Editing D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (section)

==Plot==
In October 2002, Chief [[Charles Moose]] (played by [[Charles S. Dutton]]) of the [[Montgomery County Police Department]], heads an effort to track down those responsible for a recent string of murders in [[Montgomery County, Maryland]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|title=D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003)|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/296441/D-C-Sniper-23-Days-of-Fear/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214175536/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/296441/D-C-Sniper-23-Days-of-Fear/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 14, 2007|access-date=26 March 2012|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Hal Erickson|date=2007|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)}}</ref>

Unable to give anything but small pieces of information at various press conferences held during the 23 dark days, Moose finds himself vilified and derided in many corners as ineffectual and incompetent. Indeed, quite a few newspapers outside the area targeted by snipers came right out and called for Moose's resignation. But the chief's dogged persistence ultimately paid off and &mdash; in the sort of twist that a professional writer of thrillers might dismiss as inconceivable &mdash; the two men arrested for the carnage turned out to be the archetypal "least likely suspects."<ref name=autogenerated1 />