Two Hispanics Sought In DC Area Killings

World Net Daily ^ | 10/4/02 | World Net Daily

[joesnuffy]

HOMELAND INSECURITY 2 'Hispanics' sought in D.C.-area hunt Be-on-lookout alert describes shooters' race

Posted: October 4, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Paul Sperry © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com

By Paul Sperry

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Police in the Washington suburb where five people were gunned down in two days are looking for two "Hispanic" men in the fatal shootings, according to a police bulletin that federal authorities shared with WorldNetDaily.

Montgomery County Police in press conferences have described only the gender, not the race, of the two suspects -- one a driver and the other the shooter.

The be-on-the-lookout, or BOLO, alert that local police sent out earlier today to all law enforcement agencies also described in detail the "white box truck" used by the snipers.

The six-wheeled vehicle resembles a commercial delivery truck, police say. The cab is smaller than, and separate from, the large box-shaped cargo area, which is completely enclosed. The rear passenger side of the bumper has been damaged. And there is block-lettering on the side and rear of the truck.

A Montgomery County Police spokesman confirmed that the BOLO describes the suspects in the sniper slayings as "Hispanic."

But he cautioned that they could be another non-white race.

"We do not count on them being two Hispanic males," said Officer Derek Baliles. "Appearances can be interpreted. We do not want to limit anything at all."

"It's possible," he added, that the suspects could be Middle Eastern.

He also cautioned that their eyewitness account of the suspects is not solid.

Baliles says the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is examining bullet fragments in two other shootings to see if they are connected to the other five, which occurred Wednesday and Thursday.

A 72-year-old man Thursday night was shot to death on a Washington street corner. And a Virginia woman this afternoon was shot in the back at a crafts store. Her condition was not immediately known.

ATF ballistics experts have determined that a high-velocity rifle firing a .223-caliber bullet was used in at least three of the shootings. The bullet is used in hunting rifles and M-16s and makes a large wound as it enters the body.

The police spokesman says FBI profilers will put together a "word picture" Saturday morning to try to make sense of the unusual crime and come up with a possible motive.

Authorities are not ruling out terrorism.

Baliles says the Secret Service has assigned at least one agent to the case. The Office of Homeland Security and CIA are not involved, he says.

The shooters took very select shots of random strangers, and appear to be trained in marksmanship. All six victims who died were killed with a single shot, some apparently shot in the head, although Baliles would not confirm that.

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[kcvl]

"It's possible," he added, that the suspects could be Middle Eastern.

[mykdsmom]

"We do not count on them being two Hispanic males," said Officer Derek Baliles. "Appearances can be interpreted. We do not want to limit anything at all."

"It's possible," he added, that the suspects could be Middle Eastern.

Make the most sense in this senseless crime.

MKM

[StormEye]

""It's possible," he added, that the suspects could be Middle Eastern."

Duh, no kidding. Really? I mean, like, really, really really?

[Polycarp]

"a high-velocity rifle firing a .223-caliber bullet was used in at least three of the shootings. The bullet is used in hunting rifles and M-16s and makes a large wound as it enters the body"

Where do they get this stuff?!?

This is a 22 caliber bullet, very small entry hole. Rifles are not high velocity per se, but the ammo is "high velocity" when it is fired through such a rifle.

[Fred Mertz]

Does anyone know if the Virginia sniping incident is related to the others?

Early on, I thought so, but now I don't. TIA

[Robert_Paulson2]

Our open border with Mexico will be our undoing.

Arabs and Mexicans SORT OF HAVE the same color of skin and hair... it wouldn't surprise me if al queda trainees have been learning spanish, so they could blend in with another cultural group to avoid detection.

just a thought... but of course, these guys may just be hispanics... I personally doubt it.

[Texas_Jarhead]

yes, I heard them say something about a white driver of Fox News when they showed a cop holding up an AR-15

[bybybill]

The Montgomeny Chief of Police used cto be the head cop in Portland, Or. IMHO they will never catch the shooters if he`s in charge.Charles Mouse puts PC ahead of all else.

[Robert_Paulson2]

yeah... for a while I thought they were going to lay the same old "michigan militia" crapola that the reno injustice department did...

glad they are admitting these are NOT 'tim mcvey' uptight whities, and that we could actually have a pair of islamics, instead of mexicans...

I think our tactics are being probed... and I think we have failed miserably. We need homeland security prgrams in place nine months ago... not nine months hence.

Daschle, this is YOUR fault.

[LikeLight]

If they're not really hispanic . . . Abu Sayef? . . . on a sort of a "special forces" revenge mission (we have really messed them up over there in the Philipines/Malaysia area) . . . this BOLO is in itself a small miracle . . . we are actually being told to look out for non-white men . . .

[Shermy]

It all began here...

[WackyKat]

"Hispanics" my *ss-they're Middle-eastern! Just like the July 4th airport shooting; the government keeps telling us to watch out for terrorists, but when terrorist acts occur, they do everything they can to cover them up!

[Shermy]

[dpa5923]

"It's possible," he added, that the suspects could be Middle Eastern.

Ya think?

[PUGACHEV]

I recall a line from William S. Burroughs which he stole from Hemmingway about that. It was, as well as I can remember it: "The hole where the bullet went in was about the size of a pencil. The hole where the bullet came out was large enough to put you fist in if you had a small fist and you wanted to put it there."

[LibertarianLiz]

"It's possible," he added, that the suspects could be Middle Eastern.

Ya think?

[dead]

But he cautioned that they could be another non-white race.

Well, at least whitey's off the hook.

That's unusual in serial killer cases, but hispanics have really been picking up their fair share lately.

I gotta ask Jimmy the Greek why "the black" doesn't excel in this particular sport.

(All kidding aside, this seems to be right out of the Al Qaeda playbook, when playing in a largely disarmed arena, like wealthy, east coast, million-mom suburbs. They wouldn't attempt this crap in Texas or the South Bronx.)