CHARLES MOOSE, WHO LED MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE DURING SNIPER ATTACKS, DIES AT 68

Charles Moose, the former chief of the Montgomery County Police Department who emerged as a regional leader during the D.C. area sniper attacks, died on Thanksgiving Day. He was 68.

Then-Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose answers questions from the media after a news conference about the D.C. area sniper attacks in 2002.© Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post Then-Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose answers questions from the media after a news conference about the D.C. area sniper attacks in 2002.

His son, David Moose, confirmed his father’s death and described the late chief as a “great dad.”