MonkeyMan
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Another "sniper" near DC?
From the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia:
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/200308151
From the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia:
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/200308151
Three "Sniper Style" Shootings Reported in W. Virginia (is it starting again...?)
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WonderNine
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Three "Sniper Style" Shootings Reported in W. Virginia FOX breaking news headline (not mine)
http://www.foxnews.com.edgesuite.net/story/0,2933,94868,00.html
CHARLESTON, W. Va. — A man and a woman were fatally shot during two separate incidents outside Kanawha County convenience stores late Thursday, four days after another man was killed in a similar incident.
Police said the deaths appeared to be random shootings.
At about 10:20 p.m. Thursday, a woman was shot while pumping gas at a SuperAmerica store in Campbells Creek. The second fatal shooting happened a little more than an hour later and 10 miles away outside a Go-Mart in Cedar Grove on U.S. 60.
Lt. J.S. Bailes, Kanawha County sheriff's spokesman, had few details about George Carrier Jr. 34, of South Charleston, was shot in the head and killed Sunday night while using a pay telephone outside a Charleston Go-Mart.
Late Thursday, police across the area were alerted to increase patrols around stores with gas pumps. Police are looking for a black pickup truck with gold trim seen leaving the Cedar Grove store and a dark-green or blue Chevrolet Corsica from the Campbells Creek shooting.
Kanawha County sheriff's deputies were questioning store employees and customers late Thursday but would not release any further information.
http://www.foxnews.com.edgesuite.net/story/0,2933,94868,00.html
CHARLESTON, W. Va. — A man and a woman were fatally shot during two separate incidents outside Kanawha County convenience stores late Thursday, four days after another man was killed in a similar incident.
Police said the deaths appeared to be random shootings.
At about 10:20 p.m. Thursday, a woman was shot while pumping gas at a SuperAmerica store in Campbells Creek. The second fatal shooting happened a little more than an hour later and 10 miles away outside a Go-Mart in Cedar Grove on U.S. 60.
Lt. J.S. Bailes, Kanawha County sheriff's spokesman, had few details about George Carrier Jr. 34, of South Charleston, was shot in the head and killed Sunday night while using a pay telephone outside a Charleston Go-Mart.
Late Thursday, police across the area were alerted to increase patrols around stores with gas pumps. Police are looking for a black pickup truck with gold trim seen leaving the Cedar Grove store and a dark-green or blue Chevrolet Corsica from the Campbells Creek shooting.
Kanawha County sheriff's deputies were questioning store employees and customers late Thursday but would not release any further information.
AZTOY
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I just saw this on Fox News .
Just want we need with AWB sunset
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Just want we need with AWB sunset
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Thumper
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...and a white van.
This is just great.
WonderNine
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I wouldn't want to be a mullet driving around in a black truck in W. Virginia right now.
You realize that's half the population of males under 30?
< calling my uncle about this, he lives in the part of WVa
< calling my uncle about this, he lives in the part of WVa
Detachment Charlie
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This is gonna be different than DC -- the folks in West "By God" Virginia can and will shoot back.
TheOtherOne
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If I'm being incosiderate and thoughtless by saying this, then oh well... but I hope the guy is using your run of the mill deer rifle as opposed to something like an AR.
TallPine
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Round up the usual suspects ....
AZTOY
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TheOtherOne
I hope your right.
I hope your right.
Keith
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This is horrible, but I can't help wondering if indeed, the outcome will be different in an armed place like WV.
It's tough though because a sniper is by definition shooting from a distance where packing a handgun isn't a very useful defense. Maybe one of those Ruger ranch rifles bouncing around in a pick-up truck gun rack will come into play!
And I hope the owner has a huge "pre-ban" mag!
Keith
It's tough though because a sniper is by definition shooting from a distance where packing a handgun isn't a very useful defense. Maybe one of those Ruger ranch rifles bouncing around in a pick-up truck gun rack will come into play!
