D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear Page #2

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has been very accurate | at what they're attempting to do.

Thank you.

Children! Supper!

This murder spree | began yesterday evening in Maryland...

and continued today | with four more shooting deaths.

Police have launched | a statewide manhunt.

Last night the victim was a 55-year-old | man shot dead at a local market.

At 8. 00 this morning, a second man | was shot while mowing a lawn.

A short time later, a cab driver was killed | while filling his taxi at a Rockville gas station.

Then a woman sitting at a post office...

and then a second woman shot down | while cleaning her car.

Police are urging the public | to remain vigilant and alert.

There seems to be only one correlation | in these shootings:

Every victim was doing the things | each one of us does every day.

- Good eveni ng. | - Hey. How are y'all doing?

Good, good, good. I was wondering | if we can get a-- get a locker.

Would that be a family membership?

Sure. You have month-to-month?

- Mm-hmm. | - Okay, that'll work.

- This your boy? | - Yes.

- What's your name, baby? | - You can tell her.

My name's John, | ma'am, just like my father.

Where's your island accent?

- His mother's Jamaican. | - Oh.

My blood's all red, white and blue.

Uh, why don't you come on over here? | I'll take your picture.

Come on. | Stand right there.

Oh, come on, baby. | Smile for the camera.

- Do you want mine? | - Most definitely.

Now, why don't you give me | one of them smiles?

Okay.

- Okay, let me run some things by you. | - Right, right, right.

Do you remember seeing the box truck | before or after Chief Moose announced it?

I'm sorry, but the chief | won't be giving interviews.

All questions can be addressed | through our public information office.

I'll know better within an hour. | Thank you.

My office is getting calls.

Scared people asking questions | I can't answer.

- What do they want to know? | - They want to know how to be safe.

Asking about instituting curfews.

They've killed at night. | They've killed during the day.

We can't ask a million people | to hide indoors.

We have to define this, Charles.

Chief, I've got Sandy.

- We have to give it a name. | - There is no name for it.

- Sandy? | - Hey, baby. I'm back. I'm home.

- You okay? | - Yeah, yeah.

- I'll be there as soon as I can. | - All right.

Chief! Special Agent Tremain | from the F.B.I.

Baltimore field office.

Chief, we open the door to the Feds, | they are gonna ask us to step out.

Don't worry,Jacobs. | I reached out for the Bureau.

This suburban Beltway | community normally offers safe haven...

from the crime and violence | of the District.

But since the last shot rang out | at 9.58 this morning...

Montgomery County police | have announced neither leads...

nor suspects in this series | of random murders.

There are more questions tonight | than there are answers.

Paralysis has set in | across this quiet suburban county.

Citizens are behind locked doors, | wondering if the horror has ended...

as abruptly as it started, | wondering if this is all over--

if it's safe to walk the street, | buy gas or go shopping.

Has some sleeper cell awakened...

in the shadow of our nation 's capital?

Authorities will neither confirm nor deny | that the shootings are terrorist-related.

Terror--

You said one shot, Chief.

Are we dealing with a professional | of some kind? A trained sniper?

We do have... someone...

that so far has been very accurate...

at what they're attempting to do.

The spectre of terrorism | looms large in the mind of Americans...

and it cannot be ignored.

This is Connie Kingston reporting live | from Rockville, Maryland...

a city under siege.

Oh! Oh!

Chief Ramsey had a shooting | in the District last night.

DAY TWO 6.15 A.M.

If it's connected, that's six.

Six people in 24 hours.

AI FAGENT RUSSELL STONE D.C. Metro | turned the bullet fragments over to us this morning.

The fragments you've recovered | so far have all been.223s.

It's a common bullet. Several companies | make it. Several weapons fire it.

- We can't trace it? | - You haven't found any shell casings.

- We assumed he was collecting them. | - Or he's using a bolt-action rifle...

and ejecting the shell casings later, | or he's firing from inside his vehicle.

The shooting in D.C. | does match the MO.

Long range, one shot, no casings.

D.C. Metro has a witness...

who saw a burgundy-coloured | Chevy Caprice leaving the scene.

African-American driver.

F.B.I. SPECIAL AGENT JACK TREMAIN | I don't think so. Spree killers skew white.

Our profile says he's late 20s, | early 30s, educated, divorced.

That matchesyesterday's description-- | white box truck, white driver.

We're putting together | a geographic profile.

Most likely, | he lives near where he kills.

He or they? If this is a serial killer, | okay, that's one thing.

But the press has chained this | to anthrax and 9/1 1.

Long-range assassination is a page | out of Al-Qaeda's playbook.

What if it's not Osama Bin Laden? | What if it's Timothy McVeigh?

We're looking into militia groups | up and down the Seaboard.

We're referencing that | against weapons purchases--

Wait-- Wait a minute.

Referencing that against any members | with weapons training.

Lieutenant?

This guy, these guys, | whatever the hell they are...

they haven't targeted government | institutions or employees.

They haven't made any demands. | Nobody's claimed any responsibility.

So if this is terrorism, | what's the point?

What's the message?

Fear.

- Okay, listen. Like I said-- | - Honey--

- Stay inside.

- You missed the bus. | - Oh, yeah. I'll just ride my bike.

- You got all your gear. I'll drive you. | - But I--

I don't want you to miss homeroom. | I'll call you.

Come on, guys. I'm driving. | Come on.

Come on! Come on, come on. | Push it! Push it!

Push! Get it off of you! Push! | Drive, drive, drive, drive, drive it.

Drive it! | Get it off you!

Get it off you! | Look at me,John.

John, look at me.

Allah Akbar.

Bring it. Bring it. | Come on! Come on!

Allah Akbar. Bring it.

Bring it! Get it off! | Get it off of you!

Yeah!

Good job! | That's what I'm talking about.

John, that's what I'm talking about.

Allah Akbar.

Allah Akbar.

If something | should happen and a child gets hurt...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL | I couldn't live with myself...

knowing that we might have | done something and did not.

We have done something. | The schools are under lockdown.

It's like living in a bunker | eight hours a day.

Kids are safer in school than out.

- Your kids too? | - Yes, my kids too. Absolutely.

How do we make an informed | decision about the schools...

without something concrete | from law enforcement?

- The chief is giving us everything he can. | - Which ain't much.

I propose we shut 'em down. | Close the schools until this is over.

And tell the kids what? | Give up? Hide under your bed?

- I'd rather see them scared than dead! | - No one wants our children hurt.

It would only be as long as it takes | to catch the bastard.

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