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Police Keep Looking for D.C. Area Sniper

Aired October 13, 2002 - 17:13   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.


FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: The person or persons terrorizing the Washington metropolitan area is still at large. Eight deaths in all, two injuries. Authorities hope by releasing a composite of a truck seen near at least one of the shootings may inspire the public to help. Our Daryn Kagan joins us now live with the latest from Montgomery County, Maryland -- Daryn.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Fredricka, hello. We're going to get around to showing you that composite in just a moment. First, we want to talk about the relatively good news. It appears that things have stayed quiet through most of the weekend here in the Washington, D.C. area. It has been about 56 hours since the sniper last struck, and that was Friday morning at a gas station in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Still, no one around here is letting their guard down, because keeping in mind it was last Monday morning that the sniper struck at Tasker middle school, hitting a 13-year-old boy, not too far from where I'm sitting right now. And in fact earlier today, some reporters asked the Montgomery County police chief, Charlie Moose, if in fact he's nervous for Monday morning. Let's listen to his answer.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CHIEF CHARLES MOOSE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD: We won't make any assumptions about any kind of pattern, and I never approach Monday morning with a sense of dread. It is a blessing each day that I wake up, and so we will continue to function that way.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: Also, the police here drawing attention once again to the composite that they put out. And we're going to put that up again. This probably you been seen throughout the day. It is a composite drawing picture of a white box type truck. Damage to the rear bumper. The police chief concerned that perhaps in this picture you can't tell about the damage in the rear, but he wanted to draw attention to that. Also some writing on the side, but not exactly clear about what that writing might say. Done with some kind of faded paint, either kind of purple blue or a black color.

Still to come, police say there's going to be another composite. Perhaps not today, but tomorrow, of a white Chevy Astro van.

This has not been your typical weekend, of course, and it's not going to continue to be a typical weekend, because tomorrow is Columbus Day. So for a lot of people here in the Washington, D.C. area, that makes it a three-day weekend. Most government offices will be closed tomorrow.

But the governor of Maryland, Parris Glendening, came out earlier today and he said, you know what, enough is enough. People need to get out there and they need to support businesses and they need to take kids to school. They can't let this sniper win and go ahead and affect how they do life.

And we wanted to show you an example of how people are trying to help out and help people get back to more regular lives. And that's coming from the Guardian Angels. They've been at various gas stations throughout the area. They hold up signs and tell people, "if you want to stay in your car, that's fine. Come on in. We will pump your gas for you."

People obviously taking them up on that offer there. We've also seen reports throughout the area of people trying to gas up in areas that don't have wooded areas around gas stations and perhaps in more urban areas, like more in Washington, D.C. rather than doing it out in the suburbs. Fredricka, back to you.

WHITFIELD: Well, Daryn, that's certainly an unusual site to have the Guardian Angels helping out. What other kind of unusual sites might you be seeing that is obviously evident that people are changing their behaviors, their mannerisms there?

KAGAN: Well, you know, one thing that we want to talk about, Fredricka, is that we talked a lot all weekend since Friday about stuff that's going to change, and indeed there have been things canceled. Yesterday, we were talking about the SATs were canceled, numerous school activities, but activities did go on this weekend, including the Taste of D.C. That's a food festival. That went on. Didn't have as much of a response, understandably, as they would have expected on a normal weekend.

But one thing that did take place, which was a huge crowd, was the Redskins game. The Redskins, the Washington Redskins playing host to the New Orleans Saints -- 80,000 people showing up at Fedex Field. Perhaps, though, on a lighter note, wishing maybe they didn't, because the Redskins got beaten very badly this weekend. They lost to the Saints 43-27 the final on that one. All the extra security at the field there couldn't help the Redskins, the kind of help they needed on the field today, Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: Well, Daryn, in the end it doesn't matter whether they win or lose, because Washingtonian fans, the Redskins are going to be out there in full force anyway.

KAGAN: You tell that to Dan Snyder (ph), the owner. He might have something else different to say about that.

WHITFIELD: All right. Thanks a lot, Daryn. Appreciate it.

