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

Daily Press ^ | 8/15/03 | JOEDY McCREARY

[stlnative]

Here is the lastest...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Bullets that killed three victims this week outside Kanawha County convenience stores were fired from the same caliber and class of weapon, police said Friday night, but they stopped short of saying they were fired from the same gun.

"All three balls had the same characteristics," Kanawha County Sheriff Dave Tucker said after getting ballistics results from a State Police crime lab. "But we can't say for sure it's the same gun."

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PING

[TexKat]

Wonder if this a copy cat or a member of Mo and Mal's terrorist group.

[Travis McGee]

Translation: the sniper is using a high velocity rifle which does not leave bullets in a condition which permits ballistic testing.

[TexKat]

Pinging.

[Cindy]

WTOP.com (AP): "3 SHOOTING DEATHS IN WEST VIRGINIA PROMPT PATROLS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Kanawha County Chief Deputy Phil Morris voiced concern Friday about the resemblance between the deaths and last year's sniper shootings in the Washington, D.C., area.") (Updated August 15, 2003) (Read More...)

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Sniper suspect is large white man - Shooter might be serial killer, sheriff says

Here goes the profiling - this one was just released also - Dated 8/16/03

[countrydummy]

Think he is using a 243 or a 30.06?

[Free Trapper]

I think you're right but the first thing that crossed my mind was that maybe some nut was out to prove that the original sniper murders could have been carried out with a more "primitive" firearm than one of the terrible "assault" rifles.

[stlnative]

Ping you back to read story at link in Post #7

[BenLurkin]

Here we go again!

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MORE...

August 16, 2003 - Victim feared sniping in 2002

West Virginia are Looking at Three Deadly Shootings Saturday, August 16, 2003, 12:15:22 AM

News wears on residents’ nerves - Saturday, August 16, 2003

[okie01]

The WVGazette link in #7 identifies it as a "small caliber weapon". So, we're probably talking a .22.

[Centurion2000]

6mm ? 7mm mag ?

[sheik yerbouty]

Maybe an '06 with a sabot.

[TexKat]

Calling Chief Moose.

We've got another duck with his noose loose.

Calling Chief Moose.

[FLAMING DEATH]

Well, I can't think of a worse state in which to do something like this. Virtually everyone is armed.

I wouldn't be surprised if the perp ends up being taken out by an ordinary citizen.

[okie01]

"Maybe an '06 with a sabot."

Why complicate?

[nightdriver]

"Maybe an '06 with a sabot."

Why complicate?

Because a projectile has no rifling marks on it if it is protected by a sabot. It would be nearly impossible to link to a particular weapon.

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Randall Burgess, 23, of Mink Shoals, was shot twice in the chest and killed outside a Kroger in the Kanawha City neighborhood of Charleston on March 20 authorities are not ruling out a possible connection.

Gary Carrier Jr., 34, of South Charleston, was shot in the head and killed Sunday night while using a pay telephone outside a Go-Mart on Charleston's west side.

Police identified the victims of Thursday's shootings as Jeanie Patton, 31, of Campbells Creek, and Okey Meadows, 26, of Cedar Grove. Patton was shot in the back of the head at about 10:20 p.m. Thursday while pumping gas at a Speedway store in Campbells Creek less than 10 miles east of Charleston. Meadows was shot in the neck about an hour later and 10 miles further east as he paid for milk while standing outside a Go-Mart in Cedar Grove on U.S. 60. At night, customers must pay for gas and other items through a sliding drawer in the wall. Morris said police believe a rifle was used in each shooting because the shot that killed Meadows was fired from 60 to 70 yards away, while Patton was shot from about 30 to 40 yards away.