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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Reuters) - Authorities pursuing a possible serial sniper in three West Virginia convenience store murders on Thursday investigated a report of shots being fired at a fourth location, police said. A 16-year-old girl told investigators she heard a bullet whiz past her head at a Go Mart gas station convenience store near Charleston at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday. She said the shot may have come from a maroon pickup truck. There were no injuries and police could not confirm that a shot had actually been fired. Soon after that report, a Kanawha County sheriff's deputy saw a pickup...

Sniper suspect is large white man By Tom Searls and Charles Shumaker STAFF REPORTERS Police speculated Friday that a large, white male driving a black pickup with an extended cab may be responsible for Thursday night’s killings outside two Kanawha County convenience stores, and possibly others. Kanawha Sheriff Dave Tucker said at a Friday afternoon media conference that the killer “could be a possible serial-type murderer.” Both victims of Thursday night’s convenience store shootings, Jeanie Patton, 31, and Okey Meadows, 26, were shot in the head area in a manner similar to the shooting of Gary Carrier Jr., 44, who...