Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 5, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday August 5, 2006 world a9 killings in Phoenix suspected serial shooters captured in gated Complex by Chris Kahn p Phoenix ? police yesterday said two men captured at a gated apartment Complex were responsible for a string of apparently random late night killings that have terrorized residents across this sprawling City for months. Authorities gave no details about Why they believe Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman Are responsible for the three dozen shootings investigators had labelled As the work of the serial shooter or whether they believed both men or just one pulled the trigger. The attacks which began in May 2005, left six dead and were All the More frightening because another apparently unrelated serial killer has been preying on Phoenix area victims at the same time. At a news conference yesterday authorities said they were confident they had the right suspects. These Are the two monsters we have been Hunting and i Promise you and our colleagues Promise you we Are not finished Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon said. Hausner 33, and Dieteman 30, were arrested late thursday in an apartment Complex in nearby Mesa. Neighbours said the men shared an apartment. Police chief Jack Harris said the suspects will face numerous counts of Mur Der and aggravated assault though authorities did not have specifics on How Many. Hausner and Dieteman were being interviewed at police Headquarters yesterday afternoon but had yet to be booked a police spokesman said. An Ini tial appearance had not been set. Police said yesterday morning they knew nothing about the suspects occupations but Neighbours said Hausner worked As a janitor at the Phoenix air port and As a freelance photographer. Female boxers an internet search yesterday turned up several photographs taken by Haus Ner of female boxers. A website offering his services As a wedding and party photographer Dis plays his boxing photography work As Well As picture of him shaking hands with Mike Tyson. Investigators searching the apartment Complex yesterday morning used Flash lights to peer through the windows of a car which was later hauled away by a Tow truck and television footage showed police carrying what appeared to be Sev eral rifles or shotguns away from the apartment. The serial shooter targeted pedestrians and bicyclists on empty streets throughout the Phoenix area. Twenty three people were shot six fatally and even horses and dogs were among the victims. Robinson described Hausner and Dieteman As friends who had no obvious connections to any of the victims. The Best we could Tell they were just random victims. These individuals just picked victims out and that was it Robinson said. Police would not discuss what tipped investigators off or what they thought the men a motives were. The most recent shooting in the Case occurred sunday in Mesa. Robin Blas Nek 22, was killed As she was walking from her parents Home to her boyfriends House. Tom Mangan a spokesman with the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms said Hausner and Dieteman also Are believed to have committed arson. Mangan said at investigators had spotted two people who looked like Hausner and Dieteman in surveillance video from two Glendale Wal marts that had been set on fire in june. ? associated press around the world car bomb kills five Bogota Colombia ? a car bomb exploded in front of a police station in the southwestern City of Cali yester Day killing four officers and the Dri ver authorities said. The explosion blamed on leftist rebels also injured four police officers in Colombia a third largest City. Filipino workers kidnapped port Harcourt Nigeria ? three filipinos working for a . Oil con tractor were kidnapped in Southern Nigeria Early yesterday a Day after a German was abducted in the Region where Oil Revenue has caused strife Between multinational companies and local communities. Four armed men blocked the men a vehicle on the Road fired in the air and then took them hostage said a col league. Soldiers must follow Laws Cikrit Iraq ? a military prosecutor said yesterday that four . Soldiers accused of murder in Iraq crossed the line and violated the Laws of War arguing they freed three detainees encouraged them to flee and then shot them Down As they ran. Soldiers must follow the Laws of War. That a what makes us better than the terrorists what sets us apart from the thugs and the hit men. These sol Diers did just the opposite capt. Joseph Mackey said at a hearing to determine if the four should face a court martial and possibly the death penalty. Pet. 1st class Corey Clagett specialist William Hunsaker staff sgt. Ray mond Girouard and specialist Juston Graber Are accused of murder. 911-abuser on probation Hillsboro Ore. ? an Oregon woman who called 911 in Hopes of another look at the cutest cop i be seen in god knows How Long wont go to jail for misusing the emergency sys tem a judge decided. Instead Lorna Dudash was sentenced to serve two years of probation and 100 hours of Community service and ordered to pay $693 in fines and fees. A rays reveal ancient text san Francisco ? previously hid Den writings of ancient greek Mathe Matician archimedes Are being uncovered with powerful a Ray beams nearly 800 years after a Christian Monk scrubbed off the text and wrote Over it with prayers. Over the last week researchers at Stanford univer sity have been using a rays to Deci Pher the fragile 10th-Century manuscript. Protesters confront bikers Sturgis . ? . Natives protest ing against development encroaching on sacred Bear Butte peacefully con fronted bikers gathering yesterday for a raucous annual motorcycle rally. The Sturgis motorcycle rally scheduled aug. 7-13, attracted 525,000 bikers last year and commercial development near the Mountain has been driven in a Large part by the event. Natives have gone to Bear Butte to Pray fast and hold religious Cere monies for centuries but said noise from the bars campgrounds and con Cert venues disrupts the peace ;