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A suspect wanted for a series of shootings in the Washington-Baltimore area has been arrested, FBI spokeswoman Amy Thoreson said Wednesday. Earlier, a law enforcement source said the incidents might be linked to a shooting Tuesday near the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland.
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Authorities say an apparent shooting near the National Security Agency could be linked to at least four other shootings over the past two weeks.
U.S. Park Police heard what they believed were gunshots fired near the NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland, on Tuesday.
No one was injured, but the NSA found damage to a building near the highway that passes by its campus, a federal law enforcement official said. The FBI has taken over the investigation.
Other shootings could be linked
Earlier Tuesday afternoon, someone shot a landscaping truck about 10 miles away on the Intercounty Connector in Laurel. Two people were in the truck but were not seriously injured, Prince George’s County police said.
Investigators are looking into whether three other shootings since February 24 are also linked. Those shootings happened outside a mall, a theater and a Walmart. Each took place in a different Maryland county, and no one was seriously hurt.
Surveillance video from several of the scenes show a similar blue Lincoln Town car near where the shots were fired.
Though none of the shootings were deadly, news of the investigation stirred memories of the Washington D.C.-area sniper attacks from 2002. Ten people were killed in Washington, Maryland and Virginia during the rampage that spanned three weeks.
