Two Men Arrested in Sniper Case
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By ALLEN BREED, Associated Press Writer
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) – Two men were arrested early Thursday in connection with the serial sniper attacks after police launched a nationwide search for their car and it was spotted at a Maryland rest stop, authorities said.
Members of the sniper task force arrested the men without incident at 3:19 a.m. off I-70 in Frederick County, Md., said Larry Scott, an agent for the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
A motorist and an attendant at the rest stop called police at 1 a.m. after they spotted the men inside one of the cars sought in the sniper investigation.
Police responded and took the men into custody. That car is a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice with New Jersey plates NDA-21Z.
The arrests came amid a flurry of activity in the investigation of the sniper attacks that have killed 10 people and wounded three others since Oct. 2.
Hours earlier, police issued an arrest warrant for a man they believe may have information about the slayings. They also had issued an alert for the Caprice and another vehicle.
A federal law enforcement official said the two men taken into custody were two people that police were seeking in the investigation, but the source did not give their names.
Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose, who is leading the investigation, earlier listed John Allen Muhammad as a person they were seeking for questioning in the slayings.
He was being sought on a federal weapons charge and was considered “armed and dangerous,” Moose said.
But he cautioned that it shouldn’t be assumed Muhammad, 42, is involved in any of the shootings that have stricken the Washington area since Oct. 2.
Muhammad was said to be traveling with a juvenile, identified by a law enforcement source as 17-year-old Lee Malvo. The relationship between Muhammad, who also goes by the name John Allen Williams, and the teen was not clear.
hope that this is the end of it…