Discussion Questions

Aired August 19, 2003

Three deadly West Virginia shootings have raised fears of a repeat of the 2002 Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks. CNN Student News' Deanna Morawski provides the latest information on the West Virginia investigation.

1. Why are three recent shootings in West Virginia being compared to last year's D.C. sniper shootings?

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2. What are the police currently looking for in a potential suspect?

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3. What lessons do you think the investigators in the West Virginia shooting cases hope to learn from the team who apprehended the alleged D.C.-area snipers?

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4. Why do you think the West Virginia officials have adopted a flexible approach to the investigation?

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5. How might an ongoing sniper investigation affect the people and the towns of West Virginia in the short- and long-term? Explain.

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Related Links

Investigators question 100 people in sniper-like killings (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/08/18/w.va.shootings/index.html)

Families remember three victims in West Virginia shootings (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/08/17/wv.shootings.ap/index.html)

Small town wary after three similar sniper-style shootings in a week (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/08/16/west.virginia.shooting.ap/index.html)

Keywords

reminiscent, D.C. sniper, cordoned, rural