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Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002 [Another Shooting?]
Fox News, CNN, Press Releases | October 22, 2002 | Fox News, CNN, Press Releases

Posted on 10/22/2002 2:09:43 AM PDT by Peach

Let's keep a live commentary thread gonig again today.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: banglist; dc; maryland; shooter; sniper; virginia
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To: Lion's Cub
Sigh. Fox is now asking people who are listening to them on satellite radio and are caught in the traffic to call and tell them what it's like.
261 posted on 10/22/2002 5:00:06 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: CobaltBlue
They may not know. In Spain, they often refer to the whole area as "el antiguo Yugoslavia," and I think the French use the same phrase (in French, of course). Probably the English source translated it directly from the French report.
262 posted on 10/22/2002 5:00:38 AM PDT by livius
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To: aristeides
I would be very nervous sitting in a car...
263 posted on 10/22/2002 5:02:06 AM PDT by laker_dad
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To: CobaltBlue
If it's Bosnia, they may not want to identify it.
264 posted on 10/22/2002 5:02:17 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: aristeides
Channel 4 is talking to resident of Apt Building who walks her dog in the park adjacent to the Bus. She says they are locked in their apts. Also she says the land drops off very quickly as you go back from the door of the bus, meaning the shooter would be shooting up, if he was in the park straight out from the bus door.

I hope they check the trees
(I think he climbs trees to gain elevation to shoot over traffic or as in this case)
265 posted on 10/22/2002 5:03:06 AM PDT by OReilly
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To: laker_dad
I'd be slumped WAAAAAAY down if I was in a car stuck in those roadblocks.
266 posted on 10/22/2002 5:03:19 AM PDT by Catspaw
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To: .30Carbine
hey, another non-TV person. Wish there were more like us.
Hope that you do not have a TV because of financial concerns but choose to avoid its repulsive content decidedly.

RS
267 posted on 10/22/2002 5:04:09 AM PDT by RS_Rider
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"At the request of police, WTOP is not reporting the exact location of the roadblocks."

I was shocked they were doing it in the first place! How stupid.
268 posted on 10/22/2002 5:04:55 AM PDT by lizma
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To: Catspaw
So what is the jerk saying to Moose? Honey, I'm home? Oh good grief, I can't believe this. How horrible, news knows nothing about condition of victim. I came here to see if anyone knows. BTW, good morning. :(
269 posted on 10/22/2002 5:05:19 AM PDT by Letitring
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To: aristeides
I wouldn't worry about trying to get in to work right now. MSNBC saying all main arteries into DC shut down.
270 posted on 10/22/2002 5:05:23 AM PDT by Lion's Cub
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To: .30Carbine
Bookmark this site and in a couple of days they will have the transcripts up for the 10/21/02 Nachman Show & Abrams Report. They gave step by step reports of how things went down since the Saturday night shooting. If their sources are wrong, then they are wrong but this is the only media that went into sensible detail about it.
271 posted on 10/22/2002 5:06:24 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
if 'three shots' is true, this is not the guy we've been looking for, imho.

i'll eat the requisite crow if this turns out to be a domestic loony,
but our boy's been too regimented for too long to open up at short range and with multiple shots.

the virginia cops have it exactly right - until convinced otherwise, assume terrorist/s.

DC, during the best of times, is an insane place.
until the shooter is caught, copycats aren't a question of if, only of when ...

$0.02
keep on 'em folks ...

272 posted on 10/22/2002 5:06:37 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Catspaw
Good morning, officer! I am not a sniper... Can I please get the heck outta here???
273 posted on 10/22/2002 5:07:13 AM PDT by laker_dad
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To: livius; Sabertooth
Somone yesterday posted (I know not on what authority) that the sniper, while of French citizenship, is from "the former Yugoslavia."
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I recall seeing Sabertooth making a post mentioning this

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772950/posts?page=540#540
274 posted on 10/22/2002 5:07:49 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: laker_dad
Just posted on Montgomery Co. school site: all schools will be open. Idiots!
275 posted on 10/22/2002 5:08:35 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: laker_dad
Fox reports that the police are stopping all cars, because they have another vehicle they are looking for besides a white van. No descriptioin was given.
276 posted on 10/22/2002 5:08:42 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Letitring
The shooter, IMHO, seems to be keying off Moose. And this is his response to Moose, an "in your face" gesture. We're not dealing with a stable person, after all, because very few stable people decide to become serial killers.
277 posted on 10/22/2002 5:09:32 AM PDT by Catspaw
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Several school buses stopped in traffic.
278 posted on 10/22/2002 5:09:35 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: aristeides
Ted Williams on now. Time for another cup of coffee.
279 posted on 10/22/2002 5:09:44 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Miss Marple
Listening to WMAL, according to callers, they are checking EVERY vehicle.
280 posted on 10/22/2002 5:10:23 AM PDT by dakine
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