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Sniper team misled on van info? Page 3 of 7 with a sketch of the suspect. Charles Moose, Montgomery County's police chief, followed Manger by adding that earlier witness relevant." He also felt media interviews with people at the crime scene were creating "noise, confusion" and cited the example of people quoted as describing the sniper of a particular skin color. Demme said Wednesday that there was "so much disparity" in witness descriptions that "the only common denominator"' was that the suspect is male. C esuru sews How D.C.-area residents are coping WARNING ON GUN Demme had also said one witness "firmly believes" he saw the suspect firing an AK-74 assault rifle. Not to be confused with the better-known AK-47, some models of the AK-74 are capable of firing the .223- caliber rounds the killer has used. But Demme also emphasized that the witness could be wrong and urged the public not to focus on a weapons are interchangeable, as are vehicles," she said. Add loca! news and "Please don't narrow your focus to just one weapon." weather to the MSNBC Investigators on Thursday re-emphasized that home page. point, noting that 30 types of guns can fire .223-caliber rounds. open mind," Moose said. "People saw a description of a weapon over the last day and a half, and we're convinced they eliminated people they know because they say, 'Their gun is not the weapon I saw in the paper.' "We need people to realize it's a family of weapons and we still need to hear from them." NO VIDEO FROM PARKING LOT NBC's David Bloom reported earlier Thursday that authorities were watching several new potential suspects, describing one as especially promising. Sources had earlier told Bloom that at least one witness saw the sniper inside the parking garage, perhaps 50 feet from the victim, Linda Franklin. Franklin, of Arlington, Va., was the mother of two grown children. She worked as a cybersecurity analyst for the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, 10/17/02 http://www.msnbc.com/news/816566.asp?0sI--22