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Beltway Sniper Vet To FBI: Don't Get 'Tunnel Vision' On Military Building Shooter

Ryan J. Reilly | November 9, 2010, 8:35AM

The Pentagon

A former federal government official who was involved in the 2002 Beltway Sniper case told TPMMuckraker that it is important for investigators trying to identify the individual behind a string of shootings at empty military buildings to not narrow their focus and filter out alternate motives or suspects.

Michael Bouchard, a former official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives who was involved in the Beltway sniper case, told TPMMuckraker that it was important not to be blinded to alternative suspect profiles or possible motives.

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Topics: Military Building Shootings, Military Shootings

After Shootings, Coast Guard Closed Down D.C. Area Recruiting Stations

Ryan J. Reilly | November 4, 2010, 12:30PM

A military recruiting station

The Coast Guard shut down several recruiting stations in the D.C. area yesterday as a precaution after shots were fired at their center in Woodbridge earlier this week. That shooting was just the latest in a string of incidents targeting military installations that have left law enforcement officials searching for answers.

"Obviously, we were concerned about it and we're continuing to assist the FBI however we can," Scott Carr, a public affairs officer for the Coast Guard's recruiting command, told TPMMuckraker on Thursday. "Yesterday we had closed the recruiting office in Potomac Mills, we also went ahead and closed the recruiting offices in D.C. and in Baltimore as a precaution."

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FBI

Mysterious Gunman Targeting Military Facilities In D.C. Area

Ryan J. Reilly | November 4, 2010, 9:23AM

A mysterious gunman has shot up a series of D.C. area military buildings in recent weeks, stymieing local and federal investigators, alarming residents who live near the nation's capitol and evoking memories of the Beltway sniper shooting spree nearly a decade ago.

Law enforcement officials have yet to figured out who is behind the five shootings, which began in mid-October. But federal agents have linked all five incidents after analyzing the type of weapons being used, Andy Ames, a spokesman for the FBI Washington Field Office told TPMMuckraker on Wednesday.