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Wow. At least 4 people have reported this man as stopping them in the last 3 weeks. Wonder how many more haven't reported it? Where he was picked up was way south of the shootings. I wish they had said what kind of vehicle Lucas was driving and the color.
Police have not tied Lucas to the deadly shootings, but investigators have stated they are not ruling anything out.
http://www.abc24.com/news/local/story/MS-911-Dispatchers-Flooded-with-Calls-After/Ao-Fchmx-kC6x1yOWVbg_w.cspx
The situation is dangerous not just for drivers, but cops as well.
"Mississippi people carry guns," says Martha Hamm. "If an officer walks up and doesn't feel comfortable, they're liable to shoot them."
That's where 911 dispatchers are key, acting as the liaison between the 911 calls to the officer in his patrol car.
They've been working on overdrive the last few days.
http://www.abc24.com/news/local/story/Authorities-Investigating-Mississippi-Highway/SIe3ii8PKki_IyAkXh_Aiw.cspx
"There's been instances where a vehicle described as a white unmarked Crown Victoria attempting to pull people over," said Tate County Sheriff Brad Lance, adding some have reported a gold Crown Victoria.
http://wreg.com/2012/05/17/local-investigators-look-for-connections-to-highway-shootings/
Sheriff Lance says hes only had one similar incident in Tate County, where a woman was pulled over on I-55 by a suspicious person. It was Someone in a gold car with flashing lights
So he wanted to see her drivers license and she refused to give it to him, said Lance. Her purse was in the truck and she was not going to get out of the car and he became agitated with her and she asked him for his identification,
Sheriff Lance says the man became frustrated, got back into his car and drove away.
That was April 2. About a month later, 74-year-old Schlender was killed on that same highway.
The woman told authorities that the man who pulled her over was a white man, wearing khaki pants and an untucked plaid shirt. The sheriff says the man could very well be connected to the highway killings, or not be. But he says they are following up on any tips or leads they get.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57436880/james-d-willie-arrested-over-deadly-mississippi-highway-shootings/
Authorities in Mississippi say they've arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings that happened late at night along desolate stretches.
Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain says 28-year-old James D. Willie will be charged with two counts of capital murder in the shootings. He's being held at the Tunica County jail in north Mississippi.