Former N.C. Man Located, Not Considered Suspect
A former North Carolina resident who federal authorities had wanted to question about the string of fatal shootings in Montgomery County and D.C. is in police custody.
Moose said Robert Gene Baker III (pictured, left) was located in Fairfax County, Va., and was taken in to custody on an outstanding warrant for auto theft in Florida.
Moose says that Baker is still not considered a suspect in the shootings, but is being questioned. Moose did not elaborate on how or when Baker was taken into custody.
Despite an earlier ATF report that Baker was armed with a handgun and high-powered rifle, Moose said Baker did not have a weapon in his possession when he was taken into custody.
Earlier in the day, The Raleigh news and Observer reported that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms had issued a bulletin for Baker, a former Raleigh resident. (pictured, right).
The bulletin described Baker as a drug user affiliated with various militia and white supremacist groups.
He was said to be traveling south in a white 2000 GMC van with dark lettering registered in Maryland.
The ATF said Baker's family members reported him missing on Monday. Moose said Baker's wife was the last to see him. The ATF report did not say where his family lives.
If it is him, was he so dumb as to still be driving the vehicle that the police were looking for?
MKM