And I hope the owner has a huge "pre-ban" mag!
Keith
Kamicosmos
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What the...? Geez. Copy cat killer(s)? Didn't that go out in the '70s? (I'm not trying to make light of this, just disgusted at it.)
DigitalWarrior
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I dont want to believe it, but I might just be joining the tin-foil-hat club.
gun-fucious
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Not exactly "near DC"...
August 15, 2003
2 gunned down
* Woman, man shot dead outside Campbells Creek, Cedar Grove gas stations
By Paul Wilson
Staff Writer
Two people were killed late Thursday in separate shootings outside Kanawha County convenience stores, in what police said could be related random shootings.
The two became the second and third people shot dead outside Kanawha Valley convenience stores within four days, and the third and fourth people murdered in Kanawha County on a bloody Thursday.
Thursday night, a woman was gunned down while pumping gas at a Campbells Creek convenience store about 10:20 p.m., while another person was shot slightly more than an hour later outside a Cedar Grove store. Both were killed.
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“They appear to be random shootings,†said Lt. J.S. Bailes, Kanawha County sheriff’s spokesman.
Initial reports were that the Campbells Creek victim had been shot in the head, but that could not be confirmed. Witnesses also said the Cedar Grove victim was shot in the head, though authorities did not confirm that, either.
Sunday night, a South Charleston resident also was shot in the head and killed outside a convenience store. George Carrier Jr. 34, was killed while using a pay telephone outside a Charleston Go-Mart.
Late Thursday, police across the Valley were alerted to increase patrols around stores with gas pumps. Police were alerted to look for a black pickup truck with gold trim seen leaving the Cedar Grove store and a dark-green or blue Chevrolet Corsica from the Campbells Creek shooting.
Witnesses heard a gunshot but saw no one at the Campbells Creek shooting, county dispatchers said.
That incident left a woman lying dead next to her red Pontiac Firebird. She had been pumping gasoline at the Speedway SuperAmerica store, 524 Campbells Creek Drive, when she was shot. The name of the victim — whose body was covered with a sheet on the store’s parking lot late Thursday — was not immediately released.
The second shooting occurred about 10 miles away around 11:30 p.m. at the Go-Mart in Cedar Grove on U.S. 60. Bailes had few details, but said a person outside the store was shot.
That person died and the body was lying covered with a sheet early today, while a maroon pickup truck was parked nearby in the lot.
Campbells Creek resident Rick Clay said his 16-year-old son, Cody Ryan Clay, had tried to resuscitate the Speedway victim. Cody Ryan Clay and his grandmother, Sandy Clay, had heard one shot and ran to the store from their adjacent residence, his father said.
Rand resident Arietta King said she saw a blue Chevrolet Corsica go speeding past her on Campbells Creek Drive, about a half-mile from the store. She then came upon the woman’s body, lying on the ground next to her car.
Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies were questioning store employees and customers late Thursday and would not release any information.
That’s what brought Georges Creek resident Tina Adkins to the Campbells Creek homicide scene.
Her sister, Wendy Tuell of Rand, had been leaving the store when she heard what she had described to her husband in a short phone conversation as a firecracker. She did not believe her sister had witnessed the shooting.
She spotted her on the parking lot in a red shirt. “Thank God she’s alright,†Adkins said.
The two victims’ deaths became the fifteenth murders in Kanawha County this year. Charleston has had 10 of those homicides, including a man and woman found shot to death early Thursday in a car parked on the city’s West Side.
Staff writer Tom Searls contributed to this report.
To contact staff writer Paul Wilson, use e-mail or call 348-5100.
August 15, 2003
2 gunned down
* Woman, man shot dead outside Campbells Creek, Cedar Grove gas stations
By Paul Wilson
Staff Writer
Two people were killed late Thursday in separate shootings outside Kanawha County convenience stores, in what police said could be related random shootings.
The two became the second and third people shot dead outside Kanawha Valley convenience stores within four days, and the third and fourth people murdered in Kanawha County on a bloody Thursday.
