The 10th Shot Was Fired on Wednesday, October 9 at 8.53 p.m.

The existence of the tarot card was first reported by WUSA Channel 9, the Washington Post reported it in Wednesday's editions. Detectives feared the leak would harm their chances of developing a relationship with the shooter so they could communicate with him. Chief Moose may have been hot enough to spit tax, but he also wanted to use the media to send a message to the shooter that he wasn't the one who released information about the Tarot card. The card had contained a warning not to divulge its existence to the press.