Nov 9, 11:58 PM (ET)

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - John Lee Malvo, the 17-year-old accused in a series of sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington, D.C., suburbs, admitted during a seven-hour interrogation that he was the triggerman in some of the killings, The Washington Post reported.

In a story for Sunday editions posted on its Web site, The Post, citing sources, said Malvo provided details about several of the killings, and admitted shooting FBI analyst Linda Franklin on Oct. 14.

Malvo had already been charged with capital murder in the case, and was being interviewed after being moved to Fairfax County, where he will be tried.

Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, 41, are charged with carrying out the shooting spree over a three-week period in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. They are also accused of shootings in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana.

In all, the pair have been accused of shooting 19 people, killing 13 of them. Two other shootings are under investigation.

Efforts to reach Robert F. Horan Jr., the Fairfax County prosecutor charged by Attorney General John Ashcroft with prosecuting the teenager, were not successful Saturday night. Calls to his home and office were not answered.

According to The Post, Malvo told investigators the shootings were well planned and involved scouting missions - and that he and his partner behaved like soldiers, one serving as a lookout and the other as the shooter.

The pair used two-way radios to communicate, the paper reported, and if traffic or other conditions weren't acceptable, they would not shoot. Sources said Malvo also said the pair moved around to create confusion, and watched news coverage of their crimes.

Malvo was chatty and even boastful during the interview, sources told The Post, but refused to talk about Muhammad - or to even mention his name, instead using the term "we."

(AP) Fairfax County prosecutor Robert F. Horan Jr. speaks to reporters outside the Fairfax County... Full Image Muhammad, 41, who is facing capital murder charges for the murder of a man as he pumped gas at a Manassas gas station, refused police efforts to interview him in Prince William County, remaining silent for hours and refusing to give his name to a booking clerk.

The Post said the sources spoke on the condition they not be identified, and that they declined to discuss other shootings that Malvo allegedly described in his interview.

Michael S. Arif, appointed to head Malvo's defense team, has said he will work to suppress any statements Malvo made during his session with federal and local officials.

"If in fact those are the statements Mr. Malvo made, there will be a motion to suppress those statements, as certain as the sun rises in the east," Arif told The Post.

Malvo and Arif met for 2 1/2 hours Saturday, the lawyer told The Post. A phone message left at Arif's Springfield office was not immediatley returned Saturday night.

Todd G. Petit, Malvo's appointed guardian, said he went to police headquarters at 6 p.m. Thursday and asked that questioning be halted. Petit said Friday a police commander agreed to pass on his request, then ordered him to leave the building.

The lawyer appointed to represent Muhammad, Peter D. Greenspun, said the interrogation of Malvo was part of a plot to give authorities several hours of access.

"All of this was . . . orchestrated so that they would get them to Virginia late in the afternoon when they couldn't get to court," he said.

"When little Johnny gets pulled out of school and the police question him about something everybody is outraged . . . but they forget about that when it's Mr. Malvo."

-- Anonymous, November 10, 2002