Thursday night, a woman was gunned down while pumping gas at a Campbells Creek convenience store about 10:20 p.m., while another person was shot slightly more than an hour later outside a Cedar Grove store. Both were killed.
- advertisement-
“They appear to be random shootings,†said Lt. J.S. Bailes, Kanawha County sheriff’s spokesman.
Initial reports were that the Campbells Creek victim had been shot in the head, but that could not be confirmed. Witnesses also said the Cedar Grove victim was shot in the head, though authorities did not confirm that, either.
Sunday night, a South Charleston resident also was shot in the head and killed outside a convenience store. George Carrier Jr. 34, was killed while using a pay telephone outside a Charleston Go-Mart.
Late Thursday, police across the Valley were alerted to increase patrols around stores with gas pumps. Police were alerted to look for a black pickup truck with gold trim seen leaving the Cedar Grove store and a dark-green or blue Chevrolet Corsica from the Campbells Creek shooting.
Witnesses heard a gunshot but saw no one at the Campbells Creek shooting, county dispatchers said.
That incident left a woman lying dead next to her red Pontiac Firebird. She had been pumping gasoline at the Speedway SuperAmerica store, 524 Campbells Creek Drive, when she was shot. The name of the victim — whose body was covered with a sheet on the store’s parking lot late Thursday — was not immediately released.
The second shooting occurred about 10 miles away around 11:30 p.m. at the Go-Mart in Cedar Grove on U.S. 60. Bailes had few details, but said a person outside the store was shot.
That person died and the body was lying covered with a sheet early today, while a maroon pickup truck was parked nearby in the lot.
Campbells Creek resident Rick Clay said his 16-year-old son, Cody Ryan Clay, had tried to resuscitate the Speedway victim. Cody Ryan Clay and his grandmother, Sandy Clay, had heard one shot and ran to the store from their adjacent residence, his father said.
Rand resident Arietta King said she saw a blue Chevrolet Corsica go speeding past her on Campbells Creek Drive, about a half-mile from the store. She then came upon the woman’s body, lying on the ground next to her car.
Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies were questioning store employees and customers late Thursday and would not release any information.
That’s what brought Georges Creek resident Tina Adkins to the Campbells Creek homicide scene.
Her sister, Wendy Tuell of Rand, had been leaving the store when she heard what she had described to her husband in a short phone conversation as a firecracker. She did not believe her sister had witnessed the shooting.
She spotted her on the parking lot in a red shirt. “Thank God she’s alright,†Adkins said.
The two victims’ deaths became the fifteenth murders in Kanawha County this year. Charleston has had 10 of those homicides, including a man and woman found shot to death early Thursday in a car parked on the city’s West Side.
Staff writer Tom Searls contributed to this report.
To contact staff writer Paul Wilson, use e-mail or call 348-5100.
gun-fucious
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merge threads please
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=435400
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=435400
El Tejon
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Dig, no the media intentionally made a big deal out of the DC snipers in order to inspire copycats. Remember Stockton?
I am surprised it took this long. Lots of mad dogs around.
Nah, we don't need mental hospitals.
I am surprised it took this long. Lots of mad dogs around.
Nah, we don't need mental hospitals.
Kaylee
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as you ask, so shall it be done.
oooh... bummer.
-K
WonderNine
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Moose on the loose. 
gun-fucious
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the Johnstown PA, Friday night news said it was a .223...
gun-fucious
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August 16, 2003
Reports of suspicious black trucks about in Valley
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2003081530
By Charles Shumaker
STAFF WRITER
Charleston police were deluged Friday night with calls about suspicious black trucks that matched the description of a vehicle sought in a pair of fatal shootings outside Kanawha County convenience stores Thursday night.
During one stop, city police questioned and released two men who had parked their black Nissan pickup along Kanawha Boulevard.
