Organized Crazy Addicts

[Zed]

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Authorities on Saturday investigated a Virginia shooting for links to a sniper spree that left six dead in Maryland and Washington, D.C., but they said they may never be able to confirm that all the slayings were connected.

No arrests had been made in the scattered shootings that began Wednesday and apparently targeted people at random. Authorities were talking to one man late Saturday afternoon, but they stressed that he was not a suspect and no weapons were found with him.

In the Washington suburbs where the killings occurred, police still encouraged residents to go about their normal lives and enjoy their weekend.

"The community is safe for the moment," Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose said.

Authorities said late Friday that .223-caliber bullets used to kill four of the victims came from the same weapon, perhaps a hunting or assault rifle.

But the bullets used in the two other killings "are in very poor shape," Moose said at a press conference Saturday. "We may not be able to link them."

Moose was more hopeful that investigators would find identifiable bullets or bullet fragments in the car of a woman shot Friday in Fredericksburg, Va., about 55 miles south of Rockville.

"We are convinced, or we certainly strongly think, there are possible evidentiary items in that vehicle," Moose said.

The 43-year-old Spotsylvania, Va., woman, who was shot in the back in a parking lot, was listed in serious condition at INOVA Fairfax Hospital Saturday.

The five victims in the Washington suburbs were gunned down in broad daylight in public places during a 16-hour span Wednesday evening and Thursday morning: two at gas stations, one outside a grocery, another outside a post office and the fifth as he mowed the grass at an auto dealership.

Thursday night, a 72-year-old pedestrian in Washington was shot to death as he stood on a street corner.

Each victim was shot once from a distance. There were no known witnesses to the killings.

Montgomery County police said about 100 of its investigators were following up on about 600 credible tips. They were working with federal law enforcement to search for two suspects they believe fled in a white box truck with black lettering on the side.

Moose said late Saturday afternoon that a 33-year-old Montgomery County man who had been listed as missing and who police wanted to talk to about the case was in custody in Fairfax, Va., on an outstanding auto theft warrant from Florida.

"We're having conversations with the gentleman at this time," Moose said. He stressed that the man was not a suspect.

The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., had reported in its Saturday editions that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms had issued a bulletin for the man, who had lived in Raleigh and was described as affiliated with militia and white supremacist groups.

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6.04 pm, Wednesday: Mr James Martin, 55, programme analyst. He was shot as he walked across a parking lot of a grocery store.


7.41 am, Thursday: Mr James Buchanan, 39, gardener. He was shot while mowing lawn for a friend.


8.12 am, Thursday: Ms Sarah Ramos, 34, occupation unknown. Witnesses said she was shot while she was reading on a sidewalk bench.


8.12 am, Thursday: Mr Prenkumar Walekar, 54, a cab driver. He was filling up petrol for his cab at a petrol station when he was shot.


9.58 am, Thursday: Ms Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera, 25. She was killed while she was vacuuming her van outside her home.


9.15 pm, Thursday: Mr Pascal Charlot, 72, a retiree. He was killed while waiting for a bus.
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[INSANE_K@RR]

It's all sad and scary....and the saddest part is...that most of these people were just doing every day things... Like putting gas in your car..

[Ant (GER)]

Yo, this sniper guy or girl is REALLY SICK
I hope the police find him / her fast!!
I have some ideas what u have to do with him / her, and let him down slowly in lava/magma is on of the harmless things i think about that

cya
Ant

[roba]

Yeah I hope they will catch him/her soon too.... anyway i wonder if he was UT player....

[Corey Taylor]

Roba I don't think that he/she was a UT player....
if he/she play computer i think that he/she would play C-S (Counter-Strike)


Cya

Bye

///// Corey_Taylor

[Ant (GER)]

No matter what he play, when he have only one 3D shooter at home -> all people would think, that pc-gaming make him / her to a killer. I HATE THAT, 99,9% of all computer gamers are normal fine people, and then came the rest of 0,1% and the whole world thinking, that gaming make them to murders and killers. They don't understand, that this sick people get all of stuff (games, videos etc.) couse they are allready sick, normal ppl can play every game without going to be a murder

Grmpfl
Ant

[Sly]

Yup sure is scary shit, people being shot down doing everyday tasks, and apparently there is no motive behind the shootings. 1 shot 1 kill, whoever it is they sure are sick hope they get caught soon. Especially since myself and alot of my family members live in Maryland.

[Xeon]

omg yesterday another 1 killed by that bastard its so scary i realy feel sad for all those ppl there (

[Llama]

Im right near all of this sniper business....im in pa about 2 hour from where the killings have happened.....since the killings have begun my school has had 3 games in the are of the killings....Maryland and VA....its scary....normally we go out to eat after the games....since the killings we have been getting take out sent to the locker room.,...

It sucks to have a psycho like this on the loose....no rhyme or reason it seems the they are killing just for the sake of killing....what an awful person....

[Zed]

they now have reason to believe it is two people, and just struck again. These people are seriously sick and dimented and need to be punished severly. I hope they get caught very soon.