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PSYCHO SLAY SPREE IS OVER
New York Post ^
| 10/25/02
| NILES LATHEM, VINCENT MORRIS and MARSHA KRANES
Posted on 10/25/2002 12:15:55 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:09:47 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The terror is over.
Accused Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad is in custody and refusing to talk, task-force investigators told The Post.
His teenage sidekick - and suspected letter-writer - John Lee Malvo is also keeping mum, sources said.
Ballistics tests have now linked 11 of the 13 shootings to Muhammad's rifle, a semiautomatic Bushmaster XM-15 - similar to an M-16 and known as the poor man's sniper rifle.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
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posted on
10/25/2002 12:15:55 AM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
Prosecutors haven't yet decided which jurisdiction gets first crack at the accused killers. Waddya mean? We have a fair trial, and a first class hanging! Ain't no purpose in hanging a body twice...
Pookie & Me
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posted on
10/25/2002 12:30:37 AM PDT
by
Pookie Me
To: kattracks
known as the poor man's sniper rifle. Them not be cheap snipee rifles. I go fer duh Nagants, lotsa bang fer fifty bucks.
To: kattracks
"...Muhammad's car - purchased at Sure Shot Auto Sales in Trenton ..."Uh, never mind.
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posted on
10/25/2002 1:59:24 AM PDT
by
Bonaparte
To: kattracks
These were no psychos, these were dedicated me following the instructions of thier faith as plainly laid out in thier so called holy book.
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posted on
10/25/2002 2:05:27 AM PDT
by
fella
To: kattracks
Sources said Muhammad's car - purchased at Sure Shot Auto Sales in Trenton - had been modified to permit a gunman to lie down and fire unseen from the back seat by slightly opening the trunk.
6
posted on
10/25/2002 2:12:05 AM PDT
by
stlnative
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
PING - YOU HAVE TO READ THIS WHOLE REPORT
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posted on
10/25/2002 2:19:50 AM PDT
by
stlnative
To: brigette
I definitely will brigette! I'm going to be back in a couple of hours..
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