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Sniper Suspects Linked to Tacoma Killing
Aired October 29, 2002 - 06:02 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We want to bring you up-to-date with the latest on the sniper attacks. The two suspects charged in connection with the D.C.-area shootings have now been linked to a killing in Washington State that took place earlier this year.
CNN's Patty Davis joins us live from Washington, D.C. with more on this investigation.
Bring us up-to-date -- Patty.
PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, good morning.
Well, John Muhammad and John Lee Malvo now suspects, as you said, in yet another murder; this one in Washington State.
Twenty-one-year-old Keenya Cook shot in the head and murdered earlier this year in Tacoma, Washington.
Now, police say Muhammad and Malvo may have used a .45 caliber weapon borrowed from a friend in this killing.
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CHIEF DAVID BRAME, TACOMA, WASHINGTON POLICE: With the cooperation of the witness, the Washington State Crime Lab performed ballistic tests on both weapons. Those tests confirmed the use of both weapons in separate crimes. The crime lab has identified the .45 caliber as the weapon used in the Keenya Hook (sic) homicide -- Keenya Cook homicide.
As a result, the Tacoma Police Department now considers John Allan Muhammad and John Lee Malvo as suspects in the Kenya Cook homicide.
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DAVIS: The other weapon he is referring to, a .44 Magnum used, police believe, by the pair to shoot up a synagogue -- vandalism at a synagogue.
Now, meanwhile, prosecutors in four Virginia counties filed capital murder charges yesterday against Muhammad and Malvo. Maryland, of course, last week filed six first-degree murder charges against the two.
Now, sources say a decision could come as early as today from the federal government as to whether it will file charges or not -- Carol. COSTELLO: Things just keep getting bigger. Thank you very much -- Patty Davis reporting.
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Aired October 29, 2002 - 06:02 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We want to bring you up-to-date with the latest on the sniper attacks. The two suspects charged in connection with the D.C.-area shootings have now been linked to a killing in Washington State that took place earlier this year.
CNN's Patty Davis joins us live from Washington, D.C. with more on this investigation.
Bring us up-to-date -- Patty.
PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, good morning.
Well, John Muhammad and John Lee Malvo now suspects, as you said, in yet another murder; this one in Washington State.
Twenty-one-year-old Keenya Cook shot in the head and murdered earlier this year in Tacoma, Washington.
Now, police say Muhammad and Malvo may have used a .45 caliber weapon borrowed from a friend in this killing.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CHIEF DAVID BRAME, TACOMA, WASHINGTON POLICE: With the cooperation of the witness, the Washington State Crime Lab performed ballistic tests on both weapons. Those tests confirmed the use of both weapons in separate crimes. The crime lab has identified the .45 caliber as the weapon used in the Keenya Hook (sic) homicide -- Keenya Cook homicide.
As a result, the Tacoma Police Department now considers John Allan Muhammad and John Lee Malvo as suspects in the Kenya Cook homicide.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
DAVIS: The other weapon he is referring to, a .44 Magnum used, police believe, by the pair to shoot up a synagogue -- vandalism at a synagogue.
Now, meanwhile, prosecutors in four Virginia counties filed capital murder charges yesterday against Muhammad and Malvo. Maryland, of course, last week filed six first-degree murder charges against the two.
Now, sources say a decision could come as early as today from the federal government as to whether it will file charges or not -- Carol. COSTELLO: Things just keep getting bigger. Thank you very much -- Patty Davis reporting.
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