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Oct 9, 8:17 AM (ET)
By DAVID DISHNEAU
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A sniper terrorizing the Washington suburbs reportedly left behind a Tarot card with the words, "Dear policeman, I am God," near a bullet casing outside the school where a 13-year-old boy was critically wounded.
Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose, who has been leading the investigation, wouldn't confirm the media reports about the card, saying he was concerned that unapproved information was leaked.
"It is inappropriate to comment about this card," Moose said Wednesday. "I need to make sure I don't do anything to hinder our ability to bring this person or these people into custody."
The taunting message, first reported Tuesday night on WUSA-TV, was left on a Tarot card known as the Death card. Unidentified sources cited by The Washington Post confirmed the report.
The shell casing was being checked against the National Ballistics Identification Network, a database of crime-scene firearms evidence maintained by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
The motive for the seemingly random crimes still eluded police Wednesday, one week after the first of six slayings. Nearly 200 investigators were working their way through 1,600 leads culled from 8,000 tips.
"We need just a shred of evidence," Prince George's County Police Chief Gerald Wilson said.
Police sources told the newspaper that the Tarot card was found next to the spent shell casing in a wooded area about 150 yards from the school entrance in an area of matted grass, suggesting the gunman had lain in wait.
By DAVID DISHNEAU
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A sniper terrorizing the Washington suburbs reportedly left behind a Tarot card with the words, "Dear policeman, I am God," near a bullet casing outside the school where a 13-year-old boy was critically wounded.
Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose, who has been leading the investigation, wouldn't confirm the media reports about the card, saying he was concerned that unapproved information was leaked.
"It is inappropriate to comment about this card," Moose said Wednesday. "I need to make sure I don't do anything to hinder our ability to bring this person or these people into custody."
The taunting message, first reported Tuesday night on WUSA-TV, was left on a Tarot card known as the Death card. Unidentified sources cited by The Washington Post confirmed the report.
The shell casing was being checked against the National Ballistics Identification Network, a database of crime-scene firearms evidence maintained by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
The motive for the seemingly random crimes still eluded police Wednesday, one week after the first of six slayings. Nearly 200 investigators were working their way through 1,600 leads culled from 8,000 tips.
"We need just a shred of evidence," Prince George's County Police Chief Gerald Wilson said.
Police sources told the newspaper that the Tarot card was found next to the spent shell casing in a wooded area about 150 yards from the school entrance in an area of matted grass, suggesting the gunman had lain in wait.
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He's a serial killer. In your face jimmytrick!
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