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

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[ChadGore]

For you with broadband, this is live video feed from NBC 4 Washington DC

http://nbc4.feedroom.com/ (broadband windows sucky media)

[dep]

guy got shot. died. didn't catch anybody yet.

dep

[abner]

I'm wondering if the van is just a decoy and the shooter is on foot.

[SarahW]

" a no self-pump state"

I had no idea there was such a thing.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Sorry, "PMS" = pMSNBC.

[michigander]

Amid Sniper Search, Another Man Shot Dead in Va.

October 11, 2002 11:23 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police said a man was shot at a gasoline station near Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Friday, and media reports said he later died of his wounds in a local hospital.

The shooting touched off a renewed hunt for a white van, as investigators searched for a sniper who has killed seven people and wounded two others in a week-long murder spree.

However, police said they could not confirm a connection between Friday's shooting and the series of sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area. Two of the sniper's victims were killed at area gasoline stations.

The Friday shooting occurred near a state-police barracks just off a busy highway in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

"We're on the lookout for a white Chevrolet Astro van last seen going northbound on Route 1," said Virginia State Police spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell.

Exits along highway I-95, the major interstate on the U.S. East Coast, were closed in the Virginia area.

[Interesting Times]

CNN...victim has died.

As CNN viewers learn what was reported here 20 minutes earlier...

[walkingdead]

Thanks dep. Single shot I assume, everything seems to be fitting the M.O.

[ReadMyMind]

Sounds like a man was shot and killed at Four Mile Corner Exxon.

From live video feed on traffic cam's over the internet, it appears that police are now stopping northbound traffic on I-95 (not sure about the number, think it's 95). Southbound traffic not now being stopped, but they are rubbernecking so traffic in DC area is probably gonna be a bit slow.

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

How nice - immediately throw blame at the ones that are trying their best to solve terrorism attacks here.

Geesh...

Did you not see the /sarcasm> tag on my post?

Bite me.
/sarcasm>

[mhking]

So what's the final word on all of this? Did someone truly get shot? If so, did he make it? Did they catch the van in question? I'm at work, and cannot for the life of me keep up with this fast moving thread. I need info on everything we know now about the shooting this morning. Thank you all in advance for helping out a poor cubicle slave....

1. No final word yet.
2. Yes.
3. No.
4. No.
5. No problem, glad to be of assistance.

[SarahW]

So it seems the shooter travels south for the weekend.

Think he lives there, or has family/work there?

I live in RICHMOND, a straight shot south down 95, and I'm glad I have a full tank.

[mhking]

I had no idea there was such a thing.

Yeah, New Jersey and (I think) Oregon.

[abner]

Lady on WTOP is saying that the 'total recall' van is incorrect.

Van is white, with ladders on it, but no lettering.

[abner]

Lady on WTOP is saying that the 'total recall' van is incorrect.

Van is white, with ladders on it, but no lettering.

[Steve0113]

There were no injured, just the one fatality.

[ET(end tyranny)]

Yes, and the AR does not have to be a Colt.

Could, or would there be any reason to use more than one of these?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

FNC - Geraldo on the scene!!!

[mitchbert]

WTOP now backing off "Total Recall/Access" markings on van. Now claiming that's not the case.