Word: berkowitz
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...Berkowitz walked calmly out of the building, got into his car and started the engine. A couple of officers ran out of the darkness, their guns drawn. They ordered Berkowitz to turn off the ignition, get out of the car and place his hands on top of it. Having followed the mountains of clippings about Son of Sam closely-a scrapbook of them was found in his apartment-Berkowitz recognized the arresting officers' leader, Deputy Inspector Timothy Dowd. "Inspector, you finally got me," he said quietly to Dowd. "I guess this is the end of the trail...
When he was seized, Berkowitz was carrying a manila envelope; in it was the .44-cal. pistol that had been used in all of the Son of Sam murders. He also had a semiautomatic rifle, simulated to look like a submachine...
Telling his story later to police, Berkowitz destroyed some misconceptions that had been spread, sometimes by authorities, more often by frenzied New York tabloids. No, he did not always fire his jolting .44 Bulldog revolver with two hands from a crouch. "The first three times I shot with one hand." No, he was not a skilled marksman. "I was lousy." No, he did not always keep one of the five bullets in his revolver in reserve in case he faced capture. He twice emptied the gun in his attacks. No, he did not look only for dark-haired girls, haunt...
...often cruised various neighborhoods in his car after such a "calling," looking for some "sign" that the timing was right. Even such a chance event as the appearance of a convenient parking space was such a sign to Berkowitz. He did choose victims whom he considered "pretty," claiming he favored the Queens borough for a time because "Queens girls are prettier." He did not walk casually away from the murder sites and slip into the dark. "I ran like hell." He revisited at least two of the scenes of his crimes and tried to find the grave of his first...
...details of his crimes spilled out in Berkowitz's own words, police officials ordered cops to stop talking to reporters about their overwhelming evidence against him. Incredibly, one of his own defense lawyers, Philip Peltz, was accused of trying to sell taped interviews with Berkowitz and book rights to the New York Daily News and the New York Post for up to $100,000. Both newspapers promptly rejected the offer...