Earlier in the evening, Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies arrested the driver of a black Ford truck on U.S. 60 near Witcher Creek and charged him with carrying a concealed weapon.
Guy Wayne Hamilton’s Ford F-150 matched the vehicle description witnesses linked to the fatal convenience store shootings of Jeanie Patton, 31, and Okey Meadows Jr., 26. However, police concluded Hamilton was not involved in the shootings.
Hamilton was questioned and released on a personal recognizance bond. Deputies said he was carrying a 9 mm handgun in his truck, said Kanawha County Chief Deputy Phil Morris.
Morris also said State Police reported at least one traffic stop on a truck matching investigators’ description.
The black truck suspected in Thursday night’s shootings was last seen squealing away from a Cedar Grove convenience store after Meadows was fatally shot in the neck.
Police began receiving reports of suspicious black trucks after media reports Friday evening released the vehicle description and that of a “large†white male suspected of pulling the trigger.
Charleston Police Lt. Jim Sands said city officers weren’t making it a point late Friday to target black trucks, but numerous sightings were called in to the department.
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http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2003081514
August 16, 2003
Sniper suspect is large white man
Shooter might be serial killer, sheriff says
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.â€
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 was shot outside a Charleston convenience store Sunday night.
Initial tests of the bullets in all three shootings revealed the same characteristics, but investigators have not concluded the bullets were fired from the same weapon, said Kanawha County Chief Deputy Phil Morris.
“That’s one step closer to saying they come from the same gun,†Morris said. “We’ve just moved a big step closer.â€
The State Police tests, which were completed late Friday evening, linked the three bullets to small-caliber weapons, Morris said. He declined to elaborate on the results of the preliminary tests. State Police weapon analysts will return today to continue testing the bullet fragments.
Patton was gunned down while pumping gas outside the Speedway convenience store on Campbells Creek Drive about 10:25 p.m.
Less than hour later, and about 10 miles away, Meadows was fatally shot outside a Cedar Grove convenience store.
Patton was shot in the head and Meadows was shot in the neck, police said.
Investigators think the two Campbells Creek residents were shot from a distance with a small-caliber rifle.
The Cedar Grove shots were fired from a distance of 60-70 yards, Morris said. “We don’t believe a handgun was used,†he said.
A person also at the Cedar Grove store was reportedly closer to the shooter than Meadows.
Patton was probably shot from a distance of 30 to 35 yards away, Morris said.
Investigators hope further ballistics tests will confirm or disprove that the bullets were fired from the same weapon. Despite the similarities found in the initial tests, it is possible different weapons were used in the three murders.
Carrier, of South Charleston, died after being shot in the head while standing outside a Go-Mart on Charleston’s West Side late Sunday.
City detectives said the bullet that killed Carrier was also fired from a small-caliber weapon.
Charleston police Chief Jerry Pauley — who attended a sheriff’s media conference Friday, along with representatives from the State Police, South Charleston police, the FBI and the ATF — said the Sunday shooting might be related to the Thursday night slayings.
“It could’ve been [by the same person],†Pauley said. “That fragment of a bullet was taken to the State Police lab to be checked.â€
The combined police agencies formed a task force to investigate the homicides together and set up a headquarters at Charleston’s Air National Guard base, where they met Friday night, Morris said.
The full-sized black pickup might be the agencies’ best evidence, so far, Morris said. It was seen outside the Cedar Grove store, and a person told police they also saw it near the Campbells Creek shooting.
“The truck had been [parked outside the Go-Mart] about 20 minutes, and moved from one end of the lot to the other, where it drew attention,†Morris said. “Something just didn’t seem to right about that pickup.â€
A witness told police he was certain the shots fired at Meadows came from the truck. “As soon as that shot was made, [Meadows] dropped to the ground and the vehicle sped away, spinning its tires,†Morris said.
While witnesses at Campbells Creek had told police about seeing a Corsica speeding away, investigators later discovered the black pickup also had been seen there. “That truck was spotted in the Campbells Creek area, fitting that description,†Morris said.
