THE hunt for the Washington area sniper has become perhaps the ultimate TV reality show.

US police investigating a sniper who has shot 12 people in the past month said tonight they had received a message warning: “Your children are not safe anywhere at any time.”

US detectives investigating the Washington sniper are attending the scene of a shooting at bus stop on a major road in Maryland.

Investigators hunting the Washington DC sniper believe the killer phoned police directly but used a voice-disguising device, according to reports.

Investigators have issued a third cryptic message to the Washington serial sniper as hopes faded that two men held in custody were linked to the attacks.

POLICE pleaded with a man believed to be the Washington-area sniper to call them back last night.

Police hunting the Washington serial sniper were tonight questioning two men in connection with the attacks.

Police hunting the Washington serial sniper today arrested a man driving a white van in Virginia, according to reports.

Authorities in the US have said they believe the Washington-area sniper might be trying to communicate with them through a message left at the scene of the latest shooting in Virginia.

A man who claimed to have seen the Washington serial sniper before his latest shooting was today charged with giving false information to police.

PROSECUTORS are investigating whether to file charges against a witness accused of intentionally misleading investigators by falsely claiming he saw a sniper open fire with an assault rifle and flee in a cream-coloured van.

FOR the first time since the Washington-area sniper slayings began, more than one witness saw a man fire and flee in a white van, but police said yesterday that none of the witnesses got a good enough look to yield a sketch.

BALLISTIC evidence conclusively links the death of a woman shot in the head in a suburban parking lot with eight other killings by the Washington-area sniper, authorities said yesterday.

Police investigations into the identity of the mystery sniper were stepped up today after a woman was shot and killed outside a shopping centre near Washington DC.

An image of a white truck believed to have been used by the serial sniper stalking Washington has generated a huge response from the public, police said today.

Investigators hunting a sniper responsible for 10 attacks in the Washington area prepared to release their first wanted poster – a drawing of a white box truck – after it was confirmed today that an eighth death had been linked to the killer.

A businessman shot while a police officer stood just 50 metres away was the 10th victim of a sniper who has been stalking the Washington area, police confirmed today.

A massive police hunt was taking place today for a white van spotted leaving the scene of what is thought to have been the 10th attack by the Washington serial sniper.

A massive police hunt was taking place today for a white van spotted leaving the scene of what is thought to have been the 10th attack by the Washington serial sniper.

HIGH-OCTANE fear stalked the Washington area in the US yesterday after a man was shot dead at a Fredericksburg petrol station just 30 miles from where a sniper claimed his seventh victim on Wednesday night.

A man was shot at a petrol station today, and police searching for a sniper closed down a nearby motorway after reports a white van had been seen in the area.

Police were today trying to determine whether a man shot dead while pumping petrol in Virginia was the latest victim of the sniper who has terrorised the Washington area for a week.

IT’S a case that has Washington residents living in fear — a random killer, murdering men, women and children for no reason other than an apparent God complex.

A 13-year-old boy was fighting for his life today, after the Washington-area sniper struck as the boy’s aunt dropped him off at a Maryland school.

Police in Washington DC are working on a detailed profile of a suspected sniper believed to have gunned down six people in the city suburbs.

Scores of police searched the Washington suburbs today for a sniper who they believe randomly targeted five people, killing each with a single shot.