NEWSFLASH: Another shooting, approx. 9 AM, this time near Fredericksburg

The Free Lance-Star ^ | now | Jim Lakely

[seamus]

I work in a newsroom in Fredericksburg, and they heard on the police scanner that a person has been shot at a gas station at "Four Mile Fork" which is a neighborhood just south of the City of Fredericksburg.

No details yet, but I wanted to let y'all know -- and keep up the tradition of FReepers getting news first.

Pray for the victim, and pray that this is a random shooting, and that this monster's terror has not widened yet again.

[Dustoff45]

Posting from Fredericksburg -

There are two Exxon stations, one north and one south of Exit 126, I-95, both on Highway One

The State Police barracks is north past the 4 mile fork junction of Highway One and State 208, more than a mile away.

The Falmouth river bridge is where Highway One cross from Fredericksburg into Stafford County about 8 miles north of the Exxon stations.

The Exxon to the south of Exit 126 is across from a KFC and near a RaceTrac Truck stop.

The exxon to the north is near a Holiday Inn and across from a Howard Johnsons and Dennys

This exit is about 57 miles south of DC.

[aristeides]

Remember one of the first shootings was across the street from a Montgomery Co. police station.

[ChadGore]

"Pursuing several differant vehicles"

[luv2ndamend]

I do not know if rhis would be of help. I have a traffic map with cameras at this site.

http://www.trafficland.com/find_frm.html

[relee]

The Virginia State Police are looking for a white chevy van with ladder on the roof and writing on the side.

[Elenya]

Showing hov lanes on 95, several white vehicles pulled over..

Might not be a very good sign. Could mean they didn't have helicopter patrols ready.

[GRRRRR]

Fox With LIVE coverage showing State Troopers stopping traffic on I95

[dinasour]

What is "WTOP"?

Main news radio for the DC area.

[lizma]

One on I-95, one on Rt 1

[areafiftyone]

Sniper hunters rush to new shooting

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 11 — Police on Friday were investigating a shooting at a gas station in Fredericksburg, Va., a crime that bears similarities to several slayings attributed to the sniper terrorizing the Washington, D.C., area. Meanwhile, authorities were planning to make public a “graphic aid” in hopes that it will help the public identify the sniper, who has killed seven people and wounded two others.

DETAILS were immediately available on the shooting at an Exxon station in Spotsylvania County, where one previous shooting attributed to the sniper has been reported. Some witnesses reported seeing a white van, possibly a Chevy Astro minivan, speeding away from the scene, NBC affiliate WRC-TV reported.

Word of the shooting came shortly after Montgomery County, Md., Police Chief Charles Moose announced at a news conference that the FBI was assembling graphic materials for distribution to the media that may help solve the case. He declined to elaborate on the nature of the materials, but indicated they would be released later in the day.

You can read the rest of the article HERE

[aristeides]

Do the cops have helicopters up?

[js1138]

If this is the wrong guy, he's in a heapa trouble.

[Amore]

flourescent lights jam your AM reception

They can do that? Can they jam anything else? We get practically no reception at my office -- radio, tv, cell phones. Building built around 1980, my only guess has been that they shielded the building in lead!

[mhking]

The chase is not quite close enough to DC to use those cams yet.

[freeperfromnj]

I am starting to wonder if this has something to do with an Al Qaeda sleeper agent(s). Notice that all these shootings are happening in the D.C. area? BTW, these shootings might be the result of more than one person. Anybody else have any ideas on whether these shootings could be terrorist-related?

I'm with you 100% and have thought so since day 1. They are making a big mistake by not even attempting to profile an al qeada operative. All one has to do is search for jihad training manuals and really read the substance and you will see that this MO fits their training to a science. Check out the section on surveillance.

[skip2myloo]

Weather here today is very marginal - tough to fly, even in a helicopter.

[GEC]

Thanks for the stream.

It's huge.

[X-Servative]

How dangerous! She could have blown-up the gas station using that cell phone. (/sarcasm)

On a serious side, my prayers are with her and her husband.

[Consort]

These crimes are probably recorded on satellite images having advanced optics/cameras onboard. Just review the tapes for those days when the crimes were committed and there was no cloud cover.

[mhking]

Hell, that's all the way up at the mixing bowl in Springfield!