That also was the only sighting, if ever so slight, of the person authorities are looking for, the chief deputy said. “The information we do have is, it’s a larger, white male,†Morris said.
The suspect would not need to be an “exceptional shot†to hit the mark from about 70 yards away with a rifle, police said.
However, Morris said: “That was a difficult shot, no question about it.â€
Both of Thursday night’s victims lived in Campbells Creek, but investigators do not believe they knew one another. However, because the two “lived basically in the same area†and “it’s very, very early in the investigation,†they have not ruled that out, Morris said.
Meanwhile, investigators have nearly ruled out any relationship with the March slaying of 29-year-old Randy Burgess outside the Kanawha City Kroger store. Burgess was shot with a high-powered rifle while leaving the store. No arrests have been made in Burgess’ shooting.
Tucker conceded, however, that a sniper suspect could have more than one weapon. “Everything’s possible when you’re dealing with an individual like this,†the sheriff said.
He said safety should be the main thing on the minds of area residents. State Police, sheriff’s deputies and municipal police will be increasing their presence near late-night convenience stores, especially those with gasoline pumps.
“We’ve increased the patrols like you wouldn’t believe,†Tucker said.
Morris and Tucker warned people to be cautious and to travel with at least one other person if they have to be out late at night. As a precaution, they advised motorists not to fill up late at night if they can avoid it.
“I would continue what I have been doing,†Morris said.
Police throughout Kanawha County have fielded calls about other shootings possibly related to Sunday and Thursday’s shootings, but none of those has proven true, Metro 911 officials said.
Anyone with information about the shootings should call 357-0169
Reports of suspicious black trucks about in Valley
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2003081530
By Charles Shumaker
STAFF WRITER
Charleston police were deluged Friday night with calls about suspicious black trucks that matched the description of a vehicle sought in a pair of fatal shootings outside Kanawha County convenience stores Thursday night.
During one stop, city police questioned and released two men who had parked their black Nissan pickup along Kanawha Boulevard.
Earlier in the evening, Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies arrested the driver of a black Ford truck on U.S. 60 near Witcher Creek and charged him with carrying a concealed weapon.
Guy Wayne Hamilton’s Ford F-150 matched the vehicle description witnesses linked to the fatal convenience store shootings of Jeanie Patton, 31, and Okey Meadows Jr., 26. However, police concluded Hamilton was not involved in the shootings.
Hamilton was questioned and released on a personal recognizance bond. Deputies said he was carrying a 9 mm handgun in his truck, said Kanawha County Chief Deputy Phil Morris.
Morris also said State Police reported at least one traffic stop on a truck matching investigators’ description.
The black truck suspected in Thursday night’s shootings was last seen squealing away from a Cedar Grove convenience store after Meadows was fatally shot in the neck.
Police began receiving reports of suspicious black trucks after media reports Friday evening released the vehicle description and that of a “large†white male suspected of pulling the trigger.
Charleston Police Lt. Jim Sands said city officers weren’t making it a point late Friday to target black trucks, but numerous sightings were called in to the department.
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http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2003081514
August 16, 2003
Sniper suspect is large white man
Shooter might be serial killer, sheriff says
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.â€
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 was shot outside a Charleston convenience store Sunday night.
Initial tests of the bullets in all three shootings revealed the same characteristics, but investigators have not concluded the bullets were fired from the same weapon, said Kanawha County Chief Deputy Phil Morris.
“That’s one step closer to saying they come from the same gun,†Morris said. “We’ve just moved a big step closer.â€
The State Police tests, which were completed late Friday evening, linked the three bullets to small-caliber weapons, Morris said. He declined to elaborate on the results of the preliminary tests. State Police weapon analysts will return today to continue testing the bullet fragments.
Patton was gunned down while pumping gas outside the Speedway convenience store on Campbells Creek Drive about 10:25 p.m.
