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Police Hotline a Popular Number
Aired October 16, 2002 - 14:05 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: They have been calling and asking for tips. They put out the composite of the vans yesterday, and indeed, hundreds of local, state and federal investigators are following up thousands of leads. Many have come from the tip line that was set up last week for all the tips to come into one source, a most popular number for a lot of people around here, and we get more on that now from reporter Shawn Yancy, who is with our Washington affiliate WTTG.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The chief also confirms they are still looking for a light-colored Chevy Astrovan, with ladder hooks on top.
SHAWN YANCY, WTTG REPORTER: From the white van to the box truck and now a possible description of a suspect.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Investigators do have a number of potential suspects, some better than others.
YANCY: The regional task force asked people in the Washington metro area to open up their eyes and ears and to reporter anything suspicious. The only problem with that the consolidated tip line is constantly busy and inundated with calls.
MARGIE CURL, CALLED TIP LINE: I called it once for about three hours, and didn't get through, and I ended up calling 911 eventually.
YANCY: A viewer e-mailed us, also frustrated she couldn't get through. She tried for two hours, and then her cell phone battery died. An FBI spokesman says, be patient, they've got 75 people in the Washington field office working eight-hour shifts, 24 hours a day, answering every call and following up on hundreds of leads.
Spokesman Chris Murray says the calls started peaking Monday night after reports of the shooting at Home Depot. Since the tip line opened up October 10th, investigators have received more than 43,000 calls -- 11,000 of those calls flooded the line Monday. The calls have been coming in from Fredericksburg to Rockville, and tip takers are hoping that one lead may help put an end to the terror that is blanketing our region.
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KAGAN: And that was Shawn Yancy, with our affiliate WTTG.
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Aired October 16, 2002 - 14:05 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: They have been calling and asking for tips. They put out the composite of the vans yesterday, and indeed, hundreds of local, state and federal investigators are following up thousands of leads. Many have come from the tip line that was set up last week for all the tips to come into one source, a most popular number for a lot of people around here, and we get more on that now from reporter Shawn Yancy, who is with our Washington affiliate WTTG.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The chief also confirms they are still looking for a light-colored Chevy Astrovan, with ladder hooks on top.
SHAWN YANCY, WTTG REPORTER: From the white van to the box truck and now a possible description of a suspect.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Investigators do have a number of potential suspects, some better than others.
YANCY: The regional task force asked people in the Washington metro area to open up their eyes and ears and to reporter anything suspicious. The only problem with that the consolidated tip line is constantly busy and inundated with calls.
MARGIE CURL, CALLED TIP LINE: I called it once for about three hours, and didn't get through, and I ended up calling 911 eventually.
YANCY: A viewer e-mailed us, also frustrated she couldn't get through. She tried for two hours, and then her cell phone battery died. An FBI spokesman says, be patient, they've got 75 people in the Washington field office working eight-hour shifts, 24 hours a day, answering every call and following up on hundreds of leads.
Spokesman Chris Murray says the calls started peaking Monday night after reports of the shooting at Home Depot. Since the tip line opened up October 10th, investigators have received more than 43,000 calls -- 11,000 of those calls flooded the line Monday. The calls have been coming in from Fredericksburg to Rockville, and tip takers are hoping that one lead may help put an end to the terror that is blanketing our region.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
KAGAN: And that was Shawn Yancy, with our affiliate WTTG.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
