2 gunned down by Sniper in WV

Charleston Gazette ^

[John Robertson]

Two people were killed late Thursday in separate shootings outside Kanawha County convenience stores, in what police said could be related random shootings.

They're random...yet related. My confused.

[Lokibob]

"what police said could be related random shootings. "  How much more evidence does Barney Fife need to connect the dots?

[stlnative]

random victims - same shooter? (black extended cab truck was seen at 2 of locations)

[sonsofliberty2000]

On Radio here in Wheeling, WV (WWVA) they are saying the shells are the same and that there are 5 dead from sniper. Of course they could be wrong, who knows these days.

[Lokibob]

4 murders by a sniper and Chief Moose isn't on the case.

He is a slacker.

[moodyskeptic]

Quick, look for a white Christian whacko hunter militia Republican as the suspect. If it turns out to be a black muslim, never mind.

[stlnative]

Three Fatally Shot in West Virginia

Friday, August 15, 2003

FOX NEWS

CHARLESTON, W. Va. — In shootings bearing an eerie resemblance to the sniper-style attacks that plagued the Washington, D.C., region last fall, two people were killed in separate incidents Thursday, just four days after a similar killing of another man.

A man and a woman were shot outside Kanawha County (search) convenience stores late Thursday.

Kanawha County authorities said the shootings appeared to be random but that a single shooter could be responsible for the deaths. Police have not identified the weapon or weapons used.

At about 10:20 p.m. Thursday, a woman was shot while pumping gas at a SuperAmerica store in Campbells Creek (search). County dispatchers said witnesses heard a gunshot but saw no one, reported West Virginia's Charleston Gazette.

The woman's body was covered with a sheet as she lay dead next to her red Pontiac Firebird.

The second shooting happened a little more than an hour later — while police were investigating the woman's death — 10 miles away outside a Go-Mart in Cedar Grove (search) on U.S. 60.

That person died and the body was lying covered with a sheet early Thursday, while a maroon pickup truck was parked nearby in the lot, the Gazette reported.

George Carrier Jr. 34, of South Charleston, was shot in the head and killed Sunday night while using a pay telephone outside a Charleston Go-Mart.

Lt. J.S. Bailes, Kanawha County sheriff's spokesman, had few details about the killings.

But all the victims were killed late at night while at gas stations and all of them reportedly died from single gunshot wounds to the head. Authorities have not confirmed that.

There are apparently striking differences in witness descriptions of the possible suspect's vehicle.

Late Thursday, police across the area were alerted to increase patrols around stores with gas pumps. Police are looking for a black pickup truck with gold trim seen leaving the Cedar Grove store and a dark-green or blue Chevrolet Corsica from the Campbells Creek shooting.

Kanawha County sheriff's deputies were questioning store employees and customers late Thursday but would not release any further information.

Campbells Creek resident Rick Clay told the Gazette that his 16-year-old son, Cody Ryan Clay, had tried to resuscitate the Speedway victim. Cody and his grandmother said they heard one shot and ran to the store from their adjacent residence.

Rand resident Arietta King said she saw a blue Chevrolet Corsica go speeding past her on Campbells Creek Drive, about a half-mile from the store, the Gazette reported. She then came upon the woman’s body, lying on the ground next to her car.

The Charleston Daily Mail reported Friday that the father of the slain woman has identified her as Jeannie Patton of Campbells Creek.

Larry Patton said he learned of his daughter's death from friends who apparently saw her body on a television news report.

WCHS-TV reported that Thursday's male victim has been identified as Okey Meadows Junior.

Kanawha County Chief Deputy Phil Morris voiced concern Friday about the resemblance between the deaths and last year's sniper shootings in the nation's capital region.

Residents were advised Friday not to travel alone to convenience stores and to keep their eyes open, Morris said.

The shootings came less than a year after two snipers randomly shot men and women of all backgrounds and races in Washington and its suburbs. Many of the victims were performing everyday tasks like pumping gas and walking through parking lots at Home Depot and Michael's craft store.

The D.C. sniper shootings left 10 people dead and three others wounded over a three-week span.

Lee Boyd Malvo (search), 18, and his alleged accomplice, 42-year-old John Allen Muhammad (search), are being charged in the case.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Bigg Red]

I hope this is another group of Black Muslims.


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Why would you say such a thing, mollyshouse? Is it because you just signed up today?

[MediaMole]

Jayson Blair is out to get his revenge on the Lynch family? ...Or maybe on Timesink and his NYT schadenfreude list.

Whoever it is, I hope the WV cops are better than Chief Moose and his bunch of "White-man-in-a-white-van fixated, better not racial profile" bunch in Maryland.

[Enterprise]

The suspect chooses the victims at random in other words. The victims are not related, as in; family members, employees of the same company; people of the same ethnic group; or people who fit a certain type that angers the shooter like tall blond males or short redheaded females. In this regard the shootings are unrelated. What makes them related is the evidence.

[TaxRelief]

A think they are quite convinced that it is at least three (3) separate deaths and three seperate sniper attacks. There is a remote possibility that some other previous shootings are connected, as well.

[TaxRelief]

This time they better remember to check the trunks... And to forget about the "white van" "black pickup" eye-witness descriptions.

[stlnative]

In the West Virginia slayings, two victims were shot in the head and another was hit in the neck, Tucker said. The shooter was more than 30 yards away from all three, officials said, and they believe a rifle was used in the attacks

[mommadooo3]

Late Thursday, police across the area were alerted to increase patrols around stores with gas pumps. Police are looking for a black pickup truck with gold trim seen leaving the Cedar Grove store and a dark-green or blue Chevrolet Corsica from the Campbells Creek shooting.

Has anyone thought to notify the truckers of these 'supsected vehicles'?

[blam]

Has our Islamist terrorist sniper showed up? They sure got an education from the last incident.

[Colt .45]

Just as long as nobody starts saying that this clown is a "professional ex-military sniper", I'll be happy. I remember when Lee Malvo and that other turd were running around that everyone was thinking it was a "professional ex-military sniper".

All of the snipers I've ever known (all from my military service) would not do something like that. They are professionals in every sense of the word, and they would not shoot random victims. A military sniper will only concentrate on designated targets, and it is with great skill, and patience that they accomplish their "assigned" (key word here folks - assigned) task. However, that being said, it looks like anytime something like this happens it becomes - "Let's blame it on (or associate it with) the military in some way." A 30 yard shot is an amature at work - NOT A PROFESSIONAL!

This person doing these killings is nothing more than a murderer, a criminal coward of the worst sort. He (or she) wants to achieve some noteriety to rival the Beltway murders.

[Chad Fairbanks]

SO are the police looking for a Blue Corsican?

[sonsofliberty2000]

Would that be a Smurf who speaks Corsican?