Less than hour later, and about 10 miles away, Meadows was fatally shot outside a Cedar Grove convenience store.
Patton was shot in the head and Meadows was shot in the neck, police said.
Investigators think the two Campbells Creek residents were shot from a distance with a small-caliber rifle.
The Cedar Grove shots were fired from a distance of 60-70 yards, Morris said. “We don’t believe a handgun was used,†he said.
A person also at the Cedar Grove store was reportedly closer to the shooter than Meadows.
Patton was probably shot from a distance of 30 to 35 yards away, Morris said.
Investigators hope further ballistics tests will confirm or disprove that the bullets were fired from the same weapon. Despite the similarities found in the initial tests, it is possible different weapons were used in the three murders.
Carrier, of South Charleston, died after being shot in the head while standing outside a Go-Mart on Charleston’s West Side late Sunday.
City detectives said the bullet that killed Carrier was also fired from a small-caliber weapon.
Charleston police Chief Jerry Pauley — who attended a sheriff’s media conference Friday, along with representatives from the State Police, South Charleston police, the FBI and the ATF — said the Sunday shooting might be related to the Thursday night slayings.
“It could’ve been [by the same person],†Pauley said. “That fragment of a bullet was taken to the State Police lab to be checked.â€
The combined police agencies formed a task force to investigate the homicides together and set up a headquarters at Charleston’s Air National Guard base, where they met Friday night, Morris said.
The full-sized black pickup might be the agencies’ best evidence, so far, Morris said. It was seen outside the Cedar Grove store, and a person told police they also saw it near the Campbells Creek shooting.
“The truck had been [parked outside the Go-Mart] about 20 minutes, and moved from one end of the lot to the other, where it drew attention,†Morris said. “Something just didn’t seem to right about that pickup.â€
A witness told police he was certain the shots fired at Meadows came from the truck. “As soon as that shot was made, [Meadows] dropped to the ground and the vehicle sped away, spinning its tires,†Morris said.
While witnesses at Campbells Creek had told police about seeing a Corsica speeding away, investigators later discovered the black pickup also had been seen there. “That truck was spotted in the Campbells Creek area, fitting that description,†Morris said.
That also was the only sighting, if ever so slight, of the person authorities are looking for, the chief deputy said. “The information we do have is, it’s a larger, white male,†Morris said.
The suspect would not need to be an “exceptional shot†to hit the mark from about 70 yards away with a rifle, police said.
However, Morris said: “That was a difficult shot, no question about it.â€
Both of Thursday night’s victims lived in Campbells Creek, but investigators do not believe they knew one another. However, because the two “lived basically in the same area†and “it’s very, very early in the investigation,†they have not ruled that out, Morris said.
Meanwhile, investigators have nearly ruled out any relationship with the March slaying of 29-year-old Randy Burgess outside the Kanawha City Kroger store. Burgess was shot with a high-powered rifle while leaving the store. No arrests have been made in Burgess’ shooting.
Tucker conceded, however, that a sniper suspect could have more than one weapon. “Everything’s possible when you’re dealing with an individual like this,†the sheriff said.
He said safety should be the main thing on the minds of area residents. State Police, sheriff’s deputies and municipal police will be increasing their presence near late-night convenience stores, especially those with gasoline pumps.
“We’ve increased the patrols like you wouldn’t believe,†Tucker said.
Morris and Tucker warned people to be cautious and to travel with at least one other person if they have to be out late at night. As a precaution, they advised motorists not to fill up late at night if they can avoid it.
“I would continue what I have been doing,†Morris said.
Police throughout Kanawha County have fielded calls about other shootings possibly related to Sunday and Thursday’s shootings, but none of those has proven true, Metro 911 officials said.
Anyone with information about the shootings should call 357-0169
seeker_two
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Headline: Moose Comes Out of Retirement: "I have a few leads..."
I hope they catch the creep before this happens...
SodaPop
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I'm still praying for the day that someone with a CCW blows away a terrorist.
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