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Aired October 13, 2002 - 17:13   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: The person or persons terrorizing the Washington metropolitan area is still at large. Eight deaths in all, two injuries. Authorities hope by releasing a composite of a truck seen near at least one of the shootings may inspire the public to help. Our Daryn Kagan joins us now live with the latest from Montgomery County, Maryland -- Daryn.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Fredricka, hello. We're going to get around to showing you that composite in just a moment. First, we want to talk about the relatively good news. It appears that things have stayed quiet through most of the weekend here in the Washington, D.C. area. It has been about 56 hours since the sniper last struck, and that was Friday morning at a gas station in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Still, no one around here is letting their guard down, because keeping in mind it was last Monday morning that the sniper struck at Tasker middle school, hitting a 13-year-old boy, not too far from where I'm sitting right now. And in fact earlier today, some reporters asked the Montgomery County police chief, Charlie Moose, if in fact he's nervous for Monday morning. Let's listen to his answer.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CHIEF CHARLES MOOSE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD: We won't make any assumptions about any kind of pattern, and I never approach Monday morning with a sense of dread. It is a blessing each day that I wake up, and so we will continue to function that way.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: Also, the police here drawing attention once again to the composite that they put out. And we're going to put that up again. This probably you been seen throughout the day. It is a composite drawing picture of a white box type truck. Damage to the rear bumper. The police chief concerned that perhaps in this picture you can't tell about the damage in the rear, but he wanted to draw attention to that. Also some writing on the side, but not exactly clear about what that writing might say. Done with some kind of faded paint, either kind of purple blue or a black color.

Still to come, police say there's going to be another composite. Perhaps not today, but tomorrow, of a white Chevy Astro van.

This has not been your typical weekend, of course, and it's not going to continue to be a typical weekend, because tomorrow is Columbus Day. So for a lot of people here in the Washington, D.C. area, that makes it a three-day weekend. Most government offices will be closed tomorrow.

But the governor of Maryland, Parris Glendening, came out earlier today and he said, you know what, enough is enough. People need to get out there and they need to support businesses and they need to take kids to school. They can't let this sniper win and go ahead and affect how they do life.

And we wanted to show you an example of how people are trying to help out and help people get back to more regular lives. And that's coming from the Guardian Angels. They've been at various gas stations throughout the area. They hold up signs and tell people, "if you want to stay in your car, that's fine. Come on in. We will pump your gas for you."

People obviously taking them up on that offer there. We've also seen reports throughout the area of people trying to gas up in areas that don't have wooded areas around gas stations and perhaps in more urban areas, like more in Washington, D.C. rather than doing it out in the suburbs. Fredricka, back to you.

WHITFIELD: Well, Daryn, that's certainly an unusual site to have the Guardian Angels helping out. What other kind of unusual sites might you be seeing that is obviously evident that people are changing their behaviors, their mannerisms there?

KAGAN: Well, you know, one thing that we want to talk about, Fredricka, is that we talked a lot all weekend since Friday about stuff that's going to change, and indeed there have been things canceled. Yesterday, we were talking about the SATs were canceled, numerous school activities, but activities did go on this weekend, including the Taste of D.C. That's a food festival. That went on. Didn't have as much of a response, understandably, as they would have expected on a normal weekend.

But one thing that did take place, which was a huge crowd, was the Redskins game. The Redskins, the Washington Redskins playing host to the New Orleans Saints -- 80,000 people showing up at Fedex Field. Perhaps, though, on a lighter note, wishing maybe they didn't, because the Redskins got beaten very badly this weekend. They lost to the Saints 43-27 the final on that one. All the extra security at the field there couldn't help the Redskins, the kind of help they needed on the field today, Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: Well, Daryn, in the end it doesn't matter whether they win or lose, because Washingtonian fans, the Redskins are going to be out there in full force anyway.

KAGAN: You tell that to Dan Snyder (ph), the owner. He might have something else different to say about that.

WHITFIELD: All right. Thanks a lot, Daryn. Appreciate it.

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