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  CNN.com - D.C.-area sniper investigators aid West Virginia police - Aug. 19, 2003
West Virginia police say three recent shooting deaths may be the work of a single sniper.
Residents of Cedar Grove, West Virginia, are wary after three sniper-style shooting deaths in a week.
West Virginia authorities are questioning 100 people they consider suspects in those shootings, Tucker said Monday afternoon.
cnn.com /2003/US/South/08/19/w.va.shootings   (975 words)

  
  2003 West Virginia sniper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2003 West Virginia sniper attacks were a series of sniper-style shootings that took place over the course of several days in August 2003, leaving three people dead in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
The shootings were reminiscent of the Beltway sniper attacks that took place in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC in the fall of 2002.
The victims in the West Virginia sniper shootings were killed by a single bullet from long distances as they stopped at shops or gas stations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003_West_Virginia_sniper   (468 words)

  
 Ralph E. Moore, Veteran of the USS West Virginia (BB-48)
Ralph Moore was a Pearl Harbor Survivor stationed on the USS West Virginia.
He served on the USS West Virginia from 1937 thru 1941, and was a crewmember on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
I know that he operated one of the launches that would ferry crew back and forth from the ship to the shore, and that he was also acted as an MP for a time, though I don’t know what his duty was the day of the attack.
www.usswestvirginia.org /veterans/m/moore.htm   (560 words)

  
 2003 West Virginia sniper: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The traditional definition of a sniper is an infantry soldier especially skilled in field craft and marksmanship who kills selected enemies from concealment with...
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The 2003 london flout was a serious power outage that occurred in parts of southern london and north-west kent on 28 august 2003....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/2/20/2003_west_virginia_sniper.htm   (799 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Beltway sniper attacks Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The sniper attacks began October 2, 2002, with a series of five fatal shootings in 15 hours in Montgomery County, Maryland, a suburban county north of Washington, and continued for the next three weeks in the Washington metropolitan area, filling residents of the region with fear.
On October 17, 2003, on USA Network's USA cable station, a TV movie was shown that was based on the events that occurred in 2002's sniper incident.
The first sniper shooting occurs on October 2 in Montgomery County, Maryland, a northern suburban county near Washington, DC in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.
www.ipedia.com /beltway_sniper_attacks.html   (1418 words)

  
 Beltway sniper attacks -
While Muhammad was awaiting execution in Virginia, in the fall of 2005, he and Malvo were extradited to Montgomery County, Maryland where the most incidents took place to face trial, after which, they will be returned to Virginia under an agreement between the two states.
It should be noted that this rifle is not generally considered a sniper rifle and the ability and distance of the shots do not meet the skill sets of a military sniper.
In July 2003, the ATF revoked the federal firearms license of Brian Borgelt, a former Staff Sgt. with the U.S. Army Rangers and owner of Bull's Eye Shooter Supply.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Beltway_sniper_attacks   (3581 words)

  
 CNN.com - Investigators question 100 people in sniper-like killings - Aug. 19, 2003
West Virginia police say three recent shooting deaths may be the work of a single sniper.
Residents of Cedar Grove, West Virginia, are wary after three sniper-style shooting deaths in a week.
Muhammad's trial, for a Prince William County, Virginia, killing, is scheduled to begin October 14; Malvo's, for a Fairfax County shooting, on November 10.
www.cnn.com /2003/US/South/08/18/w.va.shootings   (1172 words)

  
 Police try to contact a sniper in West Virginia - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Police in West Virginia want to talk with whoever is behind three recent sniper killings that have state residents fearing a repeat of the spree that terrorized the Washington area last fall.
The descriptions spawned some skepticism as observers recalled the false "profiles" in the Washington area sniper attacks, when news reports suggested a white male was responsible for the shootings and authorities announced a white van had been seen fleeing some of the shootings.
Police are increasing patrols in Kanawha County's 900 square miles and conducting door-to-door interviews with the hope of calming residents of the central West Virginia mountain valley where the killings occurred.
www.washtimes.com /national/20030818-103649-4923r.htm   (696 words)

