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Thursday, October 24, 2002
Sniper task force information leads FBI to
search Tacoma home with metal detectors
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -
The search for the sniper stalk
ing the suburbs of the nation’s
capital stretched across the
country Wednesday as FBI
agents converged on a rental
home in Tacoma with metal
detectors and chain saws.
The agents, acting on infor
mation from the sniper task
force, were seeking evidence
related to ammunition, a senior
law enforcement official in
Washington, D.C., said on con
dition of anonymity.
The development raised
hopes that investigators had a
lead in the shooting spree that
has left 10 people dead and three
others critically wounded since
Oct. 2. But the source said no
arrests were expected soon.
At the site, FBI spokes
woman Melissa Mai Ion said the
search had been going on for a
few hours and would be finished
soon. She said the search was
consented to by the property
owner, but refused to say why
officials were there.
“There’s no immediate dan
ger to anyone in this neighbor
hood,” she said.
The backyard of the home
was divided into grids, and
agents swept metal detectors
back and forth over the ground.
Other crews used chain saws to
remove a stump from the yard
and load it onto a truck; a
source said the stump would be
returned to Washington, D.C.,
for analysis.
Lt, Col. Joseph Pick, a
spokesman at nearby Fort
Lewis, said the FBI had asked
for help from the Army base
south of Tacoma. He said he
could not confirm TV reports
that a Fort Lewis soldier may
have been a tenant at the home.
Meanwhile, worried parents
across the Washington area sent
their children off to school with
extra-tight hugs, defying the
sniper’s warning that children
are not safe “anywhere, at any
time.” Thousands of others kept
their kids at home.
As expected, investigators
confirmed that a bus driver shot
to death on Tuesday was the
sniper’s 13th victim in the
three-week rampage.
They also urged immigrants
to come forward with any infor
mation without fear of deporta
tion, and the governor raised
the possibility of posting
National Guardsman at
Maryland polls on Nov. 5
unless the killer is caught.
Ballistics and other evi
dence connected the slaying of
Conrad Johnson, 35, to the
sniper, said Michael Bouchard
of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms.
Investigators waited three
days to reveal the threat against
children, which was contained
in a letter found after a shooting
Saturday in Ashland, Va.
Bouchard insisted vital
information was not being
withheld.
“We’re all parents and are
certainly concerned about the
safety of our kids and of our co
workers,” he said. He said if
information is released too
early, “it inhibits our ability to
do the job we need to be doing.”
For the first time in three
days. Montgomery County
Police Chief Charles Moose
did not issue a public statement
to the sniper. A news briefing
was scheduled, then abruptly
canceled just before word
leaked of the search in
Washington state.
“The investigation has taken
us down different avenues and
roads that we need to explore,”
police spokeswoman Capt.
Nancy C. Demme said without
elaboration.
Earlier this week. Moose had
implored the sniper to contact
authorities and continue a dia
logue, and he suggested police
were having trouble complying
with undisclosed demands.
The latest message believed
to be from the killer was a let
ter found not far from where
the bus driver was slain, two
law enforcement sources told
the Associated Press on condi
tion of anonymity. The mes
sage reportedly demands $10
million — the same request
sources say was made in
Saturday’s letter.
AGROWING FORCE
Manning the hunt
In addition to hundreds of local
agents, hundreds of federal
agents and other resources are
working in the sniper
investigation.
Who
FBI personnel
Federal agents
ATF intelligence
analysts
Inspectors
Secret Service
agents
Canine handlers
A-Star
helicopters and
20-person flight
teams
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