Snipering

[silentstalker]

Originally posted here by Redbone
I just hope that there isn't a copy-cat shooter out there.

Me too! The fact is, when there's a big crime like this, their will be some crazy, insane, mentally deranged pyschopath who decides that his mission in life is to copy the crime. For example, when the nine eleven tragedy so sadly occured, some madman crashed a Cessna into a building and killed no one but himself. Hopefully only a small percentile of this world have minds that were twisted upside down.


Regards,
Silentstalker

[Raven]

It truly is disturbing. It makes you wonder at the state of society in general.

Raven

[glaimus]

I have a question, this guy must buy the munition in someplace , the police didn´t find any bullet. Is a normal munition ?
Here in europe, its no normal to buy and automatic rifle. I hope that the police catch him and make him pay, but i´m really afraid the way you talk about guns, it´s so naturally. I don´t want to offend anybody, but here is not really usual.
To the people that leave near or in the zone that insane man take care.

Glaimus.

[gghornet]

Every gun nut(and there are quite a few of them) in the US has at least one assault rifle.It'sd not at all unusual.
There was an interview on Fox News Channel,and it seems that the weapon has been narrowed down to a Mini 14 or an AR 15,both of which are far from rare,and with the size of the black market for guns in the US I don't see anyone being able to trace the sales.The brand of ammo,although it wasn't specified,was said to be common.

[captfb]

To me this has terror written all over it. Think about it, most serial killers tend to work alone. Son of Sam, The Boston Strangler, Ted Bundy the list goes on. The possibility that this killer is part of a team points to a conspiracy and to terror. The tarot card reeks of misdirection. It is almost like someone read a book of serial killers and said this will throw them for a loop. Think about it...What do terrorists seek to do but spread fear and intimidation! Is it any coincidence that this is happening while our War on Terror is in full swing? I think not. Al Qaeda shows no distinction between civilian and military targets. The question becomes how do we combat this new trend and how do we prevent these heinous crimes in the future? What if suicide bombers start blowing up banks, malls or other public places? What do we do then? Is this just the beginning? The possibilities are frightening!

[carbonlifeform]

IMO they probably wouldn't release all details to the public, of course,
because copy-cats might use them.

[ZeroOne]

Well, this sniper got their 8th victim now (6th dead), a man fueling his car...
The police found the shell, it was for a .233-caliber rifle. I think it was about 130 meters away. They're searching for a white car with two men in it, it has also been seen near the places where the other killings took place. They also found a tarot-card (the Card of Death, btw) with a text something like "Dear police: I am the God!". Sick...

Edit/Add: Or I can't even count the victims any more... Guess it was 7th then. Here's a link to the Google News search:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=sniper

[4MidgetHitmen]

To me this has terror written all over it.

I don't think this is a terrorist in the manner of which you speak captfb... This has all the trappings of a home grown nut case... This guy is probably going to say that he was abused as a child, poor, and his mommy and daddy didn't buy him the GI Joe with the Kung-Fu grip when he was a kid as his reasons for shooting these people...

[captfb]

4MidgetHitmen perhaps you are right. It strikes me as strange though that this killer could be operating with an assistant. Most serial killers operate alone. So if the killer is part of a group it is possible that he is part of a home grown plot ie Tim McVeigh.
It seems to me that this is part of the more random terror plots that have been happening recently ie Kuwait attacks and bombing in Philippines. From the investigating I have done on-line the Al Qaeda terrorist have been instructed in a variety of techniques. Couple that with a scattering of leadership and interrupted communications these killings could very well be the doing of a sleeper cell operating on its own. Just a thought!

[Chuck56]

As far as I've found they haven't got them yet (I think there are 2). I saw where the police are looking for a light Chevy Astro van with a dent in the rear and Maryland plates. If there are two of them and they follow the news, I'm sure they'll trade vehicles now. It's almost a given that they watch the news after their shooting. It's part of the trip they're on.

I think they're going to have a tough time finding these nuts. They aren't following any real pattern that I can see, other than the first few shootings.