  
 If you would like to help this keep this ailing web site on the  Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Jonathan Shapiro’s client had pleaded not guilty to the Washington sniper charges, and clearly this lawyer was not about to roll over and meekly feed his client to the Orwellian federal thought-controllers, as was earlier the case with Richard Reid of Flight 63 fame, and John Walker Lind of “al Qaeda” fame.
We can safely set aside the actual identity of the sniper, for it is largely irrelevant to the lesson the sniper was teaching American citizens, and any other citizens who cared to diligently analyze the situation.
The main thrust of the sniper’s lesson, seemed to be that of teaching governments and citizens alike that there is absolutely no point in confiscating 660,000 firearms from Australians or anyone else, when it is clearly possible for a mere handful of expert snipers to bring an entire nation to its knees.
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 Lead West Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Therefore the first traces of Jews are found in South and Central America and Mexico, whence they spread to the West Indies; and the changes in the map of Europe which are reflected in America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries caused the first settlements in the territory which is...
Harper's Ferry is situated on the banks of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet.
The shootings were a reminder of the sniper attacks in the fall of 2002 in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana areas in...
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 BreakingNews.ie: US police hunt West Virginia sniper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gardaí in Dublin are investigating an incident early this morning in which a 29-year-old man suffered serious burns.
West Virginia police are hunting a suspected sniper after three people were shot dead in attacks eerily reminiscent of the killings that terrorised the Washington area last year.
John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested after the sniper shootings around Washington last October.
breaking.tcm.ie /2003/08/18/story110131.html   (273 words)

  
 West Virginia county on edge as cops look for sniper / 3 shot dead in apparently random attacks
West Virginia county on edge as cops look for sniper / 3 shot dead in apparently random attacks
As the county sheriff and a task force of investigators continued to seek an answer to that question Saturday, residents mostly went about normal activities -- though they tended to glance over their shoulders.
The apparent randomness of the shootings -- and the resemblance to the sniper attacks that killed 10 people and wounded three in the Washington area in October -- has sent a chill through this community.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/17/MN172793.DTL&type=printable   (1084 words)

  
 MSNsportsNET -- West Virginia University Mountaineers
Excuse West Virginia baseball coach Greg Van Zant if his head is spinning right now.
West Virginia could have four 1,000-point scorers in the same class for the first time since 1994.
During a recent press conference, West Virginia coach John Beilein offered reporters a candid analysis of his recruiting philosophy.
www.msnsportsnet.com /page.cfm?cat=campus&story=7840   (392 words)

  
 West Virginia police release sketch of shootings suspect - smh.com.au
Authorities hunting a possible serial sniper in West Virginia released the sketch of a suspect seen in a pickup truck near convenience stores where two people were gunned down last week, police said yesterday.
The killings, in which each victim was shot once at night in the head or neck, have evoked comparisons with last year's Washington sniper shootings that left 10 people dead and three wounded before two men were arrested.
Federal agents involved in the Washington sniper case have joined a West Virginia emergency law enforcement task force.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/08/22/1061529345152.html?from=storyrhs   (433 words)

  
 CNN.com - D.C.-area sniper investigators aid West Virginia police - Aug. 19, 2003
Last week's killings have stunned residents of the Charleston area, raising fears of sniper attacks similar to those that terrorized the Washington area last year.
West Virginia authorities are questioning 100 people they consider suspects in those shootings, Tucker said Monday afternoon.
In the D.C.-area sniper case, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo are charged with killing 10 people and wounding four during a three-week spree in October 2002.
www.cnn.com /2003/US/South/08/19/w.va.shootings   (1003 words)

  
 Sniper Jury Recommends Death , Recommends Execution For Muhammad, Formal Sentencing Feb. 12 - CBS News
His attorneys do not dispute that he took part in the sniper attacks, but contend he was brainwashed by Muhammad and is innocent by reason of insanity.
Virginia is one of 21 states that allow the execution of inmates who committed capital crimes as 16- and 17-year-olds.
The jury that convicted John Allen Muhammad on murder charges in the D.C.-area sniper shootings trial recommended he be given the death penalty, Jim Stewart reports.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/11/17/national/main583911.shtml   (1055 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Drug lead in West Virginia shootings
Police investigating the murders of three people shot dead outside convenience shops in West Virginia last week are pursuing a possible drugs connection, officials said last night.
The three people were killed late at night in the Charleston area, 10 miles east of Campbells Creek, stirring memories of the sniper attacks which terrorised the Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC area last year, killing 13 people.
All three of the latest victims - two men and a woman - were shot from distances of 27 metres to 55 metres and killed with a single shot to the neck or head.
www.guardian.co.uk /usguns/Story/0,2763,1022244,00.html   (293 words)

  
 Earth, Scale, story, scale, public, media, August - 2003 QQ₄₇   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
' (also written 2003 QQ47) is an asteroid which became famous briefly upon its discovery in late August 2003 when media outlets played up a preliminary report that it had a 1:250,000 chance of colliding with Earth on March 21, 2014.
The odds of collision in 2014, as estimated by JPL's Sentry impact monitoring system, peaked at 1 chance in 250,000, a result which was posted on our Impact Risk Page on Saturday, August 30, 2003.
Dieser Artikel basiert auf dem Artikel 2003 QQ₄₇ aus der freien Enzyklo.
www.alphasearch.org /2003-QQ.html   (490 words)

