The Break
Follow the investigative chain of events that led to the capture of the sniper suspects.
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A call to the sniper task force tip line urges authorities to check out a robbery-homicide in "Montgomery." Police now believe the call was made by either John Allen Muhammad or John Lee Malvo. The clue sets up the big break investigators have been wishing for.
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Someone, presumably one of the snipers, calls the office of a priest in Ashland, Va. Sources say the caller essentially confessed that he was involved in the sniper spree and a murder in Montgomery, Ala. as well. A church spokesman says the priest dismissed the call as a prank at the time.
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A shooting critically wounds a man outside an Ashland restaurant. A note is tacked to a tree nearby, and it mentions the calls to the tip line and also a "priest at Ashland."
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Police interview Rev. William V. Sullivan at his church and he confirms the call mentioning Alabama.
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Investigators checking the tip match it with a Sept. 21 liquor store robbery-homicide in Montgomery, Ala. A fingerprint found at the scene is checked against the national database, and sniper suspect John Lee Malvo is identified.
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Police trace Malvo to a rental home in Tacoma, Wash., where John Allen Muhammad once lived. The FBI arrives there to collect ammunition evidence.
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Police issue an alert for a 1990 blue or burgundy Chevrolet Caprice with the New Jersey license plate NDA-21Z and a 1989 white Chevrolet Celebrity with Maryland plates. An arrest warrant is issued for Muhammad.
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Truck drivers spot the vehicle at a rest stop in Frederick, Md. and call 911. The suspects, sleeping inside, are captured in an early-morning raid.
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Source: CBS News, Associated Press
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Credits:
CBS News, Associated Press
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