The Nation - News from Jan. 30, 1989
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A man police said “was playing out his fantasy” admitted to a series of sniper attacks that killed one and injured three and terrorized a section of Long Island in December. Yusef Abdullah Rahman, 20, of Riverhead, N.Y., admitted to the shootings and to two other killings in Kansas City in a two-hour videotaped statement, according to Suffolk County Assistant Dist. Atty. Edward Jablonski. Rahman was arrested in Wyandanch, N.Y., after a brief chase on foot. Police Capt. John McElhone said detectives had extensively questioned Rahman, but no motive for the shootings had been determined.
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