[Peach]

TexKat, another Freeper, alerted me to this news on Fox. If anyone hears anything further, please ping or freepmail me. Thanks. (We live on a golf course and so are particularly interested in this story.)

[Peach]

Ping

[Fred Mertz]

A date, or approximate date would be helpful. Arizona? That's way off the beaten path.

Please ping me if and when more details are revealed. Thanks.

[Route66]

Here's a little more:

Tucson killing checked for possible
link to sniper suspects

Associated Press
Nov. 5, 2002 12:25 PM

Tucson police are re-examining evidence in a March shooting after
learning that the men suspected in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper
shootings were in Tucson at the time a golfer was killed there.

The FBI notified Tucson police on Friday that John Allen Muhammad and
John Lee Malvo were in Tucson in mid-March visiting Muhammad's sister,
then a Tucson resident, according to a police new release Tuesday.

Jerry R. Taylor, 60, was shot and killed March 19 while practicing chip
shots at a golf course. The weapon involved is believed to have been a
rifle, police said.

Taylor was practicing alone, according to police. His body was discovered
by other golfers.

At the time, police considered robbery a possible motive for the killing.

A police spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment
Tuesday afternoon.

[areafiftyone]

veryyyyyyy interesting

[cyncooper]

I missed the Fox report but checked a local tv station site and found this:

BREAKING NEWS: Tucson murder may be linked to DC Sniper
The Montgomery County Task Force has given information to the Tucson Police Department that may link the D.C. area snipers, John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo to a murder in Tucson.

A release from the Tucson Police Department says that the Montgomery County Task Force is requesting the department re-examine evidence associated with the murder of Jerry Taylor, 60, was shot at the Fred Enke Golf Course on March 19.

Investigators have learned that John Muhammad and John Lee Malvo were in Tucson in mid-March visiting John Muhammad sister, who was then a Tucson resident. The weapon involved, according to the release, is believed to be a rifle.

Stay tuned to Eyewitness News for the latest.
Published: Nov. 5, 2002

Source:
http://kvoa.com/stories/11/1152002_0.html

[r9etb]

I seem to recall a FR thread on this shooting. Not sure how to find it, though.

[aristeides]

Does Arizona have the death penalty? If it does, are 17-year-olds subject to it?

[Future Useless Eater]

This would explain why Muhammad was referring to Malvo by the nickname 'Sniper' several months before the DC shootings.

The psychotic frame of mind Muhammad was in around August 1st in Baton Rouge also suggests they had already done some killings and were paranoid they might already be under suspicion by LE.

Isn't it amazing how much terrorists have to CLOBBER us before we will notice and acknowledge their activities? I'll bet that if only ONE jet hit ONE tower on 9/11 we would have heard for weeks that it was just 'pilot error'!!!