[Peach]

Overnight news: The New York Post reports the shooter's 3 page letter left at the Ponderosa demands money in exchange for stopping the shootings. The shooting of schoolchildren is mentioned. A CNN report claims the shooter used voice-altering machine in yesterday's call to police.

[Peach]

Ping and Prayer Thread Here

[stlnative]

bump

[stlnative]

my goodness peach are you up this early or have you not been to bed yet? I am a night owl myself.

[spycatcher]

Who Is the Sniper? Blogs Tell All.

[Las Vegas Dave]

Anyone know if the latest shooting is tied in to the other bullet fragments found in the other victims?

(Could be a copycat looking for ca$h?)

[Lion's Cub]

Good morning, Peach. Thanks for the little review.

I've only been up about 90 min., but had a lot of trouble trying to get FR again. Hope somebody finds the bottleneck and can fix it today.

[wewillnotfail]

Fox reporting another shooting at a bus station on Conn. Ave in Montgomery County.

[Mo1]

FOX NEWS is reporting a possible shooting

[areafiftyone]

Good morning. I just posted the shooting in breaking news but I prefer being on this thread to discuss everything. Looks like the psycho wants ransom. Kinda give credence to the fact that this is NOT Middle Eastern terrorism or AQ. Looks like it is a greedy Psycho who wants Blood money.

[doosee]

Yesterday I posted some info. about the bike rider seen with the rifle protruding from his backpack in Fairfax shortly before the Home Depot shooting. Personally, I would like the police to do one of several actions here. First, sketch the rider and publicize that. Second, request that that person identify himself. If he doesnt come forward, then there is more of a chance the girls crossed paths with the killer.
BTW, Doosee is a he for the record!!!!!! The screen name doesnt help on that account. Today I am trying to find out if the police are following up on this incident.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Shooting in Aspen Hill Reported
Updated: Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002 - 6:26 AM


WHEATON(AP) -- A Montgomery County police 911 dispatcher has confirmed that a reported shooting is being investigated at Bell Pre Road and Connecticut Avenue.
This is in the Aspen Hill area of the county.

There is a huge police presence in the area and traffic is affected.

Traffic is completely stopped at Connecticut Avenue in both directions around the scene.

There is no word if the reported shooting has any connection to the sniper shootings in the Washington region.

[Mudboy Slim]

"The New York Post reports the shooter's 3 page letter left at the Ponderosa demands money in exchange for stopping the shootings. The shooting of schoolchildren is mentioned."

Well...there's the justification fer keeping the Chesterfield school's closed...MUD

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Shooting in Aspen Hill Reported
Updated: Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002 - 6:38 AM

 

(Rockville-AP) -- A spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire Department confirms one person has been shot in the Aspen Hill area.

Spokesman Pete Piringer says units were dispatched shortly before 6 a.m. to the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Grand Pre Road for a reported shooting on a Ride-On bus.

Piringer says one adult male victim suffered a "priority one chest wound." A medevac helicopter will be taking the victim to a local trauma center.

Piringer says he's been asked by police not to disclose which hospital.

He says it is his impression that the victim was found on the bus.

This is in the Aspen Hill area of the county.

There is a huge police presence in the area and traffic is affected.

Traffic is completely stopped at Connecticut Avenue in both directions around the scene.

There is no word if the reported shooting has any connection to the sniper shootings in the Washington region.

The shooting occurred around 6 a.m. near the site of five other sniper attacks.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The Los Angeles Times and Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that a note left at the last shooting contained a threat directed toward schools, which may have led authorities to cancel classes in the Richmond area.

The Los Angeles Times also reported Tuesday that unidentified federal agents said the letter was "very lengthy" and poorly worded, bordering on broken English.

[uncbob]

This whole situation shows how well the police etc are able to protect individual citizens

And the liberals want to disarm everybody

[packrat01]

for when its' crolled off the headlines on the sidebar.

[steve-b]

Overnight news: The New York Post reports the shooter's 3 page letter left at the Ponderosa demands money in exchange for stopping the shootings.

OK -- if the sniper will give the police his bank account number, we'll not only give him the money he demands, we'll throw in a 15% cut of a slush fund belonging to the previous dictator of Nigeria.

(Sorry, but some situations just demand a bit of gallows humor.)

[Deguello]

Bump.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WTOP - The driver, who was about to begin his morning run, was at the top of bus' steps. The door to the bus was open when the shooting occurred, said Maryland State Police Cpl. Rob Moroney.

Montgomery County school district spokesman Brian Porter said there will be no mid-day bus run for morning kindergarten students.

Porter tells Channel 5, kindergarteners who usually take the bus home at mid-day will be held in school until day's end, and will be bused home then.

[CPL BAUM]

FROM VIRGINA STATE POLICE scanner: Be on the lookout for a light colored Chevy Station Wagon - partial plates 793 ABF. They believe there may be another letter after the "F"