Search Intensifies for Gunman in Homeless Shootings in 2 Cities [View all]

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Source: New York Times

The police in New York City and Washington and federal investigators intensified their search on Monday for a gunman who they said had been targeting homeless people sleeping outdoors and had shot at least five men, two of them fatally.

The assailant’s last known attack was early Saturday morning, when he shot a man sleeping in a doorway in SoHo in Manhattan in the head, killing him, the police said. The police are investigating whether another homeless man who was found dead on Sunday may have been killed by the same man.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/nyregion/homeless-shooting-nyc.html

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Images of perpetrator at link. I consider this news of national interest because the attacks take place in two cities, DC and NYC.