this out

[Fedora]

Sheesh. I hadn't heard of those shootings. You'd think there would be more coverage!

You'd think! Since the Beltway Sniper shootings I've been keeping a file of other sniper reports around the country, many of which have been posted here at FR. Here's some more (and BTW, I'm not claiming these are all necessarily related or advancing any particular theory here--this is just raw data for consideration):

Snipers: More Than Just Washington (10/19/02)

Child Shot on I-40 - Sniper? (2/18/03)

Sniper style shooting in West Virginia area? (8/15/03)

Serial sniper suspected in convenience store killings in W.Va. (same caliber and class of weapon) (8/15/03)

Police Narrow Leads in W.Va. Shootings (Investigating possible drug link) (8/19/03)

West Virginia Police Probe Possible 4th Shooting (8/21/03)

Fox: West Virginia Sniper Hits 4th Victim, Got Away in 100mph+ police chase (Dunbar, Kanawha County) (8/21/03)

TESTS LINK ALL 3 WEST VIRGINIA SHOOTING DEATHS (8/21/03)

W.Va. Police Release Sketch of Shootings Suspect (8/22/03--link no longer working)

Motorist shoots pedestrian with arrow (9/26/03)

SNIPER: Brighton, Tennessee Breaking...... (10/23/03)

"Possible" sniper in Columbus Ohio ? (11/26/03: early article on Ohio sniper)

Report of Four People Shot in Wheaton MD (1/5/04)

FBI to aid in tower inquiry (water tower shooting) (1/19/04)

Also see on John Muhammad's links to Al Fuqra:

US sniper 'linked to terror cult' (10/14/03)

[formerDem]

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize that.

A local station is on now but they are talking about the Michael Jackson case. Idiots!