BREAKING--4:43 PM--Bullet in Baton Rouge murder matches sniper gun (no text)

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-- Anonymous, October 31, 2002

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La. shootings linked to sniper rifle Bullets from suspects’ gun match attacks in late September

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Oct. 31 — Ballistic evidence has linked the rifle that authorities say was used in the sniper rampage in the Washington, D.C., area to two unsolved shootings in Baton Rouge, La., sources told NBC News on Thursday.

Remainder here ta MSNBC site

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2002


Baton Rouge is where he grew up.

Note the possible third person in the Alabama shooting.

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2002


News Conference, 5 PM.

BR Police Dept. issued arrest warrants for both for 1st degree murder, re Paula M. Ballinger, age 45, on Sept 23, in parking lot of her work, Beauty Depot, was robbed of purse and shot to death as she was getting into car. Ballistics positively linked 223 cal bullet with sniper killings. Further evidence found in car establishes they were there on that date. Investigation in other local crimes constinues. Various law enforcement agencies involved, state, local, federal.

No reason to believe string of BR serial killings connected.

Feed lost. Oops.

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2002


Um ... most people do hold ups with a pistol, not a honking big rifle ...

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2002

i suspect that we will see a chain of killings across the country connected to these two. or three if there is a third one. That's probably how they paid their way. And when there wasn't any need to pay, they killed the store clerk and took what they wanted.

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2002


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