SEATTLE (PINA) - FBI and local police raided a house in Tacoma, Washington, where one of two suspects in the Washington DC sniper attacks case once resided, police sources and local media here reported.
Meanwhile, police in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland have reportedly arrested two men in what they claim as a “a major breakthrough” in the case.
10 people were killed and three others wounded in past weeks in the Washington DC area, all of them linked to a gunman or gunmen, who had no clear demands until two days ago.
The two individuals taken into custody are 42-year-old John Allen Muhammad and his stepson, 17-year-old John Lee Malvo, news sources said, citing police sources.
Neither of the suspects have been charged, although such a step is expected. The arrests were made at a highway rest stop 100 kilometers northwest of Washington.
Police officers “approached the car. I don't know the specific tactical maneuvers they used. But they did it very carefully, very quickly, very efficiently and these two individuals were taken into custody without any problem," Maryland State Police spokesman Greg Shipley told reporters.
Meanwhile, police in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland have reportedly arrested two men in what they claim as a “a major breakthrough” in the case.
10 people were killed and three others wounded in past weeks in the Washington DC area, all of them linked to a gunman or gunmen, who had no clear demands until two days ago.
The two individuals taken into custody are 42-year-old John Allen Muhammad and his stepson, 17-year-old John Lee Malvo, news sources said, citing police sources.
Neither of the suspects have been charged, although such a step is expected. The arrests were made at a highway rest stop 100 kilometers northwest of Washington.
Police officers “approached the car. I don't know the specific tactical maneuvers they used. But they did it very carefully, very quickly, very efficiently and these two individuals were taken into custody without any problem," Maryland State Police spokesman Greg Shipley told reporters.