Blankenship_Fort Lewis Soldier Connected to Another I-5 Shooting

The Olympian ^ | 10/23/02 | ASP

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An early Sunday vehicle shooting between Maytown and Grand Mound has been linked to a Fort Lewis soldier suspected of similar shootings in Lacey and Lewis County, according to the Thurston County Sheriff's Office. Sgt. Jeremiah Daniel Blankenship, 22, pleaded not guilty Thursday and is being held in Lewis County Jail on $1 million bail on charges of first-degree assault with a firearm and driving under the influence. His trial is set for Nov. 25.

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Geez!

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Wow, pretty wild!!

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Take a look at 1st post in this string which is complete copy of article on I-5 shooter, Fort Lewis soldier.
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20021012/southsound/18573.shtml

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Blankenship:

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Another article on Blankenship. Wonder if he and a few buddies started out on a killing spree...perhaps a competition? At least one on the east coast and at least one on the west. I'm gonna see what else I can dig up re similar shootings in the area....or in Alabama. Someone somewhere on FR mentioned some search in AL.

10/9/02
Fort Lewis Soldier Allegedly Fires At Drivers
22-Year-Old Charged
CENTRALIA, Wash. -- A Fort Lewis soldier charged in a Sunday highway shooting near Centralia has been linked to two other weekend shootings in Lacey, Wash.
Police say Jeremiah Blankenship, 22, is responsible for shooting at 20-year-old Kathryn Morrisette.

She was driving through an intersection Saturday when her truck was hit (pictured). Morrisette ducked forward but was still hit by shrapnel.

A couple who drove through the same intersection about a half-hour before found gunfire holes in their car.

Police caught up to Blankenship after he allegedly drove alongside another car Sunday and fired a 20-gauge shotgun to flatten a front tire on Interstate 5 near Centralia. The driver was uninjured in the shooting.

State troopers arrested Blankenship and charged him with first-degree assault with a firearm and with driving under the influence. Bail was set at $1 million dollars in Lewis County.

http://www.koin.com/webnews/20023/20021009_fortlewisshooter.shtml

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I would be curious to know the ethnicity of the victims. Were they possibility of a Middle East persuasion?