  
 Virginia's strategy in the sniper trial | csmonitor.com
In capital murder trials in Virginia, the answer to that question means the difference between life in prison or death by execution for a convicted killer.
That is a central issue raised in the case of alleged Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad in a trial whose opening arguments are set for Monday in Virginia Beach.
David Albo, the Virginia delegate who authored the bill, says the law was passed to close what lawmakers saw as a legal loophole.
www.csmonitor.com /2003/1020/p02s02-usju.html?mostviewed   (1022 words)

  
 CTV.ca | FBI joins search for West Virginia sniper
Police in West Virginia are busy investigating what appears to be another string of sniper styled shootings.
With the similarities between the attacks so strong, the FBI joined state and local authorities in the hunt for the West Virginia shooter.
CTV News: Alan Fryer on the hunt for an apparent copycat sniper in Virginia
ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1061209791221_175?hub=World   (405 words)

  
 Fear grips a West Virginia community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sandra Clay remembers the terror she felt 40 years ago when, as a young newlywed, she lived in Glen Burnie, Md., while a sniper was on the loose in that suburban community.
The shootings, and the fear they've generated, are eerily reminiscent of the sniper who terrorized the Washington, D.C. area last year before two suspects were caught.
Investigators from Montgomery County, Md., who worked on the Washington sniper shootings, also have offered their assistance to the Charleston task force, which has set up shop in an Air National Guard armory.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/03231/212662.stm   (1318 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Sniper on loose in West Virginia?
Officials suspect a single killer, firing a rifle from a distance, is responsible for three fatal shootings in and near the capital city of Charleston in recent days, according to a report in the Washington Post.
The attacks bear an eerie resemblance to the sniper terror that gripped the Washington, D.C. area for three weeks last October and claimed the lives of 10 people and seriously injured three others.
The victims of the Beltway snipers were both male and female, and included Hispanics, whites, fls and an Indian.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34112   (514 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Jury deciding life or death for Malvo in deadly sniper spree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It was one of 10 slayings that gripped the Washington area with fear for three weeks in October 2002.
Last month, a jury in Virginia Beach convicted Muhammad, 42, of murder and recommended the death penalty.
Horan told the jury that the death penalty was appropriate because the random slayings were "outrageously vile," one of the requirements a jury must find to recommend the death penalty in Virginia.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-12-22-sniper-case_x.htm   (618 words)

  
 sniper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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Ballistic tests on the rifle found in the car of the men authorities believe were involved in the Washington-area sniper attacks matched the weapon to the bullets in all but three of the 14...
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 CNN.com - Investigators question 100 people in sniper-like killings - Aug. 19, 2003
Tucker said his Kanawha County deputies are trying to avoid "tunnel vision" in their probe.
Tucker would not say directly that the killings are all related, but said there were "similarities" between the bullets recovered from the crime scenes.
The killings have stunned residents of the Charleston area, raising fears of sniper attacks similar to those that terrorized the Washington area last year.
edition.cnn.com /2003/US/South/08/18/w.va.shootings   (1145 words)

  
 September 15 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1967 - Former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
The United Kingdom - the British commemorate the Battle of Britain on the day of the last massive Luftwaffe attack in 1940.
Japan - Respect for the Aged Day before 2003; beginning in 2003, Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/September_15   (1956 words)

  
 CNN.com - Families remember three victims in West Virginia shootings - Aug. 17, 2003
When a sniper preyed on the Washington, D.C., suburbs last year, Jeanie Patton feared she could be next, though she lived hundreds of miles away.
Police have acknowledged that the bullets in all three attacks were fired from the same caliber and class of weapon, all from more than 30 yards away.
Meadows, the divorced father of a 3-year-old, was getting ready for a college admissions test so he could take classes at West Virginia State College.
us.cnn.com /2003/US/South/08/17/wv.shootings.ap   (613 words)

  
 Sniper sparks fears of another rampage - theage.com.au
Investigators who worked on a spate of sniper shootings in the Washington DC area last year have joined a probe into three fatal shootings in West Virginia, authorities said today.
Police say the killings of two people on Thursday and another person last week in the Charleston area could be the work of a single assailant.
The shootings were an immediate reminder of the sniper attacks last northern autumn in Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/19/1061059807499.html   (321 words)

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