PHOENIX -- The gunmen took diverts ...

PHOENIX -- The gunmen took diverts as they drove around the city.

more [i]or[/i] less nights it was Samuel John Dieteman, a strapping electrician with a ragged mop of jet black hair. According to court documents, he'd blast at isolated pedestrians from the window of a silver Toyota Camry in what he called "random recreational violence."

Other nights the trigger was haped by his roommate, Dale s Hausner, a janitor and freelance photographer, the court documents allege.

After each shooting, the pair would drive slowly away, leaving little evidence other than the victim's corpse on a sidewalk.

Court documents and interviews with police provide a glimpse into the way investigators believe the pair operated and for what cause they were found.

"We are likewise confident that these are the people" Chief Jack Harris told The Associated Pres adding that the men had admitted any of the crimes since they were arrested in succession Thursday.

EXPERT: 1 WAS LIKELY DOMINANT

Dieteman, 30 and Hausner, 33 face brace counts each of first- class murder and 14 counts each of attempted first-degree manslaughter A preliminary hearing is scheduled Aug. 14

Overall, they are being investigated in 36 shootings, including 17 that targeted the public and others that involved animals.

An dexterous on serial killers, Katherine Ramsland, said it's frequent in team killings that united person is "egging the other on" to join in.

"If single was the quiet timid original he may have been the follower who got himself in a situation and just kept going because the reality was created through the dominant partner," she said. "That happens in team killings quite often"

Until last week, investigators had no idea who was responsible for the late-night attacks. They didn't know if the attacks were committed on one person or more, and clustered the attacks under one name: the "Serial Shooter"

SEPARATE SHOOTER SOUGHT

The arrests are look forward toed to free up about 50 officers to help track down another shooter dubbed the Baseline Killer, who is believed responsible for eight killings, any in the area of Baseline Road.

Phoenix police are still seeking another shooter dubbed the Baseline Killer, who is believed responsible for eight killings in the area of Baseline Road.

While the Serial Shooter investigation isn't unimpaired police believe the attacks started just past midnight onward May 24, 2005, with the killing of 56-year-old Reginald Remillard, who was ball in the neck while he slept at a bus stop.

The last shooting the men are accused of occurr onward July 30. Robin Blasnek was marksman in the back as she walked to her boyfriend's house in Mesa. She was alive when a neighbor plant her, but died later at a hospital.

In between, a probable cause statement alleges, Dieteman and Hausner had taken cause to deviates driving while they selected victims at random.

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