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Sniper sold alleged murder weapon in 2000

According to gun shop manager John Welcher, store records indicate Muhammad bought the rifle on Dec. 28, 1999 -- after the store conducted an FBI background check on him. Muhammad returned to Welcher's on May 23, 2000, to sell the rifle back.
"We purchased that gun back from him," Welcher said. "We have since sold that gun to another individual and it was not involved in the D.C. shootings."
The rifle authorities confiscated from the car in which Muhammad was arrested -- another .223 Bushmaster-style rifle -- was apparently purchased from a different Tacoma gun shop, Bulls Eye Shooter Supply. Earlier this week, ATF agents met with Brian Borgelt, the store's owner, to look through sales records.