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Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose prepares to talk with reporters about the continuing investigation into the sniper shootings. Five of the first six shootings took place in Montgomery County, with the sixth just inside the District line.
Around 9:30 a.m. Friday, a 53-year-old Philadelphia man was shot and killed while pumping gas at an Exxon station near Fredericksburg, in apparently the latest sniper attack in the area. In the past 10 days, nine people have been shot, seven fatally, by an assailant who has left few clues.
A police officer directs traffic on Interstate 95 south of Fredericksburg, which was presumed to have been the killer's escape route. Authorities immediately set up roadblocks at exits between Fredericksburg and Alexandria, but after a three-hour crackdown that snarled traffic, they were unable to head off the suspect.
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Police did not release any evidence directly tying the Spotsylvania shooting at an Exxon station to the string of sniper attacks that have killed seven and wounded two, including a 13-year-old boy. Friday's attack did have several similarities, however: a single shot was fired, and the shooting took place in broad daylight at a gas station, the same place where the latest victim was killed Wednesday night in Manassas.
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Maj. Howard Smith of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's office holds a press conference Friday to brief reporters on the investigation into the shooting. Police released little information, and were withholding the identity of the victim until his family could be notified.
Bill O'Leary - The Washington Post
Montgomery County police and Maryland State Troopers keep a high profile in the parking lot of the Leisure World shopping center, where one victim, Sarah Ramos, was killed.
Bill O'Leary - The Washington Post
An impromptu shrine at a Kensington gas station marks where one victim, Lori Lewis Rivera, was fatally shot.
Gerald Martineau - The Washington Post
Prince William County Police Chief Charlie T. Deane answers questions the shooting. "Everyone has been keeping their fingers crossed that this would be resolved before the next one," he said. "And we certainly hope that there won't be a next one.
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