GUNMAN KILLS 2 MEN AT CIA OFFICE

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, January 26, 1993                   TAG: 9301260104
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: MCLEAN                                LENGTH: Medium
GUNMAN KILLS 2 MEN AT CIA OFFICE
A young man sprayed rifle fire into cars waiting to turn into Central Intelligence Agency headquarters Monday, killing two CIA employees at point-blank range and wounding three others before fleeing the morning rush-hour scene in his own vehicle.
The gunman, described as a white male in his 20s, remained at large late Monday. Two of the wounded were in critical condition; the third was released after treatment of a superficial chest wound.
Sen. Bob Smith, a New Hampshire Republican, had just dropped his son off at school and was heading in the same direction as the gunman when he came upon the horror as it played out.
"He looked in my direction, and then he turned and walked away. . . . He coolly, methodically, with no expression, with no words, he simply walked up to the cars and fired shots point-blank at people," Smith said. "It was a pretty horrible sight."
The CIA identified the two dead men as Frank Darling, 28, and Lansing H. Bennett, 66, both of nearby Reston and employees of the agency. Two of the wounded are on the CIA staff, and the third is the employee of an agency contractor, CIA Public Information Director Gary E. Foster said.
The wounded were not further identified.
"CIA employees are shocked and saddened at the senseless attack on our friends and colleagues," Foster said.
The agency's director-designate, James Woolsey, issued a statement offering his condolences to the victims' families. "I know what a sense of sorrow and frustration CIA employees must feel, and I offer them my support at this terrible moment," he said.
Police would not speculate on a motive for the shooting, although they cited a "common-sense connection" to the CIA headquarters, a sprawling, wooded complex surrounded by wealthy residential neighborhoods a few miles west of Washington.
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by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB