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To: All FBIHQ 5 MB sons From: Baltimore @ Re: 306-BA-102679, 10/28/2002 now residing in the Washington, D. C., area. Investigation determinéd that Muhammad's ex-wife was, in fact, in the D. C. area, residing in Clinton, Maryland. Based upon the above information and scenarios, a federal material witness warrant was obtained for Malvo, based upon the Montgomery, Alabama, shootings. ATF in turn obtained a federal firearms violation warrant for Muhammad. Both of these warrants were signed in the early evening hours of 10/23/02. Investigators immediately began a search for the subjects and to obtain information which would place them in the D. C. area at the time of the shootings. An off-line search ascertained that on 10/8/02, Muhammad was stopped by the Baltimore City Police while he was sleeping in a vehicle. The report stated Muhammad had a valid Washington State driver's license. The vehicle had New Jersey state license plate NDA-21% and was registered to: John Muhammad 1400 Sheridan Street Camden, New Jersey The vehicle was described as a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice, blue in color. Philadelphia Division agents were immediately dispatched and sent to surveill the above address. A search of the Montgomery County Police persons/vehicle stop system determined the vehicle was stopped on 10/2/02 at 10:53 a.m. in Montgomery County, Maryland. The media in the area had received various aspects of the investigation into Muhammad and Malvo. Based upon all the inquiries, a press conference was held at 11:45 p.m. on 10/23/02 to display photographs of the subjects, the charges pending, and a description of the blue Chevrolet Caprice with New Jersey license plates. The tipline immediately began receiving calls from citizens who had observed the subjects and the vehicle in the D. C. area, one of whom had seen them in a vehicle on Connecticut Avenue a few hours subsequent to the 6:00 a.m., 10/22/02, shooting just off Connecticut Avenue. On 10/24/02 at 1:00 a.m., a caller dialed 911 and advised he had observed the vehicle at a rest area eleven miles west of Frederick, Maryland. The caller stated the vehicle was occupied two times and it appeared both individuals were asleep. Tactical units from HRT, FBI Baltimore, and Maryland State Police