Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Connected shootings...
The FBI has announced that it believes that three Washington, D.C. area shootings were connected. A domestic terrorism investigation is underway and all ranges of motives are being considered.
The first shooting targeted the National Museum of the Marine Corps October 17th. The Washington Post reports that a cleaning crew discovered bullet holes in upper-level windows at the museum. The next incident took place at the Pentagon. October 19th, audible shots were reported in a Pentagon parking lot area around 4:30 a.m. Two windows of unoccupied rooms at the Pentagon were hit. Evidence of a third shooting was discovered at a Marine Corps recruiting office in Fairfax County, Virginia yesterday. The recruiting station, like the Pentagon offices and the museum in the middle of the night, was unoccupied.
The shooter's motives, goals and message remain unclear. Authorities have said that the attacks essentially amount to vandalism, but that they are troubling and mysterious. Ballistics tests have confirmed the first two shootings were related. Tests from the Marine Corps recruiting office are on-going.
The first shooting targeted the National Museum of the Marine Corps October 17th. The Washington Post reports that a cleaning crew discovered bullet holes in upper-level windows at the museum. The next incident took place at the Pentagon. October 19th, audible shots were reported in a Pentagon parking lot area around 4:30 a.m. Two windows of unoccupied rooms at the Pentagon were hit. Evidence of a third shooting was discovered at a Marine Corps recruiting office in Fairfax County, Virginia yesterday. The recruiting station, like the Pentagon offices and the museum in the middle of the night, was unoccupied.
The shooter's motives, goals and message remain unclear. Authorities have said that the attacks essentially amount to vandalism, but that they are troubling and mysterious. Ballistics tests have confirmed the first two shootings were related. Tests from the Marine Corps recruiting office are on-going.
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