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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A shooting at a Coast Guard recruiting station in Northern Virginia this week is connected to a string of similar incidents at military-related buildings, the F.B.I. said Wednesday. An agency spokeswoman said that ballistics tests concluded that the same gun was used in the first four shootings, and that preliminary test results also linked the latest shooting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the occurrence of shootings near the area of previous sniper attacks at Interstate 70 in Ohio. Search for a suspect in a dark vehicle; Result of interrogation of several juveniles; Performance of ballistic tests on bullets recovered.

Reports that the same gun was used in 4 of 12 shootings in Columbus, Ohio. Belief of the police that all of the shootings are related; Failure of ballistic tests to link the rest of the shootings along the Interstate 270; Concern of parents on the shooting at Hamilton Central Elementary.

Provides information on the plan of United States President Bill Clinton to ask Congress for additional spending to enforce existing gun control laws. Objective of the spending proposal; Increase in firearm case from 1998-1999; Arguments advanced by the National Rifle Association; Amount needed for the development of a national ballistic database.