
11, 2001, as he sat at a basement computer. Attorney's Office in Seattle, was shot to death in his Queen Anne home late on Oct. A Bellevue airline pilot has emerged as the lead suspect, according to court records, but no charges have been filed.


The search, one of the most laborious gun sweeps in FBI history, is taking place in all 50 states, as agents track down more than 3,500 barrels sold to gun owners and dealers.Īgents hope to tie the gun barrel to the killer. The gun, an Eastern European-made semiautomatic pistol called a Makarov, had been fitted with a replacement barrel that leaves telltale marks on bullets.

FBI agents are conducting an unusually sweeping search for a customized gun used in the killing of Seattle federal prosecutor Thomas Wales, according to the owner of a Minnesota arms company and sources familiar with the investigation.
