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Chief focused on getting sniper off streets
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Authorities in the Washington-area are searching for the sniper, who has killed six people and wounded two others with a high-powered rifle, in a spree that has people in the area on edge. Five of the victims were killed in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose discussed the case Monday with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. BLITZER: Is it your working assumption that it's one person or more? MOOSE: Sir, I have not made any assumptions in this case. We're going to let our investigators and the evidence take us where we need to go. We're going to keep an open mind and we're going to take a broad approach so that we don't overlook anything in our zealousness to meet an assumption. BLITZER: As you know, a lot of us -- and I live in Montgomery County, so I'm just as concerned as everyone -- as you are and everyone else. A lot of us wonder why this killer, for example, may have picked various locations in and around the Washington, D.C., area. Is it your assumption that he or she lives there? MOOSE: Again, it would be improper. At this point, we simply want to get the evidence to catch this person or these people and I guess, in some ways, as sad as it may seem, we're not focused on the why. We're focused on getting this person or these people off the street. BLITZER: That's fair enough. Chief, without getting into any detail, is there any new development that you can share with us that gives you reason to hope that you may be getting close to finding this person? MOOSE: Well, sir, I think the real hope that makes me optimistic is that, again, as I look into the eyes of our investigators, as I see people cancel trips to weddings, planned vacations, saying they are going to stay here. We're not asking them to do that. People [are] coming to work on their days off asking if they can help. That kind of commitment and enthusiasm gives me great hope that we're going to be able to solve this case. BLITZER: This may be the largest manhunt, certainly in the history of Montgomery County. I'm just guessing. Is that right? MOOSE: Well, I haven't had a chance to do all of my research there, but certainly that would be something that it would be tough to prove otherwise. BLITZER: Should our viewers who live in your area, in your jurisdiction, be doing anything special other than going about their day-to-day activities? MOOSE: We've asked them to remain vigilant, to look for things that seem out of place. Please call us if they see someone acting in a bizarre way. We want them to use the 911 system. If they have information, if they have a coworker, a neighbor or friend, someone they've heard about that's acting strange, haven't reported for work, changed their behavior, we want them to call our tip line at 240-777-2600.
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