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October 2
A 55-year-old man becomes the sniper's first victim when he is killed by a single bullet around 6 p.m. in a grocery parking lot in Montgomery County. Earlier, a bullet is fired through a Michael's craft store window; no one is hit.
October 3
Four other people going about mundane business are shot to death during morning rush hour, sweeping the suburbs with fear. A sixth victim is shot about 9:20 p.m. near the county line in Washington.
October 4
A woman is wounded as she loads packages into her minivan in the parking lot of a Michael's craft store in Fredericksburg, Va. A "geographic profiler" is called in to try and find a pattern to the shootings.
October 7
A 13-year-old boy is critically wounded moments after being dropped off at a middle school in Bowie in Prince George's County. President Bush condemns the "cowardly and senseless acts of violence."
October 8
Schools beef up security, cancel outdoor events and call off field trips. A Washington television station reports a tarot card is found near the school where the boy was shot. Its scribbled message: "Dear Policeman, I am God."
October 9
Dean Harold Meyers, who has just finished refueling his car, is shot to death at a gas station in Manassas, Va., shortly after 8 p.m. The number of investigators assigned to the case grows to more than 200.
October 11
Kenneth Bridges, 53, is shot at a gas station in Fredericksburg, Va., at 9:30 a.m. -- across the street from a Virginia state trooper who is investigating a traffic accident.
October 12
Police release composite drawings of a white box truck with unknown lettering on the side linked by eyewitnesses to the sniper attacks. Authorities say they plan to release a rendering of a white Chevrolet Astro van seen at the last shooting.
October 14
Linda Franklin, who happened to be an FBI worker, is fatally shot about 9:15 p.m. outside a Home Depot store in Falls Church, Va. Police flood the area and stop all white vans in the area, to no avail.
October 15
A 55-year-old man becomes the sniper's first victim when he is killed by a single bullet around 6 p.m. in a grocery parking lot in Montgomery County. Earlier, a bullet is fired through a Michael's craft store window; no one is hit.
October 3
Four other people going about mundane business are shot to death during morning rush hour, sweeping the suburbs with fear. A sixth victim is shot about 9:20 p.m. near the county line in Washington.
October 4
A woman is wounded as she loads packages into her minivan in the parking lot of a Michael's craft store in Fredericksburg, Va. A "geographic profiler" is called in to try and find a pattern to the shootings.
October 7
A 13-year-old boy is critically wounded moments after being dropped off at a middle school in Bowie in Prince George's County. President Bush condemns the "cowardly and senseless acts of violence."
October 8
Schools beef up security, cancel outdoor events and call off field trips. A Washington television station reports a tarot card is found near the school where the boy was shot. Its scribbled message: "Dear Policeman, I am God."
October 9
Dean Harold Meyers, who has just finished refueling his car, is shot to death at a gas station in Manassas, Va., shortly after 8 p.m. The number of investigators assigned to the case grows to more than 200.
October 11
Kenneth Bridges, 53, is shot at a gas station in Fredericksburg, Va., at 9:30 a.m. -- across the street from a Virginia state trooper who is investigating a traffic accident.
October 12
Police release composite drawings of a white box truck with unknown lettering on the side linked by eyewitnesses to the sniper attacks. Authorities say they plan to release a rendering of a white Chevrolet Astro van seen at the last shooting.
October 14
Linda Franklin, who happened to be an FBI worker, is fatally shot about 9:15 p.m. outside a Home Depot store in Falls Church, Va. Police flood the area and stop all white vans in the area, to no avail.
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