Blue Devil
08-04-2006, 10:05 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/04/arizona.killings/index.html
finally...
PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) -- Police hunting suspected serial killers in the Phoenix area have announced arrests in the so-called "Serial Shooter" case that has terrorized Phoenix.
"These are the two monsters we've been hunting," said Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.
The pair were taken into custody at an apartment complex in Mesa, east of downtown Phoenix at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The "Serial Shooter" has allegedly committed 36 shootings since May 2005, police have said. At least six people have been killed and 18 wounded. Horses and dogs also have been shot. (Watch police show how the killers operate -- 3:01)
Police also are investigating eight other deaths, believed to be the work of another serial killer, dubbed "The Baseline Killer." (Watch what a psychiatrist thinks compels them to kill -- 3:08)
An officer who emerged from the apartment complex Wednesday night carried two rifles wrapped in plastic bags.
Loraine Salyers, a resident of the apartment complex, said she lives near where police came in, AP reported.
"I came out, and there were like a hundred cops," AP quoted Salyers as saying. "I was so scared. My heart's pounding."
Collette Kemp, the owner of the house next to the apartment complex, said she saw police officers pulling trash out of a garbage bin, according to the AP.
Video aired by CNN affiliate stations showed two men being brought to Phoenix police headquarters. Phoenix police asked that the identities of the two men be obscured because they will be in a police lineup.
Mesa police have linked the Sunday night killing of a 22-year-old woman, Robin Blasnek, to the "Serial Shooter," citing forensic evidence.
In addition to the "Serial Shooter," the "Baseline Killer" is being sought in Phoenix in connection with 23 crimes, including robbery, sexual assault and eight murders.
Authorities have offered $100,000 rewards in each of the cases.
Phoenix police have had about 200 officers working to try to solve the cases, the AP reports.
finally...
PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) -- Police hunting suspected serial killers in the Phoenix area have announced arrests in the so-called "Serial Shooter" case that has terrorized Phoenix.
"These are the two monsters we've been hunting," said Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.
The pair were taken into custody at an apartment complex in Mesa, east of downtown Phoenix at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The "Serial Shooter" has allegedly committed 36 shootings since May 2005, police have said. At least six people have been killed and 18 wounded. Horses and dogs also have been shot. (Watch police show how the killers operate -- 3:01)
Police also are investigating eight other deaths, believed to be the work of another serial killer, dubbed "The Baseline Killer." (Watch what a psychiatrist thinks compels them to kill -- 3:08)
An officer who emerged from the apartment complex Wednesday night carried two rifles wrapped in plastic bags.
Loraine Salyers, a resident of the apartment complex, said she lives near where police came in, AP reported.
"I came out, and there were like a hundred cops," AP quoted Salyers as saying. "I was so scared. My heart's pounding."
Collette Kemp, the owner of the house next to the apartment complex, said she saw police officers pulling trash out of a garbage bin, according to the AP.
Video aired by CNN affiliate stations showed two men being brought to Phoenix police headquarters. Phoenix police asked that the identities of the two men be obscured because they will be in a police lineup.
Mesa police have linked the Sunday night killing of a 22-year-old woman, Robin Blasnek, to the "Serial Shooter," citing forensic evidence.
In addition to the "Serial Shooter," the "Baseline Killer" is being sought in Phoenix in connection with 23 crimes, including robbery, sexual assault and eight murders.
Authorities have offered $100,000 rewards in each of the cases.
Phoenix police have had about 200 officers working to try to solve the cases, the AP reports.