Authorities in Lousiana have charged the two sniper suspects with another murder.
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Mr John Lee Muhammad (41) and Mr John Lee Malvo (17) are now charged with a month-long series of killings.
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Mr John Lee Muhammad (41) and Mr John Lee Malvo (17) are now charged with a month-long series of killings. The crimes stretch from the Gulf Coast to the suburbs around the US capital.
The Baton Rouge police chief issued murder warrants for Mr Muhammad and Mr Malvo after ballistics tests matched the rifle used in the sniper shootings to the September 23rd killing and robbery of a beauty shop worker in the Louisiana capital.
Ms Hong Im Ballenger (45) died from a single shot to the head as she left work. Witnesses said the gunman was a young black man who fled into a nearby park and evaded bloodhounds called in to track him down.
According to the arrest warrant, police believe Mr Muhammad shot the woman and that Mr Malvo stole her purse and fled.
The attack in question came two days after a similar killing in Alabama.
Police nationwide are said to be looking for other links to the two men.
The men face multiple state and federal counts in the Alabama and Louisiana cases and the sniper spree that left 10 people dead and three wounded in Maryland, Virginia and Washington.
They are also suspects in a February killing in the west coast state of Washington.
PA