Harris: Police look for suspect who knows back roads
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CHARLESTON, West Virginia (CNN) -- A task force of local and federal investigators is questioning dozens of people and viewing videotapes from the sites of shootings that have left three people dead in West Virginia, Kanawha County Sheriff Dave Tucker said Monday.
There are fears the shootings may have been carried out by a serial sniper. Federal agents who worked on last year's Washington-area sniper case have joined this task force.
CNN investigative reporter Art Harris talked about the case with CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer.
HARRIS: Wolf, police believe they're looking for a country boy killer, someone who knows the narrow roads around these parts, is able to hunt his victims by night and so far get away.
They say he's in a dark pickup truck, maybe black, blue, or maroon, likely a late model Ford F-150 and maybe an overweight white male. There were three victims last week all killed with a single shot to the head or neck and ballistics from two -- and possibly all three -- appear to match.
All victims were shot by a rifle from a distance late at night outside convenience stores. This afternoon Sheriff Dave Tucker said police [are interviewing 100 suspects]. He hopes to catch the killer soon but there is no one in custody. That's why he warned people when they go to gas stations to be careful.
BLITZER: Art, they are putting out the word that they may be looking for a specific vehicle, what about that?
HARRIS: A witness saw a vehicle at one of the gas stations, Wolf, and other witnesses are certain it's a pickup truck because it lingered there in the parking lot for at least 20 minutes before one of the victims was shot.
BLITZER: Are they saying anything at all given the history of what happened with that white van in the Washington area sniper case? They were looking for the wrong vehicle. How concerned are they that they might be putting out misleading or wrong information that could actually hurt the investigation?
HARRIS: Well, Wolf, they say they've got two witnesses who saw this pickup truck. They did change the color just a little while ago at a press conference saying it's not necessarily black. It could be dark colors like blue or maroon that would appear black at night.
