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Sniper

             The article "Inside the Sniper Manhunt" was written by Amanda Ripley. The article was found in the Time magazine on October 13, 2002. The author of this article tries to explain the truth of the horrors that really occurred by the sniper. In this article she shows how the investigations took place to try and track down the serial killer. She also shows the new methods that the police used to solve the case. Figuring out who the sniper is and trying to get to the bottom of the case is the author's purpose. She wants people around the world to know that the investigators are trying to break the case. Many people are trying the best they can do to give information. The killings have gone too far and it needs to be stopped.
             The article mainly talked about the sniper and all the victims it has killed or harmed. It describes when, where, and who the snipers victims were. The shooting had absolutely nothing to do with racism or terrorism. The sniper killed people doing normal everyday activities in life. Lives were taken by the sniper, but that wasn't all it destroyed. The sniper had an impact on things that went on in communities. Schools shut down, community functions were cancelled, and people were even afraid to leave their houses.
             The numbers of victims the sniper killed, from this article, is ten. The article also is about the drastic procedures that the police are taken. They want to catch the serial killer before it harms anymore people.
             The article was extremely informative about the sniper case. The article was quite accurate on the information it put out at that time. I really enjoyed the article about the sniper. It made some good points about how they tried to catch the serial killer. I found out more information than I knew before reading this article.
            


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