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4 stories matching sniper
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- Sniper Fire on the Seattle Commuter Line
Commuters on a Northern Pacific train near the Seattle brewery had a brush with death after a bullet shattered their carriage window.
- Sniper Targets South Tacoma Streetcar
A motorman narrowly escaped death when a mysterious horseman fired a shot into his passing transit car.
- The Great Finley School Board Election
A sleepy community turnout of nearly 100 voters leaves a rural school district energized and calls for a healing of fractured neighborly relations.
- The Sniper of Post Street Bridge
A prominent Seattle contractor narrowly survives a cold-blooded shooting as he walks home in the dark.