On October 21, 2002 a telephone call from the snipers was traced to a pay telephone at a gasoline station in Henrico County, Virginia. Police missed the suspects by a matter of a few minutes, and initially detained occupants of a van at another pay telephone at the same intersection. On the phone call, the sniper, boasting of his cleverness, mentions a previous unsolved murder in "Montgomery." This was identified as the September 21st shooting at a liquor store in Montgomery, Alabama.
Part of an audio recording of the Snipers' attempting to contact the police.